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Emily is my dear friend and is the best natural yarn dyer I know. Her colors are vibrant and consistent. You will not be disappointed. See my Ravelry page for our collaboration on the Tickets to Berlin cowl top.

Rebecca is in Canada. She is a natural dyer. She hand dyes mohair...speckled! She is the only one doing this that I have found. I have been in her shop, Baaad Rabbit Fibre Arts, she has so much to choose from. Her colors are vibrant and fun! 

This is a small women owned business. Dyer's name is Rin. I love her story and her yarns! She has lots of bases to choose from. 

Green Mountain Spinnery yarn mill is cobbled together from a group of antique machines and new technology. They use only North American-grown fibers for their yarns, focusing on fiber grown in New England. They care about supporting local farmers, so we buy as much high quality, locally grown fiber as possible. Since our fiber needs are greater than the local supply we also purchase wool and mohair from as far away as New Mexico and Montana.  They offer all the suppliers a fair price for their products. Green Mountain Spinnery is 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. They have developed innovative ways to deal with our waste products including recycling.

 All Swans Island Company goods begin with natural fibers, sourced to the highest possible standard. Much of their fiber comes from local New England farms, domestic, family-run farms that have been caring for their flocks for generations. Their organic merino, sourced from South America, has been certified organic by the Global Organic Textile Standard, the world’s leading processing standard for textiles made from organic fibers. Fleece from those farms is custom spun for us by New England mills on trusty vintage machinery. From there, every skein of Swans Island yarn – whether destined for our hand looms, our partners at domestic knitting mills, or your knitting needles – is dyed by hand in our Northport dye house. This allows us to create uniquely saturated colorways that can’t be achieved in large-scale dye lots. Many of their yarns are dyed using naturally derived pigments like cochineal, indigo, and madder root.

  Fair-trade, vegan sustainable yarn made in Peru. Products are offset with Carbonfund and then some! 99% of the packaging is 100% Post Consumer Waste Material and Sustainable Cellulose. No plastic ever!

Heidi is a yarn dyer from Canada. She carries a variety of yarns. She does have organic and naturally dyed options. I have purchased her yarn in the past and dyed it. Great resource whether you need undyed or dyed yarn. 

Natural dyer, Mette, is from Jutland, Danmark. Her passion for dyeing with plants actually started at the museum after handling some textiles dyed with plants from the 1800s. She quickly discovered that plant dyeing opened up thousands of possibilities - a new world opened up. Today, she dyes her yarn with plants she has collected from nature in her local area. She always dyes outside in fresh air. I love using her yarn for visible mending.

Pichinku is a social enterprise that produces all natural yarn, botanically dyed in small batches by the skilled hands of women artisans in Cusco, Peru. Pichinku (pee-cheen-koo, meaning "little bird" in the native Quechua language) yarn is sustainable, environmentally friendly and socially conscious. Each unique skein is part of the ancient heritage of the Andes mountains, and supports the health of its people and breathtaking landscapes.

If you are a yarn dyer you likely know this company. They sell undyed skeins. They always have a variety of organic yarns in stock to buy in bulk. 

They have a lot of great undyed yarn options for weavers.Tierra Wools uses the finest local wool, shorn from sheep pastured in the high mountain meadows surrounding the town of Los Ojos. The flocks consist of both Rambouillet and the threatened Navajo-Churro breeds. 

Brice Wonders is the spinner behind the scenes at Spinaway Farms. He is quite the talent and spins the most amazing hand spun chunky undyed angora that you will ever see! I love this yarn so much! So many beautiful colors coming from his rabbits. 

 Rebecca from Orchard Acres Textiles dyes beautiful skeins of yarn with 100% natural plant material. Each skein is unique, and the colors are stunning. She lives on her beautiful farm outside of Rochester, MN, surrounded by goats, sheep, and plants.

This is a long story, but all to say that this is the only supplier to my knowledge that has organic cotton rope and cord for macrame and fiber artists. It took me a long time to find this resource. I hope it serves you. If you know of another resource please be of service and contact me and I will add it here. 

Always researching for more....

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Sally Fox is the OG of the natural organic undyed fibers in my book. She harvests a variety of cotton to get different colors. 

Miawa is a foundation, textiles school, and work with artisans. They have been making slow clothes for 30 years.  They have a wide variety of organic undyed material and natural dyes.

 Aurora Silk was established in 1969, in Berkeley, California, by Senior Master Natural Dyer Cheryl Kolander. She has a variety of peace silk in her shop.

  Sustain By Kat is listed here because of the great selection of DIY sewing supplies. Naturally dyed thread, lace, elastic, and cord. 

Organic fabric, yarn, notions, etc. They are a 5th generation family cotton farm in Northwest Texas county of Lubbock. In 1991, this farm became one of the first certified organic farms in the country. Despite this achievement of bringing back pesticide­ free organic cotton to the US, almost all of the fiber from the early organic farms was bought by large corporations, and blended with conventional cotton. These companies were able to meet their “green goals”, but it left small businesses who wanted to commit to 100% organic cotton products empty handed. As a result, Organic Cotton Plus became a sister company of the farm­ used to set aside organic cotton bales to create 100% certified fabrics for individuals and small businesses.

Organic cotton trim supplies.

Miawa is a foundation, textiles school, and work with artisans. They have been making slow clothes for 30 years.  They have a wide variety of organic undyed material and natural dyes.

Aurora Silk was established in 1969, in Berkeley, California, by Senior Master Natural Dyer Cheryl Kolander. She has a variety of natural dye kits and many supplies in her shop. Located in the PNW.

 This is an amazing website. They anything and everything you can think of when it comes to natural dyes. Seattle-based Botanical Colors was founded in 2010 by Kathy Hattori. Botanical Colors supplies natural dyes to artisans, dye houses and industrial clients seeking the beauty and environmental and social benefits natural color palettes offer. In addition, they offer classes and educational materials to teach natural dyeing to a broad audience.

Sasha Deurr is an artist, designer and educator who works with plant-based color and natural palettes. Sasha centers her practice and research on the collaborative color potential of weeds, food and floral waste, and local and seasonal ingredients. Teaching for over a decade at California College of the Arts with a joint appointment in Textiles and Fine Arts, Sasha lectures, consults and widely designs curriculum and courses in the intersection of natural color, slow food, slow fashion and social practice.

Liz Spencer is The Dogwood Dyer. I have followed her work a long time. She is a fabulous teacher. She offeres workshops and supplies. 

I had the pleasure of taking an indigo dye class with Julie. She has done amazing work with mushroom dyes. Check our her work and books.