Rebellions are built on yarn.

Rebel Purl yarns are hand dyed in small batches in Bloomington, Indiana.

303 S Hickory Dr Bloomington, IN 47403

OPEN Wed/Thurs 5-8PM, Fri/Sat/Sun 1-5PM

The brick+mortar location includes hand crafted items from several local makers as well as some additional small business and affordable options for fiber crafters.

Masks are required for gatherings inside the store or if any one requestes they be worn.

Free masks are available.

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Local Handmade Crafting

Rebel Purl started as locally hand dyed yarn sold online. Now we have an awesome little shop in Bloomington, Indiana that we try to fill with other small local crafters. Hand painted boxes, one of a kind shawl pins, local area dyed yarns, felted soaps, woven items..... Any local fiber related crafter can reach out about carrying their items or local artists can schedule a trunk show in the shop.

  • Indigo Guinea Fiber

    Indigo Guinea is a small batch indie yarn dyer out of Solsberry, IN. She keeps adding more pretties and more bases to the shop.

    Indigo Guinea Fiber 

  • BAH Yarns

    Brenda & Heather make awesome fandom and random inspired self-striping and gradient colorways. Each colorway includes a stitch marker and image of the color changes. Plus, shawl ball skeins!

    BAH Yarns 

  • Evie's Craft Room

    Evie's Craft Room hand dyes bright, beautiful one of a kind small batch yarns from Mitchell, IN.

    Evie's Craft Room 

  • JC Llamas & Alpacas

    JC Llamas & Alpacas is a local Bloomington, IN farm. Come by the shop for yarn then take a farm tour and meet the animals who supplied the fleece.

    JC Llamas & Alpacas 

  • Clothos Yarn Cult

    Clothos Yarn Cult is a witchy-inspired luxury yarn indie dyer out of Bloomington, IN. At the moment, they are available exclusively at our shop.

  • Obsessive Crafting Disorder

    Obsessive Crafting Disorder crates small batch hand sewn stuffies and project/notions bags in Bloomington, IN.

  • Karen's BS

    Grab the rainbow with one of these sweet, simple project bags while they last. Bags are handmade in Bloomington, IN by Karen White. Some even have pockets!

  • The Spinner's End Studio

    Spinner's End travels the US sewing and making all kind of things. We are excited to carry a small selection of craft and fandom inspired project bag options.

    Spinners End Studio 

  • Studio Knitboop

    Studio Knitboop designs gorgeous knit patterns and creates adorable stitch markers and keepers in Bloomington, IN.

    Studio Knitboop 

  • What Wood Jesse Do

    What Wood Jesse Do creates awesome tool and stitch marker boxes from Bloomington, IN.

    What Wood Jessie Do 

  • Jules From Another World

    Handmade crochet items from the amazingly creative Jules in Bloomington, IN

  • Rosie Posie Knit Co

    Rosie Posie is a local Bloomington, IN designer. She lets us carry some of her adorable pattern kits.

    Rosie Posie Knit Co 

  • Give A Good Turn

    Give A Good Turn supplies our little shop with beautiful hand made wooden items, including one of a kind wooden shawl pins and wood handled crochet hooks from Bloomington, IN. Reach out to them for special orders.

    Give A Good Turn 

  • Snow Moon Knitting

    This 1 person show is run by Alex, an LGBTQIA+ disabled crafter making and painting buttons & making hats, headbands, slippers, booties and special orders in Bloomington, IN

    Snow Moon Knitting 

  • Forsythia Fiber Farm

    Forsythia Fiber Farm in Bloomington, Indiana hosts alpacas and French angora rabbits. They tend the animals, harvest the fiber, and do all their own prepping, spinning, and dyeing for their vertically-integrated yarn production.

    Forsythia Fiber Farm 

  • Honeybunch Workshop

    Honeybunch Workshop in Bloomington, Indiana provides lots of fun spinning fibers, locks and braid, some hand dyed some undyed. They also offer bright color handspun yarns.

    Honeybunch Workshop 
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  • Tools

    In order to have a wide selection of tools in our little shop, we carry primarily KnitPicks brand tools, needles and hooks. You will also find other items such as Eucalan wool soap, The Knitting Barber cords, and various other well known and good quality items for fiber crafting.

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    If you are looking for something specific, reach out to request pricing for a special order.

  • Classes

    Many classes are taught by Mary, the owner and Rebel Purl dyer or staff at the shop. But we also offer classes from other local area teachers and some travelling teachers. Watch the schedule for the class you want or request a class on something you'd like to try out. We offer a Learn to Knit class once per quarter for just the cost of supplies. And we have scholarship options available.

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    If you would like to teach a class, reach out anytime.

  • Cascade

    In order to offer some affordable options and bases not supplied by local dyers, we also carry Cascade Yarns. Current offerings include Nifty (worsted cotton), 220 Highland Wool (worsted), 220 Superwash (worsted), Hampton (DK cotton linen bland), and Cherub Bulky.

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    Special orders are available on any Cascade yarn. A color carried can be added to our next order for the shop. A color or base not carried (or needed urgently) can be special ordered but will include shipping costs set by our supplier.

  • Patterns

    We carry a small selection of fiber craft books with patterns and information. All Rebel Purl patterns are available in store as a printout. If you purchase the printout we can send you the digital pattern free as well. Select Ravelry patterns are also available through the store. Ravelry pattern purchased through us can include a pattern print out when requested. If there is a book or pattern you would like to see in the shop, let us know!

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Small Businesses in the Shop

  • Benzie Design

    Benzie is a small business out of Plainfield, IL. Visit their shop in person or online.

  • Comma Craft Co

    Is a woman LGBTQ+ craft company out of California

  • Infamous Cuts

    Is a small bipoc-owned business run by artist Glenn O'Neal out of Maryland

  • The Gloomy Gremlin

    The Gloomy Gremlin is a one human show out of Portland, OR.

  • Lenny Mud

    Is a small woman owned ceramics business out of New Jersey

  • SnowMade

    SnowMade is a woman-owned, family-run micro-manufacturer, design lab and art studio out of Portland, OR

  • Subversive Cross Stitch

    Is a 2 person creative enterprise out of Texas

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