on WOVEMBER IS HERE, which means that our month-long celebration of WOOL is now fully under-way! We hope that you will enjoy the series of posts we have curated from your submissions, and from the glorious array of shepherds, shearers, spinners, weavers artists, knitters and makers that we are fortunate enough to know. There is literally… Continue Reading WOVEMBER 2012 IS HERE!
on …until WOVEMBER is upon us. Here are some glimpses of treats to come… Until tomorrow…
on I hope you won’t mind a personal post here from me, Felicity, one of the members of TEAM WOVEMBER! I wanted to explain a little bit why I chose “Closing the Gap” as the theme for this year’s month-long celebration of WOOL and why there will be a SONIK dimension to this years’ WOVEMBER festivities.… Continue Reading Why “Closing the Gap”? and why SONIK WOVEMBER?
on This Wovember, we highly recommend the following books: 1) The Woolpack by Cynthia Harnett is a wonderful piece of historic fiction. Although aimed principally at younger readers, this adventure story is well-researched and really brings the history of the wool trade in the Cotswolds alive through vivid and careful description. A really nice bedtime story… Continue Reading Recommended Reading
on Although the blog may seem relatively quiet, things are heating up behind the Wovember scenes! Here’s a glimpse of what’s going on. 1) The Wovember Woollen Brooch Factory is working full tilt to unleash a wonderful range of 100% WOOL covered brooches at 20:00 GMT on 1st WOVEMBER. This year, we are delighted to be… Continue Reading Wovember preparations
on To people who follow Felicity Ford’s blog, it will come as no surprise that this year’s “Closing the Gap” theme for Wovember will feature a SONIK dimension! To introduce this SONIK element, we shall commence with a fun sheep sound factoid! Did you know that the sounds of sheep being herded are some of the… Continue Reading Announcing SONIK WOVEMBER
on Team Wovember has a new team member: tomofholland. Tom is a self-taught knitter and mender, and you can find out more about his work on his blog. To introduce Tom to all you WOOL lovers, here’s a Q&A baring all: How did you hear about Wovember? I found out about Wovember last year either from… Continue Reading A Q&A With Wovember’s New Team Member: tomofholland
on THE WOVEMBER 2012 COMPETITION: CLOSING THE GAP – SUBMISSION DEADLINE NOW EXTENDED TO 31ST OCTOBER This year Wovember will be focussed on closing the gap between producers and consumers of yarn. The month of November will feature a sequence of woolly contents on the Wovember site, divided into 5 sections: *growing wool *harvesting wool *processing… Continue Reading Announcing Wovember 2012!
on This year the theme of Wovember 2012 is “closing the gap”. For the month of November 2012, a sequence of posts exploring wool’s journey from sheep to shoulders will feature on this website, curated from YOUR SUBMISSIONS! There is a prize for