Fiber Nation
Join host Allison Korleski as she brings you stories from all corners of the yarniverse. From Victorian murder mysteries to the trenches of the Western Front, from deadly dyes to futuristic fabric, each episode explores the connections between fiber, history, and humanity.
1
Bonus Episode: "The Cloak of Invisibility"
The art and science of invisibility
10 min
2
Everything Will Be Fine: Twisted Tales of Travel
Linda Cortright and Wild Fibers Magazine
26 min
3
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, Part 2
The Inferno
33 min
4
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, Part 1
The Strike
27 min
5
Fiber Nation Knit Night: Reindeer Recipes and A...
1 min
6
Lifting the Hem on Scottish Kilts
Men's fashion, imperialism, and the unexpected story of Scottish kilts
25 min
7
The Sheep & Cattle Wars
Myth vs. reality in the American West
30 min
8
The Crochet Coral Reef
Where art, ecology, science, and math meet.
28 min
9
I'm Sorry, Dave. I Can't Knit That.
Fun with AI and Knitting
26 min
10
Home Economics vs. Hitler
Sewing in WWII
31 min
11
Manx for the Memories: Saving a Sheep
A sheep back from the brink.
30 min
12
Lycra: The Fabric of Our Lives
Crotch-hugging antics of spandex!
15 min
13
Song Quilts: Stitching Together Women's Stories
Stitching Together Women's Stories
30 min
14
Sheep, Wind, and Fire
The weirdest career path helped rescue communities from calamity!
30 min
15
Hemp: The Fall & Rise of a Forbidden Fiber
28 min
16
The Pig War
11 min
17
A Tale of Two Sweaters
Paco Vicuna
27 min
18
Fiber Nation wants to give you yarn, again!
1 min
19
The Forgotten Woman of Fashion
Sarah Hale & Godey’s Lady’s Book
33 min
20
Encore Episode: The Donner Party Revisited
32 min
21
The Mystery of Gunnister Man
Allison seeks to unravel a mystery that starts in a shallow grave, then unfolds in an unexpected, woolful way.
31 min
22
The Socks that Won WWI
Explore the importance of the sock to the World War I soldier.
30 min
23
Fabric Fails & Textile Triumphs
40,000 years of textile history in 30 minutes
31 min
24
A Handmaid's Knit - Introducing the Knitting Ne...
Introducing the podcast for nerds who knit out on nerding.
35 min
25
The Deadliest Dyes: A Colorful History
Of all the dyes on the color wheel, which is the deadliest?
29 min