How Wool Is Grown In Montana

[@dhairyashildeshpande9808]

This honestly felt like a Discovery/ National Geographic documentary episode. So well made. More episodes pls very entertaining.🎉

[@MBMCincy63]

WOW, that's PBS quality information! Great job and glad to see you pop up in my YT feed! 🥶🖤🔔👍🏻❤️

[@joehudelson2610]

I'm a Montanan, and I live in my duckworth clothes in the cold months, love to know my clothes come from here and are ethically manufactured. I also grew up working on sheep ranches, and I appreciate you mentioning the Peruvian shepherds. The whole wool industry in this country rests almost exclusively on their shoulders, and they are also subject to a lot of abuse by less ethical ranchers, so I always like to see them get their flowers.

[@lorrainewoodward3446]

Katie smiling during the whole trip like it's her own personal Disney World 🥰😅

[@rightchoiceshearing]

Ewe know it!

[@bobseldestagain]

As a handspinner since 1973 who loves helping shear, skirt a fleece and take it home...this was a total treat!! I wish I could be there too!!!!!

[@suecastillo4056]

Sending you all love, success, health and peace in this year 2024♥️‼️( and always actually!) Bless ewe all!!!

[@Trish0305]

I agree they look like they are having fun ✌️🙂

[@ytc257]

Do you know Jesus is a messenger of God

[@heidicole3790]

Thank you for showing Montana and its hardworking ranchers!

[@teresauplinger1601]

You and your wife are so amazing! The world is disconnected from nature. The history...our history is important. Thank you for this I love watching your videos❣️

[@Trish0305]

Totally agree with you ✌️

[@akiramiyashi]

I miss your shorts but this long documentary is really awesome, well-produced and high quality 👏🏻

[@barbarajoseph5897]

I like how Duck Worth takes such good care of their sheep.

[@patriciamathis7042]

I would love to see videos like this made on every aspect of agriculture and distributed to every school. There are so many kids and adults that have no idea where their food comes from. They would be amazed to see where some of the clothes they wear come from.

[@user-qx6fp1jq6i]

Where are you from? Don't they have Agrultural Education there?

[@brooke_reiverrose2949]

Usually not as pretty a story as this though. Feedlots, and vegetables flown in from a hemisphere away

[@dawnagoad9745]

Such a great video!!! PBS needs to get you a show. This was as good if not better than anything I've seen on PBS. Really looking forward to the next one.😊

[@theonlymeaning]

Really WONDERFUL video! I watched several parts more than once.....I watched on my 15 1/2 inch laptop computer..put it on full screen and had a great time...I will watch the whole thing again for sure...and at the end a teaser for I believe it was SCOTLAND! This is my new fascination and it all started with watching videos about Border Collies , a dog I have always loved to watch in action at the fairgrounds each year. I went to the dog videos to get my mind away if possible for a few moments from the horrific situation in Israel and because of so much hatred NOW on the planet. Those dog videos led me to Sean the Shepherd and then !!! to Right Choice Shearing...I can hardly begin to say how mesmerizing the shearing has been, plus all I have learned...The videos are calming yet upbeat and informative and actually fun! I want to know more about the young woman shearer... (I'm elderly and haven't learned her name yet...) I also want to encourage my children who are middle aged, and my 20 something grandchildren, to use more wool in their clothing...My son recently bought some ultra pricey all year wool under wear and shirts and he is sold. This comment is going off in multi-directions...sorry...I am a big fan and a surprised one at that! Like this past September had anyone told me that I was going to be a big-time video fan of a very tatooed Lesbian sheep shearer I would have laughed and told them NO WAY! :) But tonight I'm looking forward, like a groupie for goodness sakes ! to seeing the video, a long, long one I hope...of your Scotland experience ?? ...Oh be still my heart... maybe you will go to NZ!!!! But Scotland will be a thrill enough (HUGE) for me...please go see Sean the sheep herder and his wife, they are young and totally INTO their Border Collies and sheep! Oh! reading the earlier comments, got your name! Hi KATIE! Greetings from a genuine fan of your beautiful shearing and the awesome videos you give to us. XOXO GrandmaLinda in CA

[@sharim]

Two other KZbinrs to check out are Sandi Brock, she raises sheep in Ontario Canada. Her channel is Sheepish Me. And Cammy Wilson, The Sheep Game, from Scotland. Cammy is both a shepherd and a sheepshearer.

