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Purl & Co. — Brooklyn, since 1987

Slow yarn,
well-made.

A heritage yarn house, dyed and spun in small batches from 12 family farms. Wool, cotton, linen, silk — sourced, traced, and finished by hand. A community of 24,000 knitters, weavers, and slow stitchers.

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12 farms
Family-run, traced
240+
Yarns, hand-dyed
4.9/5
Knitter rating
Purl & Co. dye studio ◆ Autumn 2026 collection
Heritage WoolOrganic CottonEuropean LinenMulberry SilkHand-DyedFree SwatchCarbon-Neutral Shipping Heritage WoolOrganic CottonEuropean LinenMulberry SilkHand-DyedFree SwatchCarbon-Neutral Shipping
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Eight fibers, one studio.

From undyed Merino worsted to plant-dyed linen, every Purl yarn is spun in small batches and traced to the farm that grew the fiber. Same wool your grandmother might have used — just better finished.

Wool Yarn 48 yarns
Wool Yarn
Merino, Shetland, and Bluefaced Leicester in DK, worsted, and aran weights. Mostly undyed.
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Cotton Yarn 22 yarns
Cotton Yarn
GOTS-certified organic cotton in DK and worsted weights, hand-dyed in 24 plant-based colors.
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Linen & Hemp 14 yarns
Linen & Hemp
European flax, wet-spun and tumble-softened. Cool hand-feel, perfect for warm-weather garments.
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Silk Blends 12 yarns
Silk Blends
Mulberry silk blended with Merino or alpaca. Hand-dyed tonal palettes for special pieces.
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Hand-Dyed 86 colors
Hand-Dyed
Indigo, madder, weld, and avocado-dyed in our Brooklyn studio. 86 colors across 6 bases.
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Tools & Notions 38 tools
Tools & Notions
Lykke and Laine needles, brass stitch markers, wooden buttons, project bags, and blocking mats.
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Patterns & Books 42 patterns
Patterns & Books
In-house patterns from our knit designers, plus curated books and stitch guides.
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Kits & Bundles 18 kits
Kits & Bundles
Curated yarn + needles + pattern bundles, gift-ready in our recycled kraft boxes.
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A yarn house, not a brand

Three generations, one dye pot.

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Traced to the farm

Every Purl yarn is traced to a single farm — Shetland croft, Donegal spinning mill, Peruvian highland co-op, New Zealand Merino station. Same farm, same spinner, year after year.

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Hand-dyed in Brooklyn

86 plant-based colors dyed in 4-gallon batches in our Brooklyn studio. Indigo from Oaxaca, madder from Turkey, weld from our own garden. No two skeins are identical.

03

Honest about the price

We pay the farmer first, then the spinner, then the dyer. What’s left covers the studio, the boxes, and the post. We’ll show you the math if you ask.

From our knitters

What 24,000 makers say.

★★★★★
"Heritage Worsted is the only wool I buy now. It blocks beautifully, wears like iron, and the natural cream is exactly the color of my grandmother’s afghan."
C·B
Cora Blackwell
Knitwear designer · Brooklyn
★★★★★
"The Sage DK Cotton is the softest cotton I’ve worked with. The plant-dye has a depth of color that no synthetic dye can match. I bought 12 skeins in June."
M·L
Maeve Lynch
Textile artist · Galway
★★★★★
"I gave the Beginner Knit Kit to my niece. She’s 19, never held needles before, and finished a scarf in two weekends. The patterns are clear, the yarn is forgiving."
T·R
Tomás Reyes
Architecture · Mexico City
Meet the makers

From our Brooklyn dye studio.

Eilidh Murray
Eilidh Murray
Head Dyer · Brooklyn
86 colors
Owen Walsh
Owen Walsh
Master Spinner
38 yrs spinning
Saoirse Brennan
Saoirse Brennan
Knit Designer
42 patterns
Hiroko Tanaka
Hiroko Tanaka
Plant-Dye Specialist
Indigo + madder

Start with a swatch.

Free color swatch with every order. Tell us your project, and we’ll send a curated 6-color card within 48 hours — so you can match the wool to your mood before you commit.

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