19th Century The Teeswater, bred in Teesdale County Durham. Known for its longevity and prolific breeding ability Fleece Details Breed History The Teeswater sheep is a heritage breed of sheep that originated in the Teesdale area of Northern England, specifically in the counties of Durham and Yorkshire. It is primarily known for its long, lustrous […]
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13th Century A direct descendant of the sheep imported during the roman invasion 1st Century AD. Initially from the Cotswolds area, it’s fine wool was greatly prized in the middle ages, bringing great wealth to the area. Once referred to as ‘the golden fleece’ due to it’s natural colour. Fleece Details Breed History The Cotswold
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19th Century The Wensleydale, bread in North Yorkshire, it is one of the finest wools from the English wool group. This breed can be traced back to a specific ram, ‘Bluecap’, born in 1839. Closely related to the Teeswater breed, its fleece is statistically the same. Fleece Details Breed History Wensleydale Longwool is a heritage
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19 of 20 Stages of the Evolution of British Wool Hand Crafts One of the ways to tackle fast fashion is to promote ‘slow fashion’ professor Kate Fletcher defined this as quality based rather than time based fashion, encouraging people to invest in well made and longer lasting clothes. Katie Jones is a textile designer
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18 of 20 Stages of the Evolution of British Wool Embracing Sustainability In her Ted Talk Ellen MacArthur defines her concept of circular design systems as a world where finite resources are used in a circular system of production, reuse, or regeneration.(Ellenmacarthurfoundation.org). Wool fibre fits into one of her three main principles, ‘regenerate natural systems’
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17 of 20 Stages of the Evolution of British Wool Regenerative Farming Farming for the last 60 years has been heavily reliant on large intensive systems, this has had such a negative impact on the environment that within 30/40 years we will see the eradication of fertile soils in the UK. Regenerative Agriculture, can it
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16 of 20 Stages of the Evolution of British Wool The fashion industry , what we need to change This is the Collins dictionary definition of the word fleece, sadly most people now associate fleece with the synthetic fibre used to make outerwear tops. It takes up to a hundred years for the fabric of
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15 of 20 Stages of the Evolution of British Wool PETA Animal Rights Animal welfare should be one of the most important issues in any sustainable fashion business. PETA (people for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) serve to highlight mistreatment of all animals world wide. Over the last few years they have exposed the terrible
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14 of 20 Stages of the Evolution of British Wool Fast Fashion The 1980’s bought us ‘fast fashion’ , the latest fashion trends available, cheap, for all to buy. This was high volume fashion, If you could make 1p for every garment you sold then you needed to sell tens of thousands to make a
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13 of 20 Stages of the Evolution of British Wool Off Shoring In the early days of the Industrial revolution life in the mills of many northern towns was miserable. The writer Fredrich Engels was an apprentice in the Manchester cotton industry and he wrote, “robbed of all humanity and trapped in unimaginable poverty ”
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Hand made artisan knitwear
Allow between 4 to 6 weeks
