Our business development manager, Beki is regularly asked about fibre suitability and has written some helpful information and tips below. Understanding Your Fibre’s Spinning Potential Proper fleece selection and maintenance…
When the curatorial team at Tate Modern contacted us earlier this year in need of some additional wool for one of their exhibitions we were delighted to help. We sourced…
As a specialist British woollen mill in the heart of Cornwall, we’re proud of the traditional values we hold whilst maintaining an innovative and forward-looking approach in developing our work….
Here is an unskirted white Ryeland fleece on my kitchen floor. The grouting of the tiles will give some idea of the dimensions. It weighed around 2.5kg before I started…
Here we look at three important aspects of fleece and fibre: consistency/style, colour and animal health. Consistency varies considerably between different breeds, within the breed and across the animal. We…
One of the joys of having our own mill, is that it gives us the freedom to experiment and try new things. For the last two years we’ve celebrated our…
Images courtesy of The Saatchi Gallery At the Mill we have been thinking about art – for reasons which will become very clear in the near future! So we have…
Lyonesse DK in Serpentine, Citrine and Aquamarine We use linen in our Lyonesse yarn range – it adds great drape, crispness and strength to a yarn, but have you ever…
Length is less relevant to the processor than to the breeder! After all, the breeder will be expecting to show animals in full fleece in all their glory, while the…
Wool from different sheep varies considerably – above are Wendsleydale,Shetland and Blue-faced Leicester – there are no prizes for guessing which is which! The point here is to illustrate difference…
Most of us know wool comes from sheep, and perhaps we think it is always white and all the same: this series of articles may make you think again! The…
As many of our avid readers will know, we have been working on a new Blacker yarn range, being launched this month! This is a permanent addition to our ranges,…
The lambs grow wool quite quickly and it is the finest and softest they will produce (even from Nathalie!). So here they are last week: The larger, darker ones with…
Mules and Half Breds are the most common type of sheep in the country and make up a large majority of our commercial flocks. They are good mothers and can…
Full of the joys of a New Year, I was pleased to see that the thinking people were busy. In January, both the Oxford Farming Conference (big guns, big…
It seems that this watery story is timely, though sadly not everyone is in a position to appreciate the sheer amount of water around the UK at present. Our thoughts…