[@anndownsouth5070]

I'm glad you explained about the lanolin because I wondered about shearing sheep in winter. ❤

[@Cricket2731]

Lanolin is a superb skin ointment!!!

[@perkasami6305]

​@@Cricket2731It is! Especially for me with Sjogrens disease and eczema. Lanolin is fantastic. It's also a great chap stick!

[@nenaelliott8058]

I always enjoy your videos but today's was much different. I liked even more than your usual sheering videos.. you're interaction with those guys from the sheep farm, showing us how they work and live, how they care for their animals... Are all things weed never know otherwise. I thoroughly enjoyed the lesson. Thanks so much.

[@pamelapilling6996]

Lovely production, Katie & Darien. Can't wait to see the next installment, hopefully from Scotland with Cammy.

[@rightchoiceshearing]

You bet it is!

[@PartyOf8Please]

Trip of a lifetime! When y’all were peeling that wool back - oh, my gosh! Just beautiful! Thanks for sharing, Darien and Katie, and a super big thanks to the Helle’s and the entire Duckworth team!! 🐑 ❤

[@enchantedenglishadventurer8024]

Love this informative format! As a wife of a poultry farmer in Japan I think it is great you are showing people the “behind the scenes” take on wool. I’m looking forward to more.

[@pattiemoseley8752]

That was very interesting. Thank you for showing us this part of the agricultural industry. It's so very easy to get caught up in our own little world and put on clothes without knowing where the product comes from 😂❤

[@sueellenbennett7160]

Katie and Darian, this video was spectacular as well as informative... I've always looked forward to your videos, you outdid yourselves on this one. Loved it!

[@rightchoiceshearing]

Thank you!

[@kelsk889]

Agreed!

[@jamjar5716]

It was great going on a roadtrip with with you! You mixed in a little fun, adventure, hardwork, hard play and history.

[@tinamclaughlin1991]

My family came from sheepsters of Falcarraugh Ireland. Anne was the first born in1898. 1916 she became a indentured servant for the children of a family in Drexel Hill, Pa. I would love to get back to simple work, and caring for sheep.

[@altawarren7334]

Thank you for showing us this great American story!

[@saturnslipper]

I'm so glad to have a longer video from you! This one was such a treat. Katie your narration style is so entertaining....you were made for this!💜

[@charleswebster2550]

Katie & Darian! This vid is awesome and all encompassing! A real & worthy docu-series in the making! So glad to see you getting a break from work. Be safe! ❤Montana

[@PattiYoYo]

What an excellent video! Thank you so much much for bringing this subject into the light for those of us who have no direct access to agriculture!

[@anna9072]

Wool is an AMAZING fibre. The elasticity, insulating capacity (wet and dry), breathability, is unmatched in any synthetic, or even any other natural fibre.

[@barbarabrand190]

Great vlog! I had no idea there were still so many sheep in the USA. Nice to know about Duckworth and their heritage.

[@kaiyakershaw1028]

This was an incredible video. I learned a lot! I’m really interested in sustainability and repairing the disconnect that has occurred between people and the earth. I think this kind of community approach is vital to our future. It was so powerful that John talked about how the land has been and will be here; we’re privileged to cooperate with nature and create things while we’re here. That stewardship perspective is what our big corporate monopolies have lost. When all we think about is cheaper products (quantity over quality and exploitative labor) to make CEOs richer, we damage our relationships with other humans, with animals, and with the earth. Duckworth has their priorities right!

[@cynhanrahan4012]

Wow, that sheering operation looks like a Temple Grandin design. Not sure she ever addressed sheep, but it's very similar to her cattle designs. Keeping the critters calm. Thank you so much for showing us the Duckworth operation. It makes me feel good to know. I'm a retired dog trainer so seeing the happy working dogs was a bonus happy.

[@mirrage42]

Temple Grandin is phenomenal.

[@victoriabaker4400]

The dogs. Some people who are keeping LGDs but who didn't come from these cultures tell each other that you shouldn't play with the dogs, but all cultures who have these dogs treat them like family members. Like you see in this video.

[@hnelson5609]

I was raised in sheep country. We had bum lambs we fed, they stayed in our kitchen in the beginning. I love everything about sheep. They have a big part in the Bible, represent people. Thank you so much for this video. You two are good sports for rolling in snow!

