2026 Vendors List
Alison K. Lee Designs
Alison K. Lee Designs is the work of Richmond, BC knitter and designer Alison, whose relationship with yarn began when her grandmother taught her to knit as a child. Knitting stayed with Alison as she grew up, eventually becoming an important creative part of life alongside being a Registered Nurse and mom to two boys.
Her journey into knitwear design happened one step at a time. Alison began test knitting for local designers, which led to sample knitting and more work within the fibre industry. Fascinated by what goes on behind the scenes of a great knitting pattern, she trained in knitting technical editing—helping other designers make sure their patterns were clear, accurate and ready to land in the hands of knitters. Eventually, working on everyone else's patterns sparked the desire to create some of her own.
And so Alison K. Lee Designs was born. Alison creates original knitwear patterns that balance beautiful design with function and thoughtful technical details, with patterns intended for knitters across a range of skill levels. It’s a lovely full-circle story: a little girl taught to knit by her grandmother, now creating patterns that help other knitters make something of their own.
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Aster and Vine
Aster & Vine is the colourful creation of Danielle, a self-described “one-rainbow-woman” business owner and enthusiastic stringcraft maker based on BC’s beautiful Sunshine Coast. Danielle has a particular love for slow, hands-on crafts like macramé and handspinning—the kind of making that invites you to settle in, work with your hands and enjoy the process as much as the finished piece.
At the heart of Aster & Vine is a wonderful collection of macramé kits, stringcraft supplies, rope, specialty yarns, tools and patterns designed to help other makers get creating. Danielle’s macramé resources range from beginner-friendly tutorials to more involved projects, making the craft approachable whether you’re tying your very first knot or adding something new to your fibre repertoire.
Materials matter here, too. Much of Aster & Vine’s collection makes use of recycled or upcycled materials, including recycled cotton rope and T-shirt yarn made from fashion-industry offcuts that might otherwise have become waste. Aster & Vine is ultimately an invitation to play with string, learn something new, slow down a little—and create something beautiful.
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Bins Bags & Baskets
Bins Bags & Baskets is the creative work of North Vancouver maker Janet, who turns fabric and leather into one-of-a-kind pieces designed to be useful, beautiful, and made to last. Everything at Bins Bags & Baskets is made by Janet herself, and because she lets the materials help guide the process, no two pieces are exactly alike.
Janet often works with recycled, thrifted, gifted, and surplus materials, finding new possibilities in fabrics and leather that already have a story. She transforms them into project and storage baskets, project bags, pouches, pencil cases, totes, purses, and other practical pieces—perfect for containing all those projects and supplies makers somehow keep accumulating.
At the heart of Bins Bags & Baskets is Janet’s resourceful approach to making: seeing potential in what already exists and turning it into something completely new. Each piece carries its own combination of colour, texture, and personality, giving overlooked materials another chance to be useful—and another story to tell.
Boostani Crafts
Boostani Crafts is a mother-daughter business rooted in family, heritage and the incredible skill of Kenyan artisans. Founder Lois Okello grew up in Kitui, Kenya, watching her grandmother weave baskets to help support her family. Years later, those memories—and the generations of skilled makers surrounding her—became the inspiration for Boostani. Today, Lois runs the business alongside her daughter, Joy, making this story of family and craft span yet another generation.
The name Boostani comes from the Swahili word bustani, meaning “garden”—a place where life is nurtured. Through Boostani, Lois and Joy work with artisans in rural Kenya to bring their traditional skills to a wider audience while helping support the makers, their families and their communities. Many of the artisans are women, and fair-trade practices and economic opportunity have been central to Lois’s vision for the business.
Their collection includes beautiful handwoven sisal baskets and bags, along with handcrafted olive-wood pieces and other home goods. Made using traditional techniques and natural materials, each piece carries the hands and story of the artisan who created it—bringing a little piece of Kenya, and generations of craft, into its new home.
Bower Fibre Goods
Bower Fibre Goods is a Vancouver-based studio founded by Janny, a designer and maker with a passion for creating practical, beautiful goods. Specializing in small-batch textile items, Janny focuses on natural fibres like cotton and linen, often incorporating upcycled materials to promote sustainability. Each piece is thoughtfully designed for durability and functionality, reflecting a commitment to quality craftsmanship.
From tea cozies to bamboo washcloths, Bower Fibre Goods offers a range of handcrafted items that blend aesthetic appeal with everyday utility. Janny’s hands-on approach ensures that every product—from the textiles to the labels—is made with care and attention to detail. By sourcing materials locally and from Canadian small businesses, she supports the local economy and fosters a sense of community.
Bower Fibre Goods embodies a philosophy of mindful making, where sustainability meets style. Janny’s creations are not only eco-friendly but also designed to bring joy and functionality to daily life. Her work is a testament to the beauty of slow, intentional craftsmanship in a fast-paced world.
CopperSpoon Dye Co.
