Stilly River Yarns (Stanwood, WA)
@stillyriveryarns.com
🧶 Full-service yarn shop - beginners welcome!
🧶 Supplies for crochet/felting/knitting/spinning/small-scale weaving
🧶 Classes, lessons, and microflock shearing/maintenance services
🧶 Community is our superpower
https://linktr.ee/stillyriveryarns
🧶 Supplies for crochet/felting/knitting/spinning/small-scale weaving
🧶 Classes, lessons, and microflock shearing/maintenance services
🧶 Community is our superpower
https://linktr.ee/stillyriveryarns
Sad to say, a lot of folks are just now understanding why the domestic wool industry in the US is in deep trouble. A huge part of the conversation is the lack of financial incentive to produce wool - SO much work but so very little return. Here’s my quick explanation (the table I mention is below)
September 4, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Sad to say, a lot of folks are just now understanding why the domestic wool industry in the US is in deep trouble. A huge part of the conversation is the lack of financial incentive to produce wool - SO much work but so very little return. Here’s my quick explanation (the table I mention is below)
The @lystour.com starts next Wednesday, and as your local #FullServiceYarnShop, we’re here for your travel planning needs.
On the Tour page of our website, you’ll find detailed directions, all the info on parking for the shop, a list of parks, and a list of restaurants. And for the EV owners…
On the Tour page of our website, you’ll find detailed directions, all the info on parking for the shop, a list of parks, and a list of restaurants. And for the EV owners…
May 8, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The @lystour.com starts next Wednesday, and as your local #FullServiceYarnShop, we’re here for your travel planning needs.
On the Tour page of our website, you’ll find detailed directions, all the info on parking for the shop, a list of parks, and a list of restaurants. And for the EV owners…
On the Tour page of our website, you’ll find detailed directions, all the info on parking for the shop, a list of parks, and a list of restaurants. And for the EV owners…
Chapter 6 of Domestic Wool Doldrums: what can you do to help improve the situation and learn more?
April 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Chapter 6 of Domestic Wool Doldrums: what can you do to help improve the situation and learn more?
Chapter 5 of Domestic Wool Doldrums is here, and I’m talking about just three of the things we count on having in local yarn shops that… you can’t get domestically in commercially viable quantities.
Chapter 6 will drop Wednesday - the topic will be “what do we do next?”
Chapter 6 will drop Wednesday - the topic will be “what do we do next?”
April 14, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Chapter 5 of Domestic Wool Doldrums is here, and I’m talking about just three of the things we count on having in local yarn shops that… you can’t get domestically in commercially viable quantities.
Chapter 6 will drop Wednesday - the topic will be “what do we do next?”
Chapter 6 will drop Wednesday - the topic will be “what do we do next?”
Chapter 4 of Domestic Wool Doldrums: mills and other infrastructure.
We’re losing domestic commercial-capacity mills at an astounding rate - and micro mills aren’t able to produce enough yarn to satisfy domestic demand. Plus, we only have 2 commercial-capacity scouring facilities left in the US.
We’re losing domestic commercial-capacity mills at an astounding rate - and micro mills aren’t able to produce enough yarn to satisfy domestic demand. Plus, we only have 2 commercial-capacity scouring facilities left in the US.
April 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Chapter 4 of Domestic Wool Doldrums: mills and other infrastructure.
We’re losing domestic commercial-capacity mills at an astounding rate - and micro mills aren’t able to produce enough yarn to satisfy domestic demand. Plus, we only have 2 commercial-capacity scouring facilities left in the US.
We’re losing domestic commercial-capacity mills at an astounding rate - and micro mills aren’t able to produce enough yarn to satisfy domestic demand. Plus, we only have 2 commercial-capacity scouring facilities left in the US.
Chapter 3 of Domestic Wool Doldrums: wool prices.
They’ve been declining since WWII. They’re laughably low, and when you can slaughter lambs and sell meat for $15/lb rather than 83 cents/lb for wool… it’s a hard sell to encourage folks to look at wool as viable production income.
They’ve been declining since WWII. They’re laughably low, and when you can slaughter lambs and sell meat for $15/lb rather than 83 cents/lb for wool… it’s a hard sell to encourage folks to look at wool as viable production income.
April 9, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Chapter 3 of Domestic Wool Doldrums: wool prices.
They’ve been declining since WWII. They’re laughably low, and when you can slaughter lambs and sell meat for $15/lb rather than 83 cents/lb for wool… it’s a hard sell to encourage folks to look at wool as viable production income.
They’ve been declining since WWII. They’re laughably low, and when you can slaughter lambs and sell meat for $15/lb rather than 83 cents/lb for wool… it’s a hard sell to encourage folks to look at wool as viable production income.
Chapter 2 of Domestic Wool Doldrums, in which I explain why the US wool industry can’t just reboot to replace imports in 2 weeks/months/years. 🧶 Today’s topic: shearers.
#StillyRiverYarns #FullServiceYarnShop #LocalYarnShop #AmericanWool #SheepShearing #tariffs #CantRebuildWhatDoesntExist
#StillyRiverYarns #FullServiceYarnShop #LocalYarnShop #AmericanWool #SheepShearing #tariffs #CantRebuildWhatDoesntExist
April 9, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Chapter 2 of Domestic Wool Doldrums, in which I explain why the US wool industry can’t just reboot to replace imports in 2 weeks/months/years. 🧶 Today’s topic: shearers.
#StillyRiverYarns #FullServiceYarnShop #LocalYarnShop #AmericanWool #SheepShearing #tariffs #CantRebuildWhatDoesntExist
#StillyRiverYarns #FullServiceYarnShop #LocalYarnShop #AmericanWool #SheepShearing #tariffs #CantRebuildWhatDoesntExist
AHA I remembered where the download capacity was in IG.
Here’s Chapter 1 of Domestic Wool Doldrums, direct on BlueSky.
#tariffs #SmallBusinessLife #SmallBusiness #StillyRiverYarns #FullServiceYarnShop #AmericanSheep #AmericanWool
Here’s Chapter 1 of Domestic Wool Doldrums, direct on BlueSky.
#tariffs #SmallBusinessLife #SmallBusiness #StillyRiverYarns #FullServiceYarnShop #AmericanSheep #AmericanWool
April 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
AHA I remembered where the download capacity was in IG.
Here’s Chapter 1 of Domestic Wool Doldrums, direct on BlueSky.
#tariffs #SmallBusinessLife #SmallBusiness #StillyRiverYarns #FullServiceYarnShop #AmericanSheep #AmericanWool
Here’s Chapter 1 of Domestic Wool Doldrums, direct on BlueSky.
#tariffs #SmallBusinessLife #SmallBusiness #StillyRiverYarns #FullServiceYarnShop #AmericanSheep #AmericanWool