[@jodibillingsley]

Loved learning about this operation! I hope you make a series out of this 🧡

[@WronaworksWondershop]

Fantastic video! You guys are a great team. I hope that younger generations seeing your amazing work will see the value in it for themselves and our planet as a whole. Excited to follow your adventures! 🌎🐑❤🐑🌎

[@SheilaTheGrate]

This is an amazing new series! I cannot wait to meet who you visit next! 🎉

[@janevalleylawson2159]

You’re a great spokesperson for Duckworth: I paused 5 minutes in to go do some Christmas shopping on their website! This is a great direction to take your channel. I’m looking forward to more.

[@marywhitehead1306]

Thank you for the history and animal husbandry lessons, I loved this video very much.

[@susannekalejaiye4351]

Rambouillet wool especially the high quality fleece, is some of the nicest wool I've ever spun, great crisp and loft. Greetings from Finland - currently minus 30.

[@cindylehman4818]

Videos like this make me proud to be an American.❤

[@reggiek6730]

Outstanding video!!! I hope it goes viral! I learned some stuff and was absolutely tickled with your ag positive message. I also picked up another wool brand to support. Y’all are just awesome! Keep up the great work!

[@valerieshepherd6823]

A generation is classified as 25 years so it's more like 125 years if we are talking 5 generations xxx I love your videos and your work. You and your wife work so very very hard and are always learning and keeping currant. Great job xxx

[@oregongreatgrandma7759]

I really got lost in this video. Fascinating, informative and so much to learn and know about sheep ranching. Loved it. Thank you.

[@scottcrable4966]

You called sheep "people "!!! I like that 😊

[@fionasingh565]

Absolutely brilliant video .. a real pleasure to watch Thankyou for providing the back story and history of the sheep Really awesome job ❤

[@LadyAdakStillStands]

If such informational videos were available in the '70s and '80s, many of our lives would have been completely different. We would have seen the wider view of the world earlier, had seen the wonders and possibilities and chased them. Thanks kiddos!

[@SandrA-hr5zk]

I know you don't feel your shearing is as pristine as some of those other guys there, but your skill and passion for helping the tiny backyard farms is so crucial. One by one you're helping to reconnect people to the land and what nature has to offer.

[@susangrande8142]

Yaayyy!!! Thank you SO MUCH for making this informative video! I’ve been a spinner and knitter for several years now, including buying fleeces directly from the shepherds. It’s a very direct, organic experience, even buying a raw fleece at a fiber festival. You can easily learn about the living conditions and feed of the sheep, and thus the land it lives on. It’s hard NOT to make a connection between yourself and the bigger web of life when you do that. Folks reading this, there is a thing called a fibershed, which is a particular area that your wool or other organic fiber comes from. Local is good. Support any local shepherds you can find! 🙏

[@DianeLee999]

What a terrific post! Thank you for educating us. Stay well, you two. 💜

[@mightyzeus1e]

This was freaking awesome! Loved it! ❤

[@leahtv7778]

9:57 sheep behind you saying hi 👋 😊

[@stevenw.miguel]

Thank you for your work. A lot of people don’t realize how much ranchers love their livestock on a personal level. I mean yes, some are culled for meat, but in ethical settings, it’s always the animals that are at the end of their wool, milk, or egg laying years. I always to appreciate the animals for anything they may provide. Thank you for your work!❤

[@packersfan117]

Thanks for putting Duckworth out there. I'm in Florida, I work outside, so I'm always on the lookout for the next great base layer that'll keep me (relatively) cool, dry, and comfortable. I've been noticing that my polyester stuff isn't making the cut, so I'm going to go to wool. It's better for the environment, for me, and for our ranchers. Keep up the good work!

[@noniefuss]

Bravo!!! What an amazing video! I hope we get to see more!

[@CriaAndKiddFW]

Ohhhh, Raboullet is so soft to spin! I love these videos showing different aspects of the world if wool!

[@dianesmigelski5804]

Watching you shear these pristine beauties was epic! I loved seeing all the hard working LGD’s in this vid. They do so much to help protect the herds with big smiles on their faces! The ski’ing and hot springs looked great. It makes me want to visit! I had heard of Duckworth but it’s nice to learn it’s a family business with care taken in every step of their process. Happy sheep, Happy family! Lol. Watching you with your wonderful smile zipping along doing your thing was really great. You are bringing much needed information on the American agriculture! Right on. You keep doing you. I’ll keep watching! 🤟

[@ironwolf5802]

It's so cool to learn more about sheep. They are interesting and have been vital to human development.

[@kellybryson7754]

Love this video! I'm hoping it's a series! You have always been a wonderful teacher in your videos.

