Texas has a reputation for being a cattle state. But not that long ago you could have also credibly called it a sheep state, or a goat state. In the mid-twentieth century, Texas dominated the market ...
TWO RIVERS - Tucked away in a corner of the city is a longtime business that has been spinning yarns for years. Since 1923, three generations of the Webster family have been working at this Crescent ...
FOSSTON, Minn. - Inside a white metal building in a northern Minnesota industrial park sit some of Stephanie Anderson's priced possessions: several old refurbished pieces of machinery that produce 100 ...
ST. PETER — Does wool processing make you think of a beloved granny hunching over her spinning wheel by the light of a roaring fireplace? Think again. Founded in 1867, Minnesota’s only custom woolen ...
From gardening to construction and insulation, New England producers of sheep and alpaca wool are looking beyond the clothing ...
SPECIALIST yarn manufacturer Laxtons is set to double its manufacturing capacity by opening a new purpose-built spinning mill in Baildon next year. It will mark its 110th year by moving from Guiseley ...
PUTNEY — In 1980, Claire Wilson, a soft-spoken Quaker now in her 90s and still living in Putney, met in a study group of 12 or so folks at the home of Paul and Dorothea Stockwell in West Brattleboro.