The Grey Sheep Co

The Grey Sheep Co. brings British hand-dyed yarn straight off Well Manor Farm on the Surrey and Hampshire borders, where Emma and her family raise fine wool flocks with close attention to fleece, color, and land. The wool is hand sorted on the farm, processed in the UK, and hand dyed by Emma in layered shades that feel rich. The Woolly Thistle stocks The Grey Sheep Co. for knitters who love farm yarn, British wool, and skeins that carry a little field, fleece, and weather in every stitch.
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Raven Sweater Kit in The Grey Sheep Hampshire 4ply
The Grey Sheep
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Grey Sheep Company Yarn

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Grey Sheep Co.

Our sheep are an integral part of our conservation plan, through managed grazing and reversion of agricultural land to traditional pastures. It is only by using time honored methods, that enable us to return the landscape to its historic roots.

The Sheep

These sturdy sheep eat and forage the whole day long while they grow their hardy wool that protects them from the harsh weather so often found on the West Coast of Scotland. Our sheep lamb on our croft in the spring. We then take them by boat to summer grazing on islands in the Sound of Harris. Around July, we shear the sheep on the islands with the wool sorted and graded once we are back ashore on the croft. In the autumn, the ewes are brought back for tupping, after which they spend most of the winter on the machair common grazin

Where They Are

The Farm

Located at Well Manor Farm, a small family farm on the Surrey Hampshire borders.  The farm is nestled amongst the rolling countryside and dates back to Tudor times. 

The Founder

Emma

With my love of textiles, it was only a matter of time before I found a way to begin producing our own unique British yarns.

The whole TLGS team are committed to producing the best British wool available. We continuously look to improve our farming methods, husbandry and breeding program to provide a luxury yarn with real heritage. We continue to strive to produce the Best of British yarn for our customers, it takes time, but its worth waiting for.

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