Making a natural fiber like wool into something useful like a sweater involves a lot of steps. We might be familiar with shearing the sheep, spinning the wool into yarn, or knitting and weaving, but ...
When Donna Putnam began raising border collies and training them to herd sheep, she would often come home with wool scraps. Putnam decided to take a spinning class to learn how to use the scraps to ...
NORTHFIELD, Minnesota — Both Theresa Bentz and Alejandra Sanchez are shepherds and spinners in southeast Minnesota, and they've recently teamed up to educate and grow the local wool community. Bentz ...
Southwestern Oregon Community College is hosting a workshop on spinning and knitting wool, starting Tuesday, Jan. 29, in Curry County. Participants will learn to spin yarn and then knit items with the ...
Janet Fasnacht, a fiber artist from Denver, shows a group of people the wool that sheds off a Satin Angora rabbit at the sixth annual Wool Frolic at Landis Valley Farm Museum, Saturday, September 14, ...
This workshop is open to attendees of the 61st International Congress on Medieval Studies who sign up during registration. The study of medieval textile labor highlights intimate connections between ...
CARLINVILLE — Peggy Graham, a longtime Carlinville resident, will demonstrate her wool spinning techniques during a free, one-hour program at the Carlinville Public Library at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, ...
This workshop is open to attendees of the 61st International Congress on Medieval Studies who sign up during registration. The study of medieval textile labor highlights intimate connections between ...