All about alpacas: stud services, auctions and the place where those wanting to sell animals are matched with buyers

The place to go for a wide range of craft workshops, from quilting to applique and willow hurdling which are held next to an organic farm near Launceston

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

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

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

This is an independent green blog and web directory keen to pass on what it knows. It says going green need not be complicated and to make things more accessible, it breaks complex issues into smaller pieces

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

A £20 million venture investment fund for small and medium-sized companies that has backed nearly 200 companies since its formation in 2002, including The Natural Fibre Company

An on-line market place for farmers, smallholders and rural businesses

Well balanced shears made in Greece, but in the Japanese style. Now available in the UK. Contact Claire Tinker on 01458 850 066

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

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

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

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

A free database designed to bring together farmers looking for grazing with those with land which might be suitable

This is Hagger's Mill, the alpaca specialist spinners in Oxfordshire who use traditional woollen spinning machinery

The hand-held electronic tag identification reader that comes with software that deals with animal type, weights, scan results, lambing and medication. Ideal of flocks up of to 3,000

A Derbyshire-based flock of Lincoln Longwools on seven acres at Slaley offering half and one-day courses on spinning and dyeing 

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

If you're looking for bedding and socks, don't forget Harry and Sarah Mayman's Cornwall-based partnership. Now a Natural Fibre Company stockist

This link is to Kate Palmer and the textile side of this organic farm based in Witheridge near Tiverton in Devon

This site for the Hay-on-Wye-based co-operative of wool producers, spinners, knitters, felt workers, weavers and dyers will lead you to other possible suppliers in Wales

Knitting designer and teacher Claire Crompton has set up this site which includes a downloadable pattern and a directory of all things woolly

A US company that has been designing and producing classic and contemporary yarns with New England fleeces in Vermont for 25 years

This registered charity has been established to help preserve endangered livestock, not just sheep, but also poultry, cattle, horses and pigs. It works closely with conservation groups, including the Rare Breeds Survival Trust, and aims to increase the numbers of those species in the endangered lists

This mobile demonstraton of sheep sheering is packed into a 45 ft articulated truck and can be booked for agricultural shows, school visits and childrens' parties. Contact them by telephone on 01234 841 954 or 07989 450 307, or by emailing: mail@sheersheep.co.uk

This link takes you to the pages about different fibres

Trade association dedicated to the preservation and improvement of craftsmanship

Dedicated to the welfare of alpacas and the education of their owners and breeders.

Formed in 1981 to further the development of angora goats in the UK.

All about coloured sheep, that is those that are not white which means hues ranging from dark brown to cream and black to silver grey

How to look after goats, improve breeding and safeguard against cruelty

Where to find out more about this great breed of friendly, inquisitive and attractive sheep that produce superb fleeces

Find out about the central marketing system that operates in Britain with the aim of achieving the best possible net returns for farmers

Since its formation in 1997, this ecological association has built up an international network of individual certification organisations

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

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

An international body representing the world's wool textile trade and industry. A good source for standards, research and statistics

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

A specialist organisation safeguarding the interests and future of UK sheep farmers

One of the UK's leading organic certification bodies involved with the inspection and licensing of organic farming and food

The UK charity that promotes sustainable, organic farming and whose organic trademark is the most well-known

Although this site will tell you more about silk, the society exists to advise on a life free of animal products for, it says, the benefit of people, animals and the planet