From gardening to construction and insulation, New England producers of sheep and alpaca wool are looking beyond the clothing ...

It’s common knowledge: We have a plastic problem. At this point, we’re oozing one trillion pounds of plastic annually yet we’re showing no signs of stopping. In fact, plastic waste is projected to ...

“Synthetic fleece isn’t fleece at all,” complains Jeremy Moon, the cultural anthropologist turned sustainable designer behind the wool-focused adventure-apparel maker Icebreaker. “It’s all plastic.” ...

Doug Hoschek spent the 1980s traveling the country selling his new invention — Polar Fleece, which he says he invented in 1980. Hoschek, 64, has lived and breathed the textile industry his entire life ...

Learn about small-scale wool processing and how to process raw wool and fleece by caring for and storing it correctly. Once you become a shepherd for sheep, goats, or other fiber animals, you’ll have ...

Once upon a time, strong wool was a moneymaker for New Zealand. It was the golden fleece, with farmers rumoured to have paid off their mortgages in one wool clip during the boom of the 1950s. Retired ...

For the past 43 years, the month of May has meant only one thing to Gwen Handler — the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival. One of the largest of its kind in the country, the festival features more than ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The price of Australian wool favoured by Chinese clothing makers has dropped as much as 20% in the last fortnight, sales reports show, with would-be bidders shunning auctions as the ...

It can be tricky to properly clean and care for winter coats. Learn how to tackle everything from wool and leather to fleece ...