tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24465450704121027602024-03-13T21:52:55.754-07:00North Pennines WoolNorth Pennines Woolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02787225561611491181noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446545070412102760.post-63890801388523576762014-10-09T14:59:00.001-07:002014-10-09T14:59:44.684-07:00Winter Wool Fair "Remembrance" Competition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We hope that you can come along to our Winter Wool fair, and, if you do, why not bring along a competition entry for a chance to win fabulous prizes?North Pennines Woolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02787225561611491181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446545070412102760.post-85139442285599389252014-09-30T04:18:00.004-07:002014-09-30T04:23:24.436-07:00North Pennines Wool Group's Winter Wool Fair 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For those of you who normally attend our Autumn event, this year we're having a <a href="http://www.northpenninewools.org/winter-wool-fair-2014.html" target="_blank">Winter Wool Fair</a>. We'll be in Hexham on the 8th November, which is also a farmers' market day, so even more reason to be in Hexham that day! We hope you can make it!North Pennines Woolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02787225561611491181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446545070412102760.post-67149328810422999992014-07-27T12:44:00.002-07:002014-07-27T12:44:20.354-07:00North Pennines Wool summer news.Check out our summer newsletter <a href="http://us8.campaign-archive1.com/?u=75fe69f6c4e4e118e0a2cfd81&id=260d4233c1&e=%5BUNIQID%5D" target="_blank">here.</a>North Pennines Woolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02787225561611491181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446545070412102760.post-82803442573966276042014-07-17T07:00:00.002-07:002014-07-17T07:00:49.712-07:00North Pennines Wool Group<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The North Pennines Wool Group has experienced something of a hiatus since our Wool Event in October 2013. We do apologise. As volunteers it's always difficult to try to find the time to fit in additional work and our lives have been very busy.<br />
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However, we'd like to take this opportunity to invite you to get more involved - not in a big way, but in whatever way you like, and to do this we're going to arrange a date to meet, with tea and cake, to discuss possibilities. If you're interested, please <a href="mailto:localwool@gmail.com">drop us an email</a> and we'll let you know when we have a date, which should be sometime in early August.<br />
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Some of you have been asking whether there will be another wool event, and the answer is yes. However, this year will be a little different - bigger and better, we hope! And it will be a winter wool fair, so watch this space and check out our <a href="http://northpennineswool.weebly.com/">website</a>.North Pennines Woolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02787225561611491181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446545070412102760.post-58101343301683975762013-10-09T14:14:00.000-07:002013-10-09T14:15:08.446-07:00Fourth North Pennines Wool Event!The fourth <a href="http://www.northpennineswool.org.uk/event13.htm">North Pennines Wool Event</a> is just 36 hours away.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">We're busy making hundreds of wristbands for the wool event, so hope we get a good turnout!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">For those of you still undecided about coming along our stallholders include:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.halifaxspinningcompany.co.uk/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Halifax Spinning Mill</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"> </span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.naturalborndyers.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Natural Born Dyers</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"> </span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.edengotlandsheep.co.uk/">Eden Gotland Sheep </a><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><a href="http://www.theknittinggiftshop.co.uk/">Knitting Gift Shop</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><a href="http://www.janbeadletextiles.co.uk/">Jan Beadle Textiles</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/uk/people/enidashcroft?ref=owner_profile_leftnav">Enid Ashcroft drop spindles</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; 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line-height: 17px;"><a href="http://www.fleecetoyarn.com/">Fleece to Yarn</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Plus we'll have other woolly equipment, wool products and artworks (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/josswriggfeltsculpture">Joss Wrigg</a>, <a href="http://www.kimlewisart.co.uk/">Kim Lewis</a>, <a href="http://www.julescadie.co.uk/">Jules Cadie</a>, <a href="http://www.cathyduncanart.com/">Cathy Duncan</a>), in addition to the fleece sales and demonstrations.