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Alpaca and wool rugs for sale: 100% handmade on our Relaxed Smallholding, using fleeces from our own animals
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Rocking Horse Blanket Alpaca fleeces used: Io, Ceres and Neptune Dimensions: 29" by 50" Weight: 2.87kg Price: SOLD Click to buy/ view more photos Rug_DC_20_22_12 |
Crazy Camouflage Alpaca fleeces used: Io, Hegemone, Ceres and Callisto Dimensions: 30" by 58" Weight: 4.20kg Price: SOLD Click to buy/ view more photos DC_21_22_12 |
Shetland Stripes Sheep fleeces used: Chalk and Cheese: Shetland X Teeswater (white), The Ness family: Shetland (brown) and Patch: Jacob (grey) Dimensions: 30" by 52" Weight: 1.8kg Price: £199 Click to buy/ view more photos Rug_JS_04_23_01 |
Seconds Count Alpaca fleeces used: Io, Hegemone, Ceres, Callisto and Venus Dimensions: 30" by 52" Weight: 3.80kg Price: SOLD Click to buy/ view more photos Rug_DC_23_23_01 |
Seconds Away Alpaca fleeces used: Io, Hegemone, Ceres, Callisto and Neptune Dimensions: 30" by 52" Weight: 3.90kg Price: SOLD Click to buy/ view more photos Rug_DC_22_23_01 |
Shetland Confusion Sheep fleeces used: Chalk and Cheese: Shetland X Teeswater (white) and The Ness family: Shetland (brown) Dimensions: 30" by 50" Weight: 1.8kg Price: £199 Click to buy/ view more photos Rug_JS_05_23_01 |
Always Together Alpaca fleeces used: Neptune and Mercury Dimensions: 28" by 55" Weight: 4.3kg Price: £270 Click to buy/ view more photos Rug_DC_08_21_10 |
Hegemone sandwich Alpaca fleeces used: Pluto, Themisto, Hegemone and Ceres Dimensions: 31" by 51" Weight: 4.8kg Price: SOLD Click to buy/ view more photos Rug_DC_14_22_04 |
The Full Cadbury Alpaca fleeces used: ALL our apacas Dimensions: 32" by 60" Weight: 5.5kg Price: SOLD Click to buy/ view more photos Rug_DC_18_22_05 |
The Friendship Rug Alpaca fleeces used: Neptune and Io Dimensions: 31" by 54" Weight: 5.2kg Price: SOLD Click to buy/ view more photos Rug_DC_16_22_04 |
Our mixed flock of sheep and alpacas provide us with plenty of opportunities to process our own wool and fibre and, amongst other things, produce the most incredible rugs. After shearing, which usually takes place late May/June, the fleeces are picked clean of vegetable matter and then washed and dried in the North Devon sunshine. Once dry, they are spun by hand on one of our three spinning wheels, producing beautifully soft skeins. The penultimate stage is then planning the rug: deciding which fleeces to use, what pattern to weave and then warping up one of our floor looms, Id or Spring. The warp of the rugs (the threads that go from end to end) are linen, a natural fibre from the flax plant, widely grown in Northern Europe or cotton. The weaving process itself is pure delight as the rugs begin to grow, paying tribute to the individual animals who provided us with their gorgeous fibre! You can see pictures of our sheep and alpacas by clicking on the tabs above. UK purchases only. For non-UK sales please contact us for a shipping quote! To purchase any of our rugs please click on the link by each image. Once payment is made, your rug will be shipped within 24 hours using ParcelForce 48. P&P is FREE for UK mainland addresses. |