Pine trees are an important source of timber–600 million are chopped down each year in the EU alone. But while the trees are harvested for their wood, billions of pine needles go to waste. Or, they ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Tina is the owner of My Woolever Friend, a company that makes custom portraits of people's furry friends. These pet portraits are made by needle-felting sheep wool and ...

Orjola has turned the materials into a pair of minimal benches and an oval carpet she exhibited at Dutch Design Week 2016. Patterned with lines to recall the needles, the furniture shows the ...

Ten amateur knitters cast on in the Yarn Barn eight weeks ago, but only one could be crowned Britain’s Best Knitter. Tonight, Holger, 55, a fashion designer based in London celebrated victory as he ...

Each week, this series shares Marion-Made! stories of our many wonderful people, places, products and programs in the greater Marion community. To read more stories of Marion’s great people, places, ...

The festival of the intricately crafted textiles of the Shetland Islands, a remote archipelago off Scotland’s coast, draws hundreds of knitters from around the world for all things wool. The sheep are ...

Wool-Tyme owner Theresa de Vries is retiring at the end of August after four decades of weaving business and community together. As the 81-year-old prepares to pass the torch to her niece, de Vries ...

In a country with nearly as many sheep as people, a D.I.Y. wool journey — from sheep farms to yarn shops — makes perfect sense. Our writer brushes up on her knitting on a driving trip from Reykjavik.