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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.
We are on Facebook! Please follow what we get up to.

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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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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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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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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https://woollyoriginals.com/

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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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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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Uradale Yarns Shetland Native Organic Undyed and Dyed Wool

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Uradale Yarns Shetland Native Organic Undyed and Dyed Wool

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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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Todd & Duncan are the world’s leading cashmere yarn spinners with over 150 years heritage that stands for supreme quality, exceptional customer service, innovation and integrity.

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Scotvein, Grimsay, Isle of North Uist HS6 5JA

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Scotvein, Grimsay, Isle of North Uist HS6 5JA

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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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Duns TD11 3HS

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Fibre Processing Mill | The Border Mill | Duns

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A small fibre processing mill in the beautiful Scottish Borders, spinning everything from a single fleece to the whole herd. Visit the Mill Shop to see our range of British alpaca, alpaca-blend and British wool yarns and handwoven textiles.

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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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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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Yarn from North Ronaldsay: Promoting Rare Breed Seaweed Eating Sheep Fibre

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Yarn from North Ronaldsay: Promoting Rare Breed Seaweed Eating Sheep Fibre

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We offer a wide range of natural high quality yarns, batts, rovings, and felt.

Colours range from white through various shades of grey and brown to black, also colours can be mixed to produce variegated yarns.

The facilities at the Mill gives us not only the opportunity of processing our own native fibre but also that of our customers, especially those who are unable to process small quantities.

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A Yarn from North Ronaldsay: Promoting Rare Breed Seaweed Eating Sheep Fibre - wide range of natural high quality yarns, batts, rovings, and felt

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Discover the unique yarns and fibres processed and promoted by A Yarn from North Ronaldsay, a small business based on the remote island of North Ronaldsay in Orkney. Their rare breed of seaweed-eating sheep produce natural, high-quality yarns, batts, rovings and felt in a range of colors perfect for knitting, weaving and felting.

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Shilasdair Yarns - Naturally Dyed Yarn on the Isle of Skye

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Shilasdair Yarns - Naturally Dyed Yarn on the Isle of Skye

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Lunan Bay Farm - Regenerative Produce & Livestock

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Lunan Bay Farm - Regenerative Produce & Livestock

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

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High Auldgirth Cottages, Auldgirth, Dumfries DG2 0XJ

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Working With Nature | Low Auldgirth Steading | Scotland

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Low Auldgieth Steading celebrates everything slow grown, the traditional way. We work with nature looking after the environment as well as our farm. Advocating regenerative agriculture, pasture fed systems and organic methods.

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Knockando Woolmill - An Authentic Scottish Woollen Mill

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Knockando Woolmill - An Authentic Scottish Woollen Mill

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Knockando Woolmill - An Authentic Scottish Woollen Mill

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Historic working woollen mill, nestled in the heart of Speyside, Scotland. Contemporary designs are woven alongside traditional tweeds and classic woollen blankets.

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Largo Walled Garden - Bringing Largo Walled Garden to life

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The Largo Estate Walled Garden is run by team of three Erin, Kathy and Lindsey who began the work in the Spring of 2021. Their on the ground activity is supported by the Monzie Estate team with guidance and direction from owners Alexandra and David Crichton plus extra help from Amanda and Lucy in the office.

Erin, Kathy and Lindsey in the Walled Garden, October 2021.

All of our produce is grown using ecological methods of production and without the use of chemicals in the unique setting of the Largo Estate Walled Garden. We aim to grow specialist produce that you wouldn't find on the highstreet - think colourful carrots and beetroots and salad leaves with flavours you've never tasted before!

To cultivate we break the ground with tractor operated rotavator, plough and harrow to begin our plots, and then after this our bed system is aiming for no dig by not inverting the soil again (like the plough does) and tilling as minimally as possible. We use a board fork to aerate the soil when it becomes compacted which leaves the soil structure intact allowing it to take its natural form and ecosystem - though sometimes we do need to dig out perennial weeds by hand!

Archie Finlay begins plough work after rotavation, March 2021.

We introduce green waste compost to mulch the beds in order to suppress weed seed and we are developing our in garden composting system to feed the soils of the land. Our own compost is currently made up of crop residue generated from the garden and organic straw and manure from the Balcaskie Estate.

