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Weave

The weave podcast, a project of Gist Yarn, brings together a community of fiber artists and people who love weaving, farmers and mill owners, textile artists and loom manufacturers, to tell the stories of the threads that bind us together.

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130: Regenerative Fashion with Lydia Wendt of...

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2020/12/07

In this week’s episode, LaChaun is speaking with Lydia Wendt, the Founder and Design Director of the California Cloth Foundry. Originally from New York, Lydia trained at the Fashion Institute of Technology and worked with some of America's top fashion designers and brands, including Tom Ford for Perry Ellis America, Calvin Klein, Jones New York, and The North Face. Before founding CCF in 2014, she was a member of the faculty of the Academy of Art University's internationally recognized fashion

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0:43:42

129: Weaving Sustainability And Social Justice with...

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2020/11/23

In this week’s episode, LaChaun is speaking with Sarah Gotowka the founder and director of Luna Fiber Studio, A textile studio specializing in weaving and natural dyes, rooted in sustainability and social justice. Sarah is a Korean adoptee and also works part-time for the Adoptive and Foster Family Coalition of New York. There she mentors youth adoptees, and advocates around trans-racial adoption issues. Weaving and dyeing have been a powerful healing tool in Sarah’s journey of exploring her roots

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Gist Yarns First Open Call For Pattern Designers

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2020/11/18

Hello, I hope all is well. Before I get into this week’s episode I would like to start out by expressing my excitement and gratitude for the recent election results. I’m glad we voted and I’m excited about the changes that are to come! While we are on the topic of the future I’m excited to introduce you all to a new project that we are working on at Gist. As part of my new role at Gist as director of partnerships and collaborations, I’m working on our very first Open Call for Gist Yarn

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0:08:56

A Message On Voting in the 2020 Election with Sarah...

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2020/11/02

In this week’s episode, LaChaun and Sarah give a short personal account of why they feel it is important to vote in the 2020 Electoral Campaign. Show notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-vote2020

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0:30:35

128: Emanating From The Textures with Torrey Beckham

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2020/10/26

In this week’s episode, LaChaun is speaking to Torrey Beckham. Torrey is a Texas-born Brooklyn-based interdisciplinary artist who weaves, uses plants, and many other creative mediums as outlets of expression. Torrey’s palette, texture choices, and subject matters all have their roots in Torrey’s personal experiences growing up Black. Torrey’s work aim's to create a space where Black and Queer folks encounter the work, seeing themselves in the lines, and feel "home" emanating from the

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0:33:44

127: Historic Wild Indigo on Johns Island South...

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2020/10/19

In this week’s episode, I’m speaking with Indigo Farmer, Textile Artist & Dressmaker Leigh Magar. Leigh’s textile design studio Madame Magar is inspired by art, nature, folkways, and history. Her studio embraces a seed to stitch design philosophy that explores the history, a rich yet tangled past of place; while living and working on a former indigo plantation in Charleston SC. Show notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-127

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0:34:37

126: Poetic Political Quilt Making with Mathematician...

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2020/10/12

In this week’s episode, LaChaun is speaking with Chawne Kimber an African-American mathematician and quilter, known for expressing her political activism in her quilts. In Chawne’s quilts, she interprets traditional forms in an improvisational style using vibrant modern colors of commercially available American-farmed, processed, and woven cotton. Some of her designs are geometric romps that emphasize the complex forms of negative space that naturally arise, while others utilize unusually small

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0:30:45

125: Weaving and Tufting with Jessie Mordine Young

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2020/10/05

In this week's episode, LaChaun is speaking with Jessie Mordine Young. Jessie is a textile curator, teacher of traditional textile techniques, and maker living in New York City. She is an MA candidate in the History of Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture at the Bard Graduate Center in New York City. She also graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) with a dual degree in Art History and Studio Art in Fiber and Material Studies. Show notes:

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0:47:32

124: Accountability In Fashion with Lauren B. Fay of...

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2020/09/28

This week on the podcast LaChaun is speaking with Lauren B. Fay the founder and executive director of the New Fashion Initiative. The New Fashion Initiative is a foundation creating interdisciplinary education and communications initiatives to promote circulatory collaboration, and accountability in the fashion industry. Lauren Fay is a connector and producer committed to creating a paradigm shift in the fashion industry. As a sustainability consultant, she’s developed initiatives and strategic

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0:35:41

123: Cultivating a Contemporary Weaving Community...

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2020/09/21

In this week’s episode, Sarah is speaking with Angela Kelly and Kim McCollum the founders of Gather Textiles. Gather is a yarn shop and textile studio in Edmonton Alberta. Their aim is to bring people together to exchange ideas, learn from one another, and to celebrate making things with our hands. We are thrilled that Gather is a Canadian stockist for Gist Yarn carrying our lines of Duet and Mallo. Show notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-123

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122: Indigo Growing and Natural Dyeing in Central...

