CVM/Romeldale fleece from a sheep named Wellington!

Wellington lives at Heather Ridge Farm, a historic 200 year old “hill farm” stewarded by Carol Clement in Preston Hollow, NY.

The CVM and Romeldale sheep have never been numerous, and today they are considered quite rare. The breed’s fleece quality and performance characteristics, however, make them useful for many production systems and valuable to handspinners and other fiber artists (more can be read on the breed via The Livestock Conservancy’s website).

Size: approximately 2 × 2 feet (measured by fleece side - not backing material)

Embellished wool acoustic panel. Size: 2 feet by 4 feet (2 inches thick)

Materials: Valais Blacknose and Teeswater fleece, Peace Silk, Mohair

The six-petal rosette (also known as a hexafoil) is an ancient geometric symbol formed by overlapping six circles within a larger boundary. Revered in sacred geometry, it is the foundational building block for complex patterns like the Seed of Life and the Flower of Life. Dating back to the Bronze Age, the symbol appears globally in Celtic, Egyptian, Roman, and early Christian art. It has historically served as a protection symbol for the home.

More acoustic panel information below.

• Eco-friendly, non-toxic, and stylish, wool acoustic panels are perfect for homes, offices, cafes, classrooms and studios. 

• Filters VOCs and other indoor air pollutants naturally

• Renewable, biodegradable, sustainable, non-toxic

• Reduces echo and improves acoustic comfort

• Helps regulate moisture in a space

• Wool naturally resists mold growth

Fiber from my own flock, as well as Valais Blacknose, CMV/Romeldale, and Alpaca needle felted into Desi Wool cloth (imported from Kachchh, India via Handa Textiles).

Copper dowel is 3 feet wide.

More about Desi wool via Handa:

The nomadic pastoral herders of Kachchh, India are known as Maldharis, they have been in co-existence with the native desi sheep for centuries- walking together for months across the country in search of pastoral grazing lands. They provide fleeces for a cooperative of artisans who wash, handspin, dye and weave the yarn in their villages.

This desi wool is handspun - a ‘natural’ (undyed/unbleached) yarn held with a fine warp of the local indigenous ‘kala’ cotton. which gives it a slightly smoother finish than is typical to the rough desi wool.

Wool from the Wensleydale is acknowledged as the finest luster long wool in the world. It is an endangered breed and is categorized as "at risk" by the Rare Breeds Survival Trust.

This fleece is extremely soft and silky, full of shine and comes with long dramatic curls. The backing material is black Merino wool felt. This is a small but luxurious fleece perfect for the seat of a chair or stool.

Size: approximately 3.5 feet by 3.5 feet