Ashley Martineau has been spinning yarn for more than 20 years and is inspired by texture. Ashley has written a book, “Spinning and Dyeing Yarn,”…
Fiber: Romney
Romney and blends
Terry Karney says, “I make yarn. I like fiber, I don’t leave the house without a book, a spindle, and a camera.” Offerings include yarns…
Greenwich, New York carding and spinning mill Battenkill Fibers works with farmers, hand-spinners, weavers and art studios to return fleeces as roving, yarn or even…
Cabin Boy Knits creates naturally dyed yarns with a vision to bridge together the farmer, the spinner, the weaver, the knitter, the arty and the…
Rachael is the dyer behind Cat and Sparrow UK. “I have been spinning and dyeing fibre and yarn since 2012, and I can’t imagine doing…
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…
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.
Bristol Cloth
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Bristol Cloth is about supporting the UK fabric industry, so they don’t have a lot of yarn, but the yarn they have is quite interesting.…
Michigan’s Cross Wind Farm offers breed specific yarn and spinning fibers. Many batches are specific to individual sheep. Yarn and spinning fiber comes from the…