The Maine Fibershed Directory is a network of farmers, mill owners, natural dyers, sewists, weavers, knitters, spinners, designers, menders, upcyclers, composters and supporting businesses and organizations who live and work in Maine.
Past & Future
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Binding Tales
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Cape Newagen Farm
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Junction Garden
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Green Arrow Yarns
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Hillcrest House Fiber & Yarn
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Sillanpaa Family Farm
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Joelsa Farm Fiber
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Farthing Stone Farm
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Stacy's Spinning Haven
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Hawthorne & Thistle
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Frost Meadow Farm
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Frelsi Farm Icelandics
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Underhill Fibers
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Hilltop Handspun
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Ingendahl Acres
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Joyous Silks
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Gealach Fola Acres
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Versicolor LLC
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Northern Solstice Farm
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Daylilly B True Rabbitry
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The Byre Farm
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Moorit Hill Farm
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Belfast Fiber Arts
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Seacolors Yarnery
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TLC Fiber Farm
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Peggy Rockefeller Farm
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Redhaven Farm
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From Straw to Gold
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At Home Modern Weaving Studio
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Wing & Wool Homestead
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Shepherdess of Black Sheep
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Carol Frechette
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Mindful Folk Farm
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Starboard Farm
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Theo Darling
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The Curly Ewe
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Past & Future 〰️ Binding Tales 〰️ Cape Newagen Farm 〰️ Junction Garden 〰️ Green Arrow Yarns 〰️ Hillcrest House Fiber & Yarn 〰️ Sillanpaa Family Farm 〰️ Joelsa Farm Fiber 〰️ Farthing Stone Farm 〰️ Stacy's Spinning Haven 〰️ Hawthorne & Thistle 〰️ Frost Meadow Farm 〰️ Frelsi Farm Icelandics 〰️ Underhill Fibers 〰️ Hilltop Handspun 〰️ Ingendahl Acres 〰️ Joyous Silks 〰️ Gealach Fola Acres 〰️ Versicolor LLC 〰️ Northern Solstice Farm 〰️ Daylilly B True Rabbitry 〰️ The Byre Farm 〰️ Moorit Hill Farm 〰️ Belfast Fiber Arts 〰️ Seacolors Yarnery 〰️ TLC Fiber Farm 〰️ Peggy Rockefeller Farm 〰️ Redhaven Farm 〰️ From Straw to Gold 〰️ At Home Modern Weaving Studio 〰️ Wing & Wool Homestead 〰️ Shepherdess of Black Sheep 〰️ Carol Frechette 〰️ Mindful Folk Farm 〰️ Starboard Farm 〰️ Theo Darling 〰️ The Curly Ewe 〰️
Guidelines for joining the Maine Fibershed Directory
You are wholeheartedly aligned to the Fibershed vision of building a sustainable, reciprocal regional fiber system centered on Maine-grown fibers, dyes, and labor. When needed, we will reach out to other Fibershed communities to obtain resources that are not available in Maine’s bioregion.
Your work utilizes, or supplies fiber, dyes, and labor which are sourced anywhere within Maine, and/or
Your work is keeping existing textiles in use and out of landfills. This may mean mending, upcycling, other creative use of textile scraps, and/or larger more robust recycling initiatives.
If this describes you, please join! Together, we will create a community of producers, makers and consumers who actively support, cultivate, and participate in a circular textile community focused on care for Earth and her inhabitants.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Here are some examples of good fits for the Maine Fibershed. There are many others!
You live in Maine and are a shepherd of fiber animals
You sell Maine-grown raw fleece, yarn, skins, etc.
You grow bast fibers on Maine soil
You process fiber (felting, spinning, weaving, dyeing, etc.), either mechanized or hand-scale
You create felt from locally grown fiber for personal, wholesale and/or retail sale
You offer scouring services
You grow dye plants
You’re a shearer
You are an upcycling teacher or retailer
You are a cut-and-sew business
You are a clothing designer looking to create a regional product line with Maine yarns and fiber
You are an interior designer who wishes to use felted wool for noise reduction, air filtration, and/or window treatment insulation
You are a builder wishing to use waste wool for insulation
You offer mending services
You have farming and land management experience, and you offer services to help shepherds and farmers shift their practices towards Climate Beneficial practices
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If your goal is to move toward selling a line of Maine Fibershed-member produced goods, you can connect with our producers and makers through the directory, and begin a dialog with the Maine Fibershed team who is supporting this endeavor.
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No need to join the Directory. However, Maine Fibershed can support you with programs, resources, and a community of teachers that can help you create a Fiber Activist curriculum, teach the meaning and importance of a local Fibershed, help local farms and dye gardeners, teach and teach handcrafts that range from hyperbolic crochet to spinning, weaving, knitting, mending and upcycling. Bring us your ideas!
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Joining the directory is $30, renewable on an annual basis.
This fee helps us maintain our website platforms, pay administrative costs to add you to the ArcGIS network, and personnel time to connect you with relevant partners.
Why join?
Promotion via Directory: Your name and contact information will be displayed on our official Maine Fibershed Directory and available to other Fibershed Affiliates worldwide. The name of your business, contact information and your logo will be included. Your section on our website, alongside your photo/logo & name.
Promotion via Map Directory: Your same basic contact information above will also be shown on an interactive MapBox. The Maine Fibershed MapBox will become part of the Fibershed.org worldwide map.
Promotion via Social Media: As Directory Members join, we will announce on our Facebook accounts (Maine Fibershed and Maine Fibershed Community) and Instagram.
Grant and Funding Opportunities: Where applicable, Directory members will be made aware of funding that Maine Fibershed is pursuing and/or that other organizations have opened.
Your Event Promotion: Send us a list of any public events (farm sale, workshops, etc.), and we’ll put them on our official website calendar as a “Producer Event”
Producer Spotlight: A “Producer Spotlight” section on our Blog page and newsletter after you join.
Connecting Meetings: Invitation to Annual Maine Fibershed Directory Member Meeting (via Zoom), November 2026 launch date.
Private Section on our Online Platform: Coming in November 2026,
Events: First-access to teach Maine Fibershed programs, host events at your location, or be part of Maine Fibershed attended programs
Official Maine Fibershed Member logo use on your promotions.
Promotional Material: Maine Fibershed promotional materials, including free online templates, and paper-based materials at cost.
Satisfaction: You’re helping to build a regional textile economy!