Harvesting in the case of wool means shearing. Pure new wool comes from live sheep and sheep are not killed in the shearing process! This blog item focusses on how…
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…
Here are a few snaps of the “new” Fearnaught. It had an illustrious past in a mill at Banbury, now sadly closed … The machine replaces our “old” Fearnaught…
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,…
It is well known that the Boreray is at the top of the Rare Breeds Survival Trust watch list and that the Soay is still at risk (though thankfully its…
Farming is both a very traditional and a very experimental and innovative activity. On the one hand, we are inevitably tied to the land and its attributes, whether they are…
The Southdown sheep has been established in the UK for over two hundred years, but has been in its current ‘improved’ state since the 1800’s with the breed society being…
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…
The Royal Cornwall Museum’s collection of South West of England mineralogy is one of the finest in the world. At its heart is an outstanding early collection of minerals made…
The poetic and mystical side of Lyonesse is captured in Walter de la Mare’s poem: Sunk Lyonesse In sea-cold Lyonesse, When the Sabbath eve shafts down On the roofs, walls,…