During the chilly winter months, many people find comfort with fiber arts. Whether knitting, crocheting or weaving, yarn is a hot commodity this time of year. For some locals, using the yarn isn’t ...

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 ...

The gears, belts and drums of the 65-year-old wool-processing machine began to turn, slowly at first, then faster and faster as it started singing its high-pitched song. "Ready!" Brad Strohm hollered, ...

For knitters, crocheters or other makers who use yarn in their projects, the answer to this question is often a large craft store. But for any fiber artist who purchases yarn processed at Dakota Fiber ...

The wool industry can now be found mostly overseas. Production is cheaper in other countries, and it is less expensive to ...

Well-cared for and "happy" sheep make the best wool, yarn experts who use rare-breeds have said. Becci and Markus Pamely-Bast founded a wool and hand-dyed yarn business seven years ago on a narrowboat ...

When one thinks of animal fiber, most people think of sheep wool. Wool is most commonly used for spinning and felting because ...

Although they both work fulltime, two U.S. veterans decided to buy some land in Kansas and begin a new endeavor — a farm for specialty animals. The animals they raise produce fibers that are made into ...

The hills of Tunbridge will be alive with the sounds of bleating sheep, whirring spinning wheels, and toe-tapping music when ...