Cole Creek Wool

03/16/2019

Some shearing photos

03/06/2019

Last few days of wool before shearing.

01/01/2019

Solar flair. Happy Ewe Year!

12/02/2018

A friend asked me about a good maker of Wool coats, so I was happy to find some companies that use US wool and make their products in America. Other companies such as Filson and L.L. Bean also have good products, but I'm interested to check out some stuff from these guys. Expensive, but looks like quality and long-life.

11/26/2018

Nice blog post by Dan Macon, sheepherder and cowboy.

My sheep shearer, Derrick Adamache, tells a story about the value of wool 100 years ago. Relatively speaking, wool was worth much more in ...

11/10/2018

This looks like a good indiegogo campaign, a wool mill in Nebraska to support US sheep ranchers.

Bringing Custom Wool Processing to Stromsburg, Nebraska! | Check out 'Blue River Wool Mill' on Indiegogo.

11/03/2018

Sounds like a great memoir by a woman who traveled ranches by shearing, and followed wool through the production chain:

    ‘I tell you what, little sister, I been to boot camp and shearin’ school and shearin’ school’s harder.’   —From chapter one of Raw Material, Working Wool in the West   Available at Amazon The Story of American Wool Follow a sweater with an “Italian Merino” label back far enou...

11/02/2018

Range ready Yearling Rambouillet bucks, born April 2017. Only fed grass hay and pasture. Some polled, some horned, some with scurs. Individual wool data available, microns range from 17.5 to 22. Staple length not quite reliable as I'm still cutting it short. Most born as twins. Red marks are scourable branding paint. Contact for more info.