The Bare Weaver

When you get the craft bug it can be quite a fascinating change of your life. It isn’t just about the things you make, at least it isn’t for me; it’s also about the story, for example I just bought and washed a huge wool fleece ready for combing and spinning – it was a lovely sticky sloppy job, it’s all part of the fun. I was particularly interested in this fleece because the lovely lady I got it from also sent me two or three pictures of Denis the Texel sheep who had grown it. So there was already a bit of a story there, but now I have a bit more of the story and the nice thing is that I can tell the story whenever anyone asks about the things I have made from his wool and who couldn’t fall for the story of this not so little fella?  “Denis is on the Pantcyfyng farm Bwlchllan, Lampeter where he and the rest of the flock are looked after by Caroline Lewis. Caroline told me… “Denis was one of a twin from a neighbouring pedigree flock of texels. He was born with contr...

Is it British wool? You might be fooled into thinking that buying wool certified by the wool marketing board as British wool that it would be 100% British wool. This sadly is not the case - the wool marketing board describes "British Wool as having to have a minimum content of 50% wool that originated here in the UK the rest could come from anywhere. Where do I source my wool from? I buy direct from the farm - so my wool is 100%British wool and I'm proud of that - it means that when you buy from me you are not only supporting a small craft business you are also supporting a small farm businesses too. Meet Erin, a Jacob cross Welsh black mountain - she's providing some of my wool this year and Denis - he's also supplied a wonderful fleece for this years projects. Erin's wool is a lovely mix of colours and should provide some fantastic yarn. I also use some other people's yarn for specific bespoke items such as this bag created in love...