Erin and Jenny (Head of Pest Control) work on distributing greenwaste compost to establish permenant beds, April 2021.

We use heat minimally to propagate our seedlings so our vegetables and flowers are grown within the limitations of Scotland's climate! Plus the amazing benefits of the walled garden environment and a further helping hand from two polytunnels.

We aim to accredit with an organic certification body when we can, though already follow many of the associated practices.

Seedlings growing in the newly established no-dig bed system, June 2021.

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The Largo Estate Walled Garden is run by team of three Erin, Kathy and Lindsey who began the work in the Spring of 2021. Their on the ground activity is supported by the Monzie Estate team with guidance and direction from owners Alexandra and David Crichton plus extra help from Amanda and Lucy in the office.

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Originally opened in 1906, we are the oldest Harris Tweed mill in operation and also the only mill independently owned by an Islander.

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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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Our Supersoft, first created by us, is the Original and Best. It is also a SCOTTISH yarn, SPUN in Scotland, INSPIRED by Scotland, with HEATHER melange shades. It can only be "The Colours of Scotland" by JC Rennie!

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JC Rennie woollen yarn for hand knitting, weaving and machine knitting.

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Isle of Auskerry - Natural wool products for sustainable living

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Isle of Auskerry - Natural wool products for sustainable living

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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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Ailsa View, West Kilbride KA23 9GA

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Shetland wool & yarn available online from Jamieson’s of Shetland. A family owned business; we produce the purest 100% Shetland yarn and have done for decades.

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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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Specialising in Scottish provenance and craftsmanship, we proudly champion Scottish wool mills and artisan makers. Ever mindful of the need to shop local and live sustainably, the products we sell are made from natural fibres, with quality and durability as a prerequisite. We invite you to explore our curated collections of pure wool and cashmere blankets, coats, knitted accessories, Fair Isle and Harris Tweed. Enjoy.

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Luxury Scottish homeware made in Scotland

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Made in Scotland, pure wool and cashmere blankets, throws, Harris Tweed ladies coats and jackets, scarves, accessories and homeware made by Scottish woollen mills and artisans. Knitting wool and patterns. All our products are exclusively made in Scotland. Edinburgh store by the Royal Mile.

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If you are outside the UK please make sure you read over our delivery information before placing your order. Thanks!

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NEW BOOK

Since 2020 we have posted every week on our social media a 'wirsitinspo' post - Wool Inspiration, taking a picture of life here in Shetland and matching it up to our 2ply Jumper Weight. This book contains over 50 of our most popular posts.

the 2023 Official Shetland Wool Week design by Alison Rendall. The pattern is a distinctive design that incorporates traditional elements together with a flower motif. She chose the name Buggiflooer - a Shetland name for Sea Campion - which grows in abundance near her home by the sea.

Shetland Wool Week is an annual event to promote Shetland Wool and its knitters.

Shetland Aran Worsted Naturals

This new website launched at the beginning of September 2021, unfortunately account and order details could not be transferred so if you have not placed and order since then you will need to make a new account, happy shopping!

Here at Jamieson & Smith (Shetland Woolbrokers LTD) we have been buying Shetland Wool since the 1930's, and now handle over 80% of the Shetland Islands Wool Clip which we turn into a wide range of yarns and products.

remember to tag us in all your projects on ravelry, instagram and social media with the hashtags #jamiesonandsmith #realshetlandwool

for Knit-a-longs, news and images direct from shetland

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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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FTS Dyers Ltd - Specialist Yarn Dyers Since 1947 | Yarn Package Dyeing

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FTS Dyers are proud to be the UK market leaders in yarn package dyeing and yarn sales. Commercial Dyeing | Yarn Twisting | Yarn Rewinding | Sample Dyeing

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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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Brucehill Cottages, Port of Menteith, Stirling FK8 3JY

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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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Clothes Made For Womxn By Womxn

Clothes Made to Make Sh#t Happen!

Make a Purchase, Make a Difference

Looking for clothes that do not destroy people and planet in their making, their life-time and end of life?

