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It's here! Fall/Winter workshop schedule is live ... come learn something fiber crafty with us :)

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Image taken by of a person holding a handwoven hand sewn backpack wearing all white and in a garden. There's a kiddo popping out of the side of the photo.

NEW! Calling our spinners; this Spinning Wheel Repair Kit is a must-have for your toolkit. Also keep an eye out here and over on the email list for fun fall spinning updates - new/more fiber, drop spindles, and spinning wheels coming soon!

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Image of a collection of parts for repairing spinning wheels. The parts are laid out together on a basic white background and include string and leather and hooks and oil.

Swooning over the new colors (sadly this perfect shade of lilac sold out immediately but add your name to the back-in-stock notifications to find out the moment we get this beauty back-in-stock!). We had a BIG restock of this delightful DK weight hand-0dyed superwash Merino yarn.
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Image of a skein of very pale purple yarn with a red and white label.

BIG restock this week including four NEW colorways-yay! Just a reminder that Wild Hand is now in Summer Hours and CLOSED Mondays and Tuesdays through August. We will be back to more hours and other fun updates come September.

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Wild Hand is CLOSED today! We will be open tomorrow and all weekend regular hours (11am-6pm).

Zagal is here (and going real fast!!). Zagal is a bulky weight yarn produced exclusively from the wool of Portuguese Merino sheep, an indigenous breed found in the south of Portugal, especially in the Alentejo. The Merino breed originated in the Iberian Peninsula, possibly before Roman times, and has always been highly prized by its finesse and softness.⁠
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For centuries this Iberian wool was traded all over Europe while Merino sheep were subject to strict laws that kept the breed exclusive to the peninsula. The Portuguese Merino Breeders Association (ANCORME) verifies the origin and quality of the fleece used to produce this yarn.⁠
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Image of a purple and white marled skein of yarn with a black and white label.

Summer Hours start TODAY!! For July & August Wild Hand will be CLOSED Mondays and Tuesdays. We will be open Wednesday-Sunday 11AM-6PM.

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We have been lovin’ the love for these Breed Exploration Starter Packs from our amazing (and local!) friend, dyer, spinner, and carder, . Keira created the Breed Exploration Starter Kits for new and experiences spinners to get a feel for the wool from six different breeds of sheep. This is a fun way to dig deeper into your spinning or felting practice and start to explore the unique qualities of some of our favorite breeds! This pack goes great alongside The Field Guide to Fleece 100 Sheep Breeds and How To Use Their Fibers by Carol Ekarius and Deborah Robson.⁠
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Each starter pack includes 20g of undyed fiber from the following breeds: Blue Faced Leicester (BFL), Corriedale, Merino, Polwarth, Shetland, Superwash Merino.⁠
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Keira Wiggins is a Jersey City based textile designer specializing in yarn dyes and color development.⁠
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Image of a collection of undyed off-white wools from different breeds of sheep. Each bundle is a small 20g ball of wool and they are labeled with a list of the included breeds.

Coming soon! Keep an eye out here and over on our email list (also hint hint hint join our email list or 10% off your first order … just pop over to wild-hand.com and you’ll be prompted to join us). You can most definitely expect spinning on the roster - drop spindle and on the wheel. We are looking forward to adding more fiber and brands to the shop for fall!

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Image taken by for a person spinning yarn on a drop spindle. The yarn colors are pinks and greens and muted tones.

BIG restock at the shop!! We have sweater-quantities of oh-so-many colors including this NEW-to-us colorways of many of the restocked yarns. Y’all have really been lovin’ on Mungo; a delightful recycled wool and cotton yarn that is entirely spun from pre-consumer waste generated by Portuguese spinning mills. The wool used in Mungo is sourced in Portugal and/or Spain, and milled/dyed in Portugal.⁠
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Retrosaria Rosa Pomar makes minimally processed heritage wool yarns from Portugal. Their yarns are created in collaboration with small manufacturers, breeders associations, and shepherds. All Rosa Pomar yarns are non-superwash, not bleached, have no silicone-based softeners, and mulesing is not practiced in Portugal. There is so much to love about these yarns (and the very cute labels are just one of them).⁠
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Image of a skein of off-white/undyed cotton wool yarn. The yarn has a black and white label of a person knitting.

Workshop schedule for fall and winter is coming in a few weeks! Looking forward to lots of weaving, knitting, spinning, stitching, crocheting, and a few other crafty things. Stay tuned here and over on our email list!

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Image taken by of a weaving workshop at Wild Hand. There are rigid heddle looms along a table being woven into.

RESTOCKED!! Marla is a 100% Superwash Merino DK weight yarn created by hand dyeing two different strands of yarn that have been dyed separately and then plied together. The multi colors are then twisted into one unique marled yarn. The Marla palette is connected directly to the Sami (also in stock!) palette; they coordinate with each other to make gorgeous color pairings!⁠
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The Manos Cooperatives were founded in 1968, begun by five women whose goal was to develop economic opportunities for women in a country where there were, and are still, few opportunities for work. The Manos Cooperatives provide health insurance, retirement pensions, paid vacations and paid maternity leave for their members. Moreover, members enjoy a sense of achievement and of self-determination. Shop owner had a chance to visit the cooperative in Uruguay this past spring!⁠
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Image of multi colored hand dyed skein of yarn in shades of light greens and blues, pinks, off-white, and yellow. You can really see the two separate and color shifting plies in this bouncy, soft yarn.

