![]() ![]() Depending on how many times I’ve watched White Christmas wrapped in an afghan, I can usually talk myself into splurging at Annie’s for gifts last year I walked out with Thymes Frasier Fir candles for my godmother, my grandma, and a friend who seemed like she needed a little nudge toward holiday town (the piney scent will do that to you). I first found these potent votives at Annie’s Blue Ribbon General Store in Park Slope, a shop that, while not stocking anything you necessarily need, is filled with many things you want but are alas overpriced. For now, I’ll settle for casually spreading the joy of Thymes Frasier Fir candles. With as much as I spend on fancy candles now, I’d probably make about the same after factoring in all the free wax I’d score in my new gig. Sometimes I joke that my backup plan is to become a candle vlogger, subsisting on a meager cut of YouTube ad revenue and destroying my nostrils like I’m in Fleetwood Mac circa Tusk. If you don’t want to splurge on this one, Target also sells a great candle for about half the price in a very cozy scent called grey flannel (whatever that means).” Honestly, I should just keep one of these in my house as a spare gift, but I would definitely just use it myself. Though she now works at Pitchfork, Jillian still stands behind it : “ It remains a staple gift for a sick relative, a friend in need of a cheer-up, or a housewarming. Here, Jillian Mapes on the candle she gifts to loved ones, which comes in a handsome green glass version, too. I am so excited to bring all of my creations to you yarn lovers out there! I hope that you get lots of happiness and joy from the yarns that I create and you carry that energy and love with you whenever you use or wear them.A Gift So Nice We’re Posting It Twice, one of the many holiday gifting series we’ll be running this month and next, is a look back at the gifts we wrote about last year that our readers actually bought. I know that sounds dramatic.but It really was a turning point mentally for me-to think about something I had always loved and realizing that I could make this into a business was super exciting! So now there is this shop, lots of beautiful yarn, myself, and there is you reading this. Right there I decided that I was going to take my passion and take the skills I had in my tool belt and bring Pitchfork Fiber to the rest of the world. I thought about what I have always reached for during times of hardship, and for me it is Knitting. I didn't see it coming and was really distraught not having the stability of having constant work in my life. I got laid off from my job right before Christmas and was really lost for what to do next. ![]() **Fast forward to December 2020 and the pandemic** Having the skills I learned back in undergrad, I was able to dye my own yarns to the exact specifications I wanted for certain projects. Jump forward to Chicago! It's 2019 and I am getting my master's in Museum and Exhibition Studies and I find the midwestern weather to be much more influential on my knitting-I wanted to knit all the time! I kept dreaming about the beautiful hand dyed yarns I was seeing on Insta but wasn't in the financial place to buy any. I got really into the YouTube sphere and began recording knitting podcasts-I fell in love with seeing others talk about their projects, showing off their yarn, and knitting inspo. so PITCHFORK FIBER! And right there was born! So when naming my Instagram I thought, pitchfork = the college I go to, and pitchfork = farm things, and wool = farm things. **Side note** Arizona State is the home of the sun devils and their mascot holds a pitchfork. You can spin fibers, dyed it, knit, weave, crochet with them, quilt, needle punch, felt.really the list goes on and on! As I was in classes one warm day, I thought to myself, I might as well start an instagram showcasing all the things I create in class and at home in my free time. It has so many possibilities and it was exactly the thing that captivated my attention. I have always enjoyed making things with my hands and fiber. Okay, so it's 2016 and I am in college at Arizona State University in a Fine Art of Education program where I began taking tons of fiber arts classes. Hi! My name is Hunter and to talk about the beginning of Pitchfork Fiber we have to go back a ways. ![]()
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