Season 4, Episode 2: Starting as a teenaged apprentice, John has made a life's work in learning, practicing, and sharing traditional Japanese fiber arts.
2021 felt very short indeed for the team at Long Thread Media.
Season 3, Episode 8: Cassie Dickson is leading her part of a textile craft revival—and we're invited to join in.
Season 7, Episode 7: Cover yourself in cloth—and clothing—that makes you proud.
Season 3, Episode 2: Love the loom you have, says motivational, inspirational weaver Amy D. McKnight.
Season 9, Episode 1: On making magic carpets, looms large and small, and weaving as healing
What can you weave with a pack of cards? More than you’d imagine…
World-renowned singer, teacher, spinner, and weaver Norman Kennedy recounts how he learned to spin and weave in the old days, what it was like to be Master Weaver at Colonial Williamsburg, and what's wrong with the waulkings you've seen on television.
On July 14, France celebrates Bastille Day (or as they call it “Quatorze Juillet”), the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille prison in 1789 that marked a turning point in the French Revolution—well, the first of their revolutions, anyway.
What can you do at the sheep and wool festival? Along with the price of admission, you have access to demonstrations that can be the best part of your fiber festival weekend. Here are a few demos you can’t miss.
