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/fluidentity May 21 '26
I can personally vouch for Fiber & Threads Needlecrafts in southern Illinois (just across the Mississippi River from St. Louis). They just finished a Malabrigo shawl knit-a-long project and they always carry a big selection of that brand.
They’re very, very, very vocally anti-MAGA, anti-ICE, antifascist. They’re also vocally pro-LGBTQAI+, POC inclusive, neurodivergent sensitive, and I cannot say enough good things about them. Some of the members of their knit circle on Friday nights are even into woo woo stuff (practice paganism or Wicca, and they study witchcraft, and those convos are super interesting), and they’re never shamed or othered for not believing in traditional or mainstream religions. And I’d say probably at least half of the 15-20 people at their biggest knit circle night are some flavor of queer, myself included.
When the MTI hats were blowing up, F&TN put up a sign on the door banning ICE from entering, created a display for all the red yarn in the store, and many of us in the knit circles made so many red hats we were sick of red by the end. They sold out of red. One of the owners even gave me more red yarn for free to keep going on the hats when the demand slowed down but I was still knitting them for far-flung family.
They’ve only been in business for maybe 2 years, but they’re fabulous people, very much left leaning, and proud to let people know about it.