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A River of Yarn - Peterborough Ontario based store with "Luxury crochet knitting yarns" (ariverofyarn.ca)

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This is another one from the CIRA newsletter (if you own a .ca domain, there is a small discount)

From their site:

Here at A River of Yarn, our focus is to provide you with luxury knitting and crochet yarns, tools, and accessories at affordable prices. We believe that you shouldn’t have to spend a fortune to create a beautiful design.

Always with an eye on current fashions, we specialize in offering a variety of brands and sources of yarn, including alpaca, wool, cotton, flax, hemp, and acrylics. Paired with our selection of kits and patterns, we’re sure that you’ll find something that will spark your creativity and let your dreams set sail.

Location:

A River of Yarn is located on one of Canada's National Historic Sites, the Trent Severn Waterway. Accessible by both land and water. You will find us just 5 minutes north of Rice Lake by boat, and 15 minutes south of Peterborough, Ontario, by car.

353 Kent's Bay Road, KEENE, Ontario

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

What I would like to see here is Canadian sourced yarn.

Canadian spun yarn from Canadian sourced fibres do exist but are harder to find.

There are also many small Canadian dyers but unfortunately many are buying imported merino yarn that is not ethically sourced.

There are lots of great yarn stores across Canada selling lovely imported yarns as this one is. Especially when this stores’ promoted partners, such as Pacific Yarns, are based in the USA.

I’m sincerely not sure what promoting them does for buying Canadian. I don’t see a focus on promoting Canadian yarn on their main page and the brands listed aren’t specifically Canadian.

Spinrite used to be a Canadian yarn maker but it’s more complicated now, and many of their yarns are available at big box stores.