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2025 Exhibitor List 

Welcome to the 2025 Exhibitor List!

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We are excited to showcase a diverse and talented group of artisans, creators, and small businesses, each offering something unique for fibre craft enthusiasts. 

Take your time to explore the incredible offerings and discover new favourites as you prepare for a fantastic weekend at Coldharbour Mill!

The Full List!

A Little Craft Room

https://www.instagram.com/alittlecraftroom/ 


Nicola's crochet and knitting designs will be on sale, in addition to some small bits and bobs to facilitate (and enable!) your crafting. Samples of the patterns will also be on display to showcase the designs. Patterns include a range of wearables, homewares, and accessories, and Nicola is always happy to discuss and give more information on all patterns.

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Blacklands Alpacas

www.blacklandsalpacas.co.uk

Blacklands Alpacas has been breeding alpacas and producing fleece and yarn for around 20 years,  producing the finest, softest fleece. Once processed,  either spun into yarn or as tops some is hand dyed, some is sold and some is taken further and made into knitted/crotched/woven items or used in their kits. They also have some entire alpaca fleeces available.

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Bluebell Yarns

www.bluebellyarns.co.uk

Bluebell Yarns hand-dyes wool and alpaca yarn sourced from the UK and Falkland Islands. A range of yarn weights are available including 4ply, DK and Aran. All the yarn is processed in the UK, is synthetic free and has not been superwash treated. There is no single use plastic used in the dyeing process, and water is used carefully to minimise wastage.

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British Coloured Sheep Breeders Association

www.bcsba.org.uk

BCSBA supports and promotes Coloured Sheep, both pure and cross bred.
High standards of flock management produces high quality fleece.
Wool and products display the wide variety of natural colours.
 

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Chilton Grounds Farm

https://www.chiltongroundsfarm.co.uk/

Chilton Grounds Farm, a family-run farm in Buckinghamshire, combines generations of sheep farming with extensive knitting and spinning expertise to produce nature-inspired 4-ply and DK yarns from their award-winning flock of Wensleydale longwools.

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Clappery Crafts

www.clappery-crafts.co.uk

Clappery Crafts is based at a smallholding in North Devon, Where they harvest the fleece from their fibre flock of sheep which will live out the rest of their days as pets, including some rare breed Leicester longwool, Teeswater, devon & cornwall  and gotlands for their lovely locks.
As well as tending their flock they craft with the wool to produce woven seat pads and rugs and also felt to produce unique scarfs and bags which will be available to buy along with raw fleece, part fleece and luscious locks.

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Dartmoor Wool Sheep

www.beesindevon.co.uk

Living on the edge of Dartmoor makes for ideal conditions for both Jacob and Island Shetland sheep.
Jacobs from a long line of sheep bred for their wool.Shetlands all have breeding lines going back to Shetland.Mostly Moorits(a wonderful range of browns highlighted by weather.)Both breeds I sell most of the yarn in natural colours . Yarn,sheepskins,both raw and washed wool.Both DK and 4 ply are stocked.

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DawnGillDesigns

www.DawnGillDesigns.com


 

Dawn believes beautiful, handmade jewellery shouldn’t cost the earth; keeping her pricing and ecological footprint to a minimum

She creates her sustainable, handcrafted sterling silver jewellery and crochet / knitting toollery* using sustainable and natural chemicals such as citric acid and vegan polishes; recycling all scrap, generating hydrogen gas using solar power

 

*Toollery includes sterling bodkins, snag-free stitchmarkers/keepers, needle tidies, pattern trackers, tension guides ideal for Fair Isle/colourwork and standard yarnwork


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Em Cross Designs

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www.instagram.com/emilycross3810

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Handmade wheelthrown ceramic yarnbowls and other tools for fibre and textile artists made by her, in her West Country studio. Em is experienced in or has at least dabbled in all the fibre crafts which has informed her designs to make them as functional as possible whilst still looking beautiful,  fun, quirky and unique.


