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About Caterpillar Knits

As crafters, each time we purchase a yarn, we are voting with our dollars to support the growth or destruction of the earth. By choosing yarns that support organic farming and processing, that are not cruel to the animals or the people who are involved in its creation, that use low-impact or no dyes, or have a low carbon footprint we are helping to reduce the amount of damage done to the earth through the processing of yarn. With each eco-friendly yarn purchase, we're encouraging yarn manufacturers to continue producing yarns in this manner, and we continue to help our earth.

Caterpillar Knits is here to supply pattern support to yarns which fit into the descriptions above and to help spread truthful information about the processing of the chosen yarns.

The designer, Kristen TenDyke, has been crocheting since she was 8, and designing knitwear since 2005. She has published designs with well-known publications including Vogue Knitting, Interweave Knits, Interweave Crochet, Knit Simple, Twist Collective, Love of Knitting, Love of Crochet, Knitty.com; with yarn companies including Classic Elite Yarns, Quince & Co, O-Wool, Swans Island; in books including November Knits, Weekend Hats, Knitting Green, New England Knits. Her first book Finish-Free Knits came out in 2012, in 2013 she self-published Knitting Maine, and her third book, No-Sew Knits will be available in December, 2014.