HOLDEN, Maine (WABI) - In May, TV5 covered the Mainely Spinners as they competed in the International Back to Back Wool Challenge where they had to shear a sheep, spin its wool, and knit a sweater in ...

Inside the sheep barn at the Deschutes County Fair on Friday morning, Lynne Roy pressed her bare feet back-and-forth against a pair of wooden pedals, which spun a small wooden wheel, drawing a string ...

On Jan. 17 at the Milford Town Hall, the Mainely Spinners competed in the 30th International Back to Back Wool Challenge by ...

MILFORD, Maine (WABI) - On Saturday freshly sheared wool was spun into a sweater in Milford, all for charity. The Back-to-Back Wool Challenge is an international competition involving an eight-person ...

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, ...

RHINEBECK, N.Y. — Long before people’s purchases could be tracked through computer IP addresses and electronic means, there was the simple ability to use apparel to know something about buying habits.

When you were a teenager, did you ever think about sitting for three hours with no break weaving, carding and spinning wool? For the first time, the Pennsylvania Farm Show encouraged young people up ...

CHURCHVILLE — Sheep farmers, wool spinners and knitting enthusiasts gathered Sunday to celebrate their pursuit of a more leisurely life during the Cestari Wool Fair at Chester Farms in Churchville.

Inside the fairgrounds, past the sheep show ring, the sheep milk stand, the sheep jewelry artist, the sheep photo display and the barn full of sheep, the fiercest competition in sheepdom has begun. At ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- "Miss August" is 55 and proudly describes herself as Rubenesque. Susanne Grosjean is a Maine wool spinner and thought up the idea for a calendar featuring her sister spinners ...