“My fascination with yarn, texture and color led me to study for a degree in textile design where I specialized in hand & machine knitting…
Jeanette Sloan
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This Business Is …: BIPOC-Owned
These yarncraft-related businesses are owned by Black people, Indigenous people and other People of Color.
Fatimah Hinds
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U.S. designer Fatimah Hinds loves “to make and design items that are unique and interesting but not so complicated that you have to work in…
PDXKnitterati
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Michele Lee Bernstein, PDXKnitterati, designs and teaches in Portland, Oregon. She loves designing accessories, especially if they use one or two skeins of very special…
Ain (sounds like Ine or Ein) Munn calls Passion Knits Yarn “my labor of love. We specialize in hand-dyed yarns on a variety of weights…
Lana Plantae
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Lana Plantae is a well established alpaca and sheep family farm near Buxton, Maine. “We raise our animals using organic principles and use natural dyes…
Sara Knits Co
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Sara Yong of Sara Knits Co is a designer who likes to travel, brew and knit. Sara says,”Canada is cold, and knitting makes it just…
Loopn’ Threads
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Nathan Bryant of Loopn’ Threads says, “The beautiful and unique thing about handmade craft is that even when the same thing is made over and…
Jane Tsou of Gorilla Knits is a knitwear designer whose patterns reflect the modern, laid-back aesthetic of Southern California, with simple lines and chill vibes.…
Yarn Shoppe Denver
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In addition to being a yarn community hub in Denver, Yarns Shoppe Denver dyes and sells its own yarns. Owner Cassandra Allen Brown says, “I…
Native Knits
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Jennifer Berg says that as a Navajo woman, that heritage is “deeply interwoven into my identity. … As I became obsessed with knitting over the…