The Black Sheep Gathering Festival, Oregon + Wool Batts, and What This Work Means

This Sunday, June 28, we’ll be at The Black Sheep Gathering Festival in Albany, Oregon, alongside The Palestinian Wool Project.

We’re bringing a wagon of wool samples and sharing the story behind them—where they come from, and why they matter.

Wool batts: simple material, deeper story

Our wool batts are made from Palestinian wool, cleaned and carded for spinning and fibre work. But they’re also something more: a way of keeping local wool economies alive and meaningful. They connect makers back to a material that is rooted in land, season, and shepherding traditions—rather than something anonymous or industrial.

Working with Ma'an lil Hayyat and Tuwani

A key part of this work is our partnership with Ma'an lil Hayyat, through whom we source wool from places like Tuwani in the South Hebron Hills. In Tuwani, shepherding is still part of daily life and cultural continuity. Supporting this wool means supporting the people who maintain that relationship to land and flock, and helping ensure the value of their work returns to their communities.

Read our blog here to understand more.

Why this matters!

This project is about rebuilding connections that have been weakened over time—between wool and place, between makers and shepherds, between value and origin. Wool is not just a material. It’s a system of care when it’s done right.

See you in Albany

We’ll be at The Black Sheep Gathering with wool in hand and stories to share. If you’re there, come say hello!