on As you know, our theme this year for WOVEMBER has been ‘Closing the Gap’. We wanted to do this because we believe it is wrong that textiles derived from oil are allowed to appropriate the pleasant associations of WOOL for their marketing strategies. We also feel that the more information there is in the public… Continue Reading Shepherds on Wearing Wool…
on Following on from the beautiful photo essays by Susan Gibbs of Juniper Moon Farm that launched “Growing Wool“, “Harvesting Wool” and “Processing Wool“, here are some wonderful photos from Susan detailing “Working with Wool”… Knitting with wool. Dyeing wool. Mulching carrot plants with wool. All content and photos © Susan Gibbs and Juniper Moon Farm,… Continue Reading Working with Wool in pictures, by Susan Gibbs
on In a sense this is the most nebulous of our blog-post categories, because everyone from whom we’ve heard throughout WOVEMBER is in one way or another “Working with Wool”. However in another sense, we wanted to create a space for sharing the specific aspects of the various crafts and skills connected with wool – such… Continue Reading Working with Wool…
on This is a surprise post in the WOVEMBER schedule, designed to inspire anyone thinking of entering our photo contest! For this post we shall see “Growing Wool” as captured by the supremely talented Susan Gibbs. For those of you not familiar with the story, Susan left her job as a news producer in NYC, and… Continue Reading Growing Wool in pictures, by Susan Gibbs