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![["Kathy Evans (b. July 8, 1962, Morgantown, WV) of Bruceton Mills and Margaret Bruning of Elkins are participants in the 2020-2021 West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program, in an apprenticeship titled, Sheep to Shawl: The Art of Raising Sheep and Creating Fiber Arts. Evans is a fifth-generation farmer and co-owner with her husband Reid of Evans Knob Farm in Preston County where she cultivates Certified Naturally Grown vegetables and raises sheep and poultry. She teaches and exhibits her fiber arts both in West Virginia and across the country and has been featured in Modern Farmer and Morgantown Magazine. Bruning grew up on a goat farm in upstate New York and has been a lifelong fiber artist. She and her husband David raise sheep at their homestead in Randolph County.Read a profile of Evans and Bruning on the West Virginia Folklife blog:https://wvfolklife.org/2020/11/04/2020-folklife-apprenticeship-feature-kathy-evans-margaret-bruning-sheep-to-shawl/Evans Knob Farm website: https://www.evansknobfarm.com/Poe Run Craft and Provisions: http://www.poerun.org/"]](/thumb/4224EvansKathyBruningMargaretIntTranscript102720 "Transcript of oral history of Kathy Evans and Margaret Bruning")
- Identifier:
- 4224.EvansKathyBruningMargaret.IntTranscript.10.27.20
- Title:
- Transcript of oral history of Kathy Evans and Margaret Bruning
- Date:
- 2020-10-27
- Creator:
- Bruning, Margaret and Evans, Kathy
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Sheep farming, Fiberwork, Woolen and worsted spinning, Textile crafts, Weaving, Wool, Looms, Spinning-wheel, Spinning, and Farms--West Virginia
- Location:
- Bruceton Mills (W. Va.), Elkins (W. Va.), and Charleston (W. Va.)
![["Sarah Fletcher (b. Canaan Valley) is a weaver, retired nurse, and the owner of Bens Old Loom Barn in Davis, WV. She is the daughter of Barbra Dorothy Mayor Thompson (August 5, 1920-October 1, 2008), a weaver and National Heritage Fellow who learned to weave at the Arthurdale Homestead. Learn more about Bens Old Loom Barn: https://www.facebook.com/bensoldloombarn/"]](/thumb/4224FletcherSarahIntTranscript72518 "Transcript of oral history of Sarah Fletcher")
- Identifier:
- 4224.FletcherSarah.IntTranscript.7.25.18
- Title:
- Transcript of oral history of Sarah Fletcher
- Date:
- 2018-07-25
- Creator:
- Fletcher, Sarah
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Augusta Heritage Center, Weaving, Fiberwork, Looms, and Textile crafts
- Location:
- Canaan Valley (W. Va.)
