SUBBroaden Your Fiber Horizons: Knitting Beyond Merino
BFL, Targhee, Dorset, and other breed-specific wool yarns each fill their own special knitwear niche.
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SUBBFL, Targhee, Dorset, and other breed-specific wool yarns each fill their own special knitwear niche.
SUBThe author of Slow Knitting on opting out of shrinkproof yarn and falling in love with the variety of natural wools
What should you do with your intriguing new skeins of farm-grown yarn? After developing a line of yarns from her own flock, the author and shepherd has some good advice.
Mary Jeanne Packer of Battenkill Fibers on wool, farms, fiber blends, festivals, and how knitters can save small farms.
Breaking out of the breed-specific mold, some shepherds crossbreed for the variety of traits they want in a fleece and yarn.
Starting with a flock of sheep and goats, Flying Goat Farm has developed their own lines of farm yarn from their fibershed.
Knitters know Manos del Uruguay for their yarns’ rich tonal colors, but the story of women’s empowerment and community benefit enriches every skein.
Lisa Myers, owner of Manos distributor Fairmount Fibers, and Cecilia Lalanne, yarn division director, join us for a talk on how the yarns from the cooperative support the lives of rural women in Uruguay.
Moving from California to her new home in New Zealand, bestselling author Rachael Herron discovers that knitting as a local is both more complex and more rewarding than she expected.
What makes a knitting company a good citizen? Creating a better knitting world—for the planet, for knitters, and for yarn stores.
Discover the power of plies and how you can use it in your next knit.
If you want to get up close and personal with a flock of sheep, Meridian Jacobs Farm Club may be just what the shepherd ordered.