Anne Merrow is a knitter, spinner, weaver, and all-around textile fiend. She is the Editorial Director and a co-founder of Long Thread Media. Originally from the East Coast, she lives in Northern Colorado with her husband and an ever-growing amount of fiber (not even counting her two cats).
Counting the number of stitches and rows per inch gets more difficult when you’re measuring a swatch with marled, speckled, or other colorful yarns. Learn a few tips to get the most out of your gauge swatch.
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.
Season 11, Episode 7: Known for her innovative knitwear designs, Laura Nelkin dreamed up a new use for knitting: an annual knit-a-thon that fights hunger.
With a closed cable that wraps around the heel of your hand, Star Athena’s design puts an unusual twist on mittens.
Season 11, Episode 5: From her New York City childhood to Fashion Week runways to craft cruises around the world, Lily M. Chin takes the world in stride with needles and hooks in hand.
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.
At Clean Fleece New York, the Hudson Valley Textile Project takes on the dirty job of scouring natural fibers.
Between fiber and fabric lies an essential link in the yarn supply chain: the mill that transforms raw material into yarn. One mill in upstate New York is dedicated to making yarn that works for the whole community.
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When you only have a few skeins of a yarn you treasure, you want to make every yard count. Here are 7 ways to make sure you make the best use of it.
