Dan Lee is the dyer and designer behind Bona Yarns. “I’ve been knitting since about 2008/9,” Dan says. “Mum was over for a visit in…
Bona Yarns
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This Business Is …: LGBTQIA-Owned
These yarncraft-related businesses are owned by LGBTQIA people.
Dan Lee is the dyer and designer behind Edwin John Knits. “I’ve been knitting since about 2008/9,” Dan says. “Mum was over for a visit…
Yelley Knits
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Yelley is a knitter, crocheter, spinner, maker in the San Francisco Bay Area, working to promote diversity and inclusiveness in the fiber arts world. Yelley’s…
softsweater knits
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Silvia is the designer behind softsweaterknits. “I’m a 31-year-old queer, fat, disabled femme who lives in ‘East Vancouver’ on stolen Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh lands,”…
Ash Alberg of Sunflower Knit is “a queer femme and fibre witch who helps fellow fibre witches to connect, create, and get confident.” Ash’s shop…
Emma is the Washington, D.C., knitting designer behind Bloom & Create, which features a lot of great colorwork sock patterns, from geometrics to a desert…
Black Sheep Goods
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Tammy is the Canadian dyer behind Black Sheep Goods, which offers “handspun yarn in OOAK colorways, made from natural fibers and breed-specific wools and wool…
Tommy Schafer
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Knit designer Tommy Schafer produces beautiful colorwork designs available for free, mainly hats and cowls, but garments, too. “I was raised by extremely industrious parents,…
Nottingham, UK, designer Charlie is the genius behind The Knit Edit. The Knit Edit specializes in colorful knits and a bit of crochet and even…
Annika is the Washington dyer behind Tea Fueled Dyeing. Annika is a self-described “sock cult leader” who creates beautiful roving and rolags, along with a…