About

Christine Smith

Founder & Lead Dyer

🧶💫 Christine: professional yarn whisperer, colour chemist, chaos coordinator, and founder of Xtine’s Xtreme Yarns — where science and spooky collide with stitchy delight. Raised in Granny Smith’s legendary knits and now flinging UV-reactive rainbows onto skeins like a fibre-fuelled witch, she’s the heart and hustle behind every bold blend.

Equal parts science nerd and horror fan, Christine dyes with the enthusiasm of a caffeinated alpaca and the precision of a lab-coated villain in a rom-com. Mother to a crazy cast of characters (both human, furry and feathery), she’s constantly dreaming up new colourways, battling rogue yarn tangles, and duck-wrangling in between dye baths.

If it’s bright, oddball, inspired by atoms or aliens, or just a bit mischievous — chances are, it’s Christine-made. 🦙⚡

Matt Smith

Tech Support and Provider of Tea

🧑‍💻🔧 Matt: resident tech wrangler, tea sommelier, button presser, and certified fixer-of-things-that-shouldn’t-be-smoking. He’s the quiet force behind Xtine’s Xtreme Yarns — part support squad, part creative conspirator, and 100% responsible for turning “uh-oh” into “all sorted” with a few clicks and the occasional wizard-level soldering.

Armed with a mug of something hot and an enthusiasm for learning new tricks (he’s been known to teach himself entire crafts just for fun), Matt brings calm to the chaos and wires to the wi-fi. He’s the reason the dye pots keep boiling, the website doesn’t implode, and Christine has time to chase yarn, ducks and inspiration alike. 🦙💻☕

Theo Smith

Business Manager (according to him!)

🧶⚡ Theo (aka Little Ted, Dink, The Dinktator, Commander of Chaos): small in size, colossal in personality. This pint-sized whirlwind is part yarn apprentice, part mischief maestro, and 100% committed to maximum fun with minimal regard for tidy skeins.

He’s the kind of kid who believes every colourway needs “more colour!”, every duck deserves a title, and every dye session should include at least one dramatic entrance. Often spotted wielding a mixing spoon like a magic wand or bossing around alpacas in his daydream kingdom.

He’s got opinions, ambition, and a glittering future as either a dye master, a comic book villain, or both. Frequently seen zooming through yarn piles, shouting colour names that may or may not exist, and auditioning ducklings for side quests. 🦙🎨⚡

Basically: if it’s loud, wild, or covered in yarn fuzz, there’s a 97% chance Theo’s involved.

Toby Smith

Well can’t include one son and not the other!!

🧠📚 Toby (aka Mr Jug, Dr Jug, Toby Jug, or Monkey Boy — titles subject to quest progression) is the silent sorcerer of skeinspiration. A walking fantasy and sci-fi compendium, he conjures colourway concepts straight from the scrolls of imagination — think “Potion of Chaotic Neutral,” “Mossbeard’s Beard Oil,” “Shadowfax at Sunrise,” or “Library of Forgotten Spells.”

While others see yarn, he sees realms — glowing caverns in rich purples, enchanted forests in mossy greens, and arcane auras in shimmering silvers. He’s currently prepping to begin his next epic at university, but his mind’s already galloping ahead like a caffeine-fuelled centaur with a thesis on dragon taxonomy.

Quiet, clever, and occasionally cryptic, Toby’s the kind of creative ally whose ideas sneak up on you — and then turn into your next best-seller.