On the evening of December 16, 2023, we gathered at Hillfolk Textile Studio + Shop’s pop-up location in Springdale, AR to discuss our regional fiber system. The panel, organized by Ozark Fibershed and moderated by Lindi and I (Abby), featured Bea Apple, Olivia Clanton, Linda Coffey, and Brandy Lee. We discussed our fiber system from […]
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Shearing in the Ozarks: Becoming a Keeper of a Place’s Memory
I didn’t expect to like it. I expected, at best, to learn how to survive it. I hoped my back wouldn’t break, mostly. But here I am, three months after shearing school, clipping my way across a county sorely in need of shearers. This summer has found me deep in Ozark hollers, beating the back […]
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