Is Madelinetosh going out of business? Who owns Madtosh? Did Madelinetosh get sold to Jimmy Beans Wool? Find out the answers to those questions and more on the podcast.
To make is short and sweet, NO, Madelinetosh Yarns is NOT going out of business. Laura Zander is the new owner of Madtosh and she is also the owner of Jimmy Beans Wool! That is right, JBW purchased Madelinetosh Yarns!
Jimmy Beans is a powerhouse in the yarn industry and they are always looking to keep these amazing brands alive and blooming. Thanks to the team at Jimmy Beans Madelinetosh will live on with the Jimmy Beans love.
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Learn about Jimmy Beans:
Laura and her husband, Doug, worked as software engineers during the dot-com era. When they saw the dot-com boom turning to a bust they decided to leave their jobs and start a new adventure.
Jimmy Beans has been named to the 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies in the US list four times! They are a booming operation that doesn’t forget to take time to raise awareness for the things that matter most to them. Laura has created successful national campaigns such as Stitch Red, Stitch Mountain and Beans for Brains.
When you put your money behind Jimmy Beans you are supporting so much more than the yarn business itself.
Find Jimmy Beans online in the following locations:
Jimmy Beans Website
Follow Jimmy Beans on Facebook
Jimmy Beans on Pinterest
Learn with Jimmy Beans on YouTube
Be inspired by Jimmy Beans on Instagram
Shop Jimmy Beans:
Jimmy Beans offers so many wonderful products. Take some time to head over to their shop and browse around for your next perfect knit or crochet item.
- Jimmy Beans Yarn
- SmartStix at Jimmy Beans
- Patterns from Jimmy Beans
- Jimmy Beans Kits
- Namaste Project Bag Collection
- Subscription clubs from Jimmy Beans
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On my second cup of COFFEE watching the podcast this morning. I’m sharing this video with my aunt who lives near a Jimmy Beans Wool in Nevada. I know she’ll like it.
Two things I love….Coffee and yarn!
I love drinking COFFEE and knitting with Mad Tosh!
Marly and coffee…great time!
Boy, I sure love COFFEE
Love knitting with Mad Tosh as I’m drinking my delicious warm Coffee!
Love my morning coffee and Tuesdays with Marly!
I’ve had several cups of COFFEE while not only going back and watching back episodes of the podcast, but also switching over to the live feed for the first time this morning!
I love Mad Tosh and coffee too!
There’s nothing better then a hot cup a coffee and my knitting/crocheting. With a live YouTube video from Marly bird and Laura from jimmy beans wool. Thanks lady’s
Boy! I sure love coffee!
I watch while drinking my coffee all the time.
I love Mad Tosh and coffee!
I love coffee and yarn every day of the week! Great podcast Marly and Laura. Need to get me some Mad Tosh!
Great show. I love both yarn and coffee!
Hmmmm, my comment was being moderated, and then disappeared, so I’m not sure what i said to get kicked off the comment feed, but I’ll try again! I love all things yarn, and especially all things coffee!
I would love to win this yarn and crochet something while drinking coffee.
I actually do not drink coffee. I lobe the smell of coffee, but cant stand the taste. I drink Dr. pepper for my coffee!
Enjoyed my COFFEE while watching this awesome video!
Laura have a cup of COFFEE on me! Great job today as always. Love your energy.
I should of had coffee today, but I had cocoa.
Coffee…sometimes. But yarn…ALWAYS!
So glad your great show is back! Got so spoiled seeing you everyday in Drvember. I’m not a big coffee drinker but I sure love Marly and Jimmy Beans!!
I don’t drink coffee but I do love to smell it when it’s fresh ground or fresh brewed.
Just up from the barn for a coffee and watch a bit of Marley
Enjoyed this episode while sipping on some coffee.
What a great episode! Loved this interview while I sipped my coffee. Laura is an amazing person and is such a great business model for the world. All the best to you Laura, and all your future endeavors.
This episode inspired me to find more ways to collaborate with others to find more ways to give back and help others. I needed this today more than I needed my coffee!!!! Thank you
Alway enjoy a cup of coffee while watching the pod cast. What a bittersweet story about Mad Tosh, so glad that the legacy lives on through Laura and the crews of both Jimmy Beans and Madelinetosh. The retreat to India sounds sweet!
I love coffee and would love to win! Thank you
Sorry I missed the live but I am drinking COFFEE while watching
Knitting and coffee, perfect together!
Great to hear that Mad Tosh is sticking around and really respect the integrity of Jimmy Beans…..time for another coffee.
I just finished my coffee and loveing that Madlinetoshwill still be around
“Coffee! Coffee, coffee, coffee. Java. Cappachino” – one of the characters Dante’s Peak Everytime I hear coffee that quote jumps in my head. Seriously though, thanks for a nice crafting break every week!