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Flock Fibre Crafts

www.flockfibrecrafts.com

Flock Fibrecrafts offers high-quality British fibre for spinning & felting, hand-dyed & Handspun yarn in a range of vibrant colors, and beautifully hand-felted gifts & crafts. Whether you're a spinner, crafter, or looking for unique, handmade treasures, we have something special for you. All our products are carefully & locally sourced and crafted to inspire creativity and add a personal touch to your projects.



 

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Ginger Pink Yarns

www.gingerpinkyarns.com

Ginger Pink Yarns produce plant dyed wool with locally foraged and homegrown plants which result in a beautiful and varied range of seasonal colours. They source British wool and create their own dyes from foraged plants that include dock, nettle, walnut and weld. They'll be taking a variety of plant-dyed yarns, some special edition mini skein sets and plant-dye kits for you to try at home.

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Gorgeous Yarns

www.gorgeousyarns.co.uk

A carefully curated range of naturally hand dyed British yarns with colours inspired by the coast of Cornwall. All yarns are small batch dyed with ethically sourced natural dyes and pigments. Dye kits with colours to co-ordinate with the range will also be available.

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Halsbury Barton

www.halsburybarton.co.uk

Luxurious woollen products from our own Jacob sheep's wool. From the wool they have created throws, cushions, wraps, Draught excluders , sheepskins & knitting yarn.
All available in the natural colours of the sheep.
Exciting news coming in 2025 two new fabric designs.

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Jo Hunter Wearable Art

www.johunter.co.uk

Jo Hunter creates beautiful buttons and shawl pins, handmade in polymer clay. Her work often combines intricate textures, beautiful colour schemes and unusual shapes, making her pieces completely unique.  Colourful, lightweight and durable, Jo’s buttons and pins make the perfect embellishment for your wool, textile or craft project. Jo also produces additional co-ordinating earrings, hair slides and brooches so you can put together the perfect combination of accessories.

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KnittyBYarn

www.KnittyBYarn.etsy.com

KnittyBYarn is an independent yarn dyer specialising in small-batch dyed BFL and wool/cotton blends. They offer unique colourways and can dye to customer specifications. They also make handmade stitch markers and provide 4 ply/fingering weight and DK weight yarns, as well as yarn and pattern sets.

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Lakemoor Alpacas

 

www.lakemmooralpacasdartmoor.co.uk

 

Lakemoor Alpacas offer alpaca walking in South Devon, walks and treks, guided farm tours and alpaca adoption packages.  They visit schools and care home visits, and take their alpacas to events.  In addition they sell wonderful alpaca socks, wool, knitted hats, scarves, mittens, raw and processed fleece, alpaca bedding and lots of alpaca gifts and goodies.  Don't miss their talks on both days at the show, and meet their beautiful alpacas near the show entrance.



Liberty's Felterie

www.libertysfelterie.com

Everything Needle felting - Lots of Kits from beginners to intermediate and art pieces for sale.

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Loom

www.loomwool.co.uk

Loom is a hand dyed yarn and fibre studio based in Somerset. Their owner, Jess, creates beautiful rich tonals and gentle speckles on a range of luxury yarn bases; as well as hand painted spinning fibre and a curated range of haberdashery, books and knitting notions.

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Orchard Farm Devon Ltd.

www.orchardfarmdevon.co.uk

Orchard Farm is small Regenerative Farm on Devon’s South Coast producing meat and wool from Coloured Ryeland Sheep. Joe, the farmer, will be speaking on Saturday morning and tending to their stall of Gansy-style knitwear, inspired by the traditions of coastal fishing. Their pieces, made in the UK, have beautiful earthy tones and are the cornerstone of British farming and slow fashion. Come, hear their story and see their must-see collection - on the Saturday only!

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Philpsy

www.philpsy.co.uk 

Philpsy is a small business creating items for Knitting and Crochet, Spinning and Weaving, Sewing and Marudai for Kumihimo Braiding. All hand turned from Wood in their garden shed. Everything is reasonably priced and made with their customers needs in mind.

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Redwoods Farm

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Rosiesmoments

www.rosiesmoments.co.uk

i dye luxury but affordable yarns in exclusive colourways.i also stock a selection of gifts, for both knitting and crochet, project bags,patterns and the popular gift a balls.

