About Teoshandspun
Wensleydale | Cashmere | Supertweed | Alpaca | Other yarns
How it evolved....
Teo's Handspun
was conceived some twenty years ago in Northern Argentina, where I was
staying at the time learning about life and crafts. Making handknit
shoes at the time, I was fascinated by the possibility of making them
during the winter. The strength and the dyeing qualities of handspun
wool, seemed to indicate this was the path to go, and it was. The
colourful boots were a success, yet soon I moved on to sweaters,
handspun in a thick chunky yarn, in the way of the indians there and
the Uruguayans further south.
The easy joy of creating these fun, different garments, told me I was ready to move to better places. One year handspinning cotton in Brasil and ten years in a craft shop in Andalucian Spain were to elapse before designer Di Gilpin discovered me there and gave me the chance to work on the Isle of Skye with her.
Once in Skye, Teo found out that this was an ideal place to be and
trade his hobby come profesion.After an article about us in Vogue
Knitting, some
articles published in the British"Journal for handweavers,handspinners
and dyers" and an interview for the program "Grassroots" in Radio
Scotland, joyful hobbie-business took off and increased its sales
twentyfold.
COME AND VISIT US IN THE ISLE OF SKYE, SCOTLAND,
WE LOVE IT.
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Each sweater /cardigan is handknit specially for you. So please contact us for your very own personal choices of colour/style/size etc.
And don't forget again- you are more than welcome to come and visit us at our workshop on the Isle of Skye Scotland (Easter till October)
Teo's Handspun
at The Old Pier, Broadford, Isle of Skye, IV49 9AE
Tel: +44 (0) 1471 822 876