Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Local spinners, knitters come together

By IAN MINIELLY

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WAKEFIELD — Nanette’s Knits and Gifts sponsored an educational fiber demonstration Saturday in Wakefield by inviting three fiber groups to join her for some outdoor knitting on World Wide Knits in Public day. The fiber knitting groups came together from Woodruff, Presque Isle, and of course Wakefield.

Nanette Paquette owns seven alpacas, becoming an alpaca owner in 2009. Paquette shears and turns their fur into yarn, which she sells in her store. According to Paquette, alpacas are calming and curious animals and she does not breed hers, inste...

 
 
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