Hi! My name is Beth and I am the fiber artist behind the spinning wheel, loom, and dye pots at Spindelicious Yarn and Wool Works.

I started Spindelicious in 2006 after having a fiber revelation while witnessing a circle of women spinning yarn together on a visit to my local yarn shop in Bellingham, Washington. Already an avid knitter interested in handcrafts and the connection between the land, animals, and the humans who steward these resources, I knew I needed to delve back further to the ancient roots of creating yarn, while also exploring the modern ways fiber-based art was being used to push creative boundaries by artists like Pluckyfluff (Lexi Boeger).

I needed to learn how to spin yarn.

I started hanging out with these older women, learning from their hands and hearts, studying (major book nerd here!) and practicing spinning and dyeing.
I launched my Etsy shop in 2007 selling small batch, hand dyed/hand spun yarn in all styles.
In 2009 I put Spindelicious on hold while I pursued a calling to become a midwife serving mamas and babies in rural areas. Even though I packed away my spinning wheel, I took knitting needles and yarn with me around the globe, knowing that someday I would come full circle in my fiber pursuits.
After moving back to the states, getting married to the world's most awesome man, and having babies of my own, we moved from my hometown (the urban center of Portland, Oregon) to a rural town in Southern Oregon with the hopes of creating a small homestead with a giant garden, angora bunnies, sheep, alpaca, and space to have a small fiber studio.
I decided to re-launch Spindelicious Yarn and Wool Works in the new year of 2020 after a particularly rough year when my husband was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. After walking next to him through multiple surgeries and treatments, thank God he is now cancer free. Spinning, dyeing, and knitting have been healing and grounding through the many ups and downs of life.
I re-launched Spindelicious with the hopes of not only creating fun, colorful yarn and fiber for purchase on Etsy, but also creating community around fiber arts through makers meet-up, classes, and gatherings.

Values and reasons why:

I value community: Knitting circles, spinning circles, quilting circles, sewing circles...One thing that has always bound people and fiber crafts together through time and space is the circle of community. People gather together to create space for one another as they create useful, beautiful things with their hands.

Slowing down: As our modern pace of life grows more hurried and frantic, nothing feels more precious than time. The very acting of stopping long enough to create something with your hands, with natural resources, creates a margin in our lives that reconnects us with the land, with our community, and with ourselves. 

Being intentional: When people purposefully choose to slow, to gather together, to handpick wool, yarn, color, and fiber to create something beautiful and useful, a new vision is born for living together in our modern world. A new respect for the living things we've been tasked to tend to is birthed. A deeper compassion for friends, strangers, and our community blooms. We are crafting something together to bring flourishing for everyone.

In my own designs I love to explore all color, textures, fibers, fiber preparation and spinning and weaving techniques. I love to push the boundaries of my own skills and learn new things. Variety is the spice of life! And NO commercial yarn can rival the beauty and complexity of yarn dyed and spun by hand.

I also love to do custom orders and would love to talk to you about your vision for the yarn of your dreams! Email me at: hellospindelicious [!at] gmail.com to chat more ❤