Tennessee designer Duke Akiba creates beautiful colorwork designs in English and Japanese for Pride- and nature-theme items, from hats to drink cozies.
This Business Is …: LGBTQIA-Owned
These yarncraft-related businesses are owned by LGBTQIA people.
Black Goat Fibers
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Black Goat Fibers is a blend of science and sorcery, resulting in magical colors on bewitching yarn bases that are as delightful to look at…
Caroline Dick is a Tahltan/Irish Two-Spirit designer living on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada. She has been published in various books and magazines including…
Alwan Sultan
Posted in Designers
Sultan is a Chicago-based yarn dyer and designer, by way of Saudi Arabia. “I mostly dye self-striping sock yarn in very small batches hence my…
Velvet Sixpence
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Vix is the Nottingham dyer behind Velvet Sixpence. The shop specializes in semi-solid colors on wool and wool/silk blends. Colors are quite nice in both…
Mercurial Knits
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Emily Anne Davies is a NY-to-UK immigrant designing knitting patterns in South Yorkshire. Favorite things to knit are fingerless gloves, hats, and toys, with garments…
Nich is the dyer behind Handspun Tails, which offers sheep-free yarns and fibers made in the US Rockies. Offerings include sheep’s-wool-free, dog-friendly handmade batts, handspun/handpainted…
Sarah at Swanky Emu Knits is doing something revolutionary. Every pattern comes with a spreadsheet to calculate the pattern in your exact measurements, no matter…
Canadian dyer Emily C Gillies’ yarn comes in a variety of semisolid, tonal and variegated shades, from warm to bright. Bases are untreated BFL and…
Trailhead Yarns
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Canadian dyer Samantha started Trailhead Yarns after an inspiring hike on the Cabot Trail. After developing a wool allergy three years later, Samantha switched Trailhead’s…