CopperSpoon Dye Co. is run by Claire and Tihson, a creative duo from Victoria, BC, who blend their artistic passions into a vibrant yarn-dyeing business. Drawing inspiration from the stunning landscapes of the Pacific Northwest, their hand-dyed yarns feature dynamic colorways ranging from striking neons to earthy tones.
With over 15 years of knitting experience, Claire brings her deep love for colour into every skein, while Tihson, a lifelong artist with an Art Noir photography background, views yarn as a unique canvas for exploring pure color.
Their yarns, available in fingering, dk, and worsted weights are meticulously crafted, offering one-of-a-kind palettes perfect for special projects. This year they have introduced 100% Canadian yarn that is Tier 1 certified with the Canadian Wool Collective. Together, Claire and Tihson infuse their creations with care and joy, welcoming creators to explore their growing collection and join their vibrant fibre community.
Rumor has it they will be bringing an XOXO exclusive colour on an exclusive base; limited quantities!
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Cottonwood Creations
Cottonwood Creations is the creative work of Jasra, a Chilliwack-based maker creating clever, practical tools for just about every corner of the fibre world. From knitting and crochet to spinning and weaving, Jasra’s collection is designed with makers in mind—those little tools that make creating easier, more organized, and a whole lot more fun.
Her ever-growing collection includes tapestry looms and weaving shuttles, drop spindles, niddy noddies, sock rulers, yarn and needle gauges, spinning tools, project books and plenty of other fibre-friendly finds. There’s personality tucked in there too—because sometimes your project bag needs a maple-leaf needle gauge… or a cat-bum gauge.
At the heart of Cottonwood Creations is a maker creating for other makers. Jasra continues to develop useful and playful tools that support the process from fibre to finished project, and her work can now be found at fibre festivals and markets throughout BC—including a return to XOXO Fibre in 2026.
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Crafts By Dao
Crafts by Dao is the work of North Vancouver artist Kingdao (Dao), whose love of making began with skills passed down from her mother. Dao learned sewing, crochet and macramé before eventually discovering embroidery and finding a way to bring many of her creative interests together. In 2018, she began turning her tiny stitched designs into wearable art, creating miniature landscapes and botanical scenes that could be carried wherever you go.
After moving to Canada in 2021, the landscapes of British Columbia became a new source of inspiration. Dao photographs things that catch her eye while walking through parks, travelling or simply exploring her surroundings, then translates those moments into thread. Flowers, birds, mountains, lakes and local wildlife have all found their way into her work, with the changing seasons influencing the colours and moods she chooses.
Each piece is designed and embroidered entirely by Dao, transforming vibrant thread into tiny works of art. Her collection includes hand-embroidered earrings, necklaces, rings and other pieces, all created with remarkable attention to detail. For Dao, something as simple as a flower spotted in a garden or a view captured on a walk can become the beginning of the next piece.
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Disdero Ranch
Disdero Ranch is the farm-to-yarn world of BC shepherdess Laurie Morris. A self-described “country city kid” who grew up with horses in North Vancouver’s Lynn Valley, Laurie eventually followed a long-held dream of owning land. What began with a small flock of orphan Corriedale sheep grew into a passion for sheep husbandry, heritage breeds and the incredible fibre those animals produce.
Today, Disdero Ranch raises Romney, Corriedale and CVM/Romeldale sheep alongside Angora goats, producing wool and mohair that can be followed right back to the animals that grew it. Their farm-to-yarn collection includes breed-specific yarns, wool-and-mohair blends, rovings, batts and mohair locks, with an emphasis on the beautiful natural colours of the fleece. Their wool is Canadian grown and milled, making this a wonderfully tangible example of what local fibre can really mean.
For Laurie, fibre and farming are deeply connected. Disdero Ranch works to conserve heritage livestock while creating minimally processed fibre that lets each breed’s unique qualities shine. From sheep and goats in a BC pasture to wool in the hands of a spinner, knitter, crocheter or weaver, this is truly fibre from farm to finished project.
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Enkay Designs
Enkay Designs is the creative work of a Delta-based queer maker with a love for embroidery, self-expression, and designs that are a little outside the ordinary. Working from his home, Enkay creates original iron-on patches with personalities that range from cute and quirky to edgy, weird and esoteric. They also take on personal and professional commissions, transforming ideas into embroidered pieces made especially for the people who inspired them.
The patches don’t always stay patches, either. Enkay incorporates his designs into handmade garments, clothing, baseball caps, toques and tote bags, creating pieces that are ready to wear, carry and make entirely your own. Whether playful, bold or unexpected, everything is designed to help people show a little more of themselves in what they wear.
Thoughtfulness is part of Enkay’s process, too. They source fabric and thread from local organizations and shops such as Our Social Fabric, FABcycle and Save-On-Fabrics whenever possible, giving deadstock materials new purpose. As a queer person of colour, he also keeps a collection of Pride flag patches available year-round. At its heart, Enkay Designs is about making room for individuality—especially when that individuality is colourful, unconventional and proudly expressed.
