22nd April 2025
The shop is now on holiday until 19th May 2025. All current orders are being made up and dispatched as normal. If you have any queries, please contact me at
carol@fellviewfibres.co.uk
These rolags were made for the Biodiversity Rolag Club. Snow Leopards, stunning, majestic animals, that sometimes have ice blue eyes live in the high mountains of Asia, including Tibet, Siberia, China and the Himalayas.
They have thick fur (up to 12 cm long on their stomachs ) in shades of white, cream, grey with mottled black markings. Their tails can be up to ¾ of the length of the animal, which are used both for balance and to wrap around them for warmth.
At present the snow leopards (more closely related to tigers than leopards) are classed as ‘vulnerable’, meaning that there are less than 10,000 adults in existence, and that number is falling.
The numbers are falling for many reasons including;
Human encroachment into their habitat
Poaching
Fragmentation of habitat (snow leopards can have individual ranges over 80 square miles!)
Climate change – further reducing habitat area
Reduction in the larger prey species and more competition for the prey from other carnivores.
In these rolags I wanted to convey how thick and soft the fur of these animals is, along with the soft, natural shades. To do this I have used
Rambouillet – which has a slight yellow tinge to the white wool.
Baby camel blended with super soft merino
Yak blended with Rambouillet
Muga silk
Tussah Silk
Blue mulberry silk
The fibres are so soft and bouncy (thanks to the Rambouillet) and will make wonderfully warm yarn.