Want to find a brand who doesn't just cherry pick the good bits of the story and a brand brave enough to share everything with you.

We are the solution!

What you see is literally what you get, no pretending. From every image we share being someone in our team to all our Giving A Sh#t About transparency pages in our footer.

X We make bad-ass build your own clothes with 100% wool fibre fabric that we weave at our mill in Scotland.

X We are Scotlands' FIRST and ONLY B Corp Certified textiles mill and clothing manufacturer.

X We have four pillars of purpose that guide us, but also make us accountable to everyone.

Keep Scrolling....

Before you freak out with excitement over our creations, we have two warnings for you, plus we love a good quote to get us going....

100%

You will feel confident and conscious in our clothes.....

Whatever we wear says everything about us. Who wants to say they support modern slavery, environmental destruction and corporate exploitation? We are with you on this, it's a big natural no from us too!

"There was a womxn who gave a sh#t, she now lives happily ever after...."

That womxn is YOU!

100%

You will never want to wear anything not natural again....

Natural fibres are genius! When used to create clothes with no landfill waste, to forever be circular, it's just WOW! We say, shove your highly flammable, oil based 'fashion' where the sun don't shine....

Now the bit you have been searching for....

Not only are we making the most ethical clothing for womxn in the world, its a totally wash-free wardrobe too!

Every making sh#t happen womxn never has enough time to save the world, but with a bit less laundry we might get closer. Check out the No Wash Clubfor all the rules....

Shop The 4 X A Year Collection

4 Colours, 4 Clothing Types, 4 Times a Year

Plan your purchases, say "see-ya "to impulse spends and adopt the Cost Per Wear approach. We guarantee you will save money in the long run, and feel amazing at the same time!

Step 1 - 4 times a year we unlock our 14 day pre-order door

Step 2 - We make your clothing to order, to your size, no waste

Step 3 - We ship your made to measure clothing direct from our mill to you

Step 4 - We repair the fabric of the planet together, while you look and feel incredibly bad-ass!

All Clothes By Collection

Click below to see all of our current collections. Also see our available throughout the year one off wonders, pre-loved marketplace and if you are a VIR member check out our early previews on these!

Whenever I want something of perfection I go to Prickly Thistle. I have never been disappointed.
The blanket I recently purchased was no exception. Perfect weave, perfect colors, perfect packaging.... Just a whole lot of love.

PRE-ORDER Climate Stripes Blanket

I needed something that made a statement but was still elegant and classy for work and the rebel tee hit it. Something about the way the Tartan Lines shape and frame is so flattering. It's versatile too! I've paired it with a pencil skirt, jeans and leather pants.

It may be my go to travel top!

I'll definitely be splurging on Clare's designs more often! Also our trip to the mill was the highlight of our holiday. Even my 13 year old son was interested

Tee X Limited Edition X Rebel Heart

Heirloom quality that will last a lifetime - and beyond!

Black Elements is a stunning tartan. The merino twill is tight, with an almost silky hand.

My first Black Elements purchase was the Maxi Kilt, and I loved the tartan so much that I quickly ordered the Blanket Scarf and the Slender Scarf in it as well.

Thank you, passionate rebels of Prickly Thistle! I applaud your mission to fill our closets with high quality, sustainable, and gorgeous, apparel. I am a most grateful customer! 💜

Blanket Scarf X Limited Edition X Black Elements

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The World's Most Ethical Clothing Brand for Womxn From Scotland

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Clothes Made For Womxn By Womxn Clothes Made to Make Sh#t Happen! Make a Purchase, Make a Difference Looking for clothes that do not destroy people and planet in their making, their life-time and end of life? Want to find a brand who doesn't just cherry pick the good bits of the story and a brand brave enough to share everything with you.

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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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Our fleeces and dye plants grow side by side, here on the windswept hills of Balnahard Farm.

Colonsay Wool Growers is a yarn brand with real provenance at its heart.

Our wool only comes from the sheep born & shorn at Balnahard Farm, we use plant matter that grows naturally and abundantly on Colonsay for dyeing, producing a beautifully defined palette of colours, reflective of the Hebridean landscape.

