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The owner-operators of Legacy Lane are two sisters backed by four generations of farming experience in rural New Brunswick. Production Manager, Alyson, studied weaving and textiles at the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design. Business Manager, Amy, studied business at the New Brunswick Community College. Together they have found a way to keep their family farm viable by diversifying into yarn production and fiber processing; a natural fit for their training, passion and expertise.

Co-Owner, Operator and Production Manager, Alyson Brown, grew up in the tiny community of Markhamville, New Brunswick. Here she chased fairies, roamed the landscape, and created adventure under the tutelage of her big sis, Amy. Alyson is one of Legacy Lane's key knitters, makers, and organizers. Often not knowing where you'll find her or what project she's into. No doubt the crew at the mill guarantee she'll walk through the mill with another idea, custom yarn or inventive product. Alyson is happily married to metal sculptor and welder Jamie Brown, who creates extrodinary garden sculpture and interior art. In her spare time she keeps her fingers busy with knitting needles, digging in dirt or tromping through the woods with hubby Jamie, son Rowyn and puppy Opal. She is often spotted out and about as a walking advertisment of Legacy Lane, clad in the loveliest handcrafted textiles.

Amy Carpenter Tonning is Legacy Lane's Co-Owner, Operator, Businesss Manager and self professed "Queen Boss Lady". She spends her days keeping the whole Legacy Lane team on the straight and narrow. Reminding us that although she spends most of her time in the office, she'd always rather be in the mill. She claims to be the brains behind our famous Kitchen Sink Lopi. Like her sister Alyson, Amy grew up in Markhamville and has vivid memories of helping out on her grandfather's cattle farm, learning about the land and the intimate connection between human and animal. These days Amy, her husband James, and their daughter Abigail continue to call Markhamville home, where she spends much of her free time hiking it's rolling hills with her fur baby tag team Benzi boy and Roxy girl and if not in the woods you'll find her sipping wine amongst her garden rows.

Joanne Scott is Alyson and Amy's mom. While with us at Legacy Lane since it's conception in 2005, Joanne has since retired. Regardless of her retiriment she still comes in often and makes sure we all get our paycheques by continuing to handle payroll at LLFM, still very much maintaining her roll as 'mother hen' here at Legacy Lane. Joanne grew up in Markhamville and now lives on the same land that her grandfather once farmed. Joanne has been happily married for almost 50 years to our on-call always willing Mr.Fix-It-Mechanical-Advisor, Paul. In her spare time Joanne enjoys sewing, reading, gardening and cross-country skiing. Joanne and Paul also have a passion for their motorcycle and can be spotted with the wind at their backs travelling the Canadian and American North East.

Lori Goddard has been with Legacy Lane 10 years. Each morning before the sun is even up, Lori arrives to the mill. Prepping a fresh pot of coffee for us all is the first priority, something that we appreciate more than she knows and can't do without. Her bosses describe her as a speed-walking human calculator. Always game to tackle just about anything, while her wheels are turning to come up with a plan on how to do it most efficiently. Her log books are sacred and without we'd probably never know what we did last year, she keeps amazing track of inventory and the long list of tasks that need to be accomplished daily. Lori is our Mill Manager and can be found organizing orders, planning and wizzing around the mill to work on any machine that needs her attention. She has 3 grandchildern, Chloe and a set of twin girls, Jade and Amber, she loves being a Grammy and you can tell in an instant that they are her pride and joys. In her spare time she enjoys baking, Facebook and rangling her ever so engergized pup Angel.

One of nine children, Kim Gray grew up in Sussex. She has three children of her own and three grandchildren named Cooper, Liam and Jakey. Kim is absolutely terrified of mice and enjoys the protection and security that both Ms.Kitty and Cookie afford. In the mill, Kim can be found at the carder, drawframe and skein winder. She's also picking up some mad skills steaming and conning. Kim is a steady pressence and considered as crew member of the veteran staff. We swear that sometimes her and Lori have figured out how to communicate telepathically as their work rythm is somewhat of a symphony. Without her hands we'd never have as many beautifully felted dryer balls, she oversees the felting and quality control of each ball. In her spare time Kim likes to read, bingeing good TV series while knitting and always keeping a watch out for any sneaky mice lurking.

