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We try to post here about significant changes such as new members of The Wool Clip and our participation in events elsewhere but, if you’d like to keep in touch with everything that’s going on, our social media channels are easily the most up-to-date source of news.

25 Years in the Making exhibition opens

Members-current-crop Current members of The Wool Clip

The Wool Clip: 25 Years in the Making exhibition opened at Farfield Mill near Sedbergh last week (Wednesday 2nd September) and features a range of specially-made work from current Wool Clip co-operative members as well as panels celebrating different aspects of the co-operative's development and activities over the past 25 years. Anna Saczek, ...

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First tranche of Anniversary Award winners announced

Winners-crop Winners of the first tranche of Wool Clip 25th Anniversary Awards. Left to right: Kate, Denise, Karen, Claire, Frances, Elaine.

The Wool Clip co-operative has announced the first winners of its 25th Anniversary Awards. The announcement was made at the opening of The Wool Clip: 25 Years in the Making, an exhibition that will run in the Loft Gallery of Farfield Mill near Sedbergh from 2 September until Sunday 1 November. The Anniversary Awards team was made up of three co-ope...

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25th Anniversary Awards are open for entries

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Members of The Wool Clip have announced that entries are now invited for the co-operative's 25th Anniversary Awards. These have been launched as part of the co-operative's celebrations of its 25th anniversary throughout 2026. "We've been working on the funding for these since the end of last year," says Alice Underwood, a member of The Wool Clip an...

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Fundraising items now on sale for 25th Anniversary Awards

Chloewalkingboots These Herdwick bootees were knitted by Chloe Randall

Members of The Wool Clip co-operative are contributing to the fundraising for the 25th Anniversary Awards with sales of a selection of specially designed and made items, using a range of wool craft techniques and all of them made from wool. The items range from various different hats and scarves (knitted, woven and more) to framed pictures, a knitt...

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First funding for 25th Anniversary Awards confirmed

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Thank you for all the encouragement and, of course, the financial support so far for our 25th Anniversary Awards initiative. As things stand (beginning of February), we can confirm that we already have funding and donations to make at least three Awards later in the year, and that's without the £500 that we hope to raise from sales of our co-operat...

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Share our passion, support our Anniversary Awards

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To celebrate the 25th Anniversary of The Wool Clip and its Caldbeck shop, we want to support a new generation of wool-based craftspeople in Cumbria by establishing a fund for small grants (Anniversary Awards) to individuals, helping them in their own wool journey. Can you help? We are seeking donations to this fund from people and organisations who...

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Priest's Mill
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Cumbria
CA7 8DR

Call: 016974 78707
Email: shop@woolclip.com

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