Local fibershed wool herringbone jacket, button made from industrial wooden spool. Everything from the sheep to finish sourced within 26 miles. #weaving #fibershed #sustainable #sewing #slowclothes
January 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Local fibershed wool herringbone jacket, button made from industrial wooden spool. Everything from the sheep to finish sourced within 26 miles. #weaving #fibershed #sustainable #sewing #slowclothes
Skirting wool - Western MA Fibershed. Sticky, greasy, smelly fun. #coopeffort #goodpeople #keepingitlocal
December 15, 2024 at 12:17 AM
Skirting wool - Western MA Fibershed. Sticky, greasy, smelly fun. #coopeffort #goodpeople #keepingitlocal
Threading heddles on a 1940 Crompton & Knowles power loom. 18 shafts, straight draw, 72" weaving width #weaving #fibershed #localwool #blankets
January 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Threading heddles on a 1940 Crompton & Knowles power loom. 18 shafts, straight draw, 72" weaving width #weaving #fibershed #localwool #blankets
A great article about Vermont’s ‘Farm-to-Closet’ Movement and the Northern New England Fibershed!
#knitting #knitsky #knittersofbluesky #fibershed #craftsky #crochet #wool
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#knitting #knitsky #knittersofbluesky #fibershed #craftsky #crochet #wool
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Vermont Textile Producers Eye a 'Farm-to-Closet' Movement
Across the state, farmers, spinners, weavers and knitters strive to slow the runaway train called “fast fashion” as they produce natural plant and animal fibers.
www.sevendaysvt.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
A great article about Vermont’s ‘Farm-to-Closet’ Movement and the Northern New England Fibershed!
#knitting #knitsky #knittersofbluesky #fibershed #craftsky #crochet #wool
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#knitting #knitsky #knittersofbluesky #fibershed #craftsky #crochet #wool
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New Jersey Fibershed is an affiliate of a global movement that supports creating more sustainable clothing and fabrics from the wool of local sheep, alpacas and goats.
A Network Blooms to Connect Fiber Farmers With Fabric Artisans - Inside Climate News
New Jersey Fibershed is an affiliate of a global movement that supports creating more sustainable clothing and fabrics from the wool of local sheep, alpacas and goats.
insideclimatenews.org
January 4, 2026 at 8:35 PM
New Jersey Fibershed is an affiliate of a global movement that supports creating more sustainable clothing and fabrics from the wool of local sheep, alpacas and goats.
Some of my many striped knits. The two ponchos were knit during the pandemic because I had such severe left shoulder osteoarthritis I could not put my arm in a sleeve.
#ShowMeYourKnits #KnitSky #MeMade #ChesapeakeFibershed
#ShowMeYourKnits #KnitSky #MeMade #ChesapeakeFibershed
June 6, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Some of my many striped knits. The two ponchos were knit during the pandemic because I had such severe left shoulder osteoarthritis I could not put my arm in a sleeve.
#ShowMeYourKnits #KnitSky #MeMade #ChesapeakeFibershed
#ShowMeYourKnits #KnitSky #MeMade #ChesapeakeFibershed
Spinning up some squishy soft Rambouillet prepared by Long Way Homestead for this year's #TourDeFleece
Have to love this #CanadianWool (@cdnwool ) 😍
#TourDeFleece2025 #PembinaFibreShed #FiberShed #FibreShed #wool #FiberArts #FibreArts
Have to love this #CanadianWool (@cdnwool ) 😍
#TourDeFleece2025 #PembinaFibreShed #FiberShed #FibreShed #wool #FiberArts #FibreArts
July 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Spinning up some squishy soft Rambouillet prepared by Long Way Homestead for this year's #TourDeFleece
Have to love this #CanadianWool (@cdnwool ) 😍
#TourDeFleece2025 #PembinaFibreShed #FiberShed #FibreShed #wool #FiberArts #FibreArts
Have to love this #CanadianWool (@cdnwool ) 😍
#TourDeFleece2025 #PembinaFibreShed #FiberShed #FibreShed #wool #FiberArts #FibreArts
....and finished! The handspun Foliage cardigan from a few posts ago. Naturally coloured fleece from a local Manx loaghtan rare breed sheep. Vintage buttons to match the autumn/fall 🍁 colours #handspinning 🧶 #knitting #fibreshed #fibershed #rarebreeds #manxloaghtan #rarebreedsheep #spinning
October 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
....and finished! The handspun Foliage cardigan from a few posts ago. Naturally coloured fleece from a local Manx loaghtan rare breed sheep. Vintage buttons to match the autumn/fall 🍁 colours #handspinning 🧶 #knitting #fibreshed #fibershed #rarebreeds #manxloaghtan #rarebreedsheep #spinning
The Chesapeake Fibershed group is also researching growing flax in order to have it become a viable crop and product.
