It takes a village...
Shop Team
E-Commerce Manager
Kelly Baum-Sehon
Kelly is a former middle-school math teacher now turned full-time crochet designer who has been crocheting for over half his life. Starting with a few scarf patterns, he has now found a love for designing crochet wearables, especially sweaters. He is the first man from Oklahoma (second in the nation) to have earned the Master Certificate of Advanced Stitches and Techniques from the Crochet Guild of America. He currently lives with his husband, Charlie, and their two lovable but ornery cats - Sullivan and Drake (RIP Samuel). Aside from crochet, Kelly enjoys playing video games, watching YouTube videos, reading about history and mythology, and drinking as much cold brew coffee and red wine as he can.
Kelly started at KFA as a crochet instructor and has now taken on the roles of e-commerce manager in addition to being an independent crochet pattern designer.
Check out Kelly's patterns and projects on his website and social media!
Website: cockycrocheter.com
Instagram: @cocky_crocheter
YouTube: Cocky Crocheter
Shop Associate
Hayley Grigg
Hayley has been knitting and crocheting for longer than she can even remember - at least since the early 2000's. During that time, she enjoyed whipping up simple blankets, but now she has dived deeply into the world of sweater-making.
Hayley has a passion for putting together fun color palettes, playing with novel yarns, and creating special gift knits for loved ones. With all of this passion, it's no wonder she has been an excellent resource for customers who need help finding the perfect yarn for their next project.
Fun fact: In addition to knowing how to knit and crochet, Hayley is also a trained opera singer!
Find Hayley on Instagram! @hayley.grigg
Instructor Team
Knitting Instructor
Veronique Voss
Veronique is a seasoned knitter and crocheter that enjoys helping people learn. Her patience and personality are unmatched bringing joy and laughter to those who cross her path. She has lived in Europe and has settled down in Okarche, OK with her husband, Fred. They like to travel throughout the summer months in their RV wherever the wind blows them. Veronique pours her heart and soul into her work and has built quite the capsule wardrobe over the years.
You can always count on her to sport one of her handmade treasures when you see her in the shop. You can also count on hearing one of her fantastic stories with a generous helping of her infectious laughter.
Check out Veronique on Facebook!
Knitting Instructor
Morgan Gill
Morgan started knitting in 2009 and started crocheting a few years later. Her favorite things to make are sweaters and socks, but she also enjoys the occasional amigurumi.
She also considers herself an oddball for enjoying fixing knitting mistakes, but that's because she considers being able to "read" your knitting an important skill. An expert in both English and continental styles of knitting, It's safe to say you're in good hands when you take a lesson with Morgan.
Aside from knitting, Morgan enjoys cooking, especially Korean cuisine. In her own words: "Gimme ALL the kimchi!"
Find Morgan on Instagram! @laughladyxd
Crochet Instructor
Molly Lebold
Molly began to crochet in 2016 when her first child was born. After discovering amigurumi, Molly continued to primarily make toys for her kids and friends. She was able to improve her skills and techniques to make bigger, better, and more varied projects by becoming a jack of all trades in the craft world (or, in reality, just learned she has ADHD). Dabbling in all the creative arts, Molly also enjoys Tunisian crochet, knitting, embroidery, sewing, and macrame. When she's not busy crafting or mom-ing, she works at the Edmond animal shelter as a kennel technician. Essentially, she's getting to live the dream of making all her passions into her careers, and she wants to pass that passion along in her crochet instruction.
So whether it's regular crochet, Tunisian crochet, amigurumi, or reading patterns, if you want to learn it, she can teach it!
Find Molly on Instagram! @mollyle33
Spinning Instructor
Tamara Dragseth
Tamara discovered spinning while attending a jazz festival 40 years ago - a potter was spinning in the grease, and when she saw this, she just knew she must learn to spin.
Since then she has spun on drop spindles, double drive, Scotch tension as well as Irish tension wheels, and is currently learning to spin on a great wheel.
Tamara's spinning and fiber interests range from smoothly spun tapestry yarns to yarns for weaving to lightly spun woolens for knitting or crocheting and whatever catches her fancy in color or texture. Additionally, she loves sharing everything she's learned about fiber with anybody willing to listen.
Beyond fiber arts, Tamara also enjoys reading about and learning as much as she can regarding how people lived in the Medieval period as well as in Post-Colonial America.