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Our fleeces and dye plants grow side by side, here on the windswept hills of Balnahard Farm. Colonsay Wool Growers is a yarn brand with real provenance at its heart. Our wool only comes from the sheep born & shorn at Balnahard Farm, we use plant matter that grows naturally and abundantly on Colonsay for dyeing, producing a beautifully defined palette of colours, reflective of the Hebridean landscape.

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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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Contemporary Shetland Knitwear made in Shetland, Scotland

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Shetland knitwear but not as you know it. Luxury knitwear, made sustainably here in the Shetland Islands by skilled local craftspeople.

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FRESH FARM
PRODUCTS

We offer all our fresh products just like the nature gives us.

Minimal process for keep all the natural benefit and properties

FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM

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Brawliemuir Farm | pure wool | farm products | local honey| Johnshaven

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You can find our products all grown and processed in Scotland. Honey, 100% Hebrides wool blended Cashmere and all the seasonal products that nature offers us. Brawliemuir Farm is located near Johnshaven and we will be happy to be contacted.

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Guardswell Farm is a 150-acre grassland farm situated on a south facing hillside, perfect for Weddings, Weekend Breaks and Countryside Walks. Book online today!

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Award-winning Scottish publishing and design

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Fortrose IV10 8RP

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Studio-shed visits are available by appointment. If you'd like to visit please email (mail@blackisleyarns.co.uk) or send a text message (07940100975) to arrange a time and date. Black Isle Yarns is based in the small town of Fortrose on the Black Isle, approximately 30 minutes north of Inverness by car. The travel time is similar by bus and there is a regular service with a stop around 5 minutes walk away.

Lots of new stock was added to the online shop at the beginning of April - with new naturally dyed colours in Auchen Light DK, Balblair DK, Shetland DK and 4ply.
Killen Sock is very low in stock at the moment but the next batch is being spun in April, and should dyed and online by June 2023.
For anyone who bought Auchen at Glasgow School of Yarn or from early November onwards please check this blog post - you may have Light DK rather than Sport as I wasn't immediately aware of the spinning difference.

Following several lost parcels postage is currently set to 'Tracked' for overseas and 'Signed For' or 'Tracked' for UK orders. If the actual postage cost of an order is much less than the cost charged by the website I will always refund the difference (minus a small amount for the cost of packaging).
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Studio-shed visits are available by appointment. If you'd like to visit please email (mail@blackisleyarns.co.uk) or send a text message (07940100975) to arrange a time and date. Black Isle Yarns is based in the small town of Fortrose on the Black Isle, approximately 30 minutes north of Inverness by car.

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Craiglockhart Drive North, Edinburgh EH14 1HS

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Craiglockhart Drive North, Edinburgh EH14 1HS

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Edinburgh Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers

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Edinburgh Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers

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Edinburgh Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers

MAY MEETING

TALK

Saturday 20th May 2023

WOMEN TEXTILE MAKERS IN EARLY MEDIEVAL IRELAND AND BRITAIN with Cynthia Thickpenny (Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, funded by the Leverhulme Trust)
WEAVING INTEREST GROUP MEEETING
NEWSLETTER
Guild Newsletter 2023 May
Click here for the newsletters archive.

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Edinburgh Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers

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Edinburgh Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers Saturday 20th May 2023 WOMEN TEXTILE MAKERS IN EARLY MEDIEVAL IRELAND AND BRITAIN with Cynthia Thickpenny (Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, funded by the Leverhulme Trust) WEAVING INTEREST GROUP MEEETING Guild Newsletter 2023 May Click here for the newsletters archive.

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Di Gilpin - Scottish hand knitting design studio

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Di Gilpin - Scottish hand knitting design studio

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

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The Birlinn Yarn Company provides sustainably sourced, organically dyed yarn and sheepskin products from seafaring Hebridean sheep bred on the Isle of Berneray in the Outer Hebrides.

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Eco Creative Cluster — The Rockfield Centre

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Eco Creative Cluster — The Rockfield Centre

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The Dye Garden Project

Developed by the Eco Creative Cluster, the Dye Garden project at The Rockfield Centre transformed an overgrown space into a natural dye resource for textiles and plant based art techniques.

