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Related Resources • Fiber Sources

Fiber and Yarn Sources
Our Resource Library is full of listings for yarn shops, farms, breeders, spinning fiber, yarns for weaving and knitting, and lots of equipment for the textile enthusiast. The listings are sorted by type of fiber and by geographic location, and alphabetically.

When we travel, we all like to visit the local yarn shop in the area. The following Yarn Shop listings have been recommended by our members. If you know of a shop in your area that you would like to add to the list, please complete our Submission Form.

Moscow, Russia

The Factory Firm Shop
Bolshaya Izmaylowskaya ul.
Dom 5, Moscow, Russia
Proprietor:OAO"Moskowskaya Sherstopryadilnaya Fabrika"

Description:
Dear colleagues!

Your Russian weavers can tell You about good wool shop in Moscow, Russia. The shop of the wool factory has not expensive prices ( for example, for the private person some yarn kinds costs approximately $1 per 100 grammes of the yarn (ex shop in Moscow,the export conditions are unknown)). The quality of the wool dyeing is very high.
It is convenient to visit the shop, it is near to the metro station "Semyonowskaya". So if You will visit the Moscow You can buy as the private person any available at the shop kind of the wool yarn. We are pleasant with the shop, the most of our tapestries are made from this yarn.
Sincerely Yours,
Olga & Yaroslaw

Recommended by:Olga & Yaroslaw

Toronto, Ontario

Camilla Valley Farm Weavers' Supply
Nina Manners

Description:

Wonderful Experience! Nina's store is on her farm north of Toronto and is a building that houses a large classroom and store area. The store is very open with a cathedral ceiling, big windows and plenty of room between the displays so you feel like browsing vs those stores that feel like warehouses.

The highlight of my trip was seeing the beautiful antique barn loom Nina has on display inside the front door. I have seen pictures of these, but actually sitting down in front of one of these gave me a new appreciation of our weaving heritage.

Nina stocks almost every weaving and knitting book ever published and these are kept in an area with rocking chairs and a fireplace where you can sit and read. I like how she has her work area in a loft above the store so she can keep working but still answer questions.

She has most of the leclerc looms on display so you can try them out. She also stocks a large number of loom parts and weaving tools and I was able to pick up some new brake parts for my Fanny. She even has a 10 foot wide loom that makes me glad I only have to throw my shuttle 45 inches!

She carries quite a large collection of wool, perle and regual cotton, orlec, linen and cottolin and she gives out free sample cards. She has a lot of everything on the shelves and it is nice to be able to get what you want rather than adjusting your pattern to match what a store has in stock.

It is a little bit of a drive, but well worth the trip, especially if you can spend an afternoon there!

Recommended by: Brenda

Toisons de Ville
521 Donegani, Apt. 8
Pointe Claire, Quebec
H9R 2W8
1-800-695-7838

Micheline Beluse & Frances Heaps

Description:

Small family enterprise/fully bilingual French and English. Louet retailer. Carries all products. Hand and Mill spun wools. 18th Century re-ennactors in Canada, with appropriate scarves and ribbons. Will custom spin and dye natural fiber of any description in natural or chemical dye as requested.

Recommended by: Mickey

Encinitas, CA

The Black Sheep
1060 First St.
Encinitas, CA 92024
Tel: 619-436-9973

Description:
Greetings fellow fibre enthusiasts,

The Black Sheep is a wonderful boutique with a huge inventory of handwoven and hand-dyed yarns. The store is a feast of color and texture and a must see if you're ever in Southern California. They also carry unusual buttons, beads, and looms in a variety of sizes. Prices range from $5 a skein for chenille to $100+ for specialty yarns with metallic threads woven in. I visit them rarely, but all of the yarn I bring home ends up in a variety of projects: from scarves for family and friends to faerie doll hair or weavings...No scrap is ever wasted.

Recommended by: Dawn Noelle Little

Frances Yarn
Rt. 46W
Denville, NJ

Description:
Frances is a yarn mill. I don't believe they manufacture there, but it is not a shop, but a warehouse. There are boxes and boxes of everything you could want(almost ) and the prices are great. Most yarn is on large cones. The are not really a retail business, but they will allow you to shop during their normal business hours,M-F 9-5. If you haven't been there, it is a must!

Recommended by:jjane2

Fiber Design Studio
10 Wisner Trail
Warwick, NY 10990
Proprietor: Kate Menken & Ann Songayllo

Description:
It's a Studio that carries a large variety of material that caters to Weavers, spinners,Knitters,felters, and any one interested in Fiber Design. Workshops are very popular at the Studio with very well known instructors in the Fiber Design Field. Beautiful collection of Yarns and Fleece.

Recommended by: Ruth Baltz

Spinster's Cottage
1702 3rd St.
Marysville, WA 98270
Proprietor: Micayla Lee

Description:
Spinster's Cottage has only been open since September, but has quickly become a favorite hang out with the local spinners/knitters. Micayla makes everyone feel welcome with her warm manner and enthusiasim! You will find a plethora of wonderful fibers and yarns, enough to delight any fiberholic.Micayla carries Brown Sheep fiber and yarns, Mountain Top rovings, lots of books and has started her own line of hand painted yarns, just yummy colors!
Classes are offered in spinning, & knitting and in dyeing as soon as the dye kitchen is completed. Wednesday's are open for all to come by and spin / knit and on Thursday's she is open until 8pm.

Recommended by:BJ Heeke

Fancy Image Yarns
591 SE Arcadia Rd
Shelton, WA 98584
Tel: 360-426-5875
Proprietor: Myra Hansen

Description:
In Myra's little shop you'll find something for all your senses, starting with Myra's ready smile and knowledgable conversation about every aspect of fiber and handcrafted fabrics. Your eyes are drawn to the amazing rainbow of colors of her hand-dyed yarns, your hands to the endless variety of textures, from snuggly mohair to flashy thrums that beg to be touched. The air is scented with potpourri, there is always fresh coffee in the pot, and several cats basking among the yarns, waiting to be cuddled. You can sit down and learn to weave a scarf on her ready-warped loom or sit with a group of knitters and share questions and ideas. Once you've visited Myra's little cottage nestled among the cedars, you keep going back because it's just a nice place to be.

Recommended by:Mary