Following is an alphabetical list of all the sources & stockists of British breeds wool fibre and British blended wool fibre that have been identified. If you know of a stockist or source of British wool fibre that is not listed please contact me through the website contact, Facebook Group, Twitter or Ravelry Group so they can be added to the list.
Please note - Some of these stockists also stock fibre in addition to their British breeds/British blended wool fibre that may not be British. You may need to check with them if you're unsure if a particular product was 'grown' on British animals. Falklands wool is being regarded as British for this project since it is from a British Overseas Territory.
This list should be regarded as a source of information only and not recommendations by anyone involved with Woolsack.
Following is an alphabetical list of all the sources & stockists of British breeds wool fibre and British blended wool fibre that have been identified. If you know of a stockist or source of British wool fibre that is not listed please contact me through the website contact, Facebook Group, Twitter or Ravelry Group so they can be added to the list.
Please note - Some of these stockists also stock fibre in addition to their British breeds/British blended wool fibre that may not be British. You may need to check with them if you're unsure if a particular product was 'grown' on British animals. Falklands wool is being regarded as British for this project since it is from a British Overseas Territory.
This list should be regarded as a source of information only and not recommendations by anyone involved with Woolsack.
IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ THE INFORMATION HERE BEFORE USING ANY LISTINGS ON WOOLSACK
Alphabetical list of Stockists of British Wool Fibre
Adelaide Walker - Washed fleece and undyed tops - many breeds. English tops dyed. All British wool clearly marked on the website.
Adora Angora - "I am a British hobby breeder of pure continental angora rabbits & have beautiful angora fibre in various colours. None of the rabbits are harmed by collecting the fibre". sarah.dowie AT yahoo.co.uk
All In A Spin Clun Forest, Zwartbles, Lincoln Longwool
Roving, carded batts, washed fleece
Alterknit Universe Fibre hand dyed with natural dyes. Breeds include BFL & BlackfaceRoving, locks
ANDREW CAPELL @shepherdCaps Whitefaced Woodland and Manx blended with Hebridean carded Fibre. National Trust. Contact through twitter
Artisan Threads - Shetland, Blue Faced Leicester, Border Leicester, Jacob, Romney, Gotland
Roving, dyed fleece
Babylonglegs - Hand-dyed tops for hand spinning and felting. British breeds stocked include Shetland and Falklands Merino. All base fibres sourced from British producers and personally test spun to ensure good quality and ease of spinning. Custom dyeing welcomed.
Rovings, combed top
Barnacre Alpacas - Rovings
Bits and Fleeces - Raw Shetland fleece
Black Bat - Over 10 different breeds and blends.
Carded batts & roving
Black Cat Fibres - Bluefaced Leicester, Yak, Merino, Shetland.
Roving
Blackbird Fibres - BFL, Falkland Merino cross, Suffolk, Jacob, Texel - dyed
Tops
Bluefaced Yarn Shop - Shetland, Kid Mohair
Tops
Blueface454 - Shropshire, Texel, Falkland Islands, English blend.Roving, Neps
Box Moor Trust Hemel Hempstead -We have a large flock of Norfolk Horn sheep, and have processed some of their fibre. We have a few batts for sale. We can be contacted on 01442 253300 or admin AT boxmoortrust.org.uk
Brownberry Yarns.Fleece & Dyed Roving
Bunloit Woolery We have our own home reared Gotland and Shetland fleece and BFL and Ryelands from our neighbour's farm. 3 Balbeg, Bunloit, IV63 6XQ Inverness 01456 450301
Colourful Designs - BFL, Falkland Merino/Polworth cross, Shetland, Cheviot, Masham - hand painted/dyed
Spinning fibre and yarn
Countess Ablaze Bluefaced Leicester & Wensleydale hand dyed fibre. Online ordering
DT Craft & Design - Bluefaced Leicester, Merino, Alpaca, Shetland, Wensleydale, Corriedale, Falkland, Camel, Exmoor Horn.Top, fleece
Easyknits - Bluefaced Leicester & Exmoor Blueface blend.spinning fibre - hand dyed
Eden Gotland Sheep Carded undyed batts of Gotland fibre.carded batts
Farmer Dixon Shropshire, Kerry Hill & Balwen washed and carded wool from flocks on the farm.Washed & carded wool
Farnell Farm - Rare breed Portland.Yarn & Batts for spinning or felt, plus fleece
Freyalyn's Fibres -Hand dyed spinning fibre & fleece. Many breeds & blends including, BFL, Cheviot, Dorset Horn, Southdown, Jacob, Shetland, Masham, Suffolk Spinning fibre, dyed fleece
Garthenor Organic Pure Wool - Up to 16 different breeds - UK breeds, Certified organic sheep.Fleece
George Weil Craft Supplies - Tops and prepared fibres for felting and spinning - Undyed. Breeds include Shetland, Suffolk, Teeswater/Wensleydale, Black Welsh Mountain, Bluefaced Leicester, Cheviot, Devon Longwool, Downland Blend, Herdwick, Jacob and blended lustrous Longwools. Spinning and felting fibre
Gilliangladrag - Bluefaced Leicester, Jacob & Shetland natural coloured tops for felting.Felting fibre
Glaven Flock of Norfolk Horn Sheep. fleece
Great British Yarns - Jillybean exclusive dyed tops. This wool is 100% British, dyed, spun, carded all in the UK.
