Hello Purl is the collaboration of two very fun fiber artist, Melissa Bohrtz & Jessie Nordholm. We love working with fiber in dying, carding, spinning, knitting and felting. We meet at our local spinning guild and decided to start a fiber arts business, because fiber arts is what we love to do. Just give us some fiber and we'll put our spin on it! My name is Melissa and first of all I am a mother to two handsome little boys. I am also a wife to a wonderful and supportive husband. I am an artist, yarn maker, art batt creator, knitter, photographer and graphic designer. I have been spinning for a little over a year now and have been knitting for almost 5 years. Jessie has been spinning for 5 years is a knitter and enjoys felting. She also enjoys hand painting and kettle dying various fibers. She loves camping and the outdoors. Jessie lives with her husband and two dogs. I would like to give some credit to my two year old for his cuteness and direction on the name Hello Purl for my blog and for our fiber arts business. One day I was sitting on the couch knitting a handbag when my little guy came up to me and asked, "What's that?" Since I was knitting in stockinette stitch (and was on the purl side) I said that is a purl. Then my little guy replied, "Oh Hello." I laughed and asked him if he was saying hello to the purl and he said yeah. I though that was so cute I choose to use Hello Purl for my blog. A few months later when Jessie and I decided to open an online shop I thought it would be a good idea to use the same name for our business.