Wool from the Scottish Islands
Enjoy a browse through some of the products sold by businesses in the Scottish islands.
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Flame 2 Cushion Cover
£81.00 Sold by: Sandra Williamson Textile Designs Add to basket -
Hand-dyed yarn: Sunset Sparkle
£14.00 Sold by: The Woolly Ferret Add to basket -
Gran Snood, Espresso
£68.40 Sold by: Sandra Williamson Textile Designs Add to basket -
Tile Snood, Natural White/Pinks
£55.20 Sold by: Sandra Williamson Textile Designs Add to basket -
Flame 1 cushion cover
£81.00 Sold by: Sandra Williamson Textile Designs Add to basket
All wool
Not everyone sells through isle20 – here are other island businesses selling wool!
Skye
Wool from our sheep. (Ethical wool)
DK, Oiled Aran and 5-ply from our Hebridean and (black and white) Cheviot sheep.
We also sell knitting kits, spinning and weaving equipment and accessories.
South Uist
Yarns (handspun and millspun) made with wool from our own Hebridean sheep and from the sheep of neighbours, and selected fine wools and natural fibres from elsewhere. Hand-knitted or crocheted garments and accessories, hand-woven shawls, scarves and more. Some yarns we used are hand-dyed using natural dyes from wild and cultivated plants grown in Uist, and some dye sources from elsewhere. Everything we sell is either entirely hand-made by us here, or most of the making is by us.
Isle of Berneray – North Uist
We sell knitting yarn from sheep bred on crofts in the Uists and bespoke knitting patterns by leading knitwear designers.
Our products, like our own flock of Hebridean sheep, are rare and small in number. Sustainably produced, they glean their aesthetic qualities from the Hebridean landscape and culture.
Benbecula, Uist
Hand-spun yarn, hand knits, hand weaving, hand-made buttons from a craft-maker studio.
Skye
We sell alpaca yarn from our herd based on Skye, as well as other beautiful alpaca yarns. In addition, we stock alpaca accessories and pretty gifts. We support Fair Trade.
Uist
A unique collection of ethically sourced fair trade products, organic and natural vegan skincare. Rustic and beautiful hebridean wool, as well as, yarns derived from interesting fibres. Colourful and distinctive clothing and of course for those seeking holistic care, incense, oils and much more.
Skye
I make Dorset Button craft kits, stitch markers, brooches & earrings.
Knitting project, needle and notion bags are made in unique TJFrog Dorset Button fabric.
Wool includes Poll Dorset and rare breeds Dorset Horn & Dorset Down.
Beads, thimbles & cutters.
Isle of Bute
Knitting wool, woven blankets, hand knitted items from the sheep reared and sheared on Ascog Farm
Shetland
Knitting & crochet wool and fibre for felting & spinning from our mixed breed flock of sheep.
We sell yarns in the natural colours and hand dyed in small batches. We also stock pretty beaded knitting needles, Eucalan wool wash & knitting & crochet books.
Skye
Hand spun wool from my own flock of Jacob sheep, hand-dyed wools and alpaca, exclusive Harris Tweed ponchos®️made right here On the Croft, woven wraps and scarves plus so much more!
Shetland
100% Shetland Wool in over 225 colours including all necessary accessories, perfect for Fair Isle Knitting and other Stranded Colour-work.
Jamieson & Smith (Shetland Wool Brokers LTD)
Shetland
Shetland Wool, Kits, books, knitwear and knitting accessories.
Orkney
If, for you too, colour is everything, then please browse our range of hand dyed British breed yarns and fibres.
Auskerry, Orkney
Hand clipped pure wool products from our native Orkney sheep. Aran and Double knitting yarn weights, balled in four natural colours and our own hand-dyed skeins. We produce original knitting and crochet kits to our designs as well as beautiful rare-breed sheepskins in a range of greys, browns, whites and black. These sheepskins are neither dyed nor bleached; each one is uniquely patterned. Our blankets reflect the island colours and have been made to work well on a single or double bed as well as a throw over sofas and chairs.