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The wool in my blankets, scarves and socks is almost all sourced from farms within a 30 mile radius of my home in Sedbergh.
For the past 15 years I have visited over a dozen local farms picking up fleece as it is sheared each summer. The wool is sent to Bradford for scouring, to Huddersfield for spinning and to the Scottish Borders for dyeing, weaving and finishing. Some of it is also knitted into socks. The entire processing chain happens within the UK and I strive to keep chemicals out of the process, to keep transportation to a minimum and to make sure that even the packaging materials are as sustainable and environmentally friendly as possible.
I couldn’t do any of this without a lot of help — from the farmers who raise the sheep to the lady who sews all the labels onto my scarves and blankets, I rely on relationships that involve trust and goodwill. Yes, money changes hands but this is about so much more than financial transactions. It’s about trying to produce something beautiful from a locally available resource while positively contributing in some small way to my local community and leaving as little as possible behind on the planet. It’s about capturing a piece of the landscape and making use of an enormous pool of talent to produce useful, practical items that will give pleasure for many years.
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