Anne Merrow

Anne Merrow

Anne Merrow is a knitter, spinner, weaver, and all-around textile fiend. She is the Editorial Director and a co-founder of Long Thread Media. Originally from the East Coast, she lives in Northern Colorado with her husband and an ever-growing amount of fiber (not even counting her two cats).


Articles

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.

Long Thread Podcast: Emily Lymm, Wool & Palette

Season 10, Episode 2: With a passion for rich, beautiful color and slow fiber, Emily Lymm uses natural dyes to create a more sustainable craft world.

Durable and Elegant: Setu Socks to Knit

Drawing on her love of Estonian culture and knitting, Nancy Bush designed a pair of geometric socks based on a historic stocking. The new version features expanded sizing and naturally durable yarn.

The Knitter’s Guide to (Not) Shopping Prime Day

The annual shopping event presents a golden opportunity to shop for what you really want . . . and skip the rest.

Long Thread Podcast: Kate Gagnon Osborn & Courtney Kelley, Kelbourne Woolens

Season 9, Episode 9: Beginning as employees in a Philadelphia yarn shop, Kate and Courtney have built a partnership around a shared vision: wearable classic knitwear and yarns.

Subscriber Exclusive

Beyond Soft: Long, Strong, Lustrous Wool

On the quest for the softest yarn you can find? You’re missing out.

Knitting My Own Sheep (and Facing the Colorwork Dragon)

With spring lambs popping up everywhere we look, I had to get in on the wee wooly cuteness . . . by knitting a trio of Estonian-inspired colorwork sheep.

Subscriber Exclusive

Twisting Tweed with Anne’s Socks

A simple eyelet spiral is just enough detail to set off the organic sprinkle of nepps in this tweedy yarn.

Long Thread Podcast: Hannah Thiessen Howard, Slow Knitting

Season 8, Episode 10: More and more, knitters look to the craft for meaning as well as creativity and pleasure. Through books, magazines, and partnerships, Hannah Thiessen Howard aims to connect that purpose to practice.

Long Thread Podcast: Lisa Chamoff, Indie Untangled

Season 8, Episode 5: After ten years, the online yarn marketplace Indie Untangled has grown from a simple website to an engine for discovery.

From the Library

View All