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What does it take to turn a farm’s annual shearing into a yarn that knitters can’t stop talking about? A mill owner is here to share the process—from sheep to skein.
The quest for a weekend getaway led two city-dwellers to an ambitious goal: to produce the finest wool in the United States.
While the textile industry has changed dramatically since Spanish merino ruled, a new company southeast of Madrid aims to put Spanish wool back on top.
Learn about the joys—and frights!—that come with being a shepherdess during lambing season at this family farm in the Pacific Northwest.
How can a wool farm remain a viable business in a changing world? A young farmer and agricultural consultant, drawn to Morehouse Farm since childhood, Erin Pirro helps navigate the farm’s next chapter.
How does High Desert Worsted stand up to the give-and-take, push-and-pull of a slipped-stitch motif? Kate’s here to cast on.
How does the single act of knitting a garment connect the maker and wearer to the chain of relationships among sheep, shepherd, and mill?
Wool and flax are opposites in many ways. What happens when we mix them together into a knitting yarn?
Merinos and other sheep were bred for centuries for bright-white fleece, but some shepherds are working to add color to their flocks.