The Eco Creative Cluster project focused on nature-based materials and dyeing techniques. The Dye Garden was developed with Oban-based textile artist Deborah Gray and local volunteers in the grounds of The Rockfield Centre, a newly refurbished cultural and heritage hub located in the heart of Oban.

Produce from the dye garden can be used for workshops and artworks with techniques such as Natural Dyeing, Ecoprinting and Shibori.

Network Weaving: Conversations With Artists Series

Led by Oban-based curator Naoko Mabon, the project also aimed to weave a wider network of practitioners working across different localities in the world who have a sustainable and ecological approach. Generating further collaborations locally, nationally and internationally.

To do this Naoko facilitated a series of online events showcasing the work and practice of a plant-based artists locally and internationally in the 'Conversations with Artists' series.

Episode 1
Debobrah Gray
Launching the Eco Creative Clusters Conversations Series, lead artist on the project Deborah Gray tells us about her work using natural dyeing techniques

Episode 2
Monica Haddock
In the second edition of our Eco Creative Cluster Conversation series, Monica Haddock tells us about the work or Ardalanish Mill on the Isle of Mull.

Episode 3
Fernanda Mascarenhas
The Eco Creative Cluster are joined by Fernanda Mascarenhas, São Paulo Brazil. Fernanda tells us about her natural dyeing practice using Brazilian plants and the inspiration she has gained from Japanese tradition.

Episode 4Nanoko Suzuki
The Eco Creative Cluster are joined by Nanoko Suzuki, Yubari, Japan. Nanoko tells us about her recent textile-making project which involved a natural dye with stems and leaves of Yubari Melon, the regions speciality.

Episode 5
Boubacar Doumbia
The Eco Creative Cluster are joined by Boubacar Doumbia, Ségou, Mali. Boubacar tells us about Groupe Bogolan Kasobané (Bogolan Kasobané Group), an artist collective of six people who have been making a significant contribution to saving the ancient textile making of Bogolan and elevating it to a symbol of Malian and African identity.

Full Playlist
All episodes of the 'Conversations with Artists' series are available on our YouTube channel.

1.Deborah Gray, Oban
2. Monica Haddock, Mull
3. Fernanda Mascarenhas, Brazil
4. Nanoko Suzuki, Japan
5. Boubacar Doumbia, Mali

Textile Artist Deborah Gray let two Street Flora workshops using the Tatikizome technique in the summer of 2021

Tatakizome is the most direct technique to capture colour from plants onto fabric.

Leaves and flowers are placed between two layers of fabric and hammered until the coloured juices from the plants transfer onto the fabric. A degree of skill is required for the crispest clearest images but everyone can produce colourful results.

Inspired by the Eco-Creative Cluster Conversation with Fernanda Mascarenhas, and particularly her description of using the plants which grow in cracks in the pavements of her city, the Oban Street Flora Tatakizome project uses plants which grow spontaneously in the streets of our town. It celebrates and values the 'weeds' that are a mostly un-noticed and often unwanted part of our everyday surroundings.

Workshop participants had the opportunity to learn the Tatakizome technique and created panels on cotton fabric which were sewn together to create a collaborative mural which is on display in The Rockfield Centre.

Naoko Mabon

Eco Creative Cluster Curator Naoko Mabon

Naoko (born in Fukuoka, Japan) is a curator based in Oban on the west coast of Scotland. Informed by a lived experience as an immigrant and ethnic minority, in her curatorial practice, Naoko aims to weave relationships among differences with what we see as "disparate others" beyond common ground. In- and outside of the professional practice, Naoko cares about and continues to be something small, fragile and slow.

Naoko's ongoing and recent work includes:

'Eco Creative Cluster', a project focusing on natural dye led by The Rockfield Centre, Oban (2021-ongoing);

'Torry Ecomuseum Project', a community arts project led by Old Torry Community Centre, Aberdeen (2021-ongoing);

'Ilana Halperin: The Rock Cycle' (Yamaguchi), a cross-disciplinary project between Yamaguchi and Scotland (2019-ongoing);

'Kyojitsu-Hiniku: Between the Skin and the Flesh of Japan', an exhibition as part of the 110 Years of Japanese Immigration in Brazil, 'Pavilhão Japonês', São Paulo, Brazil (2018);

'Leaves Without Routes', an exhibition at a Japanese-style house originally built during the Japanese colonial period in Taipei Botanical Garden, Taipei, Taiwan (2016);

'Ilana Halperin: Geologic Intimacy' (Yu no Hana), a cross-disciplinary project between Beppu and Aberdeen (2015-17); among others.

