The Knitter

Focus on… GATHERED SHEEP YARNS

SARAH FINLEY loves yarn – spinning it, dyeing it, knitting with it, and talking about it! Her passion inspired her to set up her own business, Gathered Sheep Yarns, and today her North Essex-based dye studio produces a range of sophisticated colourways dyed on wool bases.

How did you come to set up your own yarn business?

“I have always been a creative person.

Growing up I enjoyed art, but life took me in another direction and having a family soon followed. An

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