Spring has sprung in the North York Moors NP 🐏💛🌼☀️ This is a precious time of year with new life popping up all around the UK. With ewes in lamb & lamb playtime in the fields, please respect the livestock & keep your dogs on a lead. 📸 IG lisa_forbes7 – photographer

Happy Mother’s Day 🌷🌷🐑🐑 Here are some beautiful images of ewes and their lambs at @dartmoorshepherd

Don’t get the wool pulled over eyes 👀 🐑 This is no April fool wool is the most ecological fibre. 🐑🌱♻️ 📸 Coxons Farm

Nature’s wonder fibre - WOOL When left in soil, wool biodegrades naturally in just a few months, returning nutrients to the earth, while oil-based synthetic fibres can take hundreds of years to break down - if in fact they ever do! 🌱 🐏 ♻️ 📸 IG bogo_merinos

Bluefaced Leicester wool, a 🐏 breed native to Britain providing the finest micron and lustrous handle wool in the country. It is uniquely processed for Herd Knitwear using only organic detergents and water, making gorgeously soft yarn and knitwear.

Wool runs on grass! Sheep need sunshine, air, water & grass to survive, along with the care & nurturing of the farmer & his team. Family hill farming in NZ with the amazing scenic views, that bring with it the difficulties of working the sheep and the land. 📸 ©️ IG ruatea_farm

Sheep > lawnmowers? In the 1920s–30s, London used flocks to graze parks—like these 600 sheep on Piccadilly in 1931. A greener, fluffier way to mow the grass! ⁠ 📸 @gettyarchive | #GettyImages #SheepTraffic #HistorySnapshot

Woolly Jumper 🐑🐑🐑 Lambing is in full swing, lots of happy leaping lambs in the fields across the country. The lambs born outside are kept warm by their woolly fleece, as the fibres trap air between them & create an insulated personal microclimate. 📸 IG peopleofthepeak

This Earth Day, we honour not just the fibre, but the people behind it — growers/farmers, makers, innovators - working every day for a cleaner, kinder, and more circular future. 🌍🌱🐑 📸 George Wright.mann.photos 🐑🐑

Lambing season is coming to the end on most farms in the UK, but life always remains busy for farmers 24/7, every day for 52 weeks of the year. Shout out to the farmers 👏 & wishing the rest of us a relaxing long Bank Holiday weekend. 😍 🐏 & 📸 IG davies207 photographer & farmer

Wool is 100% natural It is not man-made and grows on sheep 🤍🐑 📸 @mattarmett

Wool provides a natural level of UV protection, which is much higher than most synthetic fibres & cotton. Protecting sheep against the elements as it absorbs UV radiation providing protection from the sun, making it a good choice for a wide range of outdoor activities 🐏 ☀️ 👏

Growers, researchers, statisticians & marketeers of the wool world flocked together this week at the ITWO Conference. With in-depth series of presentations & discussions about everything wool, the planet, issues, innovation & the future for wool. For more iwto.org

A relaxing long weekend for all, except farmers who work 24//7, each and every day. We should all support farmers who in turn support the land and its regeneration. Without animals grazing, the land it would become barren with poor vegetation regrowth 🌿🌱 📸 FB Tending Dogs

Did you know that wool's natural insulating properties keep you warm in the winter and cool in the summer? Making it the perfect material all year round 🤍✨ 📸 @wisewoolnz

🌊 There’s no wool in the sea! Wool doesn’t pollute our oceans with harmful microfibres — it’s 100% natural and biodegrades in just a few months.Even tiny fibres released during washing break down long before they reach marine life.

Wool carpets naturally clean the air in your home! By trapping dust, pollen, & other allergens, and also absorbing harmful VOCs from everyday household products, helping create a healthier living space. A wool carpet continues to purify the air for up to 30 years! #ShaunLovesWool

The combination of the innovation of Nike shoes with the heritage of HarrisTweedHebrides cloth creates the Limited Edition Dunk Low Collection. Each pair features handwoven Harris Tweed®, created in the homes of local weavers from across the island of Lewis & Harris. 📸 @nike

The Jacob sheep breed is iconic - piebald, black/grey combined with white patches & has 2 or 4 horns. Unusual by nature it is a British sheep with long heritage & supported to save the breed by the Jacob Sheep Society. 🐏 IG stonecroft_sugarloaf_jacobs 📸 IG theagriphotographer

Beautiful breed-specific wool yarns for knitting and crocheting from Blacker Yarns made exclusively from British sheep, all spun under one roof in Cornwall, sold in the UK and Internationally to spread the message of crafting with 'real wool' 🧶 🐏 📸 Stephen Keighley