Sounds of spinning bobbins fill the air like buzzing of busy bees as four teams of young people work diligently weaving shawls from scratch. The Youth Fleece to Shawl event took place Wednesday at the ...

(Pennsylvania Farm Show) Every year, the Farm Show holds a Sheep-to-Shawl competition, where weaving teams start with an unshorn sheep, and finish a few hours later with a finished handwoven shawl.

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - The Great Allentown Fair is in full swing for day two, and while the rides, food, and concerts draw big crowds, organizers haven’t forgotten the event’s roots: farming and agriculture ...

Five area youths received first place in the annual Fleece to Shawl contest at the Farm Show and received the Grand Champion award. Francie Appleman, co-advisor for the team with Jane Kettlewell of ...

Nobody can pull the wool over the eyes of two Lower Dauphin High School students, whose team took first place in the fourth annual Youth Fleece to Shawl competition at Alex Norris of Hummelstown, a ...

WASHINGTONVILLE -- While the machinery may be low-tech, that doesn't mean weaving is a simple task. "This is a true competition," said Joy McCracken, one of the three judges of the Montour-DeLong ...

Winning it all has become second nature to the Treadling Lambs and a Ram team. The fleece-to-shawl squad, made up of six students from Lancaster and Dauphin counties, captured its second straight ...

during the cold winter months that still lie ahead thanks to the Trinity Quilters. On Dec. 19, the group donated 15 fleece shawls to the Cancer Institute of North Colorado Medical Center, 1801 16th St ...