Kristin Lehrer is the founder and passionate hand-dyer behind Voolenvine Yarns. A native New Yorker, she lives in Brooklyn with her husband and their cat.

She discovered knitting at the age of six, while visiting her Great Grandmother in Germany — who was ALWAYS knitting! But it wouldn’t be until high school that Kristin taught herself to knit from books and became very addicted to the craft.

Unfortunately, knitting took a back seat during college and would continue to for some time.

In 2007, Kristin was laid-off from work and suddenly found herself with lots of downtime between job hunting. It was then that she finally re-discovered her knitting needles and … Ravelry! She hasn’t stopped knitting since.

During this time, she was also inspired by other knitting blogs and podcasts to start one of her own. YarnGasm is Kristin’s weekly video podcast about knitting, spinning, and her fiber-filled adventures. Check it out!

In 2014, Kristin thought it might be fun to try dyeing her own yarn and instantly fell in love with the process. Soon the skeins started piling-up, and knew she couldn’t knit them all by herself. So, she opened an Etsy shop and Voolenvine Yarns was born! To her surprise, people enjoyed her hand-dyed yarns and came back for more.

A year later, Kristin decided to leave her job as an online video editor / producer to pursue her true passion as a fiber artist!

Voolenvine Yarns is a small, independent yarn company based in Brooklyn, New York. Kristin’s colorways are inspired by her travels, music, love of fairy tales, and Gothic themes. And sometimes they’re just spontaneous happy accidents.

Professional acid dyes and citric acid are used to dye our luxury yarn bases. While most colorways are repeatable, you will find many one-of-a-kind skeins as well.