their wool�*s particular qualities make it sought after for knitters like helene magnusson.od stuff, huh? the good stuff. sheep in iceland, theyjust go freely in the mountain all summer. yeah. just roaming. roaming through the wilds. freely. yeah. and then in september, usually, we have to round up, so they are herded back from the mountains. but then they belong to all the farmers in the area, so you have to sort them. but getting the sheep is the big thing because they've been wild. all the sheep in iceland are direct descendants of those brought here by the viking settlers in the 9th and 10th century. in bygone times, they would have had to endure iceland's erratic climate all year long. this has led the sheep to develop two types of wool. creamy, buttercream colours. yeah, yeah. the water—resistant outer fleece called tog... ..and the thel layer, which keeps the sheep snug and warm whatever the weather. this is the wool, the best wool you get, because it's all clean. cos they've been outside. yeah, because they've been outside all summer. whereas the one that is from the