Kim Legge
Fibre Artist
Born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, raised in Elliot Lake and Thunder Bay, Ontario, Kim flew the coop and moved to BC after college. First living in Vernon, then Kelowna, Pemberton, and Whistler, until settling in Fernie where she's lived for the past 25 years. Kim's always loved being creative, from a very young age, colouring, painting, drawing, and all sorts of crafting. When she was twelve, her mother hired a co-worker to teach Kim how to knit. She learned to knit by making a big fair isle sweater. That lesson was a wonderful investment in a lifetime of creativity and joy.. She's never been bored since! Kim has recently branched out into crocheting after fulfilling a lifetime goal of learning how to create granny squares like her maternal grandmother had made into afghans. Knitting and crocheting is a connection to the past, to family, to friends, with yarn being the tie that binds us. Kim loves the magic behind it - the way a single strand of yarn can be turned into a wearable piece of artwork! Working with all sorts of fibres fills her heart up - the colours, the textures, the warmth - it's an artform that creates warmth and coziness that passes from one person to the next.
