Manx Loaghtan - Aran

£8.50
Weight

100% rare breed Manx Loaghtan wool
Woolen spun, Aran weight, naturally coloured
50g ball, approx. 135 yards
With your choice of free knitwear pattern.
100% traceable - from the flock at Well-i-Hole Farm, Saddleworth, and Raskelf Rare & Heritage Breeds, North Yorkshire. Both are small, family run farms passionate about preserving rare breeds.

Manx Loaghtan are an ancient, hardy breed with horns, originally from the Isle of Man. Loaghtan means mouse-brown in Manx. Their wool is considered to be very soft and silky.

Spun at Halifax Spinning Mill, a small Yorkshire mill working tirelessly to ensure that processing small batches of breed-specific British wool can be viable.