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Fleeced: Unraveling the History of Wool and War

By: Trish FitzSimons (Author) & Madelyn Shaw (Author). PURCHASE your copy HERE And use the code: FLEECED20 to receive 20% OFF Book overview: Not everything about wool is warm...

The Great Yorkshire Show 2025 Best Fleece

The winner of the Champion Fleece at the 2025 Show was Christina Liddle with a Masham fleece.

Innovation in Wool Award 2025 Winners

i. Traditional Garden Growers: Makers of a pellet based fertilizer made entirely from wool. ii. Oxford Biopigments: Maker of natural dyes for wool products.

Innovation in Wool Award 2024 Winners

i. Brightlands Limited: A young company launching an innovative natural approach to children’s footwear, where wool is used for the uppers. ii. Puffin Packaging Ltd: Makers of wool insulation for...

Innovation in Wool Award 2023 Winners

i. Twool Limited: Based in the south west and a runner up at Chelsea in 2023, they make wool netting and ropes for garden and marine use. ii. Natural Dales...

Masham Sheep Fair

The Masham Sheep Fair took place on the weekend of 27th / 28th September 2025. The following account is by Peter Sutcliffe: “On Saturday morning, I arrived in Masham...

2023 Best Fleece – Great Yorkshire Show

The 2023 Merchants of the Staple trophy for the best fleece was presented by the Mayor of the Staple, Hugh Norton, to Rena Douglas from Fife for her very fine...

Innovation in Wool Award 2022 Joint Winner – Kate Drury

The Worshipful Company of Woolmen and The Company of Merchants of The Staple of England were pleased to announce Kate Drury, Sustainable Rope Ltd as a 2022 Joint Winner Wool...

Innovation in Wool Award 2022 Joint Winner – Graham Hull & Tom Lind

The Worshipful Company of Woolmen and The Company of Merchants of The Staple of England were pleased to announce Graham Hull & Tom Lind of Wool Pots as a 2022...

The Great Yorkshire Show 2022 Best Fleece

The winners of the Champion Fleece at the 2022 Show were Kieran and Giles Horner from Danby. The fleece was taken from a Teeswater gimmer shearling called Bluebell. The Mayor,...

The Woolmen and the Staple together announce 2020 Wool Innovation Prizes

The Worshipful Company of Woolmen and the Company of the Merchants of the Staple of England have awarded their annual Wool Innovation Prize. Worth up to £10,000, the Prize is...

Innovation in Wool Award 2019 Sarah Turner – Little Beau Sheep

https://www.littlebeausheep.com/ Robert Hall, Chairman of the Staple’s charitable trust commented: “We are delighted to award Sarah Turner of Little Beau Sheep our 2019 Wool Innovation Award, which we hope can...