Looking for handspun yarn
I'm trying to find a source for handspun yarn which is in the U.S. and is not terribly expensive. So far, I've not had a whole lot of success. Does anyone here have any suggestions for me? Or, does anyone spin and sell their yarn? I'm hoping to eventually take up spinning myself, but I'm not quite ready for that yet! Thanks in advance for your help.
posted by Crystal Paine at 3:32 PM
9 Comments:
The best place to get handspun is from Fiber Festivals (you could Google for Fests in your area), otherwise inexpensive handspun is a rarity outside of ebay.
There is an excellent book for handspinning called Spin It, that even has instructions to make a drop spindle out of CDs.
Spinning is fairly easy, and less cost prohibitive than handspun yarn.
Miss Kait
Crystal, do you think posting a question on any of the higher traffic knitting or crocheting forums would be fruitful? Sorry for not being more helpful...would like to shift to natural from synthetic fibre myself. One of hubby's coworkers has an investment in raising Alpaca...there is one expensive but long-lasting finished yarn product from what I've read online! Hope you find what you need!
YOu might try contacting Homestead Heritage. They use to sell handspun yarn in their little shop. httt://www.homesteadheritage.com They don't have an online store, but they do mail order. I'm pretty sure the phone number and/or email is on their site. The wool comes from the sheep that they raise there.
My sister sells beautiful handspun yarn in beautiful colors. You can check out her blog sharpscorner.blogspot.com...You can leave her a comment. Or I can have her email you.
Crystal,
I just purchased handspun yarn - natural and dyed from a dear friend. They call their family farm Verdant Farm and can be emailed at dcf2005@kaltelnet.net or I have her phone number or I think they still have a post here...http://www.localharvest.org/farms/M13741.
The Flaugher's have been friends of ours for several years. They live a couple of hours north of us. Have you heard of Spunkyhomeschool blog? This is "Spunky's" sister. Last time we visited Christine and her family I saw this beautiful hand-needle punched rug she made representing the sower and the seed parable from the Bible. She made it sound so easy - I knew I had to give it a try! I bought all of my yarn from her! The family raises sheep from which she gets her wool/spins/etc.
Give her a call and tell her Lisa gave you her name. (I don't get anything for passing around her name!) They are such a great God-honoring and encouraging family to us, I couldn't pass up this opportunity to pass along her name!
Enjoy your hunt!
Whoops, I meant to say natural colors. They are beautiful colors, but I think most of the yarn she has sold is undyed natural. Very pretty.
http://knittywit.blogspot.com/
Heidi at hte above blog makes and dyes her own yarn. I cannot remember where she sells it but there is a website. I'm sure you could get the info straight from her. :)
Hello Crystal,
I sell hand, farm and mill spun yarn with natural and hand dyed colors from my own sheep. My small flock is sustainable raised using organic standards but I refused to pay the USDA $800 for the privilege of using the word organic.
My website is thistlecovefarm.com .
Sandra
I just now saw your post about this. I have a friend in the Northwest U.S. who does all things yarn and wool, including spinning and using recycled yarn. She's very creative!
http://www.neauveau.com/handspunyarn.html
-Natalie
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