Making a natural fiber like wool into something useful like a sweater involves a lot of steps. We might be familiar with shearing the sheep, spinning the wool into yarn, or knitting and weaving ...

Alpaca sourcing can be trickier than merino, though—there are fewer alpaca farms than sheep farms—and the fiber itself is ...

“We take raw wool or fiber from other fiber animals ... fibers are combed and go the same direction. It then goes to a spinning frame, where it’s drafted out a little further, then it goes ...

Spinning twists the fibers together, which helps give the cashmere ... and is also almost three times more insulating than sheep wool. These goats can be found across the Himalayas, and they ...