Today we are joined by Jenny from the Craft Yarn Council. Jenny is joining us to talk about their new campaign “Humans that Yarn”. I can’t wait to hear what they are up to now and how we are all connected.
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About Jenny:
Jenny Bessonette is Executive Director of the Craft Yarn Council (CYC), a nonprofit trade association that represents major yarn, needle/hook manufacturers, publishers, and consultants to the yarn industry and is Assistant Executive Director of the Warm Up America! Foundation, one of the industry’s leading charities.
Jenny joined CYC in 2010 as Director of Discover Classes to implement knit and crochet classes in all Michaels stores. She became Assistant Executive Director of CYC in 2014 and was promoted to Executive Director in 2016. Prior to joining the Craft Yarn Council, Jenny worked for six years at Michaels Stores corporate office in inventory management for yarn.
About Humans that Yarn:
Yarn encompasses a wide array of crafts, including knitting, crochet, macrame, weaving, punch needle and much more. But more than that, yarn encompasses a wide array of people. Humans That Yarn (HTY) is an inclusive campaign that aims to showcase all the different types of crafts that can be made with yarn and the different types of people who identify as a yarnist.
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Craft Yarn Council Website
Humans that Yarn Campaign
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Giveaway:
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#HumansThatYarn – awesome show today!
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#humans that yarn this was great pod cast looking for more info on the council
Didn’t know anything about them until today
Thank you
#Humans that yarn…….I make baby hats and Chemo hats for our local hospital. Recently I’ve been doing Knitted Knockers as a project at work. I’ve made 15 sets for Knitted Knockers of Southwest Ohio. Love your show Marley!
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#Humans that yarn. Loved this show. Jenny looks so much like my niece!
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#Humansthatyarn. So glad I managed to catch the show today
#humansthatyarn, I am one of them and proud of it. All of my childhood crafts and hobbies are becoming fad again. So great to have time once again to do all the yarn art that I loved doing in the 70’s. 🙂
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Show was awesome, I am going to watch and if possible share the videos for the campaign #HumansThatYarn
I really enjoy the podcasts! I am one of the #humans that yarn!
We #Humans That YARN are Certainly a special bunch! We’re caring, compassionate, sharing & Giving lot of humans. Always growing while growing others. THANKS Marly & Friends for all your always doing for other YARNIES!
#humansthatyarn Rock!
#humansthatyarn loved today’s podcast!
#humans that yarn are amazing! 🙂
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I’m itching to learn to knit, I just need to find some needles and get started. I watched your sock series and I want to do them soon. I’ve been watching knitting podcasts and I want so bad to do socks and the cozy memories blankets. My grandfather used to loom knit hats for different church related charities and donations.
#humansthatyarn loved the show today!
#Humansthatyarn great podcast! Love the ways it brings our yarn community together.
#humans that yarn great show
#humans that yarn are awesome. I wonder if anyone has taught a monkey to crochet or knit or any yarn project.
#Humans that yarn. I’m looking forward to watch the video you were discussing!
#HUMANS THAT YARN are some awesome humans in my book!!!!
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#humansthatyarn, it’s an awesome idea! I’d heard of the craft yarn council before but never knew a lot about it. I do now!
Very informative thing podcast today. Going to checkout #humansthatyarn and the craft yarn council. Thanks Marly!
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I luv #humansthatyarn!
#humansthatyarn are the best!
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Great podcast as always! Loved hearing about CYC’s new campaign #Humans Thst Yarn. I’ll definitely be checking out the videos.
#Humansthatyarn what a great series by yarn council. I agree fully there has been a huge resurgence of the crafts and fiber arts and I just love it all. love your podcats
#humasthatyarn was fuii of really helpful stuff
#humansthatyarn. I always wondered what the yarn council did.
#HumansThatYarn are happy humans….thanks for a great podcast.
#Humans that yarn are a very creative lot!
#humansthatyarn Great podcast and guest!!
#Humansthatyarn are the friendliest people in the world!
I am definitely one of the #humansthatyarn !
#humansthatyarn This was a very interesting podcast. I have latch hooked rugs, done counted cross stitch, crewel embroidery, macrame, dyed yarn, weave potholders, and now I just knit every day.
#humansthatyarn. Very interesting podcast. I liked learning about new popular yarn crafts.
#Humansthatyarn are my favorite kind of humans!
Looking forward to seeing these videos of these makers! #humansthatyarn
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Great podcast!! #humansthatyarn
Great podcast and I wish that I had made the live. I seem to always miss those. I made 1 of them this week lol but was having issues with my internet connection being too slow for the live 🙁 Anyway, I am one of the #HumansThatYarn I have so many yarny crafts that I do. I , of course, knit and crochet, but I also do embroidery, cross-stitch, knit and crochet with the floss for embroidery and cross-stitch, yarn bombing, weaving, felting, needle point, plastic canvas, bead, jewelry making, loom knit and lots and lots more lol. I do want to learn how to tat and macromae (sorry can’t spell it. Probably should learn how to spell that word before I learn to do the craft lol.)
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#Humans that yarn is a good thing! Also had never known what the CYC was all about. Thanks for this show
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All of the varieties of art that we can do!!! Love all the ideas!!!