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Second City Yarns

www.secondcityyarns.co.uk

Second City Yarns is all about celebrating Birmingham using vibrant colours and traditional British materials. Inspiration comes from the Botanical Gardens, Jewellery Quarter and even the city's iconic 11 bus route! British wool top and carded batts are available for spinners and felters. They are passionate about supporting British farmers and reducing their environmental impact as much as possible. All their non superwash yarn and fibre is British and all packaging is plastic free.

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Spindernella

www.spindernella.co.uk

Spindernella tries to uses locally sourced fleeces whenever possible, hand carding these with alpaca and recycled sari silks to produce unique hand spun yarns.

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The Dye Shack

www.thedyeshack.co.uk

Naomi is a small batch dyer from Somerset. She dyes deeply saturated colourways in her garden dye shed, drawing inspiration from nature and wildlife as well as her love of mythology. Naomi stocks many bases including superwash merino and some non superwash British blends, when not in her shed Naomi can be found at her sewing machine making project bags or at the desk making stitch markers

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The Hive Pelynt

www.thehivepelynt.co.uk 

The Hive is an Independent yarn and gift shop in southeast Cornwall,  Their stand will have British wool yarns, from the likes of John Arbon, Laxtons and West Yorkshire spinners, as well as hand dyed from Demelzas Delights .They  also have a great choice of needles,hooks and notions for knitters and crocheters, alongside  Cornish handmade drop spindles and handdyed British fibre

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The Somerset Guild of Spinners, Weavers and Dyers

 

www.somersetguildwsd.org.uk

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The Somerset Guild of Spinners, Weavers and Dyers is one of the oldest in the country, being 75 years old this year.

The Guild aims to improve the knowledge and skills of its members and to disseminate awareness of textile crafts to the wider public. It meets monthly at Hatch Beauchamp, near Taunton, where members can learn from one-another and also from visting speakers and demonstrators.

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Thread and Yarn / Fibre Valley Art

www.threadandyarn.co.uk

Lorna from Thread and Yarn designs knitting and sewing pattersn, and hand dyes 100% woollen yarn with plants from her garden. The yarn is non-superwash and plastic free, spun by British mills.

You might also know Lorna as Fibre Valley Art - she loves to paint cosy scenes of knitting and the Stroud countryside where she lives.

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Trava & Wool

www.travawool.com

Their project bag are made of reused and recycle material, and are dyed and decorated with plants same as is yarn, motto is leave behind you as little as possible

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Tyddyn Bryn

www.tyddynbryn.com

Tyddyn Bryn is a sustainable yarn business based in West Wales, producing small-batch wool from a no-kill flock of native sheep. All yarns are hand-dyed on the smallholding using natural and acid dyes, many foraged from the surrounding landscape. The range includes hand-dyed skeins, spinning and felting fibres, mindful crafting kits, and nature-inspired patterns. Rooted in heritage and slow making, Tyddyn Bryn reflects a deep connection to the land, the sheep, and traditional craft.

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Wild Field Fibre

www.wildfieldfibre.co.uk

Wild Field Fibre provides beautiful yarns hand-dyed in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, specialising in British Blue-faced Leicester and eco-friendly, plant-based Tencel. They also provided a limited number of kits and patterns created by other women-run small businesses.

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Wonderful Wool

www.etsy.com/uk/shop/WonderfulWool

Naomi dyes a wide range of animal fibres, including silk, alpaca, camel and yak. She also has a wide range of British fibre including Jacob, BFL, Shetland, Dorset horn etc. she has a range of fibre for hand spinners and fibre artists and yarn for knitters and crocheting. Her stand is always bright and colourful.

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Yarn Food

www.yarnfood.com

Natural care for natural fibre handmades: Yarn Food's no-rinse detergents not only clean gently and naturally but feed moisture back into natural fibres with fibre-specific formulas for wool and animal-fibre yarns, cotton and plant-fibre yarns as well as sock yarns. For sensitive skin there is a hypoallergenic, unscented option available. Additionally, Yarn Food offers nourishing blocking sprays to freshen and feed hungry fibres while extending the time between washes.

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