New Crochet Adventure
My new crochet adventure begins here at Wheat State Wool Co., where I will be hand-dyeing yarns, creating crochet patterns, and provide crochet tutorials.
You might remember me from Sunflower Cottage Crochet–I’m Sara.
Why The Change?
I started Sunflower back in 2018 with a single pattern–The Paige Hat–that Helen tested for me. She and I were both testers for another designer and became good friends.
Helen tested a few more patterns for me and it was at that point that I realized–I need this woman to be my business partner! I asked Helen to join me and she said yes!
That was late 2018. In 2019, about half way through, my dad was diagnosed with terminal cancer. This crushed my world and I became very depressed. Helen took on most of the responsibilities solo and ran with it.
Because of Helen, I was able to maintain some sort of connection to Sunflower but also grieve for my father. He passed away November 2019.
More Bad News
2020 rolled around and in November of that year, I was also diagnosed with cancer. My dad had passed on to me a genetic mutation called Lynch Syndrome. I went through chemotherapy and a major surgery (it was actually 4 major surgeries in one). An Ileostomy later and my cancer is gone, but so are a few other things…
At this point, Helen has been solo running Sunflower all this time. She put a ton of money, time, and tears into Sunflower and after some discussion, we decided that she should take it over, as hers.
My Direction
I decided to start Wheat State Wool Co. right away. I have been wanting to dye yarn and sell it on a shop as well as continue to create crochet patterns and provide crochet tutorials for all people that wish to learn new things or get started with crochet.
In addition, my husband (Nick) is going to create hooks, hook handles, yarn bowls, and needles (yes, knitting!), and a few other notions for the shop.
I really wanted to have a place where people could come and get all kinds of yarn related awesomeness.
Helen and I remain great friends, sending yarn back and forth between United States and United Kingdom. We bounce ideas off of each other and laugh at each other, still. We parted on great terms, which I am very grateful for!
My Hopes
I truly hope that you enjoy the blog, the yarns, the patterns, the tutorials, and notions, as well as the community I hope to build. While I have just started this new crochet adventure, please keep in mind that I will be semi-slowly adding content, products, and joining in with other designers for collaborations.
We all have to start somewhere, and at Wheat State Wool Co., this is my new start. Will you join me?