Tops
Griffiths Mill - Mohair, Blue Faced Leicester, Texel, Zwartbles, Jacob, Wensleydale, Southdown, Suffolk and Leicester Longwool Boreray, Lincoln Longwool, Est a Laine Merino . The Wensleydale, Mohair and Est a Laine Merino are their own flocks, and they have a mini mill on siteScoured fleece, batts, rovings
Heathylee Guanaco - 100% British Guanaco from Heathylee's herd of Guanaco farmed in the Peak District.50g bag of pure guanaco fibre — dehaired to the highest standard. Described as like ‘spinning from a cloud’
Highbury Farm - Poll Dorset/Mule.Fleece & Spinning Fibre
HilltopCloud - Carded batts, hand blended roving, and dyed fibre for spinners, including spinning fiber from British breeds of sheep. Too many breeds to list, with with special emphasis on British wool & breeds. Washed fleece, dyed fibre, roving, batts, undyed British breeds
Isle of Auskerry - North Ronaldsay fleece
John Arbon Textiles - Exmoor Blueface (breed produced by crossing Blue Faced Leicester & Exmoor Horn), Blue Faced Leicester, Merino, Exmoor Horn
spinning fibre
Knitter Scarlet -Hand painted spinning fibre - some British breeds & wool (also some handspun) Spinning Fibre
Loddington Longwool - Leicester Longwool locks. Natural white & brown. Unwashed.Locks
Natural Born Dyers - Shetland, Shropshire, Manx Loaghtan fibre. Dyed using natural dyes extracted from plants Fibre
New Forest Mohair - Hand dyed fleece & carded fibre.Fleece, fibre
North Ronaldsay Mill - North Ronaldsay Washed fleece, Roving, batts, pre-felt
Pinkipunki A Grade Premium English Teeswater & Cotswold Locks. Dyed & undyed
Rampisham Hill Farm Carded Poll Dorset
Sheepfold Black Welsh Mountain, North Ronaldsay, Manx Loaghtan, Hebridean shearling, Herdwick shearling
Scoured and carded fleece from named or regional flocks
Sid Valley Fine Fibres - Alpaca - various colours including Suri Alpaca locks.
Sheep - Wensleydale - black or white including batts. Blue Faced - Leicester - fine fleece.Locks & carded batts
Spinwise - Commercially combed white wool tops in breeds including Masham, BFL, Cheviot, Falkland Merino
The Little Orkney Dye Shed - Hand dyed North Ronaldsay wool rovings. Pam works from a converted shed overlooking the Scapa Flow and draws her inspiration from the surrounding area. The wide and unique variety of flora and fauna, as well as the flotsam and jetsam on the shoreline, give rise to the colours and textures of her works.Rovings
The Spinning Barn at Spotty Pig Farm Professionally prepared slivers of wool from North Ronaldsay sheep, Icelandic sheep and Angora goats.
Teeswater Yarns - Teeswater.Fleece (dyed)
The Border Mill We can supply loose clean alpaca fibre or rovings in a range of natural colours, perfect for handspinning, felt making and all sorts of other craft uses. We also make rug yarn – a fabulous soft rope-like yarn which can obviously be used to make rugs, but much else beside. Also dyed pure alpaca rovings
The Honorwood Flocks -Icelandic, Shetland, Hebridean, Mohair, Shetland x Jacob.Washed & carded natural coloured wools & kid mohair
The Risby Flock of Pedigree Lincoln Longwools Carded fibre, tops, hand-made felt pieces. Undyed
The Threshing Barn - Herdwick, Black Welsh Mountain, North Ronaldsey, Jacob, Shetland, Icelandic, Wensleydale, Ouessant, Alpaca and Mohair goat, Bluefaced Leicester, Texel Fleece, spinning fibre
Triskelion Yarn & Fibre -Alpaca - hand dyed Spinning Batts
Twist Fibre Craft Studio - Corriedale, Wensleydale, Bluefaced Leicester, Shetland, Alpaca, Mohair Spinning fibre
Wensleydale Longwool Sheepshop - Shop near Leyburn, Yorkshire Dales or mail order - details on website.
Garments, fibre & yarn, many dyed colours.
Wharfedale Woolworks - Bluefaced Leicester, Wensleydale, Masham and Dorset Horn listed with Shetland, Cotswold, Teeswater and Jacob
Spinning Fibre
Wheeldale Woolcrafts - Mail order or visit by arrangement - Sinnington, York. British sheep breeds including Swaledale, Hebridean, Shetland, BFL, Teeswater, Herdwick, Shetland. Washed Fleece, Batts, Rovings, Tops
Wild Fibres Wool tops for spinning from many different UK sheep breeds
Wildcraft - Ryeland, Shetland, BFL, Cheviot, British UK Merino, Undyed, hand painted, dyed.Raw & Washed Fleece, Batts, Rovings, Tops
Wingham Wool Work -Large range of white and natural coloured breeds - too many breeds to list.
Combed tops and scoured fleece
Wool Clip - Herdwick fleece & tops - natural and overdyed (some other breeds as well)Outlet only, Caldbeck in Cumbria
Woolforbrains - Many different breeds, breed sample packs available.Online ordering
Wool Tops - Falkland Merino & Corriedale.tops
Woolcraft with Wensleydale - White & undyed coloured Wensleydale tops, locks & felting mats
Woolrush - Hand dyed British wool spinning fibreTops, carded batts, locks
World of Wool - Over 20 breeds (NB not all British Wool, so check if that is important to you)
Fleece, tops
Yarns From The Plain - Hand dyed British wool spinning fibre Tops
Yummy Yarns UK -Wensleydale, Bluefaced Leicester, Shetland, Icelandic, Leicester Longwool and other British breeds such as Shropshire.
Hand dyed/painted spinning fibre
Woolyknit Good selection British wool tops, dyed and natural fleece colours Tops