WOOL | SCOURING AND CARDING

In October I visited the Haworth Scouring Co in Bradford to see how they process wool purchased from the British Wool board.

I hope you enjoy this little behind the scenes look.

Cammy

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ABOUT ME

I’m 31 years old and I’m a sheep farmer from Ayrshire in South West Scotland, which is why I have such a strong accent! I was born and raised on a sheep farm watching my dad who was the shepherd.

At 18 I went away from farming to work in the city (something I still do) and at 23 (2013) I decided I wanted to do something for some extra money so I went on a sheep shearing course. The hardest thing I’ll ever do was learning to shear sheep. [shudders thinking about it]

I shore whilst on my holidays from work for 2 years and then in 2015 my dad died so I decided to get my own sheep so I could continue working with sheep as it was something I loved doing. From there it escalated quickly from my first 4 sheep in my mum’s garden to now running around 600 breeding ewes.

I shore over 15,000 sheep this season in UK and I also travel to Norway for shearing in March and September. (Covid messed it up this year)

A few years ago I bought myself a sheep pregnancy scanner and have been building up my run since then.

I watched a few farm vlogs on YouTube and decided I could have a go and now here we are!

Thanks for watching my videos and please subscribe if you want to see more in future.

[jake]

You know most people look at this and think cool but until you have sat down and tried to do it by hand you don't have any idea how amazing this process is. My wife and I spin our own wool from our Shetland flock and to just clean one Fleece takes a couple of days before you even get to carding and Combining. So by the time we have turned it into a product like a hat or scarf we have weeks of work put in to it and this facility just cuts it down to just a couple of hours it just boggles the mind

[someonerandom]

The only YouTuber that I always click like before I even watch….we know every video is going to be great 👍

[natalie]

Fascinating stuff. I love a good factory tour. It’s good to know what happens after the sheering is over. Thanks !

[garmo]

As someone who has been knitting since I was a teen and dabbled in weaving, mostly with wool products, I was riveted to learn how the product goes from the sheep's back to my own handiwork.

[maryburgis]

Brilliant video, can totally understand why wool is so expensive to buy.

[romysrealm]

15 years ago I came across a farmer bn a site online I belonged to who was asking us to please take a fleece free but cover postage. She said it was for gardens or pet really didn't think it was worth processing. This was from Suffolk Sheep that had not been sheared in 3 years and she did the shearing to be kind to a neighbor who was struggling financially...had not sheared them. My box of joy was 17 lbs from just one of these 3 sheep and it was wonderful smelling with all the farm fresh scents I recalled from childhood! I was so excited and didn't even know about skirting. So days later I had cotton like roving and it was amazing! I made slippers, hat, scarf etc...what fun I had learning on it. Fast forward to my restoration of an 1880s spinning wheel and I have spun countless fibers...Corriedale, Shetland, Mohair, Alpaca, Romeldale, and others....I wove rugs out of alot of my spinning for gifts for my girls. I knit all my hats, scarves and socks now. There is no way to recoup the time spent from processing raw fleece yourself into yarns etc...to make much profit. I can see this amazing operation fits the needs of modern day. I also like home canning etc...

[eaglerider-]

Member of East Central Scotland Guild of Weavers Spinners and Dyers here. Absolutely fascinating to watch this familiar process done on a really big scale! Thank you for making this video, much appreciated.

[nanalesa]

I love that you take us through the processes that we wouldn't normally get to see. Such a difference than when the ladies carded and spun the wool by hand. Fascinating stuff. Thanks Cammy!

[blessedbyond]

Wow, I had no idea how this worked. Thank you so much for taking us on these tours.

[yellowlabrador]

heads up to our ancestors who used to do all this by hand and then invented machines to do the job. Bring back our textile industry.

[thepeanutgallery]

Loved this. 🙂It's one thing to know how to wash a fleece in your bathtub and pick it, fluff it, card it, spin it, but it's fantastic to see how it's been industrialized as well. I had my sewing business in an old textile mill (albeit the cotton mill, not the wool mill) and just the history of the building was as interesting as the history of the clothing I was making.

[trudy__taylorandjorjamummy]

As someone who loves to knit, watching this is fantastic, thank you for sharing with us!

[colettedeegan]

Well Cammy I got to say that is a super clip to watch. 👍

Great to see the process which wool goes through aye! One heck of a journey once it’s removed from the sheep. 👍

[zingirl]

This is one of a kind series Cammy. I can’t get over the time you have taken to educate us further on all things “sheep” related. This has been taking us from beginning of the product through to the end. Once again Cammy thank you for your hard work and passing on your love of sheep. Can’t wait for lambing start!

[seahorse]

We need to find more uses for British wool so that hopefully the producer at least breaks even and hopefully a little extra. A good insight into what goes on and I learnt quite a lot. Before wool was just wool and had to be sold to the wool marketing board. Well done to all concerned in making this.

[jimmyjohnstone]

I use lanolin on my dry feet. Once a week I apply a thick layer after soaking my feet, then wear socks overnight as it does a job softening the hard skin. Also good for putting on my hands after gardening.

[meghanplamondon]

As someone who works with wool ( batting for quilts mostly), I really appreciate the entire process, thanks so much for taking the time to share it. 👍👍👍❤️🐑

[clairbale]

Cammy, you are a natural presenter, able to clearly get the detail out and explained to the viewer. Your star shines, and it wouldn’t surprise me if some Media channel gave you a job. A very personable chap .

[jamesmason]

Great intuitive filming of the processing of the wool and your ability to connect with people and put them at ease makes for an excellent presentation.

[Cellottia]

Big thanks to Haworth for allowing you to film all that! As someone who does her scouring in a 40litre bucket in the bathroom, and uses old towels and sunshine to get it dry.... it's amazing to see the machines handling such quantities of wool. After having been warned of the dangers of felting due to the water being too hot or agitating the wool too much, it's surprising to see the wool being thrown and blown around so vigorously. But I like the way it's moved through the washes and rinses, by the bars with fingers going just under the water.
Great stuff, Cammy, thank you so much, and please do keep it coming!