Hallwood Jacobs

Hallwood Jacobs

Single-flock Jacob Wool from the High Weald of Kent

Welcome to Hallwood Jacobs — home to a small pedigree Jacob flock and a limited run of beautifully crafted, completely undyed British yarn. Our sheep graze ancient pasture in the High Weald of Kent, producing warm, resilient wool in natural shades of cream and brown. Each year we turn their fleeces into premium, small-batch yarn for knitters who value authenticity, sustainability and traceability.

Our Yarn: British. Undyed. Semi-Worsted. Single Flock.

We hand-select the best fleeces at shearing and hand-sort the wool by colour — cream, brown and blends — to preserve the natural beauty of Jacob fleece. The fibre is then spun in small batches at Rampisham Hill Mill in Dorset using a semi-worsted technique that gives the yarn its smoothness, strength and outstanding stitch definition.

The result is a set of three natural colourways:

Cream — soft, classic, beautifully textured

Dark Brown — rich, rare, naturally chocolate toned

Mid Grey — a balanced blend, timeless and versatile

All colours are completely undyed and entirely unique to our flock.

Why Jacob Wool?

Jacob wool has been prized for centuries for its warmth, durability and rustic elegance. It is perfect for cables, textured jumpers, hats, scarves and blankets. The natural bounce of the fibre creates garments that are long-lasting and wonderfully comfortable to wear.



Our semi-worsted spinning enhances these qualities, producing a smooth, rounded yarn that knits beautifully and shows off every stitch.

Meet the Flock

Our yarn begins with our sheep — each one known, named and rather spoiled.  We have just 25 ewes, and 4 rams, and each year they lamb - and that makes up our flock.

Jacob sheep grow wool in natural patches of cream and brown, which is why our colourways vary from season to season and are produced in very limited quantities.

A few of the characters you’ll meet here:

• Meatloaf, with his distinctive mottled nose and expressive brown splodge - he's a pet and think's he's a dog. Pictured here.
• Daphne and Ella, ewe lambs who will be shorn in the spring for the first time, and their wool will be in our next clip
• Milly, ever curious, always supervising
• Sylvia and Marjorie, playful and sweet, with beautiful dark fleeces for our chocolate coloured wool

Their wool (from annual shearing) becomes the yarn you’ll find in our shop. We hope you feel the same affection for them that we do.

Natural Wool, Produced Slowly

At Hallwood Jacobs, our aim is not volume — it is quality, care and connection. We produce only what the flock grows each year. Once a shade is sold out, it will not return until the next season, and each batch carries the character of that year’s clip.

Our values:

• Sustainably produced British wool
• Support for rare-breed conservation
• Transparent, traceable fibre from pasture to skein
• Small-scale craft production, done properly