Pegg Thomas, BellaOnline's spinning editor, has written an article on her love affair with Border Leicester sheep.

I owe my love for Border Leicester sheep to a lady from the thumb area of Michigan. Janet McPeck sold me my first Border Leicester fleece. It was a black lamb fleece that was so dark and so clean, I actually asked her if it had already been washed! I had been spinning for about eleven years by that time and had never held anything so wonderful in my hands. I was captivated.

Border Leicester Wool — BellaOnline