Rebecca Mezoff, Anthem, 17 x 28 inches, hand-dyed wool, cotton
How many of us weavers grew up with Interweave? Perhaps someone else has written or will write the history of Linda Ligon’s company which she started in Loveland, Colorado in 1975. The first magazine she produced was called Interweave. Eventually that magazine became Handwoven and Interweave became the name of the company. Linda sold the company in 2005. It was sold again to F+W Media and they declared bankruptcy in 2019. Linda, along with Anne Merrow and John Bolton, formed a new company in 2019 and are now the publishers of three of the most beloved magazines, Handwoven, Spin Off, and PieceWork.*
The company, Long Thread Media, has added new components to this fiber-centered business that we have loved for so long. One of those things is a podcast. Now in Season 2, I was thrilled to be interviewed by Anne for the April 9, 2021 episode.
You can listen to my interview by clicking the button below or find it wherever you get your podcasts.
My grandmother was a weaver and someone who jumped into what she was interested in with both feet. I wrote a blog post about her question in a 1979 issue of Interweave magazine where she asked, “What is tapestry these days anyhow?”. You can read that post from August 20, 2015 HERE.
The magazine looks a little different than it did in 1979, but we still love Handwoven. Below are two covers. The one from Spring 1979 in which my grandmother asked her question and one from Spring 2021 in which there is a short article I wrote.
Full circle.
Cover of Interweave magazine from 1979 in which my grandmother’s name appears. This magazine is still in print as Handwoven from Long Thread Media.
Handwoven magazine cover from 2021.
I hope you enjoy the podcast and if you like podcasts in general, check out some of the other great episodes they’ve had. The full list is here: https://longthreadmedia.com/podcast
*If you haven’t taken a look at these magazines since Long Thread took them over, I recommend it. The improvements were immediate starting with the paper!