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Celebrate Ranch-Raised Wool with the Smith River Vest

Combine natural-colored Targhee yarn with double seed stitch for a gorgeous textured vest that’s perfect for everyday wear.

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Growing up in Ukraine, Olga was surrounded by a family of crafters and farmers—an upbringing that shaped her present-day life as a homesteader and knitwear designer.

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With a garter-stitch lace pattern and oversized applied edging, this design shapes itself.

Where Your Yarn Grows

Before natural-fiber yarn reaches your needles, yarn shop, and even the mill, it starts on a farm. At Wing & A Prayer Farm, producing beautiful wool is partnership between shepherd, sheep, and land.

Long Thread Podcast: Gale Zucker, Photographer

Season 10, Episode 3: Behind the camera or behind the needles, Gale Zucker loves to tell the stories of the fiber world.

The Allure of the Eyelet

Just because a technique is easy doesn’t mean it can’t be spectacular. Behold the versatile eyelet!

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A Woman with a Mission: Wool, Cotton, Wheat, and Sally Fox’s Regenerative Farming

Producing wool, cotton, and wheat doesn’t have to deplete the earth and consume groundwater. Sally Fox is using her hard-won organic farming wisdom to produce excellent fiber that enriches the soil.