Category Archives: Guides
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A Glimpse of the Journey Your Yarn May Make…
Leave a commentMarch 11, 2013 by sarastexturecrafts
The Minds of Makers: Cushendale Woolen Mills I have posted this with permission and courtesy of zwartblesireland.com. I think it’s …
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Customer Question: A Seller states their wool is ‘soft, no scratch’. Does that mean a finer micron?
Leave a commentOctober 22, 2012 by sarastexturecrafts
I wouldn’t be able to say what another seller would mean by “soft, no scratch”. You see softness in feel doesn’t …
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Moth Repellants!
2August 27, 2012 by sarastexturecrafts
An important task to be done for a wool supplier, or wool home crafter is to keep away those moths. …
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Fibre Guide – Zwartbles
2August 23, 2012 by sarastexturecrafts
A Dutch breed, Zwartbles is fast becoming a popular breed with UK farmers. It is an easy lambing breed, which produces …
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Fibre Guide – Manx Loaghtan
Leave a commentAugust 5, 2012 by sarastexturecrafts
Rich Moorit brown with lighter tips the Manx Loaghtan fleece is widely sought after. Count: 46/54 Bradford, 28/37 micron. Staple length: …
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Mollie Makes Review
Leave a commentJuly 12, 2012 by sarastexturecrafts
Mollie Makes is a UK-based crafts magazine published by Future Publishing, costing £4.99 (at time of post). So far there …
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Fibre Guide – Gotland
Leave a commentJuly 5, 2012 by sarastexturecrafts
Thought to have originally been bred by the Vikings, the Gotland is a Northern Short Tailed Sheep, similar to Shetland …
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