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Hi! We are a small flock of Shetland sheep kept solely for our beautiful wool!

Our sheep were chosen specifically for their great fleece colour and it's quality.

At Albany Wool we sell wool processed by hand from our own flock, and other local high welfare flocks.

Online Store Coming Soon!
Please visit our Etsy store to view our current products.
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About Us

Please visit our Meet the Flock page for more information and some wonderful sheepy pics!

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Hi! We are a small flock of Shetland sheep kept solely for our beautiful wool! Our sheep were chosen specifically for their great fleece colour and it's quality. At Albany Wool we sell wool processed by hand from our own flock, and other local high welfare flocks.

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Undyed yarns

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The Foula Wool Experience

Located in the wild crofting landscape of the remote island of Foula, west of the Shetland Islands, Foula Wool is proud to bring you their very own range of naturally coloured knitting yarns exclusively spun from 100% Foula Sheep Wool. The island of Foula is fortunate to have maintained its own indigenous population of native Shetland Sheep in near isolation for as long as anyone can recall. This has resulted in a distinctive flock of naturally coloured sheep with their own unique visual identity, commonly referred to as "Foula Shetland Sheep" or simply Foula Sheep. The fleeces are hand sheared from these naturally coloured sheep and then professionally spun to produce a high quality Shetland knitting yarn with a strong softness and pronounced texture that is sure to inspire anyone with a love of pure wool and traditional British sheep. The Foula Wool naturally occurring colour range captures the real essence of a traditional Shetland knitting yarn making it a natural choice for anyone looking for a truly authentic Shetland knitting experience.

Please take a moment to look round our online Wool shop to see the range of Foula Wool Shetland knitting yarns and knitting kits we offer. These yarns are only available from our online Wool Shop, where you will buy your knitting yarn direct from the same crofters who spend their time out on the hill tending to the sheep. International orders are welcomed, so wherever you are in the world if your curious then we would love to send you some of our very special hand knitting yarns so you too can enjoy the Foula Wool experience.

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Located in the wild crofting landscape of the remote island of Foula, west of the Shetland Islands, Foula Wool is proud to bring you their very own range of naturally coloured knitting yarns exclusively spun from 100% Foula Sheep Wool.

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Leather and leather products

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Creation Mill CIC always encourages its beneficiaries to look at the fabrics and textiles products around them first before buying new. To inspire this further we have opened a small Scrap Store in our CM office on Glenesk Road, Langholm, DG13 0ES. We source fabrics and materials for all our workshops and classes from our Scrap Store - even designing workshops around using up scraps.

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Creation Mill CIC always encourages its beneficiaries to look at the fabrics and textiles products around them first before buying new. To inspire this further we have opened a small Scrap Store in our CM office on Glenesk Road, Langholm, DG13 0ES.

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Balgarvie Weaving is the work of textile designer Janet Hughes.

All fabric is lovingly created by her by hand, using learned craft skills, in her garden studio weave shed in Fife.

Janet loves pattern and uses op and primitive patterns in her work gaining source inspiration from both her Scottish and British heritage as well as contemporary art and design to produce limited numbers of hand woven fabric for use as scarves, wraps, cowls and accessories from locally sourced quality yarns.

Janet also makes small runs of bags and apparel using her own fabric utilising her tailoress skills.

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Balgarvie Weaving is the work of textile designer Janet Hughes. All fabric is lovingly created by her by hand, using learned craft skills, in her garden studio weave shed in Fife.

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Bowhouse - Replacing a missing link in the Fife area local food chain

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Bowhouse is a place for transforming raw ingredients from Fife into produce ready for everyone to enjoy at our regular Market Weekends.

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Undyed yarns

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24th and 25th September, Yarndale Skipton Auction Mart, Gargrave Road, Skipton, North Yorkshire, BD23 1UD.

8th and 9th October, Bakewell Wool Gathering, Bakewell Agricultural Centre, Agricultural way, Bakewell, Derbyshire, DE45 1AH.

