Taproot Magazine Contributors

Dinara Mirtalipova

Dinara Mirtalipova is a self taught illustrator/designer. Born and raised in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, she eventually landed in snowy Ohio. Dinara stud...

Tamara White

Tamara White is shepherdess and proprietress of a production fiber flock and various agricultural, homestead arts, natural dyeing and baking enterp...

Char White

Char White is a farmer at Wing & A Prayer Farm, located in Southwestern Vermont. In addition to raising sheep and other fiber animals with her ...

Ellen Mason

Ellen Mason is an independent pattern designer and farm yarn maker. She delights in teaching new skills in her patterns and in person. Ellen lives ...

Betz White

Betz White is a designer, author, and lifelong maker. A lover of all things felt, fabric, and fiber related, her work has appeared in Country Livin...

Rachael Kass

Rachael Kass resides in Gallup, New Mexico with her husband, Sean, and three children: Elliot, Annaliese, and Ava. She is the wooden sign maker beh...

Erica Lee Smith

Erica Lee Smith is a freelance writer who lives on Cape Cod with her husband, Chi, and their family. She is the author of an essay included in the ...

Tressa Weidenaar

Tressa Weidenaar lives in Gallup, New Mexico, with her husband and two young children. She knits, weaves, and creates with whatever materials are ...

Jakob Shockey

Jakob Shockey is tall, curly haired and pretends not to like using a computer. He lives with his wife and their two children in Southwestern Orego...

Emily Hart Roth

Emily Hart Roth is a storyteller, photographer and on the path to becoming a Forest Therapy guide.  Growing up in the Northwoods of Wisconsin, she ...

Alicia Razvi

Alicia Razvi is a micro farmer in Wisconsin. She, alongside her husband and three kids operates on a 2-acre farmstead. Wooly Thyme Micro Farm sel...

Andrea Rangel

Andrea Rangel is passionate about making and exploring. She lives in Victoria, BC and spends most of her time creating knitting patterns, but also ...

Susie Spikol

Although Susie Spikol is no longer living on an apple farm, she still can taste the difference between a Galarina and an Empire apple. When not w...