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…
Fiber: Wool
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Home Farm Wensleydales boasts the largest flock of rare-breed Wensleydale sheep in the world. “We do not commission spin, our wool is grown on our…
Irish Artisan Yarn
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Irish Artisan Yarn (IAY) is a project by Tara Osborough, an award winning textile designer (Tarah Osborough Bespoke Textiles), after receiving requests from knitting and…
Expression Fiber Arts
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Chandi and Tim run Expression Fiber Arts in North Carolina. “Simply put, we strive to inspire joy,” Chandi says. “We take inspiration from the world…
Threads by Megan Nicole
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US dyer Threads by Megan Nicole offers beautiful variegated and tonal skeins, including seasonal collections. There are hand-dyed yarns in almost every standard weight. Megan…
German dyer Das Mondschaf (The Moon Sheep) offers gorgeous, rich, bright and deep colorways in both spinning fiber and yarns. It was difficult not to…
Hook & Light
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Hook & Light is a small natural dye business run by two UK sisters. “We dye all of our yarn by hand in small batches…
Gam Farm sits at the edge of Grassington in the Yorkshire Dales national park. It is home to many varieties of rare breeds and an…
Nielanell is a Scottish shop offering “alternative Shetland knitwear,” readymade. Gorgeous, interesting stuff, but we’re here to talk about Niela Nell Kalra’s handspun yarns. These…
Catskill Merino is a woman-owned, small farm in the Hudson Valley of New York. “We raise Saxon Merino sheep that produce superfine merino wool. Every…