Yarn spinning is seeing a revival on a remote West Cork peninsula

The traditional and ancient craft of yarn spinning is undergoing a resurgence on the Sheep’s Head Peninsula, writes Áilín Quinlan

Examples of the work done by the Sheep’s Head Yarn Group

IN A tiny village on a remote West Cork peninsula, a young mother sits by a spinning wheel.

Her name is Jemima Wallis-Eade and she’s one of a large number of women on the peninsula who are skilled in the traditional crafts of knitting, crochet and yarn-spinning.