A Shawl Showcase
Spring is so here! Sure, Mother Nature could pull a fast one on us still and bring a few more grey days and a lot of mud, but instead we… Continue reading
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Friend of the Spinnery: Suzy Allen
Today we would like to put a spotlight on a good friend of Green Mountain Spinnery, designer Suzy Allen. Suzy is the force behind Chain Two, a purely digital e-zine… Continue reading
Eucalan & Green Mountain Spinnery
The goals of Green Mountain Spinnery are simple: to create yarns of the highest quality, to help sustain regional sheep farming, and to develop environmentally sound ways to process natural… Continue reading
November Knits Blog Tour: Market Jacket & Thayer Street
What comes to mind when you think of fall? At The Spinnery, in Putney, VT, we think of leaf-peeping in early October, hiking with great views in great… Continue reading
Early Fall Pattern Round Up & Inspiration!
Wool season approaches! While the days have been pleasant, when the sun sets, you can feel the hint of a chill in the air. It is refreshing and makes many… Continue reading
Meet the Designer, Maureen Clark
Like most Spinnery Cooperative members, Maureen Clark does a variety of jobs. She is in charge of our shipping and inventory systems, assists with our 1916 carding machine, works with… Continue reading
Spotlight on Cotton Comfort
Wool, like all the animal protein fibers, has the natural ability to retain heat. This makes it a natural choice for cold weather garments and accessories. When the weather turns… Continue reading
Spotlight on Simply Fine
In our last blog post, we told you about the mohair used in several of the Spinnery yarns. In this post we will shine the spotlight on Simply Fine. This… Continue reading
Mohair & Joe David Ross
Joe David Ross has supplied GMS with mohair since the mid 1980s. We met him through local farmer Deb Pamplin, a mohair grower in Wethersfield, Vermont. Deb had introduced the… Continue reading
Meet the Dyer, Melissa Johnson
Melissa Johnson has been working with the Spinnery since the beginning. She learned to weave at the Putney School from Libby Mills, one of the Spinney founders,… Continue reading
Alpaca Elegance & Skyeview Alpacas
The folks at the Spinnery cooperative are excited to share with our friends a bit about the farmers we work with. This post was completed and released before we heard of Jim King’s unexpected death… Continue reading
Be Our Neighbor!
We’re celebrating 30 years of bringing hand-crafters the finest organic and natural fibers yarns. If you’re new to the Green Mountain Spinnery, we’re glad you found us! You came along… Continue reading