Yarn Stories

by Ann Weaver               While working at the Neighborhood Fiber Co. booth at the Stitches West knitting event in February, I took advantage of a rare quiet moment in the booth to interview Karida, the...

by Ann Weaver
The story behind Manos del Uruguay, a group of twelve women’s cooperatives in Uruguay that produce hand-dyed—and some hand-spun—yarns.

Kristin Ford learned to knit from her grandmother, Katherine Temple Woolfolk, at age five and has never stopped. ... Kristin Ford is the founder of Woolfolk Yarn. We've written a lot about Woolfolk so I thought for this blog post I...

These women survived the genocide in Rwanda. Because they work at Handspun Hope, they earn steady income. They know that their children (and the others they raise) will have school fees paid and receive their education. The stress and fear of...