Jimmy Beans is excited to announce that Jeni Hewlett from Fyberspates and Rachel Coopey of Coopknits will be joining us from across the pond on our next Biggest Little Bus Tour! Fyberspates started as a small hand-dyed yarn company but the demand became too large for Jeni to continue hand-dyeing yarn in her back garden. Fyberspate’s journey to South America led to some of our favorite yarns we see from the brand today. We were so lucky to have the opportunity to knit (!) pick their thoughts! 1. How did you become interested in the yarn industry? J :I was at Uni, studying for a masters in Psychology and realised that it wasn't for me. My constant love in life had always been textiles, and I started googling and read some blogs of people who were doing amazing things in...
*September and October registrations are now available here!* Oh, Jimmy Beans family! We cannot thank you enough for making our inaugural "Jimmy's Biggest Little Bus Tour" a huge success. On August 5th, over 50 of you experienced Jimmy Beans Wool first hand – the two hour drive from Sacramento to our headquarters here in Reno was filled with laughs, gorgeous views of the Tahoe forest, and of course, YARN! From chatting with local designer Romi Hill to watching everyone hand-dye their own yarn, y’all truly made our weekend amazing. We were so lucky to host such an incredible group of people (truly the pioneers of this event) and loved seeing the faces behind all of those Ravelry usernames. ♥ One of the highlights not only for our lovely guests, but also for us, was the Solar Dyeing...