I'm Brandy, the yarn enthusiast and self proclaimed "color chemist" behind the scenes here at Long Dog Yarn. I originally began experimenting with dyeing yarn as a new way to express my growing adoration for the fiber arts and yarn. At the time, I was finishing my PhD dissertation in animal physiology at the University of Toronto and turned to dyeing on the stove in my teeny apartment kitchen as a way to channel the anxiety of the graduate school experience and express myself through color. 

During this time, I began selling off a few skeins of my hand-dyed yarns to keep feeding the "hobby" of dyeing and recoup some of my material expenses, slowly growing a small following online for my unique dyeing style and color combinations. After finishing my PhD, my passion for dyeing quickly took over my days and I had the free time to continue exploring new techniques and develop my color sense. After just a few months, I took the leap of officially opening up an online shop and Long Dog Yarn was born in the late summer of 2016. Since that time, the company has continued to grow and dyeing has become my full-time job. It's still a one-woman (and one dog) show behind the scenes here in my home studio in Santa Fe, NM.