Italian yarn maker Betta Knit offers interesting yarns, including Fettucine, a cotton that looks as you would expect, a 100% camel yarn, recycled denim cotton…
Betta Knit
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Consideration: Local Fiber
Dyers that use Local Fiber for at least some of their products.
Jule is the German dyer at Hey Mama Wolf Yarns. Yarns are made from organically raised local rare-breed sheep and hand-dyed with natural dyes. “I…
The Ross Farm, raises sheep, cattle, turkeys, hogs, and miniature Mediterranean donkeys. “We concentrate on ‘heritage breeds’ instead of the more common commercial breeds that…
US maker Wool E Farms is all Romney, all the time, “producing fleeces we wanted to spin into yarn due to limited local availability,” the…
Marina Skua
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Marina is the yarn dyer and hand-knit designer based in the outskirts of Bath in Somerset, UK. “I started dyeing wool yarn as a hobby…
Suzie Blackman is the founder of It’s a Stitch up, an East London dyer that uses mainly UK wools to create bright and beautiful yarn…
Woolly Mammoth Fibre Company
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Woolly Mammoth Fibre Company is a small hand dyeing and spinning studio created by Emma Robinson and based on the North Coast of Northern Ireland.…
Starcroft Fiber
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Starcroft Fiber is a family run business that creates beautiful yarns out of local fleece. Most is a Coopworth/Romney cross known as Wild Maine wool.
Stucken Yarn Store
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Stucken Yarn Store sells ethically and sustainably produced undyed yarns. The close proximity of their mill to mohair and wool farms connects them to the…
Dresow Family Farm is tucked away in the rolling hills of Lonsdale, Minnesota. “We raise white and colored Cormo and Cormo cross-bred sheep for their…