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Coloured Sheep

and Fleece Directory 2020 1st Edition

Shepherds and skilled crafters who share an enthusiasm for sheep of all the natural hues

Contents Page

Editor’s Notes 5

Members - Listings: Alphabetical 6 - 16

By Region 20

By sheep breeds and crosses 24 - 26

Services Offered 28- 29

Advertisers: Annie Brown Needle felting 41

Beilidu Flock of Manx Loaghtans 21

Brechfa Farm 18

Classic Carder 49

Cotswold Woollen Weavers 52

Curlew Weavers 21

Cwmchwefru Wool 17

Dales’ Looms 43

George Weil 22

Gorgeous Yarns 47

Handweavers Studio 23

Hedgehog Equipment 18

Higher Bridge Romneys 19

Hilltop Spinning 44

Contents continued... Page Home Farm Wensleydales 40

Jeanie Bags 37

Pocket House Studio 48

Prouse D. P. 29

Quality Fleeces 17

Shadowland Coloured Ryelands 39

Sheepfold 49

Shepherd’s Delight 45

The Nutwood Collection 36

The Spinning Barn at Spotted Pig Farm 27

Trevayne Farm 42

Unreweleez 46

Willo Fibres 35

Witney Blanket Hall 38

Woolaston’s Woolly Wonders 35

Wychwood Spinner 19

BCSBA Information: BCSBA Contacts and Links 4

Regional shows calendar for 2020 30 - 34

Code of Practice: Selling wool to hand spinners 50 - 51

BCSBA Directory Copyright and DEADLINE 51

BCSBA Contacts and Links

Chair Show Secretary NSA Representa- Diana Green Rhian Thomas tive Lesley Wick- Regional ham Vice Chair Coordinators Publications Lesley Wickham Scotland Debby Channing

Ernie Strachan Membership IT Team (BCSBA South West Secretary website/Social Diana Green Diana Green Media)

Wales Anna Reed Treasurer Lesley Wickham Keith Evans Rhian Thomas Debby Channing

Contact details Reed Anna: felton.annaATgooglemail.com Channing Debby: debbyspinAToutlook.com Strachan Ernie: strachernATgmail.com Evans Keith: woofnwoolyATgmail.com Thomas Rhian: rhian_epikATyahoo.co.uk Green Diana: Wickham Lesley: diATmoorside.plus.com lesleyATlesleywickham.co.uk

Deadline for the next Directory 15th March 2021 to be printed in time for the shows The views appearing in this newsletter are not necessarily those of the Management Committee or the Editor. Copyright © British Coloured Sheep Breeders’ Association. All rights reserved.

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Welcome to our new or existing members and advertisers. For those of you who don’t know, our Association aims to promote coloured sheep and their wool. As well as appreciating pure breed sheep, we also embrace the unique characteristics of cross breeds. We promote coloured wool by sharing news and information using our website, newsletter to members and Facebook page. We also produce this Directory, listing members’ products and services along with paid adverts, both from members and non-members.

The Directory has thirty six different sheep breeds listed and many different cross breeds (p.24-26). That offers a wonderful choice in sheep or fleeces! It is also worth noting that our members sell their wool according to the BCSBA Code of Practice (p.50-51). Our members also offer a wide range of services (p.28-29). The PDF Directory adverts each have a hyperlink to the adver- tiser’s online shop, so we are just one click away from browsing. Being a non -profit organisation, any money we raise is used to support us in promoting coloured sheep and their wool. This Directory PDF is made freely available on our website (bcsba.org.uk). Normally, the paper copy is sold along with members’ fleeces and woolly products on our show stands at the large fibre shows. However, this year, with the cancelation of fibre shows, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, only the PDF version of the Directory will be available for the public.

With severe movement restrictions now in place, many of us are cooped up at home. Crafters are attempting to balance the current stresses of these uncertain times with the simple pleasure of making something. I hope you will join me by increasing your range of favourite suppliers and at the same time, you will be supporting coloured sheep and Don’t forget to tell their wool. our advertisers that you found them in Come and say ’Hi and ‘Like’ our page our Directory! British Coloured Sheep Breeders Association 5

BCSBA Directory List: Alphabetical

B fleeces available in early June. Ball Philippa Region: Worces- Education: Rare breed open tershire, Tel: 01584 881244, farm, talks on rare breeds. Breeds of sheep kept: Badger Face Welsh Mountain (Torddu), Zwartbles, Blue Texel and Welsh Beilidu Manx Loaghtan Linda Mountain x Blue Texel. For sale/ Scott, Region: Powys, services: Breeding stock, fleeces Tel: 01874 636664 plus apples (During season). Email: enquiriesATbeilidu.co.uk

Website: www.beilidu.co.uk Baylham House Rare Breeds Farm (Richard Storer) Region: Breeds of sheep kept: Manx Suffolk, Tel: 01473 830264 Loaghtan, Manx Loaghtan x Brecknock Hill Cheviot. Flock Email: prefix: Beilidu. For sale/services: richardATbaylham-house-farm.co.uk Fine fleeces, yarn (mill/hand spun). Hand spinning service. www.baylham-house-farm.co.uk Education: Craft related and https://www.facebook.com/ sheep keeping advice provided. BaylhamFarm Private spinning Tuition: £50 / day. https://twitter.com/Baylhamfarm? lang=en-gb https://www.instagram.com/ Blacker Sue Region: Cornwall baylhamfarm/ Tel: 07767 650119 Breeds of sheep kept: Llanwenog, Email: Balwen, Norfolk Horn, Grey Face sueblackerATwaitrose.com Dartmoor, Herdwick and Oues- sant. Stock prefix: Baylham. For Breeds of sheep kept: Gotland, sale/services: Breeding stock and Blue Faced Leicester (flock pre-

