The festival of the intricately crafted textiles of the Shetland Islands, a remote archipelago off Scotland’s coast, draws hundreds of knitters from around the world for all things wool. The sheep are ...

They have the second largest water bill in the town of Frankenmuth after a big restaurant on Main Street known for serving thousands of chicken dinners to tourists. They are the Zeilinger Wool Company ...

MARQUETTE, Mich. - Soft to the touch, it comes in gray, cream, gold, brown and seven other colors. "This is Shetland wool — raw fleece, straight from the sheep," said Karen Valley of Winter Sky Wool ...

Simply sign up to the Style myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Do you know your Cheviots from your Mashams? Your Bluefaced Leicesters from your Shetlands? Possibly not. And it’s likely ...

Four southeast Minnesota farms hosted the first annual Sheep and Fiber Farm Tour. Organized by Fiber Folke, a group of nearly 30 fiber enthusiasts, the event promoted wool sheep breeds and fiber arts, ...