NORTH ANDOVER — There was no pulling the wool over your eyes Sunday at the 53rd annual Sheep Shearing Festival at North Andover Common. As a matter of fact, it was all about shaving the wool off a ...

Raising sheep for wool is a fun and satisfying experience. The market for wool and wool-products continues to grow as people are eager to learn skills such as felting, spinning, rug-making, weaving, ...

At the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival, the "Sheep to Shawl" challenge is simultaneously cut-throat competitive and warm and fuzzy. Each team is made up of one sheep and five people: one shearer, three ...

Spinning the black sheep from its feet to its rear, the shepherdess takes its chin in one hand and the clippers in another. Sometimes they put up with their 8-month shave, says Amy Wolf. "Sometimes ...

Merino wool is a sustainable material when the sheep are treated well. Sheep Inc, short for Sheep Included, is transparent about its efforts to ensure their animals are: They allocate wearers a sheep ...

Without their annual haircut, six residents of Buckley Homestead County Park may have died in the wool. But after their appointment with Lowell farmer Joe Reed, the sheep emerge about 10 pounds ...