PALMER — Karen Gardner keeps sheep to support her weaving habit. At Gardner's arrival in the family's Matanuska Colony barn on a windy night a few days before Thanksgiving, her flock comes running as ...

That's why merino wool has become my secret weapon: it’s warm without being bulky, itchy, or too hot. Naturally, the best ...

Here's a weird one for you: All the wool used to make mid to high-end suits comes from the descendants of just six sheep. It's like the evolutionary process, except for suits. Back in 1789, all the ...

John Steitz and Carol Treadwell Steitz specialize in selling clean, colored merino wool to spinners all over the world. It’s a sustainable way to make a little extra money in their retirement years, ...

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Given the fibre’s importance to the country’s economy and the Karoo’s enduring association with sheep, the Karoo Winter Wool Festival was an event just waiting to happen. Late-afternoon light falls ...

Christmas, animation studio Aardman has created a unique short film with The Woolmark Company. The short film sees Shaun and the flock busily knitting Christmas jumpers from 100 per cent pure wool, to ...

Under the National Livestock Mission, the central government approved funds to three states -- Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir -- for transporting Merino breed of sheep from ...

Many great brands are born of frustration. In the case of Sheep Inc, that existential angst stems from the fact that the fashion industry is one of the world’s largest polluters. Hence, the ...

An Australian sheep that entered the Guinness World Records after being found with an enormously overgrown fleece has died, it was announced. Chris the merino sheep made global headlines after being ...