After a bleak period in her life, Tracy of Purl Alpaca Designs bought three alpacas in 2007. Tracy’s not sure why, just love at first…
Purl Alpaca Designs
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Fiber Source: UK
Makers who use fiber from the United Kingdom
Doulton Border Leicester yarn is made from the fleeces of rare breed, British Border Leicester sheep that live to grow old. The site offers undyed…
UK yarn maker Sarah keeps about 100 angora rabbits and offers a selection of undyed angora fiber, as well as beautiful semisolid angora blend yarns,…
Foula Wool
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Foula is the most remote, inhabited island in the UK and is home to a traditional Shetland sheep breed known locally as Foula sheep. Foula…
Freyalyn’s Fibres is a small-scale kitchen sink dyer of British fibers and mostly sock yarns, in brilliant, repeatable and sustainable colors. Products are posted on…
Dodgson Wood and its subsidiary Shear Delight sell beautiful untreated fleeces and yarns. (Be aware, gentle souls, that this website also sells sheepskin and meat.)…
Uradale Yarns
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Uradale organic knitting yarns reflect the colors of the Uradale Shetland flock. These natural fleece colors, in 10 shades, remain unbleached and undyed through the…
Woolberry Fiber Co
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Bethany and Rhys are the dyers behind Woolberry Fiber Co. Their baby, Theodore, is the squishability tester. Rhys grew up in a small community in…
Tracey is the dyer behind Ewe Momma, an independent dye studio and yarn boutique based in Enniskillen’s Buttermarket in County Fermanagh. In addition to beautiful…
Whistlebare
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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…
