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” …you want the woolly life, carding and spinning, with only sheep for furniture and bedclothes…”

Kickstarting 2018 Creativity

For various reasons I've not been at my most creatively productive over the past few months. But it hasn't been a complete washout. Over the last week or so, I've been carding some gorgeous Landscape Batts in preparation for a new product…

Sheep

A February of Significance

This February I've made a significant breakthrough. Young Pan is a lamb I delivered on 20th April 2016 at 2:30am. I remember it very well as his birth was utterly horrific. His poor mum Vi had ringwomb (which essentially means her cervix failed…

Art, Sheep, Yarn

The end of Winter

It feels like it has been a long hard Winter. My best friend, Emma (owner of the Alfie Purl flock) very sadly died in November and I've been truly knocked for six by her death. Taking on the lions share of the Shepherding for her flock has been,…

That is quite remarkable. I think fleece just utterly loves you and wants to shape itself into beauty under your fingers.

Talis Kimberley

Lucy, you were a sheep in a previous life. You were born to shepherd and it lights you up. Your felting, I am in awe of. I bought a little sheep from you which sits proudly on my mantle piece and often gets admiring comments.

Helen Morton

Lucy freely admits she has an addiction to all things sheepy. She cares for their needs both nice and nasty with good humour and shares her skills with gentle passion. The end result is happy, healthy sheep who produce wonderful fleece with which she creates beautiful craft items.

Fiona Fraser