Woollen Spun Yarns

  • Vikki Haffenden (Consultant)

Activity: Consultancy

Description

Developing hand spun yarns from traditonally hand-rooed fibre from a small flock of sustainably reared Shetland sheep. This is an extension to and in collaboration with an existing project, 'SOS Shepherdess' based at the University of Northumbria, which explores our relationship with wool, sheepskin, soil and herbage. https://sosshepherdess.tumblr.com/
Period2 Nov 20183 Oct 2019
Degree of RecognitionNational

Keywords

  • textiles
  • wool
  • uk wool
  • british wool
  • sustainability
  • Sustainable fashion
  • sustainable textiles