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"Yarn Dyed in the foothills of thWe are PA fiber farm featuring angora rabbits. We focus on PA grown and processed products. We strive to collaborate with PA fiber farms for create a variety of angora blended products for fiber products at every type of fiber friend from hand spinners using raw angora to knitters and weavers and crocheters, to people who are just enthusiastic about fiber and want to purchase finished products. We would love to be part of a huge PA event like this especially as we are local to the Pittsburgh area.  As a business we really try to focus on local and handmade. We go as far as US grown and processed for some products but importing wool is not our jam. We also have a market garden and can be found at local farmers markets in the summer months. We are trying to bring back that rustic homey vibe that isn't quite cottage core but more like visiting the family farm where everyone is welcome. Our rabbits are the core of our fiber business and either hand processed or sent to mini mills to be blended for yarn. Our business is run by myself Meghan and my husband Chris, and our family members get involved often to help out. We would love to bring the family vibes to your show!

 Hello! My name is Magda. I have been a maker my entire life. As a little girl growing up in Poland, I learned knitting, crocheting, sewing, embroidery and several other fiber arts from my mother. I have always enjoyed creating with my hands and I discovered joy and peace in making things.

After the birth of my daughter, I felt an overwhelming urge to make baby accessories. First I dove back into crochet and then I started to knit while pregnant with my son. During those early days of motherhood I found myself spending my days waiting to be able to stitch in the evenings and making trips to craft stores every chance I had. Stitching became a way to cope with stress as well as a source of pride.

In 2015 I discovered natural fibers and hand-dyed yarns. With those I found a community of crafters that I felt a strong a connection to. The desire to be around beautiful colors and textures was so powerful that I began hand-dyeing at home and selling yarns to shops and at fiber festivals. This temporarily satisfied my need for creating but the desire to make yarns and knitting my full-time endeavor always remained with me. In 2022 I decided to take the plunge and open a yarn shop in Hampstead. There I offer my own hand-dyed yarns as well as other luxury fibers, stitching tools, notions, and project bags. My shop also offers classes, fiber nights, and individual help with projects.

My mission is to promote the ancient tradition of fiber crafting, create a welcoming community of makers and offer beautiful, high-quality products for seasoned crafters and beginners alike. 

As a professional shearer and yarn designer, Tabbethia Haubold has created a true farm to yarn operation. Our exclusive line of LIYF yarns are all small batch, and American raised and spun, many of which are also limited edition. And even though we know everyone could use more yarn, we have created a well-rounded lifestyle brand for you to shop that includes our own farm animal merchandise, a natural lanolin skincare line, fiber related accessories and notions as well as finished goods.

 Her passion for crocheting started from the excitement of knowing the many possibilities to create and share the enjoyment with others. She learned the foundations of crocheting from her grandparents, attended many conventions, and discovered that this is more than just making fashionable wear, but an endless creative outlet.  as this activity grew she has found a way to bring these beautiful works of art right to your own home. She has been vending at various Major events in the community To share the enjoyment of her creations. The joy of seeing happiness in her customers motivates her to continue on. 

2002 - NYC: We were living a busy, active life in New York. We gardened on our terrace, washed dishes and worked with glass, stone, metal, chemicals and concrete. We were rock climbers and scuba divers who went barefoot whenever possible. I had cracking bleeding fingertips and my better half had peeling palms. We both had hooves - not heels. Living in Manhattan, I had access to virtually every skin care product available and they were legion. We eventually tried enough of them to fill 2 medicine cabinets, not to mention trips to the dermatologists and prescriptions galore. But I never could find anything that actually worked - a simple, protective and moisturizing, all natural, petroleum and preservative free formula that I could carry easily in my bag. Lotions were too thin, heavy creams too greasy, most lotion bars or salves contained olive oil which went rancid too quickly for my taste, or borax which is soap. And none offered protection through a couple of hand washings.

One day in desperation, fingers bleeding, I set about researching ingredients and experimenting in my kitchen. It took six months of adding, subtracting and blending ingredients, in various combinations and proportions, to arrive at a product that softened my dry skin and healed my cracked and bleeding fingertips. Whoopee! a couple of friends noticed my lack of band aids and demanded the secret. So I packaged up some tins of my "cakes" and handed them out. A couple of weeks later, over lunch, a good friend spent and hour talking me into selling what I had made. Our very first product was Heal My Hands Lavender Mint, in honor of the fragrance of an all natural bath soak I once bought in San Francisco that I loved. The rest, as they say, is history. 

Heal My Hands has no artificial ingredients, fragrances, preservatives, or petroleum. There are no additives, fillers, stabilizers, thickeners or water. Our cakes are pure little powerhouses of emollient protection. As such, you need only use very little and the cakes last a long time. And they never go rancid! 

We base our moisturizers in Jojoba and Lanolin: the only two emollients (moisturizing ingredient) with a molecule small enough to be absorbed.  Shea, cocoa, hemp, almond, cupuacu, and avocado butters are wonderfully protective, softening and soothing, but they have big fat molecules that sit on the surface of the skin.  The real secret is in the Lanolin and the Jojoba. Heal My Hands products work, and they work fast. 

We use the best ingredients we can source. We use local ingredients whenever possible. We use organic ingredients wherever we can, and we continue to replace standard ingredients with organic ingredients as they become available.

All of our products carry a 100% money back guarantee. If you use a Heal My Hands Product and it does not solve your dry skin problems – call us and we will refund your purchase price. And you get to keep the product.

