I’m currently reading a delightfully well-written book by Kassia St. Clair called The Golden Thread – How Fabric Changed History.

The Golden Thread – How Fabric Changed History

Typically history isn’t my thing. I never enjoyed studying it in school. The only exception to that was when a teacher could bring it to life for me. Kassia St. Clair does that for me in her 2018 book…at least so far. I’m a few chapters in and I’m enjoying reading it more as a story than a history lesson. I didn’t expect that to be the case.

When I was considering titles for my book, The Fabric We Make, I thought I had exhausted all possible options of relating community with fabric. Reading The Golden Thread, I realize I didn’t even scratch the surface. The concepts of thread, yarn, spinning, fabric, etc. are ingrained in so many things I had never even considered.

Unless you’re doing a thesis or writing your own book on a similar or related topic, this book is definitely not required reading. It is however, a very enjoyable read. Much lighter and more fun than I thought it would be.

Current Knitting/Spinning

There’s not a whole lot of progress on the helical-striped sock.

But I did make it past the ribbing section. So it should move along a little more quickly.

And I did keep up my spinning time since Monday.

This is the Black Bunny Fibers cross-breed yarn. As I’ve been spinning it, I realized I’d prefer a slightly less boldly dyed yarn to make a sweater. So I’ll be plying it with the more of the dark navy/midnight merino to see if that will tone down the boldness.