Fiber
Lesley Roberts
world’s oldest pants

With the help of an expert weaver, archaeologists have unraveled the design secrets behind the world’s oldest pants. The 3,000-year-old wool trousers belonged to a man buried between 1000 and 1200 BCE in Western China. To make them, ancient weavers combined four different techniques to create a garment specially engineered for fighting on horseback, with flexibility in some places and sturdiness in others.

world’s oldest pants
Resources
Lesley Roberts
How to Shear Sheep and Why It's Important

This compelling 12-minute film showcases the beautiful dance between sheep and shearer, the importance of sheep shearing to the health and well-being of sheep, and the impact that Slow Fashion and local wool have on the economy and local community.

How to Shear Sheep and Why It's Important
Community News, Perspective
Lesley Roberts
The Future is Wool: NASA

After a 1.4-million-mile mission beyond the Moon and back, the Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I mission arrived back at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on 30 December 2022. On board was wool air filter technology developed by New Zealand-based Lanaco.

The Future is Wool: NASA
Perspective
Lesley Roberts
Wool Pellets

“This has big implications. If Wool Pellets are picked up for in-store placement, we estimate Lowe’s will purchase 1.5 million pounds of wool pellets annually for their stores.”

Wool Pellets

Alpacas

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SoCal Fibershed: February Alpaca Adventures

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SoCal Fibershed: February Alpaca Adventures

February focused on various ways to process & work with alpaca fiber & meeting folks who gather regularly to share various fiber projects each are working on. Here are links to February's Alpaca Adventures:

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Introducing Bev-Sue's Alpaca Adventures

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Introducing Bev-Sue's Alpaca Adventures

My Alpaca Adventures covers this year-long journey where I share experiences about my weekly volunteer days at Alpacas at Windy Hills, attend fibershed events, participate in & contribute to the nascent fibershed movement. Each month I’ll post a summary of the prior month’s journal entries & discoveries.