News & Notes From FGF
Answers to your Natural Dye Questions
In this episode of the Flying Goat Farm podcast, I talk about the benefits and pitfalls of natural dyes. I also help you with questions about how to use these yarns effectively in a pattern. And once you've invested in naturally dyed yarn, fabric or clothing, how...
What about Natural Dyed Fiber and Fabric?
Lisa answers questions about natural dyeing. Why is it important? What makes it beneficial? What are the pitfalls? Of course there is a Call to Action to find a Natural dyer in your area!!
A Fibershed Conversation with Marian Bruno
A new episode dropped today. It's my Fibershed Conversation with Marian Bruno. We talk about our creative journeys and we talk about how to move from fast fashion to slow, local fashion in a mindful way. We talk a lot about some influential books as well. You can find...
A Fibershed Conversation with Marian Bruno
Marian and I talk about the Chesapeake Fibershed and how we can change our buying habits to become a more local textile user.
A Conversation with Roan Farnum
In my continuing series about Fibershed, I talk with Roan Farnum about their creative journey and how Fibershed plays a role in those creative endeavors. It was fun to talk about how they are taking a raw fleece and developing it into a sweater. You can listen to it...
A Fibershed Conversation with Roan Farnum
Lisa and Roan talk about how the Sustainable Cloth Challenge has merged with our creative lives to bring a local wardrobe closer to fruition.
A Conversation with Ellen Hoch
Ellen is a vibrant member of the Chesapeake Fibershed so I thought it would be fun to talk about the Fibershed movement. We also get into the difficulties there are with getting local yarn and fabrics, simply because our infrastructure is gone. There are some new...
A Fibershed Conversation with Ellen Hoch
Lisa and Ellen talk about Fibershed and how our creative journeys brought us to Fibershed. We talk about the challenges and also the opportunities that making a local wardrobe gives us!
My Creative Journey into Slow Fashion
I'm answering the questions I had for my guests in upcoming episodes. I've been making since I was a kid. I was taught to embroider and sew clothing early on. It was a valued skill in my family. As a young adult I picked up needlepoint and even started to paint my own...
My Fibershed Journey
Lisa is speaking about her creative and fibershed journeys and how they are leading to activism.
