Meet the Mill Folk

From packing your orders to working on the gillboxes, from coaxing our beloved vintage machines back to life to labeling each skein of yarn – the Mill couldn't and wouldn't work without the hands and hearts of all these people. Meet the Mill Folk, the ones who make it all happen!

  • Laura

    Laura works in the Production team here at JAT, prepping tops on our gillboxes and running the spinners. She also looks after and builds all our show stands and is in charge of topsland at the shows! Read more about her on the blog.

  • Helena

    Helena is our Mill Director, having taken over running the company from John and Juliet in 2022. She has been here since 2017 when she joined to run the machines, but now has to juggle a lot more things! Read more about her on the blog.

  • Phil

    Phil is part of our Production team, working alongside Sophie, Martha, Daisy and Laura. He is in charge of prepping most of our yarns for spinning, and also works on our gillboxes. Read more about him on the blog.

  • Magan

    Magan works in our Finishing team and is responsible for putting together all the yarn labels and adding them to the skeins once they've been wound up and twiddled! She loves to put her headphones in and forget the world for some time while labelling.

  • Rebecca

    Rebecca is in charge of all our wholesale orders and works with Donna and Ginette in the Retail team too. She’s a whizz at packing up boxes these days!

  • Martha

    Martha works in our Production Finishing Team on the Mill Mezzanine (‘mezz team’ for short!) where all the yarn gets plied, skeined, coned and stored. She also does our mill tours and makes appearances at some yarn shows too!

  • Sonja

    Sonja heads the Mill as Director alongside Helena. She's responsible for all things Marketing, writes our weekly newsletter, and is the genius behind all the photoshoots (and lots more of the daily things to do!)

  • Donna

    Donna is in charge of our Retail team – making sure all your orders get sent and your questions get answered! If you’ve ever emailed us or come to a show you’ve probably chatted to Donna!

  • Sam

    Sam is part of our Marketing team, working from home in Somerset. They are responsible for producing our Annual each year, as well as working on other behind the scenes projects and popping up at the occasional show!

  • Sophie

    Sophie works in our Production Finishing Team together with Martha (‘mezz team’ for short as they're on the Mill Mezzanine!). You might recognize her from our photos as well – she makes a regular appearance as a model for the Annual and kits!

  • Becks

    Becks is the brain, heart and hands behind everything website-related here at JAT! In addition to making sure our webshop runs smoothly, she's also been known to pull out the camera for capturing photos and videos in the Mill, and helping out at events!

  • Daisy

    Daisy works in our Production Finishing Team on the Mill Mezzanine (‘mezz team’ for short!) where all the yarn gets plied, skeined, coned and stored. She’s a whizz on the skeinwinder and has a fabulous skeintwisting technique that boggles the mind!

  • Ginette

    Ginette packs all our orders here at the Mill – if you’ve ever ordered from us you’ve probably had a postcard from her! Ginette has been working at JAT for more than 14 years, originally at the shop in Lynton and now at the Mill in South Molton. Read more about her on the blog.

  • Jamie

    Jamie works in our Finishing team, labelling yarn and making those lovely shade cards. She's an avid crocheter and loves painting and drawing as creative pursuits. Appledore Dufflin is her favourite JAT colourway! 

  • Hanna Lisa

    Hanna Lisa is part of the Marketing team, responsible for the blog and Social Media. She also works on the website alongside Becks, loves to work out elaborate launch plans and writes our wholesale and hand dyer newsletters.