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Priorities are key to managing our lives. Stephen Covey says, “You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage— pleasantly, smilingly, non-apologetically— to say ‘no’ to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger ‘yes’ burning inside. The enemy of the ‘best’ is often ‘good.’”

I’ve been working on blog posts most of the day, and as I sat down to write about what our priorities as a business were, I was overwhelmed by the enormity of what we are undertaking. We’ve been at this business thing for...

Yarnmāl is a passion project for myself and my husband. We have found joy and fulfillment in creative endeavors for the entirety of our seventeen-year marriage—which started with making ravioli from scratch together during our first year and has continued to us founding a business that takes advantage of both of our interests and skills. I love fiber arts, designing, sewing, and working with people. My husband, John-David, is an attorney (yay! free legal advice!) and my behind-the-scenes tech support. Yarnmāl has comprehensively merged our passions and is the culmination of many years of research and planning.

Through...