Sheep and Their Fleeces

Three part series on sheep and fleece, from raising to shearing, to processing and using the fleece. With Deb Robson and Deborah Niemann.

By Podcast Team, Deb Robson and Deborah Niemann
Published on December 31, 2019
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PART 2: PART 3:

In this episode of Mother Earth News and Friends, Charlotte French chats with Deb Robson and Deborah Niemann, both sheep breeders and fiber experts, about raising sheep and processing fleece.

For part 2, we recorded and edited a class taught by Deborah Niemann on using your fleeces to make a fiber business. Deborah taught this class at the Seven Springs, Pennsylvania Mother Earth News Fair in September 2019. Used with her permission.

In part 3 we recorded and edited class taught by Deborah Niemann on using your fleeces to make a fiber business. Deborah taught this class at the Seven Springs, Pennsylvania Mother Earth News Fair in September, 2019. Used with her permission.

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Deb Robson has been working with fibers since she first learned to spin in the 1970s. Her spinning led to research and advocacy to protect rare and historic sheep breeds and to provide resources for other spinners, for breeders and fiber enthusiasts. She was the editor of Spin-Off magazine for many years and co-wrote The Fleece and Fiber Sourcebook with Carol Ekarius. You can follow her at Deborah Robson.

Deborah Niemann and her family moved to the country in 2002 to start producing their own food organically, including their own goat cheese. Before she knew what happened, 2 milk goats turned into 20, and a desire to make a simple chèvre launched a whole new career helping people raise their goats. Deborah is the author of Homegrown and HandmadeEcothrifty, and Raising Goats Naturally. She teaches online courses on raising goats and chickens at the University of Massachusetts and contributes to magazines such as Hobby FarmsGRITMother Earth NewsChickens, and Urban Farm

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Podcast Editorial Team: Carla Tilghman, Managing Editor; Jessica Mitchell, Associate Editor; Haley Casey; Associate Editor; Jesse Nedeau, Web Services. Interviews by Charlotte French.

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