We have a good pile of fiber from our friend in the shop - both 100% Merino and Mohair/BFL batts (all hand-dyed!). These will not restock until the fall. Also keep an eye out for some fun workshops and another pop-up with Keira in early fall ;)

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Image of a batt of hand-dyed and carded mohair and BFL fiber in a very neon highlighter yellow.

One of our favorite quick, fun, bring-along-able projects in is the Gamut Shawl ( for color inspo) by local designer and Wild Hand friend . We adore this design and this special photo shoot from pandemic times by with our friends .textiles and in this sweet shawl design. This takes 4 skeins of Dyed In The Wool or Dream State. You can mix and match with colors and just sink into this simple, repetitive design.

Just a reminder that we are CLOSING EARLY today at 4:30pm to host a big retirement party for our beloved mail carrier, CJ! Oh also we received a little restock at the shop including a few new-to-us colorways ;)

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Image of a skein of neon yellow green and sandy grey marled yarn sitting in a pile on a basic white background.

Wild Hand is CLOSED today for Juneteenth! Below are just a few of the many local events to check out for Juneteenth in case you missed last the 2024 Philadelphia Juneteenth Festival down the road last weekend!

watch Father Comes Home From the Wars
visit free family-friendly Juneteenth festival
experience performances & activities

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Thank you again for the nearly 100(!!) t-shirt pre-orders. Your shirts have been shipped all over the globe and made ready for local pick-up now. We ordered extras so if you missed your chance for a shirt it’s not too late. We will do a re-print this fall (anyone want a kid size version?!). These super duper soft and thick t-shirts were beautifully printed by local screen printers .
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Image of a cotton t-shirt with sitting flat on a table with an illustrated design in orangey-red, bright blue, neon yellow, purple/pink, and rust.

We adore Cotton Lino from ! Cotton and linen are the heroes of this 4-ply blend, and will give your garments structure and lightness. The alpaca lends a softness that's delightful to wear and amazing on your hands. The silk is there for extra luxurious drape and strength. Because of the combination of animal and plant fibers in this yarn, we have found it suitable for fi*****ng weight through DK weight projects. Cotton Lino is milled and dyed in Peru; all of the fiber is sustainably sourced and ethically milled as well as OEKO Tex certified.

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Image of a citrine colored skein of summery yarn with a mauve label that reads The Wandering Flock.

*ੈ✩ Open 11-6 today - come through and squeeze the new yarns!

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Image taken by of a yarn shop shelf with books and a loom and plants and yarn.

NEW! We are so happy to welcome Weaver Notes: Project Planning Notebook for Rigid Heddle and Multi-Shaft Looms to the shop this week. Created by Rachel Snack , this notebook was designed for any weaver, using any loom! The notebook features pages to document project details and cloth specifications, and areas to attach yarn reelings and a woven swatch. It also has pages of graph paper, for general sketching, note taking and inspiration. This notebook can be used by rigid heddle weavers or multi-shaft loom weavers, and there is space for drafting (additional graph paper) if so desired. Grab your copy and keep an eye out soon for our fall/winter workshop schedule (including Rigid Heddle & Tapestry weaving;).

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Image of a page in their Weaver Notes notebook that includes a woven project-in-progress in shades of red, black, blue, and brown.

We're open 11-6 🩵

So excited about the NEWEST colorway from (just a few left in stock!). We've had a huge response to this yarn and recommend grabbing your skeins while we have them; we also restocked some favorite colors. This dreamy, drapey, 100% Superwash Merino DK comes in 30 hand-dyed colorways and we are one of just a handful of shops carrying these yarns.⁠
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is known and admired for its ready-to-wear knitwear brand focused on clothing and accessories for kiddos (and their grown-ups). Last year our yarny Mt. Airy neighbors became the distribution partner bringing Studio Misha & Puff yarns to us here at Wild Hand.⁠
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Image a multi-colored skein of yarn in shades of navy, purple, tan, white, and rusty orange with a red and white label.

NEW from ! Undine is a stunning DK weight base in organic cotton and linen. Both linen and cotton yarn are strong, durable, and absorbent. They are an inelastic fiber and do not have the same memory as wool. This combination has great stitch definition and creates a beautiful, drapy fabric. It is machine washable and can be tumble-dried. It will get softer with use and makes for a great year-round fiber.

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Image of a skein of cotton linen yarn with a black and white label that reads Ritual Dyes.

World Wide Knit In Public Day is today-yay!! Join us in front or inside the shop with your project and we will knit together in public (as we do most days of the year;). We’re open 11AM-6PM today!

