The Turning of the Season

By November, the light is fading earlier over the Mull of Kintyre. The hills are wet, the Atlantic weather increasingly unpredictable, and another farming year is quietly beginning.

This is tupping season, when the rams join the ewes and the foundations of next spring's lambing are laid.

At our farm, Scottish Blackface sheep graze the rough coastal hills overlooking the sea. These are hardy animals, well suited to the exposed landscape and its changing seasons.

Their wool is a reflection of that environment: a strong, characterful natural fibre, traditionally valued for its resilience and durability.

For Fleeced, the connection between the land, the animal and the finished material is fundamental. We work with wool grown here and from other farms and small flocks across Kintyre, finding contemporary uses for a fibre that has been part of this landscape for generations.

The work begins long before the fleece is shorn. It begins here, on the hill, with the changing seasons and the care of the flock.