Tag: yarn

• What Is Wool Worth? Rebuilding Value from Farm to Fiber in Southeast Ohio

  

  In Southeast Ohio, sheep farmers face challenges due to low wool market value and a shortage of trained shearers. The Southeast Ohio Fibershed aims to reconnect local agriculture with textile production, fostering economic development and sustainability. Initiatives like the Hocking Hills Garment Center are beginning to revitalize the regional fiber economy.

  seofibershed

  April 6, 2026

  Musings

  blog, sheep, southeast ohio, wool, writing, yarn

• Waste Wool-to-Pellet-to-Healthy Soil

  

  The United States wool industry has a waste problem, and we can find it at the very source of the wool we seek to use. We find waste wool at shearing time on the farm as fleece is wholly discarded because farmers can not find a market for it. We find waste at a local…

  seofibershed

  May 9, 2022

  Fundraising, Shearing Day

  sheep, spinning, waste wool, wool, wool pellets, yarn, zero waste