Roughly 18,000 wool aficionados and avid knitters flocked to the Dutchess County Fairgrounds this weekend for the 41st annual New York State Sheep & Wool Festival. Attendees shopped from vendors ...

Whether it’s wool from their own backs or just a snuggle, these sheep are the talk of the town. A couple from Cornish, Maine, prides themselves on having raised the sweetest sheep with softest wool.

LAS CRUCES - In four hours, wool went from the back of a Debouillet sheep and into a hand-made shawl before your eyes. The Sheep to Shawl demonstration was one of many that visitors to the New Mexico ...

About 10 years ago, Trafford resident and knitting enthusiast Liza Jennings Seiner began to wonder: where does yarn come from? “I’ve been a knitter since I was a kid, and it just never occurred to me, ...

At a family farm in central Iowa, a sheep shearer leans over a ram, making smooth, clean strokes through several inches of shaggy wool. For most breeds, this fiber will just keep growing unless it’s ...

Young Maggie Barker takes pride in caring for her sheep, and she also gets a big reward when she uses their wool to create homemade comforters. Raising sheep has been the great joy of my life. Who ...

The annual Transhumance Festival is happening Saturday at the Petaluma Fairgrounds. There will be detours.