The Long Thread Podcast
1) Laverne Waddington, Backstrap Weaver (classic)
Laverne Waddington discovered weaving by accident—bike accident, to be precise. Recuperating from a mountain biking crash in Utah, she discovered a book on Navajo weaving and was immediately intrigued...Show More
2) Masey Kaplan & Jen Simonic, Loose Ends Project (classic)
When Jen Simonic and Masey Kaplan’s friend lost her mother, she had the challenge of going through her mother’s things while grieving her loss. Among her posessions was something almost every crafter ...Show More
3) Amy Oxford, Oxford Punch Needle
Weaver and college student Amy Oxford fell in love with the punch-needle method of rug hooking almost by accident, an unexpected side benefit from a babysitting gig. She followed her interest in the c...Show More
4) Jordana Munk Martin, Tatter
At an unexpected juncture in her life, artist Jordana Munk Martin turned to the legacy of her grandmother’s trove of textile books. Edith Wyle founded the Craft and Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles in 1...Show More
5) Mary Anne Wise, Multicolores
Fiber artist Mary Anne Wise first went to Guatemala hoping to collect local textiles and inspire her own practice. Just one visit wasn’t enough, and she visited several more times, eventually offering...Show More
6) Sahara Briscoe, Creative Multicrafter
Sahara Briscoe has a challenge for you: Do more with yarn. Knit your spinning, spin your knitting, rug hook with yarn, paint on your swatches, embroider with yarn, and question your assumptions about ...Show More
7) Bea Bonanno, Wooldreamers
In the history of wool, Spain means Merino, the legendary finewool sheep so prized that their export fell under royal control. From their Spanish origins, Merino genetics formed the basis of wool bree...Show More
8) Anne’s Book Club: Anna Hultin, Louisa Owen Sonstroem & Safiyyah Talley, Storey Publishing
This is Anne’s Book Club, a spotlight episode of the Long Thread Podcast where we share conversations about exciting new craft titles. This episode features three new books from Storey Publishing: The...Show More
9) Sarah Pedlow, Threadwritten
Sarah Pedlow was enjoying an artist’s residency in Budapest when a museum visit changed the course of her artwork and her career. In the Ethnographic Museum, displays of traditional clothing and dowry...Show More
10) Nicole Nehrig, Crafter & Psychologist
Most of us crafters know instinctively that working with yarn, fiber, and cloth makes life better. Believing that handwork is good for our well-being has sparked memes about knitting as “the new yoga”...Show More