RHINEBECK, N.Y. — Sheep and knowledge are the gifts that keep on giving for spinners who turn wool into yarn at the Dutchess County Fair, where a craft that arrived in the community hundreds of years ...

4-H volunteer Lindsay McHugh, right, assists Aileen Gravot, 12, and her mom Christine make a macrame bracelet during a 4-H Yarn Club meeting, in Pitman, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013. Linda McHugh’s Pitman ...

RHINEBECK, N.Y. – The Dutchess County Fair has plenty of activities that will make your head spin, but the practice of turning wool into yarn also involves some amount of dexterity with hands and feet ...

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 ...

DAVIDSON COUNTY, N.C. — Walt Bartnikowski will never forget the first time he spun raw wool into yarn. “I knew this was something I would do the rest of my life,” said Walt, who has sold his hats to ...

PUTNEY — In 1980, Claire Wilson, a soft-spoken Quaker now in her 90s and still living in Putney, met in a study group of 12 or so folks at the home of Paul and Dorothea Stockwell in West Brattleboro.

UHRICHSVILLE Wool from local sheep is being turned into yarn that is being offered for sale worldwide from a downtown store. Pindrop Shop owner Jessica Zontini and friend Laura Gray have started their ...

STROMSBURG, Neb. (KOLN) - The owner of a Stromsburg business is offering important services to small producers with Nebraska’s only custom wool mill. 10/11 met with Kelsey Quandt, who is the owner The ...

DISCOVERIES ALONG THE WAY. IN WILTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE, A LOCAL COUPLE IS RETURNING TO THE NEW ENGLAND TRADITION OF TEXTILE PRODUCTION, ALBEIT ON A MUCH SMALLER SCALE. WE TAKE IN WOOL FROM CUSTOMERS, ...

Blue Hen Blankets & Yarn, established in 2009, are made from wool shorn from the University of Delaware’s flock of Dorset sheep at the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Wool is a natural, ...