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1. So how did this come about?
Christine Jordan 02/06/2024 Christine Jordan 02/06/2024

1. So how did this come about?

From designer to shepherdess, how it all started.

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2. Meet our Valais Blacknose Sheep
Christine Jordan 26/05/2024 Christine Jordan 26/05/2024

2. Meet our Valais Blacknose Sheep

The sheep, their names, and personalities!

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3. All About Herdwicks
Christine Jordan 19/05/2024 Christine Jordan 19/05/2024

3. All About Herdwicks

Our second rare breed, Herdwicks.

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4. Springtime Tales
Christine Jordan 05/05/2024 Christine Jordan 05/05/2024

4. Springtime Tales

Lambing for dummies

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5.  All About The Wool
Christine Jordan 28/04/2024 Christine Jordan 28/04/2024

5. All About The Wool

How wool is grown, produced and wasted

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6. Wool Training
Christine Jordan 21/04/2024 Christine Jordan 21/04/2024

6. Wool Training

Wool School at Fernhill Farm Spring 2024

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7. Torrential rain & surprise twins
Christine Jordan 14/04/2024 Christine Jordan 14/04/2024

7. Torrential rain & surprise twins

Spring sunshine returns after relentless rain and storms

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8. Dutch Wool Studio Visit
Christine Jordan 07/04/2024 Christine Jordan 07/04/2024

8. Dutch Wool Studio Visit

Textile wool studio visit in The Netherlands May 2024

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9. Valais Blacknose Twins!
Christine Jordan 31/03/2024 Christine Jordan 31/03/2024

9. Valais Blacknose Twins!

Luna & Layla, their mum BoPeep JoJo is just out of shot, but staying close.

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10. Ram lambs to new homes
Christine Jordan 29/03/2024 Christine Jordan 29/03/2024

10. Ram lambs to new homes

Little ram lambs moving in with the big boys for the winter

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11. What about Irish wool?
Christine Jordan 02/03/2024 Christine Jordan 02/03/2024

11. What about Irish wool?

Wool in Ireland is mostly dumped or burned as a waste product. Why? How can this be prevented?

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12. Wool in Portugal - a once wool powerhouse
Christine Jordan 01/02/2024 Christine Jordan 01/02/2024

12. Wool in Portugal - a once wool powerhouse

Portugal research trip into wool and cork industries reveals why these are in decline.

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12. Research trip to The Netherlands
Christine Jordan 31/01/2024 Christine Jordan 31/01/2024

12. Research trip to The Netherlands

An incredible second trip to The Netherlands - the farms, the studios and the landscape.

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13. Designing Wool Products
Christine Jordan 01/01/2024 Christine Jordan 01/01/2024

13. Designing Wool Products

Designing wool products from concept to finished item.

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My grandmother’s brass topped perfume bottles and hand beaded pin cushion from 1924, with my dad’s cobalt blue glass oil lamp. Pink glass lamp junk shop €5 find. #eclecticinteriors #rainydayrearranging #autumnvibes🍁
The tiniest single day bed in the studio with the heaviest, most lush 160 year-old silk velvet brocade handmade curtains from Norway hanging in front. I love the contrast. The duvet is one made of wool and unbleached cotton that I made in Denmark ear
The October 2026 series of Saturday wool workshops includes hands-on sessions for crafting a light-diffusing lampshade on October 3rd, shaping a solid 3D sculpture on October 10th, and sculpting textured organic forms for cushions or art on October 1
The Barrow Navigation is much unknown in Ireland. A majestic 111 km inland waterway in Ireland that seamlessly blends natural river channels with 18th-century man-made canals, it is managed by Waterways Ireland. This historic corridor links the Grand
A poem I wrote during a creative writing workshop, encapsulating a moment in time in my studio. #rarebreedsheep #organicsheepfarming #irishwool #farmtofibre #feltingwool
The glorious result of home grown wool, sheared, skirted, washed, dried, picked and carded. #irishwool #organicwool #rarebreedsheep #valaisblacknosesheep #microfarm
A hand felted wool cushion made from my pedigree Swiss Valais Blacknose ewe Jojo’s fleece with beautiful details by @sewteadough of black lambs leather insert and ties, finished with beautiful heavy 100% pure linen on the reverse, has made its
Bigger is not always best. More is not always necessary. Scaling up is not always required. Growth for the sake of growth does not necessarily work. Expansion is not necessarily a solution. Being small, staying small, & thinking small is absolute
Very autumnal feel here today. #herdwicksheep #wool #irishwool #rawwool #valaisblacknosesheep