How Mountaintop Yarn Began

When I started Mountaintop Yarn, it wasn't a yarn shop.

It was just me.

At the time, I was working full-time as a software engineer. During the day, I wrote code, attended meetings, and built software. At night, I stood over dye pots in my small apartment, teaching myself how to create the kind of yarn I had always wanted to knit with.

I've been knitting and crocheting since my twenties, and yarn has always been more than a hobby to me. I loved the colors, the textures, the creativity, and the sense of community that comes with making something by hand.

What started as a few skeins dyed in a tiny apartment slowly became something bigger.

I wasn't trying to build a yarn company.

I was simply following something I loved.

The Early Days

Those first years were a balancing act.

I worked my full-time job during the day and spent my evenings and weekends dyeing yarn, packing orders, answering customer emails, updating my website, and learning everything I could about running a business.

There were plenty of late nights.

Plenty of mistakes.

Plenty of moments when I wondered if I could actually make this work.

But every time an order came in, every time someone shared a project made with my yarn, every time a customer came back for another skein, it reminded me why I started.

So I kept going.

One skein at a time.

What Happened Next

Something incredible happened.

People started showing up.

One order became ten.

Ten became hundreds.

Hundreds became thousands.

What began as a one-woman operation in a small apartment eventually grew beyond anything I imagined.

Because of the support of customers from all over the country, I was able to leave my career in software engineering and focus on Mountaintop Yarn full-time.

Then came another dream I never thought would become reality.

Opening a yarn shop.

Today, Mountaintop Yarn is both a dye studio and a local yarn store where fiber artists can gather, learn, shop, and connect with one another.

I've also been able to create jobs for local women who help dye yarn, pack orders, assist customers, and keep everything running behind the scenes.

What You've Helped Build

Mountaintop Yarn isn't a large corporation.

It's a small business built by people who genuinely love fiber arts.

Every skein is dyed with care.

Every order is packed by hand.

Every customer matters.

The shop exists because thousands of knitters, crocheters, weavers, and makers decided to support a small business instead of a big company.

That support changed my life.

What I Want You To Know

I don't think I say this enough.

Thank you.

Thank you for every order.

Thank you for every project you've shared.

Thank you for every kind email, review, and message.

Thank you for supporting a business that started in a small apartment with a few dye pots and a dream.

Mountaintop Yarn looks very different today than it did when I dyed my first skeins after work all those years ago.

The business has grown.

The shop has grown.

And I have grown right alongside it.

But at the heart of it, not much has changed.

I still love yarn.

I still get excited about new colors.

I still believe handmade things matter.

And I'm still incredibly grateful to share this journey with all of you.

This story started with one person, a small apartment, and a love of yarn.

Today it's a community.

And none of it would exist without you.