The Knitting Goddess hand-dyes yarns in a studio in Harrogate, Yorkshire. “We’re fans of local British wool,” the website says. “It’s wonderful stuff. Our hand-dyed…
The Knitting Goddess
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This Business Is …: LGBTQ+ Owned
These yarncraft-related businesses are owned by LGBTQ+ people.
Piper Nell Designs
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Shanel Wu is the designer behind Piper Nell Designs. Shanel is a PhD student in creative technology design. Knitter, crocheter, weaver, spinner, and tinkerer of…
In 2011 Petra Sielias had to finish their bachelor thesis in creative entrepreneurship. As you can imagine, that was the perfect time to pick up…
Skeinanigans
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Skeinanigans’ Ellie Alexander-Loomis is a neurodivergent queer maker who enjoys long blocks of stockinette and fixing mistakes without having to frog. Thanks to the success…
Ramsay-Baggins Knits
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Pip of Ramsay-Baggins Knits is a queer knitter from Northern Ireland, now based in Glasgow, Scotland. They began knitting in 2011 and quickly became obsessed.…
Xandy Peters
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Designer Xandy Peters wants you to knit boldly. “I want to encourage knitters of all levels to use their craft as a form of self-expression,…
Karie Westermann
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Karie Westermann lives in Scotland’s biggest city, Glasgow, with inspirational nature on her doorstep. Karie is originally from Scandinavia, which informs a lot of her…
Shibaguyz Designz Studio
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Shannon and Jason Mullett-Bowlsby of Seattle are the “dynamic DIY duo” behind Shibaguyz Designz Studio. They named their studio for love of their Shiba Inu…
“#welovecolor is more than just a motto,” says Brooke Addams, owner of Fully Spun, “it is the way I live. … My hope is that…
Victoria Marchant Knits
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“Passionate about inclusivity, infatuated with texture and colour, and a fan of making life easy, I produce clearly written patterns in multiply accessible formats that…