{"id":20602,"date":"2025-12-03T00:20:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T00:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=20602"},"modified":"2025-12-03T00:20:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T00:20:25","slug":"knitters-need-free-trade-trumps-tariffs-are-making-crafting-supplies-harder-to-get","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=20602","title":{"rendered":"Knitters Need Free Trade: Trump’s Tariffs Are Making Crafting Supplies Harder To Get"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“From knitting needles to garment fabric to bottles of paint, American crafters work with many materials produced abroad<\/a>. That has left them particularly vulnerable\u2028to Trump’s trade war. Imports from Europe currently face tariffs of 15 percent<\/a>, and while sky-high tariffs on China are currently subject to a 90-day pause, they still stand at 57.6 percent, according<\/a> to the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Worse still, Trump has done away with<\/a> the de minimis<\/em> exemption, which allowed goods valued at under $800 to enter the U.S. tariff-free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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 Exclusively stocking U.S.-produced materials isn’t an option for most craft stores. “Tariffs impact American-made yarns as well,” pointed out<\/a> Fibre Space, a yarn store in Alexandria, Virginia. That’s because “American-made goods still rely on materials made in other countries.” Yarn “is an agricultural product,” observes Chadwell, “so certain crops and certain livestock produce the best fiber in very specific climates that aren’t necessarily” found in the United States. Meanwhile, “needles, notions, doodads, [and] bags\u2026can only be produced at much higher prices” here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tariffs prevent<\/a> all sorts of voluntary transactions that shape lives and culture in big\u2014and often inconspicuous\u2014ways. That means shops that won’t be started, gifts that won’t be made by hand, and hobbies that won’t be taken up. And more immediately, tariffs are punishing business owners who want to help Americans fill their lives with more creativity.”  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“From knitting needles to garment fabric to bottles of paint, American crafters work with many materials produced abroad. That has left them particularly vulnerable\u2028to Trump’s trade war. Imports from Europe currently face tariffs of 15 percent, and while sky-high tariffs on China are currently subject to a 90-day pause, they still stand at 57.6 percent, according to the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Worse still, Trump has done away with the de minimis exemption, which allowed goods valued at under $800 to enter the U.S. tariff-free.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

Exclusively stocking U.S.-produced materials isn’t an option for most craft stores. “Tariffs impact American-made yarns as well,” pointed out Fibre Space, a yarn store in Alexandria, Virginia. That’s because “American-made goods still rely on materials made in other countries.” Yarn “is an agricultural product,” observes Chadwell, “so certain crops and certain livestock produce the best fiber in very specific climates that aren’t necessarily” found in the United States. Meanwhile, “needles, notions, doodads, [and] bags\u2026can only be produced at much higher prices” here.<\/p>\n

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Tariffs prevent all sorts of voluntary transactions that shape lives and culture in big\u2014and often inconspicuous\u2014ways. That means shops that won’t be started, gifts that won’t be made by hand, and hobbies that won’t be taken up. And more immediately, tariffs are punishing business owners who want to help Americans fill their lives with more creativity.” <\/p>\n

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