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“Santa Cruz” spinning “rare breed” wool

Santa Cruz wool: how to show a rare breed’s magic with a less-than-ideal sample?

August 18, 2019September 21, 2009

I've written before about Santa Cruz wool, in conjunction with a post about making the best of a less-than-ideal wool sample. Now that it's time to do my write-up on Santa Cruz wool, I have been distracted by my desire to show at least some of the capacity of this breed's wool, which is not … Read more

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