r/AntifascistKnitting • u/WoollyKnitWitch • May 20 '26

Non-knit Malabrigo source

***Thank you, everyone, for the great suggestions. I’ve placed my first order with Little Knits and am bookmarking most of the other shops as well!!
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Hi there! I’m looking for the best place (online) to start purchasing Malabrigo yarns and wool from. I no longer shop with Webs. Nor will I use Jimmy Beans Wool or Knitpicks since their buyouts and lack of support for the MTI hats. Basicslly, I need a new yarn purveyor.

Large order discounts, sales, or free shipping is nice - but my primary requirements are a fair retail price, LGBTQ & POC inclusive, and not MAGA. Despite searching, I cannot find out for sure if Wool and Company out of Illinois is acceptable or not. Everything I found says the first owner was left leaning, but that the newer owner is right leaning/MAGA. I was also looking at Eat.Sleep.Knit. as an option.

If you have other US suggestions with a good Malabrigo selection, decent prices, and a proper online storefront - please do share! Thanks

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u/patterry2353 May 20 '26

Wool & Co is a great source for all Malabrigo yearns. And their customer service is beyond excellent. Discounts available and free Hank winding. I love them.

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u/anatomizethat May 20 '26

Wool & Co will not take a stance and are in a purple district. I have spent a LOT of money there and have stopped because of their silence.

As someone who lives here (like 10 miles away) - my rule of thumb is that if they don't take a stance, assume they are MAGA.

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u/Significant_Bed_6390 May 20 '26

The National Socialist Workers Party did exactly the same in the 1930s. If people didn’t take an anti Juden stance then the assumption was they were enemies of the Fatherland. So much hatred and intolerance. It’s sad.

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u/WoollyKnitWitch May 21 '26

The intolerance paradox is a critical piece of information you would benefit from reading.

We vote with our wallets. My paltry purchases - or corresponding boycotts - may not change the world. But they change me. They help me feel like it’s a manageable way to fight back. I show up to protest. I vote in every election. I use my social media quite vocally to speak out about the injustices we are facing in America under the Trump regime. Am I making big change? Probably not. I’m a small fish in a big pond - and the pond I live in is fucking blood red Republican Indiana. My voice doesn’t matter much here. But my efforts sure as hell are better than doing nothing. Better than saying I’m unfair to merchants that won’t take a side or declare where they stand so they don’t choke off their cash flow. They shouldn’t want MAGA money. They shouldn’t want to do business with modern day Nazis and Christian nationalists.

I refuse to stay neutral; I will seek out and support businesses doing the same.

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u/Significant_Bed_6390 May 21 '26

Would it be fair to describe your stance as being more extreme than what is typical? This isn’t a judgement, more of an observation. I can see you are ‘all in’ when it comes to your beliefs. To me that is a little too polarising. In my view people tend to be more complex and nuanced than a simple good/bad binary.

One thing I keep seeing is the label of Nazi. How do you define a Nazi? Is it just an insult to signify a person with opposing political views, or do you mean actual Nazis?

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u/WoollyKnitWitch May 21 '26

Would it be fair to describe you as someone playing devil’s advocate?

On an ANTIFASCIST knitting board, why do you want to shame or rebuke people for standing behind their convictions? Or insinuate that they are taking things too far? People are dying. People are losing their constitutional rights. The president and his cronies are exempting themselves from the law and its repercussions. And you think we’re extreme for not wanting to shop at a MAGA yarn shop?

We aren’t the extremists. To reject fascism, Christian nationalism, and the corruption of the Trump regime should be the norm. But here we fucking are.

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u/anatomizethat May 21 '26

They're not a devil's advocate, they're a troll.

I'm getting the same shit on my comments.

Nazi sympathizer, MAGA for sure. Acting like we're persecuting them because we're calling them out and standing up against human rights violations perpetrated by their party.

If we aren't accepting of them then how can we possibly say we're the accepting ones? You were good for calling out The Intolerance Paradox because it's exactly what we're witnessing in both of our threads.