Old New York Fiber Mill

10/29/2017

CeCe's Wool in Esperance has awesome woolen gloves from wool produced in Cobleskill, NY. They're soft, super warm, and really affordable! And made with love entirely in NYS.

09/20/2017

Barb posted this and it cracked me up!

Anyone else getting excited for sweater weather?

09/11/2017

This is fun.

Gaze at one hundred years of people knitting.

09/10/2017

Your weekend tidbit: Baseballs have, since the beginning, been made with yarn. See the video to see how and check out S&D Spinning Mill in Massachusetts, if you want to see the mill spinning the yarn for the Major League balls.

Tune in to How Its Made Fridays @ 9pm | For more, visit http://science.discovery.com/tv/how-its-made | This clip about professional baseballs from The Scienc...

09/08/2017

She makes a good argument. What do y'all think? Excited to see US textiles grow!

Superwash is something I have come to have very strong feelings about. American superwash, that is. I'm well aware that I may not win any popularity contests from this post. Superwash yarns have become a hot button topic over the last few years, with many "lifestyle" blogs and pod

09/05/2017

We've been promising an announcement for months. And things were progressing in the right direction. We were working with another fiber mill and had planned to open the spinning portion of our mill to allow for small batch processing, but a recent tour of the building we had intended to use revealed significant damage from burst pipes - something that must have occurred late this spring. A back up building has been assessed and will be accessible, but we are currently on hold. I appreciate everyone's patience and support. Will continue to assess the situation and post updates as they come to light.

09/01/2017

08/30/2017

Learning how to spin your own yarn is pretty easy and straightforward, especially if you have access to great teachers. To make this free eBook, we pulled from some of our best content from the pages of Spin-Off magazine.

08/20/2017

I've spun cat fibers just to say I'd done it, but this...
http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/sacred-cat-rug

The 2,400-year-old Egyptian rug originally carried a mummified human foot.

08/18/2017

Did you know that while the number of large sheep farms have decreased steadily in the past three decades, it has been countered by a resurgence of small farm and hobby farm fiber enthusiast who are not only helping educate others on the value of domestic textiles, but are also increasing diversity of breeds available for fiber in the US.

08/16/2017

What is your earliest fiber-related memory?

08/10/2017

Tens of thousands of vintage sewing patterns available for free.

We are a collaborative Wikia dedicated to documenting Vintage Sewing Patterns (25 years old or older) that anyone can edit! Browse vintage dress patterns and completed vintage sewing projects, explore amusing illustrations and ogle classic movie stars. Search patterns available from our vintage patt...

08/07/2017

If you take a look at the label inside the collar of your shirt, chances are it doesn’t say “Made in the U.S.A.” That’s why cotton farmers in North Carolina are teaming up with local textile mills to produce garments that are truly homegrown. Special correspondent Jeff Sonier from PBS station WTVI s...

07/15/2017

We'll be at the Jacob Sheep Association Meeting today in Cooperstown to discuss fiber processing. Be sure to say hello if you spot us!

07/04/2017

From CeCe's shop - Happy birthday, America!

Happy Independence Day!! CeCe's Wool will be closed July 4-6. We will be open Friday, July 7, 12-7:30 with social hour after 5:00. Be safe!

06/27/2017

My primitive iPhone finally died. It has served me well for many years. It was a hand-me-down from a family member and I never thought it would last beyond two years. But, Gosh, I think it's been five or six! Anyway, if you need to reach me in the meantime, please use email or FB.

06/23/2017

Just for fun and the sake of fiber...

1) What's your favorite fiber-related project?

2) If you had to compare your yarn-stash to an object (ie toaster, Volkswagon, barn, etc), how would it stack up?

3) What's the most challenging project you've worked on?

4) What was the project that got you hooked on fiber?

5) Name your favorite fiber animal.