Like most ranchers, wool growers who produce fleeces for the handspun fiber market spend a lot of time mending fences, pitching alfalfa and cleaning out water troughs. They also spend hours washing ...
A new course in Leitrim aims to keep the timeless tradition of handspinning wool alive. The Organic Centre in Leitrim is hosting an exciting workshop with Eimear O Neill entitled 'Introduction to Wool ...
Indiana is home to roughly 2,000 sheep farms and over 50,000 head of sheep, making the state number 28 for sheep production in the U.S. Even with Indiana’s bountiful flocks, however, it’s unlikely you ...
Discover how to transform unused Irish wool into handmade yarn at a unique one-day handspinning course in Leitrim.
MILFORD, Maine (WABI) - On Saturday freshly sheared wool was spun into a sweater in Milford, all for charity. The Back-to-Back Wool Challenge is an international competition involving an eight-person ...
Imagine running your fingers through long, lustrous locks. It's a sensual experience and it's uniting long wool breeders across the hemispheres. US wool grower and spinner Lisa Westervelt, breeds the ...