Sources for Breed-Specific Yarn

Baa Ram Ewe                             

Bluefaced Leicester, Masham, Merino, Romney, Derbyshire Gritsone, Jacob, Black Welsh Mountain, Hebridean, North of England Mule

Bare Naked Wools                  

Border Leicester, Masham, Perendale, Bluefaced Leicester, Targhee, Shetland, Cormo, Jacob, Black Welsh, Cooper, Polwarth, Corriedale, Punta Arendas

Birlinn Yarn Co.                        

Hebridean, Cheviot

Blacker Yarns                            

Merino, Romney Guernsey, Shetland, Gotland, Jacob, Ryeland, Dartmoor, Exmoor, Zwartbles & Closewool, Bowmont, Boreray, Shetland, Soay

Flying Fibers                               

Shetland, Leicester Longwool, Wensleydale, Blue Faced Leicester

Garthenor Organic                 

Polwarth, Romney, Hebridean, Shetland, Lleyn, Cotswold

Golden Grove Farm                

Navajo-Churro

Green Mountain Spinnery 

Targhee, Rambouillet, Columbia, Targhee and Friesian 

Harrisville Designs                 

California Variegated Mutant (CVM), Romeldale, Merino, Dorset

Imperial Yarn                             

Rambouillet, Columbia, Merino

Jamieson & Smith                   

Shetland

Jamieson’s of Shetland       

Shetland

Jill Draper                                     

Rambouillet, Cheviot, Merino, Targhee, Dorset, Welsh Mountain Black

John Arbon Textiles                

Exmoor Blueface, Romney, Devon Closewool, Bluefaced Leicester, Zwartbles, Corriedale

Junction Fiber Mill                  

Targhee, Corriedale, Romney, Gotland, Montadale, Cheviot

Juniper Moon Farm                

Rambouillet

Meridian Mill House              

Shaniko

Mitten State Wool                   

Romney, Bluefaced Leicester, Tunis

Mountain Meadow Wool     

Suffolk, Lincoln, Rambouillet, Merino, Romney

North Bay Fiber                        

Cormo, Targhee-Polypay, American Romney

Ornery Shepherd                    

Gulf Coast Native

Purveyors of Fine Wool        

Cormo, Corriedale, Clun Forest, Horned Dorset, Polypay, Romney, Shetland, American Tunis, Polwarth

Sincere Sheep                          

Cormo, Shaniko, Rambouillet, Shetland

Tamarisk Farm                          

Hebridean, Dorset, Herdwick, Jacob, Shetland

The Fiber Company                

Masham, Romney

The Ross Farm                           

Border Leicester, Cheviot, Jacob, CVM/Romeldale, Clun Forest

The Woolly Thistle                  

Dorset, Corriedale, Romney

West Yorkshire Spinners    

Bluefaced Leicester, Bluefaced Kerry Hill, Shetland, Masham, Jacob

Yarn Hygge                                  

Bluefaced Leicester, Polwarth, Romney, Targhee                                  

These companies offer breed-specific yarn which can be a single breed or a blend of identifiable breeds listed on the ball band or their website. Yarn quantities for rare and critical breeds are limited so do check with seller regarding available yarns. Sheep farmers selling their own yarn, mills, retailers, and wholesalers are all listed. Check with your local yarn shop to see if they stock any yarn of interest.                                                                    

Updated September 23, 2026

Special thanks to Abigail Vance for her research and assistance with compiling this list.