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
Badger Face Welsh Mountain - Torddu - Wales
Badger Face Welsh Mountain - Torwen - Wales
Beltex - Belgium - See Coloured Beltex
Bleu du Maine - France
Bordaleira Entre-Douro-e-Minho - Portugal
Brecknock Hill Cheviot - Wales
Californian Variegated Mutant (C.V.M.) & Romeldale - South West USA
Carpathian Mountain Sheep - Ukraine
Clun Forest - England/Wales border
Coloured Beltex - Belgium
Cormo - Tasmania, Australia
Dala Pälsfår - Sweden
Derbyshire Gritstone - England
Devon and Cornwall Longwool – England
Drents Heideschaap (Drenthe Heath Sheep) - The Netherlands
Dutch Spotted - See Nederlandse Bonte Schaap
Eider - See Weisskoepfiges Fleischschaf
Est à Laine Merino - France
Falkland Merino - The Falkland Islands
Føroyskur Seyður (Faroese) - Faroe Islands
Gaddi - Kashmir
Gammelnorsk Sau (Old Norwegian) - Norway
Gulf Coast Native - South East USA
Gutefår (Gute) - Sweden
Härjedalsfåren - Sweden
Istrian Pramenka - Slovenia
Karakul - Uzbekistan
Kerry Hill - Wales/England border
Llandovery Whiteface Hill - Wales
Merino - Spain and rest of the world
Navajo Churro - South West USA
Nederlandse Bonte Schaapo (Dutch Spotted) - The Netherlands
Norsk Spælsau (modern) - Norway
North Country Cheviot - Scotland
Polwarth - Australia
Pommersches Rauhwollschaf (Pomeranian) - Germany
Racka - Hungary
Rambouillet - France
Red Fox - Bavaria/Germany - See Coburger Fuchsschaf
Romeldale & Californian Variegated Mutant (C.V.M.) - South West USA
Roussin de la Hague - France
South Country Cheviot - England/Scotland border
Svenskt Finullfår (Swedish Finewool) - Sweden
Swedish Finewool - see Svenskt Finullfår
Swiss Valais Blacknose - see Walliser Schwarznasenschaf
Targhee - North West USA
Tiroler Bergschaf - Austria
Tiroler Steinschaf (Tyrolean Rock Sheep) - Austria
Valais Blacknose - see Walliser Schwarznasenschaf
Vendeen - France
Walliser Schwarznasenschaf - Switzerland
Weisskoepfiges Fleischschaf (Eider) - Germany
Welsh Hill Speckled Face - Wales
Welsh Mountain Pedigree - Wales
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