Can’t find your name? If your name is not listed in this Directory, even though you’ve been there for years, it is probably because you did not let us know in writing that you wanted to be added. Contact: debbyspinAToutlook.com

Brechfa Farm Gillian Davies, Please Note Region: Pembrokeshire, Tel: 01437 563470 To avoid having emails targeted by spybots, we have replaced all Websites: ‘@’ with ‘AT’ https:// www.brechfafarmwelshblankets.co fix: Blacker sheep). For Sale Ser- m/ vices: Livestock and sheepskins, plus rams for hire. Education: http:// Demonstrations and talks about gillianosbandknitware.co.uk/ fleece assessment, value added Breeds of sheep kept: Pedigree opportunities. Poll Dorset, Dorset (coloured), Pedigree Black Welsh Mountain (pedigree). For sale/services: Border Bears Fleece plus breeding stock (ewe Region: Monmouthshire lambs and shearlings for all 3 flocks). Woven & hand crafted Tel: 01873 821205 throws & cushions, quality knit- Email: wear. borderbearsAThotmail.com Website: Brown Annie and Richard - www.olwenveevers.co.uk Annie Brown Needle Felting, Re- gion: Cambridgeshire, Breeds of sheep kept: Corriedale (coloured), Romney (coloured) Tel: 07515 525787 and their crosses. Email: For sale/services: Breeding stock annieATanniebrownneedlefelting.co.uk and fleeces. Pre-felt sheets, felt Website: bags, mats, tea cosies, needle felt animals and needle felt kits. Anniebrownneedlefelting.co.uk Education: Workshops and talks We have a wool only flock of on needle felting and keeping mostly rare breed sheep. I use sheep for wool. the wool in my work and have some of the wool for sale. I am a qualified teacher of Art and De- sign, with a background in Fine Art. Richard was born on a farm and has been a stockman all his life. Breeds of sheep kept: Kent Romeny, Lincoln Longwool, 7

Bowmont, Merino, Shetland, So- the Burnside flock of Boreray ay, Shetland x Bowmont Merino, sheep and Boreray mutton. Per- Lincoln Longwool x Bowmont Meri- sonalised farm visits and talk. no, Wensleydale x Lincoln Long- Come and meet the UK’s rarest wool, Wensleydale x Bowmont Meri- breed of sheep and learn about no, Wensleydale x Kent Romney, their 6000 year old history, with Shetland x Wensleydale. For sale/ focus on any topics of interest to services: Carded wool, felting pads, you. Opportunity to purchase needles, kits, fleeces, dyed and un- postcards, wool, horn and sheep- dyed wool, locks and wool slubs. Visits/attractions: Studio visits, work- skin products, when available. shop. Various needle felting courses, such as landscapes, brooches, cactus pin cushion, experimental workshop, Christmas decorations. Commissions undertaken. C

Channing Debby Committee Burnside Borerays, Region: Member: IT and Publishing, Re- Orkney Tel: 01856 761331 gion: Cornwall, Email: Email: debbyspinAToutlook.com. BurnsideBoreraysATrunbox.com I am a spinner, weaver and dyer. Wool is my favourite fibre, with Website: http:// Shetland and Wensleydale fleec- www.orkneyboreray.com es at the top of my list. I also en- Breeds of sheep kept: Boreray. joy spinning and weaving other For sale/services: Boreray sheep traditional fibres, for example, flax for sale occasionally, normally and nettle. The more recently de- only within Orkney. Fleece & veloped fibres hold a certain sort knitting yarn for sale. For the of fascination for me, as who can latter, check Natural Fibre Com- resist silky rose fibre or the sur- pany website for pure Boreray prisingly cottony feel of seaweed. knitting yarn specified as from

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Cotswold Woollen Weavers Cwmchwefru Wool (Lesley (Richard Martin) Wickham) Committee Member: Vice Chair, NSA Representative, Region: Gloucestershire Regional Co-ordinator for Wales. Tel: 01367 860660 Region: Carmarthenshire. Email: richardATnaturalbest.co.uk Email: www.cotswoldwoollenweavers.co. lesleyATlesleywickham.co.uk uk Website: www.lesleywickham.co.uk https://twitter.com/NewsCWW? lang=en-gb Breeds of sheep kept: over 30 years of cross-breeding for quality https://www.instagram.com/ and colour using native rare cotswoldwoollenweavers/ breeds plus merino, Bowmont, For sale/services: We own two Shetland, Icelandic, Ryeland, sheep because our visitors like to Corriedale, Wensleydale, Lincoln see them. We have been in busi- Longwool Gotland, and so now ness here in the English Cots- very mongrel but beautiful. For wolds for 35 years, and we design sale/services: Ewe lambs and and manufacture woollen cloth, tups often available. Meat, fleece throws, and blankets. We also and organically tanned sheep- make a range of garments, acces- skins. Double knit woollen yarn sories and interior textile products. (for hand and machine knitting), Part of our manufacture involves Designer knitwear, bags, locally naturally coloured British fleece, of woven throws in my wool. Visitors which we process about 10 tonnes and groups to the studio on the annually. farm. Machine knitting starter les- sons. Curlew Weavers Woollen Mill - Roger Poulson, Region: Ceredi- gion, Tel: 01239 851357 D Specialised in producing a wide Diamond Fibres Ltd - Roger range of woollen products, includ- Mobsby, Region: East Sussex, ing garments and made to meas- Tel: 01435 812414 ure curtains. For sale/services: Email: Processing breeders’ own fleece (scouring, carding, spinning, mailATdiamondfibres.co.uk weaving, sewing and upholstery). Website: Mill Shop + Woollen Mill: Wide www.diamondfibres.co.uk range of woollen fabrics, throws and services. Breeds of sheep kept: Black Kent