FABCYCLE
FABCYCLE began with a simple idea from founder Irina “Fabric isn’t waste if someone can still create with it.”After seeing perfectly usable deadstock, off-cuts, scraps and sewing supplies being discarded by the apparel industry, Irina set out to connect those unwanted materials with the makers who could give them another life. What began as a textile collection service in 2017 grew into Vancouver’s FABCYCLE Textile ReUSE Centre, which opened in 2019.
Today, FABCYCLE works with local manufacturers, designers, schools and other businesses to collect textile waste, sorting what they receive with reuse as the first priority and recycling materials when reuse isn’t possible. Their ever-changing collection includes deadstock fabric, scraps, sewing notions and supplies, yarn and other rescued materials—meaning a visit can feel a little like a treasure hunt for creative people.
But FABCYCLE is about more than keeping beautiful materials out of landfill. Their Vancouver ReUSE Centre was created as an inclusive space where artists, sewists, designers, students and curious makers can experiment, connect and see discarded materials differently. It’s a philosophy that fits beautifully with the fibre community: use what already exists, get creative with it, and give good materials another chance to become something wonderful.
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Felt By Jane
Felt by Jane is the creative work of Jane, a Mission, BC fibre artist who transforms ethically sourced fibres into beautiful handcrafted felted pieces. Working with wool in a very different way than the needles and hooks many fibre lovers are used to, Jane uses the felting process to build colour, texture, shape, and personality directly from fibre.
Her work celebrates the wonderfully tactile nature of wool, with each piece shaped and created by hand. The result is a collection of one-of-a-kind fibre creations that showcase just how versatile—and sometimes unexpected—felt can be. Jane also welcomes custom orders, giving customers the opportunity to have something made especially for them.
At the heart of Felt by Jane is a love of natural fibres and the possibilities that emerge when wool, colour, and creativity come together. Her work is a lovely reminder that fibre art can be functional, sculptural, playful, and beautiful—all starting with a handful of fibre.
Free Little Fibre Libraries
Free fibre libraries are like little free book libraries, but instead of books, they’re filled with crafting treasures! Operating on a “take what you need, gift what you can” system, these boxes offer yarn, fibre, and other textile goodies, empowering anyone to engage with the fibre arts community. With each library containing unique surprises, they invite both beginners and seasoned crafters to share, create, and connect through the love of fibre arts.
Gingersnap
Gingersnap is the creative partnership of husband-and-wife team Kim and Colin, who have been
together for 22 years and married for 20. Together, they’ve built a fibre-forward studio full of colour, texture, personality, and a shared love of making. Kim is the dyer behind Gingersnap’s vibrant yarns, while together they create and curate the bags, accessories, and collections that have become part of the Gingersnap world.
Their small-batch hand-dyed yarns are inspired by everything from nature and folklore to fandom and a little bit of the unexpected. Gingersnap is especially known for playful colour—including Pixel Yarn, Buffalo Plaid and even black-light-reactive colourways—along with sock sets and gradients designed to get makers excited about their next project.
Alongside the yarn, Kim and Colin create thoughtfully designed project bags, Stitch & Store bowls and other maker-friendly accessories, often featuring custom fabrics and artist collaborations. At its heart, Gingersnap is about colour, creativity, storytelling and making things that become part of people’s creative lives.
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Green Zebra Curios
Green Zebra Curios is the wonderfully whimsical work of Rey, a disabled queer fibre artist with a love for nature, kawaii cuteness, retro inspiration, and turning wool into unexpected little creations. Rey’s felting journey began in 2019, when a local trade landed them a needle-felting lesson—and introduced them to a whole new way of making.
From there, curiosity took over. Rey taught themself wet felting through YouTube tutorials, with a Totoro coin pursebecoming their very first wet-felted project. After stepping away from felting during the pandemic, Rey eventually found their way back to the craft and began dreaming up new pieces and developing original designs of their own.
Today, Green Zebra Curios is filled with playful wool-felted art inspired by the natural world, kawaii culture, and a little retro nostalgia. From mushrooms, bees, birds and other tiny treasures to whatever Rey dreams up next, there’s a sense of humour and imagination running through it all.
Hamstersyarns
HamstersYarns is the creative work of Kseniia, whose interest in dyeing began with a frustration familiar to many makers: the colours she wanted weren’t the colours she could find. Working with yarn had become a source of comfort during a difficult time, but the safe, classic shades in stock left her wanting something brighter. A chance encounter with a hand-dyeing video gave her an idea—and she started experimenting. The first skeins were unsuccessful, followed by plenty more, but Kseniia kept going, gradually developing her skills through trial and error.
Today, Kseniia hand-dyes yarn in small batches, with a particular focus on cashmere and distinctive fibre blends. Her collection also includes merino, Bluefaced Leicester and silk blends, giving makers different textures to explore alongside the colour. The process remains hands-on: mixing dyes, painting skeins, setting the colour, then washing and drying the yarn. Small differences between batches are part of the work, with each one carrying the marks of an individual dyeing session.
