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Fairmount Fibers, Ltd.
U.S. Distributor of Manos del Uruguay Yarns

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Blog Tour: Knitting Plus by Lisa Shroyer

I'm so happy to be part of the blog tour for Lisa Shroyer's Knitting Plus -- and so proud to have a design in it! This is by far the best book o...

The names are in!

Thanks to all of you who participated in suggesting names for these candidates for our new Fall colors. We loved reading through your creative sugg...

Help us name the newest colors of Manos yarns!

We've just gotten a gorgeous batch of brand new yarn colors delivered, and now that we've narrowed down a few of our most favorites, we need your...

cowl crazy

The blog post before this one was a tutorial on some of the techniques used in the Electric Reversible Shaker Cowl. If you've been following us on ...

Helpful Hints for the Electric Reversible Shaker Cowl

A few of the techniques for the Electric Reversible Shaker Cowl may be unfamiliar, so we thought we'd offer some guidance. The two-step cast-on gi...

Free Patterns for Silk Blend, Rittenhouse and Wool Clasica

January has been a great month for free patterns in Manos del Uruguay yarns... we've released two new ones on the Fairmount Fibers Free Patterns pa...

TNNA!

It's always so invigorating to go to the National Needlearts Association shows. In addition to seeing face-to-face so many industry friends, and s...

New Free Patterns

Have you checked out the Fairmount Fibers Free Patterns page recently? We are always adding new designs that offer creative ways to use Manos del U...

Featured Yarn: Serena

Serena is our amazing baby alpaca & cotton blend. This yarn isn't as well known as some of the others in the Manos line, because it is newer, b...

November's News

Here's a round-up of some of the new Manos happenings to have hit the web in November! We have a few new colors that are already ready for the Spri...

Featured Yarn: Rittenhouse Merino 5-ply

Let me start off by saying that I want everybody to know about Manos' Rittenhouse Merino 5-ply. The combination of the soft extrafine merino and th...

Where does your yarn come from?

We know you love Manos yarns for the wide range of versatile colors and the quality and softness of the wool blends. But we think the fair trade co...