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Martha Cant sells her wool and yarn through a Bodega co-op and has produced some commercially-spun yarn from her sheep.

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Williamstown Rural Lands' Sheep to Shawl Festival drew families to Sheep Hill on Saturday for a day of shearing ...

A human's haircut? Boring, expensive, uninspired. But a sheep's haircut? Now that's an event for an audience. On Saturday, April 27, Fox Chase Farm will once again open its gates for Sheep Shearing ...

Her dream is to help others learn about wool, and the sheep that produce it, by building a teaching studio — The Sheep’s Stable — on her 3-acre Ramona ranch. Born and raised in Ramona as Debora ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Indiana Sheep and Wool Market Development Program is sponsoring a shearing school, hosted by the Indiana Sheep Association (ISA), on Saturday, March 14, at Purdue University ...