Threads: A Greek Mythology Special! 🐑🧵🐚🐜🕷️🕸️

About this episode

This episode explores Greek mythology through the lens of fiber arts, featuring stories about Daedalus and Arachne.

This month’s episode is all about fiber (no, not the kind you eat)! We talk about the process of creating yarn from shearing sheep and retell two fantastic Greek myths related to threads and fiber: a tale about the great craftsman Daedalus and the story of Arachne - aka the origin of spiders! Let me know if you can figure out what all the emojis in the episode title mean! If you like our show, please subscribe on your favorite podcast platform and share it with others! It's the most i...

People in this episode

Host: Claire Krendl Gilbert

Topics covered

• Greek mythology
• fiber arts
• yarn creation
• spiders
• craftsmanship

Keywords

• Greek mythology
• fiber
• yarn
• Daedalus
• Arachne
• spiders
• craftsmanship

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Daedalus, Arachne

Places: Greece

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