The Knitter

Precious beauty

IN MY flock of 270 sheep, I have 191 True North Country Cheviots, and 79 Castlemilk Moorits. It’s the rare-breed Castlemilk Moorits that I want to talk to you about today, and why rare British breeds matter to you, the yarn buyer, and to me, the sheep farmer and land manager.

Increasingly I have been interested in, and have been experimenting with, how to combine different fleece types for different

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