Dodgson Wood

01/11/2024

Brilliant event at with - Wool Exchange . Exhibition of industry and students work using British wool and panel discussion around how to get more people wearing British wool. Bumped into lots of friends and made some excellent new ones too 🥰Worth the long train ride 👌🏽❤️
Too busy talking to take decent photos but it really was great. X

23/08/2024

Shearing shoe in an Ullswater barn. Collecting wool for next year’s Lake District Tweeds. It’s a long, very expensive process to go from the farm as greasy wool and come back as beautiful throws and tweed. But I’ve never doubted the value of this work. On Thursday, alongside (who are doing brilliant work with British leather) we were asked to talk about FIPL funding with the Minister for Farming, Daniel Zeichner and other select DEFRA Ministers. It was to demonstrate how important FIPL (Farming In Protect Landscapes) has been in the hope that the fund continues. Of course I talked passionately about the difference it has made, and the potential impact this type of funding could have long term. It’s not like a typical farming fund, it allows for innovation and creativity. For us, the funding supported Lake District Tweed, a Wool Report and a knitting machine, so as well as talking about the funding strategy itself, I got to speak about the importance of supporting a British wool industry so we can see it thrive again. I felt like they heard me. And that felt really good.

16/08/2024

I won! Women in Agriculture award at the Cumbria Farmer Awards tonight. Did not expect it at all. It was that impressed the judges the most and that wouldn’t have be possible without all the farmers, John and FIPL funding from

18/07/2024

Fred brought his latest make to show me this week - it’s like a painting with the gradients and textures - just beautiful! The pattern (I think) is by and Fred used Bérénice silk & mohair with some Athena lace by 🐑 Thanks for letting me share Fred!

15/07/2024

From farm to fabric in 12 months. It’s a long process from shearing to cloth but the effort from all those involved in the making of is worth it I think. X

19/06/2024

28/04/2024

Look at this lovely handmade thank you card from Poppy and Grae, two young women, both at schools in London but completely focused on their paths to working with animals. They learned a lot while they were here during the Easter holidays - helping with a sheep prolapse, watching calves and lambs being born, delivering live lambs and a dead one, feeding orphans, looking after pregnant sheep and asking John a lot of questions. They were a joy to spend time with and I’m really glad that we are able to do our little bit to support next generation farmers and vets.

09/04/2024

02/01/2024

I’m speaking at 11am Friday 5th in the Christoper Room. Topic is - More than a by-product: Resetting the way we think about Wool. On a panel with Christopher Price (), Andrew Hogley () and Jennifer Hunter ( ). Hope you can come or see you in corridors or lunch queue!

01/01/2024

Happy New Year for all of us on the farm! Highs and lows as always but I’m ready for anything. I did ask John if we should build an underground bunker but he said no! 😂
Hope you can always clear some space to feel a bit of quiet contentment now and again. X