Shearing Crafts

08/10/2026

Bigger and better than last year, be great to see you at the Scottish Smallholding & Countryside Festival 17th October.

The AGM of the Charity was held online on the 18th May at 1800. If you would like further information please email [email protected]

07/10/2026

I'm heading back to Haddo House NTS Christmas Craft Fair again this year. Can't believe I used the 'C' word in October!!!🎅🎅🎅

05/10/2026

Big thanks to Rooted Textiles for a great event yesterday. Great catching up with follk, lots of woolly chat and thank you to everyone who made a purchase or picked up a business card. I have a busy couple of weeks restocking for Auchnagatt Farmers Market and the Scottish Smallholding & Countryside Festival

05/10/2026

Anyone interested in felt or wool, this is well worth a visit. The Barony Centre for the whole of October. 😍

02/10/2026

A celebration of Scottish Feltmaking opens tomorrow at The Barony Centre West Kilbride, you might just find one of my felted fleeces there along side so many other beautiful felted pieces from very talented felters across Scotland.

02/10/2026

01/10/2026

A wee taster in what you'll find at Rooted Textiles this Sunday

30/09/2026

Bluetongue: what do rare breed keepers and smallholders need to know?

Join us for Bluetongue Essentials for Rare Breeds and Smallholders, a free online webinar bringing together veterinary and industry experts to answer some of the key questions around the current outbreak.

We’ll be covering:
🐑 Bluetongue symptoms in sheep and goats
🐄 Bluetongue in cattle
💉 Vaccination, including common myths and fertility considerations
📋 What you need to know about legally sharing vaccine bottles
📍 The latest update on confirmed and pending cases
💉 Vaccine availability and planning ahead
🌱 RBST’s response and support for rare breeds
❓ Plus, a live Q&A with our expert panel

The webinar is particularly aimed at rare breed keepers, smallholders, native breed keepers, breed societies and RBST supporters – but everyone is welcome to attend.

📅 Thursday, 8 October 2026
🕖 19:00

👉 Register for free: f71e0c55-efc5-46e6-a099-e7ba3dfe2fdf@f7e79591-bf15-46e1-91a8-0856972e4beb" rel="ugc" target="_blank">https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/f71e0c55-efc5-46e6-a099-e7ba3dfe2fdf@f7e79591-bf15-46e1-91a8-0856972e4beb

Can’t make it live? The webinar will also be recorded and available to watch afterwards.

29/09/2026

I'm heading to the Royal Highland Showground in October for the Scottish Smallholding & Countryside Festival have you bought your ticket yet?

28/09/2026

I'm heading to Madderty Hall this weekend for Rooted Textiles

Happy Monday folks, it’s Sustainable Fashion Week and the Rooted Textiles festival is THIS Sunday! We can’t wait to welcome you all for a day filled with craft and community 🍁

We are delighted to share that Highland Perthshire author Polly Pullar will be joining us at the festival this weekend ✨

Polly is a naturalist, conservationist, photographer and writer, based on a small farm in Highland Perthshire. With life-long experience, she specialises in countryside and farm life.

Her new book, In the Company of Sheep, published by Birlinn, “reveals the fascinating world of sheep culture, emphasising the importance of shepherds, crofters, farmers and their flocks as the backbone of a vital way of rural life. As she travels the country from Dartmoor to Shetland, she encounters a whole range of native and primitive breeds perfectly suited to the diverse habitats of the British Isles. Her vivid descriptions of the animals, and those who care for them, reveal exactly why sheep matter and how with careful management, it is possible to restore habitat alongside an animal that has played a key part of agricultural life throughout Britain for thousands of years.”

Find Polly in the festival marketplace. A wonderful chance to meet the author, have a chat and pick up a copy of her new book celebrating the wonderfulness of sheep! 💚

Polly Pullar 💚

🌿 The Rooted Textiles Festival 🌿

Sunday 4 October 2026, 11.00 - 16.30
Madderty Hall, Madderty St David’s, Crieff

We are the Madderty Hub for Sustainable Fashion Week and part of October Wool Month celebrations The Campaign for Wool

Photos (c) Polly Pullar



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