The Dark Fleece - Supposed to be the same type of sheep, but the dark locks have a significantly shorter staple length. I don't know if different colored sheep, same breed, would vary in staple length based solely on different colors, but that's possible. Anyone happen to know that?
Based on my test amount I processed, this fleece didn't lose a lot of color when scoured. I'm not going to process the rest of it more aggressively, the last thing I want is any of it whitened anymore than necessary.
The "gestalt"

The Dark Fleece




The light fleece




Beautiful color variations in between the dark and light.

My looser, more lofty-spun yarn and test swatch


