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Article: BBC Radio Scotland - Are We Underappreciating the Wool We Produce?

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BBC Radio Scotland - Are We Underappreciating the Wool We Produce?

Dec 21, 2017

BBC Radio Scotland - Are We Underappreciating the Wool We Produce?

"It is in the finest carpets, it is in Harris Tweed, and now you'll even find it in top-of-the-range beds; but at £1 a kilo, UK wool hasn't been this cheap in seven years. So why is the demand for British wool unravelling?"

Toby, our Carding and Spinning Engineer was lucky enough to be interviewed on the The Kaye Adams Programme on BBC Radio Scotland.

Skip to 3:39:50 to hear what he had to say about our Historic working Woolmill in the heart of Speyside...

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