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:
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.
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:
Green Mountain Spinnery Website
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Shop Green Mountain Spinnery on Ravelry
Learn with Green Mountain Spinnery on YouTube
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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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I enjoyed listening to the show. I’ll have to check out the website and see the beautiful WOOL !
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I totally enjoyed the show and would some day like to do some kind of work with wool.
Another lovely show. It was a treat to see such lovely wool and the yarn it produces.
I just love all WOOLS! I love spinn, knitting and crocheting my wools!
I love the ragtime yarn that was shown on the podcast today.
Loved today’s show. Youtube delivered a better show than skype. Wool!
Great show, LOVE local small {or big} town businesses…..WOOL!!!!!!!
I love Larisa’s story. Really love those colors. Wool!
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I love watching the podcast, spinning the wool. It was interesting
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Loved the podcast. Wool!
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Wool you please keep up the great work?
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I really loved the podcast interview and I checked out their site fantastic Wool!
Give me a home grown wool every time !
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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Wool is my favorite fiber to use when I want to play with dyes. Wool is also very warm.
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Loved the show today and love working with wool yarns
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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.
Wool – I can’t wait to order some of their yarns, thanks for introducing Green Mountain Spinnery to me.
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.
Love finding a yarn source close to home! Wool
Such beautiful wool!!
Wool such a great episode at a peek behind the scenes
Wow, I love your yarn podcast. So many beautiful yarn made of wool.
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I really love Julie Asselin yarns and I was pleased to learn that it is spun at the Spinnery.
Have a nice day everyone.
Love your pod casts. I always learn something new. Never realized the wool is died before spinning.
I LOVE working with wool! That book looks beautiful! (And so does all of your yarn!)
Thank you, Marly for introducing us to Larisa of Green Mountain Spinnery. They spin so many beautiful wool and wool blend yarns there!
WOOL – Very informative! Thank you.
WOOL. Very informative video. Thank you.
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.
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.
Beautiful colors in the WOOL
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?
I’ve been to the spinnery in Putney, VT. A wonderful place for wool.
Wool- so fun to listen to and loved the story behind the spinners!!
Loved the video and info about the Wool. Would like to know how long the “raffle” is open after the program airs live.
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.
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=)
Wool – I have enjoyed using their yarn and enjoyed hearing Green Mountain’s story.
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