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Highland Wool

The Weaver buys wool in every game. Highland Wool opens her studio: spinning, dyeing, the needles and the loom.

The Weaver's studio

From coat to cloth

An angora's coat is ready every two days. Brush it, spin it, dye it (woad for blue, madder for red, weld for yellow, and mixes for green, purple and orange), then knit or weave it. There are fifty patterns, from a bobble hat to a Fair Isle yoke and your own tartan, and a wardrobe of things to wear.

Design your own motifs and setts: the Knitting Room turns them into real charts.

The breeds

The calendar

The spinning circle meets on Thursdays, and the spring Wool Fair brings pattern sellers, a fleece show and a race.