#Chesapeake #Fibershed #flax
#Chesapeake #Fibershed #flax
June 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The Chesapeake Fibershed group is also researching growing flax in order to have it become a viable crop and product.
#Chesapeake #Fibershed #flax
#Chesapeake #Fibershed #flax
Thanks to everyone who came out to the #hildredsfarm booth at #ctsheepandwool ! See you at New England Fiber Fest in November. #knitting #ctfibershed #ctknitters #undyedyarn #fibershed #showmeyourknits #knitblue
April 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Thanks to everyone who came out to the #hildredsfarm booth at #ctsheepandwool ! See you at New England Fiber Fest in November. #knitting #ctfibershed #ctknitters #undyedyarn #fibershed #showmeyourknits #knitblue
My local Fibershed is hosting an online screening and live Q&A with Justine Aldersey-Williams (the star and creator) of "Woman Grows Jeans," this coming Sunday, Dec. 21, at 6pm EST. Info & tickets at link:
#fibersky 🧶 #flax #handspinning #weaving #fibershed
kinema.com/events/Woman...
#fibersky 🧶 #flax #handspinning #weaving #fibershed
kinema.com/events/Woman...
Woman Grows Jeans
Get tickets for the virtual screening of Woman Grows Jeans: FULL FILM
kinema.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
My local Fibershed is hosting an online screening and live Q&A with Justine Aldersey-Williams (the star and creator) of "Woman Grows Jeans," this coming Sunday, Dec. 21, at 6pm EST. Info & tickets at link:
#fibersky 🧶 #flax #handspinning #weaving #fibershed
kinema.com/events/Woman...
#fibersky 🧶 #flax #handspinning #weaving #fibershed
kinema.com/events/Woman...
A better look at the shawl. I made it with alpaca yarn grown & processed in the Chesapeake Fibershed. 🧶 #knitting #sustainability #fibershed
November 18, 2024 at 12:25 PM
A better look at the shawl. I made it with alpaca yarn grown & processed in the Chesapeake Fibershed. 🧶 #knitting #sustainability #fibershed
Thrilled to see that @fibershed.bsky.social has joined Bluesky! Along with several other local Fibershed organizations!!!
@nnefibershed.bsky.social !!! Woot!
Welcome to the conversation here. 🧶 🧵🪡🐏🦙🐇🌾
#knitting
@nnefibershed.bsky.social !!! Woot!
Welcome to the conversation here. 🧶 🧵🪡🐏🦙🐇🌾
#knitting
March 7, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Thrilled to see that @fibershed.bsky.social has joined Bluesky! Along with several other local Fibershed organizations!!!
@nnefibershed.bsky.social !!! Woot!
Welcome to the conversation here. 🧶 🧵🪡🐏🦙🐇🌾
#knitting
@nnefibershed.bsky.social !!! Woot!
Welcome to the conversation here. 🧶 🧵🪡🐏🦙🐇🌾
#knitting
I’m a big fan of the fibershed movement. Fast fashion is destroying the planet.
Local fibershed wool herringbone jacket, button made from industrial wooden spool. Everything from the sheep to finish sourced within 26 miles. #weaving #fibershed #sustainable #sewing #slowclothes
January 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I’m a big fan of the fibershed movement. Fast fashion is destroying the planet.
Almost Heaven.
#wv #bluethistlefibers #fibershed #handspinning #dreamingrobots #rustbeltfibershed #naturaldye
#wv #bluethistlefibers #fibershed #handspinning #dreamingrobots #rustbeltfibershed #naturaldye
March 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Aren’t these so stink’n cute? What I did yesterday instead of doom scrolling. #fibershed #needlefelting #bluethistlefibers #sheep #forestanimals #sustainable
February 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Aren’t these so stink’n cute? What I did yesterday instead of doom scrolling. #fibershed #needlefelting #bluethistlefibers #sheep #forestanimals #sustainable
Yarn for a customer. Wool from my flock, processed here in Vermont, botanically dyed by yerstruly. L-r: natural gray romney, Shetland with indigo and marigold, Shetland with marigold.
#yarn #fibershed #northernnewenglandfibershed #shoplocal
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#yarn #fibershed #northernnewenglandfibershed #shoplocal
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November 25, 2024 at 11:36 PM
Yarn for a customer. Wool from my flock, processed here in Vermont, botanically dyed by yerstruly. L-r: natural gray romney, Shetland with indigo and marigold, Shetland with marigold.
