About Us

A one-time upstate New York farm girl, now shopkeeper, loved a NY-sourced and milled yarn that was discontinued by its distributor. She called the former engineer, turned mill owner, who had produced the yarn for the distributor, and got her to make more of the yarn just for her shop – and that was the beginning of this unique partnership. With the new yarn in hand, we started thinking about our entire region and wondering what other partnerships for sustainable sourcing and processing might be possible. Could we go further than hand knitting yarn? Could we expand our partnership to some of our other fiber friends in the Hudson Valley?

So to start, we reached out to teacher and researcher Laura Sansone at NY Textile Lab, sheep farmer and shop owner Paula Kucera from White Barn Farm, and designer and maker Kathy Fogarty of Midnight Mercantile. They agreed with us that a sustainably sourced and processed farm-to-fabric supply chain was essential. And the Hudson Valley Textile Project was born!

Together, we decided to take action and develop a regional network of like-minded people in the Hudson River Watershed. The Hudson Valley Textile Project is a community of farmers, dyers, millers, designers, makers, distributors, and retailers who have come together to share their knowledge and resources. We also share a concern about environmental and community impacts of the current mass market fashion trend to quickly-discarded, garments and home goods that are often poorly made, generally with synthetic fibers. To address these concerns and opportunities, the HV Textile Project is planning maker education and consumer outreach initiatives with an expected outcome of expanded investment in materials and finished goods including apparel, home furnishings and home decor items sourced and created in the Hudson River Watershed.

Please join us!

Gail Parrinello (Cornwall Yarn Shop) &
Mary Jeanne Packer (Battenkill Fibers Carding and Spinning Mill)

P.S. The sweaters we are wearing in this photo are knit from that first yarn we made together!

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Board of Directors

Gail Parrinello

Cornwall Yarn Shop, Ltd.
Term ends 2023
Lilly Marsh, PhD

Lilly Marsh Studios LLC - Production Weaver
Term ends 2023
Mary Jeanne Packer

Founder & President of Battenkill Fiber & Spinning Mill
Term ends 2023
Jeffrey Silberman

Professor (Ret.) and Past Chairperson Textile Development and Marketing FIT
Term ends 2024
Kathy Fogarty

Former Clothing Designer and Owner of Midnight Mercantile, LLC
Term ends 2025
Jimmy Powers

Wooly Meadow Farm, Sheep farmer & Shearer
Term ends 2025
Elaine Gerber

Woodland Meadow Farm, LLC - Alpaca
Term ends 2025
Mary Louise Mallick, PhD

(Ret.) First Deputy Comptroller at Office of the State Comptroller
Term ends 2025
Cecelia Tkaczyk

Cece’s Wool & Yarns, Former NYS Senator
Term ends 2024