Reverberate A Verb for Keeping Warm

On today's episode, listen to a beautiful essay written and read by author, writer, and wool advocate, Clara Parkes, recorded in Maine, where she lives. Clara reflects on the dynamic celestial phenomenon of the Winter Solstice.  Please see the show notes for more information and a transcript of today's episode.

We’re releasing a new yarn named Graze! Listen to an interview with Jenya Schneider, the co-owner and operator of Cuyama Lamb. She and her team raised the sheep whose wool is used to make Graze. Located in Santa Barbara, California, her sheep’s role is to graze along the hillside to help with wildfire mitigation - an effort we are very happy to support.
SHOW NOTES
Cuyama Lamb is a six member team including Jenya, Jack, Anthony, Cristian, Alex, and Dani. They currently have a 1000 head of sheep, 3 herding dogs Willie, Rocco, and Tres, and 5 guardian dogs Lucy, Yoreh, Bruno, Aya and Lutu. Follow Cuyama Lamb on Instagram to learn more about their daily activities.
Emily Tzeng of Local Color Farm and Fiber Studio is the person who contacted us to be part of this collaboration. She has a wonderful farm.
We asked Jenya for a few recommendations…
For literature that has shaped her current ecological and agricultural thinking:
+ Tending the Wild by M. Kat Anderson–integral in decolonizing my perceptions of "conservation" and ecological stewardship
+ The Unlikely Peace at Cuchumaquic by Martín Prechtel
+ A Growing Culture - a website which publishes essays about food sovereignty.
Places / programs about how people can learn to care for animals:
+ Quivira Coalition – find an apprenticeship with a holistic livestock operation aligned with your interests
+ New Cowgirl Camp – hosted by Beth Robinette and Alex Machado. An excellent entry point for aspiring cowgirls and gender nonconforming cow-wranglers (and sheep and goat herders too).
+ Aldersprings Ranch – summer apprenticeships working cattle on horseback
The name of the family she works with in Ventura:
“We are working in collaboration with Porfirio Gutierrez, and incredible Zapotec weaver based in Ventura. His website is https://porfiriogutierrez.com/ and IG handle is @porfirio_gutierrez_studio. He is working with our wool (the same yarn that you are working with) to make blankets and ponchos. His work is rooted in his family and culture's textile traditions while also utilizing novel techniques to explore ideas of migration, indigeneity, and so much more.”
We hope you will knit with Graze! Thank you so much for following along. 
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We speak with new local (Oakland, CA) knitwear designer Chinua "Chin"Matthews and ask him 11 Questions about himself and his connection to knitting and our community.

At A Verb for Keeping Warm we work with many textile makers, teachers and artists. We hope to share with you some of those people and their work to inspire your own work.

Youngmin Lee is a Korean born textile artist living in the SF Bay Area who teaches at A Verb for Keeping Warm. Her work features the beautiful and intricate Korean textile art of patchwork known as jogakbo. This patchwork is mostly seen on traditional wrapping cloths called bojagi. These wrapping cloths impart the maker’s wish for happiness among other good fortune for the receiver of the gift. Each piece Youngmin makes is hand stitched with intention and delicate skill. She teaches these techniques and Korean culture around the world to share this eloquent textile heritage. Kristine and Adrienne interviewed Youngmin Lee in person about her work, how she got started making, and the history and cultural significance of these textiles in Korea. This interview was recorded in person at A Verb for Keeping Warm in Oakland, California.
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In this episode, first, I speak with Kristine Vejar the owner of AVFKW, then I share an interview with Bristol Ivy. Annie Claire reads a description of her design. And finally, Kristine and I do a quick recap.This is the 8th and last episode of the Fall 2018 Lookbook Series.

In episodes 1-4, we followed the path of creating our yarns Pioneer, Flock, Dawn, and Ridge. These yarns are made from Sally Fox’s wool and are milled at Green Mountain Spinnery.
Now we’ve switched gears, and are following the path of how our yarn Gather is created - in episode 5, you can hear Lani Estill talk about growing the wool, in episode 6, Rob teaches us about milling Gather and gives us insight to how he incorporates sustainability into the milling process, and now in episode 7 - we hear from Lora Kinkade, the farmer who grew dye plants for us this past Summer which were used in the Lookbook collection of yarn and patterns.
In this episode, first, I speak with Kristine Vejar the owner of AVFKW, and then I share an interview with organic farmer and sheep shearer, Lora Kinkade.