When Leanna Maksymiuk started keeping sheep at Lone Sequoia Ranch, her business in British Columbia, she did it with a direct interest in fiber art. Today, she has a flock of 25 sheep, mostly ...
One factor which greatly impacts on the spinnability of cotton fibers, as well as the yarn quality, is fiber fineness. Cotton has inherent natural variations, so fiber fineness (micronaire) is ...
In White River Junction, among a bevy of hulking metal machines, Amanda Kievet and Peggy Allen are making yarn. In April, the pair opened Junction Fiber Mill, a boutique mill to process fleece from ...
THEY’RE JUST VERY INSTINCTUAL CREATURES, FRIENDLY AND GOOFY. BUT THERE’S MUCH MORE TO WOOL THAN JUST SWEATERS AND HATS. WOLVES HEYDAY MAY HAVE COME AND GONE, AND MY GREAT GRANDFATHER SOLD WOOL BY THE ...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – For over 50 years, the Las Arañas Spinners and Weavers Guild along with the New Mexico Wool Growers have been showcasing wool’s progression at the New Mexico State Fair.