Live-ish @ Flock Fiber Festival - "When did you become a maker?" pt. 2

Making Conversation

We're back with more super fun vendor meet & greet sneak peeks from Flock Fiber Festival, featuring the best wifi that Seattle's Parks department has to offer. 🤣
ICYMI-We sat down with some of the vendors and recorded interviews. The goal was to bring a little Flock to those who could not make it or wanted to know more about the vendors that brought all their artistic beauty to year one.
Stay tuned for part 3! Full meet & greet videos coming to the Making app soon! Watch this episode on YouTube.
1- Sarah of Sea Change Fibers - Sea Change Fibers began in October 2016 as The Dye Project in Portland, Oregon. Born of a desire to dye tonal colors on non-superwash bases, which were largely unavailable in the hand dyed yarn market at that time, our color palette and aesthetic developed quickly. We moved to a home near Monterey Bay in 2017 and have evolved into Sea Change Fibers, a new name for 2020 and beyond that reflects both our location and our commitment to social and environmental justice.
2- Sophie of Botanical Yarn - Botanical Yarn is based in York, UK. Inspired by everything botanical, Sophie has created an exclusive colorway, sock set, mini skein set, and project bag exclusively for Flock Fiber Festival. Sophie is obsessed with PINK so expect lots of shades of cerise! Sophie was very excited to be flying over to Seattle from the UK.

3- Bea of Wooldreamers - Wooldreamers is a yarn company based in Spain specializing in Spanish Merino wool with an aim to reestablish the cultivation of wool in Spain, the country of origin of Merino sheep. With a lineage tracing back to the middle ages, the Merino breed was once fiercely guarded for its superior wool—in fact, it was prohibited to take them out of the country! We are excited to grow our community of wool enthusiasts by bringing these incredible fibers to the world in the form of beautiful yarns and thoughtfully made woolen items.

4- Katlin of Porter Wool Co. - My goal is to provide crafters with wearable, classic and eclectic colors. I specifically love to dye tonals that are rich and saturated, are easy to pair with speckled/variegated skeins, and are also perfect as stand-alone colorways in a project! I also love playing with color and texture in my hand-dyed fiber top for spinners, and my large 4oz art batts featuring farm wool from small U.S. farms.

5- Jenny of 316 Dye Studio - A Wichita, KS native (area code 316), I first began experimenting with dyeing just as Wichita was losing its last LYS. What began as a fun side hustle to fulfill a need in the fiber community, has now grown into a full-time business. My colorways are inspired from nature to neons, and everything in between.

6- Aimée of La Bien Aimée - Established in 2015, La Bien Aimée is an artisanal dye studio located in Paris, France. Aimée Gille and her team dye beautiful and sophisticated colors of yarn that reflect a unique and vibrant point of view.
Music by Despatches.

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