The main focus of Mosaic Yarn Studio is instruction. We have classes ranging from beginning to expert running 7 days a week, mornings and evenings. The MYS staff is extremely knowledgeable and helpful. Our goal is to continue on our way to becoming a celebrated fiber arts design school, and we know that excelling at customer service and instruction is the key.

Meet our Staff:

Darlene Joyce
With a background in fashion design and an Illinois Teaching certificate, owner Darlene Joyce set out to make her dream a reality. Six years later and still going strong, Mosaic Yarn Studio is a result of hard work, creative engineering and persistence. Darlene has been teaching knitting classes since 1992 and has a strong following of loyal students. Although she is responsible for paying the bills and keeping the shop in order, her favorite part of owning the shop is her students and her staff. She loves sharing her excitement for knitting and relishes in her students accomplishments. Darlene has been published in Cast On, Socks, Socks, Socks and Interweave Knits and has taught numerous workshop for knitting guilds and for many shops. Email: darlene@mosaicyarnstudio.com

Barb Blume
Come to the shop during the day on almost any Tuesday or Wednesday and meet manager Barb Blume. Barb's mother, Rosella, taught Barb to knit when she was 11 years old. Barb, a retired nurse, brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the shop. She teaches classes on knitting socks with two circular needles, double-ended crochet, 2-needle mittens, patchwork mittens, etc. Barb is also responsible for bringing home the popular Maui Hooded Baby Jacket (one of our free patterns). Email: barb@mosaicyarnstudio.com

Judy Chan
Judy Chan has been teaching at MYS for several years. She has Intermediate Knitting classes on  Wednesday evenings.  When asked how long Intermediate Knitting will last, she smiles and says, "until the day she dies". She also teaches most of the crochet classes at MYS. Her students worship her skills and talent and continue to take her classes over and over. She is a wonderful communicator and helps her students out of any troubles that they may encounter. Judy also is the former President of the Windy City Knitting Guild and a former yarn shop owner. Judy is definitely one of the best teachers in the Chicagoland area. (If you want to be in one of her classes be sure to register early).

Kris Neurauter
Kris joined the MYS staff in spring 2003. As a child, Kris' first project was a skirt for her Barbie Doll from a 1960s "Learn-to-Knit" book she found at a garage sale. She moved on from Barbie clothes and is now studying fashion design at the Art Institute of Chicago. Kris works full time at a downtown architecture firm, but prefers her weekend job at MYS. She wishes she could knit full-time, but squeezes knitting in on the train to work and on Tuesday nights at her "Stitch'n Bitch" group. Kris loves accessorizing. She recently designed a striped handbag (link: free pattern page) with a fair isle band across the top.  Kris will be teaching classes for MYS from time to time.   Email: kris@mosaicyarnstudio.com