Stilly River Yarns (Stanwood, WA)

@stillyriveryarns.com

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🧶 Full-service yarn shop - beginners welcome! 🧶 Supplies for crochet/felting/knitting/spinning/small-scale weaving 🧶 Classes, lessons, and microflock shearing/maintenance services 🧶 Community is our superpower https://linktr.ee/stillyriveryarns

A teal background with gold text that reads "Shop closed Feb. 2-13, 2026." A white jet plane is shown in flight over a collage of images of a 17th-century chateau, a white and roan cow, and a silver stylized lion rampant.
A navy blue background. Gold text reads LYS Tour 2025 Pattern Reveal! The Puget Sound LYS Tour logo - a blue-grey sheep standing on a green yarn ball - is on the left, an at symbol is in the middle, and the large Stilly River Yarns logo - 3 white sheep in a pasture next to a light blue river that looks like a strand of yarn with 4 pine trees - is at right. Gold text at the bottom reads Spoilers ahead!
Three fluffy white sheep wait to be shorn, but they aren’t thrilled about it - they’re backed into the far corner of a sheltered enclosure.
Navy blue background. Light grey text reads "LYS Tour Travel Tip: Parking". The Puget Sound LYS Tour logo is at left, with an "at" symbol shown in the middle, and the large Stilly River Yarns logo is at right, implying "Puget Sound Local Yarn Shop Tour events at Stilly River Yarns."
A calm scene on a lake from the point of view inside a canoe. Four balls of yarn are apparently in charge of rowing the boat. One is light green with a weird white tubing running through it; one is black with fuchsia tubing running through it; one is a gentle gradient that runs from grey to green to turquoise; one is a gradient through various greys that ends with beige.
A black and red book cover. A creature with tentacles, a pointed hat, and yellow facial feature dominates the cover but envelops a stout, scared-looking feminine figure. Grey chains frame the image in a diamond. Text reads: Someone You Can Build a Nest In - John Wiswell.
A white background with a top-bound spiral notebook just right of center. A black pen sits at the far right of the frame, and a full spectrum of pens is arranged along the left edge. Text on the notebook reads: CLASS: How to Doodle with Jamie Lomax (Pacific Knit Co.) - Saturday, May 31, 3-5 PM @ Stilly River Yarns
Two event-branded bags are standing under a growing bright green hosta plant in a mulched garden bed. Both bags feature a green image on a natural canvas background: a WA State Ferry is centered on the image, flanked by tall pine trees and a large mountain - Tahoma - in the background. On the large bag, a moon rises behind the mountain and a large ball of yarn is placed in the near foreground. On the small bag, the ball of yarn is placed behind the mountain to represent the moon. Both bags read “Puget Sound LYS Tour 2025.” The large bag has dark green sides and handles. The small bag has a dark green bottom and a zippered top.
A woman in a teal velour hoodie has her hair pulled back. She sits in front of an off-white wall as she talks about domestic wool mills and scouring facilities.
A giant blanket sits mockingly in a person’s lap. Steel needles poke out at the top of an olive green and white brioche section, with welted sections of dark forest green and gold below it.
A plaid flat sheet - beige base with thin navy and maroon lines crossing it at regular intervals to make squares - covered in damp, clean white wool. It is laying out on a lawn with a yellow plastic tote lid in the background on a partly sunny spot.
A woman with auburn hair and sunglasses pushed back over it smiled and holds a magazine, folded back to reveal an illustration of a similar woman astride a bucking white sheep. A yellow shearing hand piece is flying away from her, as she accidentally kicks off a pink boot to reveal a handknitted Fair Isle sock.
An overhead view of a canvas project bag, printed with mountains and earth tone rainbows; a crocheted wavy chevron blanket in gold, brown, magenta, sky blue, and olive green; and a blue-leaning teal piece of knitted fabric that the photographer promises is actually a sweater
A woman with dark brown hair swept back in a ponytail and wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt with Mothman on it (rainbow background behind Mothman) is sitting in a car and explaining the shearer shortage in a very succinct manner.
A woman wearing a grey Mothman sweatshirt (with a rainbow behind it) is sitting in a car at night with odd lighting, discussing the challenges with sheep in rebuilding the domestic wool industry.
White text on a black screen: Good morning. With today’s US tariff announcement, we’ve had some questions regarding the impact to Ashford purchases and deliveries. All shipments to the USA are sent “Delivered Duty Paid.” This means all duties/tariffs and import fees are included in your purchase price and are not billed to you. You can order today with confidence based on your current price list with no extra to pay. New Zealand has been included in the announcement of increased US tariffs; we are assessing the impact of this cost increase and expect to issue a revised price list shortly. In the meantime, your existing price list remains current and you can order as normal. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. Thank you for your continued support.
A white Wensleydale sheep with serious locks and a bit of a man bun stands in a horse stall with straw on the floor. He is giving serious side-eye to the camera.
