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…

‘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…

Christine produces hand-spun yarns from various fibres and also sells mill-spun Shetland wool in both natural fleece colours and dyed multi-coloured yarns. This is available balled or in hanks, in kits along with her own patterns, or as garments hand knitted to her own designs. She also produces felted items such as peg loom rugs.