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Open 11-6! Wild Hand(Make) Punch Needle Rug Hooking Kits are stocked-up in the shop (and so are woven keychain and mini woven rainbow kits 🌈).

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Image of punch needle rug hooking supplies - partially finished project in a hoop, .oxford punch tool and its box, and a selection of yarns in pinks, yellows, blue, purple, black, and grey.

Restocked yet again!! We love so many things about (these colors are goooood 🌈). We admire their thoughtful and diligent environmental standards when it comes to fiber sourcing, production, and dyeing. Big fans over here!⁠ ⁠

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Image of a ball of Organic Merino yarn in in a funky pale yellow with a black and white label.

༘*.ﾟHAPPY BIRTHDAY GINA!! ༘*.ﾟ

Sending a whole lotta love your way .gigi! Thank you for being a part of this Wild Hand team - we are so lucky to have your creativity, joy, smarts, and kindness in our universe. Thank you for all you do for Wild Hand and have a fun fun day-yay!
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✩ Open 11-6 ✩

NEW! Sami is a 100% Superwash Merino DK weight yarn created by spinning and plying two strands of yarn and then hand dyeing the (oh-so-soft and squishy) yarn. Sami is a sister to its marly two ply DK friend, Marla (also in stock!). The Sami color palette is connected directly to the Marla; the two yarns coordinate with each other to make gorgeous color pairings! Sami has a delightfully springy structure and tonal semi-solid hand-dyed colors.

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The Manos Cooperatives were founded in 1968, begun by five women whose goal was to develop economic opportunities for women in a country where there were, and are still, few opportunities for work. The Manos Cooperatives provide health insurance, retirement pensions, paid vacations and paid maternity leave for their members. Moreover, members enjoy a sense of achievement and of self-determination. Shop owner had a chance to visit the cooperative in Uruguay this past spring!

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Image of a tonally hand dyed skein of cornflower blue yarn. You can really see the two separate plies in this bouncy, soft yarn.

Happy Happy Pride 🏳️‍🌈 This month we will be donating 5% of our profits to . Oh and in case you didn't know 100% of profits from sales of our .textiles Wild Hand embroidered rainbow loom patches go to year-round!

We're kicking off with a GIVEAWAY!! Now through 6/30 just tag a friend below and we will enter you into a raffle for a mini rainbow loom kit and a $50 Wild Hand gift card. You'll get one entry per friend you tag - so feel free to enter as many times as you'd like!

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Image of a mini wood rainbow loom woven in all the colors of the rainbow. It's sitting cute next to the tools used to make the rainbow (yarn, warp cotton, a weaving needle, and a weaving comb).⁠
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Marla is a 100% Superwash Merino DK weight yarn created by hand dyeing two different strands of yarn that have been dyed separately and then plied together. The multi colors are then twisted into one unique marled yarn. The Marla palette is connected directly to the Sami (also in stock!) palette; they coordinate with each other to make gorgeous color pairings!

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The Manos Cooperatives were founded in 1968, begun by five women whose goal was to develop economic opportunities for women in a country where there were, and are still, few opportunities for work. The Manos Cooperatives provide health insurance, retirement pensions, paid vacations and paid maternity leave for their members. Moreover, members enjoy a sense of achievement and of self-determination. Shop owner had a chance to visit the cooperative in Uruguay this past spring!

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Image of multi colored hand dyed skein of yarn in shades of aqua, pin, off-white, and teal. You can really see the two separate and color shifting plies in this bouncy, soft yarn.

Join us TONIGHT 5-8PM for a Spring Shopping Happy Hour!! We will have gin & tonics, seltzer, snacks, and a prize wheel to spin (discounts & prizes yeah!!). Liz will be at the shop all night sipping, knitting, and spending time with our sweet Mt. Airy community.

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Our Go Mt. Airy Business Association is excited to host a Spring Shopping Happy Hour tonight 5/29!! Come out between 5-8pm to enjoy drinks, snacks, and good company Grab a passport from us or any participating business, and collect 8 stickers or more to be entered to win a Mt. Airy t-shirt! (2 winners will be selected). More details are available at MtAiryCDC.org/HappyHour. We are in real good happy hour company with 26 other fine Mt. Airy businesses! Grab your passport and join us!

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Image from of a yarn shop front window with plants, yarn, baskets, a big cozy chair, and a spinning wheel.

Felted Chunky Rope! We love these little balls of felted rope. Lovely for weaving (dreaming up a whole chunky felted rug with this;). Each 100g (16.5') ball is pre-felted into a chunky wool rope; each ball is one of a kind because of small cutting irregularities and color differences making this yarn extra special.

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Image of a citron colored ball of chunky felted wool rope sitting on a basic white background.

We are working hard behind the scenes to plan our fall 2024 / winter 2025 workshop schedule. It's gonna be a good one! Stay tuned here and on our email list (not on our email list ... join us! link in bio) for a big schedule announcement mid-June!!

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Image of yarn being plied on a spinning wheel. There is a hint of a person in a purple shirt and a green short with wheels, yarn, and fiber in the background.