{"id":3283576,"date":"2026-10-16T15:41:36","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T18:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?p=3283576"},"modified":"2026-10-21T16:23:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T19:23:23","slug":"interview-jennifer-digby-faa-air-fibre-artist-spinning-knitting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/interview-jennifer-digby-faa-air-fibre-artist-spinning-knitting","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Jennifer Digby (FAA AIR): fibre artist: Spinning &amp; Knitting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Ancient arts can still survive in modern artists.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"3283650\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/interview-jennifer-digby-faa-air-fibre-artist-spinning-knitting\/attachment\/lunchbox2026airjenniferdigby\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2026AIRJenniferDigby.png\" data-orig-size=\"1400,1400\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lunchbox2026AIRJenniferDigby\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2026AIRJenniferDigby-800x800.png\" src=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2026AIRJenniferDigby-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3283650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2026AIRJenniferDigby-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2026AIRJenniferDigby-800x800.png 800w, https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2026AIRJenniferDigby-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2026AIRJenniferDigby-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2026AIRJenniferDigby.png 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>My guest is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/longdogfibrearts\">Jennifer Digby<\/a><\/strong>, a FAA artist in residence who was working on spinning her own yarn from wool with a portable wheel. She discusses her journey from being an avid knitter to inevitably learning to create her own wool from scratch. We talk about the subtle features and factors that go into an art that seems deceptively simple.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1298\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2026-07-31%20Jennifer%20Digby%20-%20FAA%20AIR%20-%20Fibre%20Artist.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('1298','https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2026-07-31%20Jennifer%20Digby%20-%20FAA%20AIR%20-%20Fibre%20Artist.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2026-07-31%20Jennifer%20Digby%20-%20FAA%20AIR%20-%20Fibre%20Artist.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3283576-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2026-07-31%20Jennifer%20Digby%20-%20FAA%20AIR%20-%20Fibre%20Artist.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"2026-07-31%20Jennifer%20Digby%20-%20FAA%20AIR%20-%20Fibre%20Artist.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ancient arts can still survive in modern artists. My guest is Jennifer Digby, a FAA artist in residence who was working on spinning her own yarn from wool with a portable wheel. She discusses her journey from being an avid knitter to inevitably learning to create her own wool from scratch. We talk about the<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"excerpt-more blog-excerpt\" href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/interview-jennifer-digby-faa-air-fibre-artist-spinning-knitting\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1300\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2026-07-31%20Jennifer%20Digby%20-%20FAA%20AIR%20-%20Fibre%20Artist.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('1300','https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2026-07-31%20Jennifer%20Digby%20-%20FAA%20AIR%20-%20Fibre%20Artist.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2026-07-31%20Jennifer%20Digby%20-%20FAA%20AIR%20-%20Fibre%20Artist.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3283576-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2026-07-31%20Jennifer%20Digby%20-%20FAA%20AIR%20-%20Fibre%20Artist.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"2026-07-31%20Jennifer%20Digby%20-%20FAA%20AIR%20-%20Fibre%20Artist.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[3759,491,12774,13887,13903,13883],"class_list":["post-3283576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lunchbox","tag-artist-in-residence","tag-interview","tag-knitting","tag-spinning","tag-thread","tag-weaving"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3283576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3283576"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3283576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3283697,"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3283576\/revisions\/3283697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3283576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3283576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3283576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}