Project Lonk - proper Yorkshire yarn

A project in Heptonstall, UK by Nic Corrigan
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Creating fully traceable Yorkshire yarn from rare breed Lonk sheep - 30 miles from fleece to fashion
Backers: 427
Average Pledge Per Backer: £59

Funded: £25,281 of £6,700
Dates: Aug 15th -> Sep 14th (30 days)
Project By: Nic Corrigan
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Latest News

Only five days left - final reward and add-on released!

September 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Here we are on the home straight with just five days left to go and we still can't believe what we have achieved so far! But we are not complacent and would love to finish on a high.  So we are delighted to announce our final reward and add-on ...... (Read More)

The numbers are in from the Mill - more yarn now available!

September 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Just 8 days left to go ... The fleece had now been sorted and weighed at the Mill and we now have much more accurate figures for the qtys we will end up with after scouring.  The great news is that means we have more Lonk yarn available than we had... (Read More)

Yesterday we delivered the fleece to the Mill! Now the journey begins ...

September 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
A very quick update for everybody to let you know that because of the fantastic response we've had we were able to deliver all the fleece to the Mill yesterday ahead of our target date.  (Initially because we weren't sure if we would meet our target... (Read More)

Meet the Whitefaced Woodlands - new rewards released today!

August 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Whitefaced Woodlands It's Day 6 of our Campaign and we are still reeling.  We have almost completely sold out of all the Lonk yarn rewards - if you are quick there are just a few options remaining.  We are erring on the cautious side as it's... (Read More)

Naturally dyed yarn released as an Add-on!

August 19th - via: kickstarter.com
 Hand-dyed yarns are released!  Naturally dyed Lonk yarn We are still completely overwhelmed by the response to our campaign but this has allowed us to move quickly with our future plans!  So thank you all once again for helping us to crack on.... (Read More)

Wow - just wow! 100% funded in less than 48 hours ...

August 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Wow it's hard to keep up right now! I wrote a draft update last night when we were 75% funded and I was just waiting for the videos from Ed of the last of the shearing which we wanted to share with you.  So my original post was going to be... (Read More)

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