Lake Metroparks’ second annual Lamb Jam event kicked off on April 27, providing visitors with an opportunity to learn more about sheep and the wool they produce. Farmpark staff members showed visitors ...

Each team is made up of one sheep and five people: one shearer, three spinners, and a weaver. The team has three hours to shear the sheep, card the wool, spin the wool into yarn, and then weave that ...

When Donna Putnam began raising border collies and training them to herd sheep, she would often come home with wool scraps. Putnam decided to take a spinning class to learn how to use the scraps to ...

Raising sheep for wool is a fun and satisfying experience. The market for wool and wool-products continues to grow as people are eager to learn skills such as felting, spinning, rug-making, weaving, ...

The sheep are losing their winter wool at Chester County Parks and Preservation’s annual Sheep & Wool Day, held at Springton Manor Farm in Glenmoore on Saturday, April 27, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The ...

4-H volunteer Lindsay McHugh, right, assists Aileen Gravot, 12, and her mom Christine make a macrame bracelet during a 4-H Yarn Club meeting, in Pitman, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013. Linda McHugh’s Pitman ...

When the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival happens in May, it typically shuts down Interstate 70 as the cars stack up, waiting to get off at the Howard County Fairgrounds. But Maryland wool, and the ...