Sheep

Oh, Who Are the People in Your Fiber Festival?*

’Tis the season for going to fiber events and woolly gatherings!

Elizabeth Prose

Fiber Festival: Beyond the Shopping

What can you do at the sheep and wool festival? Along with the price of admission, you have access to demonstrations that can be the best part of your fiber festival weekend. Here are a few demos you can’t miss.

Anne Merrow

Saying Goodbye to The Mannings

As The Mannings prepares to close its doors for good, Tom gives one last tribute to the school where he got his start weaving, spinning, and teaching. 

Tom Knisely

At the Fiber Festival: How to Shop at Sheep and Wool Festivals

Here’s how to shop at sheep and wool festivals when you want to bring home goodies.

Anne Merrow

Fiber Festivals: What Not to Miss at a Sheep and Wool Festival

Fiber enthusiasts look forward to sheep and wool festivals every year! Some even travel across the country to attend the larger festivals. Fiber festivals have more to offer than just the vendors market. Had enough shopping?

Anne Merrow

Beatrix Potter and Her Sheep

Thanks to her delightful books, Beatrix Potter will probably always be associated with various animals, especially rabbits. In her real life, Potter was known for her sheep.

Christina Garton

Take a Fiber Trip

Immerse yourself in fiber with a fiber trip.

Long Thread Editorial Staff

In Praise of Teachers

Madelyn van der Hoogt

Counting Sheep (And Goats and Alpacas...)

How many breeds of sheep and goats can you count?

Anne Merrow

An Explorer at Home

You would like Sara Lamb the minute you met her. She approaches weaving with her head and her whole heart.

Long Thread Editorial Staff

The Best Weave Structure is Doubleweave

Madelyn explains why she would pick doubleweave if she could only pick one structure.

Madelyn van der Hoogt

Spinning a Good Yarn

Sara Lamb is a weaver, spinner, dyer, and an extraordinary teacher. She joins us today to share her path from cloth to fleece and back.

Sara Lamb