Links to partners

The sites listed here show the people we work with and those whose products we use along with others who reflect some of the things we believe in. Some are also our customers and have been featured in our Newsletter case histories.

Association of Guilds of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers

Trade association dedicated to the preservation and improvement of craftsmanship

Diamond Fibres

This is the name of the small-scale worsted spinners based at Horsham in East Sussex

Duchy Square

This craft centre at Princetown in Devon is open every day and supports local artists. It is financed by the Duchy of Cornwall, the local county council, the South West Regional Development Agency and Government Office South West

Eco Cornwall

This site attempts to draw together all that is ethically and environmentally focussed in Cornwall, a county which is gradually earning a reputation as a leader in green technology

EKO Sense

A Cornish clothing label which promotes a healthy lifestyle, combining it with sustainable fashion using new ecological fibres to produce its range

Guild of Machine Knitters

A UK-based, non-profit organisation run voluntarily by machine knitters aiming to increase awareness of their craft in both the UK and abroad

The International Felt Makers Association

Formed in 1979 to foster an international interest in felt, to promote it members' work and to further the exchange of knowledge and ideas

Jane Deane

Textile designer and teacher working with fibre, yarn and dyes. She also keeps silkworms whose discarded cocoons provide a limited amount of silk

The Knitting and Crochet Guild of Great Britain

A national charity that has helped preserve and promote crochet, hand and machine knitting since its formation in 1978. Publishes a quarterly journal called SlipKnot

Knitweave

Cornwall-based Jo McIntosh is involved with weaving, felt making, beading, knitting, fabric dyeing and space-dyed threads. She describes herself as a textile artist

Living Ethically

An organic, ecological and ethical shopping and information portal which includes regular features, articles, product reviews and exclusive special offers. The site, which has a mass of links to UK companies, aims to make ethical shopping easy.

Popham Alpacas

Gary and Felicia Sanders have come a long since they started a breeding alpacas with three animals and are now up to 90 some of which are up for sale from their farm which is just 15 minutes from Plymouth. They also sell their yarns which we spin for them

Sawdays Special Places

Alastair Sawday knows all about special places to stay, he checks them out himself and looks particularly at those that try to reduce their environmental impact, both in the UK and worldwide. He puts them into his own series of books and also publishes newsletters. We heard about him from one of our customers, Marcus Lampard of Mandinam in Wales, who operates one of the featured farm B&Bs

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