Two freshly-shorn sheep are hanging out together on a gravel driveway. The one at left has horns and a particularly stylish topknot, along with a black muzzle, black eyespots, and black ears. The one at right is all white with a tiny black birthmark on his left hip. It is a sunny day and they are enjoying their freedom.
A pair of heavily ribbed knitted socks with glittery orange and green ribbed cuffs, short-row heels, and regular toes. The body of the socks is a coordinating light yellow, dark green, and orange colorway. The socks are laid out on a light wooden table.
From the RhodeIsland subreddit; a graphic from Pinpoint Weather 12 explaining a weather watch vs a weather warning. At left, a cupcake watch illustrated by a photo of butter, flour, eggs, milk, and spices accompanied by the text “the ingredients are there.” At right, a frosted cupcake on a white surface is a cupcake warning with the text “it is there.”
A view of a yarn shop having a very messy day off. The freshly painted partition is now a very light olive green - it’s shown here after just one coat, but it did receive a second one later in the day. Through a doorway, a messy office is visible. Spinning fiber and books and small looms are visible in the foreground.
A fine specimen of a Wensleydale wether, standing in a stall in a barn. He is a dirty white, but with amazing long locks of fleece falling from his back. A slight man bun is on his forehead because his owners felt uneasy about his wool being in his eyes.
A person's hands are held up in front of the camera with the backs facing the viewer, modeling a pair of bright green tonal fingerless mitts with cables that form motifs that look like stacked trees. In the background, the lights are on and the social table is full.
Two hands in denim-jacket sleeves hold five skeins of yarn. The one at far left is a very dark rainbow, from black through indigo, burgundy, red, orange, and a bronze yellow. The next one to the right is grey at one end, then white, then a purply-brown, then orange, then very light yellow. The next one is a tonal pink-burgundy; one end is significantly lighter than the other. The next skein is a little hidden behind others - it's another rainbow that has a burnt orange end and streaks of dark brown-black. The final one at far right is variegated and includes burnt orange, light yellow, cream, and has olive green patches as well.
A giant plush unicorn - white with pink trim - sits in a chair at a messy table. The way that its fur is running, it looks like it has had a VERY rough previous night. It “holds” a red Solo cup, only adding to the image.
A person in a black shirt sits at a table with a small loom balanced on their lap. They are threading yarn ends through the holes in the loom’s reed.
A blue square. At the bottom, a handwritten note: “Increases - work @ end of Row 1 (x2) & beginning of row 2 to integrate new stitches seamlessly in pattern”. Above that, there is a cartoon with a series of yellow, red, and blue gears next to a drawing of a skein of yellow yarn with a light pink label with a diamond on it.
Drawn on a dry erase board: large green circle with four sets of three lines coming out of it. The set at top’s rightmost line has several Vs drawn on it. A dotted line connects each set of three lines.
An old orange and white can of Magnis Waterless Hand Cleaner: Rich in Lanolin! It sits on an old table saw top in the middle of the antiques section of a salvage shop.
A light white background with light grey gridding. At the top, a teal banner that looks like a swipe of paint has white text that reads "this week at the shop." Below are three rectangles, each with a calendar date. The blue-green one at top reads Mar 3: Zoom-Baaaah (online social), 7-8 PM. The olive green one in the middle reads Mar 4 - Community Crafting Circle, 1-3 PM / SRY After Dark (Social Night), 4-7 PM. The light purple one at bottom reads Mar. 8 - Rise & Shine Social Time, 9 AM - noon, Intrepid Sweater Brigade, 3-4 PM. A yellow yarn ball is at lower left in the corner, a set of red circular knitting needles is at lower right, and a hybrid crochet hook with a purple project is placed near the upper-right corner
A mostly-clear desktop surface. It’s a giant wooden butcher block. At the far end, a lamp shaped like the Eiffel Tower is on, and various things are stuck to it magnetically. Random white charger wires are piled at the near left corner, while a small yarn winder is clamped to the near right corner. In the background, a messy closet and wall-mounted shelves with art and candles are visible.
Alt text: grey background with yellow text. The title reads Economic Blackout - Feb. 28. A large red X is next to two focus points that read Don’t shop Amazon, Target, or Walmart: don’t gas up or choose fast food. A big green check mark is next to two focus points that read Spend with small businesses! and Use cash!
An oatmeal-colored sheep is dressed in a blue server’s apron with the initials SRY. On one hoof, she balances a bobbin full of fiber; on the other, she balances a cocktail glass with a small bump of fiber anchored by a drop spindle. A blue bag marked FLEECE is at her feet. Blue text at her head reads The Fleece Bar; blue text under her reads Stilly River Yarns.
