COATES & CO.

Coates & Co. is a woman-owned dye studio based in Cincinnati, Ohio. We dye a range of wool-blend yarns for knitting, crocheting, and weaving. All Coates & Co. colors are developed and dyed in-house by our small (but mighty!) team. Read more about our team members below.

Emma (she/her) | Founder

After earning a degree in industrial design in 2016, Emma began a career in the textile and yarn industry - first at a fiber farm, then at a cottage yarn mill, and finally at a woodworking studio that manufactured looms and other textile tools - before starting Coates & Co. in the spring of 2019. Emma’s passion for textiles started at 14 when she learned to crochet and has since blossomed into a full-fledged love of wool and natural textiles. Emma currently dyes the yarn at Coates & Co. and develops new colorways + collections. When she’s not dyeing yarn, you can find her outside gardening and hiking in the woods of southwest Ohio.

Ebbi (they/them) | Studio Assistant

As a sewer who adores all kinds of textiles, Ebbi was glad to stumble into the yarn-dyeing realm when they began helping out in the Coates & Co. studio in the winter of 2024. They have worked and created in various fields as a poet, teacher, performance artist, farmer, and barista. In their spare time, they enjoy taking walks outside and hunting for vintage quilts to repurpose into wearable garments for their handmade clothing brand Ebbi Baba (ig @ebbi.baba).