Members of a Butler County 4-H Club took home the bronze medal from a competition at the Pennsylvania Farm Show on Jan. 14.

(Pennsylvania Farm Show) Every year, the Farm Show holds a Sheep-to-Shawl competition, where weaving teams start with an unshorn sheep, and finish a few hours later with a finished handwoven shawl.

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - The Great Allentown Fair is in full swing for day two, and while the rides, food, and concerts draw big crowds, organizers haven’t forgotten the event’s roots: farming and agriculture ...

WASHINGTONVILLE -- While the machinery may be low-tech, that doesn't mean weaving is a simple task. "This is a true competition," said Joy McCracken, one of the three judges of the Montour-DeLong ...

Winning it all has become second nature to the Treadling Lambs and a Ram team. The fleece-to-shawl squad, made up of six students from Lancaster and Dauphin counties, captured its second straight ...

When the 32nd annual sheep-to-shawl competition wrapped up Wednesday evening, 14-year-old Irina Lawrence of Rohrerstown hadn't helped make one shawl, but two. Her efforts with Treadlers Thru Time, an ...

Sounds of spinning bobbins fill the air like buzzing of busy bees as four teams of young people work diligently weaving shawls from scratch. The Youth Fleece to Shawl event took place Wednesday at the ...