29th and 30th October, Kendal Wool Gathering, Town Hall, Highgate, Kendal, LA9 4DL

You can keep up to date with all the news from Hawkshaw Sheep HQ by following on social media, links at the top of the page, or by signing up to receive the Hawkshaw Sheep EWESletter, link at the bottom of the page.

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24th and 25th September, Yarndale Skipton Auction Mart, Gargrave Road, Skipton, North Yorkshire, BD23 1UD. 8th and 9th October, Bakewell Wool Gathering, Bakewell Agricultural Centre, Agricultural way, Bakewell, Derbyshire, DE45 1AH.

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Leather and leather products

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The Woodland Tannery is a small, family run Traditional Tannery. One of Scotland's last Tanneries to produce traditional rawhide and bark tan leather. The processes that we use are based on Scotland's rich history of leather tanning and forestry.

Our highly sustainable enterprise relies on the use of natural materials such as oak and willow bark sourced locally from rural Estates. Our Tannery, unlike many others uses only natural materials and traditional methods.

Our leather is produced from hides and skins, utilising fish skins from Scotland's finest smoke salmon suppliers, sheepskins from small crofts and deer hides from Estates, Farms and Scotlands wild landscape.

We produce various types of leather and hides, specialising in high quality rawhide for drum making, buckskin, sheepskin rugs, bark tan leather and deer hide rugs.

We produce bespoke orders for leatherworkers, crafters, shooting Estates, distilleries, museums, drum makers and small holders.

We provide a variety of experiences and courses based on traditional Scottish hide tanning and ancient crafts.
"Traditional values are at the heart of all our work.
We endeavour to honour our Heritage and our Landscape in a highly sustainable way."

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Woodland Tannery | Traditional tannery based in Fife, Scotland

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The Woodland Tannery is a small, family run Traditional Tannery. One of Scotland's last Tanneries to produce traditional rawhide and bark tan leather. The processes that we use are based on Scotland's rich history of leather tanning and forestry. Our highly sustainable enterprise relies on the use of natural materials such as oak and willow bark sourced locally from rural Estates.

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Nestled within the stunning Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park and set within 100 acres of private land, this beautiful 18th century property is the ideal place to enjoy an art, craft and activity holiday.

Art, Craft & Activity Hotel?
Choose from over 40 different holidays. From knitting & crochet, patchwork & quilting, sewing and painting to photography, hill walking and more! We have something for everyone. From the novice crafter to the seasoned professional, we welcome all abilities on our holidays.

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Gartmore House, Stirling | Art, Craft & Activity Holidays in Scotland

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Nestled within the stunning Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park and set within 100 acres of private land, this beautiful 18th century property is the ideal place to enjoy an art, craft and activity holiday. Art, Craft & Activity Hotel? Choose from over 40 different holidays.

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Weaver
Tutor

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Regenerative Farming Business | Rotmell Farming | Ballinluig

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Rotmell Farming is a regenerative beef and sheep farm based in the Scottish Highlands. Home to Soil Farm of The Year 2020.

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Naturally dyed yarns
Patterns

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Eco prints and natural dyes

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Leaves of Auchencraw - Creating beautifully printed fabric from nature's natural beauty...

I wander our village in the Scottish borders picking leaves and flowers to print on natural textiles. Re-purposing clothes, using dead stock and re-cycled fabric when and where I can.

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Leaves of Auchencraw - Creating beautifully printed fabric from nature's natural beauty... I wander our village in the Scottish borders picking leaves and flowers to print on natural textiles. Re-purposing clothes, using dead stock and re-cycled fabric when and where I can.

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Elisabeth Viguie Culshaw  (Bettys Beautiful Life)

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Elisabeth Viguie Culshaw  (Bettys Beautiful Life)

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Educator, Natural dyer and grower of dye plants

@The Indigo plot in the Glasgow Botanics
https://thelansdownehouseofstencils.com/
bettysbeautifullife@gmail.com
+44 (0)7939211805

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Bettysbeautifullife | Instagram, Facebook | Linktree

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Dyed yarn
Tweed
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The Isle of Iona is a small island in the Inner Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland.

