
Long Thread Podcast: Kaffe Fassett, Artist & Color Master
Season 8, Episode 7: Whether he’s working on a quilt, sweater, needlepoint canvas, or fabric design, Kaffe Fassett sees the world in a million glorious hues.
Audio · Farm & Fiber Knits
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Season 8, Episode 7: Whether he’s working on a quilt, sweater, needlepoint canvas, or fabric design, Kaffe Fassett sees the world in a million glorious hues.
Audio · Farm & Fiber Knits


Season 5, Episode 3: What do algae blooms and homemade biodiesel have to do with running a yarn company? For an independent natural dyer, there may be no greater creative challenge than the local environment.
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Season 5, Episode 10: Every Local Yarn Store wants to be part of their community. Wild Hand takes it a step farther: with a written community commitment that guides every decision and a Little Free Fiber Library on the wall.
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Season 8, Episode 1: From the controls of the fiber mill, Mary Jeanne Packer and her team have a view of the fiber and textile industry that stretches from farms to consumers, all on the quest for high-quality, sustainable yarns.
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Season 7, Episode 2: From yarn reviews to yarn creation, journalist and bestselling author Clara Parkes takes knitters on a journey of wooly exploration.
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Season 4, Episode 10: A wool mill forms the link between sheep and fiber artists, transforming raw fiber into handcraft-ready yarn and roving. Working in small batches, processing fleece from small farms, a mill can still have a big impact.
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Season 6, Episode 5: Life lessons are where you find them. Peggy Orenstein found them in her quest to build a sweater from scratch.
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Season 6, Episode 7: The treasure in a handmade life isn’t just mastering skills and making goods, Melanie Falick says—it’s the power in creation, connection, and expression along the way.
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Season 7, Episode 3: With her playful approach to life and textiles, Sarah Swett discovers her passions for nature and fiber, time and again.
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Season 8, Episode 5: After ten years, the online yarn marketplace Indie Untangled has grown from a simple website to an engine for discovery.
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Season 8, Episode 6: Seeing a need for sheep shearers in her region, Stephany Wilkes picked up clippers and learned one of the most demanding—and necessary—trades in agriculture.
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Season 7, Episode 8: The knitwear designer and creative director on creativity, fiber arts, and why she’s not farming yarn.
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Season 7, Episode 1: First-time farmers Lisa and Greg began their new life with some of the world's rarest fiber animals. In managing guanacos, they have lived lessons about presence, caring for the herd, and the incomparable rewards of hand work.
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Season 8, Episode 2: Reclaiming the bold, bright hues that she loved as a child, Felicia Lo founded her handdyed yarn company to let knitters and spinners embrace the possibilities of “unapologetic color.”
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Knit this adaptable shawl in fine, natural-color cottons or any yarn you choose.
Pattern · Farm & Fiber Knits

With simple and charming embroidery, these knitted mittens recall a pair knitted in the most difficult of circumstances.
Pattern · Farm & Fiber Knits

Colors from nature inspired the gradient in this bright scarf.
Pattern · Handwoven · Pattern PDF

It takes just a bit of linen to make these lacy and cheery coasters.
Pattern · Handwoven · Pattern PDF

A lightweight bag with sturdy strap to hold all your day-trip needs.
Pattern · Handwoven · Pattern PDF

Six projects to knit and weave, plus refined wet-finishing, cotton for Peruvian socks, and self-striping explorations.
Magazine · Spin Off

Gudrun Johnston drew on her love of her native Shetland in a design that celebrates her fiber heritage.
Pattern · Farm & Fiber Knits

The raffia of the past is different from the raffia that you can buy today.
Article · Little Looms

This heavily cabled pullover features a drop-shoulder silhouette with fully fashioned shoulder shaping and a funnel neck. Worked in a classic Irish heathered wool, this sweater is as lovely as it is long-lasting.
Pattern · Farm & Fiber Knits