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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 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.
Sheep are often misunderstood. There are a few common sheep myths that this ovine-besotted shepherd would just like to clear up.
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.
Nesting begins as lambing season approaches.
Why might you want to buy yarn from the farmer who produced it? Maybe you discovered an intriguing yarn at a fiber festival or perhaps you’d simply like to support growers in your region by buying locally. Here are some tips from a shepherd.
When the Banning family relocated from New York City to rural Dutchess County, they began raising a rare breed of black sheep. You'll want to see these beautiful fleeces!
From traditional Navajo-Churro wool to finewool fleeces prized by industry, sheep and yarn are inseparable from the Diné lifeway.
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.
Mary Jane Mucklestone shows us around Tarndie and invites us to knit along.
A LYS owner headed straight to the source when creating a small-batch yarn, and she found so much more.