I’m at home sick today so what better way to cheer me up than Marly and Laura’s news about MadTosh yarn! So happy it will still be available. Marly is right…you are awesome Laura! Have a coffee on me!
I love all your podcasts! Today I couldn’t watch live but I am drinking my COFFEE while watching now. Thanks for all you do!
I’m a tea drinking, but appreciate that many love to drink coffee while they knit and crochet! Just not me! So glad that Madtosh has found a new home!
I watched your podcast with Jimmy Bean’s Laura while drinking my second cup of COFFEE. I live in Carson City, NV which is about 25 minutes from the Jimmy Beans store in Reno. The store is really fun to visit and they have really nice events many times a year. If you are ever in the Lake Tahoe area, be sure and visit the store in Reno.
Best part of the day, sipping COFFEE and watching Marly Bird! Thank you Laura for being on today.
No coffee for me; all I need is yArn…
I love and drink my cold coffee concoction or my 3Cs as I call it. Love all the yarn!!!
I love to drink cold coffee I don’t care for hot coffee but I love to crochet want to learn to knit in 2020 that is my goal
I love Madtosh!!! I would love to have coffee!
I LOVE MAD TOSH!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’M A MORNING COFFEE DRINKER
I love to drink COFFEE and watch Marly podcasts!!
The podcast was awesome and I thank you for providing full clarity on what happened with the acquisition. I wish I drank coffee but I’ll have a tea with you instead!
i LOVE MADELINETOSH !!!!!
I love coffee and knitting, best morning ever.
COFFEE is a part of my daily routine and so is watching Marly Bird!!
I enjoyed the podcast while having a cup of coffee and knitting on my sweater ☕️
Coffee and Marly on Tuesday Mornings….nothing better!
Crocheting away, a sweet baby blanket called Fluffy Meringue, and drinking tea and COFFEE, as i listen to this podcast. Wow, what a joy to hear all that is happening!
I listened while finishing up a poncho for my daughter’s birthday and finishing off a cold cup of coffee.
I LOVE the scholarships Laura and her comrades are offering up this year. Good work!
Coffee! Love coffee! Love Madtosh! Love my Local yarn store
COFFEE and yarn = happiness.
I love mad tosh and coffee two of my favorite things!!!
Coffee is good in the morning but hot cocoa is better!
Herbal/decaf tea is in my cuppa’! I can’t drink coffee as it sets off excessive heart palpitations! Doesn’t keep me from listening to Marly’s blog and learning so much from all her great guests!
Didn’t have coffee today, but had cocoa.
There’s nothing better than sipping COFFEE and talking yarn
Hi Marly wow you & Laura are something else. May God bless you both as well as everything you do! Well I can’t say I’m a “coffee ” connoisseur although my favorite beverage is water!
I live on coffee, I have not ever heard of you or madeosh. Thanks for the education
I would love to win that MadTosh yarn. Hummm wonder if there’s any coffee colored choices?
Love my coffee in the AM. Would love to try Mad Tosh for the first time. Loved listening to how Laura wants to be a positive business model.
I can’t start my day without coffee, but the best mornings are also watching Marly and her interesting guests while drinking my first coffee of the day. One of my Local Australian Indie Dyers even dyes merino in coffee shades, love ‘Double shot’ colourway. I enjoyed the podcast very much.
First of all, thank you so much for this giveaway! I have a great time watching Youtube videos about yarn and crochet. And I do it with COFFEE in hand. (As well as my crochet hook, of course.)
Coffee and Mad Tosh Yarn and Marly – Oh My!
Love to drink coffie while I knit a project.
Coffee, Marley, Laura with Mad Tosh and Jimmy Beans! Does it get any sweeter?
Nothing like coffee, yarn, and podcasts!
My COFFEE was not great this morning, but catching up with Marly Bird was fantastic.
I don’t drink coffee but I do love Madelinetosh yarn.
I love coffee and Marly Bird
I am so thrilled with the news about MadTosh! Looking forward to getting some of those marvelous skeins!
How about celebrating with COFFEE flavored chocolate?!
I do drink COFFEE. Today’s podcast was interesting thank you Marly
Thank you for the chance to win. Loving your yarn more than coffee1
Morning coffee & knitting. Fave
Loved the podcast today with Laura @ Jimmy Beans Wool and now Madelinetosh Yarns. Thank you for the giveaway. I love to knit and drink coffee.
I’m not a COFFEE lover but I sure LOVE yarn. Great podcast both Marly and Laura. . great information! I admire you both greatly!!
Love Coffee!
