LAS CRUCES - In four hours, wool went from the back of a Debouillet sheep and into a hand-made shawl before your eyes. The Sheep to Shawl demonstration was one of many that visitors to the New Mexico ...

Teams competed Wednesday in the 2023 sheep-to-shawl competition at the Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg. The teams had 2 1/2 hours to shear a sheep, spin the wool and make a shawl. Judges evaluate ...

Knit three, purl three … over and over, totaling more than three million loops on knitting needles, for 22,000 hours. That’s what it takes to create 1,100 prayer shawls. And that’s exactly what a ...

Materials: Three skeins of cashmere or soft wool yarn (such as Cascade Pastaza, 50 percent llama, 50 percent wool), about 132 yards each or 300 grams total (2 skeins of gray and 1 skein of red, or ...

NORTHUMBERLAND, Pa. -- The Pennsylvania Farm Show starts on Saturday and people from all over the state will compete in all sorts of contests, including the popular "Sheep to Shawl" competition. "Our ...