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 ...

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 ...

Care instructions clothes label on grey wool knit fabric background closeup Don’t ruin your rug with detergents, learn how to clean a wool rug with snow. Avoid removing the fabric’s oil content while ...

JAMESTOWN — Trevor Goodwin is cutting open packages full of raw wool. In its raw state, the wool is speckled with twigs and dirt and drenched with lanolin, the natural oily wax that sheep produce to ...

Angora wool is the soft, silky and highly prized hair of the Angora rabbit. It's harvested periodically through the year by brushing or shearing the rabbit, and an ounce of high-quality angora wool ...

Australian wool growers will be paying more income tax after sustained price rises for most of this year. While returns from superfine fleece are lagging the general market, buyers of the stylish lots ...

The used machine from North Carolina weighs 15,000 pounds and required two days to change just half its 10,000 needles. It now sits in an old barn attached to a store on the main highway in Valley ...

May Sam's wrists roll and fingers dance as she wields needles to knit wool into shape. At 67, she has knitted hundreds of Cowichan sweaters over the years. Her magnificent works keep fishermen dry and ...

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