Local Asheville blogger Frivolitea, editor of Simple Studio Journal interviewed our very own Senior Production Manager, Todd Kaderabek this Wednesday, June 18th.

“Frivolitea: I understand that Lark Books publishes materials on the topics of crafting, home decorating, cooking, and outdoor living. How did Lark Books, as a publisher, come to focus on these areas?

Todd: Altamont Press (once Lark’s parent company) began as a newsletter produced out of the back of Rob Pulleyn and Kate Matthews’ fiber studio/shop in New Mexico. That newsletter spawned Fiberarts Magazine and it was a natural progression from there to books that focused on not only fiber but the myriad of other craft mediums.“

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According to TNNA knitting dates back to the fourth of fifth century B.C. In the past, knitting has been the occupation of shepherds watching their flocks, sailors whiling away the hours of long voyages, apprentices who studied it in early knitting guilds, and royal knitters in the court of England at the time of King Henry VIII.

Valerie Shrader, Senior Editor at Lark Books, discusses Iris Schreier’s stunning creations and talks about the latest trends in yarn. All from TNNA, The National Needle Arts Association’s Summer Trade Show in Columbus, OH last week.

Asheville, North Carolina, is home base to Lark Books, and it’s part of what makes us so unique in the crafts publishing world. Why is that? For one, Asheville was named one of the world’s happiest places in a book titled The Geography of Bliss: One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in the World.

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