White Gum Wool Sample Card
A$5.00

If you buy a card, we will then send you a voucher code to use with your purchase so you will get your $5.00 back. We’re doing this to help us stay focused on people who are really interested in our yarn, rather than just looking for a freebie.

Yarn samples in all of our plys and colours are included, along with combed top and fleece samples.

If you are placing an order and want a sample card, leave us a note at checkout, and we’ll send the card at no charge.

Ethical Superfine Merino from the Tasmanian Midlands

The story behind White Gum Wool is one of mamas and babies,
of diversity and abundance, and of ethics—for the land, the animals
and the people involved in making this yarn.


Sample Card

You can also request a sample card with your order at no charge.

Fleece: Zac
A$175.00

Zac was the only bottle lamb from my autumn lambing in 2017. He is a complete character, and the sheep is most often found walking with me and completely ignoring Pearl! This year, 2026, his fleece weighs 2.9 kg (6.4lb). TEST RESULTS: 15.2 micron diameter, 66 mm (2.6”) length, 63.03 Nktx strength.

For more Zac stories, try searching the Farm Journals pages.

Fleece: Freddie
A$228.00

Freddie is my now 7 year old “baby”—the only bottle lamb from my spring lambing 7 years ago. Freddie, like Zac before him, is a complete character, and he and Zac are the sheep most often to be found walking with me and completely ignoring Pearl! This year, 2026, Freddie’s fleece weighs a whopping 3.8 kg (8.4lb). TEST RESULTS: 18.2 micron fibre diameter, 77 mm (3.0”) length, 67 Nktx strength.

For more Freddie stories, try searching the Farm Journals pages.

Fleeces from Show Lines
from A$200.00

As my named sheep age, we’ve decided to add in some show quality fleeces from younger, unnamed sheep. These are in the range of 3.4 to 4.3 kg (7.5 to 0.5 pounds), 14.7 to 16.9 micron diameter, staple lengths of 80 to 87 mm (3.1 to 3.4 in) and 68 to 86 N/ktex tensile strength. They’re organised by weight, then micron, then length in the drop down menu. The photos are me with the winning fleece at Bendigo Sheep and Wool Show this year, in the ultrafine micron section, and Allan Phillips, who bred these sheep for me, sorting out fleeces in my woolshed.

JOURNALS


2026 fleeces now on the website

You can choose from nine named sheep and six show quality fleeces. We ended up testing all of our 3- 4- and 5-year-old wethers this year, trying to identify the best show candidates. While these 6 didn’t quite make the Zegna bale cut (a very high bar!), they’re not far off, with high tensile strength, low micron and good length and yield.

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We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which WGW farm lies, in eastern lutruwita (Tasmania): the tyerrernotepanner, marwemairer, peenrymairmener and rolemairre language groups.

Through our Inclusivity Strategy and Anti-Discrimination Policy we are working actively to provide a safe and welcoming environment for all customers of White Gum Wool.

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