FLEECE
Take a look at what's available on my shop, or get in touch if you've got something special in mind
MARKET DATES 2022
market on the green
drumnadrochit
April 23rd
June 25th
July 23rd
Sept 10th
Sept 24th
October 8th
Dornoch Market
25th May
Glenurquart Highland Games
27th August
Inverness Leisure Centre
26th November
These are some examples of my hand-crafted fleece products.
I take extra special care at every stage of their production:
from rearing the sheep to blade-shearing them;
from cleaning the fleeces to felting them. And my wonderful mamma does the knitting!
CLIPPED SIDE
HEAD WARMERS
HATS
NATURAL LOCK HEAD WARMERS
MITTS
HAND MUFFS
CUFFS
TABLEWARE
HOT WATER BOTTLES
SEAT PADS
meet the sheep...
Here are a few of the flock who have particularly distinct fleeces. I am working on building colour diversity and lustre into the flock, but this will take time - so for now its mostly white and some natural dye colour experiments might make appearances!
ZENA
Hebridean Cross
Long luxurious locks
ROXY
BFL X Shetland
Soft tight curls
BODGER
Soay X Shetland
Soft loose curls
BERTIE
Mostly Shetland
Soft waves, long crimp
WOOL
Wool is one of the most beautiful, sustainable and versatile of materials, and the wool from my mixed motley flock is even more so because - as you can see from the photos - their different types of fleece are suited to a variety of uses and products.
versatile
My designs celebrate the natural properties of wool: insulating and hard-wearing as well as soft and beautiful.
Fleece is a great way of sequestering carbon, and buying it supports regenerative agriculture, so it does its own little bit to help the planet! And I use every part of every fleece - nothing is thrown away. Anything that can't be crafted into one of my products can be turned into a 'schwipe' (for cleaning, instead of a cloth or a sponge) or used as a mulch for garden plants, then composted.
sustainable
