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Not too long ago, we came back from Birding by the Bay, and found a large bag of what looked to be (from the outside) pig chow leaning against our front door. Since we're what passes for an urban center in a rural county, sometimes we do get gifts from the farmland, but we certainly didn't need pig chow. When I peeked inside, this (up there above the text) is what I saw. When I figured out who had left it, I was told that it was a lamb's wool. Comparing it with some of the wool I had led me to believe it was Jacob. Not that I'm brilliant in wool identification, just that I held a lock of the Jacob I got from my good friend Elaine up and compared it to these locks, and they were the same shape, crimp, and length, although this, being lamb's wool, was a bit softer and finer.

So, you savvy wool folks, take a look. Does this look like Jacob lamb's wool to you? The staple length is pretty short, the fiber is fine and soft, and it is currently being washed in batches and carded with my smallest hand cards. This stuff is too short for the combs, but it looks like it will spin up to something wonderful. The blue cast you see above the fiber is the reflection of the sun through the pig chow bag.

Whatever it is, I am looking forward to the spinning.