Hi, Fiber Enthusiasts, How is it that we come to love fiber and color? Some of us have very early memories of playing with fabric, sewing and experiencing that comforting feeling of spending time with a beloved family member. It is at a very young age, when our...
Carrie Jessen’s weaving takes a historical approach. Inspired by weave structures from Colonial times and interested in historic fur trading routes that were spread across northern Minnesota, Carrie weaves bed-sized blankets with the traditional striping and...
With a degree in environmental anthropology from Wagner College and three years of study at the Fashion Institute of Technology of New York, Keila McCracken’s goal is to bring her two worlds together. Strongly influenced by her values of environmental sustainability,...
I always look forward to a drive so when Paulette mentioned she was going to be at a wool retreat in Wabasha, MN, I decided to take myself on a little day trip. This was late September and most of the fall colors along the Great River Road had turned into muted...
Deep Roots: a textile art exhibit from artists whose roots are in the Nordic countries The exhibit opens on March 28 and runs through April 25, 2015 at the Dassel History Center in Dassel, MN. The Dassel-Cokato area is known for its Finnish heritage, as Cokato was...
by Jenny Wilder with Marie Westerman I’ll say this at the outset; Marie lives in a sacred place. When I travel to Minnesota’s North Shore and the road comes down the sweeping curve leading into Grand Marais and the big ancient shoulders of the Sawtooth Mountains...
Her story is entwined with the University of Minnesota, Vesterheim Museum, the Weavers Guild of Minnesota (WGM), and countless people Lila Nelson taught and mentored over the 60 plus years she was a weaver. I met Lila through the Weavers Guild. Linda Hansen introduced...
Sharon’s use of multiple gauges of knitting yarn is considered highly innovative to some weavers and heresy to the legacy of weaving according to others. But whatever the opinion, the use of knitting yarn makes for a very soft and comfortable, yet dimensional fabric....