At its heart, HamstersYarns brings together Kseniia’s love of colour and her wish to share beautiful fibres with the Canadian making community. The experimentation that started the business still runs through it, but those early attempts have become a collection that other makers can work with and make their own. What began with colours she couldn’t find is now colour she gets to share.
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Knitting Knerds Yarn Rescue
Knitting Knerds Yarn Rescue is the wonderfully yarn-obsessed creation of Jane, Zoe, and Terri — three makers brought together by a shared love of fibre, community, and the belief that perfectly good yarn deserves another chance.
Based in the Tri-Cities, the Knerds rescue yarn and notions that have been forgotten in cupboards, inherited in stashes, or simply need a new home. They sort, clean, measure, wind, label, and lovingly prepare it all before making it available to another maker at an accessible price. Think of it as a secondhand bookstore… but for yarn. They’ll even accept your unwanted stash for store credit, helping yarn move from someone who no longer wants it to someone who absolutely does.
But Knitting Knerds has become about more than rescued yarn. Jane, Zoe, and Terri host regular Knit Knites, offer knitting and crochet workshops, and create opportunities for makers to learn, troubleshoot projects, and simply spend time together. Whether you’re a beginner, a thrifty crafter, an eco-conscious maker, or someone whose stash is perhaps getting a little out of hand, the Knerds are building a welcoming place for yarn—and the people who love it—to find their community.
Knot Just Yarn
Knot Just Yarn is the next chapter in Alison’s longtime love of making and bringing creative people together. After the closure of Ladner Village Arts & Crafts, where Alison had been one of the owners, she knew she wasn’t ready to leave the fibre community behind. Instead, she created Knot Just Yarn—a new home for the yarn, supplies, advice, classes, and creative connection her South Delta customers had come to know her for.
Alison is a maker through and through (and proudly describes herself as a bit of a WIP collector). Crochet may be a particular love, but on any given day she might also be knitting, making cards, scrapbooking, or dreaming up another project. That enthusiasm for learning and creating carries into Knot Just Yarn, where she offers yarn in a wide range of fibres and weights, hooks, needles, tools and accessories, along with patterns and plenty of guidance for makers who need a little help along the way.
But Knot Just Yarn really is “not just yarn.” Alison teaches crochet and knitting classes, hosts community events and creates opportunities for people to learn, ask questions, tackle new techniques, and make alongside one another. Whether someone is picking up a hook for the first time or adding yet another project to an already impressive WIP pile, Alison is building the kind of welcoming fibre community where there’s always room for one more maker.
Knot So Serious Hand Dyed Yarns
Knot So Serious is the colourful creation of Annika, a Victoria, BC maker who turned her love of knitting—and a longtime dream of owning her own business—into a naturally hand-dyed yarn company. With encouragement from a supportive fibre community, Annika took the leap and began experimenting with natural colour, building Knot So Serious one dye pot at a time, right from her own kitchen.
Working in small batches, Annika creates naturally dyed yarn in DK and fingering/sock weights, with fibre occasionally joining the mix too. Natural dyeing brings its own element of discovery to the process: subtle shifts, variations, and surprises become part of the colour, giving each batch its own character.
For Annika, Knot So Serious is both a creative adventure and a dream becoming real. It brings together her love of knitting, her curiosity about natural colour, and the community that encouraged her to give that dream a chance. From Annika’s kitchen dye pots to another maker’s needles or hook, each hank gets to become part of the next creative story.
Kussen and Kiss *Demo Table*
Kussen and Kiss is the creative work of Stevston, BC maker and teacher Sahm, whose love of punch needle has grown into a business devoted to helping other makers discover just how fun—and wonderfully addictive—this fibre art can be. Sahm creates original punch needle designs while also teaching the techniques, tools, and little tricks that give makers the confidence to start punching on their own.
Her collection brings together original patterns, kits and all the supplies needed to get started, including Oxford and Lavor punch needles, monk’s cloth, frames and yarn. Sahm’s own designs range from bold, mid-century-inspired patterns to whimsical suns, leaves and other playful motifs, with options for both new punchers and those ready to take on something bigger.
But teaching is a big part of Kussen and Kiss too. Through workshops, tutorials and classes, Sahm shares the craft in a way that makes punch needle feel approachable rather than intimidating. At the heart of Kussen and Kiss is that wonderful fibre-community tradition of learning something, falling in love with it, and then wanting to show everyone else how to do it too.
Lorraine’s Stitches
Lorraine’s Stitches is the creative work of Vancouver maker Lorraine, who combines a love of beautiful fabrics with thoughtful, practical design. Working from her home studio, Lorraine creates versatile bags and accessories using quality cottons paired with vinyl, canvas, and other fun, eye-catching textiles.
Her collection ranges from crossbody, sling and crescent bags to backpacks, pouches, toiletry bags, book sleeves, journal covers and smaller accessories. Fibre lovers will also find pieces created especially with them in mind, including project bags designed to keep knitting and crochet projects organized and ready to travel.
At the heart of Lorraine’s Stitches is careful workmanship and a belief that something practical doesn’t have to be ordinary. Lorraine chooses fabrics for both function and personality, creating useful pieces that are made to be carried, filled, used—and noticed.