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Also remember the <a href="http://www.northpennineswool.org.uk/photocomp.pdf">photography competition</a> - please do bring along your sheepy/woolly images on the day.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; 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We now have copies of the North Pennines Weardale Gansey available to buy, price £3.50. For those of you hoping to pay through Paypal we hope that this facility will be available within a few days. In the meantime you can post a cheque made payable to "North Pennines Wool Group" and post c/o Slack House Farm, Ireshopeburn, Weardale DL13 1HL<br />
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The North Pennines Weardale Gansey is a very complex pattern, suitable only for very experienced knitters. <br />
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The North Pennines Teesdale Gansey, a simpler design, will follow....<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The North Pennines gansey patterns will be available very soon. We apologise to readers of North Pennines News trying to find the patterns on our website - there's some final tweaking going on! By Easter we hope to have full details of how and where to buy the patterns. In the meantime please direct any queries to info@npennines-wool.co.uk. Thank you for your patience.<span id="goog_2016231208"></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446545070412102760.post-29930794911668672572013-01-09T00:52:00.000-08:002013-01-09T00:52:01.141-08:00Good wishes for 2013The North Pennines Wool Group wishes you all a very happy 2013. Let's hope it's a warm and woolly one - and perhaps a little drier than the past few years.<br />
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Our news for 2013 is that we hope to launch our two winning North Pennines gansey designs in the spring. We'll keep you posted!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446545070412102760.post-41532494349748400122012-10-17T02:00:00.000-07:002012-10-17T02:00:10.533-07:00Small, but perfectly formed - the third North Pennines Wool Event
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">The North Pennines Wool Group held its third North Pennines Wool Event
on Friday 28th September in Upper Weardale, County Durham. The small
community of St John's Chapel was buzzing as the Wool Event, held in the
village's two halls, both situated on the village green, coincided with the
North of England Mule Sheep Association gimmer lamb sale at the neighbouring
mart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Farmers and woolly folk
rubbed shoulders as the village thronged with people. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">A wonderfully warm and friendly atmosphere pervaded as several hundred
people flocked to the wool event, which managed to provide something for
everyone. Highlights included demonstrations of various forms of spinning
– domestic spinning wheels, great wheel spinning (with Richard Proud of <a href="http://www.fleecetoyarn.com/">Fleece to Yarn</a>), drop spindling and 'spurtzler' spinning (courtesy of Jon Booker,
<a href="http://www.naturalborndyers.com/">Natural Born Dyers</a>), together with demonstrations of natural dyeing (Ruth
Hicken), sculptural needlefelt with the renowned artist <a href="http://josswrigg.wix.com/feltsculpture">Joss Wrigg</a>, table loom
weaving (<a href="http://www.janbeadletextiles.co.uk/">Jan Beadle</a>), peg loom weaving (Nickie Kirkby of <a href="http://www.edengotlandsheep.co.uk/">Eden Gotlands</a>) and wet
felted bracelets (Ellie Langley, <a href="http://www.fleecewithaltitude.co.uk/Home.html">Fleece with Altitude</a>).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition a
selection of remarkably calm and friendly sheep penned on the village green
entertained the visitors.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">A competition to design and make a sheep from British wool was judged by
celebrated children’s author and fine artist, <a href="http://www.kimlewisart.co.uk/">Kim Lewis</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kim is herself a former sheep farmer.
