“We plan to spin them into blankets, knee or a baby blanket, and because we’re so proud of how our wool has grown, we want to see if people are interested in buying a woollen blanket made in Australia from our sheep and our story,” Mrs Holt said. Coonong Station is the largest accredited Responsible Wool Standard grower in Australia, a set of guidelines established by the European Textile Exchange. The Holt family have owned the 28,000-hectare Riverina property at Urana, NSW, since 1971 and run about 32,000 Dohne, non-mulesed sheep. Mrs Esson said the Coonong Station wool was easy to process. “It was just amazingly soft to handle with just a hint of a lustre. It had a lovely drape so when it goes into some sort of knitted or woven product, it will look lovely,” she said. Continue reading →