Sarah Tompkins, Westside represents. The city of St John NB was gifted the day this O negative blood type gal was born, blessing humanity with her rare blood type and joyful laughter. This south paw left the coorporate world to feed the creative fire within and become LLFM's main in-house weaver and fiber dyer. As a young girl she mastered the complexities of playing the Glockenspiel, which equipped her with the abilty to preform typing with considerable speed as well as the dexterity to thread a loom swiftly. She has a keen interest and knowledge of Tartan weaving and specializes in producing custom Tartans for families near and far. Her Mother, Charis has become our very own sock cranker and is producing beautiful hand cranked socks for our clients. Sarah also makes a flat bed knitting machine sing while producing several hundreds of knit items for Legacy Lane each year. She is the Mother to several fur babies, 2 dogs, Lucy and Sally and a kitty, Winston. She always has an amusing story to tell involving one, two or all of them!

Debbie Otis joined our squad upon the retirement of Mama Jo and spends her days keeping our books in tip top shape, ensuring invoicing is done while assisting us all to stay caffinated, brewing fresh pots of coffee before we have to ask. She is most often your first point of contact when calling the mill and you can bet she'll be trying to get a laugh out of you before hanging up. Originally from South Sheilds England, Debbie made the journey across the pond with her family at the age of 12 when her father was offered a position at the drydock in Saint John. Sussex is now home where she has lived for 12 years. She has two sweet grandchildren, Deklan and Neveah, fun fact, Neveah is Heaven spelt backwards. Debbie enjoys cruising the back roads on her very own motorcycle and after years of not knitting has since re-ignited the passion, wonder why?

Amber Wade is new to LLFM, she joined us at the beginning of 2021. Amber's past work experience of butchering and working the line at a chicken processing plant make milling fiber feel like a dream. She isn't afraid of a hard days work or getting her hands dirty which suits her roll of slinging fleece. She is being trained to assist Lori, Kim and Jayne with what's needed in order to meet our daily goals. She might be small but she is mighty and seems to be game for whatever task we throw her way. Mama of 2, Evelyn and Audrey, she keeps busy at home. Along with her husband Curtis, she operates a small hobby farm of chickens, goats, bunnies, 2 dogs, 3 cats and a hampster, named Hammy! Homesteading is an obvious passion which includes gardening and baking. Amber loves to sing and read but admits it doesn't take priority amongst her funny farm of kiddos and fur babes.

Cathy Floyd comes with a tickle trunk full of experience. The New Brunswick native has worked in a variety of sectors throughout her career in retail, HR and Foreign Recruitment. Cathy and husband George call the lush valley of Hammond River home where they live with their cat Oscar. Cathy has been a long time customer of LLFM and now has taken over management of our yarn and gift shop on Main St, she is the perfect fit for the shop. Her friendly dispostion and willingness to help any customer is lending itself well so far with our fiber fanatics, having many people leaving the shop to send private messages about their pleasurable experience while visiting Legacy Lane on Main. Nobody is complaining about the kind smiling face behind the counter who is keen to help them choose the perfect yarn for their next project. Cathy loves to knit and was first taught by her mother at a young age. She stepped away from it for several years while working full time in HR and rearing her children but in 2011 the craft made its way back into her daily to do's. She loves a challenging knit and seeks out unique patterns to fill her needles with.

Carol Arnold was born and raised here in Sussex, New Brunswick. She has raised two sons and now plays mom to nine alpacas, two Norweigan Dwarf goats, Zuri and Amyra, one dog, one cat, and a house hedge hodge and bunny. While mothering her crew of fur babies, she keeps herself busy with her 5 grandchildren, two of which are 4 year old twin boys. She enjoys growing her own vegetables, spinning, dyeing and knitting her array of alpaca yarns which she has processed here at Legacy Lane. During the week, Carol also helps care for seniors that need a little assistance with their day to day. On Saturday's Carol is the friendly face behind the cash counter at Legacy Lane on Main and is always willing to help with advice and expertise.

Cookie adopted Legacy Lane in 2012. Prior to this, Cookie was a stray who lived in the neighbouring scrapyard. At that time in her life, she sported dreads and a booming population of fleas. Cookie always knew she was destined for a more luxurious life and seized her chance when the mill moved to its current location on Vail Court.

With the saddest of hearts we longer have Cookie, she left us too soon, this July. She will be remembered by us all. RIP Cookie Cat, thank you for being our fur baby!

Keeping with the all-female staff here at Legacy Lane, Miss Kitty was adopted in 2012 as our girly superhero mouse hunter. She is also an experienced product tester who just can't resist curling up on our soft alpaca products. Ms.Kitty sings songs to the mill staff, looking for her daily dose of kitty treats which no one can resist doling out regularly as insurance that she continues to call Legacy Lane home. In her spare time, Miss Kitty contemplates why in the world Alyson speaks to her like she's a baby.