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From farm to tote bag: how yarn gets made in Middle Tennessee

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Sunshine Weaving and Fiber Arts is located in Lebanon, Tenn.
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Earlier this year, producers Elizabeth Burton and Magnolia McKay took the road less-traveled to an alpaca farm in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee.

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Ruth Fuqua, co-owner of Hickory Bluff Farms, poses with some of her beloved alpacas.

Traveling from Mt. Juliet, to Lebanon, to Kingston Springs, and back to Nashville, Elizabeth spoke with local artists about how locally-sourced yarn is made from alpaca fiber in our region. This feature first appeared on This Is Nashville.

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Elizabeth Burton

Elizabeth Burton is a writer, director and producer originally from Augusta, Georgia. After earning her B.A. from Barnard College, she began producing for PBS NewsHour's Emmy-nominated series ‘Brief But Spectacular,’ where she worked on over 50 short-form interviews. More recently, she has brought her directorial and dog-training chops to work on independent documentary film projects, Nashville Repertory Theatre's ‘Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time.' When not working, you can probably find her roaming East Nashville on skates and/or with Cal, her service dog in training.

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