On 08/06/2013 19:43, Sacha wrote:
On 2013-06-08 16:42:16 +0100, Baz said:
Sacha wrote in
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On 2013-06-08 13:06:49 +0100, Baz said:
Sacha wrote in
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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.
Yes. that is the point Sacha, too expensive at the moment for string. Any
wool based poduct will be expensive.
I think twine is traditionaly hemp based. But any "twin" can be strung.
Even wool. Without the 9. I just think that this Twool is a bit of a
way to
catch over inflated walets IMO. Sorry to say that.
Baz
Not at all. I did say it wasn't cheap. But it's beautiful and has other
applications than in the garden, so to me, it's an interesting product
and it helps keep a rather scarce breed of sheep relevant to today's
world. I don't think we'll be buying it to tie up the plants but I may
well buy some to tie up presents, for example.
So next time we come down your way we will be looking out for the multi
coloured sheep, Slinky Minky, Green Fingers, Mellow Yellow, Cheeky
Chocolate, Risque Rust
and Au Naturel.
They should be quite a sight.
David @ the arid part of Swansea Bay