Buying or being offered a sheep fleece can feel a little like being handed a treasure chest: exciting, full of possibility, and slightly mysterious until you know what you are looking at.

Provenance is far more than a label. It is a way of understanding wool in its full context: breed, place, process, people, and purpose.

One of the joys of working with British sheep breeds is learning how much variety exists. That diversity is part of what makes British wool so enduringly special.