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Explore wool, weaving and practical home objects, with material origins explained separately from where they are made.

17 discoveries to explore.

Original Upvote concept of folded plain wool layers, cotton fabric and sewing tools; not the maker’s actual products or studio.
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Canadian-made base layers and wool garmentsTruro, Nova Scotia

Stanfield’s

Start with the garment label, then choose the layer.

Stanfield’s offers everyday underwear and wool layers from a long-running Truro manufacturing business. The two selected listings explicitly carry Made in Canada labels; that evidence does not cover every item in its catalogue.

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Original Upvote concept of undyed yarn skeins, a small spinning setup and colour swatches; not the maker’s actual products or studio.
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Small-mill wool yarnBelfast, Prince Edward Island

Fleece & Harmony

Choose Canadian wool by weight, yardage and fibre content.

Fleece & Harmony’s PEI mill makes and hand-dyes its own yarn while also retailing other brands. Its Selkirk and Point Prim collections provide explicit Canadian fibre content, so the local label can stay tied to those yarn families.

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Original Upvote concept of plain wool skeins, knitting needles and a small mill workbench; not the maker’s actual products or studio.
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Canadian wool mill and knitting yarnYork Mills, New Brunswick

Briggs & Little

Canadian wool yarn with the blend and gauge spelled out.

Briggs & Little processes wool at its New Brunswick mill and sells yarn for knitting and weaving. Heritage and Durasport give shoppers two clearly different fibre blends, rather than one blanket origin claim across the range.

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Original Upvote concept of plain knitted mittens, a hat, yarn and knitting needles by a coastal window; not the maker’s actual products or studio.
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Newfoundland hand-knit clothingSt. John’s and Newfoundland outports

NONIA

Hand-knits connecting outport makers with a St. John’s shop.

NONIA is a Newfoundland nonprofit craft business with a network of home knitters and an official online shop. Its adult sweater and accessory collections offer practical clothing while preserving a distinct social-enterprise history.

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Original concept illustration of a plain fringed towel and folded blanket with textile swatches.
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Towels, blankets & global artisan textilesOttawa, Ontario & Gatineau, Quebec

Pokoloko

A Canadian textile brand whose product pages identify where each piece is made.

Pokoloko grew from blankets sold around the Ottawa Valley. Its current range includes towels and household textiles sourced from makers abroad, with Ontario shops and a Gatineau warehouse.

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Original Upvote concept of neutral wool yarn, plain fur-material swatches and knitting needles on cream paper; not actual garments, cultural designs or the makers’ studio.
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Hand-knit fur garments and accessoriesFort Providence, Northwest Territories

Dene Fur Clouds

Start with the materials and ask what the artisans can make now.

Dene Fur Clouds is a Fort Providence artisan business making knitted fur garments and accessories. Its published mittens and scarf listings describe sheared beaver materials, while availability needs checking.

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Upvote concept illustration of plain fabric toys, linen scraps and sewing tools; not the actual products or workshop
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Textile dolls and soft toysMontreal, Quebec

Ouistitine

Reclaimed fabrics give small toys their own variations.

Ouistitine's story begins with a first toy made from a grandmother's cashmere sweater. Camille and her mother Sylvie developed a Montreal business around handmade stuffed animals, dolls, toys and accessories using reused natural-fibre textiles.

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Original Upvote concept of plain yarn balls, an unpatterned woven cloth, a loom shuttle and knitting needles on cream paper; not artwork, cultural motifs, hats or the centre’s studio.
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Weaving, prints and knitted craftsPangnirtung, Nunavut

Uqqurmiut Arts & Crafts

Ask the Pangnirtung centre what the weaving and craft studios have available.

Uqqurmiut connects a Pangnirtung print shop, tapestry studio and craft gallery with community artists. Official Nunavut Development Corporation and Parks Canada pages describe locally produced weaving and knitted or crocheted goods.

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