I will honestly say that 8 years ago, I never imagined I would be here, in more ways than one. This whole yarn thing going on here is not just a hobby gone wild, this really is a labour of LOVE for me that has been nurtured, developed and grown from the moment I started my knitting journey.

My knitting journey is so important to my yarn story as without it, I would never have dyed my first tiny mini skein of yarn with food colouring, in the microwave!

It began when I hit 30, had my first baby and 6 months later, had a nasty car accident! Before this I was a jeweller, I made jewellery all day every day alongside my fulltime job which took me away from the home, but after my accident, I couldn’t make my jewellery, my body was too badly damaged and I was unsure if I would be able to use my left arm properly again. slowly slowly, whilst recovering at home in a wheelchair, I couldn’t help help but feel like there must be something else I am called to do.

I was restricted to working in my lap from my wheelchair whilst I watched my baby learn all her firsts. I was able to learn to walk myself after months of recovering and we took our first walk together! amazing! I have the pictures to prove it!

But this was the start, I felt free and being able to create something from my lap even when that was all I could do, gave me a new, very profound sense of empowerment, over me and my happiness. Every stitch was a whole new world!

I began dying yarn when I became pregnant with my second baby girl, all I wanted to do was dye yarn and knit. in my lunch breaks at work I would be knitting or winding mini’s and when I came home I distinctly remember the smell of wet dogs and vinegar, with all my yarn hanging from the ceiling! It makes me chuckle just remembering it. but the speckles! the speckles were everything and I would obsess about them! which is why I guess pretty much every skein is speckled. I LOVE speckled yarn. it never ever gets boring!

I stepped away from my full time job to dye yarn full time when my youngest was one year old. After my accidentI just wanted to be with my family at home, not travelling on the road away. Yarn quickly became a full time situation and its has grown and grown over the years. I am Crafting a business my girls would be proud of and one day and may inspire them to reach for their dreams, no matter how out of reach they may seem.

Knitting and Yarn that I paint are truly a legacy I am leaving to my girls. Colour is my love language and I hope I show them courage to express theirs in their own way

Unexpectedly, through my yarn and craft I have been able to discover a ME I had never met, which is a gift that keeps on giving and is reflected in the crafts I do, paintings I feel inspired to make and the forever knits that my girls will keep and treasure with fond memories of a mum compelled to craft!

This journey is always evolving and changing, which keeps me on my toes!

Big Squishes

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