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 ...
Hundreds of yarn enthusiasts descended on the Redd event space in Southeast Portland on Saturday for the third annual Sacred Sheep festival. And there were many more enthusiasts to come. More than ...
Rue Toland has been spinning yarn for over 20 years. It wasn’t until she moved to New Hampshire that she had a flock of her own sheep to shear and make homemade yarn. Sign up for the Concord Monitor’s ...
YAPHANK, New York -- When Tabbethia Haubold isn't on the road professionally shearing animals from Vermont to Georgia, she runs her 17-acre yarn and fiber farm in Yaphank. Long Island's Yarn & Farm ...
Inside the fairgrounds, past the sheep show ring, the sheep milk stand, the sheep jewelry artist, the sheep photo display and the barn full of sheep, the fiercest competition in sheepdom has begun. At ...
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 ...
Students from a class on modern sheep farming gathered in a facility on Dal's Truro Campus in early April to assist in clipping the campus flock. The shearing of ewes and rams resulted in 750 pounds ...
YAPHANK, New York -- When Tabbethia Haubold isn't on the road professionally shearing animals from Vermont to Georgia, she runs her 17-acre yarn and fiber farm in Yaphank. Long Island's Yarn & Farm ...