Northwest Yarns & Mercantile

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Northwest Yarns & Mercantile The funkiest little yarn and textile arts shop in the Northwest - join the Northwest Yarns & Mercantile Nation! Come on by today to check us out!

Downtown Bellingham's spot for all of your fiber arts supplies! Yarns, knitting needles and crochet hooks, looms, spinning wheels, felting supplies, wool for spinning or felting, embroidery supplies, and more - Northwest Yarns has it all.

10/23/2026

We’re a bit overdue for a shop tour! We are a perfectly normal shop with a perfectly normal attachment to fiber and there is nothing sinister going on here.

This is teal! Where does the name teal come from? We have to find a new name! Here are the options:- Green eggs and ham ...
10/23/2026

This is teal! Where does the name teal come from? We have to find a new name! Here are the options:

- Green eggs and ham (why are they actually teal and not green in the book????)
-Teal’c
-Lying

Cast your wonderful votes we are so excited to hear from all of you we love you!

Okay photos do NOT do this absolute stunner of a gold justice. It’s very striking and we’re so excited about it. The opt...
10/22/2026

Okay photos do NOT do this absolute stunner of a gold justice. It’s very striking and we’re so excited about it.

The options are:
- Stay gold, Ponyboy
- All that is gold does not glitter, not all who wander are lost
- Bad LLamas

There may be some bias here for the naming of this one… maybe. Cast your votes!

Does anyone else suddenly feel.. joy? Do we think it’s related to this absolutely stunning bright beautiful incredible y...
10/21/2026

Does anyone else suddenly feel.. joy? Do we think it’s related to this absolutely stunning bright beautiful incredible yellow? Let’s name this absolute beast of a yarn!

- Yellow Brick Road
- Pulitzer vs. Hearst (yellow journalism)
-The Sphinx Gate

I guess “most joyful beautiful stunning color I’ve ever seen” is not on the table. That’s fine, cast your votes!

Orange! Bright! Cheerful! The color of the morning! Name option time:- Well, I got better! - Chilly down with the Fire G...
10/20/2026

Orange! Bright! Cheerful! The color of the morning!
Name option time:

- Well, I got better!
- Chilly down with the Fire Gang
- Gravyboat

And…. GO!

Next up is this amazing lime green. Again, so vast, so beautiful, the color of life and all that… name time! - Legolas G...
10/19/2026

Next up is this amazing lime green. Again, so vast, so beautiful, the color of life and all that… name time!

- Legolas Greenleaf
- She Turned me into a Newt!
- might I have a bit of earth?

These are my personal favorite name choices! I like all of them, and I’m excited to see what everyone says!

Ahhh green, the color of life.So broad, so beautiful, so hard to name. Help! - It's not easy being green (this is from o...
10/18/2026

Ahhh green, the color of life.
So broad, so beautiful, so hard to name. Help!

- It's not easy being green (this is from our homie Kermit the Frog and already a silk color name, but we love recycling)
- Daisy’s Dock (Great Gatsby)
- arsenic wallpaper

Pretty much the entire shop is swooning over this color, so we’ll probably all be wearing it VERY soon.

Apparently today is national pasta day. What’s your favorite pasta? I guess it doesn’t matter, let’s pick a name for thi...
10/17/2026

Apparently today is national pasta day. What’s your favorite pasta? I guess it doesn’t matter, let’s pick a name for this beautiful pasta sauce red!

- You’ve got red on you
- The blood of angry men (Le Mis)
- You will not break me

Tell us which name you like best, and what pasta shape is your favorite. Do you think the shapes taste different? Just me? I like the bow ties.

Hey! It’s time for yarn number three! This very neutral gray may not be the most exciting color, but sometimes you just ...
10/16/2026

Hey! It’s time for yarn number three!
This very neutral gray may not be the most exciting color, but sometimes you just need a nice neutral, I guess! Now for the names:

- Morally Grey
- This would be so much easier if I wasn't color blind! (Shrek)
- Millennial Grey

Cast your voooootes! (Air horn) 🎉🥳

Next is this very dainty lilac color! Name options are: - Lilac and Gooseberries (from Witcher)- May 25th (from Night Wa...
10/15/2026

Next is this very dainty lilac color!
Name options are:

- Lilac and Gooseberries (from Witcher)
- May 25th (from Night Watch Discworld)
- Crystal of Truth

Let us know your favorite name and what you want to make with this beautiful yarn in the comments!

Address

1401 Commercial Street
Bellingham, WA
98225

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 6pm
Tuesday 10am - 6pm
Wednesday 10am - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 6pm
Friday 10am - 6pm
Saturday 10am - 6pm
Sunday 12pm - 4pm

Telephone

+13607380167

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