A sweater malfunction of the highest magnitude. A formerly adult-sized grey sweater has shrunk to a kindergartner’s crop-top-sized sweater. An adult person’s hand is shown on top of the sweater to show scale. The light grey color has turned to black tweed, due to compaction and felting.
A beautifully-detailed grey sweater, partially completed, is laid out on a messy desk. Faux cable and lace details are visible at the raglan lines. The sleeves are missing, but the main body has almost been completed at this point.
A tealish sweater start sits upside down on the arm of a blue recliner, with a black, gold, and white fleece blanket just visible at bottom. The sweater start is on the needles and has several stitch markers visible at raglan points. The yarn seems to have a white core and teal halo due to its construction.
A light white background with light grey gridding. At the top, a teal banner that looks like a swipe of paint has white text that reads "this week at the shop." Below are three rectangles, each with a calendar date. The blue-green one at top reads Feb. 25 - Community Crafting Circle, 1-3 PM / Class: Eeek! A Steek! 6-8 PM. The olive green one in the middle reads Feb. 27 - Class: Basic Doodle Hat, 6-8 PM. The light purple one at bottom reads Mar. 1 - Rise & Shine Social Time, 9 AM - noon, Intrepid Sweater Brigade, 3-4 PM. A yellow yarn ball is at lower left in the corner, a red-handled crochet hook is at lower right, and 3 pink safety pins that look hand-drawn are near the upper-right corner under the teal paint banner.
A bundle of unwashed handspun yarn singles sitting on a worn beige carpet floor. The singles are rusty orange-pink, smoky green, and a green-grey in a gentle gradient. A battery pack and cable are visible at the top of the frame, and the photographer’s leg is visible at bottom of frame in a constellation-patterned pair of pants, wearing bright orange and very light grey socks.
The top of a woman’s head and lower body are visible behind a large triangular shawl. She is holding it stretched out to show off the striping pattern in the yarn. The interior of a local yarn shop is in the background.
A pair of beanies laid flat on a black tile tabletop with light wood trim. Both are simple, ribbed hats. The beanie at left is variegated greys, cream, white, and teals. The beanie at right is mostly sky blue with pops of dark brown and burnt orange with hints of purple. Various other projects and yarn things are visible in the background.
A woman with long wavy brown hair and blue eyes looks directly at the camera. She is wearing a blue crocheted hood with teal dragon scales around the edge. Yarn shop shelves are visible in the background.
A pair of knitted slippers laid out on a black tile tabletop. The slippers have a cream-colored cuff and sole; the top of the slipper is a plaid pattern with a multicolored yarn in grey, blue, and purple.
A dry erase board with blue writing. At the top: What are you choosing to embrace this year? Responses in different handwriting from various community members: that I will probably never follow a pattern exactly, be what I would rather see, my cat 🐾, chaos 😃, boundaries, the things in my life I can control, response over reaction, that I can take my life in a whole new direction, community/creativity/JOY, my free spirit, fiber prep from fleece to spin, listening to medical advice, happiest place on earth ☺️
A nice skein of handspun yarn in miserable lighting. A multicolored skein is laid out on worn beige carpeting. It's a smooth yarn with small areas that are blue and orange, but the overall color is a warm chocolate brown.
An overhead view of a pile of sparkly fiber in braids, ready for sale - a red and purple one is on top, and there are blue/purple and multicolor dark rainbow braids visible underneath it.
A coral background with dark orange-brown text that reads Day 2: Corespinning +. A slightly angled photo at left shows a giant bobbin filled unevenly with fiber- and thread-wrapped yarn in pinks, oranges, corals, and reds. A slightly angled photo at right shows the finished yarn drying on a shower curtain rod - it has been plied into tight, inconsistent coils. A large section of green yarn is unexpectedly visible.
A navy blue background. 4 photos are scattered across it in a rough progression. At bottom left, a Black woman sits at a spinning wheel and holds up an example of a low twist single plied back on itself. Upper left, a chunk of white/silver Icelandic fleece and the yarn spun from said fleece laying on a white tablecloth. Upper right, singles spun directly from locks of wool - a lovely, curly hank in shades of brown and grey. Bottom right: my two class samples - an energetic twisted pile of purple singles, and a slightly energetic pile of twisted magenta singles.
A teal background with light grey text that reads "Shop Closed Feb. 13 - 15: Professional Development Days." Three photos from fiber arts classes are displayed between those two lines of text - an overhead view of a drum carder with a gradient batt on its surface, a bent knitting needle cable with a very unusual stitch arrangement in light green yarn curving around the bend in the cable, and a basin full of sudsy water and purple and turquoise art yarn.
A person wearing a striped hood with stretchy ribbing pulled way up over her nose and mouth. Yes, the ends need to be handled better, but meh. It’s WARM.
A black plastic tote sits in an off-white bathtub. The tote is full of water and wool that’s either horrendously filthy or a light brown natural color. (Spoiler - it’s filthy)