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Why Change to Natural Shampoo? No plastic bottles No palm oil No unnatural, harmful ingredients such as parabens They naturally condition and care for your hair Shampooing Your Hair with Natural Shampoo Bars Natural shampoo bars look like bars of soap and typically are made from castor oil, coconut oil and olive oil and usually[Read More]

Last weekend, we were in Braunston on NB East Hill, another historic part of the canal network. Braunston is a village next to the Grand Union Canal in Northamptonshire. The Grand Union Canal was constructed over 200 years ago to carry cargo by boat between Birmingham and London. Braunston is a great place to go[Read More]

One of the lovely things about running a business and having a narrowboat is the ability to trade from the boat on our beautiful canals. A special licence to trade is required from the Canal and River Trust, who look after the canal network. There are lots of floating markets, mainly organised by the Roving[Read More]

Beware, if you buy one of my fleece rugs, it may just be claimed by your pets! I recently sold a felted fleece rug / throw made from the 2018 sheared fleece from a beautiful Gotland ram. A big thick, curly, lustrous, steel coloured fleece. After a few days, the lady who purchased the rug[Read More]

Wool is an incredible fibre and in these days of fast fashion and man made textiles it has lost its appeal. I suspect this is mainly because people think it is hard to look after. It is so easy to throw an acrylic or polyester jumper in the washing machine and that’s it job done.[Read More]

Mohair comes from an Angora Goat. Confusing isn’t it! Angora comes from an Angora rabbit, but Mohair comes from and Angora goat! Mohair is silky soft and is the fleece of the Angora goat. Their fleece is very curly and has a lovely lustre to it. Mohair is considered to be a luxury fibre and[Read More]

Hand Spinning – How I started We have been using wool yarn to make jumpers and other items of clothing for hundreds of years. Nearly all spinning is done my machine these days and indeed, most yarn is not wool, but a synthetic fibre such as acrylic, nylon or polyester. I got into hand spinning[Read More]

A: It is just lovely to use, pretty, grippy, scrubby, makes no mess and lasts for ages. What is Felted Soap? Felted soap is a bar of soap that has a layer of wool felted onto it, forming a soft woolly coating. The wool felt sticks closely to the soap and shrinks with the bar[Read More]

The East Hill Mill brand is named after a narrowboat called East Hill. NB East Hill is licensed to trade on most of the UK inland waterways. The UK has over 2000 miles of beautiful navigable waterways and they provide a fantastic way of travelling around and exploring. From the canals or rivers you see[Read More]

What is a Vegetarian Sheep Skin Rug? It looks like a normal sheep skin rug, but it is made from the clipped fleece of the sheep, rather than the tanned hide of a dead sheep. In other words, the sheep is still alive and living a happy life. Each spring, sheep have to have their[Read More]