A Wool Lab with a difference; exploring, enabling new textile development, traditional crafts, sharing of skills, education and inspiration to build a resilient wool industry - not only for textiles.
Education and inspiration from soil health to fibre to land restoration.
"healthy soil = healthy land and food = healthy sheep
= healthy wool"
Guidance for Scouring
The past couple of months we have had an increase of wool washing. So far in 2026 we have washed 104kgs. This is the main basis of the business as we offer 2 forms of scouring:
- Circular scouring where wool is processed using less water, energy and chemicals takes around 6 weeks to wash
- Reduction of resources, still no chemicals used, yet does An increase of scouring (washing wool) requests has led to this list of tips to ensure the wool be scoured/washed well:
Some tips to ensure your wool will be scoured well:
1. Ensure your wool is dry during shearing.
2. The wool is not older than 5 months old
3. Been stored in a dry location and not in a plastic garbage bag
4. Is moth, mice, parasite free and felt free.
5. Helpful to 6. What the end use or application is for the wool
7. Do you need the wool to be carded? or felted?
Happy to assist your scouring/washing needs. Whether it is 2kgs - 200kg we can scour your wool.
What we do...
Innovation and R&D including new materials and processing
Workshops and Education for Consumers, Industry, Schools and Universities
Shop selling items from artisans locally, nationally and internationally
Processing raw to clean wool
Hire of machinery and equipment
Workshop spotlight
Loading days...
3 hr
From 50 euros
Questions, News and tips
As from 01/03/2026 the cost of Gas and Electricity has increased thus increasing our scouring and drying costs by 2.50 per kilo.
If your fleeces have become felted, we will not be able to scour the wool. All waste will be charged at 2,50 per kilo and will be returned to you for you to dispose.
If you do not wish for the waste being returned, then please contact us prior to scouring your wool.
