The Woolly Thistle: Giving Woolheads What They Want
The Wooly Thistle is a bustling online knitting shop which specializes in hard-to-find, breed-specific and European wools.
Podcast Episode #240: Cadence Kidwell of Fuzzy Goat Yarns
In this podcast episode, Cadence Kidwell talks about leaving her job in academia to move to Georgia and open a yarn shop.
Miss Purl Chicago: A Yarn Shop and Craft Community
Kamaca Champion had a dream. She wanted to open a yarn store that would serve Chicago’s South Side and enhance a sense of community there. But it would take her years to realize the dream that would become Miss Purl.
Podcast Episode #219: Rachel Bratcher of Ritual Dyes
In this podcast episode, Rachel Bratcher, the owner of Ritual Dyes in Portland, Oregon, talks about her journey to dyeing yarn and then opening a brick-and-mortar yarn shop.
Podcast Episode #183: Kathy Elkins of WEBS
In this podcast episode, Kathy Elkins, the owner of WEBS, talks about how her husband’s family founded the business and how she and her husband took it over and built it into what it is today – one of the largest online retailers of yarn in the industry.