All wools listed here are of their natural colour.
All these wools are combed from selected high quality wool. The fleeces are hand sorted and the best parts only are used to make the combed tops. We think our natural wools are the best available. When looking at combed wools always compare price and quality.
The mixed blended tops are all produced by us with our own machinery. Many years ago we developed these blends and they have continued to sell well. If you would like to produce your own custom blend we will make it for you with a minimum order of only 500gms.
Tops and Roving. A confusion occurs in the use of these two terms. In the UK a top is wool that has been carded and combed and is usually about thick rope diameter. A Roving is the next stage on where the top has been drawn out to about pencil thickness and is the stage before spinning takes place. There is a tendency in the USA to call tops rovings and cause confusion with the UK description.
| Bluefaced Leicester Tops |
A grey/brown shade of fine English wool. A best seller! 56's - 60's quality, 8 - 15cm staple length. Current stock is tending to being a grey brown shade |
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BLT |
£2.80 /100gms |
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| Bluefaced Leicester Humbug Tops |
A combination of 3 shades of Bluefaced Leicester to give a semi lustrous humbug effect. |
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BLHT |
£2.80 / 100gms |
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| Bluefaced Leicester Oatmeal Tops |
A pale brown/grey shade of fine English wool. 50's - 60's quality, 8 - 10cm staple length |
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OBLT |
£2.80 / 100gms |
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| Cheviot Light Grey Tops |
The light grey shade. 48's - 56's quality, 8 - 10cm staple length. |
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CLGT |
£1.30 / 100gms |
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| Cheviot Mid Grey Tops |
Average quality. 48's - 56's quality, 8 - 10cm staple length. |
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CMGT |
£1.30 / 100gms |
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| Gotland Mid-Grey Tops |
Mid - grey tops. These have a slighy lustre and are very good for feltmaking |
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G |
£1.40 / 100gms |
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| Herdwick Dark Grey Tops |
A mountain sheep in the Lake District noted for it's rugged, hard wearing qualities. Average length. Coarse quality, 10 - 20cm staple length. |
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HDGT |
£1.40 / 100gms |
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| Herdwick Light Grey Tops |
As above, paler grey in colour. |
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HLGT |
£1.40 / 100gms |
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| Jacob Humbug Tops |
Grey and white Jacob wool combined to give a grey tweed effect when spun. |
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JHT |
£2.80 / 100gms |
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| Jacob Tops |
The classic handspinner fleece. The black and white wool is blended together to produce a mid grey top. 48's - 56's quality, staple length 8 - 15cm. |
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JT |
£1.40 / 100gms |
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| Manx Loughton Tops |
Isle of Man sheep, a very old breed. Medium quality handling with a mid-brown colour. 46's - 54's quality, staple length 7 - 10cm. |
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ML |
£1.60 / 100gms |
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| Massam Mid-Grey Tops |
Mid-grey semi lustre wool. |
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MMGT |
£1.76 / 100gms |
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| Merino Fleece, Scoured |
Superfine natural colour merino, 17.9 micron. A very rare quality of fibre with a brown/grey colouring. Excellent for superfine spinning or special felt pieces. |
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M17.9 |
£2 / 100gms |
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| Merino Tops |
Natural light brown Merino tops, 62's quality. Something a bit different to the normal white |
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NBMT |
£1.70 / 100gms |
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| Norwegian, Grey Carded |
A mixture of long and short fibres carded together. Gives a "hairy" finish to spun yarns and felt. A very good felting wool when merino is not required. |
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GN |
£1.10 / 100gms |
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| Norwegian Tops, Grey |
Dark grey Norwegian Produces a slightly finer finish than the carded. A good feltmaker for harder wearing properties |
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GNT |
£1.40 / 100gms |
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| Shetland, Black Tops |
Shetland black wool tops. A good fine very dark brown wool |
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SBT |
£1.90 / 100gms |
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Shetland, Grey Tops |
Shetland grey wool tops. Nice handle and spinning quality |
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SGT |
£1.90 / 100gms |
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Shetland, Humbug Tops |
Moorit and white wool combined to give a striped beige effect. |
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SHT |
£2.80 / 100gms |
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Shetland, Moorit Tops |
50’s –60’s quality, staple length 5 – 12cm. The brown colour of the heather moors. A classic spinners wool with a nice handle. |
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SMT |
£2.60 / 100gms |
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| Scandinavian Wool Tops - Black |
A blend of Scandinavian fibres, ideally suited for felting.
A dark brown/black shade of medium quality. |
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BSWT |
£1.40 / 100gms |
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Shetland, Mixed Tops |
A combination of black, grey, moorit and white Shetland. Our own special blend. |
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MST |
£2.80 / 100gms |
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Shropshire Tops, Dark Grey |
54’s – 56’s quality, staple length 8 - 12cm. |
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DGS |
£1.40 / 100gms |
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Suffolk, Light Grey Tops |
Staple length 5 - 10cm. 54’s to 58’s quality. |
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LGS |
£1.40 / 100gms |
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Welsh Tops, Black |
These tops are made from selected fleeces, resulting in a fine handling very dark brown wool. 48’s –56’s quality, staple length 8 – 10cm. |
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BWT |
£1.40 / 100gms |
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Welsh Tops, Grey |
Light grey, not as fine as the Black Welsh. Kempy (hairy) and hard wearing. |
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GWT |
£1.20 / 100gms |
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Wool for Stuffing |
This can be anything from available oddments. May be tops or carded. |
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WFS |
69p / 100gms |
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