Big Knitting from Brazil

Big knitting is big right now...here is a video from Ann Galante who does giant knitting in Brazil

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich on "The Age of Homespun"

Shetland oo (wool)

This photo montage video is by Felicity Ford (sound) and Tom Barr (photos).  "Oo" is the Shetland word for wool. I have been lucky to go to Shetland with JoyceJamesTours and saw Oliver Henry, the wool sorter featured here, in action. 

Maio: Tin Embroidery from Guizhou Province in China

Chinchero Weaving Cooperative

I have been lucky to visit Chinchero...here is a nice video via youtube describing the shearing, spinning, dyeing, and weaving to produce the garments that the cooperative create and sell.