Woolly Mammoth Fibre Company

About

Woolly Mammoth Fibre Company is a small hand dyeing and spinning studio based on the North Coast of Northern Ireland, created by Emma Robinson. From Emma: I get excited about woolly wool, natural colours and the outdoors! I am an avid knitter, dyer and spinner and a lot of my time revolves around these activities. In my ‘normal’ life I am an architectural photographer, and in 2017 I decided that I wanted to spend more creative time off-screen. Since then I have been making more with my hands and I get great satisfaction from this. I love unusual or interesting sheep breeds, and I’m an advocate for local farm yarn! A note about natural dyes: I use breed-specific, high-quality, non-superwash yarns sourced and spun in the UK for dyeing. A large majority of these wools are British or rare breeds and are all dyed with natural dyes. Many of my natural dyes are foraged from my local area or home grown in the garden. Sometimes I like to use kitchen waste to dye too. My colour inspiration comes mainly from walks in the quiet Irish landscape, stories of epic adventures or sometimes old books and poetry.