A few weeks ago I received an email from Long Thread Media co-founder Anne Merrow with an invitation to participate in her podcast.
For eleven seasons, Long Thread Media has been “telling the stories of cloth, thread, and their makers”, and this time Anne had chosen me to tell my story about the TURTLE looms.
I humbly and excitedly agreed.
The recording session felt like catching up with a good friend that I had not seen for a long time, Anne is a fantastic moderator. I hope that you will enjoy that experience when you listen.
The podcast is now available on the Long Thread Media website and you can also listen to it through any podcast aggregator (such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Amazon).
If you are curious to see some of the customer projects that have impressed me, as mentioned during the podcast, you can see a selection in these posts. There are many more and I hope to find the time to post more customer projects going forward.
Lastly, here is an example for what I mention in the podcast about designing looms, where I occasionally move away from “plain math” and make looms more comfortable to work with and improve weaving results:
Several of our looms have a slightly widened opening that will make it easier to guide the weaving tool, and it will also compensate just a little bit for the typical, slightly tighter weave on the last rows (when you take the piece off the loom, the weaving bounces into a more perfect shape).
I hope that you will enjoy listening, but I’d like to encourage you to not stop with this podcast: I have listened to previous episodes when I needed some “downtime with inspiration”, which means I want some time away from the world, but with a little bit more than just relaxing background music. It has always been a delight to learn about other people in the fiber world, what they do and how they do it … interesting methods, projects, experiences. Grab your pin loom and a beverage, then relax and explore more.
Happy listening and weaving!
Photo credits: Podcast title graphics from @longthreadmedia, used with permission.
That is fantastic Gabi. I will check it out for sure. I have enjoyed the ones I have listened to.
Awesome, let me know what you think!
Oh Gabi! A well deserved honor! I have listened to many of these …and many replays of the ones by Sarah Swett, Rebecca Mezoff and Tommye Scanlin…can’t wait to listen to yours!!
Thank you, Deetzie! Oh, there are so many great names on that list … have fun listening!