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Janna in her textile studio filming her tapestry weaving workshop for the School of SweetGeorgia.
Vancouver Yarn is founded and run by Janna Maria Vallee.
Hi, that's me pictured filming my tapestry weaving workshop for the School of SweetGeorgia.
I am a tapestry weaver, natural dyer, instructor and longtime knitter. I was born and raised on the Sunshine Coast of BC before living in Vancouver for over a decade, two years of which were spent in the late Textile Art diploma program at Capilano University. I then made the move to Montreal in 2010 to complete my Bachelor of Fine Arts in the Fibres and Material Practices program at Concordia University. After spending a few years based in the New York metropolitan area I returned to BC with my family in 2016. In 2018 I launched Everlea Yarn featuring organic merino hand-dyed by me with plant dyes.
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Hi, that's me pictured filming my tapestry weaving workshop for the School of SweetGeorgia.
I am a tapestry weaver, natural dyer, instructor and longtime knitter. I was born and raised on the Sunshine Coast of BC before living in Vancouver for over a decade, two years of which were spent in the late Textile Art diploma program at Capilano University. I then made the move to Montreal in 2010 to complete my Bachelor of Fine Arts in the Fibres and Material Practices program at Concordia University. After spending a few years based in the New York metropolitan area I returned to BC with my family in 2016. In 2018 I launched Everlea Yarn featuring organic merino hand-dyed by me with plant dyes.
STAY IN THE LOOP
Thanks for stopping by! Now that we are acquainted would you like to join my mailing list? I send quarterly newsletters featuring local yarn industry news. I won't spam you or share your information, ever.
Since 2008 the Everlea Guide to Vancouver Yarn has been Vancouver's online DIY textile directory.
There is a lot of fibre goodness to find in and around Vancouver British Columbia. In fact, Vancouver is a DIY textile destination - particularly in the fall when the Maiwa School of Textiles Symposium occurs, as well as the annual festival Knit City. The Vancouver area is also home to many popular hand-dyed yarn companies and cherished knit and crochet designers.
Here's what else you'll find here:
I list all the yarn shops in Greater Vancouver and beyond, all of which have a VY page displaying info like a map, phone number, website and some of the yarn brands they carry.
The events page offers a list of reoccurring events as well as a link to recently blogged-about events.
The Canadian Yarn & Fabric page features indie dyers, mills, farm-specific, breed-specific and Canadian-made commercial yarn, as well as a small list of Canadian milled fabric.
The Commercial Yarn Online page lists online commercial yarn and fabric shops which are based in Canada, many of which are in BC.
There's so much more, just look under the Around Town tab.
Do you have a business or artist to add to Vancouver Yarn? Click here. It's free!
There is a lot of fibre goodness to find in and around Vancouver British Columbia. In fact, Vancouver is a DIY textile destination - particularly in the fall when the Maiwa School of Textiles Symposium occurs, as well as the annual festival Knit City. The Vancouver area is also home to many popular hand-dyed yarn companies and cherished knit and crochet designers.
Here's what else you'll find here:
I list all the yarn shops in Greater Vancouver and beyond, all of which have a VY page displaying info like a map, phone number, website and some of the yarn brands they carry.
The events page offers a list of reoccurring events as well as a link to recently blogged-about events.
The Canadian Yarn & Fabric page features indie dyers, mills, farm-specific, breed-specific and Canadian-made commercial yarn, as well as a small list of Canadian milled fabric.
The Commercial Yarn Online page lists online commercial yarn and fabric shops which are based in Canada, many of which are in BC.
There's so much more, just look under the Around Town tab.
Do you have a business or artist to add to Vancouver Yarn? Click here. It's free!
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Hi, I'm Janna Maria. I am a tapestry weaver, botanical dyer, knitter, instructor and proprietor of Everlea Yarn. I hold a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fibres from Concordia University (Montreal) and am currently living on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia.
I created VancouverYarn.com in 2008 as a single space to hold as much of the do-it-yourself textile awesomeness that I could find in and around greater Vancouver. That was less than one year before I entered into Capilano University's, since closed, Textile Art diploma program. As part of my entrance portfolio, the Vancouver Yarn website helped me win the entrance scholarship there! |
My business Everlea Yarn is consciously sourced yarn which I dye with plants. My signature line of fingering, sport and worsted weight merino wool yarns begin as 100% organic merino sourced from New Zealand which are spun in Ontario and then dyed with plant dyes in British Columbia by me.
Pictured above I am holding my Ambershore Shawl designed by local designer Inese Sang, and knit in Everlea Fingering. Shop these colourway combos HERE.
Pictured above I am holding my Ambershore Shawl designed by local designer Inese Sang, and knit in Everlea Fingering. Shop these colourway combos HERE.
Vancouver Yarn
Website Highlights
Support Woolwerx
Greater Vancouver's fibre-based social enterprise
Woolwerx is a social enterprise created by the Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver to provide training and employment to marginalized women in BC’s Lower Mainland.
Located in New Westminster, Woolwerx is based on a unique concept: turning donated wool from local shepherds (which is otherwise disposed of as a waste product) into hand-processed wools and yarns.
Ways to support Woolwerx:
- Donate raw wool and roving for them to process and create products with.
- Shop yarn and other wool products in their Etsy shop
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Local ResourceDigits & ThreadsThe lovechild of crafty authors Kim Werker and Kate Atherly, Digits & Threads is an independent, member-supported online magazine about Canadian fibre and textile arts, crafts and industry published by their publishing company, Nine Ten Publications.
Use the code EVERLEA for 15% off
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Local ResourceSchool of SweetGeorgiaThe School of Sweet Georgia (SOS) is a Vancouver-based online art school who aims to inspire, educate, and engage you in the Fibre Arts. Their brilliantly produced videos include more than 80 courses and workshops with a team of knowledgeable artisan instructors, many of whom are local.
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Janna Maria filming a tapestry weaving workshop in her studio with the School of SweetGeorgia
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Image from North Beach Farm on Salt Spring Island
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Local ResourceFarm Specific YarnDISDERDO RANCH - Rust Valley, BC sheep
HINTERLAND TEXTILES - Vancouver Island Alpaca KENSINGTON PRAIRIE FARM - Langley alpaca NORTH BEACH FARM - Salt Spring Island sheep WOOSTERVILLE MINI-LLAMA FARM - BC Llamas |
Local ResourceGuilds and FibreshedsFRASER VALLEY KNITTING GUILD
GREATER VANCOUVER WEAVERS AND SPINNERS GUILD VANCOUVER GUILD OF FIBRE ARTS WEST COAST KNITTERS GUILD VANCOUVER FIBRESHED SUNSHINE COAST FIBRESHED VANCOUVER ISLAND FIBRESHED Get involved in your fibre community and join a group!
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Community Highlights feature you and are submitted by you, so you can tell your own story.
Just submit your fibre business information and I'll make a Community Highlight featuring you.
Community Highlights feature you and are submitted by you, so you can tell your own story.
Just submit your fibre business information and I'll make a Community Highlight featuring you.
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Vancouver Yarn is a free resource which links you to local DIY textile shops and designers as well as artists and makers which are local to greater Vancouver BC, unceded Coast Salish territory, and throughout so-called British Columbia. I also list online shops and designers from around the country.
Many of my links come from your submissions - Thank you! If you tell me about a dyer, designer, shop etc I will add it.
Many of my links come from your submissions - Thank you! If you tell me about a dyer, designer, shop etc I will add it.
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