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, USUALLY PEOPLE WHO RAISE THE ...

The Wolcott Mill Fiber Fair on March 30 was an opportunity for people to see the entire process of making wool into yarn. Beginning with the shearing of the sheep, to spinning the yarn and creating ...

Learn how to process wool by following the satisfying process of turning wool into finished products. Today, New Hampshire and Vermont are best known for skiing and dairy cattle, but that wasn’t ...

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 ...

It’s been nearly three decades since Charlene Schmid first developed an interest in alpaca wool. “I wanted to make a blanket for my baby,” she says with a laugh. “I learned about alpaca fiber and I’ve ...

LERNA (JG-TC) -- The 19th Century process to turn wool into yarn and fabric will be demonstrated at Lincoln Log Cabin on Saturday. The site's annual "Sheep to Clothing" event is scheduled for 10 ...

NAPERVILLE, Ill. -- Jessica Wolfe carefully untangled, smoothed out and fluffed up a small clump of light brown, tan and black wool as she prepared it to be spun into yarn. Jessica, a fifth grader at ...

Knitting and other fiber arts are having a 21st Century resurgence. And small businesses are getting in on the action. Nearly 50 million Americans knit, crochet, or craft with yarn. These crafters ...