Related Keywords: Cormo sheep breed, funding campaign in 2011, Kylie Gusset, locally processed wool, Tasmanian Central Highlands sheep, Tasmanian wool producers, Ton of Wool
Kylie Gusset, a yarn entrepreneur based in Victoria with focus on locally produced and hand dyed yarns works with Tasmanian wool producers, started a project called Ton of Wool. Under this project, wool from the Cormo sheep breed is used and Kylie works with the Downie family, the Tasmanian Central Highlands sheep farmers who were the first to breed Cormo's around 1960.