When Margo Selby told a close family friend that she was trying to use more British wool, she learned that the friend's ancestors once ran the Wool Board, the body that became British Wool. Her new blanket, the Ackroyd Blanket, had its name.
Clippings related to the history of the Ackroyd wool legacy.
October is Wool Month, the point in the textile calendar when attention turns to the fibre and the industry behind it, and Selby's Ackroyd blanket arrives right on cue. Founded in 1950, British Wool is a farmers' cooperative representing around 30,000 producers across the UK. Its board is made up of elected farmers, each representing a different region. It gathers and grades their fleece, then sells it on to the global textile industry, where it ends up in everything from flooring to fashion...
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Further Information:
The 'Ackroyd' and 'Field' Blanket by Margo Selby, woven in 100% British Wool, are available now.
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Lead: The Ackroyd Blanket (detail) by Margo Selby.
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