Wool-ball holder from baby food tin It’s a challenge these days to avoid food storage containers. The best thing you can do as a conscious user is to prolong their life by repurposing containers.

An avid hand spinner and knitter, she is looking over her flock of 14 shaggy Shetland sheep she raises for wool, which she spins into golden yarn. “I’m a knitter who wanted to know where her fiber was ...

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 New York State Sheep and Wool Festival, long home to 4-H clubs and livestock hawkers, is drawing new attendees. By Rose Adams RHINEBECK, N.Y. — Wearing a ruffled bonnet that framed her face ...