When Donna Putnam began raising border collies and training them to herd sheep, she would often come home with wool scraps. Putnam decided to take a spinning class to learn how to use the scraps to ...

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 ...

Raising sheep for wool is a fun and satisfying experience. The market for wool and wool-products continues to grow as people are eager to learn skills such as felting, spinning, rug-making, weaving, ...

Visitors got to shear sheep, spin fiber, browse wool products and more as the Lake Metroparks Farmpark wrapped up its fourth annual Lamb Jam. Sunny skies and rising temperatures greeted visitors on ...

Susan Withnell is an artist living in Westminster. Withnell could not draw or paint, so she thought she was not artistic. She started quilting in her 30s and realized that she had a good eye for color ...

When the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival happens in May, it typically shuts down Interstate 70 as the cars stack up, waiting to get off at the Howard County Fairgrounds. But Maryland wool, and the ...

BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - Mainely Spinners, a club that creates wool fiber art, spent all day Saturday competing in the 28th annual International Back to Back Wool Challenge. The team started in the ...

The sheep are losing their winter wool, and you’re invited to the shearing! Chester County Parks and Preservation’s annual Sheep and Wool Day will be held Saturday, May 3, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., at ...

Tokyo and its surrounding areas may seem like a concrete jungle to the unfamiliar, but there's plenty for nature lovers to experience if you know where to look (vegetable picking, anyone?). This farm ...