Sheep of all breeds and woolly techniques arrived to take part in the
competition, the winning entry being a sheep of indeterminate breed, but
largely knitted from local Gotland wool. In addition the North Pennines
shepherd and poet <a href="http://www.josephinedickinson.com/">Josephine Dickinson </a>gave poetry readings with a woolly, hill-farming
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fleeces, carded wools, yarns, knitting and felting kits, knitted, woven and
felted woollen products and some truly beautiful locally hand-crafted
equipment, including drop spindles made by Enid Ashcroft. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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British wool (that is wool from sheep born in Britain) is allowed through the
doors. The North Pennines Wool Group was established in 2009 by a small
group of hardworking volunteers to try to promote the little known region of
the North Pennines and its wool.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The North Pennines covers parts of Cumbria, Durham, Northumberland, even
a tiny part of North Yorkshire, and is the native home of two of our most
spectacular wool breeds - the Teeswater and the Bluefaced Leicester and, by
extension, the North of England Mule, making the presence of 3500 mule sheep
(courtesy of their Bluefaced Leicester fathers) just 30 yards
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446545070412102760.post-9258503115904529622012-09-24T15:52:00.000-07:002012-09-24T16:06:18.057-07:00Autumn e-bulletin<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">Apologies to all. Anyone who received the Autumn e-bulletin today may have noticed a number of errors, the most important being that the email address and the links to the email address of the North Pennines Wool Group were all incorrect an</span>d should have read info@npennines-wool.co.uk. Any emails sent through the e-bulletin will not have been received and you should resend them. In addition there should have been links to a <a href="https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=st+john%27s+chapel&fb=1&gl=uk&hq=st+john%27s+chapel&hnear=0x487c4b3d917926c7%3A0x4b58b988a893647a%2CIreshopeburn%2C+County+Durham+DL13+1HL&cid=0%2C0%2C14743512203029613905&ei=3SJcUJrVIaPB0QWooIE4&sqi=2&ved=0CI0BEPwSMAM">map</a> of St John's Chapel and the Weardale bus service <a href="http://weardale-travel.co.uk/timetablesprices/Service%20101%20Timetable.htm">timetable</a>.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446545070412102760.post-47036112007834817672012-08-16T15:25:00.000-07:002012-08-16T15:25:46.347-07:00Third North Pennines Wool Event<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Full details of the third North Pennines Wool Event can now be found <a href="http://www.northpennineswool.org.uk/event12.htm">here</a>. This year we'll be at St John's Chapel, Upper Weardale on 28th September, 10am - 5pm - with a very exciting programme. Hope to see you there.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446545070412102760.post-17449252186425318742012-08-02T02:43:00.001-07:002012-08-16T15:21:00.729-07:00Make a sheep from British woolThe third North Pennines Wool Event is to be held at St John's Chapel on 28th September 2012, 10am - 5pm (full details of the exciting programme will appear here soon!). In the meantime, to give you plenty of time to don your creative thinking caps and get out that local wool, here's a flyer to let you know that this year we're running a competition and invite you to bring your woolly creations along to the event. We have a couple of very special judges lined up, but also hope to include all entries in a gallery on our website. Come on, bring along your very own sheep! You know you want to!<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446545070412102760.post-74607999185544016192012-05-21T16:10:00.001-07:002012-05-21T16:10:58.536-07:00Upcoming Woolly EventsApologies for the long silence. Here is advance notice of two local wool events.<br />
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Firstly our own North Pennines Wool Event will be held on 28th September at St John's Chapel. We have some very exciting things planned, so put the date in your diaries. Keep checking our <a href="http://www.npennines-wool.co.uk/">website</a> for details and/or <a href="mailto:info@npennines-wool.co.uk">sign up</a> to our mailing list.<br />
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Secondly, there will be a woolly event at Greenhead, Northumberland, 'Wool on the Wall', 8th July, again focussing on British wools.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446545070412102760.post-66327009739364350802012-02-21T10:12:00.000-08:002012-02-21T10:12:10.075-08:00British Wool on the High StreetI'm pleased to say that this winter John Lewis got their act together and actually did offer some <a href="http://www.johnlewis.com/Search/Search.aspx?SearchTerm=british+wool">British made British wool products</a> - all now reduced. Grab a bargain if you're quick!<br />
