Here’s a film about the Give Fleece A Chance project. It was made by Brent Zillwood and Richard Craig, two Plymouth College of Art film students. Some great shots of yarn spinning and moody shots of the sheep. It was made last December (2010) so the facts and figures are a bit out of date: we now have 250 sheep not the 86 I mention in the film. Have a look and I hope it inspires you to use British wool, knit a sheep or start a flock of your own.
Thanks to Brent and Richard for a great film. You can see more of their work on Vimeo.
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Sheep On Film…
Posted in Fleece, Uncategorized, tagged Brent Zillwood, film students, fleece, handspinning, handspun yarn, how to handspin, how to knit, knitted sheep, knitting video, plymouth college of art, Richard Craig, sheep film, sheep video, yarn on July 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Wool Directory…
Posted in Events, Uncategorized, tagged Devon and Cornwall Longwool, Devon County Show, Exmoor Horn, fleece, judging sheep, sheep, Wool Directory, Zwartbles on June 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Wool Directory stand
Over the past couple of months, I have been working with the Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural World (CCANW) on developing an online Wool Directory. This has evolved from the research that I gathered through Give Fleece A Chance. The Wool Directory lists South West wool producers with the aim of connecting them more easily with people who want to use local fleece.
To promote the Directory, we have been to a couple of shows in Devon; the Devon County Show and the National Sheep Association event near Paignton. Both events went really well and we had plenty of positive feedback from producers and users alike. If you want to have a look at the Directory, you can find it here www.wooldirectory.org.uk. Use it to source SW fleece and yarn, and also to see how textile designers and makers are using wool. We’ve also got a page for events, so if you’re planning a wool themed event please let us know.
Here are some photos from the Devon County show. I’ve put some more on our Flickr site www.flickr.com/photos/givefleeceachance where you can also see 185 knitted sheep.
Judging sheep at Devon County Show
Black Welsh Mountain
Devon and Cornwall Longwool
Exmoor Horn
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More ScotFlock news…
Posted in Uncategorized on June 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Just been sent two more photos of sheep for the ScotFlock. One is crocheted, the other is a Zwartbles. ScotFlock is going to include crochet, felt, woven and natural dyes so it will be exciting to see how the flock grows.
