Felted Bags Using Natural Yarns, as worn by the sheep!

Scroll down to see our selection of knit-and-felt bag kits, small and large, for you to buy as a gift or to treat yourself! All the materials and instructions to complete these bags are included, apart from the needles.
Information about the sheep breeds providing these yarns can be found in About sheep. Much of the wool in our kits is British grown!
See also the Rosette bag in Small felted bags made with dyed Wensleydale wool and the pencil cases made with Herdwick and Black Welsh Mountain wool in Felted purses.



Envelope Bag Kit    £16.50 including p&p (UK)
Sheep rating: 


To complete this knit-and-felt bag kit you will need a pair of 5.5 mm knitting needles and sewing needles.
Finished size of examples shown is 16 cm x 16 cm
Black Welsh Swaledale Jacob marl



Harmony Bag Kit      £19 including p&p (UK)
Sheep rating:

To complete this knit-and-felt bag kit you will need a pair of 5.5 mm straight needles and sewing needles, not to mention an enthusiasm for British wool!
Finished size of examples shown is 18 cm x 18 cm


Wool/camel mix
Black Welsh Mountain



Seashore Bag Kit      £23.50 including p&p (UK)
Sheep rating:

To complete this knit-and-felt bag kit you will need a 6 mm circular needle, a pair of 4.5 mm double-ended needles and sewing needles and thread.
Finished size of examples shown is 15 cm x 15 cm x 8 cm


North Ronaldsay
(in grey)
North Ronaldsay
(in brown)



Edale Bag kit     £22 including p&p (UK)
Sheep rating:

To complete this knit-and-felt bag kit you will need a 5.5 mm circular needle, a pair of 4.5 mm double-ended needles and sewing needles.
Finished size of examples shown is 26 cm x 15 cm x 7.5 cm
Whitefaced Woodland Black Welsh Mountain Black Leicester Longwool


Bags of Fun kit   £22.50 including p&p (UK)
as featured in The People's Friend magazine
Sheep rating:
To complete this knit-and-felt bag kit you will need a pair of 5.5 mm knitting needles, a pair of 4.5 mm double-ended needles and sewing needles.
Finished size of the examples shown is approximately 17 cm x 14.5 cm x 7.5 cm
This kit includes a complimentary copy of The People's Friend magazine containing our knitting pattern.
Jacob Wensleydale


Twisty Bag Kit    £24.50 including p&p (UK)
Sheep rating:

To complete this knit-and-felt bag kit you will need a 5.5 mm circular needle, a pair of 5.5 mm straight needles and sewing needles.
Finished size of examples shown is 21 cm x 14.5 cm x 8 cm
Dark Herdwick Light Herdwick Black Welsh



Starburst Bag Kit        £27 including p&p (UK)
Sheep rating:
To complete this knit-and-felt bag kit you will need a pair of 5.5 mm straight needles, a pair of 4.5 mm double-ended needles and sewing needles, not to mention an enthusiasm for British wool!
This pattern includes instructions and wool for the decoration on the front.
Finished size for the examples shown is 36 cm (top) x 18 cm x 9 cm
Wool/camel mix Black Leicester Longwool Dyed Herdwick

Viking Boat Bag Kit   £27 including p&p (UK)
Sheep rating:

To complete this knit-and-felt bag kit you will need a 5.5mm circular needle, a pair of 5.5mm straight needles, a pair of 4.5 double-ended needles and wool sewing needles.
Finished size of examples shown is 27cm x 19cm x 9cm
Manx Loghtan Wensleydale




Frilly Bag Kit  £24.50 including p&p (UK)
 Sheep rating:

To complete this knit-and-felt bag kit you will need a pair of 5.5 mm knitting needles and sewing needles
Finished size of example shown is 24 cm x 26 cm
Hebridean Manx Loghtan

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Creel Bag and Purse kit   £27 including p&p (UK)
Sheep rating:

To complete this knit-and-felt bag kit and matching purse you will need a 5.5 mm circular needle, a pair of 5.5 mm straight needles, a pair of 4.5 mm double-ended needles and sewing needles.
Finished size of examples shown is:
Bag: 18 cm x 15.5 cm x 7.5 cm
Purse: 12 cm x 12 cm
Black Welsh Mountain Wensleydale


Tutti Frutti Bag kit   £27 including p&p (UK)
Sheep rating:

To complete this knit-and-felt bag kit you will need a 7.5 mm circular needle, a pair of 6.5 mm double-ended needles and sewing needles.
Finished size of the example shown is 21 cm x 19 cm x 10 cm.
Please note that although the natural ecru wool is British, the coloured fancy yarn is not.
Bright Tones

Loop-the-loop Bag Kit    £30 including p&p (UK)
To complete this knit-and-felt bag kit you will need a 5.5 mm circular needle, a pair of 4.5 mm double-ended needles and a sewing needle.
Finished sizes of the examples shown are:
Dark Tones
(Black Welsh Mountain/Manx)
base: 21cm x 24cm x 10cm
top: 35cm x 24cm x 10cm
Light Tones
(Jacob Cream and Marl)
base: 23cm x 29cm x 10cm
top: 38cm x 29cm x 10cm
Dark Tones Light Tones

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