#yarn #fibershed #northernnewenglandfibershed #shoplocal
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#yarn #fibershed #northernnewenglandfibershed #shoplocal
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Had a wonderful time seeing friends both old and new at the Rust Belt Fibershed Symposium! #rustbeltfibershed #enlivenment
January 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Had a wonderful time seeing friends both old and new at the Rust Belt Fibershed Symposium! #rustbeltfibershed #enlivenment
New on the website! Perendale wool roving, a fully fibershed product. Grown by Ferndale Farms on the Northern CA coast, milled by Mendo Wool in Ukiah, CA. Beautifully smooth, heathered grey, undyed. Visit www.fullcirclewool.com #wool #tourdefleece #fibershed #yarn #knitting
July 14, 2026 at 2:37 PM
New on the website! Perendale wool roving, a fully fibershed product. Grown by Ferndale Farms on the Northern CA coast, milled by Mendo Wool in Ukiah, CA. Beautifully smooth, heathered grey, undyed. Visit www.fullcirclewool.com #wool #tourdefleece #fibershed #yarn #knitting
The flock on a sunny morning (and the #shepherd trying to figure out how posting works on this platform).
#icelandicsheep #cormosheep #romneysheep #localwool #northernnewenglandfibershed #fibershed #naturalfiber
#icelandicsheep #cormosheep #romneysheep #localwool #northernnewenglandfibershed #fibershed #naturalfiber
November 15, 2024 at 3:59 PM
The flock on a sunny morning (and the #shepherd trying to figure out how posting works on this platform).
#icelandicsheep #cormosheep #romneysheep #localwool #northernnewenglandfibershed #fibershed #naturalfiber
#icelandicsheep #cormosheep #romneysheep #localwool #northernnewenglandfibershed #fibershed #naturalfiber
My first felted wool coat I made fall 2023 for Chesapeake fibershed sustainable cloth challenge
January 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
My first felted wool coat I made fall 2023 for Chesapeake fibershed sustainable cloth challenge
The Earth gives us soil, fiber, and color—everything. On Earth Day, we remember our role in giving back.
Fibershed is building a textile system that restores land, supports local economies, and reconnects us to the source. 🌱
(Photo by Paige Green.)
Fibershed is building a textile system that restores land, supports local economies, and reconnects us to the source. 🌱
(Photo by Paige Green.)
April 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
The Earth gives us soil, fiber, and color—everything. On Earth Day, we remember our role in giving back.
Fibershed is building a textile system that restores land, supports local economies, and reconnects us to the source. 🌱
(Photo by Paige Green.)
Fibershed is building a textile system that restores land, supports local economies, and reconnects us to the source. 🌱
(Photo by Paige Green.)
#showmeyourknits Week 61, Joy & Caring. It was a joy to offer a hat pattern--in Maine wool ❤️--to support the work of mainefibershed.com. If you are nearby, please visit the Rockport Library in Oct. to celebrate Maine Fibershed. I'm joining the board and will be demonstrating natural dyeing on 10/25.
September 27, 2025 at 12:28 PM
#showmeyourknits Week 61, Joy & Caring. It was a joy to offer a hat pattern--in Maine wool ❤️--to support the work of mainefibershed.com. If you are nearby, please visit the Rockport Library in Oct. to celebrate Maine Fibershed. I'm joining the board and will be demonstrating natural dyeing on 10/25.
Have you seen this fluffy twist of BLF awesome ? Baabra’s fleece combed out beautifully! Now on to spinning it. #sustainablefiber #fibershed #handspinning #slowfiber #bluethistlefibers
February 2, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Have you seen this fluffy twist of BLF awesome ? Baabra’s fleece combed out beautifully! Now on to spinning it. #sustainablefiber #fibershed #handspinning #slowfiber #bluethistlefibers
Wolves Will Be Wolves in Hildred's Farm yarn in Pepe, Colossus, #72, Magnus, and #68 and Lily hand dyed with logwood! No wolves here, the livestock guardian dog, bottom right, is fending them off.
#showmeyourknits #knitblue #ctsheepandwool2025 #knittingfeed #naturalwool #naturaldye #fibershed
#showmeyourknits #knitblue #ctsheepandwool2025 #knittingfeed #naturalwool #naturaldye #fibershed
March 20, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Wolves Will Be Wolves in Hildred's Farm yarn in Pepe, Colossus, #72, Magnus, and #68 and Lily hand dyed with logwood! No wolves here, the livestock guardian dog, bottom right, is fending them off.
#showmeyourknits #knitblue #ctsheepandwool2025 #knittingfeed #naturalwool #naturaldye #fibershed
#showmeyourknits #knitblue #ctsheepandwool2025 #knittingfeed #naturalwool #naturaldye #fibershed