Crofting Connections is a three-year project part-financed by the Scottish Government and the European Community LEADER 2007-2013 Programme, Scottish Natural Heritage, Heritage Lottery Fund, Highlands & Islands Enterprise and the Craignish Trust.
There are lots of different colours of wool there’s moorit, black, white, katmoget, and gulmoget. Shetland wool is very soft so you get soft jumpers but most Shetland wool comes from Australia and it’s a denser fleece. You can do lots of different things with wool like knit a jumper, scarves, make rugs, blankets, knit hats and felt.
Read full article: Shetland WoolDalwhinnie Primary, May 2010
The children here at Dalwhinnie Primary School had a very special experience in May when they went to the Highland Folk Park in Newtonmore to help with planting potatoes. The children had previously planted 5 varieties of potatoes that had come as part of the crofting Connections project at school. These they had planted in bags alongside the variety that they received as part of the RHET Grow and Count project.
Read full article: Dalwhinnie Primary, May 2010