(Romney). For sale/services: Emberton Jacqueline Region: Breeding stock and fleece. West Midlands, Tel: TEL 07711 Combing and worsted spinning 562463 service available. Carding wool and yarn to order. Email: mailATnutwoodcollection.com Doughty Angela Region: Devon, Breeds of sheep kept: Jacob, Tel: 01363 83281 Skills: Felt making (wet and needle), knitting, spinning. For sale/ Email: radoughtyAThotmail.com services: Authorised reseller for Website address: DHG Italian merino/silk in 140 www.romneysheepandwool.co.uk shades and blends; Uzbek Mar- gilan silk; Silk ribbons. https://www.facebook.com/ RomneySheepandWoolUK/ Breeds of sheep kept: Romney Evans Keith Region: Carmar- (white and coloured). Flock pre- thenshire. fix: Littlebridge Email: woofnwoolyATgmail.com For sale/services: Breeding stock Skills: Spinning, dyeing, weaving and fleeces (including lambs’ and crochet. fleeces).

F Fowler Simonie Region: E Shropshire, Tel: 01952 825330 Elliott Kate Region: Somerset, Email: Tel: 01934 750038 simonieATchurchaston.com Email Breeds of sheep kept: Shetland kate.elliott1ATbtinternet.com (coloured), Flock Prefix: Saxon- Breeds of sheep kept: Black bank. Skills: Spinner and felter. Leicester Longwool. Flock prefix: For sale/services: Breeding Merlin’s. For sale: Fleeces: Black stock and fleeces. Education: Leicester Longwool and Black Demonstrations/advice on keep- Leicester Longwool x Shetland. ing sheep, workshops for begin- Skills: Spinner, knitter specialis- ner spinners. Talks on Shetland ing in lace knitting. Education: sheep and wool. Spinning demonstrations.

G www.hedgehogequipment.co.uk, Grafton Regis Craft Group Re- https://twitter.com/sjstacey60? gion: Northamptonshire, lang=en-gb Email: https://www.instagram.com/ roadespinnerATbtinternet.com hedgehogequipment/ Grafton Regis Craft Group. We Breeds of sheep kept: Badger cover most crafts with an em- phasis on fibres which includes Face Welsh Mountain (Torddu) teaching spinning, weaving and and Hill Radnor. Flock prefix: ways to use your yarns. We Hatterall, For sale/services: Breeding stock and fleece. Card- meet at Grafton Regis Village ing and combing equipment, peg Hall once a month on the last looms, spinning wheels and ac- Thursday of the month. cessories. Education: Workshops on spinning and knitting. Green Diana Committee Mem- ber: Chair, Membership Secre- tary, Regional Coordinator for Homer Black Sheep Region: the South West, Region: Devon, Oxfordshire, Chatwin Elizabeth, Tel: 01491 641894 Tel: 01288 381261, Breeds of sheep kept: Black Email: diATmoorside.plus.com Welsh Mountain. Flock prefix: Breeds of sheep kept: A few Homer. For sale/serices: Meat. mixed breeds only. Flock prefix: Would like to find someone to Moorside. For sale/services: take the wool from the first clip of Fleeces (coloured and white) ewe lambs. from non-breeding ewes. Honorwood Flocks Christine Everitt, Region: Ceredigion H Tel: 01559 362890, Email: Hedgehog Equipment Region: Monmouthshire, Tel: 01873 infoAThonorwoodflocks.co.uk 890712, Website address: Email: www.honorwoodflocks.co.uk hedgehogcardingATgmail.com https://www.facebook.com/ honorwoodFlocks Website address: Breeds of sheep kept: Shetland,

Soay, Jacob plus Angora goats. Talks on hand spinning to small Flock prefix: Honorwood, For groups. Hand spinning and cro- sale/services: Breeding stock chet taster days by arrangement. (including Angora goat) and fleeces (including mohair). Education: On keeping sheep/Angora goats. Moore Jane A G Region: Sales from on farm Showroom - Shropshire, Tel: 01952 550535 knitting wools, hand-made and Email: janemooreATcsllink.com hand-framed knitwear, throws, etc. Also sheep fleeces, raw, Breeds of sheep kept: Shetland washed and carded, mohair fibre and Wensleydale (black). Flock washed and unwashed. prefix: Romeo. For sale: Breeding stock and fleeces.

