Field Notes: This Is How It Starts

A few weeks ago, I was driving home across Wyoming with miles of prairie stretched out on either side of the highway when a question settled in beside me.

Why wait?

For years, I've wanted to open a yarn shop.

The plan was always someday—a retirement dream, a future project, something to do when life finally slowed down and the timing felt right.

But somewhere beneath a very large Wyoming sky, it occurred to me that maybe someday was taking itself a little too seriously.

What if I started now?

Not a storefront. Not all at once. Just a beginning.

A small online mercantile built around things worth keeping: yarn, tools, books, project bags, and other useful goods for people who make things by hand.

The idea followed me home.

And once it arrived, it refused to leave.

So here we are.

Copper Crow Fiber Co. is still new. There is plenty to learn, plenty to build, and undoubtedly a few mistakes waiting for me around the corner. But the best things are rarely finished all at once. They are gathered over time, piece by piece, until one day you look around and realize you've made something real.

This feels like one of those beginnings.