When I was growing up, my mother told me about the legend of the animals that would talk at the stroke of midnight on Christmas. I never checked what our old horses might say; it was too cold to go to the barn at midnight.
Season 8, Episode 3: Following her love for knitting with wool and curiosity about heritage sheep, Jane Cooper and her husband left their suburban life to move to Orkney and steward a flock of one of the rarest breeds in Britain, the Boreray.
Knitting with gradient yarn keeps your needles clicking as you race for the next color in the yarn.
Season 7, Episode 9: Foraging for plants in the woods near home, a novice textile artist took on a major project: to transform stinging nettles to a handmade dress.
You may be surprised by the unlikely hues that result from these sources of natural dye.
Long before she was a knitwear design luminary, Kristin Nicholas showed off her spinning skills in a holiday window display.
For her master’s degree in textiles and clothing, Kristin wrote a thesis that was near and dear to her heart.
After learning to spin, cotton balls in medicine bottles, dust bunnies behind the couch, and even your husband’s beard may all look like potential yarn.
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.