J N Jones Pamela Region: Powys, Tel: 01874 754650 Northants Guild of Spinners, Weavers and Dyers Region: Email: pamannmaryATgmail.com Northamptonshire, Breeds of sheep kept: Mixed Tel: 07833675937 breeds (coloured) including: Shet- land, Islandic, Ryeland and Port- Email: nswdguildATgmail.com, land. Skills: Spinner. For sale/ services: Livestock and fleece. Website: https:// Goats, poultry, eggs, mohair, hon- ngswd.weebly.com ey. Permaculture Services. We are the Northants Guild of Spinners, Weavers and Dyers. We have many spinners and weavers in our guild. Our members produce handspun and dyed M yarns. We have workshops each Mitchell Pam Region: Somer- month, all based on traditional set, Tel: 07780 383502 fibre crafts. We meet on the second Saturday of each month at Email: onespinnerATtiscali.co.uk Denton village Hall, 10am-4pm. For sale/services: Will prepare and spin fleece into yarn and crochet into unique rug/throws etc. Education: Demonstrations of fleece preparation and spinning.

Penfold Rare Breeds Linda Howard, Region: Pembrokeshire Please Tel: 01994 419472 Breeds of sheep kept: Wensley- Note dale (black and white), Whiteface Woodland, Castlemilk Moorit, Bal- To avoid having emails targeted by wen, Lincoln Longwool, Jacob, spybots, we have replaced all Shetland, Herdwick, Greyface Dartmoor, Hill Radnor, Suffolk, Hebridean plus many more rare ‘@’ with ‘AT’ breeds, please enquire. Flock prefix: Penfold. For sale/services: Dyed fleece, handspun dyed yarn, finished items for sale. Also, good condition pre-loved hand Prouse David and Lynn spinning craft equipment. Educa- (Business name: C.P. Prouse & tion: Demonstration of spinning at Son) Region: Devon, Tel: 01288 local shows and take items for 341311 sale. Breeds of sheep kept: Romney (white and coloured) and Roussin. Povey Dulieu Jane Region: For sale/services: Breeding stock Hertfordshire, Tel: 07903 733484 for sale. MV flock and fleeces. Email: Janie.poveyATgmail.com Website address: www.beechengroveflock.com S Breeds of sheep kept: North Ronaldsay. For sale/services: Shadowland Coloured Livestock, fleece, sheepskins and Ryelands Valerie Howells, Re- yarn (see website for availability). gion: Essex, Tel:07791488680 Email: colouredryelandsATaol.com Website: www.colouredryelands.co.uk Sheep breeds kept: Prize winning flock of Coloured Ryeland sheep in breed, wool on the hoof and fleece classes. For sale/service: 13

Quality stock and fleeces occa- Small Alyson and Richard Re- sionally available (fleeces: raw gion: Shropshire or washed), carded batts, home- Email: made peg loom rugs, cushion covers from my wool. Also nee- richard.w.smallATgmail.com dle felted dryer balls and fridge Tel: 01743 791476 magnets. My shop is: ‘ryeland experience’ at the website. Website address: www.carrcrosshebrideans.co.uk Sheepfold Underwood A. Re- Breeds of sheep kept: Purebred gion: Cumbria, Tel: 0794 pedigree registered Hebridean 0907738 and Manx Loaghtan. Flock prefix: Carrcross. For sale/services: Email: salesATsheepfold.co.uk Breeding stock (lambs and Website address: sometimes shearlings) and fleec- www.sheepfold.co.uk es. Education: Spinning and Weaving. Talks on Rare Breeds Facebook: Sheepfold Survival Trust, Grazing Animals Twitter: @sheepfoldtales Project, Stock Management Con- servation Grazing, Hay Meadow Instagram: @sheepfoldtales Management. Breeds of sheep kept: Regis- tered Manx Loaghtan. Flock prefix: Lyvennet. For Sale: Knitting Steed Kate Shepherd’s Delight, kits using British wool, including Region Devon, wool from specific native breeds. Tel: 07730 982834 British breed wool and carded fleece available, many from col- Website: oured breeds and mostly using www.shepherds-delight.co.uk fleece purchased from sheep breeders in the north of England. Breeds of sheep kept: Lovely All available from the website fleeced purebred Bluefaced shop. Website also includes ad- Leicesters and Bluefaced Leices- vice on knitting and felting tech- ter crossbreds (coloured and niques and provides descriptions white). For sale/services: Breed- of sheep breeds. Also a member ing stock, knitting yarns and wo- of Wool Clip and Woolfest co- ven throws for sale. operatives in Cumbria. Strachan Ernie Committee Member: Regional Coordinator for Scotland Region: Aberdeen-

