About Us
About 9 years ago a family member of mine was
given a pair of socks that a great-aunt had
knit while she was blind. When I met her, at
the old folks home, I was inspired to give it
a try. It could not be too hard, if it can be
done whilst blind.Not surprising, I started with a pair of socks.
The first sock was very tightly knit, and the
ribbing on the sock cuff turned out as a garter
stitch, but I managed to knit a pair of socks
with some initial help from my mom.From there, my love and obsession of wool grew, into
weaving and spinning. During this time, I met Ryan
and I have since introduced him to the endless world
of fibre. Before that I would stash away my wool, after
visits to the lys, buying wool that I didn’t really
need but loved. But with two fibre lovers in the house,
wool seemed to reproduce on its own.I toyed with the idea of having a fibre arts store but
found ut too daunting on my own. The 2008 Saltspring
Island Fibre Fest was Ryan’s inspiration to open the
store with me.From that point on, it was akin to having a second job,
we worked many nights and weekends developing a business
plan, getting a grant and countless bank loan applications.
The loan was the most difficult part and in the end family
helped us out along with the community support loan
program from Coast Capital.