BCSBA Coloured Sheep & Fleece Directory N – Z
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Neville Jayne (Woollies and Woofers)
Region: Ceredigion
Sheep: Shetland, Hebridean, Soay cross, Welsh Badger Face
Spinner, weaver, knitter, felter, crocheter.
Sells felted rugs etc. See online Etsy shop.
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Maggie Oliver, Spindlebury
Region: Powys, Wales
Phone: 01591 610340
Services: Hand Spinning
Sells: Prepared fleece or yarn
Orkney Boreray
Region: Orkney
Tel: 01856 761331
Orkney Boreray is a Community of farmers, crofters, craftspeople and more working together to secure the future of the unique group of registered Boreray sheep now only found in Orkney. We have a high welfare, agroecological ethos and are breeding to retain the full genetic diversity within this group.
Our website address is https://www.orkneyboreray.com/ and information about the range of products and how to buy them is here https://orkneyboreray.com/our-produce
Together we produce mutton (International Slow Food Presidium Award), tanned skins, horn products, raw fleece, spun yarn and woven goods.
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Rushmoor
Region: Vale of Glamorgan
Breeds of sheep kept: Coloured Ryeland and Shetland. Winner of the Ryeland Flock Book Society Craft Competition 2023. Skills: Knitting, Crocheting and weaving. For sale: Stock when available, Wool and Wool Products, such as hats, garments etc.
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Shadforth Jodi (Secretary of the Wensleydale Sheep Breeders Association)
Region: County Durham
Website: www.facebook.com/AmerstonSheepFlock
Sheep: Wensleydale, Traditional Bluefaced Leicesters, Gotlands, Greyface Dartmoors.
Sheepfold (Alice Underwood)
Region: Cumbria
Website address: www.sheepfold.co.uk
Sheep kept: Manx Loaghtan – Lyvennet Flock. Yarn from native breed wool, spun from fleeces on Cumberland farms, often rare breed, including my own design knitting kits. Also my own books of knitting charts and breed information for sheep and other livestock.
The Spinning Barn (Theresa George)
Region: Norfolk
Website: www.thespinningbarn.co.uk
Sheep kept: North Ronaldsay. Hand spinning tutor based in Norfolk and able to travel. Spinning equipment for sale.
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Whitten Alma
Region: Machynlleth
Breeds of sheep kept: Pedigree Shetland. Breeding stock and wethers for sale. Specialising in colour genetics and focused on breeding homozygous dilute greys with good staple length and high comfort factor. Willing to deliver sheep within reasonable distance.
Williams Sue (Secretary of the Balwen Welsh Mountain Sheep Society)
Region: Powys
Sheep kept: Balwen
Flock prefix: Tycant
Sells sheep and fleece.
Advice given on sheep keeping
Woolastons Woolly Wonders (Yvonne Hoskins)
Region: Gloucestershire
Tel: 01594 529331
Sandiago, Woolaston, Lydney, Gloucestershire.
Email: darrenlhoskins@icloud.com
Breeds of sheep kept: Merino (white and coloured), crossbreeds of Wensleydale, Merino, Corriedale, Cotswold, Polwarth and Shetland. Skills: Spinning, knitting and felting. For sale/services: Occasional livestock. Craft items, fleeces: raw, washed or drum carded available. Education: Spinning demonstrations and wool displays (visitors welcome by arrangement).