North Ronaldsay’s native sheep, a rare breed thought to date back as far as the Neolithic age, provide the raw fleece which Jane processes into felt, rovings, and knitting yarns at the Mini Mill on the Island. The sheep, one of the smallest and hardiest breeds in Britain, live on the foreshore of the island…

Diana produces felt pictures of sheep and flowers using wool from her own sheep. She also makes beautiful machine – embroidered pictures. Her range includes her own sheepy twist on the crinoline toilet roll holder.

Jo works with mixed media, combining dyed and painted fabrics with fleece and felt, embellished by hand and machine embroidery, couching, quilting and beading. She often incorporates found objects in her pieces such as shells, driftwood and sea-glass gathered from local beaches. Jo works her own designs for pictures and wall-hangings and the archaeological and…

‘Isle of Auskerry’ produces a range of items made from the North Ronaldsay seaweed-eating sheep. The sheepskin rugs are all in natural colours and symmetrically marked with the distinctive spine and saddle markings of this breed. The woven throws are designed to reflect Orkney’s connections with the Hudson Bay Company, contrasting the natural colours of…

Felted Kindle and i Pod covers available in a range of designs and sizes.  Hand made by welt felting, sewing and needle felting using Merino and North Ronaldsay wools and silks.

With her family connections to the island, Jean is in an ideal position to take advantage of the wool from the native North Ronaldsay sheep, processed at the island mill. Using only 100% North Ronaldsay wool, spun into knitting yarns on the island, Jean uses hand and machine knitting to make her sweaters, cardigans, hats,…

Lucia designs and produces wall hangings, cushion covers, table runners, handbags table cloths and other items using a range of materials but primarily wool, felt and hand-woven textiles.

Moira has been creating beautiful textile designs all her life, though her college training was mainly in dress-making and design. Now that she has retired she is working with handmade felt to make original wall-hangings and handbags. Moira also makes Pansy flower kits and ‘Orkney orbs’( balls with a rattle inside, individually decorated with Orkney’s…