Visit Naoko's website wagonart.org to find out more about her work and projects.

Deborah Gray

Eco Creative Cluster Lead Artist Deborah Gray

Deborah is a textile artist based in Oban. Recent work examines the links between land(scape), the natural materials (fibre, plants) which grow there, and the work created from those materials, reflecting elements of the land(scape) in the created works. Techniques include spinning, natural dyeing, knitting, ecoprinting and stitch, with photographic documentation. Deborah teaches spinning, natural dyeing and knitting techniques in Oban and at international textile festivals.

Deborah's current project as Lead Practitioner for the Eco Creative Cluster project at The Rockfield Centre since January 2021 aims to develop a dye garden and deliver natural dyeing workshops.

Her previous work includes;

Artist-in-Residence at The Icelandic Textile Centre, Blönduós, NorthWest Iceland in 2018 and 2019

Participant in ArtMap Argyll Open Studios 2019, 2020, 2021

Exhibitions:

Of the land: Icelandic wool (2019): Blönduós; Rockfield Centre, Oban; Shetland Museum and Archive

Land, sea and sky (2020): Rockfield Centre, Oban

Colours of the land: natural dyeing (August 2021) Rockfield Centre, Oban

Deborah produces original ecoprinted scarves and cards, as well as a variety of items in upcycled textiles, using eco-printing, natural dyeing and a vintage hand-cranked sewing machine. These are marketed under the brand name Maisie's Emporium.

To find out more about Deborah's work and practice visit her website www.deborahgraytextiles.co.uk or www.maisiesemporium.co.uk

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Eco Creative Cluster - The Rockfield Centre

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Eco Creative Cluster. Part of the CHARTS Argyll and Isles' Place Makers: Micro-cluster Networks programme funded by Creative Scotland.

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Inchcolm Drive, North Queensferry, Inverkeithing KY11 1LD

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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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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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Duddingston Cottages, South Queensferry EH30 9SN

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Duddingston Cottages, South Queensferry EH30 9SN

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https://aramintacampbell.co.uk/

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Update 15th July 2020 In line with Scottish Government guidelines, the shop is now open to visitors again. It will feel slightly different as we have to limit numbers entering the buildings at any ... [Read More...] about Covid-19 Update

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Update 15th July 2020 In line with Scottish Government guidelines, the shop is now open to visitors again. It will feel slightly different as we have to limit numbers entering the buildings at any ... [Read More...] about Covid-19 Update

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Newark Street, Saint Monans, Anstruther KY10 2DB

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Newark Street, Saint Monans, Anstruther KY10 2DB

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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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Bespoke kiltmaker and designer of made to measure kilts in Scotland

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We craft exquisite accessories from the finest cashmere, silk and wool blend yarns at our mill in Ayr, on the West Coast of Scotland. Home to our house label, Begg x Co, we also work with the world's most prestigious fashion houses. With over 150 years of experience, Alex Begg is synonymous with quality, care and attention to detail.

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Alex Begg - Luxury Accessories Manufacturer Made in Scotland Since 1866

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We craft exquisite accessories from the finest cashmere, silk and wool blend yarns at our mill in Ayr, on the West Coast of Scotland. Home to our house label, Begg x Co, we also work with the world's most prestigious fashion houses.

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The Kitchen Table Opening Hours
(Mackenzie's Farm Shop opening times can be subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances such as season, weather, staff shortages etc. Please see our Facebook page for up-to-date information.)

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We are a friendly and welcoming, multi-award winning farm shop in Cunningsburgh, Shetland (our cafe is run by The Kitchen Table). We sell a range of homegrown and locally grown produce, as well as gifts and other Shetland-inspired items. The cafe serves a range of hot and cold food/drinks to eat in or take away.