Please welcome Laura, our October Artist of the Month. We are featuring her Silky Merino, a 70% merino and 30% silk sock yarn. This yarn is really soft, comes in gorgeous semi solid colorways and will make luscious socks or shawls!
Here is our interview with her:
1. What is your name, company name and which city and state are you from?
My name is Laura Taylor, my company is North Loop Yarn and I just relocated from Austin, TX to the Portland, ME area.
2. How long have you been dying yarn?
I’ve only been dyeing yarn for a little over a year.
3. How did you get started?
I got started at my dining room table with some cheap sock yarn and tiny dye pots. I started dyeing because I wanted control over the colors I was knitting with and soon after decided to start selling it as well.
4. What motivates you?
I’m constantly motivated by the seemingly endless colors and color combinations that exist and I love coming up with new ones.
5. What is the favorite product you’ve ever made?
My very favorite yarn I’ve ever made was the “Sedona” colorway in superwash sock yarn that I created specifically for Sock Summit.
6. Do you have any advice for other fiber artists?
If you’re dyeing in the kitchen in your rental apartment try really hard not to get red dye on the stovetop!
7. Are there any designers, fiber artists or any other artist you consider your role model?
Not one specifically – I used to spend a lot of time (and sometimes still do) browsing indie dyers on Ravelry and Etsy and being inspired by all the wonderful work out there.
8. Please share with us a zany or interesting thing about you. It does not have to be fiber related.
Currently, almost everything I own is housed in an 8×10 storage room – sadly, yarn included!
You can have a sneak peek at the colorways available right here. And starting October 1st, you’ll be able to find them in the shop right here.
