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Alpacas are becoming more popular as a cash crop in Wyoming and the Rocky Mountain region. At the Great Western Alpaca Show ...
It’s a woman owned yarn farm that specializes in the raising and shearing of alpacas, sheep and llamas. News 12’s Joe Arena takes us to Long Island Yarn & Farm.
This particular model puts sustainability on an equal footing with oral hygiene. Suri's highly-rated sonic toothbrush has been making waves, quickly becoming the top pick for many users.
Sericin is a globular protein that represents 20% to 30% of the silk fiber from Bombyx mori silkworm cocoon. This protein is usually removed from the raw fiber and discarded by silk producers, a ...
Also known as Kanchipuram sarees, these gorgeous creations, made with pure silk yarn and real zari, are perfect as heirloom pieces. For the wedding trousseau of a Hindu bride, a Kanjeevaram silk saree ...
The farm has long been a place where people can shop for rainbows of high-quality yarn, knits and even alpaca-shaped lollipops, as well as admire creatures that can only be found in the wild thousands ...
The eco-friendly farm raises sheep and alpacas for their fibre, and when they shear the animals in April, Dalton knits and weaves the yarn into items such as blankets, shawls and ponchos.
Now a research group presents an ordinary silk thread, coated with a conductive plastic material, that shows promising properties for turning textiles into electricity generators. Imagine a ...
The farm’s 17-acre property is home to Haubold and her husband, Christopher Magee, 52, along with a menagerie of woolly creatures, including llamas, sheep, alpacas, and Angora goats and rabbits.
Four backyard alpacas in southern Idaho have tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1, marking the first time bird flu has been detected in members of the fleecy camelid ...
1 National Innovation Center for Advanced Medical Devices, Shenzhen, China 2 College of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University of Science and Technology, Liuzhou, China Silk fibroin ...