Where else can you watch 1,500 sheep walk through town on their way to winter pasture?
Season 9, Episode 10: In the field and in their studios, Rowland and Chinami explore and reimagine traditional Japanese methods for growing, processing, and dyeing with indigo.
Season 9, Episode 5: Weaving together the threads of her regional fiber network, Lilly Marsh keeps consumers—and shepherds—warm with the cloth she creates.
Nikyle Begay, a shepherd with a flock of Navajo-Churro, is also a weaver and a member of the Diné tribe.
Sheep that eat seaweed is a thing. Read more about it here and in Handwoven January/February 2021.
Churro yarn has long been used for weaving tapestries, rugs and blankets. Read this Yarn Lab from Handwoven September/October 2015 to see how beautifully it works up in different structures.
The TNNA trade show is an event where yarn companies and other knitting suppliers gather to introduce new products and colorways that launch this fall.
If you want to try weaving with vicuña fiber you can try mixing it with a less expensive, but equally luxurious fiber in the warp such as guanaco or qiviut.
Owner Lori Kirk began Cowgirl Yarn 11 years ago in Laramie, Wyoming, and has evolved into a fiber destination for knitters, crocheters & fiber folk alike!
You also see the word woolgathering, which describes the distracted action of the woolgatherer.