While training a sheepdog, the proprietor of Tine & Floyd noticed that fleeces were being used as dog bedding. The trainer explained that wool prices…
Fiber: BFL
Blue Faced Leicester and blends
Dyed by Hand Yarns
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Australian dyer Julie of Dyed by Hand Yarns started textile adventures at an early age. Today, Julie is “surrounded by an Australian rural setting I…
Daughter of a Shepherd
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The Daughter of a Shepherd journey began the Hebridean sheep who graze Escrick Park Estate, shepherded by the owner’s father, John Atkinson. With a firm…
Queen’s Yarn Boutique
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Roshelle is the owner and dyer of Queen’s Yarn Boutique yarns. “I started dyeing yarn because when I went to yarn shops, I could not…
A Hundred Ravens
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A Hundred Ravens is a small studio in New Hampshire producing “amazing hand-dyed yarn.” Their definition of amazing holds up: consistent color, stability, no knots,…
Having fallen completely in love with alpacas, Katie Seal, the maker behind Sealy MacWheely yarns, quickly learned to spin and then to dye. In 2018,…
Jess learned to knit in Oregon, and Kathleen learned in Australia. Now they celebrate their love of fiber by operating Ginger Twist Studio in Scotland.…
Penberth Yarns proprietor Sarah Whittle is a fiber artist, hand spinner, weaver, knitter and crocheter based near Land’s End in Cornwall. “In fact, I love…
Ripples Crafts
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Helen Lockhart of Ripples Crafts lives in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland with husband, Stevan. Together, they run the business, which sells Helen’s hand-dyed yarn.…
Sea Change Fibers
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Sarah is the dyer behind Sea Change Fibers, based in amazing Santa Cruz, California. Sea Change was born out of a desire to combine the…