Famous throughout the world for its beauty and tranquility, the island is often described as a "special" place. Saints, scholars, and artists have called it home over the years, but the island has always belonged to its indigenous crofting community, who have shaped and defined life on this Atlantic outpost for centuries. At just three miles long by one and a half miles wide, Iona is home to seven crofts, two farms, around 170 islanders and over 1000 native breed sheep.

The simple mission of Iona Wool is to realise the full potential of the wool grown by the island flock - a raw material already laden with value when it is gathered in the summer, thanks to the skilled husbandry and care of the island's crofting families. Each raw fleece documents a calendar year of nature and nurture, the fibres describing the wellbeing of the animal - how successful they have been at grazing and finding shelter, how they fared through lambing, whether winter was mild or harsh.

Every single fleece is rolled out on a table and worked by hand, feeling for any course or matted sections and testing the fibres for strength and condition. We sort into two grades; the finest becomes our knitting yarns and the second, our weaving and crafting yarns. We try not to manipulate the colour too much, grading by feel rather than by sight, so that each edition of Iona Wool reflects the collective colour of the island flock.

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Famous throughout the world for its beauty and tranquility, the island is often described as a "special" place. Saints, scholars, and artists have called it home over the years, but the island has always belonged to its indigenous crofting community, who have shaped and defined life on this Atlantic outpost for centuries.

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Gartur Stitch Farm is a regenerative smallholding based at the edge of the Trossachs. We grow chemical-free vegetables, pasture raised pork & poultry, far-too-free-range goats and community on our 7 acres of land.

We believe that practical skills are an integral step in moving towards a more JUST FOOD system.

(There may be a fair amount of baby goat cuddles in there as well.)

We are passionate about sharing what we've learned and have published a series of guides and books as well as online courses.

Through our sister company Fodder + Farm, we host supper clubs, events and workshops that put making, gathering and growing at the heart.

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Gartur Stitch Farm is a regenerative smallholding based at the edge of the Trossachs. We grow chemical-free vegetables, pasture raised pork & poultry, far-too-free-range goats and community on our 7 acres of land. (There may be a fair amount of baby goat cuddles in there as well.)

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Weaver

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Naturally dyed yarns

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Woollenflower is a small natural dye and textile studio, run by Australian-born horticulturist and craftsperson, Julia Billings.

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Handmade sheepskin rugs, blankets and yarn

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Isle of Auskerry - Natural wool products for sustainable living

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Natural wool, sheepskin rugs, blankets and yarn, handmade with quality craftsmanship. Beautiful products that conserve the North Ronaldsay breed of sheep.

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Undyed and dyed yarns

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to the wonderfully woolly world of Lammermuir Shetland Wool​, pure Shetland Wool from the Koru Lammermuir Shetland flock, based in East Lothian, Scotland Grazing at over 700ft in the Lammermuir Hills, these hardy Shetland sheep produce a fine and soft high-high-quality wool which is ideal for knitting the finest shawls and making long-lasting sweaters, hats and more!

This is Koru Destiny (all our sheep are pedigree and thus have birth certificates and names) - she is from an Island tup and a home-bred ewe.
We love our Shetland sheep and the quality yarn they produce - and we hope that you will too! Explore this site to find out more about how we produce the wool, and look after our sheep, follow our blog and make sure you stop by our online shop. We also have a News page.

Ours is a small flock of very friendly Shetland sheep. We are always keen to share information about how we care for our sheep and you can find out more here and watch our short film below
Shetland Wool is renowned over the world for its fineness and softness.
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Our fleeces are hand-clipped and then mill-spun in England to our specifications to ensure a consistency and produce high quality yarn from lace to DK/worsted weights. ​
​Hand-dyed yarn is also available in mini-skeins, perfect for your fair-isle projects.

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to the wonderfully woolly world of Lammermuir Shetland Wool​, pure Shetland Wool from the Koru Lammermuir Shetland flock, based in East Lothian, Scotland Grazing at over 700ft in the Lammermuir Hills, these hardy Shetland sheep produce a fine and soft high-high-quality wool which is ideal for knitting the finest shawls and making long-lasting sweaters, hats and more!