I enjoyed drinking my coffee and watching this today.
I’m not a coffee drinker, but I love a good cup of tea when I’m knitting or crocheting!
Got coffee? Enjoyed your visit today. Havea prosperous New Year. I ❤ my LYS!
I hope the yarn I win is the color of coffee! 🙂
Sit down and have a cup o coffee while knittin. That’s a good day! Enjoyed the show today!
A day without Coffee… is nearly unbearable! Loved the podcast!
I love Marly and coffee
Coffee, tea, and yarn for me!
What’s better than yarn, knitting and Coffee?
I’m not a coffee drinker but I’m enjoying your podcast today with a delicious hot tea!
I am so delighted that Laura has taken over MADELINTOSH, it is my all time favorite yarn! With the mad skills of JIMMYBEANS YARN I expect great things to happen in the future. Now I’m assured that while I’m knitting with my MADELINTOSH yarn and drinking my morning coffee that all’s right with the world. Thanks MARLY for having Laura back so soon!
I would love a hot cup of coffee with my yarn
Coffee, coffee, coffee! Love the podcast Ladies. Thanks for sharing with us.
Very informative love Mad tosh and a cup of coffee
I always enjoy Marly Bird podcasts! Coffee!!
I don’t drink coffee. I get my caffeine from my diet pepsi. Give me a cold glass of diet pepsi and my yarn and I’m a happy camper!!
I’ve enjoyed countless cups of coffee while knitting and crocheting with their yarn and I can’t describe the quiet joy it brings me to know that they will still be around for years to come 🙂 Thank You!
Love madtosh yarn & Jimmy bean. Wish. Could treat you all to a cup of COFFEE.
I don’t drink coffee but I do love MadTosh yarns!
Knitting, watching Marley, and drinking coffee is a great way to spend a snow day!
MadTosh is new to me but Coffee is a staple in my life!
Thanks Marly for all you do!
Love the giveaway and my COFFEE!
Coffee and yarn makes the world go around.
I rarely get to catch a Live show since it airs when I’m getting my daughter ready for school and myself ready for work. I like to watch them while on my breaks, with my coffee.
I love coffee almost as much as I love yarn!
Well it’s too late at night for me to drink coffee, but Ian dream about all the special stuff at Jimmy Beans.
Love some coffee.
Coffee.
I don’t drink COFFEE
Marly, MadTosh, Jimmy Beans, & coffee…. could it get any better than this!?!?
Marly what a great podcast with Laura. Lots of information while I was drinking my coffee.
Love to drink my Coffee while knitting with beautiful yarn!
Coffee with Madeline would be a cute name for a yarn color, Or Mad about coffee! What a fantastic interview!! I am so glad I caught this, and heard some of the back story about MadelineTosh!! my prayers are with the former owners!
I love yarn and coffee. Sometimes at the same time.
I love my coffee all day long…
Missed the live, but watching the replay with coffee in hand. I have been to Reno several times but haven’t been to Jimmy Bans. Plan to remedy that on my next visit!
I always pour a hot cup of coffee, get my needles, and enjoy the Yarn Thing <3
I’m not a coffee person, but I LOVE LOVE LOVE madtosh!!
Coffee!!! Love it and drinking it while watching you Marly. Love listening to you and Laura. Two amazing ladies. Thank you. Yarn sounds beautiful!!!
Though I am a tea drinker – I am pleased to say JBW is my LYS and just my cup of coffee. Having listened to Laura and her philosophy towards this industry today – I am also proud to say JBW is my LYS. Thank you both for what you do.
So happy to enjoy a cup of coffee while getting to watch this. I had wondered what was going on. Confession; madelinetosh yarn is the reason I learned how to knit! Lol While scrolling on pinterest one day I saw a beautiful herringbone project and it was in her yarn. After that I knew I had to learn to knit so I could one day make it! 2 years later I’ve made that scarf, and while due to finances I haven’t had to chance to work with madelinetosh yarn I can relax knowing I still have the chance to eventually! 🙂
Coffee, I don’t drink coffee but I do love the smell of it perking in the mornings.
I love to drink COFFEE and watch Marly podcasts!!
What a coincidence. I am having my coffee while watching you on YouTube. Thanks for the giveaway.
What a coincidence! I am having my coffee while watching on YouTube.
Coffee and yarn!
I love Madtosh and I love COFFEE!!
Coffee and Yarn! Great Combination. Jimmy Beans – keep up the good work for our Community!
Although I am basically a tea drinker, I enjoy COFFEE. And I absolutely adore Mad Tosh yarn!!!!!!!!
Wish I had a cup of COFFEE when I listened to this interesting podcast.
Coffee – can’t wait for all the exciting things to come! Thanks for saving Mad Tosh.
