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Long Thread Podcast: Josefin Waltin, Swedish Spinning Revival

Season 7, Episode 1: First-time farmers Season 6, Episode 9: Josefin turned to spinning to help preserve Swedish heritage sheep breeds and live a more sustainable life. She has found a kinship with crafters around the world and discovered her superpower in fiber.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.

Audio · Farm & Fiber Knits

Long Thread Podcast: Kate Larson, Shepherd, Teacher, Editor

Season 4, Episode 7: Lamb snuggles, Dorset buttons, Indiana soil, plain sewing, and spinning cotton on a charkha—these are the joys of editor Kate Larson.

Audio · Farm & Fiber Knits

Bonus Podcast: Lilly Marsh, Knitting Scholar

Long Thread Podcast: Rowland and Chinami Ricketts (full version)

In the field and in their studios, Rowland and Chinami explore and reimagine traditional Japanese methods for growing, processing, and dyeing with indigo.

Audio · Handwoven

Long Thread Podcast: Meg Swansen, Knitting Maven

Season 6, Episode 3: Beginning under the wing of her legendary mother, Elizabeth Zimmermann, Meg has spread her wings to become one of the most influential and best-loved figures in the knitting world.

Audio · Farm & Fiber Knits

Long Thread Podcast: Penelope Hemingway, Needlework Historian

Season 2, Episode 9: In the back rooms of Yorkshire's archives and museums, textile treasures await an understanding historian.

Audio · Farm & Fiber Knits

Long Thread Podcast: Franklin Habit

Season 2, Episode 4: Franklin shares how his loves of textiles, books, and miniatures come together.

Audio · Farm & Fiber Knits

Long Thread Podcast: Susan Druding (classic)

Season 7, Episode 6: What do you get when you give a Free-Speech Movement activist a spinning wheel? A lifelong teacher, a Bay Area institution, and a spark for fiber arts exploration.

Audio · Farm & Fiber Knits

Long Thread Podcast: Maggie Casey & Judy Steinkoenig

Season 2, Episode 3: Ever wonder what it’s really like to own a yarn store?

Audio · Farm & Fiber Knits

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

Long Thread Podcast: Jeanne Carver, Shaniko Wool

Season 5, Episode 8: On the high desert rangelands of the Imperial Stock Ranch, Jeanne Carver's family is showing what sustainability really means: with careful stewardship, what's good for sheep can be excellent for the earth.

Audio · Farm & Fiber Knits

Long Thread Podcast: Brooke Sinnes, Sincere Sheep

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.

Audio · Farm & Fiber Knits

Long Thread Podcast: Liz Sytsma and Theresa Hill, Wild Hand

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.

Audio · Farm & Fiber Knits

Long Thread Podcast: Mary Jeanne Packer, Battenkill Fibers Carding & Spinning Mill

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.

Audio · Farm & Fiber Knits

Long Thread Podcast: Clara Parkes, Bestselling Author and Wool Promoter

Season 7, Episode 2: From yarn reviews to yarn creation, journalist and bestselling author Clara Parkes takes knitters on a journey of wooly exploration.

Audio · Farm & Fiber Knits

Long Thread Podcast: Lydia Christiansen, Abundant Earth Fiber

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.

Audio · Farm & Fiber Knits

Long Thread Podcast: Peggy Orenstein, Author of Unraveling

Season 6, Episode 5: Life lessons are where you find them. Peggy Orenstein found them in her quest to build a sweater from scratch.

Audio · Farm & Fiber Knits

Long Thread Podcast: Melanie Falick, Making a Life

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.

Audio · Farm & Fiber Knits

Long Thread Podcast: Sarah Swett, Fiber Artist & Adventurer

Season 7, Episode 3: With her playful approach to life and textiles, Sarah Swett discovers her passions for nature and fiber, time and again.

Audio · Farm & Fiber Knits

Long Thread Podcast: Lisa Chamoff, Indie Untangled

Season 8, Episode 5: After ten years, the online yarn marketplace Indie Untangled has grown from a simple website to an engine for discovery.

Audio · Farm & Fiber Knits

Long Thread Podcast: Stephany Wilkes, Sheep Shearer & Author

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.

Audio · Farm & Fiber Knits

Long Thread Podcast: Kristin Nicholas, Knitter, Artist, Farmer, Author

Season 7, Episode 8: The knitwear designer and creative director on creativity, fiber arts, and why she’s not farming yarn.

Audio · Farm & Fiber Knits

Long Thread Podcast: Lisa Mitchell Lives a Fiber Life—with Guanacos

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.

Audio · Farm & Fiber Knits

Long Thread Podcast: Felicia Lo, SweetGeorgia

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.”

Audio · Farm & Fiber Knits