Today’s interview is with fellow New Yorker, Diana Rivera. Diana is not only a crochet and knitting designer and yarnie, but also a mixed media artist and poet. You may also know her as Craftaholic or Arte y Poemas. Diana can be found online on her website and blog, Arte y Poemas. She’s also on Ravelry … Read more
While at Vogue Knitting Live in January, I was introduced to a local, New York State Capital region yarn vendor, Yellowfarm. The Yellowfarm booth had an interesting display featuring “long locks” art yarns. The display really highlighted the beautiful fiber from Yellowfarm’s longwool Wensleydale and Teeswater sheep. Today, I’m interviewing Virginia Scholomiti from Yellowfarm. You can find … Read more
This post contains affiliate links. Today, I’m interviewing Cindy, the editor of a newish website called Yarn Places. Cindy is a bit of a Renaissance woman. She was an architect for the first ten years of her career. She then returned to school for a Masters in Social Work. A few years ago, she stopped working as … Read more
In January, I had the chance to check out a very new yarn company, mYak, at Vogue Knitting Live. I even picked up my first skein of yak yarn at their booth! Paola, one of the co-owners, had some time to meet up with me back in February at Le Pain Quotidien for an interview. mYak … Read more
Way back in January, I had the chance to meet Lindsey Rice from Bartlettyarns at Vogue Knitting Live. The Bartlettyarns booth was stocked with some great wool that was produced in the U.S.A., and I soon learned that they are the oldest operating woolen spun mill in the country. I also got to talking to … Read more