The world of wool is large and yet most fiber and non-fiber people alike only ever know about a few breeds of sheep wool, the most commonly known of which is merino. My goal is to let you in on the larger world of wool, a few of the hundreds of breeds of sheep in the world, and why you would want to use one breed over another in your projects. 

Each month, we will compare and contrast two breeds of sheep wool, and discuss both the merits and the downside to each fiber type. Maybe in the future we will do a monthly sampler box if there is interest.

For August, we will talk about Perendale and Karakul.

First off, Perendales.

Perendale sheep were first developed in the 1950s in New Zealand by crossing Cheviot rams on Romney ewes.