Northwind Book Fiber - Spooner, WI - Knitting and Crochet Supplies

Northwind Book Fiber
205 Walnut St
Spooner WI 54801
Phone: (715) 635-6811
Fax: (715) 635-4336

Hours:
Mon-Fri 9-5:30
Sat 9-5
Sun 11-3 (May-Dec)

Northwind Book & Fiber opened its doors in May, 1993. Alene and Norm Peterson turned their shared passion for books and Alene's passion for yarn into a bookstore/yarn shop. The original store was located across the street from its current location in space one-quarter the size. When books and yarn overflowed the shelves in 2000, the store moved to 205 Walnut St., which had been a hardware store for most of its first 85 years.

In April of 2007, Carol Blizzard Dunn, a long-time employee purchased the store. She and her family--husband Jamie and children Max and Hannah--spent the spring remodeling and restoring some of the original features--floor to ceiling windows and part of the tin ceiling.

Carol has had a life-long love of books, so owning a bookstore is a dream come true. She grew up in Elgin, Illinois and attended Kalamazoo College in Michigan. After a detour through upstate New York, she and Jamie came back to the Midwest, where Carol earned her Master's in Public Policy & Administration from UW-Madison. She worked for the state of Wisconsin until Jamie persuaded her to move up north for his job with the DNR. Now, they can't imagine living anywhere else.