Wool production is an agricultural activity that can serve as the basis for a small business in which growing high-quality wool is the focus or as a by-product of a meat production operation, in which ...

PUTNEY — The sound can be deafening, as the 100-year-old machines at Green Mountain Spinnery do something timeless: turn raw sheep's wool into fine soft yarn. It's a scene that could easily appear in ...

Perched on the bank of Higgins Stream, 20 miles north of Skowhegan in the tiny village of Harmony, the Bartlettyarns woolen mill looks every bit its age. The metal siding, though freshly painted blue, ...

EAST HARDWICK, Vt. (WCAX) - Kingdom Fleece & Fiberworks takes raw wool from New England farms and turns it into roving and yarn that knitters covet. Demand is so high, the wait list stretches more ...

Trevor Goodwin of Andrews, South Carolina, is using an overhead hook on a motorized track to pick up bulging cloth packages and maneuver them into position. He cuts and tears open the packages, which ...

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.