The Shepherd's Mill - Phillipsburg, Kansas Archive page only. The Shepherds Mill closed and sold their equipment to MM Fiber Mill in Paola, Kansas in 2022. A retail store now called the Shepherds studio now operates at the same location. The Shepherd's Mill in Phillipsburg, Kansas is one of only two fiber processing facilities in Kansas. Sally Brandon enjoyed weaving and spinning and opened a retail store out of her mother's basement in 1996. She and her husband Jay opened The Shepherd's Mill in 2004. About half of the facility is devoted to turning hair from sheep, yak, alpaca, goat and other animals into thread and yarn. There is an attractive gift shop and the mill shares a wall with several windows where the work can be watched. When we visited, Sally Brandon was out of town, but the mill manager took the time to explain what the various stations were doing, making it a factory tour. Some farms send hair to The Shepherd's Mill to turn into yarn and return, others have them weave the yarn as well. Half of their business comes from the front range of the Rockies, but they custom process fiber from farms in 42 states. Farms may send less thane 5 pounds of fiber to more than 400 pounds. The Shepherd's Mill offers free hand spinning and weaving demonstrations and classes.
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