Darn Good Yarn

Darn Good Yarn was started by Nicole Snow, a US Air Force Veteran. After leaving the Air Force, she decided that she wanted to unwind with yarn. In early 2008, Nicole Snow decided to take two of her passions in lifeart and helping othersand combine them. The result was Darn Good Yarn. The mission was simple: provide phenomenal quality fibers to enthusiasts, while helping the women of Nepal and India become autonomous and self-reliant. The problem was, as Nicole describes, that many of these women were caught in a cycle where, because of their gender, they had no opportunities available to them. They had to resort to begging on the side of the street in order to scrounge together money for their family. At the same time, they would keep their children home from school to work... not because they wanted to... but because there was no other option if they wanted to have enough to eat that day. The women who work for us are hand-selected for their skill and given a wage that not ...