on This last post comes from Diane Falck, who has been with us throughout WOVEMBER… whose Ouessant sheeps’ wool we have seen Growing; Harvested; Flick-combed (Processed); Hand-spun and hand-knitted (Worked-with); …and Worn. Diane’s beautiful posts about working with her Ouessant wool convey a deep sense of connectedness – the very title ‘Spinning Shepherd’ suggests a real… Continue Reading Diane Falck’s last thoughts on WOVEMBER…
on WARNING: This is a LONG post! Get TEA! Last year working on WOVEMBER prompted me to embark on a personal project – a ten-year long project – entitled The Slow Wardrobe. I wrote about it here, but here are the salient points: I want to propose the establishment of The Slow Wardrobe as a way… Continue Reading Wearing Wool by Felicity Ford
on Alas, the last Wovember Words for Wovember2012. Wovember hopes you enjoyed reading all the snippets on growing, harvesting, processing, working with, and wearing wool as much as we had gathering them for you – and that it has peaked your interest enough to go and find one or two of these books for yourself to… Continue Reading WOVEMBER WORDS #29 – Parting Words
on As you know, our theme this year for WOVEMBER has been ‘Closing the Gap’. We wanted to do this because we believe it is wrong that textiles derived from oil are allowed to appropriate the pleasant associations of WOOL for their marketing strategies. We also feel that the more information there is in the public… Continue Reading Shepherds on Wearing Wool…
on Kate Lynch joins WOVEMBER this evening, to talk about the ultimate house & garden WOOL project – dyeing with plants (perhaps from the garden?) to create woollen textiles for the home! Making it meaningful: Thoughts on using natural dyes this Wovember. Wovember highlights and promotes wool as a valuable natural resource. It is a versatile… Continue Reading Kate Lynch on Wearing Wool…
on I don’t know about you, but this year for me the slugs reached plague proportions what with the wet, humid summer that we had. My first crop of borlotti bean plants – which had been looking so promising and lustrous and lovely towards the end of May – was obliterated to sad stumps overnight. Same… Continue Reading On WOOL in the garden…
on Lesley Prior of Devon Fine Fibres has been with us throughout WOVEMBER. At the start of the month, she shared some stories on Growing Wool; Then we learned from her about The Wool Harvest; Of how, following the harvest, the wool is sent off for processing; And how Gledhills spinning mill and Finisterre take this… Continue Reading Lesley Prior on Wearing Wool…
on In the late 19th century, Dr Gustav Jaeger developed a philosophy of ‘sanitary clothing’ in which wool is given the spotlight. In contrast to ‘chilling materials’ such as linen and cotton, wool could absorb and pass away the ‘noxious exhalations’ of the body. In 1884 the Dr Jaeger’s Sanitary Woollen System was founded by English… Continue Reading WOVEMBER WORDS #28
on Wool is absolutely essential to life, kind of like milk. We begin with this quote and image from Audrey Nicklin, submitted last year to our photo competition, because researching this bit of WOVEMBER has revealed so many diverse ways that WOOL can enhance life when used to ‘clothe’ the house and the garden! Today we… Continue Reading Wearing Wool… The House & Garden Special!
on Colleen’s blog is a treasure-trove of thoughtful writings on many everyday things, but perhaps most especially on various shoes, hats, clothes, quilts and other things that are worn. Colleen writes of the amazing memories connected with such objects as a fine pair of boots; a jubilant turban; and a quilt that she made for her… Continue Reading Colleen on Wearing Wool…