The Silver Shepherdess
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Sheepskins, reimagined.
100% wool felt backed fleeces, hand crafted in the Wiltshire countryside.
These beautiful fleeces are 100% wool.
They are created by using a felting technique which produces a layer of thick felt instead of a ‘skin’.
Sumptuous, cosy fleeces generously donated year after year by my beautiful flock of Icelandic sheep. Hidden amongst them, an array of other breeds, my original Shetland ewes, Shetland x lambs, and the pet lamb gang.
The fleeces I make can be used as rugs or thrown onto sofas and armchairs. Their colours are warm browns, whites and greys. Every single one I make I want to keep but there are only so many I can fit on the floor, our sofas, chairs and bed!
I bought 6 Shetland ewe lambs in September 2018 not really having a plan but they were easy to care for and a good starter flock. They are the greatest mothers, lamb easily and are gentle little souls. They have produced lovely lambs but I wanted to do more with wool. I didn’t want to spin and knit, I wanted something on a larger scale…
Along came the Icelandics. A game changer for me as I found I could make wonderful rugs from their fleeces. 100% wool and shorn every year so there is no skin and no need to cull them to take their fleece. I have a crop of Icelandic x Shetlands too which produce gorgeous fleeces to add to the mix.
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