BFL Cashmere Tops

BFL Cashmere Tops

Blue Faced Leicester (or BFL for short) is a famous, lustrous sheep from the UK, blended with a bit of luxurious cashmere, makes for some very nice spinning. 

BFL fibre is around 20-25 microns, up to 12 cms /6” staple length. Not quite as fine as merino but very easy to spin. Longwool sheep breeds are known for long, curly, lustrous fibre. While the Merino is fluffy, the BFL has ringlets.

The BFL is soft enough for next-to-skin wear. Because of their curly locks BFL wool doesn’t have the same super crimp as Merino. This means yarn spun from it, is a bit less elastic, less fluffy, with less memory. But it’s got two things that Merino doesn’t – drape and shine. Drape is kind of the opposite to memory. Instead of springing back into place, it hangs where it’s put, without the heaviness of alpaca.

The shine and lustre of the BFL is a bonus feature: It takes the dye a lot easier, which means you get a lot more depth of colour or brightness. On top of the lack of crimp, the scales on the fibre are shaped differently, which also means it’s a bit harder to felt.

Fibre Top Roving details

Weight per top: 100g / 3.52oz

Contents: Blue Faced Leicester 95%, Cashmere 5%.

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