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Established in 2016, The Scottish Yarn Festival is the new name for Perth Festival of Yarn. We are Scotland's contemporary yarn and fibre festival.

Over the last 7 years we have welcomed the very best independent businesses from across the UK and EU to our thoughtfully curated Vendors' Gallery Marketplace. Our illustrious tutors and lecturers have included Jeanette Sloan, Françoise Danoy, Andre de Castro, Di Gilpin, and Amy Palko. Each year we put together a fringe programme of social events which have included books signings, gala dinners and fashions shows, and Perthshire gin flights. The level of detail, innovation and passion we craft into each offering is why we are not only an award nominated destination festival, but also the reasons why you join us from - on average - 20 different countries every year.

Vendor applications for our 2023 celebration are now closed. If you wish to be considered for our cancellation list through late application please email vendors@thescottishyarnfestival.com

Our last event was the Scottish Wool Producers Showcase on 25 March 2023, which took place at the Dewars Centre, Perth.

Born in 2022 the Scottish Wool Producers Showcase seeks to shine a spotlight on yarns with a distinctly Scottish origin and their makers. Featuring a boutique marketplace celebrating Scotland's single farm yarns, shepherds, mills, and more, as well as inspiring presentations.

The below images are a selection from our 2022 Showcase.

We at The Scottish Yarn Festival are passionate about the City which we call home. Perth is Scotland's ancient capital, the crowning place of our Kings, the Gateway to the Highlands, and 90% of the Scottish population are only a 90 minutes drive away; so we are closer than you may have originally thought! If you are planning on jetting in from further afield then connecting train journeys from Glasgow Queen Street (arriving from Glasgow International Airport) and Edinburgh Gateway stations (arriving at Edinburgh International Airport) are only an hour to Perth.

Find us on our social media pages and join our Community via the links at the bottom of the page.

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The Scottish Yarn Festival - The Scottish Yarn Festival

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Established in 2016, The Scottish Yarn Festival is the new name for Perth Festival of Yarn. We are Scotland's contemporary yarn and fibre festival. Over the last 7 years we have welcomed the very best independent businesses from across the UK and EU to our thoughtfully curated Vendors' Gallery Marketplace.

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Home furnishings and gifts

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Woolly Originals (and Bearford Originals)

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Woolly Originals (and Bearford Originals)

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https://woollyoriginals.com/

Naturally dyed yarns
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Undyed cashmere yarn and fleece

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Lunan Bay Farm | Regenerative Produce & Livestock | Home

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Lunan Bay Farm are environmentally conscience producers of Scottish Cashmere from our regenerative coastal farm in Scotland

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Maker
Undyed and dyed yarns
Patterns

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Knitwear : Patterns : Wool : Workshops : Design : Fashion : Style : Made in Scotland : Cashmere : Hand Knit : Design : Screeds : Lambswool :

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Undyed wool
Woven goods
Patterns

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Uist Wool | Knitting & Weaving Yarn | Mill & Wool Centre | Scotland

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Naturally beautiful knitting & weaving yarns and wool products. Produced at our modern mill & wool centre, Inspired by the stunning surroundings of Scotland's Outer Hebrides.

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Weavers

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beautifully scottish

tarras tweed

"The weaving of soft wool tweed is synonymous with Langholm, it owes it's very being to the tweed. Set at the confluence of the Esk, the Ewes and the Wauchope, wool and wool tweed has been processed here for centuries"

"The seemingly endless variations of the moorland colours and the very essence of the Border hills seep into the wool tweeds woven in these mills"

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In a town long famed for the production of high quality and beautifully coloured fabrics, we work with British Wool to produce our range of Tarras Tweed , a soft handling Shetland cloth which has found favour for many end uses

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Weaver and designer

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With more than 200 years of experience as a niche manufacturer and wholesaler in the textile market, Macnaughton Holdings is able to offer both the speed and flexibility of service, design and fulfilment that is an essential requirement of the 21st century. In the tradition of seven generations of the Macnaughton family, the company is now managed and controlled by the Cotton family.

