Mill of Kintyre CIC

05/11/2026

A massive thanks to the Argyllshire Advertiser and Campbeltown Courier for featuring our upcoming workshops.

Spaces are filling up quickly, so book your place while you can

The No Fleece Left Behind workshops are being run by Mill of Kintyre Community Interest Company

04/11/2026

Book your place on one of our free woolly workshops to learn more about traditional wool-processing skills and discover the many possibilities of locally produced wool.

The No Fleece Left Behind workshops will explore different native sheep breeds, the differences in their fibre and creative ways to make use of local fleeces.

Each of the sessions will examine a different native sheep breed and include a tour of the Mill’s new base in Quay Spaces on Harbour Street.

You’ll learn what makes a fleece both suitable and unsuitable for processing, explore the process of taking a raw fleece to a finished item and the techniques used to achieve this while gaining some hands-on processing experience to create a small item to take away with you.

We want everyone to feel welcome to come along, whether they are completely new to wool crafts or already have experience.

There will be multiple opportunities to attend with workshops on 13, 22 and 25 November with other sessions running on 2,12, 19 December.

You can book your place by visiting https://events.humanitix.com/no-fleece-left-behind

These workshops have been made possible thanks to a generous grant from the The National Lottery Community Fund Scotland and players

Inspire Tarbert

20/08/2026

We'll be joining Creation Mill CIC, Langholm and Highland Wool in conversation with Susan from The Journal of Scottish Yarns to discuss mini-mills in Scotland.

Join us at the Kyleside Wool Festival in Ardgay near Dornoch on 19th September.

It's a 'Slogorn’ – a call to arms – for Scottish Wool!
Speakers, skill sharing, and a market highlighting Scottish wool. I'll be there moderating a panel with Creation Mill millofkintyre and Highland Wool who are working to provide wool processing facilities in Scotland:

Scotland’s Micro-Mill Movement. (1:30pm)
In the journey to sustainability, ‘local’ is key – and that’s true of the wool industry too. Reversing the trend toward centralization and the ‘bigger is better’ outlook, the micro mill movement works with local farmers and crafters to ensure traceability, quality, fair returns to producers, and lower transport miles on the finished product. During this talk, you’ll meet representatives of the three (at this writing) micro-mills that have started processing local wool since 2022: Mill of Kintyre, Creation Mill Langholm, and Highland Wool. Moderator: Susan Anderson/The Journal of Scottish Yarns

11/08/2026

I had a brilliant time talking to so many people at the Mid-Argyll show on Saturday.

Thank you for taking the time to come and listen to the plans for the Mill and sharing your ideas and thoughts with me. It's always inspiring to see the level of interest other people have in our project.

We have some very exciting news that we'll be revealing soon so make sure to sign up to our newsletter by emailing [email protected]

08/08/2026

Come and see me at the Mid-Argyll Show today and have a chat about our plans for the Mill and community workshops.
We'd love to know your thoughts!
We're straight across from the UHI Argyll stall.

23/07/2026

Playing with wool roving and exploring workshop ideas using a peg loom and natural dyeing. The top weaving was a fun experiment to see how we would weave a circle. The bottom is a straight forward back and forth weaving with a wee splash of colour. I used plants I had to hand, watermint and chamomile. They can be woven in different sizes in different colours of wool and used for lots of purposes. Waiting on one final funding decision then 🤞 we'll be releasing out autumn workshop programme.

07/07/2026

Hoping to hear soon about whether our funding application for workshops has been approved. One of the workshops we'd like to offer is "Learn to knit". This article includes some of the many benefits to this incredible craft!!

29/06/2026

Great to be a part of this and looking forward to more collaborations with Auchindrain Township in the future.

26/06/2026

We'll be at Auchindrain Township on Saturday doing some fleece processing demonstration. Very excited to be there at the same time as Sgioba Luaidh Inbhirchuluaidh who will be waulking the cloth.

08/06/2026

We are so grateful to all the people who came along to our community engagement day in Campbeltown Library on Saturday.

It was inspiring hearing all your interesting ideas and encouraging to see so many people share our enthusiasm for the project.

Thank you to everyone who took the time to talk to us about our plans and we were delighted with the response.

We will keep everyone updated on our plans for the Mill and future workshops on our social media channels. However, if you would like to sign up to our newsletter then email [email protected]