The Wolcott Mill Fiber Fair on March 30 was an opportunity for people to see the entire process of making wool into yarn. Beginning with the shearing of the sheep, to spinning the yarn and creating ...
IN WILTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE, A LOCAL COUPLE IS RETURNING TO THE NEW ENGLAND TRADITION OF TEXTILE PRODUCTION, ALBEIT ON A MUCH SMALLER SCALE. WE TAKE IN WOOL FROM CUSTOMERS, USUALLY PEOPLE WHO RAISE THE ...
The teams competed to shear and weave sheep's fleece to create a completed shawl within a two-and-a-half-hour timeframe.
In the sheep farming regions of New South Wales, a peculiar transformation is underway. Spread across paddocks where crops have not grown properly for years, farmers are laying down a material that ...