News & Notes From FGF
Mindful Clothing: How to Start to Use Clothing Choice to Change the Planet!
Season 4 Episode 6 is all about the Integrity Index developed by Greta Egan. This index is a smorgasbord of a sort. There are 16 factors that you can use to pick the most important values to you and build your mindful wardrobe with these in mind. It makes sense to use...
Mindful Clothing
In this episode Lisa talks about the Integrity index developed by Greta Eagan in her book Wear No Evil. Let's pick from the 16 factors to make some changes to the textiles we live with, such as clothing or home textiles.
It’s Coming…. The 2022 Tour de Fleece
The Tour starts on July 1st. That's just 9 days away. What's the Tour de Fleece? Well it is a spinners event that runs the duration of the Tour de France. It was born probably over 10 years ago. I know I've hosted teams for at least 7 or 8 of those years. The premise...
Slow Fashion: New Podcast Episode
Slow fashion is the opposite of fast fashion. It has arisen from the concerns about the planet and about concerns about wage equality and the equal treatment of people in all countries, not only as workers, but also as the end users of these products and concern about...
Slow Fashion
In this episode, Lisa talks about the origins of slow fashion. She also talks about how to start to change your wardrobe over from fast, plastic based clothing to slow, natural fiber based clothing. She also includes a call to action.
June Shop Update
Here are some new Chinook and Sparkly skeins. I've also added a mini skein pack for those who want to make a fun shawl out of minis. It can be used to make the mini meditation shawl designed by Kira Wharton. You can find the pattern here....
Mini Skeins for the Fiber Art Studio Tour Shawl
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Toxins in Our Clothes
Toxins, Mutagens and Hormone Disrupters.... These are just a few consequences of buying and supporting the fast fashion industry. We just don't know what has gone into making our clothing and household textiles. There aren't studies about using know carcinogens in...
The Unintended Consequences of Fast Fashion
Lisa talks about some of the other consequences of our centralized global fast fashion. There are materials being used that not only harm our planet but also harm our bodies.
Fast Fashion, Slow Fashion and Healing our Planet
In this episode, Lisa explores what fast fashion is and what the issues are with this overconsumption of textiles. She talks about what you can do to turn away from this consumerism and start to heal ourselves and our planet. Click here to find the link...
