Leather + Wool | The Makers Behind The Products

Midwest Crafted Wool and Leather Goods

This collection is inspired by generations past when quality goods, buying local and responsibly using the whole animal at harvest was the norm. It is ‘Grandpa’s thinking’ that inspires us to utilize the incredible talent that surrounds us to keep more of what is harvested from our animals in our local economy and serving our local community. So, how does this get achieved?

hides

We save our cattle hides at harvest and send them to be processed by a micro-tannery in Iowa. After they are processed into leather they are crafted into the products you in the collection by my sister-in-law, A Well Worn Story. Each item is 100% Midwest made by three small businesses that believe in continuing the values of generations past by using our resources more thoughtfully.

During sheep harvests we save the hides as well and they are turned into beautiful sheepskin rugs by an incredible group of women just 8 miles from our farm in Paoli, Wisconsin.

Wool

Once a year our flock is sheared to help our sheep stay clean and comfortable during the hot summer months. We collect this wool and have it processed into mattress pads. Our wool mattress pads are processed at a small woolen mill in Appleton Wisconsin that is still doing things the way they were done in the 1800s. Some of our wool goes to a one-woman shop in Illinois to be spun into the felting that is used for our leather + wool items.

It is with these many loving hands that we offer our collection of wool and leather goods to you.