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Hi! My name is Ellen Straubinger and I live with my husband and three children near White Rock, BC. I grew up in Germany where I learned knitting, crocheting and sewing in 5th grade. My friends and I we would knit every opportunity we had and sometimes we were allowed to knit during class. From the beginning I designed my own patterns. I remember making a sleeveless sweater with the side seams open and thought it was the coolest thing. I studied Business Administration in college, but I took every Art class I could also a life drawing class, which forced me to quite a bit of explaining when my kids found my drawings last year. During college I sewed a lot, but came back to knitting when my children were born. Always on the hunt for the perfect colour I started to dye my own yarn and decided to sell it on Etsy in October 2006. I like to knit with natural yarns, but wool is my favourite. Since I have started spinning I would like to explore more the wool of different breeds of sheep.
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Hi, I'm Janna. I'm the proprietor and natural dyer at Everlea Yarn, and the tapestry instructor at The School of SweetGeorgia. I am a tapestry weaver, longtime knitter and 2013 graduate of Concordia University's Fibres and Material Practices program.
I created Vancouver Yarn in 2008 as a space to hold as much of the textile awesomeness that I could find in and around Vancouver. Here on the VY blog I mostly share about local events, pattern releases as well as share Community Highlights. Do you have an event, KAL, yarn or pattern release, launch or other thing you want us to post? Just fill out the form above or send your press release to me at janna (at) vancouveryarn.com Thank you! Janna
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