Founded in 2003 in East Lansing, Woven Art started as a space featuring hand-dyed yarn, a weaving studio, and a contemporary Fiber Art Gallery.  In 2013, Meg Larned Croft purchased the shop and expanded its offerings as Woven Art Yarn Shop. In 2019 the shop nearly doubled in size, and also began to incubate our "sister" shop, Seams Fabric, owned by Jessy Gregg in the storefront next door. 

 

MEG LARNED CROFT, OWNER

Owner Meg Croft wearing a handmade mask

Meg started her wool journey at the age of 9 when she learned how to knit. Over the years she has picked up crochet, spinning, felting, and weaving. Her passion is to collaborate with knitters, crocheters, spinners and weavers to help them grow and embrace new skills. Her likes: wool, ambient music, linen, riding her bike, rare sheep breeds, cheese, history of knitting, natural dyeing, wool festivals, snow shoeing, walking through the woods and curious people. Meg has a background in Art History - a MA in Islamic and Medieval Art History from NYU's Institute of Fine Art - and worked in Contemporary Art in New York City, and as a Gallery Director at a non-profit printmaking training program in Albuquerque, New Mexico where she honed her curatorial eye. Meg has been living in Mid-Michigan since 2007.

 

JENN HUGHES

Jenn is a kind and gentle teacher, and wants to help you on your fiber adventure. She enjoys knitting and designing for her children, and loves to bellydance!

 

SARAH PEASLEY

Sarah learned to knit way back when. Her Barbies' closets contained quite a few hand knits, one sister went off to college with a pair of argyle socks, and there were at least two boyfriend sweaters (the curse lives on!). These days, Sarah surrounds herself with knitters (as a teacher, both locally and nationally), patterns (as a tech editor for knitting books and magazines), projects (current WIP count is…out of control), and yarn (as Shop Girl at Woven Art!).

 

KYRSTEN WILCOX

Mx. Kyrsten has been sewing since she was a small child, became interested in fashion design in high school, and completed a BFA with a focus on fashion and accessory design. In Chicago, Kyrsten maintained studio practices centering on accessories and footwear in leather, and taught footwear design and construction at the School Of the Art Institute Of Chicago. Despite “retiring” from studio practice and teaching - she is an obsessive maker of things, loves to share techniques and explore new ones, and enable you (yeah you!) to make things too!

 

LESLIE THOMPSON

OZZIE

Osiris Hawthorne, "Ozzie" shop dog in training. Makes appearances at the shop about once a week.

ZEBY

Zebulon Montgomery, best boy, shop-dog. 2008-2022

 

Press

Ann About Town: Woven Art. East Lansing Info. May 22, 2018

Amidst Retail Crisis, a Group of College Town Store are Innovating. Michigan Business Network. November 19, 2020.
A Little Fiber Art Therapy in Pandemic Land. East Lansing Info. November 23, 2020.
Slow, hand-made fashions weave small textile district in East Lansing.  Spartan News Room. October 15, 2021.

East Lansing yarn shop offering knitting, crochet lessons to help MSU students through stressful time. WZZM, Grand Rapids, MI. February 24, 2023.

Free knitting, crocheting classes offered to MSU students, staff to ease anxiety. WILX, Lansing, Michigan. March 3, 3023.