About
Where Every Color Tells a Story
Hi, I’m Erica, the creator behind Wild Violet Fibers. I believe that yarn is more than a medium for creation – it’s a way to tell stories about who we are and what inspires us. Each skein of hand-dyed yarn is inspired by a chapter from my life and my goal is to create colorways that spark joy and inspire you to tell your own stories.
I see this as a partnership that celebrates the power of collaborative storytelling. I hope that my yarns will inspire you to re-interpret and re-imagine stories through your own creative lens. You are a storyteller in your own right and whether you’re knitting, crocheting, or weaving, each project you undertake becomes part of the story we’re telling together.
My Story
My fiber journey started in 2011 when I first learned to knit and crochet during a study abroad program in the UK. Since then, knitting and crochet have been my hobbies of choice – a way to express my creativity, play with color, learn new skills, and release stress. Many of my knitting projects are inspired by travel as I seek to capture the memory or feeling of a place and the time I spent there in a knitted garment.
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In 2020, two pivotal things happened: I kettle dyed my first skeins of yarn and I was diagnosed with type 1 narcolepsy, a chronic sleep disorder characterized by overwhelming daytime drowsiness and sudden sleep attacks. In 2021 my then-fiancé and I made a sequence of life changes to enable me to restructure my life around managing my narcolepsy. We got married, I left my job, and we bought a house with a kitchenette in the garage and wild violets in the yard. Wild Violet Fibers was born.
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These days, I channel most of my creative energy into capturing memories and emotions through color. Each of my colorways begins with a story, from cherry blossoms in Japan to tulip fields in the Netherlands, Impressionism to Barbie-chic, savoring an ice cream cone to sipping a tea latte. Joyful moments like these serve as the inspiration for a colorway, which, I hope, will inspire you to tell a new story.
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Happy crafting,
Erica