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MorganMade
Morgan Made is the creative work of Jaquie, a textile artist who transforms silk, linen, wool, and cotton into one-of-a-kind wearable pieces using natural dyes and locally gathered leaves. Through eco-dyeing, the colours, shapes, and delicate details of plants are transferred directly onto cloth, meaning no two scarves can ever be quite the same.
Always looking to deepen the craft, Jaquie recently travelled to Morocco for an intensive week-long course with renowned eco-dye artist Caroline Nixon. That experience brought new techniques and greater intricacy to Morgan Made’s work, building on an already beautiful relationship between textile, colour, and the natural world.
Each Morgan Made piece is hand-dyed and completely unique—a meeting of natural fibre, botanical colour, and the unpredictable beauty of leaves and plants. The result is wearable fibre art that carries a little imprint of nature within it.
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Myrtle Yarn
Myrtle Yarn is the colourful work of Kara, an independent dyer creating small batches of yarn and spinning fibre from her home dye studio just outside Vancouver, BC. With a palette that moves between dreamy neutrals, earthy shades, soft pastels and unexpected pops of colour, Kara creates fibre meant to feel just as beautiful in your hands as it looks on the skein.
Natural fibre is at the heart of Myrtle Yarn. Kara carefully chooses bases made entirely from plant or animal fibres, with no nylon, acrylic or other synthetics. Her collection ranges across a variety of yarn weights and fibres, alongside hand-dyed spinning fibre—including non-superwash Bluefaced Leicester combed top for spinners.
What began as little batches of hand-dyed fibre has grown into an indie yarn brand now stocked by yarn shops across Canada and into the US. But the heart of Myrtle Yarn remains wonderfully small-scale: Kara, her home dye studio, beautiful natural fibres, and colour waiting to become someone else’s next project.
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Nine Ten Publications
Nine Ten Publications is the creative work of Vancouver-based publisher, author and lifelong maker Kim. With more than two decades in the craft and publishing worlds, Kim has written or co-authored seven books, founded and ran an online crochet magazine, served as editor of Interweave Crochet, and taught and spoken about craft, creativity and publishing across North America. In 2020, she co-founded Nine Ten Publications—and today runs the independent press from her Vancouver home.
Nine Ten publishes books by Canadian authors who know a whole lot about the things makers love to nerd out about. Their books go beyond the surface, exploring everything from knitting math and natural pigments to mending, quilting, yarn construction and the story of Canadian wool. The growing catalogue includes The True Cost of Wool by Anna Hunter, a Globe and Mail bestseller, Kate Atherley’s Math for Knitters, and the newly released A User’s Guide to Yarn by Michelle Boyd.
At its heart, Nine Ten is about craft, curiosity and Canadian voices. Its books are made in Canada, printed on recycled paper, and guided by values that include equity, accessibility, diversity, and environmental and economic sustainability. They’re books for people who don’t just want to make things—they want to understand how things are made, why they work, and why it matters.
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Perching Clay Art
Perching Clay Art is the colourful and wonderfully intricate work of Vancouver artist Jessica. With a background in health sciences and research, Jessica’s path to becoming a full-time artist began in 2015 when a library book introduced her to polymer clay and the art of canework. She began teaching herself, experimenting with the material and discovering just how much could be created with it—and what started as a hobby eventually became a new creative career.
Here’s the fascinating part: the designs aren’t painted. Jessica creates her patterns by layering different colours of polymer clay, then rolling, manipulating and slicing them to reveal intricate designs within the clay itself. She works with techniques including Millefiori and Mokume Gane, sometimes adding incredibly tiny hand-sculpted details using tools as small as a sewing needle.
Today, Jessica transforms those colourful patterns into jewellery, stitch markers, buttons, tin boxes and her delightfully whimsical miniature monsters. Inspired by both urban and natural surroundings, she adds a little fantasy to what she sees, creating pieces that are playful, detailed and often open to interpretation. Jessica especially loves hearing what other people see within her designs—because sometimes the best part of art is the story someone else finds in it.
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Purly Bird
Purly Bird is the creative work of Sandy, a Vancouver Island maker who describes the collection as “friendly fibre accessories”—a fitting introduction to tools with both a practical purpose and a little personality. Sandy designs the wooden accessories personally, then laser-cuts and engraves them at home, taking each piece from an idea to something another maker can put to work.
The collection reaches across knitting, crochet, embroidery and spinning, with stitch markers, needle minders and row counters alongside needle gauges, wraps-per-inch guides, sock blockers and fibre journals. These are the little helpers that keep a project moving: keeping track of a row, checking a needle size, or giving a wandering embroidery needle somewhere to stay. Sandy deliberately designs for several crafts, making room for people whose creative interests don’t fit neatly into just one project bag.
That openness extends to new ideas, too. Sandy welcomes suggestions from fellow makers, leaving room for the collection to grow through conversations about what people actually use and need. It’s a practical, approachable way of designing: pay attention to the small things that help, make them with care, and give them enough personality to earn a favourite spot in someone’s notions pouch.