[@TSUNAMI-MAMI]

This is such an important documentary. I hope this gets more views. I am hoping we can create a movement that focuses on ETHICAL, environmentally conscious NATURAL FIBERS!!! It would make such a positive impact, the more i learn the more that seems to be true

[@keishagibbs3195]

This was an excellent video. Thank you for taking the time to make it.

[@sandybrown1439]

Thank you Katie for being such a wonderful teacher.

[@LS-gh9hl]

I love this episode! So much information and history on the sheep industry in Dillon. I grew up just over the mountain range in the background- the Rocky Mountains/ Continental Divide. It was amazing to see you there!

[@ashtonjones5768]

That was amazing. I can't wait for the rest of your series. I'm going to look for some more Duckworth products.

[@JACKIElovesBLUE]

Absolutely love this video!!! Thank you for all the information y'all are putting out there!!

[@saracaswell8004]

Thank you so much for sharing. I love watching your adventures and learning about shearing and all that goes with it. 😊

[@paulfroese1469]

Outstanding video Ladies!! Love y'all and stay safe on the travels. Looking forward for more. ❤😊

[@michellegish5743]

What a wonderful video! Thank you so much for taking us on this trip with you! It’s a great opportunity to become educated and to appreciate the beauty of these places, people and processes. Thank you. I’m excited to see where you go next! After thawing out back home! Keep up the great work.

[@janacrane7995]

Im a Black woman in Chicago so far removed from agriculture...but yet invested in this content. This is so cool. I've always loved wool intuitively. Now I can see why. Its a God-designed resource.

[@appalachianshearing]

Awesome video Katie and Darian! It’s fun to see y’all out of your normal territory checking out different operations and spreading VERY important information on the wool industry!

[@robinrutherfordcost4748]

Reminds me of the time when for my 35th birthday, my Mom, sister, and I rounded up cattle at Careless Creek Ranch in Shawmut, MT. They had 10k family acres and 7 herd of sheep with a Great Pyrenees guarding each herd. We never saw any sheep (there to herd cattle) - but that's how big the place was. What an awesome trip - we still talk about it to this day. So wonderful for you guys to be invited to the Helle family as well! Very interesting video. TY

[@geralynquigley8822]

Love what he said no bad weather just” bad clothing! “ God stable man

[@LauraleyB]

By far one of my favorite videos from you so far! Your love and passion for not only your wife, but your animals in your care is amazing! And as someone who has reached the double nickel number of years, I’m learning a lot from you to Younghans, so thank you for not only keeping me entertained while I’m convalescing, but also, I’m keeping the smiling!

[@sunriseeyes0]

This video was amazing! I am so excited for this fiber series!

[@ifxequalswhy]

Greetings from upper left USA. I loved lOvEd LOVED this video! Can't wait to see more in this series. Your videos are such a great mix of educational and fun.

[@lisafox2073]

This video gets a AAA,absolutely love the history of sheering,but also what it takes to be I'm this Family owned business, alot of working together having great pride, caring and working together as a team, Thank you, for sharing this video and how this outstanding family makes sure ,their animals are well cared for! 💜

[@denisesells8667]

This was a great reminder of a trip my sister and I took to the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village. While in the village they had a walking tour called from sheep to shirt! They had other walking tours to enjoy as well! Thanks for sharing your experience and reminding me of my past. God bless

[@theresakennedy3696]

OMG... You are a great teacher Katie! I would love to see shearing in person. Keep up the GREAT work. 😊❤

[@sarav2209]

wool can be highly sustainable!! good quality fiber that has been treated well will last and last. it's about lifestyle choices. it's very difficult, because societal trends right now are very much about consuming. it's cliché, but we really can all start making small choices toward more sustainable and longer lasting items.

[@alexandra2jerry]

The entire video was brilliant. I was thrilled to learn so much about the wool industry especially that the Duckworth company uses Peruvian men as shepherds! Bravo to the family for hiring them, it’s a thankless job in many ways but the hardy men are happy to do it. I swear by wool having Shetland grandparents I need say no more. Thank you for a brilliant video. 💕👏💕👏💕

[@toscatattertail9813]

People laugh about blood being thinner in the south but it's not a myth. I was born in Ohio, but lived in Georgia and Louisiana for 10 years. I then moved to Iowa and was in thermal clothing in the middle of September because i was cold. The longer i was in Iowa the later the thermals came out but that is because my body produced more red blood cells to carry nutrients that helped me stay warm.

