On 2013-06-08 13:06:49 +0100, Baz said:

Sacha wrote in :

The Provenance Company has created Twool, a garden or household/craft
twine made from the wool of the Whiteface Dartmoor sheep. If you like
pretty colours in your garden, or lovely twine to wrap up parcels,
Twool is for you! It's not cheap but it is lovely and the little
brochure also shows it being used for fringing., so it has more than
one application. An individual spool of 35 metres has an RRP of £3.95
and the range of colours is Slinky Minky, Green Fingers, Mellow Yellow,
Cheeky Chocolate, Risque Rust and Au Naturel. You can also buy Devon
Milk soap.
I was quite interested to read that it takes 9 different industries to
get from "wool to Twool" and they're all British - farmers, shearers,
woollen mill, spinner, dyer, bailer, designer, printer, distributor!
www.twool.co.uk

I think is's great that wool is being reinvented. But how expensive is it?
There was an article on Countryfile where Adam Henson sheared a sheep and
took the bail to a spinner, had it weaved, dyed and made into a suit. He
looke very smart in it. It cost £700.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ysrhk

A picture of hin wearing the suit.

Cheers.
Baz

For a tailor made suit that's cheap! But the Twool isn't for making
clothes, it's a form of twine.
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
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