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Home > Nude Ewe news Jan 25: While we didn't win the big prize, we were chuffed to bits that The Nude Ewe was one of six finalists in the Bedford Local Business Accelerators awards. Congratulations to all the finalists!
2011
May 12: We've been featured in the June issue of Knitting magazine - check us out on page 40!
2010
Nov 30: Mark your calendars! In July we'll be at the first fibre festival in the east of England. Fibre East will take place right here in Bedfordshire at Scald End Farm, Thurleigh, July 23-24.
Nov 19: We've just received a commendation from the Chilterns Conservation Board!
Aug 17: The Nude Ewe has won a prestigious Green Apple Award 2010 for Environmental Best Practice! We'll be heading down to the House of Commons in November to collect our prize, hooray!
Jul 14: Come visit our stall at the Food and Craft Fair at Scald End Farm, Thurleigh, on Sunday 8 August. We'll be there from 12.00 - 16.00: drop by and say hello!
Feb 8: The Nude Ewe will be at UK Knit Camp Weekend 2010 at the University of Stirling, Scotland. This will be our first trip 'abroad': do visit if you're in the area, or if you're participating at the Knit Camp!
Jan 30: The Nude Ewe has made its BBC Radio debut! Thanks to 3 Counties Radio for having us on!
Jan 19: We've secured a stall at Woolfest 2010; do check it out and help support Cockermouth's economy in the wake of the floods. And drop by our stall!
Jan 19: Nude Ewe wool and kits are now available at Garden Friends Farm Shop at Roxton Garden Centre. Pay them a visit next time you're in the area!
2009
Dec 3: The Nude Ewe has won a Gold Mark award in the 2009 CPRE Bedfordshire Living Countryside Awards!
Dec 6: Come find us at the Stockgrove Park Christmas Fair being hosted by The Greensand Trust! This is the perfect chance to pick up some last minute gifts!
Sept: The Nude Ewe has been featured in issue 125 of SlipKnot, the Journal of the Knitting and Crochet Guild!
July: Central Bedfordshire Council has profiled The Nude Ewe in the July issue of its monthly residents' newsletter News Central
Jun 12: Hot off the press and hot off the sheep: Issue 15 of Yarn Forward magazine includes an update on The Nude Ewe project, and photos of our freshly shorn Norfolk Horns!
Jun 10: We've had a feature article in the latest issue of Chiltern News magazine. Most of our flocks are in the Chilterns so this is a great way for residents to meet the sheep!
Mar 10: The Nude Ewe has made its debut on the BBC - check it out!
2008
Dec 9: The Nude Ewe will be at Woolfest June 26-27 2009. This national show celebrating Nature's finest fibres takes place every year in Cockermouth, Cumbria. We're thrilled to have been invited to participate, and just as thrilled to have a couple days in the Lakes!
Oct 30: Two more batches of fleece are at the mill waiting to be processed! Nude Ewe 'Speck' - spun from a flock of Beulah Speckled Face sheep - and another batch of 'Heb' will be available early in the new year. Many thanks to Natural England and the Chilterns Sustainable Development Fund for the funding and support!
Oct 19: The Nude Ewe will be at Bromham Mill for this year's Apple Day celebrations. Stop by for a visit and check us out!
Oct 18: to celebrate National Knitting Week, the Nude Ewe will be at Moonstone Yarns in Barton-le-Clay. Come check us out at this new yarn shop at the Olde Watermill Shopping Village!
Oct 3: The Nude Ewe has been profiled in the autumn 2008 issue of Positive Living magazine!
Sept 19: we've just sent some Wensleydale fleeces off to the mill! Wensleydales are the softest sheep in Britain, and the fleeces will be spun to a lovely DK weight yarn. We'll let you know as soon as Nude Ewe 'Wes' is available!
Sept 6-7: The Nude Ewe will be at the Woodworks! festival at Millennium Country Park, Marston Moretaine. Woodworks! is an annual celebration of wood, woodlands and wood products. Drop by and say hi!
August: We've been featured in Local Craft Matters, a new free quarterly magazine for crafters in Beds, Bucks and Milton Keynes. Check them out!
July: Wildlife Action, the newsletter of the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Peterborough
June: Yarn Forward magazine is a fresh and funky magazine based in Hertfordshire. Their Summer 2008 issue includes a feature on The Nude Ewe - check it out at your local newsstand!
Living Locally magazine
April 2008: GAP News #41 is the newsletter of the Grazing Animals Project, a UK-wide network of conservation grazers and livestock practitioners. GAP runs an enquiry service, workshops and training programmes in support of local conservation grazing schemes.
Shillington Parish News: from the home of the first Nude Ewe flock!
Biodiversity News
Mar 27: Dunstable Gazette article
Mar 14: Luton on Sunday and Leighton Buzzard News
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Knit Kits include yarn, needles and instructions for our very own patterns!
Nude Ewe wool is available at:
in Henlow
in Olney
at Roxton Garden Centre
in Preston, Lancs
home of ethical, fair trade knitting!
Now also at: The Little Wool Shop 10 Central Arcade Saffron Walden, Essex
The Nude Ewe is a partnership of:
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