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Pen-y-Lan and Cae Du fibre flocks are neighbouring fibre farms, where we aim to grow the best quality fibre we can for felt makers, & hand spinners, we also produce a range of unique knitting yarns from our home grown fleeces.

The countryside here is smelling particularly lovely this morning, with so much cut grass down, drying ready to be coll...
14/06/2026

The countryside here is smelling particularly lovely this morning, with so much cut grass down, drying ready to be collected, baled and wrapped for the coming winter.
The last two days have been warm enough on top of the hill to go around without a coat on, well it is June, so time we had nicer weather.
The ewes and lambs have been moved onto fresh grass this morning, and I'm just out checking that there's plenty of water available to the sheep, as all our fields and the house are fed by natural springs.
Hope everyone has an enjoyable Sunday 😉

A neighbouring farmer dropped me off the best present yesterday...a bag full of first shear mule fleeces ❤️ I desperatel...
13/06/2026

A neighbouring farmer dropped me off the best present yesterday...a bag full of first shear mule fleeces ❤️ I desperately want to get it sorted and spun up , but too many jobs on at the moment.
Working with other local sheep farmers gives them a better price for their wool, and it gives knitters a chance to work with locally sourced yarns that they may not of come across before.
As soon as it's out on my skirting table I'll post more photos.
These fleeces have taken over a year to grow, they've been professionally sheared, carefully packed, then they will be hand graded, before heading off to the mill for washing, carding, and spinning , before being put into hanks and returned to me.
A journey that will of taken around 2 years before the yarn is ready to be used.
Welsh grown, spun, slooow fashion, love it 😀

A much smaller project this time, making use of our Black Leicester Longwool locks, grown by Emily.These collars are alw...
13/06/2026

A much smaller project this time, making use of our Black Leicester Longwool locks, grown by Emily.
These collars are always popular so more will be made through the summer.
I just need to let it finish drying and attach a clasp.

Sundance update.Sundance has been back to the vets today to have her broken leg rechecked and splinted again. All is hea...
12/06/2026

Sundance update.

Sundance has been back to the vets today to have her broken leg rechecked and splinted again. All is healing well, and this time she's rocking a blue smiley face bandage, I think she's beginning to enjoy all the attention she's getting 😀.
She has another checkup in 2 weeks time, but she's already much happier and perky .

This is my latest felted fleece project.The 1st photo is the finished fleece that isn't quite dry and still needs pickin...
10/06/2026

This is my latest felted fleece project.
The 1st photo is the finished fleece that isn't quite dry and still needs picking over for any missed bits of hay, straw, bugs etc.
The 2nd photo is the raw fleece before starting to felt. You can see how much the fleece has shrunk in the process of felting.
This particular fleece will of taken me over 6 hours to felt, wash and finish, and its been sheared from one of my black bear ewes, Icelandic x Leicester Longwool x Shetland/Gotland. The staple length is amazing, and the undercoat of fleece is really soft.
I kept this one with a finer felted back as I wanted it to be able to drape across a settee or chair, another hours work and it will be finished 😀

I seemed to of gained lots of new followers this year, so I thought I'd better do a post about the different breeds of s...
10/06/2026

I seemed to of gained lots of new followers this year, so I thought I'd better do a post about the different breeds of sheep that make up my fibre flock of girls.

Predominantly the flock has Icelandic ewes, and an Icelandic ram. They are a truly wonderful breed of sheep that produce a fast growing dual coated fleece which is made up of "Tog" The coarser out wool which protects them from the weather, and the inner, softer fibre "Thel" which traps the air and keeps them warm.
There's a really good article to read if you follow the link at the bottom of the page.

The majority of my Icelandic fleeces once sheared and sorted are sent to the mill and spun into D.K. and Aran weight yarns, while the rest get turned into felted fleece rugs.
The Icelandic woollen yarn that I then sell is ideal to be knitted into warm outerwear jumpers, and if you are at any of the wool shows that I am trading at, you can come along and see it for yourself.
As I do all the sheep work mostly on my own the Icelandic sheep are ideal for me to handle, as they're friendly and not too big for me to turn over should the need arise. Over the years I've also noticed that the Icelandic sheep very rarely get fly strike, as their fleeces don't contain very much lanolin.

If anyone has seen the film the sheep detectives, there is an Icelandic ram featured in it, his real name is Moss and he was bred by a friend Sharon Stagg who took him up to the film studios for a days filming. See the last photo.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://hakaimagazine.com/features/no-wool-no-vikings/&ved=2ahUKEwi0mqfl1vyUAxUNQkEAHS8jAWgQFnoECA8QAQ&usg=AOvVaw3Q4sIeaOt1NGEcpM0nykUt

08/06/2026

Busy building up my stock of Shetland wool pegloom woven and felted seat pads ready for the Berkeley Show in Gloucestershire on 28th June. Just need to dry them, trim the tassles and sew in my labels 😉

Yesterday afternoon I discovered Sundance, one of the triplet ewe lambs with a broken front leg 😞, I splinted it as best...
08/06/2026

Yesterday afternoon I discovered Sundance, one of the triplet ewe lambs with a broken front leg 😞, I splinted it as best I could and gave her pain relief then brought the whole family into the barn.
This morning we were off first thing to visit the vets and get it professionally checked. Sundance was so good and sat quietly on the vets table while her leg was redressed with a proper splint and some jazzy paw print bandages.
She was pleased to get back home to her mum and sisters though, I'm hoping everything stays in place until Friday morning, when she has a 2nd check up.
We've actually got a dry day today, so I'm enjoying some quiet time up on the hill with the girls 😀

05/06/2026

Love hearing and seeing the many Skylarks that live and breed on the top of the hill 😀

05/06/2026

Moving the dry ewes to the very top of the hill this morning, no dogs needed as they're always keen to go to new grass 😀

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Llanwrda

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