Using the finest of fibres, Macnaughton designs and weaves distinctive upholstery, soft furnishing and traditional kilting fabrics. From sheer wool-silk fabrics for drapes to the heaviest of furnishing fabrics, throws, kilts, luxury silk scarves and scout and guide neckerchiefs, Macnaughton Holdings has an unrivalled range of products. Click on our brand pages to find out more about our range of products.
masters of wool
Since it foundation in 1783, Macnaughton Holdings Limited, have specialised in the weaving of wool, the original natural and biodegradable material. With its foundations in traditional highlandwear, the company broadened its expertise and is now recognised internationally for its expertise in beautiful, high performance cloths and accessories, made in our own mill in the Highlands of Scotland.

Macnaughton prides itself on giving the highest level of service to all its customers, in the knowledge that accurate and timely delivery is absolutely critical. Our expertise can be seen in the vast range of innovative and luxurious qualities we can weave, from the finest wool sheers for windows, to the most robust and enduring tartan cloths. Click on our brands to find out more about our vast range of products.

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With more than 200 years of experience as a niche manufacturer and wholesaler in the textile market, Macnaughton Holdings is able to offer both the speed and flexibility of service, design and fulfilment that is an essential requirement of the 21st century.

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Undyed and Dyed Yarn
Patterns

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Uradale Yarns Shetland Native Organic Undyed and Dyed Wool

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Purchase Uradale Yarns' Shetland Native Organic Undyed and Dyed Wool. Uradale Yarns provide full wool traceability and uses an organic spinner for dyed yarns.

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Weavers

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Specialist producers of high quality, hand-woven bespoke blankets and tweed, based in Newburgh, Fife.

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Undyed and dyed yarns

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Garment design and production

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Rugs and knitted goods

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The Shearer, rug maker and knitter

Hi I am Pam Sutherland, my aim to is to make create beautiful rugs, cruelty free and sustainable. Living in rural Aberdeenshire at the foot of Bennachie, I am involved in the whole process, tending sheep, shearing right through to preparing the fleeces and making rugs that will enhance any home.

I love working with sheep and their wool, its so tactile and every breed produces a different type of fleece giving lots of variety in colour and feel . I also enjoy knitting which keeps me busy when its blowing a hooley .

I can also offer one to one courses if you would like to learn to create your very own rug.

Bespoke Rugs, a great keepsake from a special sheep.

Sooky is a special wee pet sheep, his owners wanted to use his fleece and have something that would be a lovely keepsake. The rug was posted to me and I started created the piece with Sooky's name added to the backing. It was a pleasure to make this one off rug and I would be delighted to make your own special rug, or even teach you to make one yourself, just get in touch below.

Spring update from Bob

Quick update from Bob , its spring and me and mam is getting fit for lambing while catching up with rug commissions and getting ready for fairs . Been busy, busy amongst the sheep but still time for a quick shower.

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Beautiful cruelty free fleece rugs handcrafted and knitted garments made with love from Aberdeenshire in Scotland The Shearer, rug maker and knitter Hi I am Pam Sutherland, my aim to is to make create beautiful rugs, cruelty free and sustainable. Living in rural Aberdeenshire at the foot of Bennachie, I am involved in the whole...

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Weaver

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Taffled threads specialises in small batch and custom handwoven fabrics and tartans for both fashion and interiors. Using a variety of natural fibres all fabrics are designed and woven by Claire Hunter in Alloa, central Scotland.

I hope you enjoy browsing my website, should you require any further information about my products, please contact me.

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Craft is a multi purpose e commerce site

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Recycled fibres (gifts)

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recycled textile sculpture

justaheads are here!

The justaheads are now here. I've had lots of requests for the animalheads I make to be available without the hooks - so here is my justaheads range. I do hope you like them as much as I do. They come in a cute little wooltide gift box and make a lovely little happy present for any animal lover - regardless of age!

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wooltide - collected and created recycled animals handmade Scotland

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Wooltide handmakes unique creatures, animals and creations using recycled preloved textiles. Hookheads make for useful additions to the household giving somewhere to hang the keys or dog's lead. Commissions are welcomed especially dogs and pets - please get in touch. All hookheads come in a giftbox.