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The Long Thread PodcastSpotlight Episode: LouëtIn 1974, two young industrial designers in the Netherlands started a company making spinning wheels. Beginning in a family member’s chicken coop, they built a modern wheel featuring an upright castle-style format, a then-uncommon bobbin-lead drive system, and a drive wheel without spokes. Jan Louët Feisser and Clemens Claessen named their company Louët and began building the now-iconic S10 spinning wheel.
The company soon moved out of the chicken coop and brought on other employees. By 1982, they began making looms, from expandable table looms to countermarche and eventually dobby looms. The founders, who loved the desi...2024-11-2353 minThe Long Thread PodcastAllan Brown, The Nettle Dress (classic)The Nettle Dress is available to stream online from November 15–December 2, 2024.
Most of us avoid nettles, thinking of them as weeds whose little stinging hairs can inject a painful toxin into the unexpecting walker. But strolling through the woods near his home in England, Allan Brown was captivated by the tall native plants. Knowing that textile cultures across the world have produced cloth from nettles, he wanted to learn more about cloth made with nettle fiber.
Except for a few exceptions—giant Himalayan nettles and ramie, which is a non-stinging plant in the nettle family—the er...2024-11-1657 minThe Long Thread PodcastPeggy Orenstein, author, UnravelingLife lessons are where you find them. Peggy Orenstein found them in her quest to build a sweater from scratch.
When I say that Peggy created a sweater from scratch, I mean wrestling a sheep to the ground and relieving it of its wool. Carding said wool by hand while Zooming with her father, who sometimes knew who she was. Spinning that lovely fluff, with all the typical push-pull-stop-go of a beginning spinner. Dyeing the yarn with colors from her backyard and beyond. After that, knitting the sweater was a breeze, sort of. (And despite the title...2023-03-1143 minThe Long Thread PodcastLynda Teller Pete, Navajo WeaverIn 2010, Lynda Teller Pete was living in Denver with her husband Belvin, working full-time in a demanding government job in the Department of Labor, living the life on a modern urban Indian, doing a little weaving in her spare time. Then she pivoted. Quit the job and sat down at her loom and made the commitment to return to her roots.
With her older sister, Barbara Teller Ornelas, Lynda began teaching weaving classes and producing award-winning tapestries. In 2017, the two of them wrote Spider Woman’s Children: Navajo Weavers Today. They followed this with How to Weave a...2023-02-2554 min
The Long Thread PodcastMeg Swansen, Knitting MavenIn Meg Swansen’s world, knitting is so much more than knit and purl. It links music, mathematics, deep history, and world-wide communities. It is a platform for creativity, invention, and technical mastery.
Music, you say? That’s how Meg proceeds merrily along a pattern round of several hundred stitches. She sings the repeat. Or at least chants it. And those long, long pattern rounds comprise her favorite kind of knitting: color-stranded Fair Isle designs. The interplay of color and motif and deep tradition are of endless interest to her.
Mathematics are integral to the craf...2023-02-1150 min
The Long Thread PodcastLinda Ligon, PublisherMore than spinning, weaving, stitching, or any of the other crafts she's written and published about, Linda Ligon is fascinated by the people who make traditional textiles. From Peruvian spinners to Miao embroiderers to Navajo weavers, the people who make cloth the way their ancestors did have a special interest for her.
Many of the people who know Linda Ligon's work don't know her by name (which is just fine with her). Linda founded Interweave in 1975, and it went on to become a craft juggernaut. After selling the company, she founded Thrums Books, which published highly illustrated...2023-01-1428 min
The Long Thread PodcastMarcia Young, Schiffer CraftMarcia Young started her craft publishing journey by accident, with a newsletter and website for her local quilt guild. With small children at home, she fit in writing around the edges, until almost overnight she saw an opportunity for a new magazine devoted to fiber arts. Fiber Art Now and the Fiber Art Network began at Marcia’s kitchen table, and she published it quarterly for nearly a decade.
