The story of Baby who lives at The Same-Star Sheep Sanctuary (https://www.facebook.com/samestarsheep) Baby was the catalyst for starting a sheep sanctuary. Baby has a touching back story to how he came to live at the Sanctuary, which I quote from their FB page: My Beautiful Baby- Time for a bit of honesty; Baby, like all of my sheep, means so much to me. But whenever I think of his backstory I feel a heaviness which […]
I’ve been spinning up this stuff and trying it out to see if it goes through my knitting machine. It is carbonised bamboo, sometimes known as black gold, or black diamond. It’s not the same as dyed black bamboo fibre. It’s made in a different way and feels and looks differently. This stuff is gunmetal grey in colour rather than a pure dark black, it also has a low sheen. When spinning it feels sort […]
Is any wool cruelty free? Can vegans wear wool?