At Tweedside Farm Gotlands, we chose the Swedish breed of Gotland sheep due to their lustrous long-wool fleece, coupled with their sweet & affectionate nature, and friendly sized frame.
Knitters & Hand-Spinners: We sell our own line of lustrous Gotland yarn in shades of silver, charcoal & black, and for the hand spinners…we produce quality fleeces and roving.
Breeding stock: we breed for the classic Swedish silver-grey, and our lambs range between 93% to 100% Gotland in the upbreeding program. All have been genetically tested for scrapie susceptibility and are either QR or RR (not QQ); the R has shown to be scrapie resistant.
We're on Facebook, IG as @LuxeFibers, AmericanGotlandSheep.org, GSBANA.org, & FrederickSheepBreeders.com websites.
Short Business Description
At Tweedside Farm Gotlands, we offer Knitters & Hand-Spinner a lustrous line of Gotland yarn in shades of silver, charcoal & black, and for the hand spinners…we produce quality fleeces and roving. For Shepherds, we offer the classic Swedish silver-grey & our lambs range between 93% to 100% Gotland in the upbreeding program. All are genetically tested for scrapie susceptibility, and are either QR or RR (not QQ); the R has shown to be scrapie resistant.
At Trial & Error Acres, we offer registered purebred Bluefaced Leicester breeding stock for sale. We also provide sheepdog demonstrations that showcase the talents of our Working Border Collies at various fairs and festivals.
Also 4-H club lambs; registered breeding stock; and custom-processed freezer lamb.
Photo: Mariam (on the left) showing her early spring ewe lamb Vorac 1140 RR/NN "Sally" at the Washington County Fair. Mariam won her class. Her ewe lamb went on to win the Suffolk breed show -- as a ewe lamb, at the Frederick County Fair.
