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]
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How I Spin Raw Wool into Yarn
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]
Why Felted Soap?
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]
NB East Hill
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]
Vegetarian Sheep Skin Rugs
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]