News
The Wool Wire | January 25, 2023
From acoustic panels and house construction to seaweed farms, hydroponics, and bandages, we're celebrating what happens when government and industry and education come together for wool. Also, follow 10,000 sheep on their annual trek through Wyoming.
The Wool Wire | January 11, 2023
Australia's Avington Merino, German wool futures, Smartwool's plus-sizes, South Dakota's wool story, knitted suits, Kyrgyz felting, and shearing schools
The Wool Wire | December 29, 2022
Exploring the future of wool in Britain, marketing the soul of wool in China, celebrating carbon emission reductions, pastoralism in peril, and one superstar who happens to love "itchy" wool.
The Wool Wire | December 16, 2022
Let's test your wool IQ! But first, big news about scouring, testing, packaging, artificial muscles, bags, and more.
The Wool Wire | November 30, 2022
Montana's black sheep ranchers & Duckworth, winter wool sweaters and coats, Nome Schoolhouse, icebreaker, Chimney Sweep, wool shoes, research on transforming coarse wool, wool wreaths
The Wool Wire | November 16, 2022
Allan Savory on how sheep can heal the landscape, a primer on solar grazing, Philly cheese co. packs with wool, NZ strongwool futures, men's merino jumpers & sweaters, NZ woolen exercise mats & teenagers make a drain filter from wool
The Wool Wire - November 2, 2022
Lanolin basics, sheep on solar farms, NZ high schooler's hijab firm, Pendleton gets OEKO-TEX certification, South African wool markets, Wales mill survives, the future of Canadian wool, Conde Nast pitches travel wool clothing, sheep shearing & wool classing schools, UK's Wool Month and November
The Wool Wire | October 19, 2022
Washing a wool blanket, NZ loses pasture to trees, wool heads to space, sustainable wool packaging, a reissue of famed Mackinaw Wool Cruiser, replacing herbicides with Sheep, and promoting wool in Australia.
The Wool Wire | October 6, 2022
A tale of three blankets, plus hard chairs made of soft wool, NZ leads in educating kids about wool, Canada challenges the PEF, Michigan’s Lake Superior Woolen Company, shepherds in the NYT, and wool harvesting workshop.
The Wool Wire | September 21, 2022
Lost flocks and starter sheep, regenerative wool in the US, wool in T-shirts and on TikTok, new Woolmark innovations, a national wool museum, and preserving the native sheep of the North Atlantic.