31: Handheld Looms with Angela Laswell Smith of Purl and Loop

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31: Handheld Looms with Angela Laswell Smith of Purl and Loop

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Sep 10, 2018

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Angela Laswell Smith is the founder and Creative Director of Purl and Loop, which specializes in making products to help weavers, including their wildly popular Swatch Maker 3-in-1. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-31

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Sep 10, 2018

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The weave podcast, a project of Gist Yarn, brings together a community of fiber artists and people who love weaving, farmers and mill owners, textile artists and loom manufacturers, to tell the stories of the threads that bind us together.

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31: Handheld Looms with Angela Laswell Smith of Purl and Loop

31: Handheld Looms with Angela Laswell Smith of Purl and Loop

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