There’s no denying it – spring is well and truly here! The clocks sprang forward, the weeds and grass be growing and the banks are brimming with primroses… Primroses and promises of longer days to come plus the lambing sheds are busy! Can you beat that?
You might remember that Countryfile did some filming at Widecombe Fair last autumn, where Adam Henson’s ram, Hector proved to be a bit of a star. Hector the ram hasn’t stopped at rosettes however, as he’s now happily down on Clare’s farm doing his thing, and becoming a proud Dad…
Kim popped up to meet some of the lambs yesterday, in all the glorious Dartmoor sunshine. Aren’t they gorgeous?
Lambrusco infiltrates the farm. Wait, that’s not one of mine…!
Of course, we’re a little in love with Whiteface, and twool wouldn’t be what it is today without their wonderful wool and the hardworking farmers who raise them.
As we come to the end of another #WoolWeek, we thought we’d take a look at weaving. Our cloth is woven in Yorkshire. Kathryn, from Calder Weaving – the mill we use for weaving our cloth – kindly answered some of our questions: What do you love about weaving with British wool? It’s great to …
have been twooled! That’s exciting! Wherever next? We’ve been very busy prepping oodles of stock for our stand at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. More details on this in the next blog post. However, we took a bit of time out in the muggy day to pop up to Darts Farm with their delivery of wonderful …
It’s fair to say that we’ve had a great couple of weeks. Chelsea Flower Show is an incredible show to be a part of but as many of you know, it’s a mammoth task for the little peeps like twool! Everyone works so hard to create such a special event and we always have a …
While we bask in the sunshine of a very cold morning here on the fringes of Dartmoor, it’s difficult to believe that only a few weeks ago we were seeing the devastation caused by widespread flooding across the country. Calders, our wonderful weavers in Hebden Bridge endured total destruction of their mill. While they lost everything, …
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Spring in your step
There’s no denying it – spring is well and truly here! The clocks sprang forward, the weeds and grass be growing and the banks are brimming with primroses… Primroses and promises of longer days to come plus the lambing sheds are busy! Can you beat that?
You might remember that Countryfile did some filming at Widecombe Fair last autumn, where Adam Henson’s ram, Hector proved to be a bit of a star. Hector the ram hasn’t stopped at rosettes however, as he’s now happily down on Clare’s farm doing his thing, and becoming a proud Dad…
Kim popped up to meet some of the lambs yesterday, in all the glorious Dartmoor sunshine. Aren’t they gorgeous?
Lambrusco infiltrates the farm. Wait, that’s not one of mine…!
Of course, we’re a little in love with Whiteface, and twool wouldn’t be what it is today without their wonderful wool and the hardworking farmers who raise them.
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