Growing Goodness

Growing Goodness

Looking for good news? We’ve got it right here – and YOU made it happen!

Your amazing response to our Apart Together aid initiative in November enabled us to donate over $9500 to Portland’s Rose Haven day shelter & community center for women, children & people of marginalized genders. They recently sent a heartfelt letter that we wanted to share with you all!

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10 Years With Brooklyn Tweed

10 Years With Brooklyn Tweed

November 1st, 2013 was the day I officially joined Brooklyn Tweed in a professional capacity – this day marks the beginning of what has been for me a deeply rewarding journey. I am filled with gratitude as I write about this personal milestone of 10 years with BT, and I want to take this opportunity to share with you a few memories and observations I have made along the way.

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Dye This at Home

Dye This at Home

Brooklyn Tweed's design coordinator Lis Smith is also a natural dyeing enthusiast! With all of the beautiful Fall colors around us this season, we asked Lis to share her suggestions for folks wanting to try natural dyeing at home with Brooklyn Tweed yarns.

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The Road To Restock

Blog post 1/5/2023: The Road To Restock

In late 2021, G.J. Littlewood & Son, Inc., the historic Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, dye house that stock dyed the wool used to make Shelter, Loft, Quarry, Tones and Imbue, permanently closed due to severe flood damage sustained in September's Hurricane Ida.⁠ Suddenly, two-thirds of our yarn lineup was out of production, during an already challenging time for manufacturing – and the long-term loss of resiliency in our domestic supply chains meant that there was no back-up option to call on. The loss of Littlewood reverberated through the U.S. wool industry – and our small team needed to find a solution, fast....

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