
Long Thread Podcast: Kate Larson, Farm & Fiber Knits
Season 14, Episode 8: Editor, teacher, and shepherd Kate Larson makes the case that every knitter is already part of the farm-to-fiber story—whether they know it or not.
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Season 14, Episode 8: Editor, teacher, and shepherd Kate Larson makes the case that every knitter is already part of the farm-to-fiber story—whether they know it or not.

Season 14, Episode 6: Before Ravelry, before knitting podcasts, before the internet fully found its craft obsession, there was Knitty. Amy Sadler shares the inspiration and evolution of the online knitting phenomenon.

Season 14, Episode 3: Wherever in the world she lives, Gudrun Johnston‘s roots always take her—and her knitting—back to Shetland.

Season 13, Episode 2: Facing the decline of the once mighty Spanish wool industry, one company is turning to traditional farms and knitting yarns to preserve a fiber legacy.

Season 12, Episode 6: Growing from a small group of Shetlands to a diverse flock of over a hundred sheep, Farmer Tam’s animals bind her to the land and connect her with shepherds and knitters everywhere.

Season 11, Episode 10: With a love for her country’s wool and knitting culture, the designer of Shisa Brand works toward an ambitious goal: to see all of the fleece of Faroese sheep used.

Season 11, Episode 7: Known for her innovative knitwear designs, Laura Nelkin dreamed up a new use for knitting: an annual knit-a-thon that fights hunger.

Season 11, Episode 5: From her New York City childhood to Fashion Week runways to craft cruises around the world, Lily M. Chin takes the world in stride with needles and hooks in hand.

Season 10, Episode 10: Traveling in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco and small villages of Armenia, independent researcher Irene Waggener finds a common language in every knitted stitch.

Season 10, Episode 3: Behind the camera or behind the needles, Gale Zucker loves to tell the stories of the fiber world.

Season 10, Episode 2: With a passion for rich, beautiful color and slow fiber, Emily Lymm uses natural dyes to create a more sustainable craft world.

Season 9, Episode 9: Beginning as employees in a Philadelphia yarn shop, Kate and Courtney have built a partnership around a shared vision: wearable classic knitwear and yarns.

Season 8, Episode 10: More and more, knitters look to the craft for meaning as well as creativity and pleasure. Through books, magazines, and partnerships, Hannah Thiessen Howard aims to connect that purpose to practice.