The Wooly Caterpillar

The Wooly Caterpillar Hand-dyed yarn from Vermont - we put color in yarn!

🍁 Okay, Leaf Peepers… HERE IT IS. 🍁We teased the view. Now you get the yarn. 👀🧶Introducing Leaf Peeper Season — our newe...
08/29/2026

🍁 Okay, Leaf Peepers… HERE IT IS. 🍁

We teased the view. Now you get the yarn. 👀🧶

Introducing Leaf Peeper Season — our newest Color Story, inspired by that brief, glorious stretch of Vermont autumn when the mountains light up, the backroads become irresistible, and every turn feels like it deserves its own postcard.

This story has three colorways:

🌤️ Under October Skies — soft cream and shifting blues inspired by those impossibly clear fall days when the sky seems to go on forever.

🌉 Backroad Crossing — weathered neutrals, cool grays, and blue-gray tones inspired by the little treasures you find when you leave the main road and go exploring.

🍁 The Turn — the moment Vermont changes. Fresh green giving way to moss, rust, orange, and blazing autumn color.

Together, they’re Leaf Peeper Season — the whole Vermont fall experience, minus the traffic jam behind someone going 23 mph because they spotted a particularly nice maple tree. 😂🍂

Drops this Saturday at 3PM EDT.

Now we need to know…

👇 Which one are you grabbing first: Under October Skies, Backroad Crossing, or The Turn?

🍁 Tag your favorite leaf-peeping partner.
🚗 Send this to the person who will always take the scenic route.
🧶 And save it for Saturday because these dye pots have been BUSY.

🎡🧶 SOUTHERN VERMONT — YOUR WEEKEND PLANS HAVE ARRIVED. 🧶🎡The Bondville Fair is THIS WEEKEND, and The Wooly Caterpillar w...
08/27/2026

🎡🧶 SOUTHERN VERMONT — YOUR WEEKEND PLANS HAVE ARRIVED. 🧶🎡

The Bondville Fair is THIS WEEKEND, and The Wooly Caterpillar will be there Friday, Saturday & Sunday! 🙌

So gather up your favorite people and come spend a day doing what late summer in Vermont does best:

🎡 Fair rides
🎶 Music
🍁 Vermont fair food & fun
🧶 LOTS of hand-dyed yarn
💕 And, naturally, all the yarn squishing your heart desires at The Wooly Caterpillar booth.

We’re packing the booth with skeins in just about every mood — bright, moody, speckled, tonal, variegated, and plenty of colors that are much harder to resist once you see them in person. 👀😂

📍 Bondville Fair — Bondville, Vermont
📅 Friday, Saturday & Sunday — August 28–30

If you’ve been saying:

“I need something fun to do this weekend…”

THIS IS IT.

👇TAG the person you’re bringing to the fair.

And please **SHARE this post with your Vermont friends** — especially the ones who believe a perfectly reasonable fair itinerary includes rides, food…and buying yarn. 😂🧶🎡

Who’s coming to see us?! 🙋‍♀️

🍁 If you know Vermont, you know what’s coming. 🍁There’s a moment every year when the Green Mountains decide they’ve had ...
08/27/2026

🍁 If you know Vermont, you know what’s coming. 🍁

There’s a moment every year when the Green Mountains decide they’ve had enough of green.

The mornings get cooler.
The roads get prettier.
The covered bridges somehow become even more photogenic.
And suddenly there are cars pulled over everywhere. 😂📸

Around here, we call it Leaf Peeper Season.

And this week…we put it in the dye pots. 🧶🍂

Our newest Color Story is inspired by the turn itself—brilliant autumn hillsides, wandering Vermont backroads, old covered bridges, and those impossibly blue October skies.

We’re not showing you the yarn just yet. 👀

But we will tell you this:

🍁 Leaf Peeper Season is coming.
🧶 And you’re going to want to see what came out of those dye pots.

Yarn reveal coming soon.

👇 Tell us: Are you a leaf peeper…or a Vermonter who knows the backroads to avoid them? 😂

And TAG the person who would happily spend an entire fall day driving around Vermont looking at leaves. 🍂🚗

🎡🧶 YARN. FAIR RIDES. FAIR FOOD. QUILTS. LIVE MUSIC. THREE WHOLE DAYS.Yep. We’re going to the Bondville Fair! 🎉🐛Mark your...
08/24/2026

🎡🧶 YARN. FAIR RIDES. FAIR FOOD. QUILTS. LIVE MUSIC. THREE WHOLE DAYS.

Yep. We’re going to the Bondville Fair! 🎉🐛

Mark your calendars because The Wooly Caterpillar will be vending ALL THREE DAYS at the 2026 Bondville Fair — August 28, 29 & 30!

