Sources for Yarns Used in This Book

Medium (Worsted Weight) and Double–Knitting (DK) Weight Yarns

Bartlettyarns, Inc. Fisherman's 2-ply, Rangeley 2-ply, Homespun 2-ply (heavy medium weight 100% wool yarns)

Briggs & Little Woollen Mills Ltd. 2/8 (DK weight) and 3/8 (medium)

Cottage Crafts Tweeds and Yarn. 2-ply medium weight wool yarns. 100°/o wool yarn in heathery colors and tweeds from the New Brunswick coastal landscape.

McAusland’s Woollen Mill. 2/8 and 3/8 medium (DK and medium weight, respectively), 3/8 fine (medium weight)

Nordic Fiber Arts. Rauma 3-ply Strikkegarn (DK weight, 100% wool yarn)

Peace Fleece. 2-ply medium and DK weight, wool yarns from Maine island sheep and international sources

Sport and Fingering Weight Yarns

Cottage Crafts Tweeds and Yarn. Single-ply sport weight wool yarns. 100% wool yarn in heathery colors and tweeds from the New Brunswick coastal landscape.

Halcyon Yarn. Halcyon Yarn Victorian, a lovely 2-ply wool sport yarn.

Jaggerspun. The Maine Line 2/8 (fingering) and 3/8 (sport weight), 1 lb (.45kg) cones only. Soft, 100°/o wool, many colors.

Nordic Fiber Arts. Rauma Hifa Superwash Yarn and Finullgarn (sport weight yarns), Babygarn (fingering). Norsk Husflid’s 100% wool yarn with a rich palette of Scandinavian colors.

Fleece, Pencil Rovings and One-inch Ravings

Bartlettyarns, Inc. Pencil rovings in natural sheep’s colors. Order in 4-ounce (114g) wheels.

Briggs & Little Woolen Mills, Ltd. 5-strand Country Roving (pencil roving), 1 2 natural and dyed colors

Halcyon Yarns, Inc. Many colors and breeds of ravings, tops, and loose fleece. Basic color palette. Minimum order one ounce (a yard). Write for a catalog.

McAusland’s Woollen Mill. A selection of natural and dyed pencil ravings sold in 100-gram (3.5 oz) wheels

Peace Fleece. Loose wool in bright colors from Maine and international sources

How to Go to the Source

Please note: Your local yarn store may carry some of these yarns or other wool yarns that will substitute nicely. You may even find skeins spun from local sheeps’ wool there, and such yarns are usually ideal for traditional mittens.

Bartlettyarns, Inc.
20 Water Street
Harmony, Maine 04942
(207) 683-2341 • fax (207) 683-2261
www.bartlettyarns.com (order on-line)
sales@bartlettyarns.com

Briggs & Little Woollen Mills Ltd.
Harvey Station, NB E0H 1 H0 Canada
(506) 366-5438
www.briggsandlittle.com/wool

Cottage Crafts Tweeds and Yarn
In Canada: 209 Water Street
St. Andrews By-the-Sea, NB E0G 2X0 Canada
(506) 529-3190 • (800) 355-9665• fax (506) 529-3933

In the US: PO Box 1275, Calais ME 04619

www.townsearch.com/cottagecraft
cottcraf@nbnet.nb.ca (order on-line)

Halcyon Yarn
12 School Street
Bath ME 04530
(207) 442-7909 • (800) 341-0282
www.halcyonyarn.com (order on-line)

Jaggerspun
PO Box 188
(5 Water Street)
Springvale ME 04083
(207) 324-5622 • fax (207) 490-2661
www.jaggeryarn.com
wool@jaggeryarn.com

McAusland’s Woollen Mill
Bloomfield, PEI C0B l E0 Canada
(902) 859-3005 • fax (902) 859-1628

www.peisland.com/wool (no ordering capability on Web site as of May 2005)

Nordic Fiber Arts
4 Cutts Road
Durham NH 03444
(603) 868-1196
info@nordicfiberarts.com
www.nordicfiberarts.com (order on line)

Peace Fleece
475 Porterfield Road
Porter ME 04068
(800) 482-2841
www.peacefleece.com
saw@peacefleece.com