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The Great British Sheep Did you know there are more than 60 breeds of sheep in the UK - the most of any country? From the woolless Easy Care to the hairy Herdwick, and the ickle Babydoll Southdown to the mighty Lincoln... The Great British Sheep is our new project, celebrating UK sheep, wool and handknitting. |
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Over the summer we'll be asking people to contribute to this unique project by creating a very special 'knitted fleece' made entirely from 100% British wool - from the Shetland Isles to the tip of Cornwall. Designer Yvonne Stone has created for us a giant sheep sculpture, wire-framed and naked! We want knitted squares and shapes, loopy stitch swatches and crocheted ringlets to attach to his frame and cover him with his very special woolly jumper. |
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Our launch of The Great British Sheep took place at The Alternative Village Fete on London's Southbank on Saturday 5th July, but we'll be continuing at our knitting tent at Camp Bestival over the weekend of July 18, 19 and 20. Visit our online photo gallery to follow the sheep's progress! If you can't knit we'll teach you and we'll be showing off our sheep at other events throughout the year, including our very own I Knit Day. |
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We'll have a huge selection of yarns from across the UK for you to play with - plus loads of other sheepy items, info and fascinating facts! You can keep up-to-date by checking here or in our photo gallery. Now scroll down for our list of participating sheep and those who have generously supplied wool and supported the project so far...we still need loads of donations so if you see a space that needs filled and you know of a supplier then please do get in touch. |
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Babydoll Southdown |
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Badger Face Welsh Mountain (Torddu) - supplied by the Badger Face Welsh Mountain Sheep Society |
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Balwen Welsh Mountain - supplied by Garthenor Organic Pure Wool |
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Beulah Speckled Face |
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Black Welsh Mountain - supplied by Garthenor Organic Pure Wool |
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Bluefaced Leicester - supplied by HW Hammond & Co and Bluefaced.com |
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Border Leicester |
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Boreray - supplied by Woodpark Wool |
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Bowmont - supplied by Devon Fine Fibres and The Bowmont Braf Project |
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British Milk Sheep |
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Cambridge |
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Castlemilk Moorit - supplied by Garthenor Organic Pure Wool |
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Cheviot - supplied by The Wool Clip and Cornish Organic Wool |
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Clun Forest |
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Cotswold - supplied by Garthenor Organic Pure Wool |
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Dalesbred |
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Derbyshire Gritstone |
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Devon Closewool |
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Dorset - supplied by Garthenor Organic Pure Wool |
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Dorset Down - supplied by The Woolly Shepherd |
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Exmoor Horn |
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Greyface Dartmoor - supplied by Garthenor Organic Pure Wool |
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Hampshire |
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Hebridean - supplied by Townings Farm, The Natural Fibre Company and Woodpark Wool |
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Herdwick - supplied by Garthenor Organic Pure Wool and Herdy |
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Hill Radnor |
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Jacob - supplied by Garthenor Organic Pure Wool |
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Kerry Hill |
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Leicester Longwool |
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Lincoln |
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Llanwenog - supplied by Garthenor Organic Pure Wool |
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Lleyn - supplied by Cornish Organic Wool and The Natural Fibre Company |
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Lonk |
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Manx Loghtan - supplied by Garthenor Organic Pure Wool |
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Masham |
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Mule - supplied by Cecilia at The Wool Clip |
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Norfolk Horn |
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North Country Cheviot |
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North Ronaldsay - supplied by Sheepfold and The Natural Fibre Company |
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Oxford |
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Portland - supplied by Garthenor Organic Pure Wool |
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Romney - supplied by Aragon Yarns and Cornish Organic Wool |
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Rough Fell |
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Ryeland - supplied by Garthenor Organic Pure Wool |
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Scotch Mule |
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Scottish Blackface |
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Scottish Greyface |
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Shetland - supplied by Bluefaced.com and Woodpark Wool and Jamieson's of Shetland |
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Shetland-Cheviot |
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Shropshire |
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Soay - supplied by The Honorwood Flocks |
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Southdown |
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South Wales Mountain |
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Suffolk - supplied by Cornish Organic Wool |
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Swaledale - supplied by Ruth & Betty (016974 78707) |
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Teeswater - supplied by Teeswater Wools |
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Welsh Mountain |
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Welsh Mule |
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Wensleydale Longwool - supplied by Sheepfold, West End Wensleydales and Wensleydale Longwool Sheepshop |
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Whiteface Dartmoor |
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Whiteface Woodland - supplied by Garthenor Organic Pure Wool |
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Wiltshire Horn |