I continue to be intrigued, entertained, and delighted by the names we choose. How we identify ourselves by them goes way beyond what our parents came up with for the birth certificate. We have nicknames (not always our own choices), business names and sometimes we just change our names to fit ourselves.
Last week I wrote about yarn names. Today I want to share with you some of the yarn company names. I looked through my stash and found, along with more “normal” names, several that make me smile and curious. There are a fair number of animals used in these names but I don’t have anything from anyone who has channeled their puppies; cats yes but no dogs. Hmmm.
I won’t go into detail about them. I’ll let you browse as I have been doing all morning. These folks are in Texas, Arkansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Colorado, Vermont, New Jersey, Missouri, Louisiana, Montana. Some I have written about in more detail in other posts. Most everybody tells their story on their websites. It is a fun read.
And who knows, maybe you will find some yarn you can’t live without. I did, but didn’t order any. Earlier this morning I discovered a way to export my Ravelry stash into an excel sheet and tallied up the yardage of said stash. Kind of scary. I have over 75 thousand yards of yarn….
At any rate, here’s the list. And really, it’s a given that having clever company names goes hand in hand with clever yarn names. I hope you enjoy browsing as much as I have. Course if you can pet their yarn while you read their stories, it’s that much more fun.
- Apothefaery Fabrications
- Blue Heron
- Blue Mule
- Blue Sky
- Dizzylettuce/Theodora’s Pearls (facebook only)
- Frabjous Fibers
- Garden Party Fibers
- Gothfarm
- Knitting Buddha
- Lazy Cat
- Nooch Fiber
- Potion Yarns
- Round Table Yarns
- Savvy Skeins
- Teenybutton Studio
- The Farmer’s Daughter
- Twisted Owl Fiber Studio
- Yarn Carnival
And because I find it really difficult to have a post without any photos… These are some of the glitter shoes Tina and I made for our parade last week in New Orleans. Youtube has many options for viewing part or all of the parade if you so desire; just search for Krewe of Muses 2019 parade.
