Life in the Long Grass Yarn

We're smitten with Life in the Long Grass. It grew from a love of colour and wool, and you can feel both in every skein. Caroline Niland and her family brought a derelict, hundred-year-old farmhouse back to life at the foot of Mushermore Mountain in West Cork – wild heather, blanket bog and big Irish skies – and they've been dyeing small-batch yarn by hand there since 2014.

The colours come from an artist's eye turned on the world outside – Atlantic light, the fields, whatever's in front of them. They take their time and let the shades come out just right.

The wool comes from small farms in Ireland, England, Uruguay, Peru, Argentina, France and Portugal, and every bit of it is mulesing-free. Colour goes on with non-toxic acid dyes, low-impact fibre-reactive dyes and natural dyes, then a double-setting process holds it fast. They recycle the dye water, and the labels and packaging are recycled kraft paper.