The Long Thread Podcast
The artists and artisans of the fiber world come to you in The Long Thread Podcast. Each episode features interviews with your favorite spinners, weavers, needleworkers, and fiber artists from across the globe. Get the inspiration, practical advice, and personal stories of experts as we follow the long thread.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 50 minutes
- Episodes
- 126
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Episode 6: Deborah Chandler: Your Weaving Teacher
The first issue of Handwoven, which appeared in 1979, included an article by Debbie Redding, "Your Weaving Teacher." Your Weaving Teacher became a regular column full of practical advice until Debora…
Episode 5: Sara Lamb: Try Something New, and Finish It!
A self-described "spinner who weaves," Sara Lamb works in a wide variety of media: leather, embroidery, dyeing, and knotted cut pile, to name just a few. You might see her in one of her signature Jap…
Episode 4: Deborah Chandler: On Cultural Appropriation and Mayan Weavers
American-born weaver Deborah Chandler is the author of the bestselling Learning to Weave, an essential book for generations of beginning artisans. She has lived in Guatemala for 20 years, working wit…
Episode 3: Sarah Wroot: The Value of Cloth
Sarah Wroot brings a reverence to her work with cloth, whether it's spinning, weaving, or stitching. This issue explores her passion for making and preserving textiles. Cloth can derive value from th…
Episode 2: Terry Mattison: Dyeing with Mushrooms and Plants
Although Terry Mattison is the first to say that she's still exploring and learning about natural dyes, she has achieved great results (and great adventures) connecting the realm of fiber with the ki…
Episode 1: Shay Pendray: Stitcher, Businesswoman, Cowgirl
Shay Pendray may be best known as the host of The Embroidery Studio and Needle Arts Studio and author of The Needleworker’s Companion. Having visited Japan to learn the techniques of Japanese embroi…