The Knitter

Celebrating rare breeds

looking forward to talking with you about this topic, as it’s a passion of mine. As yarny folk, you should care about the survival and success of minority breeds of sheep, because their wool goes to make some of the finest yarns you can buy. What’s more, some of these breeds produce wool with a different character to generic ‘wool’, great as that is. I believe that increasingly in the future,

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