About Us

A native of Malaysia, Pauline Tan has been a knitter and fiber craft enthusiast in Central Ohio for nearly 10 years, specializing in hand spun fiber artistry.

Many of the products you see featured on this site represent the delicate, labor-intensive transformation of select, hand-dyed rovings into skeins of beautiful and luscious handspun yarn, perfectly suited for your special knitting project.

Pauline's yarn has been cited and featured on numerous online blogs of some of the most well-respected expert knitters. She is an active member of the online knitting community, Ravelry, and enjoyed a well established presence on Etsy. Pauline has recently worked as a fiber trade show demonstrator and freelance spinner for yarn cooperatives.

She has recently developed an interest in handwoven fiber arts, as well as bead artistry, and will soon be expanding her work into additional craft product lines.

The yarn items featured on this site represent a wide range of style, color complexity and functionality. Items typically available include hands pun merino, blends, superwash merino, Blueface leicester, etc, all of which are spun on a Lendrum DT or Majacraft Little Gem 2 wheel.

Enjoy your visit to WhirlExpo, as we celebrate the art of creation together.