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2020/09/14

In this week’s episode, I’m really excited to speak with Kenya Miles. Kenya is a textile artist, farmer, and the alchemist behind the Traveling Miles Studio. Kenya has a wealth of knowledge and expertise in natural textiles which she has applied to the Blue Light Junction Project, a natural dye studio, alternative color lab, retail space, dye garden & educational facility in central Baltimore, Maryland. Show notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-122

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0:44:28

121: Natural Fibers Sculpture and Gendered...

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2020/09/07

In this week’s episode, I’m speaking with Sydni Gause, an interdisciplinary artist and Adjunct Professor in Sculpture at Alfred University. Sydni works with an array of materials that she uses in her sculpture, installation, and fiber-based practice. She uses her work as a means to respond to issues between power structures and gender inequality. Working with text and gendered iconography Gause exposes her oppressive truths and begins to challenge the viewers' conditioned constructs of both a

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0:48:11

120: Deconstructing Fiber Making with Kendall Schauder

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2020/08/31

On this week's episode, I’m speaking with Kendall Schauder. Kendall received her BFA at, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She’s worked on a number of interesting fiber-based projects where she deconstructs and re-interprets the fiber making practice. I’m excited to speak with her about her “How to Grow Denim Project” where she works with salvaged raw cotton and indigo in order to document the steps required to create a 40-yard bolt of denim. www.gistyarn.com/episode-120

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119: The Warmth of Weaving on the Scottish East Coast...

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2020/08/24

Yarrow Magdalena lives a soft, slow life in Scotland and creates rituals and ceremonies for the big and small milestones in life. They also write, make textile art, host a podcast, swim in the sea all year, and do a lot of queer dreaming. Yarrow shares their practices as an offering that you can receive and make your own – they are woven together from independent celebrancy, European folk magic, expressive art, and exploratory weirdness. Comment below to keep the conversation going! Show notes:

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0:38:40

118: An Array of Fiber Making Mediums with Tammi...

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2020/08/17

On this week's podcast, I’m speaking with Tammi Williams. Tammi is a fiber artist based in Brooklyn, New York. Her fiber practice incorporates an array of fiber making mediums from weaving and knitting to sewing and construction using beautifully patterned and colorful fabrics and materials that are inspired by African patterns, prints, and textiles. Tammi recently embarked on a new business venture Yarn&Whiskey and I’m excited to talk with her about how her new venture led her to make masks in

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0:26:11

117: Specialty Yarn in Valdese, North Carolina with...

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2020/08/10

This week on the podcast Sarah is excited to welcome Stephen Hudson to the podcast. Stephen is the Senior Vice President of Sales at Meridian Specialty Yarn Group and has held a number of roles in Operations and Sales throughout his tenure at the mill. Meridian is a mill and dyehouse in North Carolina that we partner with to make our Duet and Mallo yarn collections! Show notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-117

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116: Healing Inspiration with Cynthia Alberto Founder...

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2020/08/03

In this week's episode, LaChaun is speaking with Cynthia Alberto, founder, and director of The Weaving Hand, a weaving and healing arts center in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Cynthia has graced this podcast once before in Episode 17. We invited her back on the podcast to talk about how she’s cultivating a healing environment using weaving during a time when I think we could all use some healing inspiration. Show notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-116

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0:38:28

115: A Design House Based in Weaverville, NC with...

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2020/07/27

This week on the podcast LaChaun is speaking with Amalia & Grace of Echoview Fiber Mill. Echoview is a spinning mill, knitting operation, and design house based in Weaverville, NC. They make exceptionally high quality and beautifully designed home goods, accessories, and craft knitting and weaving yarns using natural fibers like wool, alpaca, silk, mohair, and organic cotton. They also support local farmers such as Jessica Sanchez of rusted Earth Farm who was featured in Episode

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0:28:42

114: An Artisan Fiber Mill in Vermont with Susan...

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2020/07/20

This week on the podcast Sarah is talking to Susan Snider, the founder of Mad River Fiber Mill. Mad River Fiber Arts & Mill is a full-service fiber processing mini mill in Waitsfield, Vermont, working with wool, alpaca, llama, mohair, and even angora fiber! In their conversation, they talk about Susan's journey into the world of fiber, what it was like to start a mill, and some of the challenges and joys she has faced along the way. Show notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-114

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113: Saori Weaving and Divination with Lisa Shobhana...

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2020/07/13

This week on the podcast I’m speaking with Lisa Shobhana. Lisa is a Saori weaver, designer, instructor, intuitive, and astrologer. She is the author of Yarnplay: Colorful Techniques + Projects For The Creative Knitter and Yarnplay At Home: Handknits For Colorful Living. She’s contributed her design patterning and beautiful colorways to a number of popular fiber media outlets and I’m excited to share our conversation! Show notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-113

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