14 shire, Telephone 01975571276. 365539, Email: strachernATgmail.com Email: rhian_epikATyahoo.co.uk, Breeds of sheep kept:- Black Breeds of sheep kept: Icelandic Wensleydales, White and Col- and Shetland. Flock Name: Epik. oured Bowmonts, White and For sale/services: Livestock Coloured Wensleydale x (bucket trained), Fleeces, Spun Bowmonts. A small number of yarn and Sheepskins. fleeces and stock are sometimes available. Knitting yarn Trevayne Farm / Monkstone from our wool called Canach Knitwear Region: Pembroke- manufactured by Uist Wool for shire, sale on their website shop along Tel: 07813854307 with wraps woven from the wool. Email: Felton.annaATgooglemail.com Website: T www.trevaynefarm.co.uk The Spinning Barn at Spotted www.monkstoneknitwear.co.uk Pig Farm Region: Norfolk Breeds of sheep kept: Coloured Tel: 01553 630538 / Mobile: Dorset, Dorsets, Black Welsh 07930605578 Mountain. For sale/services: Live- stock, fleece and knitwear. See Email: websites for details. infoATthespinningbarn.co.uk Website address: http:// www.thespinningbarn.co.uk Turner Carole and John Breeds of sheep kept: North Region: Bedfordshire Ronaldsay. For sale/services: Fleeces (can be washed and Tel: 01234 708708 / Mobile: carded) and spun yarns. Educa- 07741007846 tion: Hand spinning workshops. Email: carole_trnrATyahoo.co.uk Thomas Rhian Committee www.chasersonline.com Member: Treasurer and Show Secretary. Breeds of sheep kept: Small flock of Shetland X Ryland ewes and Region: Shropshire, Tel: 07824 their ewe lambs who are by a

Balwen ram. We breed for colour Corriedale, Cotswold, Polwarth - trying to breed British Laven- and Shetland. Skills: Spinning, der sheep. Shetland x Ryeland knitting and felting. For sale/ and their crosses with Balwen. services: Occasional livestock. For sale/services: Fleeces for Craft items, fleeces: raw, washed sale including, brown, grey, or drum carded available. Educa- cream, charcoal. tion: Spinning demonstrations and wool displays (visitors welcome by arrangement). U Unreweleez - Lorry Turpin Re- Wychwood Spinner, Region: gion: Shropshire, Tel: 01691 Oxford, Tel: 01993 832423 656428 Etsy.com/shop/wychwoodspinner Website: www.unreweleez.co.uk/ Sheep breeds kept: Bowmont We are a small group of craft ar- sheep. For sale/services: I sell tisans, involved in all things my own Bowmont and other rare woolly and more, with all sorts of breed fleece across the world, fibres. One member is a renown encouraging spinners and others Icelandic sheep breeder. Breeds to try new fibres. Raw fleece of sheep kept: Purebred Iceland- sourced from breeders (including ic (registered). For sale/services: BCSBA members). Stock (registered) and prepared pure bred Icelandic fleece, hand spun yarn, craft kits (see website). Education: Advice on fibre preparation, spinning and knit- Keep an eye ting. on the W show websites Woolastons Woolly Won- ders—Yvonne Hoskins Commit- (p.30-34) tee member Region: Gloucestershire, Tel: For when the shows are 01594 529331 available again or post- Breeds of sheep kept: Merino poned due to Covid-19 (white and coloured), crossbreeds of Wensleydale, Merino,

BCSBA Directory List: By Region

Lancashire England Lancs and Lake WSD Worcestershire Guild Ball Philippa

Bedfordshire Norfolk Turner Carol and John The Spinning Barn at Scotland Spotted Pig Farm Cambridgeshire Brown Annie and Rich- Northamptonshire Aberdeenshire ard Grafton Regis Craft Strachan Ernie Group Cornwall Northants Guild of Orkney Channing Debby Spinners, Weavers Burnside Borerays and Dyers County Durham Wensleydales - Janet Oxfordshire Wales Matthews Homer Black Sheep Wychwood Spinner Cumbria Sheepfold Shropshire Carmarthenshire Fowler Simonie Cwmchwefru Wool Devon Moore Jane Evans Keith Doughty Angela Small Alyson and Green Diana Richard Ceredigion Prouse David and Lynn Thomas Rhian Curlew Weavers Steed Kate Unreweleez Honorwood Flocks Woollen Mill Durham Somerset Wensleydales Elliott Kate Monmouthshire Mitchell Pam Border Bears Essex Hedgehog Equipment Shadowland Coloured Suffolk Pembrokeshire Ryelands Baylham House Brechfa Farms Stour Valley Sheep Penfold Rare Breeds Gloucestershire Trevayne Farm Cotswold Woollen Sussex Weavers Diamond Fibres Ltd Powys Woolastons Woolly Beilidu Manx Loaghtan Wonders West Midlands Brecon Spinners, Emberton Jacqueline Weavers and Dyers Hertfordshire Jones Pamela Povey Dulieu Jane

BCSBA Directory List: By Sheep Breed and Crosses

Blue Faced Leicester (includes coloured) Blacker Sue Fernhill Farm Shepherds’ Delight

Blue Texel Ball Philippa

Boreray Burnside Borerays

Bowmont Badger Face (includes coloured) Welsh Mountain Strachan Ernie Ball Philippa Wychwood Spinner Hedgehog Equipment Bowmont Merino Balwen Welsh Mountain (includes coloured) Baylham House Brown Annie and Richard Penfold Rare Breeds Trevayne Farm Castlemilk Moorit Penfold Rare Breeds Black Kent (Romney) Border Bears Coloured Corriedale Brown Annie and Richard Border Bears Diamond Fibres Ltd Doughty Angela Cotswold Higher Bridge Romneys Cotswold Woollen Weavers Prouse David and Lynn Dorset / Polled Dorset Black Welsh Mountain (including coloured) Brechfa Farms Brechfa Farms Homer Black Sheep Trevayne Farm Trevayne Farm

