Laura Zander

Laura and Doug Zander are the founders and owners of Jimmy Beans Wool.

Jimmy Beans Wool is a yarn retailer offering knitters, crocheters and weavers worldwide a comprehensive selection of the finest yarns and accessories along with the latest fashion trends. As a market leader in its multi-billion dollar industry, Jimmy Beans Wool takes an innovative, unparalleled approach to marketing. It is the first-ever official yarn, knitting and crochet supplier to U.S. Snowboarding and U.S. Freeskiing and is responsible for the national industry-wide Stitch Red campaign against heart disease in women. The store has been awarded an excellent rating from StellaService for its outstanding customer service reputation and has been named five times to the Inc. 5000, Inc. Magazine's List of Fastest Growing Private Companies in the U.S. It has also been featured on CNN, NPR, Forbes and in the New York Times.

There’s a world of knitters out there dreaming about color. Did you know?
We do. And oh, are we glad that we do.
These knitters, crocheters, crafters, artisans - choose your label, they're all fitting - are so inspired to bring their color dreams to life that they're dyeing their own yarn.
"What?", you say? Yes, people. Yes.

Scholarships, raffles, and prizes - OH JIMMY!
There are so many exciting things are going on here at Jimmy Beans Wool, and today we are really excited to tell you more about the the fabulousness of the Beans for Brains Scholarship!
This scholarship program is near and dear to our hearts because our entire fiber arts community contributes to create academic scholarships for college-bound students with fiber arts experience. Basically, any college-bound student or current s

Going to India!
This was me, just 30 hours ago, at the Reno Airport - preparing for the 1st of 4 flights that got me to Delhi, India... where I will be spending the week with my friends Suman and Shirish from Knitters Pride Needles!!
Later on today (Monday), the 3 of us will take another flight down to their factory in Jaipur, India... I get to actually watch needles being made and meet the people that make them. I am soooooo excited!!
I'll keep you posted (ha!) on how th

What's a mom to do when Teddy needs a quick fix?! She grabs a yard of Tosh Sock in Tart (because Teddy is a bit Tart!), a darning needle, and then gets to fixin'! Oh - and she gives Teddy a healthy dose of anethesia (in the form of hugs and kisses, of course)!

Enjoy... Huck and I sure did!
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My favorite part about road trips?
Guilt free knitting time! Seriously, there is absolutely no way that I would have gotten this far w/o some significant car time. Quite frankly, I probably would have quit a long time ago if i hadn't had a few hours in a row to make - and then appreciate! - my progress. And for me, progress is like a drug... the more I make, the more I want!
3 shards down, 8 to go! DetailsYarn: Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock - Edith's SecretPattern: Designs

Next stop on the garment loaded trunk show train is Knitbot by Hannah Fettig! Hannah's designs are some of the most popular patterns we sell and for good reason! Her style is clean, simple, very functional and the patterns are beautifully written.

There are patterns for children, many of which were inspired by and created for Hannah's daughter Mabel:

Yoked CardiganThe Yoked Cardigan is a wonderfully quick top down knit in worsted weight yarn. It is sized from 6 m

What a way to start the New Year! We are up to our (very warm) ears in lovely, soft, delicious Malabrigo knit items from all seven Malabrigo books!!! We have so many that we are having a hard time finding room to display them all!

Here are just few of the samples from each of the books. Every item is knit up in one Malabrigo yarn or another. There's just too much to list them all!

We now have the Rowan Fine Art Sock trunk show in the shop! This beautiful display of knit & crocheted garments shows off many of the designs from the two companion books for Rowan Fine Art Sock - Rowan Fine Art Collection & Rowan Fine Art Accessories Collection! This is a fantastic yarn for socks and more! It's a shiny, strong and super durable blend of 45% Merino Wool, 25% Polyamide, 20% Kid Mohair, 10% Silk, hand dyed in amazing colors! Most of the colorways even com

Yarn Carnival is a company in Austin, TX that is as fun as it sounds, with bright and saturated colors that perform on a High Wire or swallow fire- they've got one exciting show that we just couldn't miss!!!

Laura met the amazingly "spiffy and beautiful hand dyed yarn company" at Hill Country Weavers and thought they were a perfect fit for our zany crew at JBW, and th

This solstice yarn Luna Sock may be the Pied Piper of Pipers Piping, because I would follow this yarn anywhere!!!

Rachel and I had the opportunity to meet the owner (and family) of the Dublin Bay Knitting Co. and solstice yarn at Vogue Knitting Live Seattle 2014, and we fell in love with their super soft and luxurious fibers- as well as their welcoming and kind spirit!!!

It was love at first sight when we first received Never Not Knitting patterns by Alana Dakos several years ago! Her thoughtfully designed, classic styles for women & children are elegant and universally appealing. The printed patterns are lovely to look at and well written. We've had Coastal knits trunk shows in the past but this is the first time we've had a Never Not Knitting trunk show!

The softness of this yarn and simply beautiful colors of Unwind Yarn Company's Journey Sock Yarn-mas color, Eight Maids-a-Milking are begging to be knit, crocheted, woven, or maybe to be that perfect mantle piece to oogle all season!!!

Dana of Unwind Yarn Company is a busy gal!!!

Not only does she have a hand-dyed yarn company, she blogs, has a Ravelry group, and runs a fiber arts podcast with her best friend (in her spare time, wink wink

It's subtle and soft colors envelope your senses, and then you reach out and the company A Verb for Keeping Warm does its magic and you're holding Alpaca, Cashmere, and Silk- and the rest is history!!!

Ohhhh!!!! The beautiful geese!!! Who knew Six Geese a Laying could be so luxurious and tantilizing!?!?!

Apparently Phydeaux Designs, a company who adds sophistication and a little bit of old world charm to everything they touch!!!

Phydeaux (Fido) created their Six Geese a Laying in their gorgeous base Soie (50% Superwash Merino Wool & 50% Silk- I feel dizzy with excitement), which is perfect for lacy shawls and heirloom knits!!!!

And boy did they deliver FIVE GOLDEN RINGS, with their gorgeous Apollo yarn that has tones of every gold imaginable and a subtle sparkle from the Stellina!!!!

Black Bunny Fibers is Carol Sulcoski, who after leaving the world of law took her knowledge of knitting as a young child and turned it into an adventure in designing, writing, teaching and handdying!!!

On the Second Day of Yarn-mas, Jimmy Got for Me, Two Turtle Doves from A Hundred Ravens!!!!

A Hundred Ravens, based out of Wayland Massachusetts, began as a hobby and has grown into a line of seven distinct Superwash Merino wool & Superwash Merino/silk blend yarns that are hand-dyed to create bright and highly saturated colors!!!

As each year comes to a close, it has become a tradition for all sorts of "best of" lists to be compiled. Well we have one for you! Classic Elite Yarns book, 'Best of Liberty Wool (So Far...)'! This book is a compilation of some of the more popular patterns Classic Elite has produced since Liberty Wool was introduced 4 years ago. The book includes hats, mittens, sweaters, vests, scarves, and shawls in both knitting and crochet ... all worked up in this vibrant, super soft, machin