The Jumper: Drop 1
Bluefaced Leicester wool, sourced from the following British farms, scoured and spun in Yorkshire before being knitted in London.
Wool: 100% British Bluefaced Leicester
Spun: Laxton’s Mill, est. 1907. Yorkshire, England
Knitted: Knitster, London
The wool in this batch comes from 39 British farms, each contributing fleece from their Bluefaced Leicester flock.
listed here by farm, county and flock size.
Cheape, Perthshire, 1,212
Ronald, Perthshire, 633
Shennan, Ayrshire, 1,631
Quigley, Dumfriesshire, 287
Brooke, Wigtownshire, 52
McArthur, Stirlingshire, 763
Remony, Perthshire, 1,103
Bell, Perthshire, 1,139
Forrester, Fife, 389
Black, Kirkcudbrightshire, 525
MacCormick, Argyll, 112
Napier, Midlothian, 196
Thornborrow, Peeblesshire, 699
Queensberry, Dumfriesshire, 11,846
Michie, Perthshire, 714
Farquharson, Perthshire, 1,212
Dawson, Perthshire, 230
Beveridge, Fife, 1,310
McCallum, Argyll, 519
Barbour, Argyll, 299
Gibb, Angus, 545
Donnan, Wigtownshire, 722
Hutton, Midlothian, 1,126
Shedden, North Riding of Yorkshire, 2,514
Brown, Dumfriesshire, 686
Tweedie, Berwickshire, 1,138
Logan, Ayrshire, 1,114
Lockhart, Dumfriesshire, 699
Hutchison, Ayrshire, 400
Dunlop, Ayrshire, 1,345
Percy, Northumberland, 1,650
Patterson, North Riding of Yorkshire, 378
Armstrong, Northumberland, 3,083
Crawley, West Riding of Yorkshire, 366
Ormston, Northumberland, 45
Braka, Northumberland, 6,670
Calvert, North Riding of Yorkshire, 211
Middle, Northumberland, 142
Frater, Northumberland, 1,607
From farm to finished jumper.
A field, a flock and fleece to fibre.
And this is where it all starts.
The rest is over to you.