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Filling the gap!
Life has been so hectic over the past year or so I have to admit to not keeping our Smeafield Coloured Ryeland website up to date. I have been on the County Show Circuit with Ryeland Spirits and Ewellery, being everywhere from the Highland Show in Scotland to the Royal Welsh, Great Yorkshire, to Devon […]
Ewellery Is Global
I launched the Ewellery Business in November 2017 and it has been an phenomenal 12 months. It has been incredibly long hours, only a few days off and travelled so many miles. But so proud that Ewellery has sold around the world and it is also featured on Fashion Pages, an in the National Press, […]
Showing Our Smeafield Coloured Ryelands
So this was our first full year of showing our Smeafield Coloured Ryelands in the showring. We started at Devon County Show in May and finished at Dorset County in Sept. We had our show team of 6 which consisted of Gizmo aka Smeafield Xowie, Twix aka Smeafield Xindel, Arthur aka Smeafield Yeti Bear, and […]
2018 Lambing
We started lambing on Feb 12th when Winnie gave birth to Arthur aka Smeafield Yeti Bear. He was very vocal from the start. The next arrivals were twin Black North Country Cheviots out of Humble who we named Austria & AlnwickLambing continued until mid May. We had a traumatic […]
The Saddest Day
The saddest day today, we’ve lost our foundation and the beating heart of our Smeafield Coloured Ryeland flock. Greenfield Pendragon pet name Ramiro, who we bought from Stephen & Sally Ramsden, and our first ram. He has been an absolute joy and pleasure to own, always the perfect gentleman, he really was just that…’the perfect […]
New Years Flock Update
So far all of our sheep have been scanned in lamb, singles and twins are expected. We still have the other half to scan at the end of Feb, this was a slight undetected hiccup due to Ramiro being so poorly and his fertility plummeting, hence Gizmo having to step up to the job. We […]
Ewellery Hits Xmas
So it’s been very busy times since we launched our Ewellery Jewellery business and it has gone down an absolute storm. I am so delighted to be doing justice to these incredible fleeces from our Smeafield Coloured Ryelands. Such exciting times ahead but people are really loving what we are producing now. We launched at […]
Gizmo on Video
I took this video of Gizmo (AKA Smeafield Xowie) in April 2017 when he was only a few weeks old. He is so desperate to get Wally to play and is trying his hardest but Wally is having none of it. This film footage always makes people smile. To see him now and considering he […]
Celtic Carrick Knot Bracelet
This is one of the most eye-catching bracelets in the range. The Carrick Knot gives the bracelet that lovely Celtic appearance and this is further enhanced by the Silver Celtic Emblem positioned central of the Carrick Knot. The Bracelet has a T-bar clasp fastening although it can be simply slipped over the wrist, size permitting. […]
Sheep Jewellery On Sale Ready For Xmas
The first few Ewellery items have been produced on the farm using wool from our Smeafield Coloured Ryelands and will be going on sale from this Saturday. They will be making their way on to the website as soon as the photographs are produced. I am really pleased with how they look and love working […]