Gotland Manx Loaghtan Blacker Sue & Manx Mountain Beilidu Manx Loaghtan Grey Face Dartmoor Sheepfold Baylham House Small Alyson and Richard Penfold Rare Breeds Merino

(includes coloured) Hebridean Penfold Rare Breeds Brown Annie and Richard Woolas- Small Alyson and Richard tons Woolly Wonders

Herdwick Norfolk Horn Baylham House Baylham House Penfold Rare Breeds

North Ronaldsay Hill Radnor Povey Dulieu Jane Hedgehog Equipment The Spinning Barn at Spotted Pig Penfold Rare Breeds Farm

Icelandic Ouessant Thomas Rhian Baylham House Unreweleez

Roussin Jacob Prouse David and Lynn Emberton Jacqueline

Honorwood Flocks Ryeland Penfold Rare Breeds Shadowland Coloured Ryelands

Leicester Longwool Shetland (includes coloured) Brown Annie and Richard Steed Kate Fowler Simonie

Lincoln Longwool Honorwood Flocks Brown Annie and Richard Moore Jane Penfold Rare Breeds Reeves Jon and Annie Stour Valley Sheep Llanwenog Thomas Rhian Baylham House Penfold Rare Breeds Stour Valley Sheep

Soay Brown Annie and Richard Brown Annie and Richard Shetland x Bowmont Merino, Honorwood Flocks Lincoln Longwool x Bowmont Meri- no, Wensleydale x Lincoln Longwool, Wensleydale x Bowmont Merino, Suffolk Wensleydale x Kent Romney, Shet- Penfold Rare Breeds land x Wensleydale

Wensleydale Cwmchwefru Wool Native rare breeds plus merino, (including coloured) Bowmont, Shetland, Icelandic, Moore Jane A G Ryeland, Corriedale, Wensleydale, Strachan Ernie Lincoln Longwool, Gotland Penfold Rare Breeds Jones Pamela Mixed coloured breeds including: White Faced Woodland Shetland, Icelandic, Ryeland and Penfold Rare Breeds Portland. Assorted crosses including: Blue Faced Leicester, Jacob, Texel and Zwartbles Welsh Mountain Mule. Ball Philippa Gotland crosses. Strachan Ernie White and Coloured Wensleydale x Bowmonts. Breeders with Crossbreeds Turner Carol and John Shetland x Ryeland and their cross- Ball Philippa es with Balwen. Welsh Mountain x Blue Texel Woolastons Woolly Wonders Beilidu Manx Loaghtan Crossbreeds including: Wensleydale, Manx Loaghtan x Brecknoch Hill Merino, Corriedale, Cotswold, pol- Cheviot worth and Shetland.

Border Bears Corriedale x coloured Romney Cwmchwefru Wool Gotland, Icelandic, Merino, Corrie- dale mixes. Fernhill Farm Shetland x Romney / coloured Blue Faced Leicester and their crosses.

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Services Offered (See Alphabetical BCSBA Directory Please contact people before making visits

Craft Equipment Talks/Demostrations/Courses/ - Beilidu Manx Loaghtan Advice - Hedgehog Equipment - The Spinning Barn at Spotted Crafts Pig Farm - Blacker Sue (fleece assessment) - Woolastons Woolly Wonders - Beilidu Manx Loaghtan - Penfold Rare Breeds - Border Bears (felting) - Beilidu Manx Loaghtan (Spinning Dyeing of Longwools workshops for beginners) - Kendal Jay - Cwmchwefru Wool - Elliott Kate (spinning) Hand Spinning - Fernhill farm (workshops and - Beilidu Manx Loaghtan events), - Mitchell Pam - Fowler Simonie (spinning / felting - Scott Linda at basic level / beginner’s) - Grafton Regis Craft Group Machine: Scouring/Combing/ (spinning, - weaving and dyeing). Carding/Spinning/Weaving - Hedgehog Equipment (spinning - Cotswold Woollen Weavers and knitting), - Curlew Weavers Woollen Mill - Mitchell Pam (fleece preparation - Diamond Fibres and spinning) - Reeves Jon and Annie - Northants Guild of Spinners, Weavers and Dyers (spinning and Meat weaving) - Burnside Borerays - Sheepfold (advice: knitting, felt- - Chatwin Elizabeth ing and describing sheep breeds) - Cwmchwefru Wool - The Spinning Barn at Spotted Pig - Fernhill Farm farm (spinning workshops) - Unreweleez (advice spinning and knitwear designing) - Woolastons Woolly Wonders

(spinning demonstrations and - Border Bears wool displays) - Brechfa Farm - Burnside Borerays Sheep Keeping - Cotswold Woollen Weavers - Beilidu Manx Loaghtan - Curlew Weavers Woollen Mill - Baylham Rare Breeds - Cwmchwefru Wool - Border Bears - Diamond Fibres - Fernhill farm (shearing and wool - Fernhill Farm sorting) - Povey Dulieu Jane - Fowler Simonie - Sheepfold - Honorwood Flocks + Linda Scott - Shadowland Coloured Ryelands (sheep and goats) - Steed Kate - Shepherd’s Delight - Small Alyson and Richard - Stour Valley Sheep (wide range of subjects including conservation grazing)

