Custom Fiber Processing

Thursday 24 September 2009 - 09:55:40

NY Sheep and Wool Festival October 17-18 2009

Just a reminder we will be accepting fiber for processing at the NY Sheep and Wool festival in Rhinebeck, NY. There is not much of a wait time now. Ony 2-3 MONTHS! This is a great time to get your fiber in as you will have new yarn in your stash ready for the long winter nights or a full stock of yarn for the spring shows.

See you all there! October 17-18 2009

Sunday 25 January 2009 - 16:55:50

2009 Still River Mill Newsletter

Newsletter # 4
12/04/2008

Dear Readers and Loyal Customers,

Happy Holidays! Time is flying by here at the mill. Hence only 4 newsletters in as many years. Deirdre and I wish to thank you all for your continued support and let you know a little about what we have been up to (besides processing fiber like mad).

Despite the uncertain economic times, we have decided to not raise prices. Raising prices isn't going to make it any easier for anybody, so we are staying put for the time being! We also realize that with the economic downturn that many of you need your fiber back quicker to realize a faster return on investment. So, we have added staff and processing capability to our mill. The barn is now bigger (although not completely finished) and all the machines are down on the first floor. This has taken our queue down from 9 months to about 4 months starting in January 2009. Get your order in now for shearing season 2009 and you'll be that much farther ahead in the queue! All you need to tell us is the weight of your fiber and a small deposit to get in line.

We are happy to announce also that we built the addition to the barn as greenly as economically feasible. This includes using reclaimed lumber from an old barn, recyclable metal roofing, spray foam insulation made from soybean and corn oil (no you can't eat it), radiant floor heat, wash water recycling, high efficiency air conditioning, large windows for passive solar heating, and a new solar drying room. We did most of the work ourselves and are quite happy with the results and the savings. We also plan to add solar water heating and solar panels in the near future to help with raw energy costs.

With the expansion, we are also pleased to be able to offer some new services as well. We now have a ball winder for those of you who do want a ball package for retail or ease of knitting. A rug yarn maker was also added which creates the yarn using a jute core and wrapping the roving coming from the carder around the jute core. We are now also able to offer our first finished product as a service, too: Woven Rugs! We have a 36" loom and can make small area rugs with your fiber.

Organic processing and sustainability has always been a goal of Still River Mill. Although we are financially unable to be certified as an organic processor in 2009, Still River Mill is processing according to organic standards put forth by the Organic Trade Association. Our soap is organic, our spinning oils are organic, and now our dyes, Greener Shades, conform to organic processing standards, too. The dyes are new this year and we are the sole distributor of them. They are used exclusively in our mill as they are safer and we find them to perform better than any other acid dye that we have tried. There is a lot of excitement about these dyes and we've had a great response so far from users and wholesalers. Please check them out at www.greenershades.com.

We'd especially like to thank our dedicated employees for their hard work, enthusiasm, and support.

Best wishes to you all for 2009.

Greg and Deirdre
Still River Mill, LLC
Greener Shades Dyes

Tuesday 29 April 2008 - 09:58:06

New Hampshire SH&WF Spinning Contest!

Bring your spinning wheels and join us for a spinning competition at the New Hampshire Sheep and Wool Festival on May 10 and 11, 2008. Prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd, plus best overall! Carolina Homespun, Spirit Trail Fiberworks, and Still River Mill will be providing the prizes.

Friday 22 February 2008 - 21:08:22

On-Line Store

The quality services that we have been able to provide to our customers are now available in our specialty line of products. We are striving to bring you unique fibers and yarns to tickle your fancy. Take a look here.

Friday 22 February 2008 - 20:47:08

Greener Shades^TM Metal Free Dyes

We are launching a new product available for the first time to the general public. Introducing Greener Shades^TM metal-free dyes! www.GreenerShades.com. There are more colors planned and will be coming soon.

Friday 22 February 2008 - 20:32:58

Expansion!

We are expanding! We are just beginning to expand the barn to allow space for new equipment. This should enable us to get our backlog down to a more reasonable time frame. A ball-winder is planned as well as a water re-cycler which should save us up to 40% of each wash load of water.

Thursday 03 May 2007 - 16:58:42

CT Sheep and Wool Festival - Sat. April 28

We had a great time at the CT S&WF this year. Thank you to all who came out to see us. This is our 3rd year doing the show and it seems that it is getting bigger every year!

Thursday 15 February 2007 - 08:41:21

Show Schedule

Our 2007 show schedule has been updated! We will be at the CT, MD, NH, MA, and NY festivals this year. We are also attending all the Nutmeg Spinner's Guild meetings. Drop off your fiber at our booth and save on shipping and travel expenses.

Friday 03 November 2006 - 16:04:19

Podcast from Rhinebeck

Whilst we were working our butts off at Rhinebeck, Deirdre was interviewed for a Rhinebeck podcast. She shows up in the podcast about halfway through. Info on the Dog Hair and Bison yarn worked into our official on the spot sales pitch!

Site Link:
Knitty D and the City Podcasts: Episode 14

Podcast Link:
Podcast Episode 14

Friday 03 November 2006 - 15:47:19

We are going to be on TV!

Check out TLC (The Learning Channel) on Sunday November 12, 2006 at 2:00pm. We are the feature spot in a pilot for a new show called "Hey Crafty!". It's fun and all about stuff you never knew people could do.