Puzzle Tree Yarns
Puzzle Tree Yarns is the colourful creation of Vancouver dyer and screenwriter Becca. Becca started the business in 2018 with a problem to solve: she loved knitting projects that used lots of colours, but mini skeins were hard to find and buying a full skein of every colour could get expensive. Her solution? Start dyeing her own mini skeins in her kitchen—and Puzzle Tree Yarns was born.
What began with minis has grown into a wonderfully colourful collection of hand-dyed yarn, including sock, DK and worsted weights alongside an ever-evolving rainbow of colourways. Her yarn can now be found in Vancouver yarn shops as well as at fibre festivals, and she has even collaborated with Urban Yarns on an exclusive Canadian-milled merino base.
And fibre isn't Becca's only creative world—she's also a screenwriter. Her movie A Love Yarn brings the two together in a romantic comedy set around a New Zealand yarn shop, sheep farm, spinning mill and, naturally, a little romance. Whether she's working with words or wool, Becca's work has a playful common thread: colour, creativity, and a really good story.
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Sea to Sky Designs
Sea to Sky Designs is the colourful creation of Michelle, a BC maker whose love of fibre began long before the business did. Growing up surrounded by fabric, sewing patterns and yarn, Michelle learned to sew, knit and crochet at a young age, thanks in large part to her mother and grandmother—a professional seamstress. Today, that childhood love of making has grown into a one-woman creative business.
Based in the Vancouver area, Michelle specializes in lush, hand-dyed yarn with colourways that often reflect the beauty of the West Coast. Her collection spans everything from sock and DK to worsted, bulky and super bulky, with occasional specialty bases like mohair, tweed and sparkle. Because each skein is dyed by hand, Michelle describes yarns from the same colourway as being more like “sisters—not identical twins.”
For Michelle, creating is about more than the finished piece—she loves the process of taking something from beginning to end and putting care and attention into every detail. Sea to Sky Designs brings together that lifelong love of making, playful colour and a distinctly West Coast feel, creating yarn meant to become something special in the hands of another maker.
Sherabo Organics Inc
Sherabo Organics Inc. is the creation of Olivia, an Ugandan-born entrepreneur who turned a deeply personal journey with her own skin into a Canadian-made skincare company. After experiencing serious skin problems in 2014, Olivia began looking for gentler alternatives to the products she had been prescribed. That search ultimately brought her back to something connected to her Ugandan roots: Nilotica shea butter.
Olivia began experimenting with Nilotica shea and simple, plant-based ingredients, eventually turning what she had learned into Sherabo Organics in 2017. Today, she handcrafts small batches of vegan skincare, including shea body butters, face oils, moisturizers and raw Nilotica shea butter. The word Sherabo means “gift” in Olivia’s ethnic language—a fitting name for a business built around sharing an ingredient she considers one of Uganda’s gifts with her community in Canada.
There’s also a connection that reaches back to the source. Sherabo uses ethically sourced, fair-trade Nilotica shea from Uganda and is committed to supporting the local women who collect the shea nuts. For Olivia, Sherabo Organics brings together nature, heritage and entrepreneurship—sharing a little piece of where she comes from through products made by hand here in BC.
Slan Baby
Slan Baby is the colourful fibre arts studio of Vancouver artist Arinn Dembo, whose love of textiles stretches from ancient techniques to contemporary hand-dyeing. With a background in archaeology, Arinn has studied historic spinning and weaving practices, bringing a deep curiosity about fibre, colour, and process to their work.
Slan Baby began during the pandemic when Arinn started hand-dyeing and painting clothing for their grandchild, Gideon. What began as a way to create something special for family quickly grew into a passion for exploring colour across all kinds of textiles.
Today, Slan Baby offers vibrant hand-dyed yarns, fibre, silk embroidery floss, and other textile treasures. Arinn also loves collaborating with fellow fibre artists to develop custom colourways and dye lots, making Slan Baby a playful celebration of colour, experimentation, and creative connection.
We are extremely proud of how far Arinn has grown since her fibre festival debut at XOXO Fibre 2024. Stop by her booth where you may even get to meet her daughter.
Sweet Dreams by Kiki
Sweet Dreams by Kiki is the creative work of Keri-Lee, a Cree and Ojibway artist whose handmade pieces celebrate Indigenous artistry, culture, and connection. Keri-Lee lives on Tsleil-Waututh Nation, where her husband and children are from, and Sweet Dreams by Kiki is proudly 100% Indigenous made and owned.
Beadwork is at the heart of much of Keri-Lee’s work, with a collection that includes beautifully detailed beaded jewellery, lanyards, brooches and other pieces. Her work also extends into dreamcatchers and woven items, bringing together different techniques and forms of Indigenous handcraft.
Each piece is handmade by Keri-Lee, and commissions are welcomed for those looking for something created especially for them. Sweet Dreams by Kiki is a celebration of skilled handwork, creativity and Indigenous-made art—and an opportunity to meet and support the artist directly behind every piece.
