Resources
CONSUMER EDUCATION
This “Why Use Wool” Fact sheet will teach the many amazing qualities of wool that benefit consumer health as well as the environment. We welcome you to share this at your Yarn shop, with your knitting group, at the local farmer’s market, or anywhere you would like to teach your customers about using wool!
FARM TO FABRIC VIDEO
A one-hour Farm to Fabric Textile Panel discuses how yarn is make with locally-sourced materials, commercial dye processes, and then woven into fabric for garments and home decor. Presented as part of the Textile Design Department at Thomas Jefferson University's 2023 Spring Speaker Series.
Panelists are Mary Jeanne Packer, Battekill Fibers Founder & President, Lilly Marsh, Lilly Marsh Studios, and Kim Livingston, Caledonian Dyeworks.
HOW TO SHEAR SHEEP AND WHY IT’S IMPORTANT
Directed by Jody Shapiro, this compelling 12-minute film showcases the beautiful dance between sheep and shearer, the importance of sheep shearing to the health and well-being of sheep, and the impact that Slow Fashion and local wool have on the economy and local community.
Dr. Temple Grandin, award-winning author, professor, and animal welfare advocate, introduces the ethical and humane handling of sheep for shearing.
In this video, viewers will also
🐑 Meet expert shearers and rare breed sheep
🐑 Learn tips on the best way to shear humanely, including preparing the sheep for shearing and best tools for the job
🐑 Understand why shearing is important for the health of the sheep 🐑 Watch the art of humane sheep shearing
🐑 Discover how you can support a sustainable industry and help save rare sheep breeds from extinction. (Hint - it's by supporting those that raise them, shear them, and make products from their fiber)
Other Resources
Recommended Books
Raw Material: Working Wool in the West By Stephany Wilkes
Stories of Fashion, Textiles, and Place By Jeanne Carver and Leslie Davis Burns
Slow Knitting by Hannah Thiessen
Seasonal Slow Knitting By Hannah Thiessen
Mending Matters by Katrina Rodabaugh
Make, Thrift, Mend by Katrina Rodabaugh
The Field Guide to Fleece by Deborah Robson and Carol Ekarius
The Fleece & Fiber Sourcebook by Deborah Robson and Carol Ekarius
Vanishing Fleece by Clara Parkes
Unraveling: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool and Making the World’s Ugliest Sweater by Peggy Orenstein
Fibershed: Growing a Movement of Farmers, Fashion Activists and Makers for a New Textile Economy by Rebecca Burgess
Wool: Unraveling an American Story of Artisans and Innovation by Peggy Hart
KNITTING BY HEART by Renate Hiller and Mikae Toma
Professional quality photos are available exclusively to our members for use in their point of sale displays, brochures, advertisements and other materials. Photography by Gale Zucker >>>
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