From sheep to shawl: Loyalhannon Spinners keep age-old craft alive
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Shetland sheep are seen in the barn awaiting to be prepared for shearing at Twin Springs Farm in Avonmore.
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Liza Jennings Seiner of Level Green, a member of the Loyalhannon Spinners, shows a hand-woven wool blanket that was spun by her from the wool of Shetland sheep owned by Sandy and Bill Truckner.
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Volunteers and helpers prepare Shetland sheep for the shearing process at Twin Springs Farm in Avonmore.
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One of the Shetland rams is held by professional shearer Chuck Penich
of Derry during a shearing at Twin Springs Farm in Avonmore.
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Loyalhannon Spinners member Liza Jennings Seiner works on preparing a recently sheared coat of Shetland wool during a shearing event at Twin Springs Farm in Avonmore.
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Sandy Truckner, left, and other volunteers, prepare Shetland sheep for shearing and bacteria inoculation last month at Twin Springs Farm in Avonmore.
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Sandy Truckner brings one of her Shetland sheep inside the garage area for shearing at Twin Springs Farm in Avonmore.
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Brother Mark Floreanini, a monk and teacher at Saint Vincent College who is a member of the Loyalhannon Spinners, holds a Shetland sheep while it awaits shearing last month at Twin Springs Farm in Avonmore.
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Mike Cornell of Pittsburgh feeds peanuts to a flock of Shetland sheep before the animals were prepared for shearing last month at Twin Springs Farm in Avonmore.
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Professional sheep shearer Chuck Penich of Derry works on removing the wool from Shetland sheep owned by Sandy and Bill Truckner last month at Twin Springs Farm in Avonmore.
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Sandy Truckner, left, brings one of her Shetland sheep inside the garage area for shearing at Twin Springs Farm in Avonmore.
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Professional sheep shearer Chuck Penich of Derry buzzes the wool coat off a Shetland sheep last month at Twin Springs Farm in Avonmore.
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Loyalhannon Spinners club members Nancy Parris, left, of Pittsburgh, and Liza Jennings Seiner, right, of Trafford,remove unwanted debris from freshly-sheared wool during a shearing event at Twin Springs Farm in Avonmore.
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Maureen Copeland of Pittsburgh works on picking debris from the wool of a Shetland sheep in preparation for shearing last month at Twin Springs Farm in Avonmore.
