Shearing Sheep for Fiber Artists

Some sheep on Long Island had a spa day. Twice a year, professional shearer Tabbethia Haubold visits Browder’s Birds on the East End of Long Island. One by one, the flock is getting sheared for the summer.

“They’re itching, scratching, there’s moisture under there,” Haubold said. “They’ll feel good after this.”

But hundreds of pounds of wool can cost tens of thousands of dollars to be spun into yarn. Unsure of what to do with it all, Holly Browder and her husband Chris decided to take part in the Shave 'Em to Save 'Em challenge sponsored by the Livestock Conservancy.

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