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September 17, 2019 By admin 62 Comments

Green Mountain Spinnery-

Green Mountain Spinnery has become a destination for knitters. What they find is the unexpected. Green Mountain Spinnery’s yarn mill is cobbled together from a group of antique machines and new technology wedged into a building converted from an old gas station in Putney Vermont.

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About Green Mountain Spinnery:

Green Mountain Spinnery Shop Yarn

This is no small operation. They make thousands of pounds of yarn each year for individual farmers, yarn shops and knitters. The space is small, hot, and often loud. The work is hard but it is so rewarding. There is nothing like seeing the raw fleeces washed to fluffy softness, blended to magical colors, and spun to yarns you want to touch and wear.

Using only North American-grown fibers in their yarns, they are focused on fiber grown in New England. They care about supporting local farmers, so they buy as much high quality, locally grown fiber as possible. Since their fiber needs are greater than the local supply wool and mohair is also purchased from as far away as New Mexico and Montana.

Green Mountain Spinnery Making Yarn

Being committed to finding ways to use our natural resources wisely is reflected in their manufacturing processes. Holding the title as one of the few Certified Organic wool mills in the United States, their yarns are not processed with harsh chemicals and retain the natural qualities of the fibers they are made of. Overtime they have developed innovative ways to deal with their waste products including recycling.

Find Green Mountain Spinnery online in the following locations:

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  1. Heather Pritchard says

    September 17, 2019 at 10:59 am

    Hey, I really enjoyed the show! WOOL

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  2. Marsha Stark says

    September 17, 2019 at 11:00 am

    WOOL – I loved hearing this story!! So cool! and pretty yarn!!

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  3. Barbara Doll says

    September 17, 2019 at 11:04 am

    Wool, wool, WOOL!!!

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  4. donna doolittle says

    September 17, 2019 at 11:12 am

    Love the beautiful colors, wool

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  5. Penny Hebert says

    September 17, 2019 at 11:38 am

    Great podcast featuring my state, makes my heart smile. Thank you for showing us the wool and the spinnery. Loved it!

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  6. Jennifer says

    September 17, 2019 at 11:51 am

    WOOL!

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  7. Lee Ann Stearns says

    September 17, 2019 at 11:53 am

    Love the show today. Wool.

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  8. Jan Snow says

    September 17, 2019 at 12:08 pm

    Love WOOL!

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  9. Sally Dixon says

    September 17, 2019 at 12:30 pm

    I enjoyed listening to the show. I’ll have to check out the website and see the beautiful WOOL !

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  10. Clarice Bruckner says

    September 17, 2019 at 12:32 pm

    LOVE ALL the WOOL!!!!

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  11. Cara Dayhoff says

    September 17, 2019 at 12:44 pm

    Love the show spinnery

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  12. Nadine Bongio says

    September 17, 2019 at 12:46 pm

    Love, love, love WOOL., WOOL. WOOL!

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  13. Tina Louise Sherer-Abernathy says

    September 17, 2019 at 1:01 pm

    I totally enjoyed the show and would some day like to do some kind of work with wool.

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  14. Chris Lopez says

    September 17, 2019 at 1:12 pm

    Another lovely show. It was a treat to see such lovely wool and the yarn it produces.

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  15. Cheryl Clark says

    September 17, 2019 at 1:28 pm

    I just love all WOOLS! I love spinn, knitting and crocheting my wools!

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  16. Katerina Voeltner says

    September 17, 2019 at 1:34 pm

    I love the ragtime yarn that was shown on the podcast today.

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  17. sandra d wallace says

    September 17, 2019 at 2:14 pm

    Loved today’s show. Youtube delivered a better show than skype. Wool!

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  18. Jamie Ezell Bishop says

    September 17, 2019 at 2:28 pm

    Great show, LOVE local small {or big} town businesses…..WOOL!!!!!!!

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  19. Sandra Pellerin says

    September 17, 2019 at 2:54 pm

    I love Larisa’s story. Really love those colors. Wool!

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  20. Vila Jones says

    September 17, 2019 at 3:04 pm

    Wool

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  21. Sonja Peddicord says

    September 17, 2019 at 3:29 pm

    Love it! Wool!

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  22. Heather Spinden says

    September 17, 2019 at 3:38 pm

    I love watching the podcast, spinning the wool. It was interesting

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  23. Marilyn Hopkins says

    September 17, 2019 at 3:51 pm

    Don’t pull the WOOL over your eyes! The spinnery is the place to be.

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  24. Candy Chambers says

    September 17, 2019 at 4:12 pm

    I love all the colors of the wool

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  25. K Myers says

    September 17, 2019 at 4:25 pm

    Loved the podcast. Wool!

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  26. Cynthia Borys says

    September 17, 2019 at 4:29 pm

    Wool

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  27. Alicia says

    September 17, 2019 at 4:32 pm

    Wool you please keep up the great work?

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  28. Kristy Turley says

    September 17, 2019 at 5:55 pm

    I watched the replay of the live! The WOOL is amazing!!!

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  29. Jennifer Rohr says

    September 17, 2019 at 6:12 pm

    Would love to win! Wool!!!!!

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  30. Ann Clark says

    September 17, 2019 at 6:37 pm

    I really loved the podcast interview and I checked out their site fantastic Wool!

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  31. Shaunna Bryant says

    September 17, 2019 at 7:22 pm

    Give me a home grown wool every time !

