Celebrating National Wool Week

Last week (5th-11th September) was National Wool Week and it was great to see that there was an abundance of coverage online and in the national media, and there is even a Wool Modern exhibition being held until 29th September to showcase wool-loving designers including Mark Fast and Vivienne Westwood.

One of my favourite stories from last week was this one about a small herd of sheep who wanted to make their presence felt in Glastonbury.

National Wool Week is part of the Campaign for Wool initiative which was set up by HRH Prince Charles as part of his drive for universal sustainability. The initiative which promotes wool as an eco-friendly, versatile, fashionable and durable material is centered around “Wool Week” which last year involved the participation of over 70 fashion brands, half a dozen national department stores and almost 1000 carpet independents. You can read more about the Campaign for Wool here.

For a company whose main focus is on providing customers with a wide range of garments made from natural, sustainable fibres, it is probably not a surprise that here at Celtic Sheepskin we are ardent supporters of the Campaign for Wool initiative! Rather than only celebrating Wool Week, it could be said that we celebrate wool all year round as we have 29 new knitwear pieces in our current catalogue alone (this is the most we have ever offered in one catalogue). These garments are knitted using various yarns including Blue-faced Leicester (grown and knitted in the UK), Cashmere, Geelong and Merino.

Perhaps you currently only think of us for our sheepskin footwear and outerwear, if so I urge you to take a look at our Knitwear pieces too.

In recognition of National Wool Week last week, I would like to sign off today with some reasons to love wonderful wool over synthetic fibres (click to enlarge)…