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The Long Thread Podcast

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Oct 3#158

About the show

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.

Latest episodes

  • Sally Pointer, Experimental Archaeologist

    October 3, 2026 · 49 min

    How did people make and use the textiles we’ve created for millennia? From nalbinding to netting to bast fiber processing, Sally Pointer looks for answers by working with her hands. Some fiber crafts are as old as humanity, even recorded…

  • Melissa M. Littlefield, Reinventing Wool

    September 19, 2026 · 43 min

    How could you possibly improve on wool, the perfect fiber? In the 20th century, scientists thought they could do just that. Some of their innovations have disappeared . . . but some remain. In the middle of the 20th century, with…

  • David Richie, Green Mountain Spinnery

    September 5, 2026 · 45 min

    A small group of Vermonters wanted to improve the environment and preserve the rural character of the state. Along with two friends, David Richie and his wife found a way: they founded the Green Mountain Spinnery. David Richie and his…

  • Karen Elting Brock, PieceWork

    August 22, 2026 · 41 min

    A love of words, stories, and cloth led Karen Elting Brock around the world and back to PieceWork. ”All This by Hand” appeared on the first covers of PieceWork magazine, intended to capture the scope of material between the covers…

  • Lir Shilton, Ribblr

    August 8, 2026 · 51 min

    As a budding crochet designer, Lir Shilton ran into obstacles and annoyances that many beginning crafters face. But instead of learning to live with them, she and her partner decided to make a platform that offers a different approach…

  • Emily Whitted, Texile Historian

    July 25, 2026 · 40 min

    A pair of silk stockings, mended again and again below the ankle, set Emily Whitted on the path of discovery that has led her through archives and museums of early American history. The stockings belonged to Philadelphia’s Stephen Girard…

  • Books off the Beaten Path: The Yarn Barn of Kansas List of Hidden Gems

    July 18, 2026 · 44 min

    Book Club Podcast: What lesser-known treasures do Yarn Barn fiber artists love to share? Susan and Melissa share some of their favorites in weaving, spinning, and knitting. Liz Gipson drops by to talk about one of her books that Susan and…

  • Loretta Pettway Bennett, Gee's Bend Quilter

    July 11, 2026 · 36 min

    A fifth-generation quilter from the legendary community of Gee’s Bend, Alabama, Loretta Pettway Bennett turns well used cloth into her own expressions of color and community. Loretta Pettway Bennett began her quilting journey as a child…