YARN editors & contributors
Kylie Albanese lives on the NSW coast with a darling husband and 3 gorgeous kids. She believes that happiness and enjoyment of your life is what counts. A qualified graphic designer, she has worked on half a dozen magazines but this will be her baby, and she is hoping to have a YARN with a lot more friends!
For Barbara Coddington, knitting really is the new rock and roll. She worked as an editor at Billboard and Rolling Stone (US), among others, before moving to Adelaide in 1997, becoming an amateur foodie, taking up a post at a wine trade publisher and diving into the knitting she'd been taught as a little kid. Number of kids: 2. Number of cats: 1. Estimated hours she could have spent knitting while commuting to work on the NYC subway: 1,897.
Sarah Golder lives in Adelaide with her husband Matthew and their cat Selby. Selby also is a knitting enthusiast who particularly enjoys sleeping on partly finished knits and taste-testing yarn as it is being used. He favours Sarah’s angora and lambswool jumper and is also fond of the crocheted blanket on the spare bed.
kylie gusset is a melbs-based soul who builds, designs, administrates and swears at websites full time, lately for the government. her knitting shenanigans started early on when grandma was desperate for something to keep her amused—enter knitting, crochet and cooking bunny-shaped pikelets. kylie’s motto is ‘when in doubt, choose pink’.
Michelle Moriarty loves texture and tactile experiences. If it can be touched, smelt AND worn all the better! She lives in Lennox Head with her husband and 2 children and is an expert at knitting on the run. She likes the simple things in life and celebrates food, friends, crafts and books on a regular basis. The best thing she ever did: a 3 year mind-expanding holiday. The worst thing: picking rotten Guava’s to help pay for that 3 year holiday!
With a husband, 3 kids and a swagful of animal friends, Vivian Tng shares her time-space continuum with a multitude of colour, texture and yarn-related paraphernalia. She is often quoted as saying: 'Humans sleep too much' and 'My alternate reality includes relaxation'. Her ultimate goal is to head off to space while spinning wildly in a rocket powered by yarn...