Wool Directory
The table of contacts below gives the contact details for organisations, groups, societies and individuals who work with wool in a variety of ways.
The contacts are all involved with wool either by promoting it, processing wool, producing wool from their own sheep or through the envolvement in crafts such as spinning, knitting, weaving, dying or felting.
Many of the contacts in the table below also produce woollen items for sale, provide tuition or run craft workshops. We hope that you find the contacts on this list useful. Please click on the name of the producer to be taken to their website.
Members wishing to avail themselves of this link facility should contact the Online Editor Terry Barker via email. We kindly ask that those wishing to be added to the Wool Directory list must have a website or at least an email address in order to be added. Thank you.
Email Terry: terryjbarker@ymail.com
| Name | Location | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Organisations, Groups & Societies | ||
| Wool Marketing Board | United Kingdom | The official controlling body of wool marketing. |
| The Association of Guilds of Weavers, Spinners & Dyers | United Kingdom | Large organisation with many local branches. A source of tuition & possibly outlets for your wool. |
| British Coloured Sheep Breeders Association | United Kingdom | Promotes coloured sheep & the use of coloured wool. |
| The Arkwright Spinsters | Sir Richard Arkwright’s Cromford Mill, Matlock, Derbyshire | A spinning & fibrecraft group. They meet on the third Sunday of each month between 11.00 am & 4.00 pm. |
| Black Sheep Spinners | Blaze Farm, Wildboarclough, Derbyshire | Informal spinning group. They meet on the third Wednesday of each month. |
| Craft Centres, Tuition & Courses | ||
| Lindsay Roberts | Chesters, Scottish Borders | Handspun yarn, fibres, tuition & workshops. |
| Brenda Howell | Newcastle Emlyn, Wales | Spinning, weaving, dying & felting, wools & woven goods. Demonstrations & illustrated talks. |
| Thelma Jones | St. Clears, Carmarthen, Wales | Studio on a rare breeds farm, local artists on display. |
| Sylvia Sexton | Moylegrove Village, Pemrbrokeshire, Wales | Spinning & weaving equipment, tuition. Craft studio with hand knits & hand woven items. |
| Wingham Wool Work | Wentworth, South Yorkshire | Tuition, fibres, yarns & equipment for sale. |
| The Threshing Barn | Leek, Staffordshire | Tuition, fibres, yarns & equipment for sale. |
| Diane Fisher | North Derbyshire | Tuition, handspun yarns, demonstrations & commissions considered. |
| Processors | ||
| The Natural Fibre Company Ltd. | Launceston, Cornwall | Woollen & worsted spinners, organic processors & dyers. |
| Curlew Weavers | Newcastle Emlyn, Wales | Mill, producers of woollen fabrics & products in tweed. |
| Bobtails | East Riding of Yorkshire | Fleeces & pet hair handpspun & can also be hand knitted. |
| Griffiths’ Mill | Derbyshire Dales | Processors of fleece, scouring & carding. Often processed fibre & fleeces for sale. |
| Halifax Spinning Company | Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire | Spinning & processing of fleece. |
| New Lanark Mill | Lanarkshire, Scotland | Processors, spinners & dyers of organic wool. Organic farmers welcome as trade customers. Soil Association accredited |
| Other | ||
| Skye Skyns | Isle of Skye, Scotland | Tanning of sheep skins available upon request |
| Member Producers & Suppliers | ||
| Scotland | ||
| Tweedside | Rachel & Nigel Gibb | Jacob raw fleeces including first shear lamb fleeces, Gotland fleeces & bumps of rovings in various shades of grey. Visitors welcome to choose a fleece on the hoof & fleeces posted out to all parts of the UK. Winner of the JSS Scottish Regional Show & Sale 2013 Wool on the Hoof Trophy, 1st place Royal Highland Show 2014 Ewe in Full Fleece in Milk as well as winners of the Helen Baillie Trophy for the best Jacob Wool on the Hoof. |
| Kintaline | Jill Bowis | Fleeces, yarn, tuition, handcrafted goods, spinning & weaving demonstrations |
| Edingale | Robert Locker | Jacob raw fleeces |
| South West | ||
| Halsbury | Christopher Slee | Woollen products made from 100% Halsbury Jacob wool- shawls & knee rugs, throws, scarves & cushions. |
| Compton | Angela Gilbert | Jacob raw fleeces, Jacob sheepskin rugs & some woven Jacob goods. |
| Tor Grove | Nick & Lesley Nottley | Hand Dyed Pure Jacob Wool – 100g Double-Knitting Weight Balls, 16 different colours from Salmon to Moss. |
| Payne | Jackie & Antony Payne | Jacob raw fleeces, sheepskin rugs, woven products; throws, cushions, gloves etc. 100gm double knitting balls of natural, dark and light (un-dyed) wool. Hand knitted & felted products; cushions, hats, gloves, tea cosys etc. |
| Ireland | ||
| Sugarloaf & Stonecroft | Geraldine & Nicola Fletcher | Raw Jacob fleeces, carded wool & finished handcrafted items |
| Leck | Alison Gogan | Boyne valley wools craft studio, daily demonstration of fleece to loom using Jacob fleece. We suppy raw Jacob fleece, carded & hand spun wool. Woven, knit & crochet products all made with natural Jacob wool. My design of sheep skin rugs & cushions woven using the tops of the Jacob fleece. I can card & spin your fleece for you, please contact me at boynavalleywools@gmail.com |
| Central | ||
| Lickhill | Sean & Kay Carpenter | Jacob raw fleeces, sheepskin rugs & handmade greeting cards featuring Jacob fleece |
| Bentley Flock | Lesley Partridge | Quality Jacob fleeces occaisionally available from our four horned flock. Micron tested yearly for crimp and fineness. Our lamb fleece report for 2014, shows a fibre diameter of 21 to 25 microns, giving an average Comfort Factor of 87% for the lamb crop. 1st Jacob Wool on the Hoof and Elmley Trophy at the Royal Three Counties Show in 2013. 1st Natural Coloured Wool (94/100) at the Royal Three Counties Show in 2014. Tel: 07817695553 or email lesleypartridge1@hotmail.co.uk |
| Northern | ||
| Oakdale | Simon Baguley | Jacob raw fleeces |
| Blackwolds | Pat & Trevor Black | Jacob raw fleeces |
| True Grit | Lisa Richardson | Jacob raw fleeces, spun Jacob wool in its natural varieties of colours & crochet garments made with home grown Lancashire Jacob wool.
Contact truegritjacobsheep@gmail.com |
| Laurels | David Sizer | Jacob raw fleeces & Jacob sheepskin rugs.
Contact davidsizer7@hotmail.com |
| Rusland | Sam Hagon & Tom Hrynkow | Jacob raw fleeces.
Contact sl.hagon@hotmail.com |
| Whitedale | Chris & Aileen Simpson | Knitting yarns, knitted items & fabric soft furnishing such as cushions & throws etc. |
| Wales | ||
| Hope | Siwan & Wyn Harries | Jacob raw fleeces |
| Owlscote | Brenda Howell | Jacob raw fleeces, handspun wools, woven items & textile crafts |
| Southern | ||
| Shutecombe | Bryn & Peter Gorringe | Jacob sheepskins & knitting wool. |
The table of contacts above who work with wool in various ways are offered here in good faith for the convenience of members. The Jacob Sheep Society does not recommend or endorse any of the contacts.