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).
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Don’t let holes ruin your socks! From how you knit to how you care for your handmade footwear, here are some tips to keep your pampered feet in their favorite knits.
Season 12, Episode 6: Growing from a small group of Shetlands to a diverse flock of over a hundred sheep, Farmer Tam’s animals bind her to the land and connect her with shepherds and knitters everywhere.
Whether you feel passionately about preserving the planet or your choices as a knitter, wool can be part of the solution.
Angela Hahn’s clever shawl puts a new twist on the classic border-plus-edging crescent.
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.
