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Estonian Native Sheep

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For Wovember Words today we are in Estonia! When team Wovember member Felix traveled there in 2012 for a residency, she discovered the wondrous organisation Hea Villa Selts (Facebook link) which translates loosely as The Good Wool Society. This is a coalition of shepherds and wool-workers working to understand and teach the best ways to… Continue Reading Estonian Native Sheep

Kata on Working with Estonian Wool…

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If one is at all interested in Working with Wool, it is quite difficult to avoid the distinctive regional textiles produced in Estonia. Sock, from Haljala Parish, Estonia, photographed at Eesti Rhava Muuseum by Felicity Ford In the US, Nancy Bush in particular has popularised the knitting traditions of this tiny county in the Baltics,… Continue Reading Kata on Working with Estonian Wool…