Today I’m talking with knitwear designer and founder of Native Knitter, Jennifer Berg. We’ve had the privilege to get to know Jennifer over the past few years as a featured contributor for Making Magazine. Today Jennifer shares her experience of growing up in her family’s 4th generation retail store on the reservation and the lessons, inspiration, support, and confidence she carries with her from the strong women in her life.From hats to cowls and sweater patterns to beaded stitch markers, you can find her knitting patterns and Native Knitter gear at nativeknits.com where 5% of all proceeds from Jennifer’s self published patterns go to the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women, which works to bring justice, advocacy, and community based solutions to gender based violence in tribal communities.You can find Jennifer on the Making app @NativeKnitsShop and on Instagram at @Native.Knitter.
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SUPPORTERS
We’re so grateful for our BRIGHT Collective supporters and wanted to give a shout out to two of them today.
A Good Yarn in Sarasota, Florida has been in business for 13 years and is a destination shop for vacationers and winter visitors alike along with their great community of local knitters who support them all year long. A Good Yarn has a very vibrant weaving and knitting community and they love bringing in Indie dyers that are new to Florida and the Southeast. Visit them in person in Sarasota, Florida and online at https://www.agoodyarnsarasota.com/
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The biggest of thanks to everyone involved in this weeks episode. I hope you’ll join me each week as we talk and learn from more fascinating makers. For podcast notes and transcriptions, visit our blog at makingzine.com. Have a wonderful week!
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