The Wolcott Mill Fiber Fair took wool from sheep to yarn and demonstrated various crafts that can be made with yarn.

The sheep's wool has grown very long and thick ... and then they twist the wool to make it into yarn, ready for knitting.' JAMES:So this is the wool that you've seen being spun and twisted ...

We might be familiar with shearing the sheep, spinning the wool into yarn, or knitting and weaving, but between shearing and spinning there’s another unfamiliar process you’ll have to go through.

“We take raw wool or fiber from other fiber animals, such as sheep, alpaca ... pay us to make it into yarn, roving, or felt, and when we are done, they pick it up and take it home to sell ...

Its thin hairs mean that it can be woven into incredibly soft ... a super-soft cashmere undercoat. While a sheep can produce at least 3 kilos of wool each year, a cashmere goat will only give ...

Sometimes it takes an outsider to come in and give a dyed-in-the-wool farmer a wee nudge. This is where Southland ...

Fleece from sheep and alpacas, on the other hand, is much more readily available, said Beth Engelbrecht-Wiggins as she spun fleece into wool ... together to make the yarn," Engelbrecht-Wiggins ...