Visits or Attractions - Baylham House (rare breeds farm) - Burnside Borerays - Cotswold Woollen Weav- ers - Curlew Weavers Woollen Mill - Cwmchwefru Wool - Diamond Fibres - Fernhill Farm (sheep and wool events)

Washing and Felting Machine - Fernhill Farm

Yarn & Items - Beilidu Manx Loaghtan

Shows to Look Out For in 2020

Please Note: the cancellations / postponements until next year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

May Unfortunately our Directory comes out too late for Cornwoolly Buxton Wool Gathering BUT LOOK OUT for it next year: CANCELLED UNTIL 2021 Buxton Pavilion Gardens, Derby- Cornwoolly in March 2021 shire, SK17 6BE, https://buxtonwool.co.uk/ https://www.cornwoolly.co.uk/ Cornish Fibre Festival 9–10 April May Royal Cornwall Showground Exhibi- Spring into Wool tion Centre, Wadebridge, PL27 7JE, POSTPONED UNTIL 10-11 April 2021 https://www.tickettailor.com/events/ The Grammar School at Leeds, cornishfibrefestival/311254? Leeds, LS17 8GS fbclid=IwAR3tbuaHf0I7a_8NqRvmh https://www.springintowool.co.uk/ YyL29Yf1lHTGy25WW13PjksL3r877 index.htm oJNdj9MG4

Wonderwool Wales Wool @ Junction 13 16–17 May CANCELLED UNTIL 24-25 April 2021 Lower Drayton Farm, Penkridge, BCSBA stand here Staffordshire, ST19 5RE, England https://wool-j13.uk/ Venue: Royal Welsh Showground in Builth Wells Wild About Wool pop-up https://www.wonderwoolwales.co.uk/ yarn market 17 May The WaterShed, West Yorkshire, St Abbs Wool Festival HD7 5JN https:// Date to be released www.thefemininetouchdesigns.co.uk Eyemouth Community Centre, Ber- /wild-about-wool.html wickshire, TD14 5DE, https://www.skybluepink- designs.com/st-abbs-wool- festival.html

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Woolly Weekend and Ship- The Wool Monty 13–14 June ston Wool Fair FlyDSA Arena, Sheffield, S9 2DF, CANCELLED UNTIL 31 May 2021 https://thewoolmonty.co.uk/ Sheep Street, Warwickshire, CV36 4AB, Woolly Weekend 20–21 June http://shipstonwoolfair.co.uk/ The Weavers’ Workshop, Norfolk, NR28 9PT. Festiwool pop-up at The https://worsteadweavers.org.uk/ Hertfordshire County Show woolly-weekend-2020/ CANCELLED UNTIL 2021 The Showground, Hertfordshire, Woolfest AL3 7PT, https://festiwool.com/hertfordshire- CANCELLED UNTIL 26-26 June county-show BCSBA stand hopes to be here Celebrating nature’s finest fibres. Venue: Mitchell's Lakeland Livestock June Centre, Cockermouth, Cumbria Leeds Wool Festival 6 June CA13 0QQ. The Wool Clip Shop Tel: 016974 78707 Leeds Industrial Museum, Leeds, LS12 2QF https://www.woolfest.co.uk/ https:// museumsandgaller- ies.leeds.gov.uk/events/leeds- July industrial-museum/leeds-wool- festival Yarningham POSTPONED UNTIL 10-11 July

Uffculme Centre, Birmingham, B13 Fibre Rocks 6–7 June 8QY Bexhill-on-Sea http://www.stitchesandhos.co.uk/ https://fibrerocks.com/ yarningham/4591459403

Royal Three Counties Fibre East CANCELLED UNTIL 31 Show Cancelled July—1 August 2021 Venue: The Three Counties Show BCSBA stand hopes to be here Ground, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR13 6NW. Tel General enquiries: British natural fibre and craft. Venue: 01684 584900. Redborne Community College, Ampthill, Bedford, MK45 2NU. https:// www.royalthreecounties.co.uk/ https://fibre-east.co.uk/

Shows to Look Out For in 2020 continued... August Perth Festival of Yarn 12–13 Wool@Portsoy September Date to be released Dewars Centre, Perth, PH2 0TH Portsoy, Banff, AB45 2QT, https://perthfestivalofyarn.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/pg/ woolatportsoy/posts/ The Handmade Festival 11– 13 September The British Wool Show Hampton Court Palace, Surrey, KT8 Date to be released 9AU York Auction Centre, York, YO19 https:// 5GF www.thehandmadefestival.com/ https://britishwool.net/

Spinning Yarns Festival Yarndale 26-27 September Date to be released Venue: Skipton Auction Mart Gar- Antrim Castle Gardens, BT41 4LH, grave Road, Skipton BD23 1UD. Northern Ireland https://spinningyarnsfestival.com/ https://yarndale.co.uk/

YarnFolk Wool Festival Date to be released Malvern Autumn Show 26-27 Whitehead, Northern Ireland September https://yarnfolkwoolfestni.com/ . Malvern Autumn Show returns for a weekend of home-grown family fun. Malvern Autumn Show is a show for September all the family and throws open its Cornish Yarn Festival 5–6 gates to welcome toddlers to teenag- September ers and big kids too. St John’s Hall, Cornwall, TR18 2QW https://www.malvernautumn.co.uk/ https://www.cyfonline.biz/ Shetland Wool Week 26 Sep- Southern Wool Show 5–6 tember – 4 October September various venues, Shetland, Newbury Racecourse, Berkshire, https://www.shetlandwoolweek.com/ RG14 7PN https:// www.southernwoolshow.co.uk/

