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Words to Increase You Wisdom from the Makers, Wool is an amazing fiber!  It is renewable, sheep grow a new fleece every year.  It is both wam and cool, an active fiber that reacts to changes in body temperature.  Wool...

A trip to Yellowstone with wool hoodies, bison, and grizzlies!

4 Tips to ball your yarn Isn’t it exciting when you look in the mailbox and find your shipment of squishy, sheep smelling skeins of warmth and goodness!? If you are like me, you can’t wait to start casting on!...

2020 seems to be a year of turmoil, chaos, and catastrophe, but in many ways, it has also highlighted for us some of the deeper truths of life.  The value of family and friendships in a time of crisis.  The...

Wool is our pillar here at Mountain Meadow Wool. Everything we do revolves around wool; whether were talking with local ranchers or wholesaling our yarn to a local yarn store, or in production of our finished products, it’s all about...

Wool is among the most versatile of natural fibers. Its amazing properties are well-known, but not found among many other natural fibers. The structure of a wool fiber consists of several different properties, each with unique functions.

 Most of you may know, we used offer tours here at the wool mill every day at 1:30 pm and two times during the summer. This is how a typical tour would go: Watch two videos on the history...

I must be honest, I’m a little “ADD”.  You may think this is just something that kids struggle with but believe me it isn’t.  Here is an example of my ADD:  I’m cleaning my house, specifically the kitchen and I...

Sheep Breeds: What do you know about Wool? Johnson County, Wyoming, like much of the rest of the state is largely rooted in the raising and rearing of sheep. Which as you know, and probably guessed, is an obvious reason...

Well, my name is Josh and I’m the knitter who doesn’t knit. I’ve never picked up a knitting needle and to be honest, I didn’t even know what the term “Skien” even meant! Needless to say, Ben and Karen took a chance on hiring me.

When our days just don't go according to plan...

Whether you are a large-scale sheep operation or a small hobby farm, questions arise such as “how can I bring more value to my wool clip” or “what is the best product to make with my fiber”.  I get asked these questions more times than I can count and decided it was time to put a blog together that highlights some of the key points to consider on your journey to the creation of a quality, custom product whether it be roving, yarn, a finished blanket, hat, sweater, or other apparel. 

A wonderful Rambouillet wool yarn.  Check out our "Laramie" renEWE for yarn information, patterns, and more.

Today I realized that we are very close to having 20,000 Facebook Likes!  Wow!  20K likes in 2020! We want to celebrate the moment we get there with something fun for everyone, so how about a SALE!   20% off everything...

  Mountain Meadow Wool (MMW) Highlights the Breed Suffolk, Surprise Co. a Suffolk Breeder and a Cooperative Project with Gist Yarn and Fiber and Weaver Liz Gipson using MMW’s Suffolk Yarn in a Weave Along! Suffolk sheep are a hardy...

 Welcome to our yarn celebration!  We started this journey 12 years ago and we are excited to “renewe” our wonderful yarns over the months ahead.  Join us on our journey through Wyoming to discover the towns our yarns were...

Burma to Buffalo Mountain Meadow Wool Bringing Business Back to America by Kelsey Hostetler Over the years big businesses have been leaving American soil and taking up roots in foreign countries where the prices are cheaper and labor is more...

Something about spring, the warm breeze, the splash of green that now covers everything in sight, the migrating birds, the buzz of bees, all brings about a since of excitement and energy after a long winter.  Freshly shorn wool has...

A busy week at the mill.  I made a visit to Chargeurs Wool Scouring in South Carolina, the last commercial top making facility in the US.  We ran a prototype production run of our combed top through their superwash system...

Have you encountered Mountain Meadow Wool Alpine yet? Alpine is a Mountain Merino 3ply DK-weight, worsted-spun yarn. Swatch with it and you'll notice the wonderful stitch definition and cushiony bounce! Members of the Legacy Yarn Club received two skeins of...

Knit and crochet with wool in the summer Summer is here and when you are on the go, make sure to bring your Mountain Meadow Wool yarn and projects with you! The projects you start today will be the ones...