Sheepskin differs from man made fibers in that they wick moisture away from the skin, trapping air as they do so. Both these effects help stabilise the temperature for young and old alike. For young babies you will want a sheepskin shorn fairly short, leaving no long hairs to get in the way. Another benefit … Read more
Fake fur presents an apparent solution to the ethical issues with real fur. I cannot and will not defend the fur industry. But, we are at a place in history where the reality of our situation must be acknowledged. We eat meat in the UK. This means we kill a lot of sheep, 15.5 million … Read more
Despite the best efforts of spellcheck, and often because of spellcheck, we are all very familiar with typos; annoying, funny, cute or even occasionally R rated we see them all. I type the word ‘Sheepskins’ a lot and love some of the variations I have seen, my personal favourite has to be sheepkins, but I … Read more
British sheepskin has always been of world-class quality. Despite massive changes in the industry, we still lead on quality. Featured image by Ayse Rifat Most sheepskin in the UK is destroyed as a waste product of the meat industry, very few go through the tanning process (read more about the huge waste of sheepskins here). … Read more
Dartmoor Sheepskins arrive beautifully packaged, as winners in our latest social media competition found out. Many thanks to Ayse, one of three winners in our Win A Dartmoor Sheepskin Competition, for these lovely photos. Ayse is a wildlife artist (and very good in this writer’s opinion) check out her website here. Kate won a Dartmoor … Read more
Three people will #WinADartmoorSheepskin before Valentines Day – enter for free, read our (short) blog post with dead easy instructions… *Or dog, whatever. Enter our free giveaway and you could win Dartmoor Sheepskin just in time for St Valentine’s Day! Ways to enter: We have three lovely sheepskins to give away, and three easy ways … Read more
Mimosa Hostilis inner root bark was our best selling product of 2018, and for good reason. It holds the purple crown in our natural dye collection, and customers return again and again for two main reasons: I LOVE how fine the powder is, I actually broke a kitchen blender on some mimosa root bark from … Read more
We thrive on beautiful, unique sheepskins. As a husband and wife team we can pick the perfect sheepskins. These are gorgeous items that will add luxury to your family home for generations. Pretty patterns and soft durable hides Every trip to our tannery is exiting, although we know roughly what we want to get there … Read more
Some time ago we were contacted by the fantastic soap maker Nicole from Les savons de Nicole she wanted to try Woad to make a blue soap. We have been looking into new and more affordable natural blue dyes and were really exited to try out Logwood and pass some onto Nicole to try Logwood soap making. … Read more
We had the most interesting enquiry, it read: Can your dye last in sea water for three weeks? We didn’t know. Nobody did. We wondered why you want a dye that only lasted three weeks as much as anything. What can you do in three weeks? Shoot a film? Shoot an underwater film…? Turns out … Read more