Blue Thistle Fibers

At Blue Thistle Fibers, we create hand-dyed, eco-friendly fibers with a deep respect for tradition, nature, and the craft of fiber arts. Founded by a mother-daughter duo, our journey began with the shared love of knitting and sewing, skills passed down through generations. Our roots lie in the Adirondacks, where our family’s story started with a remarkable woman: my grandmother, Ora Irene, born in 1906, a true North Country soul who ran a neighborhood grocery store and passed on the art of creating with your hands.

Drawing from her ingenuity, work ethic, and love for the natural world, we learned the art of crafting beautiful, functional pieces with yarn and fabric. Today, we honor that legacy by producing hand-dyed fibers using all-natural dyes sourced from plants, roots, and other materials from the earth. Each skein of yarn and piece of fabric is carefully created with sustainable practices, and every color tells a story of connection to the land that nourished our craft.
We believe that the beauty of a handmade piece is not just in its creation, but in the time and care it carries from our hands to yours. Whether you’re knitting a cozy sweater, stitching a quilt, or crafting a project that speaks to your heart, we’re here to help bring your creative vision to life with colors inspired by nature’s palette.

From our family to yours, thank you for supporting our small business and being part of a story that spans generations.

Clare

Welcome to my small-batch hand-dyed yarns at Blue Thistle Fibers.

For as long as I can remember, I’ve loved knitting. Like most knitters, the first stitch I learned from my grandmother was to knit & pearl. Over the years, as I would deploy out on months-long patrols during my military service, I used my free time to add more and more stitches. I finished my first sweater while patrolling in the Arctic Circle, which was really useful! 

Our lives are filled with chapters. I bet you can relate. This is the chapter where I build a business post-military and infuse it with all things home and history. This is the part where I dispel the myths that Appalachia is a textile-poor region and shine a light on the amazing women that came before me: the knitters, the weavers and the quilters, the makers and the do-ers who did much with little, whose very grit and gumption I feel as a maker and entrepreneur here in West Virginia.

I’m excited to offer you a sample of this place in the form of Appalachian hand-dyed fibers, crafted with love and passion, for your own creative projects.

Explore our small-batch yarn and unlock infinite possibilities for your knitting creations. Let Blue Thistle Fibers be your gateway to a world of colorful inspiration wherever you are in your life’s chapter.

I can’t wait to see what you make!

-Clare

Sara

Our family’s roots are deep in the Mountains, starting from the Adirondacks and now in the Appalachians.

Our business is built on a personal touch. I come from a long line of knitters and garment makers, and I learned from my mother and grandmother how to make clothes for my family.  I’m excited to continue that tradition through small-batch naturally dying yarn and fabrics. 

I’m probably processing fleece, weaving, or sewing when I’m not dying yarn.  I love all things sheep and wish I had room for a few.  I’ve just stumbled down the rabbit hole of spinning, so stay tuned for our line of handspun yarn at Blue Thistle!

-Sara

sara@bluethistlefibers.com.

Do you want Blue Thistle Yarns in your independent yarn store? Set up an appointment with Sara to get started.

Blue Thistle Fibers is a small-batch, naturally dyed fiber company based in West Virginia, the heart of Appalachia. All our fibers are naturally dyed by hand in Huntington, West Virginia. Our wool comes from a network of ethical and sustainable fiber producers and mills in the United States and Peru. All wool is mulesing-free, with transparent, ethical sourcing. As we expand, our goal is to source and process all of our wool from United States sources and grow our natural dye plants.

 

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Blue Thistle Fibers, LLC
1650 8th Avenue

Huntington, WV 25703

sara@bluethistlefibers.com

304.691.0578

 

Contact us

Blue Thistle Fibers

1650 8th Avenue

Huntington, WV 25703

bluethistlefibers@gmail.com

304-697-3007

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