EDITOR’S NOTE
Dear Reader, How many sheep breeds are there? If a person types this question into a Google search, they would quickly find that there is no definite number. The general answer is “a whole heck of a lot.” Which plants are used to make yarn? This is also a realm where the possibilities start to open up when you begin to look into them. There are the obvious cotton and linen yarns we’ve come to know, but there are also bamboo, soy, and wood yarns, and so many more. Aside from sheep, what other animals provide wool of their own? What the heck is a musk ox or, for that matter, the qiviut that supposedly comes off its body? (If you ever get a chance to touch this stuff, do it.) What does…