Eventually Marcia was ready for a new challenge, and she realized that Fiber Art Now was ready for a new direction, too. The publication joined with Quiltfolk, a qu...2022-11-2641 min
Deep Rooted Healing Podcast with Emma FreemanTactile Experiments with Textile and Fiber ArtIn this episode of the Deep Rooted Healing podcast, I talk about my love of textiles and fibers and all of the different ways I have explored them within my life and my art practice. I share my favorite materials and books on textiles and fibers that I love.
Etsy Shops I buy supplies from:
-I get many of my Japanese sashiko and Kogin embroidery threads here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/kimonomomo
-I get beautiful handmade papers from around the world from this shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/t...2021-02-1433 min
I'm Not In An Abusive RelationshipRemember My Name - 2020 Domestic Violence In MemoriamAt domestic violence vigils across the country, we remember those who did not survive their fight for life. These are the names of the victims of domestic violence in southwest Michigan for the 2019 Domestic Violence Awareness vigils.
The names included on this list are those of women, children, and men who died starting in 1971 through this year. The women, children, and men listed all died because of the determination and desperation of one individual to maintain power and control over another. Please help us remember those whose lives were taken and to emphasize the need for continued ef...2020-10-1417 min
Explain MeZombie Figuration Isn't a Thing: A Critical Autopsy with Antwaun Sargent
In this episode of Explain Me, critic and curator Antwaun Sargent joins us to discuss the effects of the pandemic and Alex Greenberger's Zombie Figuration, a confusing essay that appeared earlier this month in ARTnews. In the first half hour we discuss the disparate effects of the pandemic and general politics. Then we move on to art, zombies, race, and why art has limits.
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Antwaun Sargent is an art critic and a writer who has contributed to The New York Times, The New Yorker, Vice and more, as well...2020-08-042h 06The Long Thread PodcastEpisode 6: Deborah Chandler: Your Weaving TeacherThe first issue of Handwoven, which appeared in 1979, included an article by Debbie Redding, "Your Weaving Teacher." Your Weaving Teacher became a regular column full of practical advice until Deborah Chandler (as she was then known) left her writing and teaching pursuits to enter the Peace Corps. She found her way back to weaving, of course. In this conversation with Linda Ligon, she shares her best advice for any weaver—the tips and tricks that make weaving more accessible and enjoyable.2020-06-2729 minI'm Not In An Abusive RelationshipIn Memoriam: Reading Victims Names for Domestic Violence AwarenessAt domestic violence vigils across the country, we remember those who did not survive their fight for life. These are the names of the victims of domestic violence in southwest Michigan for the 2019 Domestic Violence Awareness vigils.
The names included on this list are those of women, children, and men who died starting in 1971 through this year. The women, children, and men listed all died because of the determination and desperation of one individual to maintain power and control over another. Please help us remember those whose lives were taken and to emphasize the need for continued ef...2019-10-0916 min
Fiber NationFiber Nation: Not What I ExpectedFrom the khamak embroidery of Afghanistan to Mayan rug hookers in Guatemala, see how women are changing their lives with creativity, courage, and old t shirts. Publisher Linda Ligon takes us around the world with Thrums Books, and reflects on how the best intentions can sometimes backfire.Show notes: https://www.interweave.com/fiber-nation/not-what-i-expected/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2019-03-2029 min
Rocky Valley Baptist Church SermonsThe Salvation Of The Sinner(Luke 23 Vs 39 - 48)Pastor Jason Mull - Good Friday Service 2018Thank you for listening to God’s message as given by Bro. Jason Mull. We hope this blesses you and furthers your understanding of the word. John 14:6 tells us that Jesus is the only way to the Father. I pray that you make that decision today before it’s everlasting too late. God bless you.
