Wednesday 7th January 2009

Our products

As all the wool we use for our goods is British, it is frequently possible for us to identify the flocks which provided the fleeces for particular products.

Most of our wool is from the UK, but we also have some made from or including Falkland Islands Corriedale. Identification by farm is normal for the organic wool passing through the mill.

Some specialist breeds produce superb wool that lends itself to certain products, notably Manx Loaghtan and Gotland. We sometimes purchase all the fleece available to us as, for example, there are only around 1,500 Gotlands in the country.

This is why some of our products are limited editions and carry numbers and years in the same way as an artist's reproductions.

When a certain product is no longer available, it isn't because we didn't make enough, but because there is no more wool available until those particular sheep are next due for a haircut!

We can take orders for specialist products and will guarantee a price, but we may ask for a small deposit. If you change your mind or a product sells out, your deposit will be returned.

Since we relocated to Cornwall three years ago, we have been experimenting with different blends of fibres many of which you cannot get anywhere else. We have so far processed wool from over 50 different breeds of sheep sometimes blending it with another breed or alpaca, mohair and silk. We always use Tussah silk which means that the silkworms are not killed.