Moorit Mouflon Raw Fleece

Icelandic Sheep Icelandic sheep trace their roots to the Norse settlers that came to Iceland over 1,100 years ago. Because few sheep were imported to Iceland after that time, Icelandics are a very pure breed.
The Icelandic sheep is one of the world's oldest and purest breeds of sheep. Throughout its 1100 years of history, the Icelandic breed has been truly triple-purpose, treasured for its meat, fiber and milk.

They are also very hardy, able to with stand  cold winters .  Icelandics were first brought to North America in 1985, by Stefania Sveinbjarnardottir-Dignum. She dreamed of importing the sheep of her childhood to her home in Canada.Icelandic sheep are medium sized.Ewes can reach 150 pounds, and rams 200 pounds. They have long, silky fleece which comes in a variety of colors.

In the photo of the seperated locks to the right you can see the long outer hair which is called "Tog" and the softer short inner fiber called "Thel".  To get the full effect of Icelandic properties you need to spin from locks.  If you card the fleece the outer and inner fibers seperate from each other.
Spinning from the lock also gives you a lovely natural varigated yarn which is warm and strong.