RURAL GROTON — From sheep to shawl, Kelly Knispel and her mother, Marie McClintic, have built a business. “A lot of people who raise sheep don’t do it for the wool,” Knispel said. That’s where she ...

With fashion trends in Europe and the US supporting knitwear products — which are made from shorter carding type wool — the appetite for carding wool doesn’t look like slowing down. The carding ...

Trevor Goodwin of Andrews, South Carolina, is using an overhead hook on a motorized track to pick up bulging cloth packages and maneuver them into position. He cuts and tears open the packages, which ...