Why Wool Was Smuggled and Weaving with Westervelt

Sunday, Sept. 20 at 3 p.m. at the Eastsound Fire Hall

— from Clark McAbee, Curator, Orcas Historical Museum —

— Salish Sea Program History Matinee: Weaving with Westervelt and Why Wool Was Smuggled on the Salish Sea Program —

Lisa Westervelt has been visiting with her family on Lopez Island over the last two years and will share her passion for sheep and wool with Orcas Island Historical Museum on September 20th.

Lisa will be demonstrating the process of preparing the wool for hand-spinning and spinning the fiber into yarn. There will be samples of the wool from her flock of unique heritage breeds of sheep and what she makes with the wool.

Lisa has been actively farming for 20 years in the Berkshire Mountains of western Massachusetts and has been involved with breeding rare breeds of sheep, historical reenactments and demonstrations at historical museums all around in New England. Her passion for breed preservation and sustainable farming has delivered an abundance of beautiful yarns and finished goods, both for limited weaving production and one of a kind handwoven pieces.