Yellow Pages
Here we collect very handy information for anyone doing fiber hobbies in Groningen to have: where to get your stuff, and where to find workshops to learn more things about your stuff.
Local Stores
Achterpand
An essential stop for anyone who needs yarn or thread. They have all the good brands and an overly tempting wall of handdyed skeins, and the shop owner and employees are all very friendly and knowledgeable.
They also host various events at their location: help with patterns, a knitting cafe, and a queer knitting circle. Please see their contact page for up to date information!
Cordi Atelier
Adorable store next to Noorderplantsoen which packs together more fabrics than you realised could exist in one place at the same time. The lady who runs it is very friendly and helpful. She also has a few yarns (including for weaving) and beautiful embroidery thread, and of course endless sewing notions.
The shop is also the basis of a few workshops, such as quilting basics, art quilting, fandango, sashiko, and many many more! See this info page for up-to-date information.
Local Fiber Artists/Workshops/Organisations
Chilli Vintage Artwork
Making artworks and mending with vintage fabrics!
Groningen Fair Fashion
Workshops, actions, lectures... all about fair fashion!
Textielhub Groningen
Maybe we can contact them at some point to see if they have any advice/resources for our spinning division... They seem to organise a lot of other textile-related initiatives, all focused around sustainability!
Groningen Werkt Circulair
...
Mooimiek
Felting and sewing workshops and lessons! She also gives private workshops, so if we end up with enough interest in the guild itself we could book one!
Atelier Lotte Jansen
Sewing and felting workshops! Her place has also done clothing swaps in the past, so keep an eye out.
Dutch Webshops
Because sometimes you just can't find what you're looking for in the city.
Schaap en Draak
Karak and Voskop's favourite dyer, for the vibrant and saturated colour combinations. They go to lots of craft fairs and have a newsletter you can sign up to! They have spinning fiber, including silk mixes, and various weights of yarns, with their colourways available across the gamut. They also have spindles.
Purewol
A webshop that sells a wide (really wide!!) variety of (raw) sheep's wool. You can find so many breeds here, and Voskop personally loves perusing their "woldragers" tab. They sell the raw wool, washed & carded wool, big buckets and nets for washing, and some felting supplies. Generally good quality, pre-picked from most dirty stuff.
Schapenvacht en Lifestyle
A wide variety of commercially dyed spinning- and felting wool, in various micron counts and countless colourways, from solid to multi-coloured and variegated. Also has felting supplies and home decor.
Fairy Tail Fibers
Hand-dyed wool, supplies, and dye-it-yourself kits.
Kaarderij Wollust
Delightfully handmade website that sells natural dyestuffs and alum mordant. They also sell wool, but this does not appear to be readily available - the website says to email/call, and we who run this website have not yet tried this. They're based in the north of the Netherlands and as such their list of events they're going to is very handy for us in Groningen as well!
Other (National) Guilds/Groups
National Spinning Group "Landelijke Spingroep"
National spinning guild with paid membership! Members can advertise things or services, and find each other to form spinning groups. The guild also has a presence on facebook and instagram and receives requests from local farms/festivals for spinners to demo their craft during events, and often has a presence at craft fairs in general. They have a monthly members' newsletter listing all sorts of events.
Dutch Quilters' Guild
Quilters' guild! They have a quarterly magazine with lots of interesting articles and whenever Handwerkbeurs Groningen comes back from purgatory I hope to see them there again with another incredible quilt exhibit.
Did we miss someone or something, or do you want to list your own website on here? Let us know through email with the URL and a description! You're also welcome to let us know your own reviews of any listed entity and we may use that to add to its description here!