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With my new Zwartbles wool about to launch I thought I'd catch up with Lucy and get a farmer's perspective.  Could you tell me a little about ...

Well not actually chocolate wool, sorry to disappoint you, that would be pretty amazing though wouldn’t it?! I’m talking about the fleece that is ...

A year and a half ago, I had no idea what it was to be a farmer. It was a world I had never collided with; my parents were social workers and I mov...

Since having my own yarn processed last year from local flocks, my mind has been literally spinning (excuse the pun) with ideas and diff...

I love my job. Not only because I'm often surrounded by beautiful wool, but the variety of people I get to meet and speak to when I'm out on my sta...

The happiest of news – Northern Yarn will have a mini stand at Wool Fest 2017! I will be part of a new initiative, a collection of niche and new bu...

It always makes me stop for a minute; seeing snowdrops, the first skinny daffodils (I’m sure there is an actual name for these!) and lighter evenin...

January 2017!!!! I’m not going to say ‘how did that happen?’ or ‘I’m glad it’s over for another year’ because 1) we all know how it happened and 2)...

That’s right. I should be starting this blog post with news about my wool but I have to tell you about this! A few weeks ago some of my (much young...

I am very happy to share that my wool is now at the mill! Halifax Spinning Mill to be precise and in the very capable hands of Mr Paul Crookes! Her...

So, the sheep had been sheared and now I needed to go and look at the fleeces. I had been talking about all of this at Purl, the knitting group I r...

And by that I mean the community of knitting, crochet and any woolly craft you may partake in. Let’s call it the Wool Lovin’ Community? No? Maybe j...