I watch your videos with my favorite cup of coffee
Coffee – My LYS and also the major ones I frequented online have all gone out of business. I hope more are opening. I have never tried Madeline Tosh, but would love to.
Love my morning coffee and yarn!!! Thanks for the info on Madtosh.
I love coffee in the morning, Madtosh is a clever idea, I will watch closely to see how this pans out.
Love the tosh. Glad it is here to stay. Thank you. I love coffee and coffee could provide so many awesome colors.
Wow great show! What an amazing life she leads! I can understand why she needs COFFEE 🙂
Such an informative video podcast. I watched it while sipping my coffee and felt I was in the room with you. Wishing mega success to Laura and her new Madtosh venture. I’ve ordered 3 Namaste bags from Jimmy Beans over the years and just love them! Especially my Knitters Train Case. Wishing both of you an amazing 2020!
Coffee,Coffee,Coffee, I love Coffee!
I have started my second pot of coffee today. I was given a thing of Madelinetosh sock yarn. My granddaughter wants me to make her a sweater. She is only 6 so I’m hoping to find more of it on line soon.
Not a coffee drinker. Mad Tosh and Jimmy Beans is a great combo.
I <3 COFFEE and KNITTING!
Love my morning coffee. Picked up some mad tosh yarn last summer in Oregon, tried to find more this winter but LYS don’t carry.
Love jimmy beans, marlybird and coffee in the morning 🙂
I’m on my third pot of Coffee for the day. I love having a cup of coffee or tea with me when I’m knitting or crocheting. I was given a thing of Madelinetosh yarn about a year ago. My granddaughter that is six wants me to make her a sweater out of it. I’m hoping to find some more to go with it. To try to knit her a sweater. She loves the socks I made her.
Among my fave things, yarn and coffee, in that order!
I love coffee and Mad Tosh!!
I’m a lover a fiber arts and coffee
I can’t survive the day without my coffee
Having a cup of coffee now and my yarn next to me. I’ve hadn’t had the pleasure of knitting or crocheting with Madelinetosh yarn but I’m going to go buy some from Jimmy Bean (I love that name, it always makes me smile).
Yikes! Am I the last person to see this video? . You’ve peaked my interest. I’ve not heard of Madeline tosh before. Not sure if the contest is still going, but I’m going to drink COFFEE anyway.
Yarn, knitting and coffee best combo ever!
I can’t think of a more delightfulway to spend my morning that with a mug of coffee while crocheting with 2 skeins of Madelinetosh silk-merino yarn.
Sipping coffee and enjoying the podcast! It was very heartwarming to hear about Laura’s guiding principle of supporting the industry. Too often success for one person means failure for another. I love a truly “win win” outlook. Keep up the great work!
I just finished watching. Was a very interesting show. Now the question i face is wether or not to stay up another couple hours crocheting or not. If i do i will probably require a beverage of the coffee nature tomorrow
My first time watching so great!! Learned a lot Good thing I could sit down and enjoy the podcast and “coffee”
I really enjoyed watching this episode and am ecstatic that MadTosh is not going away. Jimmy Beans has been a favourite of mine for long time time so this just makes me even happier. I too love getting up early and knitting with my coffee in the morning before the world wakes up. Thanks to you both!!!
What an amazing story, and I’m very taken aback at the focus of keeping brick n mortar!! I’ll have my Dr Pepper, while everyone else enjoys their Coffee!!
OMG……..I didn’t even know that St.Charles had a yarn store…….my mind is blown actually. I’ve really been trying to learn about all the aspects of the yarny world. I’m so into everything that you’re into this podcast has hit me, and I am so into this all. I’m a newbie to the yarny world, and I feel like I’m very likeminded. I would love to be a part of this movement! I’m disabled with Fibromyalgia, and I’m trying to start my own online shop selling my crochet items, and I’ve wanted to sell yarn, and all kinds of crafting items!!! This is such a great community!!!!
My day does not start without coffee. I have never used or even felt Mad Tosh yarn. *crosses fingers*
Coffee, yarn, and a fun podcast to watch. ☺️
Hmmm. does an allergy to coffee eliminate me from participating??
COFFEE for the win. Love Madelinetosh yarns.
I love coffee and yarn.
The smell of a good coffee, the soft touch of yarn how else to spend the day.
Love my coffee black and my knitting colorful!
I don’t drink coffee but I do love yarn
COFFEE, cats and crochet for me!
I love MADTOSH and I love COFFEE <3
I would love some coffee colored Madelinetosh yarn. 🙂
Great video!!
The best way to start your day Coffee amd Madtosh!!
I really love coffee and I would love to get me some Mad Tosh yarn.