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Llandovery Sheep Festival The Loch Ness Wool Fest Date to be released 23–25 October Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Wales Inverness https://llandoverysheepfestival.co.uk/ https://www.lochnessknitfest.com/

The Great London Yarn The Big Textile Show 24–25 Crawl October The KUBE, Leicester Racecourse, Date to be released Leicester LE2 4AL Various venues, London, England http://thebigtextileshow.co.uk/ https://www.yarninthecity.com/glyc-

2019 Masham Sheep Fair 26–27 October October Masham, North Yorkshire, HG4 4DZ The West Wales Wool Show https://www.mashamsheepfair.com/ 3 October The Queen’s Hall and Play Hyfryd The Kendal Wool Gathering Hotel, Pembrokeshire, DE45 1AH 24-25 October https:// Kendal Leisure Centre, Cumbria westwaleswoolshow.weebly.com/ LA9 7HX https:// The Knitting and Stitching www.kendalwoolgathering.co.uk/ Show 8–11 October Alexandra Palace, Wood Green, Three Bags Full Wool Mar- London, N22 7AY ket 17 October https:// The Public Hall, Cornwall, PL14 www.theknittingandstitchingshow.co 6BW m/london/ http://www.3bagsfull.org/wool- market.php The Bakewell Wool Gather- ing 10–11 October UK Wool Week 28 Octo- Bakewell Agricultural Centre, Derby- ber—6 November shire, DE45 1AH Various venues, England https://www.bakewellwool.co.uk/ https://www.awarenessdays.com/ awareness-days-calendar/wool- week-2020/

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November Wild About Wool Pop-up Yarn Market Hitchin Festiwool 7 Novem- Date to be released ber Slaithwaite, West Yorkshire, HD7 The Priory School, Hertfordshire, 5JN SG5 2UR https:// https://festiwool.com/hitchin www.thefemininetouchdesigns.co.uk /wild-about-wool.html The Knitting and Stitching Show 26–29 November Winter Woollies Harrogate International Centre, Har- Date to be released rogate, HG1 5LA Home Farm, Leicestershire, LE11 https:// 3YG www.theknittingandstitchingshow.co https://www.facebook.com/Winter- m/harrogate/ Woollies-1484867038494058/

Nottingham Yarn Expo Yorkshire Yarn Festival 28 2020 Date to be released November Nottingham Conference Cen- White Syke Fields, York, YO41 1LN tre, Nottingham NG1 4BU https:// https:// www.yorkshireyarnfest.com/21st- www.nottinghamyarnexpo.com/ march-2020-event

St Abbs Wool Festival Date to be released Eyemouth Community Centre, Ber- wickshire, TD14 5DE https://www.skybluepink- designs.com/st-abbs-wool- festival.html

Stitch Fest South West 30 October – 1 November Newton Abbot Racecourse, Devon, TQ12 3AF https://www.stitchfest.co.uk/

The BCSBA Code of Practice: Selling Wool to Hand spinners 2018

Fleeces: Must be from Sheep free of disease.

Recommended withdrawal period: There must be at least 3 months be- tween treatment of sheep with externally applied dips (or pour ons) & shearing.

1 Fleece Condition

Raw fleece offered for sale to hand spinners should be: Sound: Without breaks or weakness in the staple. This should be tested before offering for sale. Clean: Substantially free from vegetable matter (i.e. hay, straw, twigs burrs seeds etc.) second cuts, dust, soil, dung, stains or any other contamina- tion. Free opening: Easy to tease apart, with good separation of individual staples. Wool should be reasonably free from kemp, dry and not cotted or matted. True to breed type!

Preparation of Fleeces for Sale Skirting of fleeces: Producers should consider removing belly and britch wool before sale, along with any inferior or shorter wool from the fleece. ‘Skirtings’ can be offered for sale as such. Rolling fleeces: Should be done to show the shorn ends of the staples. Fleeces need not be tied with neck wool. Baler twine or other plastic twine must not be used. Storage: Fleeces may be offered for sale or sent in plastic containers but should not be stored in them for more than a few days. If feed bags are used they should be carefully emptied beforehand.

2 Offering Fleeces for Sale Labelling: Fleeces or containers should be labelled with information on the breed or cross. Whether, ewe, hog, ram etc., date of shearing, whether skirted or not, price, name and telephone number of the seller. Any faults should be disclosed. Inspection: Buyers should be allowed to pull out or test a lock or staple and be given the chance to inspect the fleece before buying. This should be done in the presence of the seller and should not damage the fleece. Mail order: Buyers should be asked to identify their requirements and be sent samples on request (these may be charged for). If the buyer is not

satisfied, money paid in advance should be refunded in full, provided that the fleece is returned immediately in its original condition, at the buyers’ ex- pense. Prices: They are determined by the individual sellers and the Associa- tion cannot make any Recommendations. If wool sold does not conform to this code, the matter should be taken up with the seller. If necessary the Association should be informed. The Associ- ation does not buy and re-sell members wool.

Government Advice:

Deadline

for the next Directory 15th March 2021