PUTNEY — In 1980, Claire Wilson, a soft-spoken Quaker now in her 90s and still living in Putney, met in a study group of 12 or so folks at the home of Paul and Dorothea Stockwell in West Brattleboro.

We might be familiar with shearing the sheep, spinning the wool into yarn, or knitting and weaving, but between shearing and spinning there’s another unfamiliar process you’ll have to go through.