BUFFALO — At Mountain Meadow Wool on Plains Drive in Buffalo, the raw material comes in the back, before it’s scoured in huge machines, then graded and sorted, spun, knit and finished. But starting in ...

Lexie Hodgkins (left) and owner Sonya Brazell look for the sparkle patterns in the drying wool in the front window of Woolen Boon on South Main Street. Credit: GEOFF FORESTER / Monitor staff Sign up ...

Master dyer Jerry Workman demonstrates the art of dyeing wool with vegetables and plants at the Berea, Kentucky Craft Festival Saturday morning. BEREA, Ky. — While most kids grow up bonding with their ...

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While the art of dyeing wool is drifting to the wayside, Jerry Workman said that preserving handicrafts from days gone by is important. “There are a lot of things our parents and grandparents knew,” ...