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Dream Of A Latino Textile Cooperative In Western North Carolina

May 15, 2026 Patricia Serrano, Grassroots Economic Organizing. , , ,
It is a sunny spring Saturday in western North Carolina, one of those days when the best local plan is to hike to a waterfall or climb to the top of a mountain. But inside this windowless room, with high ceilings and bright fluorescent lights, the scene is different: the sound of sewing machines, fabric being cut and several Latina women listening closely to their sewing instructor. They have been in class since 9 a.m. and will stay until 5 p.m. They also attend classes on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. They are part of the Intensive Industrial Sewing Workshop, a popular education initiative by Poder Emma.

A Tale Of Two Yarn-Makers Reviving The Local Mill

September 3, 2024 Marissa Tiel, Resilience. , , ,
For nearly a decade, the Spinsters were a fixture at the Bellingham Farmers Market. Their booth was easy to find: market goers just needed to look for their brightly coloured yarns in vibrant cyan and deep magenta. Founders Kate Burge and Rachel Price commuted to the market by bike — neither one owned a car at the time — and set up most Saturdays. The duo, who named their company Spincycle, specialized in a type of craft practised by few others in the early 2000s: kettle-dyeing and hand-spinning wool into beautiful skeins. Unlike most commercial yarns, which are spun and then dyed, the yarn Burge and Price create is dyed first, before it’s spun into yarn.
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