Geminate Podcast Sherri and Tamara
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- Leisure
A podcast about knitting, spinning, dyeing and other crafts in Mid-America
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S4:E14. Making Cloth and Making Plans with FiberTerian
Sherri is joined by FiberTerian and they talk about heading out on the adventure of spining the yarn to weave cloth for clothing.
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S4:E13. Slow Fashion.
Sherri and Tamara spend some time talking about the problems with Fast Fashion and why Slow Fashion is important. They are reading. Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes by Dana Thomas.
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S4:E12. Swatch: Gulf Coast Native.
In this swatch, Sherri and Tamara talk about Gulf Coast Native sheep breed and the yarn made out of it by a local grower - Sand Hill Thicket.
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S4:E11. Top-Down and Bottom-Up Sweater Construction
Sherri and Tamara take some time to talk about some top-down and bottom-up sweater construction. There are positives and negatives for both ways to knit a sweater. Tamara is very firmly team top-down construction. Sherri leans more towards bottom-up construction.
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S4:E10. Swatch: Shave 'Em to Save 'Em
In this swatch, Sherri and Tamara talk about the Shave 'Em to Save 'Em incentive by The Livestock Conservancy to use rare breed wool to help promote the breeds and provide increased business for the shepherds.
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S4:E9. Swatch: Peace Fleece DK/Sport Weight
In this swatch, Sherri and Tamara talk about Peace Fleece DK/Sport Weight (75% Navajo Rambouillet & Domestic Fine Wool, 25% Mohair) from Harrisville Designs. They both really enjoyed learning more about the story of this yarn and swatching with it