Current Stockists
The Websters
Ashland, Oregon
It all began in Ashland, Oregon, in 1978 when Dona Zimmerman started raising sheep and selling the wool produced from her flock of Romney sheep, a breed from the Romney Marshes of England. Soon enough, in 1984, Dona and four friends embarked on a creative, cooperative experiment. Dona was a spinner. Jim, Kris, Lucy, and Molly were weavers. All five shared a passion for natural fibers and were ready to help fuel that passion in others. With no other yarn store for hundreds of miles, The Web*sters was born. Originally one third the size of our current space, we filled the shelves carefully handcrafted by Dona’s husband Kent with the soft wool from Dona’s flock, along with our favorite natural fibers and yarns from around the country.
My Sister Knits
Fort Collins, Colorado
My Sister Knits provides a welcoming atmosphere for knitters of all skill levels, and promises an unforgettable experience while working with a world-class staff. Through seeking out and carrying new and innovative designers and products from around the world, while maintaining a local Fort Collins feel, My Sister Knits is more than a knit shop; it’s an inclusive community of creators.
Wool Town
Bend, Oregon
At Wool Town we know that the art of craft comes in many forms. Find fiber arts supplies for knitting, crochet, needle felting, macrame, and basic weaving. Wool Town is known for easy crafting kits. We select and create curated packages to help you get started with your craft. We believe there is nothing like a simple stitch to help keep those creative juices flowing.
Hook & Needle
Vancouver, Washington
Some dreams take a detour to find their way home. Mine took a chronic pain diagnosis, a forced slowdown, and a lot of time with yarn in my hands to finally become real. In that slower pace I found something I'd been circling for years: I wanted to open a yarn shop. Not just any yarn shop. The one I always wished had existed when I was learning.
In 2023, alongside co-founder Kelly Johnson, that dream opened its doors on Local Yarn Store Day. Today, Hook & Needle is owned by me while Kelly follows another long held dream.
Here's what I wanted to build: a place that feels like going to your best friend's house. Even if you haven't been in a while, walking back through the door feels like no time has passed. A place where beginners are just as welcome as the person on their fifteenth sweater. Where the shelves are full of things that have been chosen, held, tested, and believed in. Where craft nights are loud and warm and run a little long because nobody wants to leave.
That place is Hook & Needle. And if you've been looking for it too, you just found it.
Tumalo Fibers
Tumalo, Oregon
Tumalo (pronounced TUM-ə-loh) is a small enclave just north of Bend, Oregon — the kind of place you might pass through on your way into “town.” We don’t have a lot here, but what we do have is worth a stop.
I’ve been a knitter since childhood, which eventually led me to handspinning, dyeing, and even a bit of weaving and crochet. My dye journey began through spinning — and the purchase of my first vintage circular sock machine. Because really, if you’re cranking out socks, you’ve got to have fun sock yarn. ;-)
In 2018, just after I’d barely learned to spin a single, I enrolled in a sheep-to-shawl series at Windrush Farm in Petaluma, California — an idyllic place where we learned to choose a fleece, wash, dye, card, spin, and ultimately transform it into a finished garment. I left that class completely hooked on all things fiber.
Working with wool and color has always been deeply therapeutic for me. As a master’s-educated Registered Nurse who once worked with very sick cancer patients, I found solace at the end of hard days in spinning, knitting, or playing in the dye pots. Dyeing combines the meditative and the scientific — art and chemistry in one — and it satisfies both my creative heart and my nerdy, science-loving side.