I can personally vouch for the jumper. I bought it at full price just before Christmas and still thought it was a bargain.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446545070412102760.post-10414527479019904842012-02-21T10:07:00.000-08:002012-02-21T10:07:31.341-08:00Woolly happenings in and around the North Pennines<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There are two exhibitions with North Pennines wool connections coming up or already underway.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">At Rheged, Penrith, the Wonder of Wool exhibition features the work of a range of artists, including some British wool and at least one artist, Joss Wrigg, from the North Pennines.</span><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="content"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A second exhibition, opening 26th February, appropriately at the Old Fulling Mill, Museum of Archaeology, Durham is <a href="http://www.dur.ac.uk/fulling.mill/exhibitions/">Tethera, Methera, Tic, Counting Sheep</a>, which features the work of North Pennines craftsman, Ellie Langley and uses almost exclusively North Pennines wool.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dur.ac.uk/fulling.mill/exhibitions/"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgec1-dUwvYR5TTaZfd3cnL-o_zIZYSXso94Ysz2k1Bs-1jZybXoY8x8Q_E5oxhTiDZpW1BX7OcqEuY_xMitRkvBV_ZAnx9gcJ68SBBASA4t6k9KqXs_EuEKW8xfsyLzbopKcIoMZzmISGv/s320/Felt+A3+poster+draft2.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><div class="content"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And lots of goodies to buy:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Zu2k7LktHZRHjz8hgBj1nYek6LFk6xV3C42AEGfni_ctxvzBY8YyuSIGAS9vimAV22WlO_IxMFvWsUjrrfvOVPEHjjU__ZDEQOiawsfQ7Rjeihm5A45DXxDd-fZOXCm3pWTa05bmTPQi/s1600/w6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Zu2k7LktHZRHjz8hgBj1nYek6LFk6xV3C42AEGfni_ctxvzBY8YyuSIGAS9vimAV22WlO_IxMFvWsUjrrfvOVPEHjjU__ZDEQOiawsfQ7Rjeihm5A45DXxDd-fZOXCm3pWTa05bmTPQi/s320/w6.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div>Other attractions involved a fabulous demonstration of fleece quality and grading by Stephen Kitson from the BWMB, peg loom weaving demonstrations, eight shaft weaving demonstrations and spinning demonstrations using a big wheel. Read more about the Wool Event <a href="http://huttsatwork.wordpress.com/2011/10/09/woolly-extravaganza/">here</a>.</div><div><br />
</div><div>The Wool Event also saw the prize giving of the North Pennines Gansey competition - follow its journey on this blog. The local Mule and Hebridean wool is currently being spun into yarn to be knitted into the winning design. Ultimately the North Pennines Gansey will be available to buy in kit form. Stay tuned!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446545070412102760.post-66358637205489036122011-09-27T16:31:00.000-07:002011-10-01T16:00:10.482-07:00Welcome to the North Pennines Wool Group's blog.And what better way to begin than with our upcoming North Pennines Wool Event, 7th and 8th October 2011 in Upper Weardale? Lots to see, lots to do, including natural plant dyeing demos, fleece sorting, wool auctions, <a href="http://www.halifaxspinningcompany.co.uk/">Halifax Spinning Mill</a>, <a href="http://www.edengotlandsheep.co.uk/">Eden Gotlands</a>, <a href="http://www.northwestwool.co.uk/">North West Wools</a> and so much more. <br />
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And only British Wool in sight! <br />
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For full details check out the <a href="http://www.npennines-wool.co.uk/">North Pennines Wool</a> website.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiretPKpKYnPKwCXQVhr2j1bmmG45qfAmtf0bEaZOlGG7fye3z5TDwm-APuTMX5tmvehnQI_MxkkpO3qpaRGhLwgPLpgkDl6AJitDDLWjD2efI2bnHEk7kknyyMvesbiO2_Q-6hetNfV7p/s1600/000_4912.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiretPKpKYnPKwCXQVhr2j1bmmG45qfAmtf0bEaZOlGG7fye3z5TDwm-APuTMX5tmvehnQI_MxkkpO3qpaRGhLwgPLpgkDl6AJitDDLWjD2efI2bnHEk7kknyyMvesbiO2_Q-6hetNfV7p/s320/000_4912.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In addition to the fantastic lineup of stallholders (with only British wools!), we have a few exciting wool/sheep related extras (including peg looms, lucets, sheep cards, breed books etc) on the North Pennines Wool Group's sale table. We also have the daily fleece auctions, which will include Wensleydale, Shetland, Teeswater, Manx Loaghtan, Hebridean and Ryeland fleeces, various demonstrations throughout the two days and the spinning and knitting circle in the yurt at <a href="http://www.killhope.org.uk/Pages/killhopeshowpressrelease.aspx?PID=0+EzPr2aPGI=">Killhope</a> just a mile down the hill. Plus, of course, there will be delicious food! We'll also have the prizegiving for the North Pennines gansey design competition, plus exciting woolly raffle prizes. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We look forward to seeing you there!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0