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Having completed a successful crowdfunding campaign for the original project, Bristol Cloth , founder Babs Behan and her team have just made England s first locally grown sustainable cashmere. The limited-edition scarves were spun and dyed in Yorkshire and woven in Bristol. Botanical Inks has partnered with Bowmont UK, a specialist Mongolian-grade Cashmere farm in Devon. The whole production process is rooted in history. Fabric is dyed with traditional English heritage dyes which have been used for centuries in old England, says Babs Behan, the founding director of Bristol Cloth project & Botanical Inks. I used organic indigo leaf, which is the highest value natural dye in the world due to its complicated and laborious extraction, she explains. ....