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 ...

The Ashford spinning wheel is a relatively recent addition at Eileen Douglas's Benambra house and its whisper is only occasionally interrupted by the pop of the 100-year-old slow combustion stove in ...

While knitting and crocheting remain popular past-times on the Island there aren’t too many people who hand spin their own wool into yarn to do it. Philanthropist lawyer Michelle St. Jane is the ...

YAKIMA, Wash. -- At 94, Wallace Van Eaton can still spin a good yarn. In all senses. Yes, he can tell a great anecdote. Better than that, he can actually spin wool into yarn. Best of all, he makes the ...

Nora Rubinstein loves to spin. She also loves a mystery and a challenge. The experience of taking raw fluffy wool and spinning and twisting it into yarn has been an anchor of her life for more than 35 ...

Waltin (Knit (Spin) Sweden!) delivers an informative guide to spinning wool from start to finish. First, she discusses wool characteristics of various sheep breeds, pointing out that the Gute sheep’s ...

If you're turning up to work bleary-eyed from staying up to watch the Tour de France, spare a thought for those hardy souls on the Tour de Fleece. Not only are they putting in the late hours, they ...

19th century wool wheel, varnished. Medium brown. The maiden head is not original to the wheel. The date 1833, and the letters "HD" are on the wheel. Overall the wheel is in good condition. Two wooden ...

CHESTERVILLE — The Illinois Amish Heritage Center under development on 5 acres along Illinois Route 133 between Chesterville and Arthur will hold a sheep-shearing and wool-spinning event from 9 a.m.