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 ...

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.

The Amsterdam show features an eclectic mix of wool garments, life-size sheep replicas and philosophical musings about the interconnectedness of the two species Eli Wizevich History Correspondent ...

fibres are combed and spun into a yarn Takes dye well, soft, strong, absorbent, recyclable, used in clothing Wool Spun from animal fleece such as sheep and alpacas Can be fine or thick ...

"One of the reasons you would spin is that you have so many variables that you can put together to make the yarn," Engelbrecht-Wiggins said. Depending on the breed of sheep or alpaca, the fleece ...