The Wool Company Inspiration / wool history

How knitting helped win the First World War. Learn how British women and children knitted essential woollen items for soldiers and sailors, providing comfort and boosting morale in the freezing trenches. A fascinating chapter of wartime resilience and community spirit.

Merino wool is the finest and softest sheep’s wool on the planet. Even in a world with ...

Wool really has stood the test of time; its use began in the earliest known civilisation, and continued though empires, revolutions, republics, world wars, through to the present day.