[@jodidavis6595]

With almost 3M subscribers I’m sure your video will get the word out and teach ppl the importance of this way of life. Well done Katie.

[@SallyBuskey]

I so enjoy watching this video. Thank you so much on the learning about sheep and wool!!

[@heidishomestead9475]

I enjoyed this immensely! Just like your awesome shorts about these wonderful fiber animals, I hope we get to see more of these full length features from you. “More, more, more” says the enthusiastic crowd! LOL. Seriously, I love knowing where the fiber comes from, attributes of different breeds and seeing the great care that the shepherds give to their flocks. Thanks for bringing it to the masses.

[@heavenbound32566]

Hope you get to experience kivwit(sp). It's musk oxen fleece, and it is AMAZING.

[@bobseldestagain]

I love watching you shear and this was the perfect compliment to what you do. Being a handspinner since 1973 lets me enjoy videos like this even more. Thanks for sharing

[@penelopesheehan5927]

This was wonderful! I’m so glad you are doing this!

[@stephaniephillips5945]

This is fantastic ❤ I’m going to love watching these videos. You two are absolutely wonderful. I’m a bit of a history buff, so, this is going to be so exciting. Well done, you!!! Plow forward ladies🥰🥰🥰 I’m so proud of you. 🤩🤩🤩

[@ccccarriemchardy9216]

What an awesome opportunity, thank you for sharing!

[@Pepper-rn4hh]

I love this video. Thank you I have never been involved in BIG agriculture. But small farms. And you are right agriculture is being forgotten by much of the population But I would add that honestly agriculture is being attacked. And its really quite scary what the powers that be would have happen to animal farming if they get their way. For example, the cows must go because the produce too much carbon. What a lie. Look at what they have done to the Dutch farmers!! I love that you are bringing awareness to people in an easygoing and friendly way. We need more people like you and your wife.

[@Samantha-rr3or]

Im glad you enjoyed Montana I love it here

[@jamiespeirs885]

What great video, on So many levels. Great to see both of you, such a lovely couple ❤ Great video quality almost a movie 😊 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 love fae Scotland Haste Ye Back 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@barbarajoseph5897]

Great story I will look for Duck Worth when I shop!

[@barbscott4341]

I enjoy all your videos. This one was great. I loved every single minute of it. Looking forward to the next one❤

[@jessicabennett9915]

Great video! I love wool and am currently working on a sewing project using wool flannel from Pendleton Woolen Mills. I have never heard of Duckworth so I'm excited to check them out.

[@jonlilley2832]

As a spinner & weaver, I'm especially happy to hear that the US still produces wool. I'm hoping the US will produce more of its own fiber, but we'll see. Thank you very much for this interesting insight into wool production. You guys are the bomb!

[@dinahbarnes6335]

This is an amazing production! Y'all did a great informative video and I enjoyed every second of it. Thank-you from Biloxi, Mississippi ❤❤❤

[@tinabeall5941]

I don't think the average lay person can appreciate what goes into clothing made from wool. It's just amazing to see the amazing amount if time and work involved in raising sheep and making our clothing.

[@joanspragg9395]

Hi to both of you. I love watching your videos. Even this type, an informative video like this would normally be quite boring, not your though. You both present a fun way of getting the information across to us in your own unique style. As always your sense of humour makes it more interesting with amazing camera footage from an a amazing camera woman who can capture some great shots. I still think you should write a book about your amazing journey together from childhood until now and what you both think the future holds. With your brilliant sense of humours and fun it’s a sure winner xx ❤️

[@karenthomas2302]

Them fibers wowzers some beautiful stuff. Can’t wait for your next adventure, missed watching y’all. Tfs ❤😊

[@suesheane3671]

Great video. I usually just see your shorts video. This was interesting, informative, and entertaining .

[@kasslue1877]

I learn alot from you and enjoy your shearing. In middle school we went to farm and when they sheared the sheep they made them bleed and said it was normal and didnt hurt the sheep. You dont cut them and do way better! Bless you!!!

[@JJDEnglish]

I teach children of farmers and agricultural workers. In my area we deal mostly with produce. Near and dairy. It’s nice to learn about other facets of agriculture. The video was very nicely done!

[@anneberry9426]

You do a great service with this video. You take great pride in your career, your community, and its history.

[@jeanettanorton5646]

Wow 😳❤. Great presentation 🎉. Thanks for sharing this with me and everyone else 🙏❤❤❤❤❤. Hello from Indiana USA and this 62 year old lady.