HISTORY OF THE SHEEP BOOM — The Otisfield Historical Society’s second program for 2025 will begin at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 14 at the Otisfield Town House on Bell Hill Road. The presentation will focus on the history of the sheep boom of New England and tools used to process sheep’s fleece into yarn for spinning in the 18th and 19th centuries.
HISTORY OF THE SHEEP BOOM — The Otisfield Historical Society’s second program for 2025 will begin at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 14 at the Otisfield Town House on Bell Hill Road. The presentation will focus on the history of the sheep boom of New England and tools used to process sheep’s fleece into yarn for spinning in the 18th and 19th centuries.
OTISFIELD — The Otisfield Historical Society’s second program for 2025 will begin at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 14 at the Otisfield Town House on Bell Hill Road. Join OHS as it welcomes Cheryl Callahan and her spinning wheel to Otisfield.
The program will include information on the tools used in the 18th and 19th centuries to process sheep’s fleece into yarn for spinning which are still used to this day. We will see them in action and discuss options available to spinners, weavers and dyers of days gone by. The history of the sheep boom in New England reflected the economic pressures of the times. Cloth production increased when exports were restricted.
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