CLINTON, Tenn. — On Friday, the Museum of Appalachia welcomed spring in a traditional sheep shearing event. During the event, caretakers at the museum get rid of the sheep's thick winter coats. "Sheep ...

Katie McRose, the founder of the traveling animal shearing business Right Choice Shearing, remembers the first time she posted a TikTok video showing off her work. It was back in March of this year, ...

While not wild, sheep have been a part of the Wyoming landscape since the late 19th century. Sheep herds grew as eastern production decreased after the Civil War and producers found cheap input costs ...

Emily Chamelin was still a teenager when she took up sheep shearing. She’d convinced her parents to let her raise a few sheep on the family dairy farm in Maryland, but finding someone to shear them ...

On Saturday, May 1, 2021, guests will get to enjoy demonstrations in sheep shearing, carding, spinning, and weaving the fleece into woven goods, plus real-life examples of some of the many finished ...

This is not your average beauty school. Your clients can be pretty cranky. Sometimes they’ll even walk out mid-haircut. And you have to hold them down -- with only your legs -- while wielding an ...

Who knew a future British king and queen might need to shear sheep? British fans of the rural lifestyle now know their future monarch can wield the shaver like a pro, and his wife only a little less ...

Facing incredible demand, Lincoln University Cooperative Extension shared the art of sheep shearing with a sold-out class Wednesday and Thursday. University extension specialists taught more than 20 ...

In a remote area of Maine, the Wakeman family maintains the traditions of island shepherding, the cycles of which have been largely unchanged for centuries. Grant Estell carries an armful of wool away ...