IN MY article in Issue 175, I mourned the loss of my sheep friend and flock leader, Boss Ewe. The pain of loss is turning into a remembrance of the pleasure she gave me through her life, and the major role she played in the start and development of the yarn from my farm business. Caithness Yarns’ bread and butter is a focus on batches of undyed, unbleached, naturally coloured yarns, of different feel and for different purposes – and this comes directly as a result of Boss Ewe’s yarn, and how the public received it and delighted in it.
Caithness Yarns was conceived one hot summer day about seven years ago, while the sheepies were getting sheared. Boss Ewe had just had her
