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Shop to Sheep to Skein to School: Anna Hunter's Canadian Wool Odyssey Voices in Wool with Clara Parkes

    • Society & Culture

In this episode, Clara talks with Canadian wool advocate, fiber farmer, and mill owner Anna Hunter of Long Way Homestead. Until a few years ago, Anna was happily ensconced in East Vancouver running a yarn store. But in 2015, the country beckoned. She and her husband Luke moved to Eastern Manitoba to start a family and a farm.When she discovered there was no local mill to process her freshly shorn Shetland fleeces, she decided to build a mill herself.Now Anna is sharing everything she lea...

In this episode, Clara talks with Canadian wool advocate, fiber farmer, and mill owner Anna Hunter of Long Way Homestead. Until a few years ago, Anna was happily ensconced in East Vancouver running a yarn store. But in 2015, the country beckoned. She and her husband Luke moved to Eastern Manitoba to start a family and a farm.When she discovered there was no local mill to process her freshly shorn Shetland fleeces, she decided to build a mill herself.Now Anna is sharing everything she lea...

50 min

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