Rebecca's mission to save rare sheep breed

Businesses uses their wool to create hand-woven fabric

- SHARON LIPTROTT

A farm overlooking Rockliffe Bay proved a hit at the region's Spring Fling Open Studies weekend.

Visitors flocked to see a small flock of 18 curvy-horned and nimble brown Castlemilk Moorit sheep lovingly being reared by Rebecca McLellan, who was appointed chairperson of the Rare Breeds Survival Trust Scotland Group earlier this year.

They also marvelled at her rare wool enterprise, Chocflock - a 'digital but farm-gate' business.

She uses their wool to create hand-woven fabric which she crafts into hand-crafted pieces which, thanks to the internet, have an international customer base.

Rebecca, who is on a mission to save the rare Scottish sheep breed, was keen to share her work with the public who got the chance to see the sheep in their field - including Eddie the Orphan who she raised by hand - and visit her wool store.

Visitors were able to see and handle in-the-grease fleece in the process of being sorted and cleaned ahead of the first stage of processing by the mill.