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Hugh Howey and the Bestseller Myth

J.E. Fishman | Posted 05.11.2013 | Books
Read More: Bestsellers, Publishing, Book Publishing, Hugh Howey, Wool, Self-Publishing, Wool Book Deal, Hugh Howey Wool, Hugh Howey Success, Books News
J.E. Fishman

Because I've followed Hugh Howey's work, I can say with confidence that the Journal's assertion that Howey is "a slick marketer" is utter bunk, and I think he'd be the first to admit that.

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How 'Wool' Changed Publishing

Hugh Howey | Posted 05.11.2013 | Books
Read More: Wool Book Contract, Wool Publishing Contract, Wool Contract, Wool Book Deal, Simon and Schuster, Wool Simon and Schuster, Wool, Books News
Hugh Howey

A million bucks on the table--on two different tables--and we walked away. Were we crazy?

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Studio View: Jodi Colella, Fiber Artist

Hilary Harkness | Posted 10.23.2012 | Arts
Read More: Creativity, Fiber, Art, Technique, Needle Felting, Studio Visit, Wool, Fiber Arts Studio, Fiber Arts Technique, Fiber Arts, Video, Arts News
Hilary Harkness

Colella has a degree in biology, and her artworks often resemble natural forms. A piece in progress on a wall has gnarly twigs suspended by and interconnected with tendrils of pale skeins of fiber.

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How My Self-Published Book Became A Hot Movie Property

Hugh Howey | Posted 07.23.2012 | Books
Read More: Self-Published Book Movie, Self-Published Book, Ridley Scott, Wool Movie, Wool, Self-Publishing, Books News
Hugh Howey

Ridley Scott. One of the few directors whose name alone can sell tickets. A legend in his own time. And now he's negotiating for the rights to my self-published book.

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Lambing Season on the Farm (Video)

Rebecca Gerendasy | Posted 06.18.2012 | Green
Read More: Eating Lamb, Small Farmers, Susan Wilson, Lambing Season, Sheep, Bummer Lambs, Wool, Lambs, Video, SuDan Farm, Green News
Rebecca Gerendasy

Spring is lambing season, and so we wanted to visit a farm that specializes in raising lambs. SuDan Farm, located in Canby, Oregon, does just that; it raises lambs for meat, breeding stock and for value-added wool products.

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Nate C. Hindman

Vested Interest: Business Is Booming For Rick Santorum Sweater Vest Maker

HuffingtonPost.com | Nate C. Hindman | Posted 04.26.2012 | Small Business
Read More: Outsourcing, Small Business, Minnesota, Bemidji Woolen Mills, Rick Santorum, Manufacturing, Small Business News and Trends, Slidepollajax, Rick Santorum Sweater Vest, Wool, Santorum Sweater Vest, Small Business News

Rick Santorum made the sweater vest cool again. Campaign battle-cries like "fear the vest" and "sleeves slow you down" empowered high school history t...

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A 150 Mile Wardrobe: How One Closet Helped Kickstart a Local Economy (Video)

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 11.27.2011 | Green
Read More: Natural Fibers, Fibershed Marketplace, American Made Clothes, Local Clothes, Sally Fox, Bicycle-Powered Production, Felt, Green News, Alpaca Wool, Fibershed Project, Wool, Gandhi, Natural Clothes, Local Mills, Rebecca Burgess, Textile Industry, Slow Fashion, American Made, Hyperlocal Clothing, Water Pollution, Fast Fashion, Local Economy, Textile Pollution, Natural Dye, Natural Textiles, Fashion News, Local Clothing, 150 Mile Wardrobe, 100 Mile Diet, Color-Grown Cotton, Video, Green News
Kirsten Dirksen

2011-09-27-Screenshot20110927at5.55.13PM.jpg "In 1965, 95% of the clothing in a typical American's closet was made in America... today less than 5% of our clothes are made here."

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Increased Lamb Prices Help Sheep Farmers Prosper

AP | By BETSY BLANEY | Posted 06.22.2011 | Business
Read More: Retailers, Australia, Sheep Growers, New Zealand, Supply and Demand, Lamb, Food Prices, Sheep, Synhetic Wool, Meatpackers, Wool, Super Wal-Mart, Business News

LUBBOCK, Texas -- In his 33 years raising sheep in West Texas, Glen Fisher has never seen it so good. Demand by U.S. consumers is up, imports are dow...

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When Fashion Meets Compassion. Vaute Couture's Leanne Mai-ly Hilgart.

Ari Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Read More: Photos, Veganism, Animal Activism, Animal Rights, Vegan Fashion, Eco Fashion, Fashion Designers, Vegan, Green, Design, Wool, Fur, Green Fashion, Art, Video, Vaute Couture, Leanne Mai-Ly Hilgart, Leather, Polartec, Slidepollajax, Style News
Ari Solomon

At a dinner party recently I was introduced to Leanne Mai-ly Hilgart, the founder of Vaute Couture. Vaute Couture, a play on "haute couture", the V is...

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Prince Charles: Wear Wool, It's Eco-Friendly And Fabulous

Treehugger | Bonnie Alter | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Prince Charles Wool, London Fashion Week, The Wool Project, Prince Charles, Fashion, Wool Eco Friendly, Wool, Wear Wool, Green News

Prince Charles has a new project. He is pushing wool as a fashionable and eco-friendly fabric for clothes. With the trend for throwaway instant fashio...

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Italian Textile Royalty: Milano Unica

Nancy Tilghman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Read More: Italy, Mongolia, Italian, Peru, Textiles, China, Sheep, Wool, Style News
Nancy Tilghman

Milano Unica will not only be a textile fair. It will also present, for the first time ON STAGE-- an unveiling of ten emerging fashion talents from around the world.

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5 Eco-Pillow Options For Greener, Healthier Sleep

ecofabulous | Zem Joaquin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Polyester, Pillow, Organic Sleep, Healthy Sleep, Kapok, Eco Pillow, Buckwheat Hull, Green Living, Organic Cotton, Down, Wool, Green News

Do you know what's in bed with you? With their eyes shut to the eco options that abound, most Americans rest their heads on cotton or polyester pillow...

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Fashion Alert: Cruelty is so Last Season!

Anne Sullivan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Read More: Clothing, Animal Cruelty, Magic Johnson, Peta, Diddy, Demi Moore, Spike Lee, Clothes, Sheepskin, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Animals, Outerwear, Coats, Wool, Fur, Aretha Franklin, Sarah Silverman, Laura Bush, Jenna Bush, Steven Spielberg, Jessica Alba, Kate Capshaw, Fur Industry, Fashion, Barbara Bush, Men's Fashion, Michelle Obama, Do the Right Thing, Bush, Martha Stewart, P. Diddy, Lynne Cheney, Beyonce, Winter Fashion, New York, New York City, Women's Fashion, Obama Inauguration Aretha Franklin, Jill Biden, Jackets, Jay-Z, Cruelty to Animals, Bush Twins, Rosie Perez Obama, Tonya Lewis, Style News
Anne Sullivan

Lynne Cheney had a big fur collar on the coat she wore to the inauguration. Figures, with a husband who shoots at living creatures as a hobby (and I don't just mean ducks).

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What IS An Organic Mattress?

New York Times | Julie Scelfo | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Toxic, Green Living, Babies, Organic, Wool, Mattress, Organic Products, Green Sleeping, Sleeping Well, Organic Mattress, Environment, Organic Sleeping, Sleep, Green News

In recent decades, most mattresses have been made either with metal springs sandwiched between layers of polyurethane foam, or with just foam. In show...

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