Stories
Welcome! Bienvenidos! I'm Amanda: shepherdess, yarn slinger, shop keep, and author of this blog. Read along to learn more about our farm, our yarn, and what's important to us.
Since the domestication of sheep, shepherds have had a very special relationship with guardian dogs. They've relied on them to protect their flocks from predators. But not only that: flocks find a calm in their company that you can see from across the field. Meet Teddy and Hugo, our two Great Pyrenees, and learn how a guardian dog is raised, trusted and (occasionally) forgiven.
Welcome! Bienvenidos! I'm Amanda. I hope you'll read along to learn more about our farm, yarn, and what's important to us. In 2019, everything changed…
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On our first shearing day, we had exactly ten sheep to shear! I don't even remember what it feels like to have ten sheep. I do remember being incredibly excited…
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Why each Prado de Lana DK shade is named for a Berkshire town, and which sheep each one comes from.
Follow the flock to be first"I don't even remember what it feels like to have ten sheep. I do remember being incredibly excited to experience another part of the journey from sheep to stitch."From "From Sheep to Stitch", January 2025
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Lambs, shearing day, new colourways and the occasional guardian-dog escapade. A few emails a season, never more.
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