This week saw the relaunch of our Heritage Collection, Number 1, 2,3 and 4. We've put together some pattern suggestions here, and we'd love to hear yours too!

When designing a yarn, the usual approach for most yarn companies is to start with the finished product and work backwards. What meterage are we after? How about the number of plies? Will it be soft of rustic? We’ve always done things quite differently here at Garthenor Organic, with what we call our Fibre Forward approach.

The second instalment introduces you to Chapman, our 1950s worsted carder.

In this first instalment, we’re delving in to the world of carding. It isn’t the very first step in our process, but it’s the first mechanical one that happens under this roof, so that’s our starting point.

A few days ago, we launched our updated Heritage Collection - Number 1, 2, 3 and 4 - to the world, so it’s been a week of catching up with demand there, whilst also trying to fill the shelves a little too ahead of some Spring events. Let’s take a wander around the mill…

Meet the ten undyed shades of Gwlad, our first ever in-house yarn, made in our mill in West Wales

A look at some of the yarns we have in our Spring Sale. Starting with Laceweight; Number 1 and Cairngorm. Find out more about the yarn alongside an edit of pattern suggestions.

Creating a new spinning mill from scratch is difficult, expensive and slow. In this series of blog posts, we’re taking you behind the scenes to show you exactly what goes into the journey to spinning our very own yarn in our very own mill. This instalment looks at how in reality, this project has been a quarter of a century in the making.

Creating a new spinning mill from scratch is difficult, expensive and slow. In this series of blog posts, we’re taking you behind the scenes to show you exactly what goes into the journey to spinning our very own yarn in our very own mill. In this first instalment, we’ll try and answer the biggest question of all: why on earth are we doing it?!

It's Wool Week, and we'd love to know what you have on your needles!

Loving the Template Shawl? Here's a few more pictures for you!