24th December 2025
Happy Christmas Everyone! The shop is now open for business again. Orders will take between 4-6 weeks to dispatch. All orders to the USA will be sent via Royal Mail duties paid. All EU orders will be sent via Parcelforce, with duties paid. All other international orders will be sent via Royal Mail tracked services (non duties paid)
UK orders will be sent via Royal Mail Tracked 48.
Once orders are ready for dispatch I will send an email with all tracking details.
If you have any questions, or would like a custom order, please contact me at carol@fellviewfibres.co.uk
I adore Herdwicks, they have beautiful smiling faces and are hardy animals that can live unaided on the fells. Their colours change through life, the lambs normally starting out pitch black, with white tips to their ears, this black fleece then changes to a chestnut brown in their first year. Finally, this changes to grey as the ewes age. These lovely ladies are a year old, otherwise know as 'Gimmers'. I love the way these ewes have positioned themselves on the rocks to survey their area of fellside.
I tried to use naturally coloured fibres as much as possible in this blend. I have used Suffolk, Merino D'Arles, Corridale and New Zealand fibres, plus to get just the right shade of russet/chestnut, I have blendeded chestnut merino with more Merino D'Arles
Most of these natural fibres are not as soft as merino, so would not be considered as suitable for next to the skin items. The fibres are more bouncy than merino, so the resulting yarn will have more body - great for a hat or gloves.
You will receive 100g of rolags (between 7-9 rolags) in 'Ladies of the Lakes' colourway. The fibres in this blend will felt. If you do not wish them to, hand wash in cool water.
With many thanks to Angela Irving who has kindly given permission for me to use her beautiful photographs of Herdwicks.
