The Wool Wire | October 19, 2022
Washing a wool blanket, NZ loses pasture to trees, wool heads to space, sustainable wool packaging, a reissue of famed Mackinaw Wool Cruiser, replacing herbicides with Sheep, and promoting wool in Australia.
The Wool Wire | October 6, 2022
A tale of three blankets, plus hard chairs made of soft wool, NZ leads in educating kids about wool, Canada challenges the PEF, Michigan’s Lake Superior Woolen Company, shepherds in the NYT, and wool harvesting workshop.
The Wool Wire | September 21, 2022
Lost flocks and starter sheep, regenerative wool in the US, wool in T-shirts and on TikTok, new Woolmark innovations, a national wool museum, and preserving the native sheep of the North Atlantic.
Five Takes on our Fiber Future
Chilling charts, shifting values, and (literal!) concrete change were just a few of the takeaways from the Natural Fibre Connect conference.
The Wool Wire | September 7, 2022
Woolmark's new powerful campaign, plus the London Sheep Drive, compostable carpet, thrifting wool, sheep sustainability report, research on chemical residues in wool, a new Merino sock company, best of AU wool blankets, Sustainable Fashion Week in the UK
🐑 Flock Talk in One Hour! 🐑
Join me in one hour for our month-end gathering and a preview of what's coming in September.
August Flock Talk
Gather with me on August 31st for our month-end Flock Talk.
The Wool Wire | August 24, 2022
The fight to save Casentino cloth, plus wool packaging and the circular economy, Morgan Kurz's wool bike clothing, NZ millennials choosing wool home flooring, Wyoming’s Wool Initiative, Appalachian coal mines reclaimed for sheep farming, and Pendleton Woolen Mill tours
A Gorgeous Gansey Escape
Follow a Cornish Gansey from sheep to sea in this gorgeous short film.