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  32. Cheri Mathews says

    September 17, 2019 at 8:03 pm

    Missed it live, glad I was able to tune in for the replay. Absolutely beautiful WOOL
    Thank you for the opportunity

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  33. Tonia Deakin says

    September 17, 2019 at 8:23 pm

    Wool, wool. wonderful wool!! I love it!!

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  34. Rachel Ballew says

    September 17, 2019 at 8:41 pm

    Wool is my favorite fiber to use when I want to play with dyes. Wool is also very warm.

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  35. Becky Holloway says

    September 17, 2019 at 10:03 pm

    I loved listening to the show , it was interesting, WOOL.

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  36. Julie Nichelson says

    September 17, 2019 at 10:13 pm

    Loved the show today and love working with wool yarns

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  37. Catherine Falotico says

    September 17, 2019 at 10:56 pm

    Wool!!! Love your podcasts

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  38. Cassandra Brown says

    September 17, 2019 at 11:24 pm

    Wool

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  39. Zen Knitter says

    September 18, 2019 at 5:35 am

    I learned about GREEN MOUNTAIN SPINNERY years ago while searching for WOOL. GREEN MOUNTAIN struck a chord with me because all of my mothers side of the family were from New Hampshire and Vermont. I’ve been in Putney, about 50 years ago. Would love to win the pattern book to make the beautiful vest Larissa was wearing, just my style.

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  40. Lori J Eggleston says

    September 18, 2019 at 9:41 am

    Wool – I can’t wait to order some of their yarns, thanks for introducing Green Mountain Spinnery to me.

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  41. Margaret C says

    September 18, 2019 at 10:02 am

    Wool — Thanks for a fun podcast! I’m a newbie so it was fun to discover you. One of these days I’ll make it up to Green Mountain Spinnery.

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  42. Judith Fuller says

    September 18, 2019 at 11:50 am

    Love finding a yarn source close to home! Wool

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  43. Ida Williamson says

    September 18, 2019 at 12:24 pm

    Such beautiful wool!!

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  44. Brittany Sudul says

    September 18, 2019 at 12:39 pm

    Wool such a great episode at a peek behind the scenes

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  45. mbissonnette says

    September 18, 2019 at 5:43 pm

    Wow, I love your yarn podcast. So many beautiful yarn made of wool.

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  46. Nathalie Sinclair says

    September 18, 2019 at 8:33 pm

    Wool!
    I really love Julie Asselin yarns and I was pleased to learn that it is spun at the Spinnery.
    Have a nice day everyone.

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  47. SUSAN IZBIANSKY says

    September 19, 2019 at 10:27 am

    Love your pod casts. I always learn something new. Never realized the wool is died before spinning.

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  48. Serena Lee says

    September 19, 2019 at 11:23 am

    I LOVE working with wool! That book looks beautiful! (And so does all of your yarn!)

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  49. Carleen Roberts says

    September 19, 2019 at 7:32 pm

    Thank you, Marly for introducing us to Larisa of Green Mountain Spinnery. They spin so many beautiful wool and wool blend yarns there!

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  50. Dana Nellums says

    September 20, 2019 at 9:11 am

    WOOL – Very informative! Thank you.

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  51. Dana Nellums says

    September 20, 2019 at 9:16 am

    WOOL. Very informative video. Thank you.

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  52. Nancy Duff says

    September 20, 2019 at 12:19 pm

    I just love “WOOL”!!!! The older I get the more I want to work with natural fiber and not acrylic. FYI Your link attachment for Green Mountain Spinnery on You-tube brings you to Pinterest Buffalo Wool Co.

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  53. joyce hancock says

    September 20, 2019 at 7:01 pm

    I had heard of this company, but didn’t know much about it. Thank you for sharing their background with us. Now I simply have to try some of their wool. Great show, Marly.

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  54. knittingdancer says

    September 20, 2019 at 9:58 pm

    Beautiful colors in the WOOL

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  55. Kim says

    September 21, 2019 at 7:16 am

    I am a Vermonter and love WOOL. I will need to make a trip to see the spinnery.
    I also have a question: some few years ago I bought some freshly spun alpaca fiber, now when I want to use it, I find that I can’t wind it. Ia friend wasn’t comfortable even putting it on her “umbrella “. It seems too fragile. Is there a way to have it respun possibly adding a different fiber to the mix?

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  56. Michelle says

    September 21, 2019 at 2:08 pm

    I’ve been to the spinnery in Putney, VT. A wonderful place for wool.

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  57. Sunni Coltart says

    September 22, 2019 at 1:45 pm

    Wool- so fun to listen to and loved the story behind the spinners!!

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  58. Pamela Thomas says

    September 22, 2019 at 9:01 pm

    Loved the video and info about the Wool. Would like to know how long the “raffle” is open after the program airs live.

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  59. Bonnie L Lawrence says

    September 30, 2019 at 12:24 pm

    I have just started to use indie duets and fiber artists products. There’s amazing WOOL items out there. This podcast was really interesting. It may be too late for the giveaway, but I will keep this place in mind for the future.

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  60. Colleen Storzek says

    October 1, 2019 at 3:01 pm

    I love all fibers but wool will be really essential soon in the windy city. Welcome to the midwest, I’m only a stone throw away in ChiTown and multi-craftual: machine and hand knitting and crochet=)

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  61. Mary Alice Helgesen says

    October 8, 2019 at 4:04 pm

    Wool – I have enjoyed using their yarn and enjoyed hearing Green Mountain’s story.

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  62. Deatra says

    November 5, 2019 at 11:19 am

    I really really love WOOL

    Reply

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