Pianist - Linda Ligon Cellist- Alice Lloyd2018-04-0700 minRocky Valley Baptist Church SermonsWise Men Show Us Worship(Matthew 2 Vs 1 - 12) Pastor Jason Mull 12.17.17 PM ServiceThank you for listening to God’s message as given by Bro. Jason Mull. We hope this blesses you and furthers your understanding of the word. John 14:6 tells us that Jesus is the only way to the Father. I pray that you make that decision today before it’s everlasting too late. God bless you.
Special Guests-Jason Ligon and Linda Ligon, Piano2017-12-2300 minRocky Valley Baptist Church SermonsDrawing Nearer To God In Trials (1 Kings 17Vs 1 - 7, 21 - 24)-Bro. Jason Mull- 11.12.17 AM ServiceThank you for listening to God’s message as given by Bro. Jason Mull. We hope this blesses you and furthers your understanding of the word. John 14:6 tells us that Jesus is the only way to the Father. I pray that you make that decision today before it’s everlasting too late. God bless you.
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Jason, Amie, and Linda Ligon2017-11-1300 minRocky Valley Baptist Church SermonsPt. 2 The Terrible Tongue Or The Blessing Of Words(James 3 1 - 12)Bro. Jason Mull 10.22.17-PMThank you for listening to God’s message as given by Bro. Jason Mull. We hope this blesses you and furthers your understanding of the word. John 14:6 tells us that Jesus is the only way to the Father. I pray that you make that decision today before it’s everlasting too late. God bless you.
Special Music by Jason & Amie Ligon and Mrs. Linda Ligon on piano.2017-10-2800 min
Yarnspinners Tales's PodcastYST Episode 132 A Hand spun hat and a mystery yarnMy first completed project for this year of knitting with my hand spun yarn was a garter stitch hat made from a cabled yarn from a Jacob fleece. This was a true start to finish project, I bought the fleece raw, processed it, spun it and then knit the hat,
The inspiration for the hat came from the book HomeSpun HandKnit by Linda Ligon. The pattern was the garter stitch cap.
The second knitting project started in Jan 2016 was the Painted Sky Cowl provided free by KnittingFever. I am using a worsted spun 2 ply yarn I a...2016-02-1754 min
CraftLit - Serialized Classic Literature for Busy Book Lovers253: Chapter 7 - Gulliver's TravelsChapter 7 of Gulliver’s Travels. Fun stuff: I'll be teaching at Come and have fun with me! Also check out Syne's new audiobook of the classic by Linda Collier Ligon! ! And my interview with the fabulous and wonderful of ! * * * April/May 2012 incentive—Your veddy own Defarge PAC (Don’t Lose Your Head!) t-shirt. Donate or subscribe to be put into the running for a shirt! And remember, if you subscribe you will get links to Cheddar and Wensleydale patterns AND new exclusive audio every week! Defarge 2——this time in color!—is in pre-orders! * * * , I think you’ll agree, rocks the Gulliver text...2012-05-251h 10
CraftLit - Serialized Classic Literature for Busy Book Lovers253: Chapter 7 - Gulliver's TravelsChapter 7 of Gulliver’s Travels.
Fun stuff: I'll be teaching at Come and have fun with me! Also check out Syne's new audiobook of the classic by Linda Collier Ligon! ! And my interview with the fabulous and wonderful of !
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April/May 2012 incentive—Your veddy own Defarge PAC (Don’t Lose Your Head!) t-shirt. Donate or subscribe to be put into the running for a shirt! And remember, if you subscribe you will get links to Cheddar and Wensleydale patterns AND new exclusive audio every week!
Defarge 2——this time in color!—is in pre-orders!
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, I think you’ll agree, rocks the Gulliver text...2012-05-251h 10
WeavecastInterweavings – Linda LigonThis episode we have the pleasure of chatting with Linda Ligon, the founder of Interweave Press, which publishes a host of magazines including Handwoven and Spin-Off, as well as many excellent books on weaving and the fiber arts. We pay tribute to Peter Collingwood. And … Continue reading →2008-10-3050 min