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Wool Works A new event celebrating the wonder of wool and the community it holds. Join us on July 18th 2026 in North Adams, Mass from 10 am-7 pm. Tickets at Wool.works

Wool Works merch is up online at BrooklynGeneral.com, right on the homepage!Even if you missed out on our Science of Woo...
07/22/2026

Wool Works merch is up online at BrooklynGeneral.com, right on the homepage!

Even if you missed out on our Science of Wool event in The Berkshires, you can order a little piece of it for yourself or as a gift!

T-shirts, tea towels, trucker hats, pins and buttons, how can you resist?

✨We hinted at the programming, and here is a sneak peek at the Learning Stations!🔍Under the Microscope – Have you had a ...
07/08/2026

✨We hinted at the programming, and here is a sneak peek at the Learning Stations!

🔍Under the Microscope – Have you had a close-up look at wool?
Wool is the most commonly used animal fiber. Under the microscope, the wool fiber looks like a long cylinder with scales on it. The fiber is very curly and springy. At Wool Works, you’ll have a chance to get a good look at the variety and unique characteristics of this most commonly used natural fiber.

🧵Weaving – For 12,000 years, humans have been laying threads at right angles to create woven goods, from clothing to shelters and everything in between. Try your hand at weaving or observe to mark the progress throughout the day with volunteer Naomi Hudson-Knapp answering questions and sharing knowledge. Photo credit: Kathleen Fitzpatrick

🐑Breed Board – Did you know there are more than 1,000 distinct breeds of sheep? Learn about the wooly wonders themselves by visiting our illustrated and educational display.

Join us to learn about the Science of Wool at Wool Works, on July 18th WORKS, in North Adams, MA
🎟️Tickets at www.wool.works 🎟️


✨Vendor Spotlight ✨Hellomello Handspun features distinctive hand dyed yarns and farmer friendly fibers. Our limited edit...
07/07/2026

✨Vendor Spotlight ✨

Hellomello Handspun features distinctive hand dyed yarns and farmer friendly fibers.

Our limited edition, small batch mill spun yarns are created seasonally using the highest quality hand-selected fine wool fleeces.

Cleaning, carding and spinning is done at a family owned and operated mill located in NY State.

Each skein is lovingly dyed by hand at our studio in Brooklyn, NY.

Come meet Heather Love at Wool Works, on July 18th, WORKS, in North Adams, MA

🎟️Tickets at www.wool.works 🎟️

06/29/2026

Our beautifully designed Farm Fresh Wool Works T’s are in! We can’t wait for you to pick yours up on July 18th at Wool Works in North Adams, MA from 10 - 7:00. Tickets are at link on profile or in our stories or at https://events.humanitix.com/woolworks/tickets

✨Vendor Spotlight ✨Queen City Yarn is a color-obsessed, indie dye studio based in Charlotte, NC, where our small but mig...
06/27/2026

✨Vendor Spotlight ✨

Queen City Yarn is a color-obsessed, indie dye studio based in Charlotte, NC, where our small but mighty team hand-dyes every skein of yarn. We strive to offer beautiful colors on bases you’ll love.

We began Queen City Yarn with a love of offering beautiful handpaints paired with vibrant tonals. We have since expanded to offer specialty bases that have quickly become customer favorites.

Our best-selling bases are Latta, our sport weight, 100% Non Superwash Merino/Rambouillet wool and Coleman, a 65% Silk, 35% Linen blend that is a great DK weight base, perfect for hot and humid summers or for layering pieces in the cooler months.

You’ll still find us dyeing our original bases, ranging from fi*****ng weight NoDa Sock to our newest fuzzy alpaca/silk blend, Bernice.

We love what we do, and we can’t wait to make with you!

Come meet Janis Ficker and her creations at Wool Works.
July 18th, Greylock WORKS, in North Adams, MA

🎟️Tickets at www.wool.works 🎟️


It’s been a while since we’ve posted in this series, but we are happy to be getting back to it! In part 1, we left off t...
06/27/2026

It’s been a while since we’ve posted in this series, but we are happy to be getting back to it!

In part 1, we left off toward the end of the Middle Ages. As the uses of wool and the development of technologies soared, so did wool’s value. Making it an asset that European governments protected with all their might.

