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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/"]

1. Artist profile of Margaret Bruning

Identifier:
4224.BruningMargaret.ArtistProfile.3.20.20
Title:
Artist profile of Margaret Bruning
Date:
2020-03-20
Creator:
Bruning, Margaret
Subject:
Woolen and worsted spinning, Spinning, Spinning-wheel, Fiberwork, Sheep farming, Apprenticeship programs, Farms--West Virginia, Textile crafts, and Weaving
Location:
Elkins (W. Va.) and Randolph County (W. Va.)
["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.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/"]

2. Artist profile of Kathy Evans

Identifier:
4224.EvansKathy.Artist.Profile.3.20.20
Title:
Artist profile of Kathy Evans
Date:
2020-03-20
Creator:
Evans, Kathy
Subject:
Weaving, Textile crafts, Farms--West Virginia, Woolen and worsted spinning, Spinning-wheel, Spinning, Sheep farming, Fiberwork, and Apprenticeship programs
Location:
Bruceton Mills (W. Va.) and Preston County (W. Va.)
["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/"]

3. 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/"]

4. 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.)