Galleries & Stockists
I sell my British wool products at various outlets throughout the UK.
In Sedbergh you can generally find my socks at the Tourist Information Centre, at the Three Hares Bistro on Main Street, at the Craft Workshop next door to the Three Hares, and at the Doggy Styling Parlour and pet shop next to the Post Office.
A little further afield but still within Cumbria and the Dales you can find a selection of my British wool blankets, scarves, socks and notebooks at:
- Cumbria Woolshed in Kendal
- Bumblebee Gallery in Kirkby Lonsdale
- Gingerbugs in Ingleton
- Town End Farm Shop in Airton near Malham
- and a selection of yarns can be found at the Threshing Barn in Reeth, Swaledale.
My socks can also be found in the motorway service stations run by the Westmorland Family (at Tebay North & South in Cumbria, Gloucester Services North & South, Rheged near Penrith, and Cairn Lodge near Glasgow).
In London, I am represented by Emery House Design who carry my blankets, and Handweavers Studio where you can find a selection of my weaving yarns. Elsewhere in the UK you can find my blankets at Derwent House in Witney, Oxfordshire, and at Melanie Louise in Melbourne, Derbyshire.
I am a member of Blue Patch, the sustainable marketplace for British-made products which regularly takes part in their pop-up events around the UK; and Make It British which has a mission to bring manufacturing back to the British Isles. I am also a member of the Heritage Crafts Association and a supporter of the Campaign for Wool.
Local Places
Visit Sedbergh is an informative site for visitors to the lovely market town of Sedbergh. The Tourism Network (aka Dales Discoveries) is a marvellous source of information about what to do, where to go and who to see in the Yorkshire Dales.
Hebblethwaite Hall Farm Cottages & Hill Top Farm are both superb accommodation providers run by two of the farming families who supply me with wool each year. You can learn about their farming lives while you stay on their farms.
St. Marks Stays and the Black Bull are two local providers of accommodation (and great food) who have chosen to use our blankets in their lovely establishments.
If you visit the Yorkshire Dales then you can’t go wrong with a look at both of these websites: Yorkshire Dales National Park & Yorkshire Dales Millenium Trust. Both groups have supported the development of my business.
And don’t forget to visit Farfield Mill on the outskirts of Sedbergh. This old Victorian-era weaving and spinning mill has been brought back to life as an arts, heritage and craft centre, with a cafe serving delicious lunches and volunteer weavers and spinners demonstrating every Thursday and Friday.
Processing
A lot of people ask me where I get my wool processed. Here are some places to get you started if you want to do something similar:
- Scouring: Haworth Scouring Company
- Spinners: Lightowlers Spinners, Halifax Spinning Company, Natural Fibre Company and Europa Wools
- Dyers: Ettrick Yarn Dyers, Selkirk, Scotland; FTS Dyers, Langholm, Scotland
- Weavers: Drove Weavers, Langholm, Scotland
- Cloth Finishers: Schofield Dyers and Finishers and at W.T. Johnson in Huddersfield
- Knitters: J. Alex Swift in Leicestershire
- Inserts for cushions: Woolsoft, who specialise in using only British wool and natural cotton for their cushions. They make any size you want and couldn’t be more helpful.
- Looms: Harrisville in the USA and Leclerc in Canada (UK dealer: Frank Herring & Son). The Threshing Barn, based in Reeth in beautiful Swaledale, is also a friendly helpful source of looms, accessories and fibres in the UK
- Labels: National Weaving Company in Wales
- Printers: Stramongate Press in Kendal
- Website Design: SkyeWebsites
- For more information on British wool and a host of links to everything wool-related go to Woolsack
Photographers
I have worked with a number of very good photographers over the years. Some of their photos appear on this website along with a few of my own. You can’t beat a good photograph, it captures your eye and if it’s really good it will capture your imagination. Almost all of the Bluefaced Leicester sheep were photographed by local talent Linda Allen of Bonnysheep. Most of the landscape photography is my own. Product photography is by myself, Blair Hunter of Hunter Davies, Susannah Harpham Photography, Photography by Ward and Steven Barber Photography.
