Wool and Hook is devoted to the art and craft of crochet, making yarn by hand, and the magic that happens when those things come together.
I come from a long line of creative women. Their medium was cloth and sewing; mine is wool and crochet, but we all express ourselves through the fiber and textile arts.
For eleven years I owned Yarntopia in Katy, Texas. It was there spinning yarn, weaving on a rigid heddle loom, wet and dry felting were added to my repertoire of crochet and knitting.
Learning to make yarn was, without a doubt, the most transformative thing that occurred in my creative life since I first learned to crochet as a child. Making yarn is an art form that never ceases to amaze me. When I spin and finish a hank of yarn I feel like Tom Hanks in Castaway when he proclaimed he had created fire. It is that amazing to me. It is intoxicating.
As a shop owner, teaching people to crochet, spin, knit or weave always filled me with such a deep sense of satisfaction. Passing on my skills to others gives me the opportunity to change someone’s life. Making things with our hands does that; it changes us forever.
I want to be a conduit for that change once again. That is the mission of Wool and Hook.
