From the British Wool Marketing Board The Prince announced his official commitment to the sheep farmer and wool textile industry at a small gathering of the farming, wool textile and retail sectors at the National Woollen Museum in Llandysul, (Dyfed) Wales last week (28th June). Please continue reading HERE.
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Unfortunately I'm committed. I've already started knitting the jumper so I've got to persevere. The fleece in question is a Ryeland x Wensleydale. Which in theory sounds lovely: all the softness and crimp of the Wensleydale with the more manageable Ryeland staple length. And it is, when it's undergone a laborious, ...
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From the BBC Ecologist Professor John Rodwell says: "Over England and Wales, the last reliable overall survey showed us that in the last century we have lost about 97% of the hay meadows that we had." "We've only got a tiny fraction left now - agriculture is a different sort of operation ...
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Note to self: never man a Woolfest stall alone. On Friday event volunteer and fellow Guild of Long Draw Spinners member Lea took over for 15 minutes so I could at least have a tea and a pee. The nice ladies next door at Cumbrian Wool kindly changed a tenner when ...
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From Destructoid Kirby's Epic Yarn was just announced at Nintendo's press conference. It's the first home console Kirby game in quite a while, and as such, the little pink puffball is coming back in an all-new, ridiculously cute style. Please continue reading HERE.
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We missed our original shearing date last week because of rain. Our Wildlife Trust doesn't have a barn so both the sheep and the weather have to be dry, not least because of the electric clippers! Shearing isn't just backbreaking work, it's highly technical too. Like a dance it's all footwork. ...
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From contexts.org Nathan Vincent recreates masculine items and ideas with feminine crafts in order to upset the gender binary. Please continue reading HERE.
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From Elle.com Skip the hook stitch and let spring’s craftiest designers do the work with crochet dresses, underpinnings, and accessories. Please continue reading HERE.
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From the British Wool Marketing Board Sheep producers will be receiving a “significantly higher” Wool Cheque from the British Wool Marketing Board to reflect the record breaking demand for wool which has sent prices to the highest level for over a decade. Please continue reading HERE.
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From Ecouterre Now based in London, Ku takes hand-knit and crochet techniques and blows them up in scale, creating a new form of homespun wizardry that depicts the wilder side of fashion. Please continue reading HERE.
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