Month: January 2018

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In this episode I talk with Jennifer Tepper Heverley, owner and sole dyer of Spirit Trail Fiberworks. Spirit Trail focuses on luxury fibers, like merino, cashmere, silk, and some really great breed specific yarns in an extensive range of bases. We also talk to Deb Robson about Polwarth wool from Tarndwarncoort.

Show Notes:

• Twist & Knit, my book (and on Amazon)
• Lune Shawl, the purple fiber for the handspun version was provided by Spirit Trail.
• Rappahannock County, Virginia
• Spirit Trail’s Range of base yarns
• Protein vs. Cellulose Fibers in dyeing
• Spirit Trail’s Clubs!
• Clara Parkes’ Breed Specific Yarns
• The mythology behind the names: Astraea, Aurora, Brigantia, Eir, Eos, Luna, Nona, Philomena, Selene, Sunna, Verdande, Vesta, Zalti
• Brilliant Color Passion, Jennifer’s painting IG account
• The class I’m taking to learn to watercolor, and a 25% discount.
• The embroidery I was doing for Christmas presents
• The silk scarves that Jennifer dyes
• Blue Ridge Mountains
• Color Inspiration Thursday Series
• Painted Hills, the colorway with Emily Connell
• Zaftig
• Aurora
• Blendoku game for Android and iOS

Technical stuff:

• Deb Robson’s Site
• Deb’s free Craftsy Class, Know Your Wool
• Fleece & Fiber Sourcebook (affiliate link)
• Polwarth wool
• About Micron count
• Tasmania, where Cormo was developed
• Corriedale discussion in Episode 101
• Tarndwarncoort (aka Tarndie), the location of the development of Polwarth
• Coating or Jacketing Fleece

  

• Fruity Knitting Videocast – Interview with Tom Dennis of Tarndie
  
• Colored Polwarth Wool!
  

I hope you all had a great holiday season and a wonderful new year. I’ve got my goals and intentions set for 2018, and this podcast is prominently featured in that list. I’ve really been enjoying the work and would love it if it would help support me in the coming year. The podcast requires a lot of time and equipment, as well as hosting fees, and the like. My experts have been generous with their time and knowledge as favors to me, but I would like in this new year to be able to pay them for that time and knowledge.

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This podcast was produced in Salt Lake City UT, with production help from Sid Fallon. Music is by the ever illusive Breakmaster Cylinder.

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