On this week's episode, I’m speaking with Kendall Schauder. Kendall received her BFA at, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She’s worked on a number of interesting fiber-based projects where she deconstructs and re-interprets the fiber making practice. I’m excited to speak with her about her “How to Grow Denim Project” where she works with salvaged raw cotton and indigo in order to document the steps required to create a 40-yard bolt of denim. www.gistyarn.com/episode-120
Aug 31, 2020•48 min
Yarrow Magdalena lives a soft, slow life in Scotland and creates rituals and ceremonies for the big and small milestones in life. They also write, make textile art, host a podcast, swim in the sea all year, and do a lot of queer dreaming. Yarrow shares their practices as an offering that you can receive and make your own – they are woven together from independent celebrancy, European folk magic, expressive art, and exploratory weirdness. Comment below to keep the conversation going! Show notes: ...
Aug 24, 2020•35 min
On this week's podcast, I’m speaking with Tammi Williams. Tammi is a fiber artist based in Brooklyn, New York. Her fiber practice incorporates an array of fiber making mediums from weaving and knitting to sewing and construction using beautifully patterned and colorful fabrics and materials that are inspired by African patterns, prints, and textiles. Tammi recently embarked on a new business venture Yarn&Whiskey and I’m excited to talk with her about how her new venture led her to make masks...
Aug 17, 2020•39 min
This week on the podcast Sarah is excited to welcome Stephen Hudson to the podcast. Stephen is the Senior Vice President of Sales at Meridian Specialty Yarn Group and has held a number of roles in Operations and Sales throughout his tenure at the mill. Meridian is a mill and dyehouse in North Carolina that we partner with to make our Duet and Mallo yarn collections! Show notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-117
Aug 10, 2020•26 min
In this week's episode, LaChaun is speaking with Cynthia Alberto, founder, and director of The Weaving Hand, a weaving and healing arts center in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Cynthia has graced this podcast once before in Episode 17. We invited her back on the podcast to talk about how she’s cultivating a healing environment using weaving during a time when I think we could all use some healing inspiration. Show notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-116
Aug 03, 2020•31 min
This week on the podcast LaChaun is speaking with Amalia & Grace of Echoview Fiber Mill. Echoview is a spinning mill, knitting operation, and design house based in Weaverville, NC. They make exceptionally high quality and beautifully designed home goods, accessories, and craft knitting and weaving yarns using natural fibers like wool, alpaca, silk, mohair, and organic cotton. They also support local farmers such as Jessica Sanchez of rusted Earth Farm who was featured in Episode 92. www.gist...
Jul 27, 2020•38 min
This week on the podcast Sarah is talking to Susan Snider, the founder of Mad River Fiber Mill. Mad River Fiber Arts & Mill is a full-service fiber processing mini mill in Waitsfield, Vermont, working with wool, alpaca, llama, mohair, and even angora fiber! In their conversation, they talk about Susan's journey into the world of fiber, what it was like to start a mill, and some of the challenges and joys she has faced along the way. Show notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-114
Jul 20, 2020•29 min
This week on the podcast I’m speaking with Lisa Shobhana. Lisa is a Saori weaver, designer, instructor, intuitive, and astrologer. She is the author of Yarnplay: Colorful Techniques + Projects For The Creative Knitter and Yarnplay At Home: Handknits For Colorful Living. She’s contributed her design patterning and beautiful colorways to a number of popular fiber media outlets and I’m excited to share our conversation! Show notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-113
Jul 13, 2020•28 min
This week on the podcast LaChaun is speaking with Wouter de Vries and Dorothe Swinkels of Textile Plus magazine. Textile plus is a Dutch magazine and website that’s published every three months showcasing works of textile artists around the globe. In their conversation, they talk about their recently published weaving focused issue, their online exhibition that focuses on art in the times of the coronavirus, and a brief history of weaving in their region. Show notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-112...
