Wool
Sheep and mountains are a natural pair, and trekking through the mountains often leads to crossing paths with a flock of sheep. There are so many different kinds of sheep living all around the world providing us with a diversity of wool.
Your Weekly Adventure
Help us learn about your favorite wool or one that’s new to you!
Tell us what you like about it or where it’s from.
As you post about your research, use #woolwideadventures to be entered in the weekly and grand prize giveaways!
Your Mini Treks
- Need a place to start? Try this episode of the I Thought I Knew How podcast about the amazing qualities of wool.
- Start your woolwide exploration of sheep with the Livestock Conservancy’s Heritage Sheep Breed Index and check out their Shave ‘em to Save ‘em program.
- Did you know that our beloved merino sheep are believed to have Moroccan ancestry? Read more about how African sheep influenced the development of the merino breed here.
- Get behind the scenes of the first superfine merino farm in the USA here and here.
- Read some tips for working with wool on Amy’s blog, The Devious Knitter. This is one of my favorites!
Each time you complete a Mini Trek, post about it and include #woolwideadventures in your Instagram post to be entered in the weekly and grand prize giveaways!
Wool is definitely cool.
Amy, Irene, Anne, and Erin
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