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Article in Journal for Weavers, Spinners and Dyers1 comment

claireyarn wrote 8 months ago: The following article appeared in The Journal for Weavers, Spinners and Dyers (Autumn 2012, The Wool … more →

Tags: art and craft, Events, fleece, Yarn suppliers, cornish wool, cornish wools, Dartmoor, Devon, devon wool

Reviews for 'Mapping The Future' exhibition

claireyarn wrote 1 year ago:   “Claire Crompton’s ‘Sheep Country’ was an enigmatic segmented form atop a high plinth.  Anot … more →

Tags: Articles & Press, Exhibitions, wool, British Wool Marketing Board, Crochet, crochet sculpture, Herdwick, herdwick wool, Mapping the Future

Give Fleece A Chance1 comment

claireyarn wrote 1 year ago: Give Fleece A Chance collaborative knitting project (2010-2012) Article written for The Journal for … more →

Tags: Articles & Press, Campaign for Wool, Dartmoor, Devon, Fleece, Handspun yarn, Knitting Patterns, local fibre, Slow Food Movement

Exmoor Fleece Fair

devonfinefibres wrote 1 year ago: Just a quick update to say that we shall be holding this on Saturday 3rd September  between 11am and … more →

Tags: Dulverton, Jane Deane, Pure Tinctoria dyes, Woolcake, Kings Farm Machinery, Campaign for Wool, Wool Week 2011, Exmoor Fleece Fair, Masons Kings

Sheep Breeds...

claireyarn wrote 2 years ago: Another great episode of Lambing Live last night including an interesting feature on the history of … more →

Tags: Events, fleece, Adam Henson, BBC, british wool, Campaign for Wool, cornish wool, devon wool, Fleece

Devon and Cornwall Longwool...

claireyarn wrote 2 years ago: This weekend the sheep were at a Textile Fair at Duchy Square in Princetown. I was given a large bag … more →

Tags: Events, fleece, Dartmoor, Devon, Devon and Cornwall Longwool, devon wool, Dorset Down, Duchy Square, Fleece

BBC Lambing Live...

claireyarn wrote 2 years ago: All this week the BBC are showing a nightly programme about lambing time on a Cumbrian farm. I watch … more →

Tags: Sheep, knitted sheep, manx loaghtan, Swaledale, BBC Lambing Live, Lambs, farm, Cumbrian farm, Cumbria

Morwellham Farm sheep...

claireyarn wrote 2 years ago: I recently got some yarn that was spun from sheep at Morwellham Quay, Devon. You may have seen Morwe … more →

Tags: Yarn suppliers, Coldharbour Mill, devon wool, Fleece, knitted sheep, local wool, Sheep, South West wool, Spinning

Handspun yarn for knitted sheep...

claireyarn wrote 2 years ago: Over the past few weeks, I’ve been concentrating on washing fleeces and spinning them into yar … more →

Tags: fleece, Alpaca, blue faced leicester, Dorset Down, Fleece, grey faced dartmoor, handspinning, Handspun Yarns, knitted sheep

Bowmont sheep or Polar Bear?2 comments

devonfinefibres wrote 2 years ago: I  have been using my hand spun Bowmont wool to knit a sheep for Claire Crompton’s wonderful p … more →

Tags: Bowmont sheep, Bowmont wool, Jane Deane, Duchy Square centre, Campaign for Wool, claire crompton

Give Fleece A Chance Day...

claireyarn wrote 2 years ago: Friday 26th November 2010 Venue: The Duchy Square Centre for Creativity, Princetown, Devon. Add to t … more →

Tags: Events, Fleece, knitted sheep, Duchy Square, Handspun yarn, Spinning, knitting

Sheep in the post...

claireyarn wrote 2 years ago: After giving out free yarn at various events, the first sheep have started arriving through the post … more →

Tags: Events, Fleece, wool, Sheep, knitted sheep, Ktog4, Knitters, UK wool

Duchy Square Textile Fair...

claireyarn wrote 2 years ago: This weekend GFAC was at the Textile Fair held at the Duchy Square Centre for Creativity in Princeto … more →

Tags: Events, wool, knitted sheep, textile fair, Duchy Square, handweaver's studio, Princetown, Textile Show, Devon

Sheep on Dartmoor...

claireyarn wrote 2 years ago: On Friday 29th and Saturday 30th October, the sheep will be at the Duchy Square Centre for Creativit … more →

Tags: Events, wool, knitted sheep, Dartmoor, Textile, feltmaking, Natural dyes, Knitting Patterns, Knitting Books


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