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Deborah Robson
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Publications in Deborah Robson's Fiber Guidebooks
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Deborah Robson's Fiber Guidebooks: Guide to Fiber Intensive: Finnsheep
The modern Finnsheep combines lovely fiber quality--in multiple natural colors--with prolificacy, which means the lambs tend to be born in multiples.…
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Deborah Robson's Fiber Guidebooks: Guide to Fiber Intensive: Herdwick
It is unclear when or from where Herdwicks arrived in the landscape to which they are exquisitely adapted, in northwestern England. Their fleeces mix…
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Deborah Robson's Fiber Guidebooks: Guide to Fiber Intensive: Border Leicester
If the three Leicester sheep breeds were siblings, the Border Leicester would be the middle child. The three Leicester sheep breeds are all related,…
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Deborah Robson's Fiber Guidebooks: Guide to Fiber Intensive: Bond
As I begin working on this study of Bond sheep and their wool at the start of 2024, I find myself facing two questions: (1) Will Bond fleeces…
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Deborah Robson's Fiber Guidebooks: Guide to Fiber Intensive: Southdown
Not only is the Southdown one of the six core Down breeds of sheep, this breed forms the foundation of the group, being the oldest and having…
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Deborah Robson's Fiber Guidebooks: Guide to Fiber Intensive: Florida Cracker
The Florida Cracker is one of few wool-growing sheep breeds that can handle a hot, humid, predator-abundant environment. There were questions of…
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Deborah Robson's Fiber Guidebooks: Guide to Fiber Intensive: Manx Loaghtan
The Manx Loaghtan sheep's home is the Isle of Man, in the Irish Sea between Wales and Ireland. Its story is one of both conservation and genetic…
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Deborah Robson's Fiber Guidebooks: Guide to Fiber Intensive: Black Welsh Mountain
The Black Welsh Mountain has been bred since medieval times for dark, non-fading fleeces that don't require dye. Their wool is finer, more…
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Deborah Robson's Fiber Guidebooks: Guide to Fiber Intensive: Lincoln Longwool
Lincolns are a English luster longwool breed. There was a time when Lincolns were the largest sheep in the British Isles and possibly the world. They…
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Deborah Robson's Fiber Guidebooks: Guide to Fiber Intensive: Gotland
The Gotland story involves four related breeds of sheep in the Northern short-tail lineage that have ties back to the Swedish island of Gotland,…
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