vintage 20 lot 001
Our signature yarn. British fleeces sourced from 3 different farms in Exeter, Dartmoor and Carmarthen.
Brown Shetland fleeces from Carmarthen, Wales.
White Shetland fleeces from Dartmoor, Devon.
Bluefaced Leicester fleeces from Exeter, Devon.
Bluefaced Leicesters with lambs
Peter, Shetland owner and bee-keeper based in Dartmoor, Devon.
Richard, BFL owner, Exeter Devon.
vintage 20 lot 002
British fleeces sourced from 3 different British farms. The Bluefaced Leicester is from Cardigan, Wales. The Shetland is from Dartmoor and the Scottish Highlands.
Shetland sheep from the Scottish Highlands.
Shetland sheep in the snow
Bluefaced Leicester from Cardigan, Wales.
BFL girls standing proud and pretty!
Pauline, Shetland owner, Scottish Highlands
Elfyn, Bluefaced Leicester owner, Cardigan, Wales
vintage 20 lot 004
British fleeces sourced from 4 different British farms. The Bluefaced Leicester is from Cornwall and the Shetland is from Devon.
BFL from Cornwall
Just been sheared for the summer sun
Nice to meet ewe!
Linda at the farm in Devon
Pedigree Shetland, so cute!
Nice to meet ewe too!
vintage 21
The Polwarth Romney sheep who grew the wool for our vintage 21 yarn live on an award winning farm in the beautiful Northumberland countryside.
Joe, the farmer, is a practicing farm animal vet.
A Polwarth x Romney Sheep
Unusually living in the UK
Outdoor bred and grass fed
In the beautiful Northumberland countryside
Springtime!
Cared for by Joe, a practicing vet
vintage 22
Our latest edition! Pure Shetland organic wool.
Sourced from Fetlar, Shetland Islands and Tavistock in Devon.
Fetlar, Shetland Islands
Known as the Garden of Shetland
Not far from Norway!
Lucky Shetland sheep, beautiful views!
Time for coffee?
The Shetland sheep friends down south in Devon
Our Yarn Processing
vintage 20 and vintage 21 are worsted spun by the small team at the Natural Fibre Company in Cornwall. It is then dyed by experts in Yorkshire and Scotland before final labelling by Lisa and Linda at the Island Woolery on the Thames.
vintage 22 is semi-worsted spun by David and Ruth at the Rampisham Farm and Mill in Devon. Available in 4 completely natural colours. We do all the skeining and labelling at the Island Woolery on the Thames.