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 ...
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 ...
Texas has a reputation for being a cattle state. But not that long ago you could have also credibly called it a sheep state, or a goat state. In the mid-twentieth century, Texas dominated the market ...
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 ...
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Leitrim centre aims to protect tradition of wool handspinning
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 ...
Discover how to transform unused Irish wool into handmade yarn at a unique one-day handspinning course in Leitrim.
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