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Welcome to Paloma Textiles, a handweaving studio and supplier of humane, earth-friendly, and fair trade yarns for knitters, weavers, and other fiber artists.  I am continually searching for new products that fit the site's mission, and I welcome suggestions from anyone with ideas about what merchandise they would like to see here.


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Latest Blog: Humane Wool Source

Posted Sunday May 25, 2008 --

In my last blog I explained my ethical reservations about carrying sheeps' wool on the Paloma Textiles site.  I've continued to search for reliably humane wool to carry here, but so far have not come up with a wholesale supplier.  I did, however, read an article in the Wall Street Journal about a woman named Susan Gibbs who runs a humane sheep and goat farm in Martha's Vineyard called The Fiber Farm.  Susan sells shares in her yearly harvests. 

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