Diane Edwards is the owner of the Knit Knook. She and husband, David, have two children, Ten grandchildren, two dogs, MinPin Peanut and Brittany Spaniel Zoey, and one bird, a blue-headed Amazon named Cody.

David had always wanted to live in the mountains, so one day Diane said to him, "I'm retiring in a few months so now's our chance to move to Colorado." She told her daughter that she was moving to Colorado.  She told her mother and sisters, too.  By the time Diane took home her last paycheck, her entire family had moved to Colorado ahead of her. In 2008, Diane opened the Knit Knook.

Diane has been knitting and crocheting for 46 years; she's a natural teacher who has great patience and a magnificent sense of humor.  She can also yell, "Rip it out!" with the fervor of Vince Lombardi reincarnated.   Diane also loves to make coffee, which requires as much passion and creativity as does knitting a Fair Isle jacket.

Susan Mahan has been married since she was a child to Joe Mahan.  They have 3 grown children, 4 grandchildren; a herd of alpacas, a pet rooster, 4 dogs, and a cat.  Only the 4 legged ones live with them now (well, the rooster, too) in Bailey.

Susan was taught to knit by her Mom when she was 8, but not until high school did the needle arts really take hold of her.  A friend taught her to crochet, and she crocheted a granny square afghan, a hat and mittens for her little sister, and then knitted a couple of baby afghans.  Then, something else distracted her for a few years (some college, getting married, macrame(remember that?), quilting, beading, and BABIES)

When her first born was 5 years old, a friend was cleaning out her closets, and gifted Susan various shades of blue wool yarn, and Susan was inspired once again to pick up those needles and knit a pullover sweater for her son.

So, knitting entered her life once again, if rather sporadically. In the early 1990's in Texas, yarn stores were popping up everywhere, and Susan discovered how inspiring it was to look thru hundreds of patterns , choose your yarn from a store full of colors and textures, and get advice from experts.  Even if you did knit mostly with cotton in Texas!

Coming to Colorado in 1996, she expanded her fiber hobbies to include spinning and weaving, and expanded her yarn to include sheep and alpaca wool.

She has discovered how quickly skills improve when you take classes and knit with others!

(In the picture of Susan on top of Mt. Elbert, notice that she wears her hand knitted pop up mittens!)