Knitting tutor warns that Irish wool ‘is at a crossroads’

Right now, Irish wool is at a crossroads, according to Eimear O’Neill, tutor of a new course on knitting at the Organic Centre in Leitrim. The decline of the Irish woollen industry and loss of wool as a valuable income for hard pressed farmers is a real issue, she said. “Shearing costs more than farmers […] The post Knitting tutor warns that Irish wool ‘is at a crossroads’ appeared first on Agriland.ie.