Jul 06, 2020•34 min
This week on the podcast, I'm excited to be talking to the team at Muezart Yarn. Muezart is a small business in Northeast India that focuses on making and selling handspun, naturally dyed Eri Silk to weavers, knitters, crocheters, and other fiber artists. I first found out about them about a year ago when they mailed a sample card to our studio, and I was absolutely captivated by the rich and vibrant colors they created from plants. Over several zoom calls with their team over the past year, I l...
Jun 29, 2020•37 min
This week on the podcast LaChaun is speaking with Michelle Brooks a Chicago based fiber artist and owner of the Stitchering Shop. Michelle creates custom textile art pieces using a variety of fiber techniques such as tufting, embroidery stitching, and weaving. In our conversation we talk about how she began working with fibers, the fiber making community in Chicago, and how she is using her artistry to advocate for the Black Lives Matter Movement. Show notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-110
Jun 22, 2020•42 min
Today on the podcast, LaChaun and I are talking about issues of racism and White Supremacy, and the ways they are deeply embedded into our textile industries and communities. This country and the world and all of us are reacting to the murder of George Floyd and so many other Black people at the hands of the police. White folks are being called upon to deeply examine and work at rooting out the racism in ourselves and our families and communities and it is work I am committed to staying focused ...
Jun 16, 2020•40 min
a short message from Sarah
Jun 03, 2020•2 min
This week on the podcast LaChaun is speaking with Judy Martin. Judy is a full-time professional textile artist in Ontario, Canada. She uses dye, thread, and cloth as primary materials to produce works through stitching these materials by hand. The process is time-consuming, but the healing meditation inherent in the method gives her the vitality to fulfill her large scale projects. In 2010 Judy began harvesting and processing natural plant dyes from local fields to create her work. Her practice ...
May 25, 2020•36 min
This week on the podcast, Sarah is talking to Liz Sytsma, the founder of Wild Hand, a supply shop for fiber folks in Philadelphia. They talk about her journey to starting Wild Hand, the beautiful community they're cultivating there, how they are adapting in this time of social distancing, and lots more. Show notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-107
May 18, 2020•44 min
This week on the podcast LaChaun is speaking with Stephanie Pinerio of Shed Textile Company. Shed Textile Company focuses on the art of hand weaving and local fibers in New York State. The fibers used in her pieces are hand-sourced locally from farmers, spinners, shearers, dyers, makers, tradesmen and the countless regional fiber festivals that dot the countryside every year. Each artisanal design is created by hand, beginning with the initial stages of fiber selection to hand warping, dressing ...
May 11, 2020•39 min
This week on the podcast Sarah will be talking to Ben Hostetler, the Operations Manager at Mountain Meadow Wool Mill. They will be discussing what it's like running a small family business in the wool industry, how ranchers and their own mill are adapting to changes brought by COVID-19, and about their Kickstarter for a new line of wool kids clothing. Show notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-105
May 04, 2020•33 min
This week on the podcast LaChaun is speaking with Ashton Zager. Ashton is a fiber artist based out of her home in Asheville, North Carolina. She’s a self taught weaver, known for her beautiful circular weavings and woven jewelry pieces. Prior to weaving, she didn’t consider herself creative, but she quickly began to use weaving as a form of therapy through her personal grieving process. We are delighted to have Ashton as a guest this week! Show notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-104
Apr 27, 2020•45 min
Sarah here. I’m coming on today with a solo-cast, sharing a window into how our business is adapting to this time, what we’re feeling scared about and hopeful about, and how we are planning for the future. I hope that wherever this finds you, wherever you are listening from, you and your loved ones are safe and healthy, in body and in spirit. I’ve been hearing from many of you about how you are coping with and adapting to these times, and I am so grateful to receive those messages and to be in t...
Apr 20, 2020•13 min
This week on the podcast LaChaun is speaking with Kelsie Doty. Kelsie is a Ph.D. Candidate at Cornell University and faculty at Kansas State University. Kelsie’s work aims to teach the next generation of fashion professionals about design and sustainability through scientific research and experimentation of natural dye's for the commercial market. In their conversation, they talk about how Kelsie's personal background has influenced her design aesthetic and natural dye practice. Show notes: www....
