Wool types
Ratings are on a scale from 1-10. The entries in boldface are those which I have spun at least once. The entries in italic are those which I have in my stash but haven’t spun yet.
Clearly, there are quite a few for which I do not have any data other than the name and type. If you have input, I’d love to update my sheet with it. I would also like any descriptions or notes that you might have, because I’d like to put together a fact sheet for as many of these wools as possible, and I’ll link to those fact sheets from this main page.
| Breed | Type | Softness | Elasticity and Loft | Staple Length | Luster | Felting Properties |
| Africana | Hair | |||||
| Barbados | Hair | |||||
| Barbados Blackbelly | Hair | |||||
| Beulah Speckled Face | Down | 4 | 8 | 6 | 3 | NA |
| Black Welsh Mountain | Down | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Blackhead Persian | Hair | |||||
| Bleu du Maine | Fine | |||||
| Blue-faced Leicester (BFL) | Long/X-bred | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| Bond | Fine | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 |
| Border Leicester | Long/X-bred | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| Borderdale | Long/X-bred | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Boreray | Primitive/Feral | |||||
| Brazilian Somali | Hair | |||||
| British Milk Sheep | Down | 4 | 8 | 7 | NA | NA |
| California Red | Long/X-bred | |||||
| Carpetmaster | Long/X-bred | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| Castlemilk Moorit (aka Moorit Shetland) | Primitive/Xbred | |||||
| Cheviot | Down | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| Clun Forest | Down | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Colbred | Down | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | NA |
| Columbia | Fine/X-bred | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| Comeback | Fine | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 9 |
| Coopworth | Long/X-bred | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 |
| Cormo | Fine | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 9 |
| Corriedale | Fine/X-bred | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| Cotswold | Long/X-bred | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 |
| CVM | Fine | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
| Dalesbred | Double-coat | |||||
| Damara | Hair | |||||
| Dartmoor | Long/X-bred | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 |
| Debouillet | Fine | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| Derbyshire Gritstone | Down | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Devon and Cornwall | Long/X-bred | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 |
| Devon Closewool | Down | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | NA |
| Dormer | Fine | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| Dorper | Hair | |||||
| Dorset | Down | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Dorset Horn and Poll (xref Poll Dorset) | Down | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Drysdale | Long/X-bred | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2 |
| East Friesian | Down? | |||||
| Elliotdale | Long/X-bred | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2 |
| English Leicester (aka Dishley L, Bakewell L, Leicester Longwool) | Long/X-bred | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 |
| Escorial | Fine | |||||
| Exmoor Horn | Down | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | NA |
| Falkland | Fine | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 8 |
| Finnish Landrace (aka Finnsheep, Finn) | Long/X-bred | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| Gotland (Gute) | Long/X-bred | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 |
| Gromark | Long/X-bred | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Hampshire | Down | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Hebridean (aka Saint Kilda) | Primitive/Feral | |||||
| Herdwick | Double-coat | |||||
| Hill Radnor | Down | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | NA |
| Icelandic | Double-coat | |||||
| Jacob | Other | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | NA |
| Karakul | Double-coat | |||||
| Katahdin | Hair | |||||
| Kerry Hill | Down | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | NA |
| Lincoln | Long/X-bred | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 |
| Llanwenog | Down | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | NA |
| Lleyn | Down | 5 | 8 | 6 | 3 | NA |
| Lonk | Down | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | NA |
| Manx Loughtan | Primitive/Feral | |||||
| Masai | Hair | |||||
| Masham | Long/X-bred | 5 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 5 |
| Merino | Fine | 10 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Montadale | Down/X-bred | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| Morada Nova | Hair | |||||
| Mouflon | Primitive | |||||
| Mule | Long/X-bred | 6 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 5 |
| Navajo Churro | Double-coat | |||||
| Norfolk Horn | Down | 5 | 9 | 5 | NA | NA |
| North Ronaldsay (aka Red Orkney) | Primitive/Feral | |||||
| NZ Halfbred | Fine | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| Oxford | Down | 4 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| Panama | Fine/X-bred | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| Pelibüey | Hair | |||||
| Perendale | Long/X-bred | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| Persian Blackhead | Hair | |||||
| Poll Dorset (xref Dorset Horn and Poll) | Down | |||||
| Polwarth | Fine | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 8 |
| Polypay | Fine | 7 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| Portland | Down | 4 | 7 | 3 | NA | NA |
| Rabo Largo | Hair | |||||
| Rambouillet | Fine | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Romanov | Double-coat | |||||
| Romeldale | Fine/X-bred | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| Romney | Long/X-bred | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Rough Fell | Double-coat | |||||
| Roux du Valais | Long | |||||
| Ryeland | Down | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Sahel-type | Hair | |||||
| Salish | Primitive | |||||
| Santa Cruz | Fine | |||||
| Santa Inês | Hair | |||||
| Scottish Blackface | Double-coat | |||||
| Shetland | Down | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Shropshire | Down | 5 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Soay | Primitive/Feral | |||||
| Somali | Hair | |||||
| South Dorset | Down | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| South Hampshire | Down | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| South Suffolk | Down | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| South Wales Mountain | Down | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | NA |
| Southdown | Down | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Spelsau | Double-coat | |||||
| St. Croix (aka Virgin Island White) | Hair | |||||
| Suffolk | Down | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Swaledale | Double-coat | |||||
| Swiss White Alp(ine) | Other (Meat) | |||||
| Targhee | Fine/X-bred | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 8 |
| Teeswater | Long/X-bred | 5 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 |
| Texel | Long/X-bred | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Touabire | Hair | |||||
| Tukidale | Long/X-bred | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2 |
| Tunis | Down | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| Uda | Hair | |||||
| Welsh Hill Speckled | Down | 4 | 7 | 6 | NA | NA |
| Welsh Mountain | Down | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | NA |
| Welsh Mountain Badger | Down | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Wensleydale | Long/X-bred | 5 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 |
| West African | Hair | |||||
| West African Dwarf | Hair | |||||
| Whitefaced Woodland | Down | 4 | 7 | 7 | NA | NA |
| Wiltshire Horn | Hair | |||||
| Zenith | Fine | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 8 |