About Our Staff

Lori Hall, Owner

I love to see projects that customers complete using my shop’s yarn that customers bring into the shop.  It gives me such inspiration!

I started embroidery when I was about eight years old.  We had just moved to the states (Oklahoma City), and my mother gave me embroidery to work on before the school year started; probably to keep me out of trouble.  Later, when we moved to Tahlequah, my aunt showed me how to crochet; however, embroidery, mainly cross stitch, stuck with me.

After buying out the inventory from Stitchworks, I had several customers come into my shop asking if I was going to get more yarn in.  In fact, I had more customers ask about yarn than I had to come in about cross stitch.  So, I asked Kathy to teach me to knit, and yarn representatives started coming to the shop.  Once I learned about knitting, Shannon got me started on crochet.  Between the two, I’m hooked!  But it doesn’t stop there.  One day Jane came to my shop and asked about teaching different fiber classes in my shop, do down that rabbit hole I went.  I enjoy the process of knitting, crochet, spinning, felting, and weaving.  Plus, I love to participate when shearing sheep.  No!  I do not shear the sheep, but I love to watch, help, and get in the way at Kate’s place when her shearer comes to town.  It is just fascinating to see what all can be done with the wool once it’s sheared off the sheep, and I try to bring this experience to the shop with all my different teachers.

I have learned all these new talents since starting the store, so it goes to show what awesome teachers are at my store.

Deborah Broome, Coordinator

Deb Broome has been crocheting since her grandmother taught her how to make afghans and hanger covers. The number of years is a huge secret.

She also taught herself Tunisian Crochet and has made two tops with this method.  It uses way more yarn, but cares – it’s fun!  Janet Miller taught her how to knit, but crochet is easier to frog (undo).

She has been teaching at Get Stitchin’ for two or three years.  Her concept of time is fuzzy.

Deb is married to Mark, and they like to go to movies and listen to jazz and travel.  Their children are furry so her yarn may occasionally have dog or cat hair in it. Sigh.

She loves to teach others crochet and/or Tunisian crochet. She specializes in tops and sweaters and garments. Come in and let her show you how fun making things from Get Stichin’ s beautiful yarn can be, because if it’s not fun why do it!

Terry Brezinsky, Teacher

When I was 6 years old, I saw my aunt knitting a sweater. It was as magical as if someone had taught me to spin gold from straw. Over the next 20

 years, I knit accessories for myself and also learned to crochet, and embroider. After I had 2 boys, I discovered that sweaters for small boys were not nearly as interesting as sweaters for small girls. I decided it was time to learn to knit clothing and got started. My attitude about knitting became “Other people do it. So can I.” I enjoy introducing people to my favorite hobby and seeing what they can do with it.

The kids are all grown and gone from home, so I can indulge in my yarn all day. It’s a fun way to show people I love them and to also give to the community. Let me show you the magic!

Suzy Gammill, Teacher

Hi, I am Suzy Gammill. I am the owner and founder of Wooleyboogers Felt Creations. Wooleyboogers is a small business that bloomed from my love of fiber work and has grown to include my individually created needle felted pieces and my hand-dyed fibers and yarn.

I have been married to the love of my life and my greatest supporter for 25 years. We have two adult children and a beautiful granddaughter that loves to create with granny.

Fiber is an amazing medium of color and texture that lends itself to artists of all ages. When you combine that with each individual’s creativity, it becomes something extraordinary. What I love the most about teaching is watching each student’s personality shine through every piece we do.

I was raised in a family of talented artists and tried my hand at various forms over the years. I truly found my medium in the fiber arts, and it has been a journey of joy and amazing friendships. I often feel my father’s influence in the forms of my pieces and my Mother’s love of color.

I pride myself on creating one-of-a-kind needle felted pieces and fibers. Each item is made with attention to detail and form from start to finish. You can find many of my designs at Get Stitchin’. So please join me for a class in the unique art of needle or wet felting, and we can share the joy!

Marilyn Smith, Teacher

I began my journey in fiber arts as a young child as a way for my Mother to entertain me. As I grew, my interests included sewing, twining, crocheting, and knitting. But my favorite is spinning and raising the sheep that produce my fiber.

I also work at our local historical site in Missouri. It is a thrill to demonstrate older techniques of spinning to the public.

Classes are my way to teach all the different techniques and the history of spinning and spinning wheels. It is exciting to refurbish older spinning wheels and put them in the hands of new spinners, so they can enjoy the long history of spinning while enjoying the fibers flowing through their fingertips.

Angela Childress, Teacher

I am a zany married woman, housewife (Currently buried in the laundry!), mom of 3, and home educator.

I have been knitting for over 15 years, starting in my teen years as a self-taught crocheter and knitter. My knitting repertoire includes the ever-popular socks, shawls, and scarves. In addition, I have completed countless nappy covers, baby afghans, baby booties, and baby hats. So knitting for new babies seems a natural thing to do.

I am a certified instructor through Craft Yarn Council.  I am privileged to share my love affair with creating things from 1 hook, two sticks, and some string by teaching knitting and crochet.

I created That’s StitchTastic to share my love of knitting and cheer and inspire everyone with their creativity through yarn.

Emily Mizer, Teacher & Machine Knitting Specialist

I learned the knit stitch during a girl’s night in college and later learned to purl from my grandmother during a break between batches of cookies.

 Since then, I’ve been obsessed with yarn and am adamant that “yarn collecting” is also a real fiber hobby.

I have been designing her patterns for nearly as long as I’ve been knitting, and I’m not afraid to rip something out and try it again. I began machine knitting in 2018 and now teach both hand and machine knitting classes.

My husband, Chris, and I have two fur children, Pete the mini schnauzer and KitKat the rescue calico, and I also have a rosy boa, Gwendolyn, who Chris has yet to claim as his own.

I love short row shaping, sparkles, washcloths, and rainbows. I restore vintage knitting machines and run ELYKnits.com, a website dedicated to learning about machine knitting from a hand knitter’s perspective.

Karen Rizzo, Teacher

“I consider anything fiber or fiber related pure joy –  working with different types of fiber to spin yarn, weaving, knitting, crochet, needlework, macrame – just endless fun.

I love teaching and sharing with others techniques on how to create different fiber items. And I love creating fiber items for those who want to purchase them.”

When I am not weaving, spinning, knitting or crocheting, I am spending time with my family which includes my son, daughter in law, and granddaughter. Family outings mean the life to me and I am willing to try anything with their support.

Sherri Polovich, Teacher

Sherri owns Magpie Wishes and designs all her bags and accessories according to what she like to use when she works her craft. She loves to knit, crochet, spin and weave, plus all other types of crafts.

When she is not working her business or crafting she spends time at home with her family. She loves her homestead lifestyle and works to build on it.

She loves to teach mostly twining, as it is a rare class that it taught out there. Twining is an ancient technique that interlaces flexible materials (in this case, fabric) to create a variety of useful items, including rugs, place mats, coasters, and seat cushions. Her husband makes the looms used in class, so check out her class and sign up today.