📅 Friday, Saturday & Sunday • August 28–30
📍 Bondville Fairgrounds • Bondville, Vermont
⏰ Gates open at 10am daily
🎡 Rides open at 11am

And this isn’t just any summer fair. The Bondville Fair has been a Vermont tradition since 1797 — and somehow they’ve managed to pack just about everything we love about a good old-fashioned Vermont fair into one weekend. 🍁🎪

🎡 Unlimited amusement rides
🎶 Live entertainment
🐂 Oxen pulls
🐴 Horse pulls
🚜 Tractor & truck pulls
🧵 A whole Quilt Hall filled with beautiful quilts
🧶 Knitting & crochet exhibits in Floral Hall
🥕 Homegrown produce, baked goods, crafts & more
🍔 And, of course, FAIR FOOD. Because it would be wrong not to. 😋

And right in the middle of all that Vermont goodness…

🐛 **YOU’LL FIND THE WOOLY CATERPILLAR!** 🧶💕

Come squish some yarn, see our Fox & Owl Dye Lab colorways in person, discover our newest yarn bases, talk projects with us, and pick out something fabulous for your fall knitting and crochet queue. 🍂🧶

Fiber people, this fair has your name written ALL over it. Between the quilts, handmade exhibits, knitting, crochet…and a booth full of hand-dyed Vermont yarn…you may want to leave a little extra room in the car. 😂

Even better? Fair admission includes FREE parking, unlimited amusement rides, track events and entertainment. 🎟️🎡

So grab the kids. Grab your knitting friends. Grab the person who loves tractor pulls while come YOU love the yarn. 😆

👇 WHO ARE YOU BRINGING TO THE FAIR?
Tag your fair-going, yarn-squishing, fried-dough-eating partner in crime below! 👇

And if you know someone who loves a great Vermont fair, SHARE THIS WITH THEM! 🍁❤️

Three days. One Vermont tradition. A whole lotta yarn.🐛🧶🎡

Do we stop going to fairs & festivals because it's raining?? Heck noooo!! Grab an 🌂 & your rain jacket and get out here!...
08/23/2026

Do we stop going to fairs & festivals because it's raining??

Heck noooo!!

Grab an 🌂 & your rain jacket and get out here!! We're in Ludlow 11am to 5pm today...come squish the yarn!!

🍎🍏 Okay…NOW we can show you the yarn. 🍏🍎Meet Vermont Apples in all its juicy, yarny glory. 🧶✨Inspired by apple season he...
08/22/2026

🍎🍏 Okay…NOW we can show you the yarn. 🍏🍎

Meet Vermont Apples in all its juicy, yarny glory. 🧶✨

Inspired by apple season here in Vermont, this week’s Color Story takes three familiar orchard favorites and turns them into three very different skeins:

🍎 McIntosh — a wildly happy variegated mix of apple red, rosy pink, creamy ivory & golden yellow
🍏 Ginger Gold — warm, mellow golden yellow - sunkissed perfection
💕 Pink Lady — sweet, rosy pink with just enough speckling to give it that perfectly imperfect apple-skin look

Together? They look like somebody tipped over a basket of freshly picked Vermont apples directly into the dye pots. And we are not mad about it. 😂🍎

Vermont Apples drops TODAY— Saturday, August 22nd at 3PM EDT!

Which one are you reaching for first: McIntosh, Ginger Gold, or Pink Lady? 👇

🍎 Tag your favorite yarn-loving, apple-picking friend.
🍏 Save this post so you don’t forget the drop.
🧶 And we fully support grabbing all three. Just saying.

🍁🧶 VERMONT FRIENDS — WHAT ARE YOU DOING THIS WEEKEND?! 🧶🍁Because we have a suggestion. 👀The Best of Vermont Summer Festi...
08/21/2026

🍁🧶 VERMONT FRIENDS — WHAT ARE YOU DOING THIS WEEKEND?! 🧶🍁

Because we have a suggestion. 👀

The Best of Vermont Summer Festival is happening THIS SATURDAY & SUNDAY, August 22–23, in Ludlow, VT — and The Wooly Caterpillar is packing up a whole lotta yarn and heading there! 🚗💨🧶

Think:

🍁 95 amazing Vermont vendors
🧶 Hand-dyed yarn just begging to be squished
🍁 Maple everything
🎶 Music
🛍️ Local makers
⛰️ A gorgeous Vermont summer weekend
…and FREE YARN SQUISH TESTS at our booth all weekend long. 😂

And yes—we’re bringing LOTS of yarn, including some very fresh-from-the-dye-pots goodies. 👀🍎

If you’ve been following us online and thinking, I really need to see that yarn in person…”

THIS IS YOUR WEEKEND.

