WHAT IS RIIHIVILLA
Riihivilla is a small business, which sells naturally dyed Finnsheep wool, belonging to my husband Jouni Riihelä and me, Leena Riihelä.
The first seeds of Riihivilla were sown in 1980s when I started dyeing with natural dyes. Soon I became interested in using mushrooms for dyeing and in 1990 we bought our first own sheep. It was self-evident to us that they were Finnsheep because of their good wool. We farmed organically and our sheep had also organic status. Riihivilla was officially founded in 1995, and then we started to sell our products in the Market Place Kauppatori in Helsinki.
In the beginning of the 2000s we got a permanent selling place there and at that point we gave up our own sheep; there wasn't enough time to do everyting by ourselves and we concentrated to dyeing and selling the yarn.
Now we buy the good Finnsheep wool from our friends near-by. We sort out the wool ourselves, and then get it spun into yarn in Pirtin Kehräämö, where they make the yarn to our requirements from that wool. Most of the sheep where our wool comes from are grown organically and besides that the wool of Finnsheep is good, we want to help farmers who still grow Finnsheep.
OUR CONTACT INFORMATION
Tmi Riihivilla
Jouni and Leena Riihelä
Koskentie 774
25560 Koski as
Finland
tel. 02-7356204
Email: riihivilla( at )gmail.com
Ly 1348382-2
MARKET IN HELSINKI
Besides selling our products in the Internet, we sell them at the market Kauppatori in Helsinki. It is situated in the centre of Helsinki by the harbor and you can find us there usually Saturday between Sept.15th and May 30th.
In the summertime we are there couple of days a week and if you want to be sure to meet us, please email me to inguire about the market days. You can also see in my blog the market days of the following week.
In our booth we have yarns, kits, some knitted mittens, hats and scarves and Jouni Riihelä's nature photographs.
In the middle of the market there is a big obelisk of two headed eagle, out booth is situated about 20 meters from the obelisk towards Katajanokka and President's Castle, just by the road Esplanad.
You can also find me in Ravelry, my name there is leena.
In the U.K Ecoknits sells our Aarni Selections.
We don't have wholesale prices.
