A-Z of Sheep Breeds

Here is where you can find blog posts with information about the different breeds of sheep from around the world that I have personally spun.  This is not an exhaustive list as I do not know about every breed of sheep that there is in the world and not every breed of sheep grows wool that can be spun into yarn.

As I am currently working on a huge project involving more than 55 breeds of sheep from around the world (at the time of creating this list, 4th July 2025), I will add the names of all of the sheep breeds that I have for my project, even if I haven't actually spun them yet or published the associated blog post.  They will become live links to the blog posts as they are spun and published.

American Tunis - Mid-Atlantic, USA

Åsenfår - Sweden

Badger Face Welsh Mountain - Torddu - Wales

Badger Face Welsh Mountain - Torwen - Wales

Balwen Welsh Mountain - Wales

Beltex - Belgium - See Coloured Beltex

Berrichon du Cher - France

Beulah Speckled Face - Wales

Black Welsh Mountain - Wales

Bleu du Maine - France

Bluefaced Leicester - England

Blue Texel - The Netherlands

Bordaleira Entre-Douro-e-Minho - Portugal

Border Leicester - England

Boreray - Scotland

Brecknock Hill Cheviot - Wales

Californian Variegated Mutant (C.V.M.) & Romeldale - South West USA

Carpathian Mountain Sheep - Ukraine

Castlemilk Moorit - Scotland

Charollais - France

Clun Forest  - England/Wales border

Coburger Fuchsschaf - Germany

Coloured Beltex - Belgium

Cormo - Tasmania, Australia

Corriedale - New Zealand

Cotswold - England

Dala Pälsfår - Sweden 

Dalesbred - England

Derbyshire Gritstone - England

Devon and Cornwall Longwool – England

Devon Closewool - England

Dorset Down - England

Dorset Horn  – England

Drents Heideschaap (Drenthe Heath Sheep) - The Netherlands

Dutch Spotted - See Nederlandse Bonte Schaapo

Eider - See Weisskoepfiges Fleischschaf

Est à Laine Merino - France

Exmoor Horn - England

Falkland Merino - The Falkland Islands

Finnish Landrace - Finland

Føroyskur Seyður (Faroese) - Faroe Islands

Gaddi - Kashmir 

Galway - Ireland

Gammelnorsk Sau (Old Norwegian) - Norway

Gestrikefår - Sweden

Gotlandsfår - Sweden

Greyface Dartmoor - England

Gulf Coast Native - South East USA

Gutefår (Gute) - Sweden

Hampshire Down - England

Härjedalsfåren - Sweden

Hebridean - Scotland

Helsingefår - Sweden

Herdwick – England

Highlander - New Zealand

Hill Radnor – Wales

Icelandic - Iceland

Istrian Pramenka - Slovenia

Jacob  – England

Karakul - Uzbekistan

Kerry Hill - Wales/England border

Klövsjöfår - Sweden

Leicester Longwool - England

Lincoln Longwool – England

Llandovery Whiteface Hill -  Wales

Llanwenog - Wales

Lleyn - Wales

Lonk - England

Manx Loagthan - Isle of Man

Merino - Spain 

Navajo Churro - South West USA

Nederlandse Bonte Schaapo (Dutch Spotted) - The Netherlands

Norsk Slsau (modern) - Norway

Norfolk Horn  - England

North Country Cheviot - Scotland

North Ronaldsay - Scotland

Ouessant - France

Oxford Down - England

Perendale - New Zealand

Poll Dorset - England

Polwarth - Australia

Pommersches Rauhwollschaf (Pomeranian) - Germany

Portland - England

Racka - Hungary

Rambouillet - France

Red Fox - Bavaria/Germany - See Coburger Fuchsschaf

Romeldale & Californian Variegated Mutant (C.V.M.) - South West USA

Romney - England

Roslagsfår - Sweden

Rough Fell - England

Roussin de la Hague - France

Ryafår - Sweden

Ryeland - England

Scottish Blackface - Scotland

Shetland – Scotland

Shropshire – England

Soay - Scotland

South Country Cheviot - England/Scotland border

Southdown – England

South Wales Mountain - Wales

Suffolk - England

Svenskt Finullfår (Swedish Finewool) - Sweden

Swaledale - England

Swedish Finewool - see Svenskt Finullfår

Swiss Valais Blacknose - see Walliser Schwartznasenschaf

Targhee - North West USA

Teeswater – England

Texel - The Netherlands

Tiroler Bergschaf - Austria

Tiroler Steinschaf (Tyrolean Rock Sheep) - Austria

Valais Blacknose - see Walliser Schwartznasenschaf

Värmlandsfår - Sweden 

Vendeen - France

Walliser Schwartznasenschaf - Switzerland

Weisskoepfiges Fleischschaf (Eider) - Germany

Welsh Hill Speckled Face - Wales

Welsh Mountain Pedigree - Wales

Wensleydale  – England

Whiteface Dartmoor - England

Whitefaced Woodland – England

Zwartbles - The Netherlands



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