The Flock
Every fibre is put to good use. Hardy mountain fleece — led by Scottish Blackface — becomes bags and travel goods designed and made in Scotland, fully traceable to the croft. The softer wool of our own flock becomes small-batch, single-flock yarn.
The Mountain Wool Blend
A blend of three hardy hill breeds — coarse, characterful and entirely natural — gathered from small flocks across Kintyre that the commercial wool board won't collect from. Sorted, scoured and felted into the body of our bags and goods.
Bought at fair prices, traceable to the croft, and finished by hand in our Kintyre workshop.
For the yarn
01 · The Breed
Heathered, hardy, of the shore.
An ancient breed from the northern isles. Its fleece is fine, soft and naturally varied — woven through with greys, fawns and warm browns. Beautifully suited to colourwork, shawls and quiet next-to-skin pieces.
02 · The Breed
Lustrous, long, lovely to spin.
A long-wool breed prized for its softness and gentle sheen. Our BFL is spun to a 4-ply that drapes well and blooms after a wash — a yarn with real elegance for garments and lace.
Traceability
Every skein and every piece carries a batch number tying it back to the season, the breed and the field. Spun and finished by makers we know by name.
On hill pasture across Kintyre — small flocks, neighbouring crofts, year-round.
Once a year, by hand, with shearers we know by name.
Sorted in single-flock batches, scoured and felted at a small British mill.
Returned to the workshop, cut and hand-stitched into bags and goods.