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Amanda Kaffka of Vancouver is the force behind The Crafty Jackalope. Amanda learned to knit on arbutus twigs when she was six and hasn’t looked up since. She has been caught knitting at traffic lights, cafés and beaches, but her backyard is her favorite place to knit, alongside her husband and Kitty.
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Calgary-based Shannon of Sew Shannon YYC is a maker of darling and occasionally spicy project bags, masks, pouches, quilts, and wallets.
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Kim is the dyer and notions maker behind Gingersnap That. This shop offers hand-dyed and -painted yarns with spooky names, project bags, and notions. I’m loving the enamel pins.
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Canadian dyer Nikki is the artist behind Fat Marmot Knits. Nikki offers shawl cuffs in a wide variety of styles made from thrift shop belts and other items.
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Caitlin and Sarina of Over the Moon Yarn produce colorways inspired by and named for elements of space and science fiction. Along with the usual hand-dyeing techniques, these space and sci-fi loving knitters also produce unique skeins dyed in pickle jars. Over the Moon also sells a line of space-theme stitch markers and other notions that are so cute.
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Two Sticks & Ewe is a British Columbia-based maker of project bags, notion pouches, DPN holders and other useful cloth containers.
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Poppy’s Pompom produces yarn from combed out Samoyed fiber and Canadian wool. They also create pom-poms from vintage fur coats.
