Caithness Yarns offers premium quality artisan yarns made from sheep sourced from high-welfare small to medium farms in the North of Scotland. The focus is…
Fiber Source: UK
Makers who use fiber from the United Kingdom
Horse ‘n’ Round Studio
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Horse ’n’ Round Studio is a maker of yarn, spinning/felting tools and supplies, and finished items. “I have roving and fleeces from local farms as…
Ovis et Cetera
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German dyer Ovis et Cetera makes semisolid yarns in a variety of fibers. Shades are gentle and glorious.
Purl Alpaca Designs
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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…
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…