One hundred years old and still running. That's the 1916 Davis & Furber carding machine, known as The Card, at The Green Mountain Spinnery, a worker-owned cooperative in Putney that produces and sells ...

Martha Cant sells her wool and yarn through a Bodega co-op and has produced some commercially-spun yarn from her sheep.

TWO RIVERS - Tucked away in a corner of the city is a longtime business that has been spinning yarns for years. Since 1923, three generations of the Webster family have been working at this Crescent ...

Whether you are an experienced crafter chasing the perfect yarn or a beginner looking for an outlet for your creative talents, The Complete Guide to Spinning Yarn (St. Martin’s Griffin, 2012) by ...

While prices have dropped from the record levels reached last August, they are still about 65 per cent of the value of Merino fleece when compared to the 20-micron indicator. And the demand for ...

RURAL GROTON — From sheep to shawl, Kelly Knispel and her mother, Marie McClintic, have built a business. “A lot of people who raise sheep don’t do it for the wool,” Knispel said. That’s where she ...

Drought keeps you watering morning and evening just to keep things alive, dried-out pastures force you to go further afield to feed animals, and mice or grasshoppers or kangaroos eat the plants or ...