That's Not Very Polite
That Is Not Very Polite is the cheeky creation of Rita, a lifelong maker with a love of all things creative, a wicked sense of humour, and—like many of us—more knitting projects than places to put them. Needing project bags for her own ever-growing collection of WIPs, Rita started making them from upcycled bedding. Naturally, plain bags weren’t going to cut it. She made them fun, people noticed, one bag for a friend became bags for more friends, and That Is Not Very Polite was born.
Rita taught herself what she affectionately calls a “MacGyver” method of screen printing, then let her inner goblin take over. The result is a collection of upcycled project bags featuring the cheeky, irreverent humour that has become part of the brand, alongside stickers and project notebooks for makers who appreciate a good laugh with their crafting.
Behind all the mischief is someone who genuinely loves making and connecting with people. Rita will happily talk your ear off if the vibes are right, offers hugs upon request, and hopes her work makes people laugh as much as she enjoys creating it. That Is Not Very Polite may not always be polite—but it is very, very Rita.
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The Dandy Doe Studio
The Dandy Doe Studio is the creative work of Nicole, a Saanichton-based maker whose hand-dyed yarn and handmade project bags draw inspiration from the quiet magic of the Pacific Northwest. Working in small batches, she creates yarn and fibre that bring a little of that atmosphere into the things other people make—a creative exchange that begins in her studio and continues on someone else’s needles, hook or spinning wheel.
Her collection includes both superwash and non-superwash options, alongside hand-sewn project bags. Dyeing and sewing give Nicole different ways to work with colour and materials, bringing together the ingredients for a project and something handmade to carry it in. It’s a collection rooted in the everyday pleasures of making: choosing colours, feeling the fibre, and imagining what comes next.
Nicole’s connection to fibre also extends to creating space for other makers. She is one of three friends behind The Spinnacle Yarn Cafe in Langford, a venture that grew through shared lattes, stitches and adventures. Together, they envisioned a place where people could stitch, sip, shop and socialize, with accessibility, kindness and community at its heart. For Nicole, the creative work reaches beyond the studio—to a table, a cup of coffee, and the company of people making alongside one another.
The Wood and the Wild
The Wool & the Wild is the creation of North Vancouver crochet teacher Hannah, whose mission is wonderfully simple: spread the joy of crochet among children. From her little outdoor crochet studio, Hannah creates a relaxed, welcoming place where kids can learn with their hands, follow their curiosity and discover the satisfaction of turning yarn into something of their own.
Hannah takes a student-led approach to teaching, offering one-on-one lessons, group classes, workshops, summer camps and crochet birthday parties for beginners and experienced young makers alike. She also volunteers in schools, taking her love of crochet beyond the studio and into the community.
At The Wool & the Wild, you’ll find Hannah’s crocheted creations alongside crochet instruction booklets and starter packs designed to help new makers begin their own fibre journey. More than anything, though, Hannah is sharing a skill—and the confidence, creativity and connection that can grow from learning it one stitch at a time.
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Tofino Knit Company
Tofino Knit Company is the creation of Holly, a wife, mom and hand-dyer whose work is deeply rooted in the wild beauty of Tofino, BC. Surrounded by the ocean, rainforest, and ever-changing skies of Vancouver Island’s west coast, Holly draws inspiration from the coast, forests, and shifting light of Clayoquot Sound. Her colourways capture a little of that landscape—from misty shorelines and deep coastal greens to stormy seas and glowing skies.
Working in small batches, Holly dyes an extensive collection of yarn bases, from sock and fingering weights to DK, worsted, bulky, mohair and suri. Even the yarn names carry a distinctly coastal personality, with bases like Strawberry Island Sock, Meares Island Merino, Lighthouse Tweed, Seafoam Bulky, Mermaid Mohair and Seaweed Suri.
At the heart of Tofino Knit Company is a wonderful sense of place translated into fibre and colour. Holly’s yarns invite knitters and crocheters to take a little piece of the rugged West Coast home and weave it into something entirely their own.
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Wild Woollys
Wild Woollys is the colourful creation of Curtis and Alyse, a Victoria, BC duo building a yarn business around bold colour and a shared love of the fibre arts. Alyse, co-founder and lead dyer, is a lifelong Vancouver Islander who has been knitting, crocheting and making for as long as she can remember. Eventually, her love of yarn led to a new question: what if she created the colours she wanted to knit with herself?
That curiosity grew into Wild Woollys in 2024. Today, Alyse dyes their yarn in small batches, creating vibrant variegated colourways, rich tonals, solids and sock sets in fingering, DK, worsted and bulky weights. Their yarn begins with responsibly sourced merino wool, with bases spun in Canada and the UK before the colour magic happens in Victoria.
In a short time, Wild Woollys has grown from a new Vancouver Island venture into a brand stocked by yarn shops across BC and beyond, while Curtis and Alyse continue taking their colourful skeins to fibre markets throughout the region. But the heart of Wild Woollys is still wonderfully simple: make beautiful yarn that sparks an idea and makes someone want to cast on immediately.
