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, ...
Much of Montana’s wool still leaves the state before it is ever turned into yarn, fabric, or finished products.
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 ...
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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 narrowboat ...
Take a tour of the 19th-century Bartlett Yarn Woolen Mill in Harmony, Maine. Take a tour of the 19th-century Bartlett Yarn Woolen Mill in Harmony, Maine and learn how using old machinery and ...
To spread the fibers evenly across the carder, take a lock and catch the cut end on the teeth, using an index finger to hold the cut end as you pull the lock forward and away from the teeth with the ...
For Melissa Kelenske, knitting isn’t just a winter pastime. It’s a lifestyle. Her yarn and fiber shop, Wool & Honey, offers artisanal Michigan-made yarn and needles along with specialty products from ...
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado – There’s no better taste memory than picking a fresh snap pea out of your garden and eating it raw, tasting the first wild raspberries when you’re hiking, or biting into a ...
FOSSTON, Minn. -- Stephenie Anderson's timing for starting a wool-processing plant here is spot-on. So says Bill Batchelder, president of Bemidji Woolen Mills, and Jim Stordahl, an extension agent in ...
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