Our hand, heel and paw tins and Heal My Face 3 Grain Scrub and Mask jars are refillable - you order just the refills from us. This helps keep at least a little bit of packaging from the landfill. And we recycle all shipping and packaging materials.

What does this all mean? It means that we care: about you, about our products, and about our environment. It means that as new research is available, we will continue to offer you better products. And the best part of all – it means that we love what we do – because we’ve helped so many people. So please, when you are happy, tell your friends, add a review, and write us – it truly makes our day!

These days, after nine years in the foothills above Santa Fe, NM, we make Heal My Hands in Bethesda, MD.   

Thank you for taking the time to read about us. We would be thrilled to have you as a customer for life. And we believe that once you use HMH you will not only love it and continue to use it, but spread the word and help your friends find us. I say this with confidence. Our products really work! 

Cheers,

Claudia

Ever since I can remember I have loved being outside. Hiking, biking, horseback riding. I want my work to bring a little bit of the outside in. To make functional art bring a little outdoor beauty to your morning coffee.

My pottery journey started with taking a class with Sharon at the Mud Puddle. Then I took summer classes at a community college and its all uphill from there. I enjoy making things to use everyday, throwing a wide variety of clays, trying all the texture tools, and using the wildest glazes I can find especially metallics and multicolors. 

Every piece is thrown on the wheel or handbuilt by me one at a time.

 Let’s be honest.

We’re all a little tired of the noise.
The scrolling. The constant notifications. The feeling that we’re always on - but rarely present.

And yet, there’s this quiet shift happening.

People are craving something slower.
Something tactile.

Something real.

Florette Lane exists for that moment.

Through needlepoint, a craft known to reduce stress, spark creativity, and invite focus, we’re creating experiences that bring people back to themselves… and to each other.

Not just products.
Not just projects.

Moments. Community. Connection.

....

Florette Lane isn’t just a needlepoint company.

She’s a little experimental.

A little unexpected.

And very much about bringing people together.

We’re building:

• immersive events
• limited-edition drops
• collabs with needlepoint shops and designers
• thoughtfully designed kits and canvases
• a growing creative community
  
  

Because this craft deserves a fresh perspective - one that feels as good as it looks.

MEET VONNE.

I’m a serial entrepreneur and a (recovering) entrepreneurship professor. I had built several companies long before I ever stepped into the classroom, but it was while teaching that I was introduced to redemptive entrepreneurship, and everything finally clicked.

It gave language to something I had been sensing for years: that business can be about more than growth - it can restore, dignify, and create space for people to pause, create, and reconnect with what matters.

So I started asking a different question: how should we build as entrepreneurs who care about human flourishing?

Florette Lane (started around my obsession with needlepoint and creating community) and Maison Florette (an artful tea brand rooted in ritual, human dignity, and meaningful work) are my answer to that question - ventures designed to invite people back into presence, to create beauty with their hands, and to experience the kind of connection and care that so often gets lost in a world that rarely pauses.

Because I believe business can do more than scale.
It can create beauty.
It can cultivate dignity.
It can bring us back together, despite our differences.

It can restore what’s been lost.

And that’s the kind of ventures I want to build - and the kind of world I hope we can create together.

The YarnSmith “Sharing our Passion - One Skein at a time”

The YarnSmith has been a passion project for many years. We are Sam and Donna Smith: The YarnSmiths. Donna is a fiber artist with thirty plus years of experience. She is self taught: learning to crochet while watching CNN during the Gulf War.

“I needed something to do with my hands while worrying about Sam, so far away”.  

Donna is a talented artist specializing in creating shawls, scarves, hats, receiving blankets, and many other fine hand-made family heirloom collectibles. Just ask her many nieces, cousins, grandkids and family friends. Sam is a US Army Desert Storm Veteran, and business professional, who likes doing whatever his wife loves.

At the YarnSmith we use The finest fibers and dyes. We love the science, artistry and patience it takes in producing Indie hand dyed yarns. We hope you enjoy our yarn and would love to see your ideas come to life.

We have been married for over 40 years and have three beautiful daughters in Jessica, Abby and Zoe.

We are also so proud of our future creators (& grandchildren) Emily, Mason, Delilah and Hudson.

** UPDATE  **

Back to our roots! Western PA is our home and we are glad to be back.

"Yarn Dyed in the foothills of the Allegheny Mountains”

Welcome to ChickenKnitz, a cozy, creative fiber arts haven where yarn, creativity, and community come together.  Since opening our doors in 2023, we've dedicated ourselves to being a warm and welcoming space for makers of all kinds-knitters, crocheters, spinners, weavers, and everyone in between.

Jaime Loschinskey - Owner, Instructor & Fiber Enthusiast

ChickenKnitz is led by Jaime, whose crafting journey began early in life. She learned to crochet from her mother as a child and later fell in love with knitting. Today, she shares her passion with others through classes, stitch groups, and daily shop life. Jaime believes fiber arts should be joyful, accessible, and community-centered. 

 Mike Loschinskey — Chief Yarn Dyer & Color Wizard 

 Every hand-dyed skein in the shop reflects Mike’s talent and imagination. A completely self-taught yarn dyer, Mike creates the vibrant, expressive colorways that have become a signature part of ChickenKnitz. His experimental, artistic approach ensures every batch is unique and full of character. 

ChickenKnitz began as a small dream between two makers and has grown into a gathering place filled with creativity, friendship, and fiber fun. Whether you’re here to browse beautiful yarn, join a class, or simply spend time around other makers, we’re built on the belief that crafting brings people together.