At Whistlebare, producing yarn is entirely a family affair. “Every stage of the process is in our hands from selecting the livestock to labelling the…
Whistlebare
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Consideration: Local Fiber
Dyers that use Local Fiber for at least some of their products.
Sayra is the self-described “wool obsessed” dyer behind Atomic Fiber Co. “My batts and yarn are made using the best fibers I can find,” Sayra…
Guntree Gully Alpacas
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Guntree Gully Alpacas is a working farm in New Zealand that is open to the public. It sells dyed and undyed alpaca yarn, mostly worsted…
Balnahard Farm is on the Isle of Colonsay about 20 miles off the coast of Scotland. The farm sells yarns and fiber from Colonsay Wool…
Prosper Yarn
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New Zealand dyer behind Prosper Yarn says, “Warning: I am a yarn enabler! Read further at your own yarn storage risk.” Fair warning.
As the farm’s name suggests, Karen, the dyer at Avalon Springs Farm, has a penchant for Arthurian legend. Base names and patterns by a variety…
CeCe’s Wool
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New York dyer CeCe’s Wool works with their own sheep and those of nearby farms to produce their yarn line. “We know the farmers who…
Shenandoah Fiber Mill
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David and Susan Rabern, owners and operators of Oak Tree Farm, located in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia raise alpacas and run the Shenandoah…
Angora Online sells fiber and yarn from their own bunny friends and from other fibers from BFL to Bamboo. “Our beautiful yarns are made from…
De Rerum Natura
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Solenn Couix-Loarer of French dyer De Rerum Natura says, “I wanted to believe that we didn’t have to close our eyes on the unknown sources…