Hi, I’m Sarah - the maker behind birchwood + wool - formerly Knitting In The Wild!

Much as a fiber project grows while you work, birchwood + wool is an evolution. This business began as a simple love of knitting while I was sitting by a campfire in state parks across Minnesota. Over the last year it became more about nature and the rhythm of making. 

I have realized that my love of knitting, my education in art, and past years making jewelry started to merge in stitch markers. I knew when I started making them that they had to be rustic and represent the time I spend sleeping in a tent (and more recently my vintage camper), hiking the trails, and surrounding myself with nature.

Today, birchwood + wool is a collection of handcrafted and hand painted stitch markers, fiber notions, and hand-dyed yarn - all inspired by my time in the woods. Every piece is thoughtfully made to be both beautiful and functional - tools you will reach for project after project, and skeins that feel like stories waiting to be told in stitches.

I am also a breast cancer survivor so a portion of my proceeds from certain items are donated to breast cancer research.