Wovember » sheep

Our first guest is Zoe Fletcher, who we really had to start with given that she wrote her PhD on the 72 British sheep breeds! Zoe has created a Designer Toolkit to share knowledge and her researc...

https://www.wovember.com/2023/11/01/zoe-fletcher-from-the-woolist/

We are always honoured and delighted to include articles from honorary Team Wovember member, Sue Blacker. This year we asked if we may re-publish a recent blog post that Sue wrote at her own blo...

https://www.wovember.com/2017/11/23/sue-blacker-on-shearing-wool/

This week we are exploring the topic Woolness & The Land and our guest curator is Paula Wolton – the passionate farmer and creative force behind One Hut Full and One Change. One Hut Full is a t...

https://www.wovember.com/2017/11/13/woolness-the-land-introducing-paula-wolton/

Today on our Wovember Words EU tour of sheep and wool, we are in the Netherlands. To celebrate this, we are republishing a post from Tom of Holland – inventor of Wovember Words – written in 2...

https://www.wovember.com/2016/11/20/scaep-sceap-wolle-wull/

This post was originally published on the Wovember blog on the 6th Wovember, 2011. It was written by Kate Davies and we are thrilled to republish it here as one of our “from the Wovember archiv...

https://www.wovember.com/2016/11/03/sheep-as-propaganda/

Last night we heard from Louise Spong about The South Downs, Southdown sheep, and South Downs Yarn. You may have seen a few glimpses of the beautiful palette that the yarn is available in. Louise...

https://www.wovember.com/2015/11/24/louise-spong-and-jenny-dean-on-natural-dyeing/

Your photographic entries to our Instagram photo contest are amazing, and it is truly lovely to see such a massive buzz growing around wool thanks to your images and words! As promised at the sta...

https://www.wovember.com/2015/11/22/photo-gallery-roundup-3/

This evening we shall be meeting some lambs. However in order to have lambs, you must have rams or tups as they are often known… Here are Jane Cooper’s characterful Boreray boys in a post by ...

https://www.wovember.com/2015/11/05/wovember-words-tups-and-tupping/

Sheep and WOOL really do get into everything and, if you have purchased a copy of the KNITSONIK Stranded Colourwork Sourcebook you will already know that “everything” even includes a 1930s bo...

https://www.wovember.com/2014/12/02/wovember-words-wool-and-electricity/

Sara Dunham – the shepherd from whom we heard earlier in the month – has sent us some beautiful pieces about her sheep. These will sometimes appear between now and the end of WOVEMBER as love...

https://www.wovember.com/2014/11/25/lamb-camp/