Sun Valley Fibers is a family farm nestled in the valleys of south central Wisconsin.   It's a beautiful place, and it's where we are raising our family and a herd of Icelandic sheep.   Our adventure started out simply enough, relocating to this beautiful piece of farmland from northern Illinois with two little girls.   Then, one day after school, the girls asked their father if they could have a llama.   Dad, of course, said yes.  Well, what goes with llamas???  Of course the answer is sheep.    Icelandic sheep were chosen because of their many wonderful attributes, not the least of which is all of the beautiful colors of fleece available.   That progressed to our yarn-dyeing business, and also the creation of The Yarn Buddy!

What is a Yarn Buddy, you might be asking yourself?   Well, my husband created this to end my frustration with having to chase balls of yarn when one of our cats ran off with it.   You wind your skeins of yarn into a center-pull ball, place the yarn cake over the wooden stake.  Now you knit, crochet, or weave from the outside strand of yarn, and the yarn cake spins effortlessly along, unwinding as you need it to, spinning along on the wooden disk.   No more chasing your yarn across the floor, taking it back from the dog or cat -- and removing fur or dust bunnies from your precious yarn!

The Yarn Buddies started off created from hardwoods found nearby us in South Central Wisconsin, but now include 23 different varieties of wood, many from all over the world.  Each Yarn Buddy is unique and special, and George makes each one of them by hand, choosing the best parts of the wood with the most beautiful features.  They are available as a single Yarn Buddy at the moment, but we sometimes have Doubles in stock for stranded knitting.   A Triple Yarn Buddy is in development, and will be available for order soon.

We are currently accepting wholesale inquiries regarding our Yarn Buddies and our Yarn.   Please contact us using the contact form at the bottom of the page.

Yarn.  Glorious Yarn!   I must admit, once I put on my Mad Scientist's Lab Coat and picked up some dye -- there was no holding me back!   I/we (My husband also dyes much of the yarn!) are influenced by everything around us.   The woods, our flower gardens, the landscaping -- absolutely everything inspires me.   We have a certain set of colors we consider our "core" colors -- easily repeatable and are our best sellers.   We also come up with fun combinations constantly -- most noteably a "color" we call Kitchen Sink.   These are never-to-be-repeated, one-of-a-kind skeins of yarn that are created by using up the last bits of dye in the jar.   Nothing goes to waste around here -- even dye!   We have a wholesale customer who has a drysink in her store, and she calls up and re-orders Kitchen Sink whenever the sink is empty!

We have several luxurious yarn bases available -- please see the "Yarns" tab for more information.