Tariffs

Fiona Harrigan | From the December 2025 issue

Dana Chadwell founded Chattanooga Yarn Company three years ago. She envisioned "a place to find fine yarns for hand knitting and crochet, and a place to build community around yarn crafting." It's been successful—but her shop is now enveloped in a fog of uncertainty because of Trump's tariffs.

From knitting needles to garment fabric to bottles of paint, American crafters work with many materials produced abroad. That has left them particularly vulnerable
to Trump's trade war. Imports from Europe currently face tariffs of 

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