Wooly Coolers, the Bird Flies, and an American Road Trip
Greetings, wool-curious humans! 🐑 Foundation Flockers, I surprised our Monday livestream Q&A with a special treat. Dr. Dawn Brown popped in and gave us a behind-the-scenes tour of the wool lab in San Angelo. If you missed it, you can find the replay here [https://www.
She Tortures Wool for a Living: Meet the Woman Helping Revive Commercial Wool Testing in the United States
Greetings from Wool Channel HQ! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 🐑 Foundation Flockers, our Flock Talk Q&A is this Monday, August 30th, at 7pm Eastern. Send me your questions, comments, and concerns. This is our time together. 🐑 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have a new episode of Voices in Wool for you! We meet Dr. Dawn Brown, the
Step into Valais
Does the world need another pair of wool shoes? Do I, for that matter? A quick glance at my closet and the answer is no. But I'm a sucker for a good story. And the story behind these is worth telling. We begin in 2014, when a Swiss
Introducing Wool Shorts
A hearty hello, and welcome to this week's missive! Today, The Wool Channel is 21 weeks old. Last week's ode to wool cozies [https://www.thewoolchannel.com/crazy-for-cozies/] prompted some feedback. It knocked me off my tracks. I decided we should sit down together—
Crazy for Cozies
Seeing diver Tom Daley knit a cozy for his freshly minted Olympic medal [https://www.instagram.com/p/CR0ciqMIOIJ/?utm_medium=copy_link] reminded me just how much joy can be had from wrapping your precious belongings in wool. While I don't use cozies for my Olympic medals
Can Wool Ease Pain?
Some of us are already true believers. But I've recently discovered—thanks to Foundation Flocker [https://www.thewoolchannel.com/membership/]and longtime friend Sue—that not one but two scientific studies offer compelling evidence that wool clothing and bedding can make our bodies feel better. The first study