England froze its borders to raw wool exports. In 1377 England’s King Edward III, “the royal wool merchant,” stopped woven-goods imports and the domestic weaving of foreign wools and invited Flemish weavers fleeing the Spanish invasion to settle in England where the industry thrived. By 1660 wool textile exports were two-thirds of England’s foreign commerce.

Back in Spain a thriving wool trade helped finance the voyages of Columbus and the Conquistadores and the subsequent genocide of Indigenous people. Guarding its wealth closely, Spain levied the death penalty on anyone exporting sheep until 1786. That year the King of France, Louis XVI, in a secret pact with the Spanish crown, imported 386 Merino ewes to cross with sheep on his estate at Rambouillet in Northern France. The resulting Rambouillet breed is still highly desirable today because of its fine and long-stapled wool.

Columbus brought sheep to Cuba and Santo Domingo on his second voyage in 1493. Then in 1519, Hernán Cortés took their descendants along when he ruthlessly took what is now Mexico. And in 1598, Juan de Oñate brought Spanish settlers to colonize the Southwest, into the heights of the Rockies in Colorado. Navajo and other Southwest Indigenous peoples are still famous today for their magnificent woolen rugs and colorful wall hangings, made from the wool of the descendants of the Churra sheep (today the Navajo-Churro sheep is listed as an endangered rare breed).

In our next episode of The History of Wool, we will concentrate on its arrival and the ensuing thriving industry on the Eastern US coast.

Stay tuned!

✨Vendor Spotlight ✨Plied Yarns creates unique, marled woolen-spun yarns in our Baltimore studio. We’re proud to carry on...
06/27/2026

✨Vendor Spotlight ✨

Plied Yarns creates unique, marled woolen-spun yarns in our Baltimore studio. We’re proud to carry on the tradition of American-made yarns through our partnership with Harrisville Designs, the third-generation family-owned mill that spins all our bases.

🌟We’ve partnered with The Local Stitch (), an expert natural dyer, to create TWISTS that combine our acid-dyed plies with her naturally dyed plies. The result is a range of nuanced colors ranging from bright to subtle. Designed by Ruth Boelkins (), the Benchmark Sweater is the perfect canvas to showcase Plied TWISTS.

Making our TWISTS is a labor-intensive project! After we dye large skeins of singles, we ship them back to Harrisville Designs, where they are re-coned and twisted into the final product. We have a lot of yarn to wrangle in the studio!

🌟 Plied is known for our bobbins, 35-yard mini skeins that are perfect for scrappy projects, mending, embroidery, amigurumi, stripes, or anything else you can imagine! We’ll have a selection of individual bobbins and sets in our Wool Works booth, along with samples to inspire you.

🌟World Cup Log Cabin Project
Ann is a huge football fan (that’s “soccer” to Americans), so Plied has created colors for all the national teams that qualified for the World Cup, with an EPIC project showcasing the teams. These bright, clear colors are perfect for creating accessories for your favorite team—football, baseball, basketball, or anything else you follow!

Come meet Ann Weaver and her creations at Wool Works.
July 18th, Greylock WORKS, in North Adams, MA

🎟️Tickets at www.wool.works 🎟️


✨Vendor Spotlight ✨The Virtues of Making Traditional KombuchaSince 2009, James Hibler and J Y Lym have been brewing and ...
06/27/2026

✨Vendor Spotlight ✨

The Virtues of Making Traditional Kombucha

Since 2009, James Hibler and J Y Lym have been brewing and bottling OM Champagne Tea in Upper Westchester, New York. Their current OM SCOBYs date back to the first one purchased from Amos Miller Organic Farm in Bird-in-Hand, PA.

They started drinking kombucha while living in the Santa Cruz Mountains, CA, and they brought their palate and passion to New York, where they settled to raise their five children, and to produce the most delicious and nutritious kombucha anywhere. 

James and family drink kombucha, now OM Champagne Tea, daily for hydration, for digestion, for health. It is an integral part of their way of life.

James and J Y’s principles in life have guided the making of OM Champagne Tea—to use the cleanest and purest and most nutrient dense ingredients, to stay true to the properties of the ingredients, and to maximize the healing potential of the ingredients, to honor the practices of our ancestors.

We can taste the memory of their knowledge. Health is available in our foods, and the cures to our ailments are in nature.

Come savor Om Champagne Tea and taste their Golden Butter at Wool Works.
July 18th, Greylock WORKS, in North Adams, MA

🎟️Tickets at www.wool.works 🎟️


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