Wool aficionados find their inner shepherd at Freeland farm

(North County News) Lisa Westra knew nothing about sheep until 11 years ago, when tenants at her parents' Freeland farm left town without bothering to take their 20 sheep and bags filled with sheared wool.
She taught herself how to wash the wool, dye it, spin it into strands of yarn and knit it into clothing. She learned how to muck stalls, lend a hand with difficult births and bottle-feed newborn lambs.
Last year, she decided to share that knowledge by inviting others to the farm to follow the wool process from sheep to skein over the course of a year. Continued