Fibreshare is one of those beautiful weaving institutions that make our community so special. Founded in 2015, FibreShare is at its very basic an international yarn swap.
Chico Flax is a movement to promote a more self-reliant flax-to-fabric textile industry in the Northern Sacramento Valley. Sandy, along with other regional growers and gardeners, grows, harvests, and processes the plant for fiber.
Cathryn Amidei is an expert Jacquard weaver and teacher.I first met Cathryn at Laurie Carlson Steger’s studio in Massachusetts last spring, where she was teaching a workshop on the TC2 Jacquard loom.
Kacie Lynn is a textile artist and farmer who studied Apparel Design and then decided to sustainably raise alpacas on a small homestead in the Tennessee foothills.
Julius is a cotton farmer from Northampton County in North Carolina. He grows cotton on his multi-generational family farm, and uses his Black cotton decor and accessories business as a tool to educate on the plight of rural black cotton farmers as well as a means of working towards his dream of turning his cotton into clothing.
This week, we're turning the tables a bit, LaChaun will be interviewing me (Sarah) for the show. In our conversation, we talk about how I became a weaver, and what inspired me to create the this little weaving yarn shop and start this podcast.
Jane is an accomplished Canadian weaver and much beloved teacher who has taught many weavers over the decades of her career. She also hosts an online weaving guild which welcomes weavers all over the world into her class even if they aren't able to travel to Salt Spring Island in person to take a workshop.
Kathy Hattori, the founder of Botanical Colors, is for you! Botanical Colors supplies artisans and the textile industry with the materials and knowledge to dye textiles in a way that uses less water, is non-toxic and bio-degradable.
Kacie Lyn Martinez is participatory fiber artist, facilitator, and systems designer. Kacie uses fiber arts to create spaces, tools, and technologies that honor our humanity.
Angela Laswell Smith i the founder and creative director of Purl and Loop. Purl and Loop specializes in making products to help weavers, including their wildly popular Swatch Maker 3-in-1, and a lot of other portable handheld looms and accessories.
Amada is the representative for the Tixinda Dreamweavers cooperative of dyers, spinners, and weavers located in Oaxaca, Mexico. Patrice Perillie is an immigration rights attorney who works with the Tixinda cooperative to create and sell their work.
