The newsletter was to provide a medium where sheep growers could find markets for their fleeces and a forum where experiences, ideas and related information, could be exchanged with sheep growers on the West Coast as well as throughout the country and eventually overseas. From the beginning the newsletter was meant to be an open forum - reader written - providing useful dialogue for both spinners and shepherds. The newsletter serves the spinner and weaver by providing farm sources for a variety of handspinning fleeces and by sharing tales of shepherding sheep. Over the years the contributors have not only been shepherds and spinners sharing their experiences and knowledge, but renowned scientists, geneticists and veterinarians, as well, have offered their insights on the latest theories and technologies.