Construction on the Larsgaard Wool Mill LLC mill was scheduled to begin on Aug. 1, 2023, and Judy Larsgaard hopes to have the equipment installed in the finished building by October 2023. Judy ...
DUNDAS, Minn. ― The Norn Sisters include Alejandra Sanchez, Theresa Bentz and the mill they are trying to build to serve Minnesota shepherds. Sanchez and Bentz are both farmers and fiber artists who ...
The Wolcott Mill Fiber Fair on March 30 was an opportunity for people to see the entire process of making wool into yarn. Beginning with the shearing of the sheep, to spinning the yarn and creating ...
Two or three miles down a dirt road that winds its way into the mountains west of Hall, there's a tan corrugated-steel building with a wood plank mounted above the door welcoming visitors to the Sugar ...
A Connecticut wool mill is providing high-quality fabric for the Army’s recently unveiled classic uniform and looking to help reinvigorate a once-prominent industry. American Woolen Company Inc. is ...
NORTHFIELD, Minn. ― All wool is created equal in Theresa Bentz's mind, but it's not treated that way by the state's mills and processors. Bentz and her husband, Jake, run Get Bentz Farm in Northfield, ...
Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. It looks a bit like the dawn of the Industrial Revolution at the Thirteen Mile Wool Mill. Inside ...
HALL, Mont. — About 20-years-ago a rancher near Hall decided to semi-retire. But Ed James got bored. So he and his wife Sue, decided to start a new business. Now, the couple's value added, ...
LEBANON — The bags of wool that sit on the floor of Creekside Fiber Mill in Lebanon go through quite a transition. The matted, scruffy material that comes through the door leaves clean, soft, spun, ...
Spinning operator Sara Colburn pulls fabric off the spinning frame inside the mill on July 3, 2019, at American Woolen Company Inc., in Stafford Springs, Conn. (Chris Ehrmann/AP) STAFFORD SPRINGS, ...
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CASPER, Wyo. (AP) - Karen Hostetler stood in her wool mill on a Friday afternoon, surveying the machinery within the giant warehouse. “We didn’t envision this,” she said. “We envisioned something in ...