Apr 06, 2020•42 min
Hi everyone, Sarah here, back at it hosting an episode of the Weave Podcast. These are hard and unsettling times we are living in now, and I hope that this podcast is providing some comfort and peacefulness for you. This week on the podcast, I’m talking to Thoma Ewen. Thoma is a tapestry weaver in Quebec, Canada whose work focuses on a lifelong love of the natural environment. She is also the founder of Moon Rain, a center for tapestry weaving and teaching, and a place for creative retreat and r...
Mar 30, 2020•39 min
This week’s episode features Lynn Battle an incredibly talented self-taught weaver who began weaving to help offset her symptoms after being diagnosed with Lupus and MS. We are so lucky to have Lynn on the podcast this week and I am excited to share our conversation. Show notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-101
Mar 16, 2020•28 min
Can you believe this is the 100th episode! I’m so grateful for the community that we've created with this podcast. Thank you for your continued support! This week’s episode features Angela Tong, a designer of knitting & weaving patterns, a pottery maker and a Mirrix Looms brand ambassador. I came across Angela’s work via BIPOC in fiber project and I’m excited to share our conversation about working with the trifecta of fiber art knitting weaving and crocheting as well as how important it is ...
Mar 09, 2020•44 min
This week’s episode features Leigh Anne Hilbert, the Network Coordinator for the Carolina Textile District, an enterprise of The Industrial Commons. Growing up in a textile region in southwestern Virginia, Leigh saw factories close and thousands of people laid off, including her mother. After witnessing the positive impact that the Carolina Textile District could have in the region, both for owners and workers, she jumped in. Show notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-99
Mar 03, 2020•40 min
This week’s episode features Penelope Starr. Penelope repairs damaged Navajo rugs by reweaving them in order to restore their original pattern. In our conversation, we talk about the historical significance of Navajo weaving as well as how she had gained the technical skills to complete these restorations. Show notes : www.gistyarn.com/episode-98
Feb 24, 2020•37 min
This week’s episode features Melonie Cavallaro Wallace, a fine artist, and weaver. Melonie studied Fine Art and Art History in Italy where she discovered her passion for classic oil painting, world culture and combining global textures, form, and color. She now uses these elements in her weaving practice which is based in South Philadelphia. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-97
Feb 17, 2020•26 min
This week on the podcast I’m speaking with Kristin Arzt of Scrambles Quilts. Kristin is a quilter, natural dye grower and artist instructor residing in Oakland, California. She fuses yoga and wellness with her fiber practice and I'm excited to have her on the podcast this week to talk about her experience working in the beautiful natural fiber hub, Northern California. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-96
Feb 10, 2020•30 min
This week on the podcast I’m speaking with Catherine Cross Tsintzos. Catherine is an Interdisciplinary-Multidisciplinary Artist with a focus on environmental and social issues, traditional fine craft and sustainability. She works with natural fibers and dyes with a deep focus on artistic practice, teaching, activism, and invitation for participation and I'm excited to share our fascinating conversation! Shownotes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-95
Feb 03, 2020•34 min
This week is a special mailbag episode featuring emails and comments from listeners who’ve written to us. This podcast has steadily grown and this is our way of showing gratitude for your very kind words. The team at GistYarn is so thankful for your support! We hope you enjoy! Shownotes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-listeners
Jan 27, 2020•23 min
This week on the podcast I'm speaking with writer, speaker and wool advocate Clara Parkes. Clara is known for her beloved “Knitters Review” as well as for her New York Times Best Seller “Knitlandia: A Knitter Sees the World.” In our conversation, we talk about her most recent publication “Vanishing Fleece: Adventures in American Wool.” A tale of her year-long exploration traveling to farms and mills across America in order to transform a 676-pound bale of fleece into commercial yarn. Show notes:...
Jan 14, 2020•41 min
