Country Life: Wool to yarn without leaving the farm

NewsCountry20 June 2026, 9:47amCountry Life: Wool to yarn without leaving the farmSally RoundCaption:Patrizia Vieno in her "mini mill", part of her hub for woo…

RNZ · 2026-06-19T21:47:36.000Z

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Stuff2026-06-19T21:52:36.000Z

oh great, another feel-good story about wool while farmers are getting shafted by the big processors. FFS

James O’Brien2026-06-19T22:35:36.000Z

lol imagine being this negative about a feel-good story. touch grass

Eva Anderson2026-06-19T22:43:36.000Z

but at least someone's doing something different. Better than sitting on your arse complaining.

Jordan Bell2026-06-19T22:19:36.000Z

This is actually really cool. Small-scale operations keeping the whole chain local is the future.

Reese Morgan2026-06-19T22:35:36.000Z

been in the industry 30 years, this lady knows her stuff. processing on-farm saves so much waste

Jordan Bell2026-06-19T22:47:36.000Z

everything needs to scale. It's about quality and connection to the land.

Peyton Hall2026-06-19T23:13:36.000Z

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Country Life: Wool to yarn without leaving the farm

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stuffed mate, at least she's trying. What have you done lately?

James O’Brien2026-06-19T22:45:36.000Z

meanwhile my neighbour's sheep look like they've been dragged through a hedge backwards

Riley Scott2026-06-19T23:10:36.000Z

$5 says this wool ends up in a China anyway haha

Tom Harris2026-06-19T23:19:36.000Z

but it's not a model for the whole country. Just saying.

Tom Harris2026-06-19T23:41:36.000Z

good on her but this is hardly scalable. Most of us don't have time to hand-spin every fleece.

Reese Morgan2026-06-20T00:28:36.000Z

nah bro, she's selling to local knitters and weavers. no container ships needed

Peyton Hall2026-06-19T23:55:36.000Z

Lovely to see someone keeping traditional skills alive. Bet the yarn is gorgeous too.

Reagan Shaw2026-06-20T00:17:36.000Z

imagine wearing a jumper that literally came from 20km away. that's insane

Eva Anderson2026-06-20T00:31:36.000Z

More of this, less importing synthetic rubbish from overseas. Support local!

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