Come say hi, squish all the yarn, find your next project, wander through the festival, eat something maple-y, and make a whole Vermont day of it. 💚

📍 Best of Vermont Summer Festival — Ludlow, VT
📅 Saturday & Sunday, August 22–23

👇 TAG the person you want to road-trip to Ludlow with!

And if you know someone who loves Vermont, yarn, local makers, craft fairs, maple syrup, or just a really good summer festival — SHARE THIS POST WITH THEM!🍁🧶

Who are we going to see this weekend?! 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️

🍎 Something delicious is ripening in the dye pots… 🍎It’s almost apple-picking season here in Vermont, and we couldn’t re...
08/21/2026

🍎 Something delicious is ripening in the dye pots… 🍎

It’s almost apple-picking season here in Vermont, and we couldn’t resist turning one of our favorite signs of late summer into our next Color Story.

Introducing Vermont Apples. 🍏✨

Think orchard rows, overflowing apple bags, crisp mornings, rosy reds, golden yellows…and that very first little whisper that fall is on its way. 🍂

We’re keeping the yarn under wraps for just a little longer—but we’ll reveal all three colorways Saturday morning. 👀🧶

🍎 Vermont Apples drops Saturday, August 22nd at 3PM EDT.

Any guesses what varieties inspired the three skeins? 👇
Tag your apple-picking buddy and come back Saturday for the reveal!

🧶 🍁YARN + MAPLE + MUSIC + VERMONT SUMMER = our kind of weekend! 🍁 🎶We are SO excited to tell you that The Wooly Caterpil...
08/17/2026

🧶 🍁YARN + MAPLE + MUSIC + VERMONT SUMMER = our kind of weekend! 🍁 🎶

We are SO excited to tell you that The Wooly Caterpillar will be a vendor at the Best of Vermont Summer Festival next weekend! 🎉

📅 Saturday & Sunday, August 22–23
⏰ 11am–5pm both days
📍 Okemo Field | Ludlow, Vermont
☀️🌧️ Rain or shine!

And seriously…if you’ve been looking for an excuse for a Vermont road trip, THIS IS IT. 🚗💚

The Best of Vermont Summer Festival brings together so many of the things that make Vermont, well…Vermont. 🍁

🎶 Live music all day
🛍️ Vermont makers & artisans
🧀 Local cheese
🍁 Maple goodness
🍔 Specialty foods & food trucks
🍺 Craft beer, wine & spirits
🎨 Fine art & handmade goods
🎪 Family fun & kids activities
🧶AND A WHOLE LOT OF HAND-DYED YARN FROM US!

Come find The Wooly Caterpillar booth, say hello, squish some yarn, see our newest Fox & Owl Dye Lab colorways in person, and maybe find the skeins for your next cast-on. 👀🧶💕

And don't just come for us — make a day of it! Grab something delicious, listen to some music, wander through the makers, discover a new favorite Vermont business, and soak up one of those late-summer Green Mountain weekends we wish could last forever. 🌲☀️

👇 TAG YOUR FESTIVAL BUDDY!
Who are you bringing with you to Ludlow?

🎟️ Check out the Best of Vermont Summer Festival website for festival info (link on our Events page - www.WoolyCaterpillar.com/events), tickets, vendors & more — and then come see us next weekend!

August 22 & 23 • 11–5 • Okemo Field • Ludlow, VT

We can't wait to see you! 🐛🧶💚

Kinda chic to quietly add MORE yarn to the sale while nobody was looking. 😏🧶Kinda chic to make some of your favorite Woo...
08/16/2026

Kinda chic to quietly add MORE yarn to the sale while nobody was looking. 😏🧶

Kinda chic to make some of your favorite Wooly Caterpillar colorways a little harder to resist.

Kinda chic to say, "Ohhhh… did we do that?” 💅

Yep. We did.

✨ MORE SALE YARN DROPS TODAY AT 3PM EDT! ✨

We’ve added even more skeins to the sale, which means this might be your sign to grab that colorway you’ve been eyeing… or accidentally start an entirely new project. We support both decisions. 😇

⏰ New sale items go live at 3PM EDT TODAY
🧶 Limited quantities
🏃‍♀️ And once some of these skeins are gone, they’re GONE

So maybe set an alarm.
Maybe open a browser tab.
Maybe tell your yarn-loving friend.

Kinda chic to enable each other, right? 👀

👉 Head to WoolyCaterpillar.com at 3PM and see what we snuck into the sale!

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Peru, VT

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