BUFFALO — At Mountain Meadow Wool on Plains Drive in Buffalo, the raw material comes in the back, before it’s scoured in huge machines, then graded and sorted, spun, knit and finished. But starting in ...

While most kids grow up watching their fathers participate in hobbies such as football, hunting or golf, Mark Workman’s father Jerry was a master wool dyer. “Their (other kid’s) dads didn’t dye wool, ...

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BEREA, Ky. — While most kids grow up bonding with their fathers over football, hunting or golf, the common denominator for one central Kentucky family was a bit different. For Mark Workman and his ...

While the art of dyeing wool is drifting to the wayside, Jerry Workman said that preserving handicrafts from days gone by is important. “There are a lot of things our parents and grandparents knew,” ...