Solit de Wool! Thank you from Rhinebeck 2021

by Kim Pierce November 03, 2021

Kim's appreciation of our fabulous customers after Rhinebeck 2021

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How do you best learn?

How do you best learn?

by Gretchen Frederick February 10, 2020

We learned by buying wool and visiting farms for Solitude Wool. Farm Field Days are our way of sharing that opportunity with you. Besides...it's just fun!

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long time marinating: let’s do a Solitude swatch along!

long time marinating: let’s do a Solitude swatch along!

by Gretchen Frederick August 28, 2017 5 comments

This is what we are about: touching, trying, learning and appreciating wool from different breeds of sheep. After playing with the swatch along idea for years, we finally have the team and format to get it out of the "wouldn’t it be cool" stage and into your hands. But why swatch different breed’s yarns?...

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wool is great! please use it.

wool is great! please use it.

by Gretchen Frederick March 29, 2017 1 comment

We love wool! This little company, Solitude Wool, grew out of our desire to encourage small farms around us who were throwing out such interesting wool of interesting breeds by proving we valued it. We buy their good wool for about double or triple the market price. After ten plus years, we have only bought a teeny amount of wool by industry standards, yet I think it helps.

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