Wool week... Day one
To celebrate Wool Week we'll be running competitions for our readers every day of this week. Today's prize is from The Black Rabbit we have a cute Loopy Lapin Rabbit made from 100% lambswool and worth £30. To enter the competition you must answer this question:
Which breed of sheep provided the wool for the 'Newbury Coat' in 1811?
Please email your answer to assistant@selvedge.org the winner will be announced tomorrow.
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It was Southdown sheep used for The Newbury Coat.
In answer to the competition , the breed of sheep was southdown.
Southdown
The sheep are Southdowns, shorn at 5am on June 25th and the coat completed at 6.20 pm.
Penny G-J
Was feeling rather low but searching for the answer to the question in day one of Wool Week and looking through issue 25 again absolutely cheered me up and made me realise that I must stop putting off doing what I love in order to ‘dust, clean, take care of friends and family’ and allow myself just one day a week with my fabrics and yarns. I’ve been dreaming too long and now’s the time to make it happen.