The author sets out to make a sweater from scratch--shearing, spinning, dyeing wool--and in the process discovers how we find our deepest selves through craft. "In this lively, funny memoir, Peggy Orenstein sets out to make a sweater from scratch ;shearing, spinning, dyeing wool; and in the process discovers how we find our deepest selves through craft. Orenstein spins a yarn that will appeal to everyone. The COVID pandemic propelled many people...

Text and photographs follow two sheep shearers through their day of rounding up sheep, shearing them, and bundling the fleeces, and establish connections between the fleeces and the wool making up many articles of clothing.

Because he is always making up stories, no one in the family believes Obadiah's adventure at the sheep shearing squantum.

After the shearer removes the winter coat from the sheep, the spinner, weaver, and knitter, each in turn, do their part to produce the wool sweater.

"Winter is finally over! That means it's time for the Woolsey lambs to get their spring haircuts! They can't wait to have fun in the warm sun. But the next morning, the fields are covered in snow, and the newly shorn sheep are shivering! Luckily, Granny has the perfect surprise for the family"--