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About PortFiber
PortFiber is a fiberarts supply shop located in the East Bayside neighborhood of Portland, Maine. It's aim is to support and inspire the fiber arts community with quality supplies and amazing classes taught by local instructors. Whether you felt, knit, crochet, spin, weave, or dye, you'll find something you love here! Fiber arts is in our collective history. It's a connection to our past, to our ancestors, to the earth and it's fiber producing plants and animals. Let's embrace those connections and make new ones with those who share the love of fiber.
About Casey
Casey grew up in Veazie, Maine and graduated from the University of Maine at Farmington with a degree in Elementary Education. They started interning at the Portland Fiber Gallery & Weaving Studio in the summer of 2009, learning how to dye and eventually spin, felt, and weave. Creating has always been a part of their life.
When they are not in the shop or doing fibery things, they enjoy dancing around the house, drinking coffee, biking and walking around town, and reading sci-fi & fantasy.
If you want the longform version of Casey's story, check out her podcast interview with Ashley Yousling of the Woolful Podcast.
You can also hear from them on
- the Make Good podcast with Karen and Jessica of Scratch Supply Co.
- the Snort & Cackle podcast with Ash Alberg of Sunflower Knit
- the Fiber Trek podcast with Sarah Hunt
- and a secret sesh with Bean of the Great Moments in Weed History podcast
About Ken
Ken is originally from New Jersey but has lived all around the country, never quite finding the right place until they came to Maine in 2021. They are a lifelong artist and love painting, pottery, beadwork, handstitching and the whole spectrum of fiber arts.
They place an emphasis on showing the human touch in their art, forgoing any need for perfection and instead enjoying the “flaws” that prove that a person put time and effort into something. Much of their inspiration comes from nature and history, fascinated with why certain techniques and art forms came to be and how they changed over time.
When they can find the time, they love being in the water, listening to loud music, watching Bob’s Burgers, and knitting in bed with their cats Moose and Goose.
About Mich
Mich was born in Maine, and has lived all over the country before settling back into Maine in 2026. She and Crouton, her pup, have worked in libraries, vineyards, and landscaping before coming back into the fiber world. She spins, knits and weaves, and particularly loves natural fibers and colors. Crouton loves parties, being at work, and zoomies on the beach.
Mich has a garden design and fiber consulting business, Land Loves, focusing on native plants, rewilding, ruminate land management and natural textiles. Outside of work, she ALSO loves Bob’s Burgers, eating all the delicious foods other people make, long walkies with Crouton and rough housing with their cat companion Pepper.