Woolwerx *Demo Table*
Woolwerx is a social enterprise by the Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver, providing training and employment to women transitioning from the legal system, homelessness, and substance use challenges. Based in New Westminster, Woolwerx takes donated wool from BC farms and transforms it into high-quality handspun yarns, felted dryer balls, and Wonder Wool Pellets, a 100% wool fertilizer. This unique initiative helps women gain valuable job skills and build sustainable futures.
Woolwerx operates as a 100% waste-free business, ensuring that all materials are repurposed for creative and sustainable use. Their handmade products, available through their Etsy shop, reflect a commitment to community, environmental responsibility, and craftsmanship. Every purchase directly supports the empowerment and growth of women in Greater Vancouver.
Yoriko Oki
Yoriko Oki is a Vancouver-based dyer, weaver, knitter, and fibre artist whose path to the fibre world has been anything but ordinary. Originally from Japan, Yoriko grew up surrounded by a rich textile tradition but began her professional life as an architect. After moving to Canada in the mid-1990s and earning a master’s degree in architecture from UBC, she eventually returned to her creative roots, graduating with honours from fashion design school in 1999 and rediscovering her love of textiles along the way.
In 2004, Yoriko joined the Fibre Art Studio on Granville Island, where she began dyeing yarn for her own weaving projects. Her colours quickly caught the attention of other fibre artists, and what began at the dye pot gradually grew into a business. In 2014, following a life-changing experience when her husband became critically ill, Yoriko decided to pursue fibre art full-time. She launched her online hand-dyed yarn shop in 2016 and has continued building a colourful creative community around her work ever since.
Today, Yoriko creates vibrant hand-dyed yarns alongside handwoven pieces, knitting kits and other fibre treasures, while also sharing her knowledge as a teacher. At the heart of her work is a desire to inspire and empower other fibre artists to keep exploring the crafts they love. Yoriko calls herself a “forever work in progress”—a philosophy that feels right at home in a community of makers who know there is always another colour, technique, or creative adventure waiting to be discovered.
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Your Next Knit
Your Next Knit is the creation of Smita, a West Vancouver maker whose love of knitting is tied to family, memory, and the joy of creating something with your own hands. Smita first learned to knit from her grandmother, and although the needles were put aside for a time, she eventually returned to knitting as a way of reconnecting with those memories. What she rediscovered became a daily creative practice—and ultimately grew into Your Next Knit.
Smita has a particular love for Scandinavian and European yarns, and Your Next Knit brings together a beautiful collection from Norway, Denmark, Sweden and beyond, alongside Canadian and international favourites. Today the shop carries everything from Sandnes Garn, Rauma and Hillesvåg to Koigu, Ancient Arts and Julie Asselin, as well as needles, crochet hooks, books and tools for whatever might be calling to you next.
Just as important as the yarn are the values behind the business. Smita is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, and to sourcing from companies that consider ethical production and environmental responsibility. Your Next Knit is about finding beautiful materials, certainly—but also about creating a fibre community where more people can feel welcome, represented and inspired.
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lil so&so Handmade
lil so&so handmades is the creative work of Chantelle, an East Vancouver sewist with a love for useful things, great fabric, and a healthy dose of personality. From project bags and zipper pouches to book sleeves, toiletry bags, lanyards, and other clever accessories, Chantelle creates pieces designed to be used and loved—not just admired.
Sustainability is woven into the way Chantelle works. Fabrics range from materials rescued through local textile recyclers to custom prints created in collaboration with artists, and pieces are thoughtfully designed to be durable and multipurpose. Even the smaller scraps are put to work as part of lil so&so’s commitment to minimizing textile waste.
And then there’s the personality. lil so&so handmades happily embraces fandom, books, queer pride, witchy and goth aesthetics, neurodiversity, mental health, and general nerdery. The result is a collection that feels distinctly Chantelle: practical, playful, inclusive, and just a little unexpected.
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malfunxion by Mallory Donen
malfunxion is the playful, pixel-inspired world of Vancouver artist Mallory Donen, where traditional cross-stitch meets glitches, computer errors and bold colour. Mallory’s work explores the connection between threads and pixels, using the familiar grid of cross-stitch to bridge handmade craft with the aesthetics of digital technology.
The idea grew from Mallory’s larger art practice, where she became fascinated by mistakes and technological failures—especially the unexpected beauty that can come from a corrupted image or computer glitch. Rather than hiding imperfections, malfunxion leans right into them, turning those “errors” into vibrant handmade designs. Even the name is part of the joke: the deliberate x is a nod to the little stitched crosses at the heart of the work.
At her table you’ll find original cross-stitch artwork alongside DIY kits and patterns, hand-stitched patches, brooches, cards, magnets, apparel, prints, stickers and more. malfunxion is Mallory’s commercial extension of her studio practice—made for people who love fibre art, bright colour, a little weirdness, and the reminder that sometimes the most interesting things happen when something doesn’t work exactly as planned.