recommendation for buying locks?

[simplynaturalfarm]

Where do you guys recommend buying locks for felting sheep (tried to twist and curl myself and I have an ugly looking shihtzu hanging on my Jesse tree. . . ), adding darling trim to things etc? I found a few I liked the looks of but they are always out of stock. I don't tend to like wildly dyed ones, I would like to buy from US or Canada. Or if you recommend a plcae that sells the natural locks or fleece I would appreciate that also! 

I actually had raw alpaca that had unique crimp/curl on the end and wet felted it to a pair of elbow length mittens for my daughter and it looked very neat, but not quite what I was looking for. Forgive my weird words when asking questions - I don't know all the lingo for everything and my head is spinning on what I do know *G*

[MTRuth]

Karen from Big Sky Fiber Arts has some lovely locks. bigskyfiberarts.com/product-category/locks-and-fleece/

She is very nice and will be glad to answer any questions that you have about your products. Please let her know that you heard about her from the forum. She is our sponsor this month. She's in Montana.

[Shepherdess]

if your trying to make curls on a needle felted sheep I would suggest Blue Face Lester curls they are small and tight. Talk to Karen she has some BFL but may have something better.

[wolgelukkig]

I prefer Wensleydale and Cotswold and also have the Lincoln Long Wool with its fabulous long locks. Gotland is fine too.
Go and have a look at www.etsy.com/market/wool_locks to give you an idea.

[zed]

Just a thought too, we do have a 'fiber marketplace' section here: feltandfiberstudio.proboards.com/board/11/fiber-marketplace

For a lot of us our first introduction to many different fibres etc was by doing swaps, you can always ask/offer on there too.