We’ve arranged a fantastic upcoming event and member perk: a photoshoot with Gale Zucker! Register now for this early August event.

Learn about how you can participate in our new print publication, Common Threads, coming out this fall.

Gail talks with Jessie McNaughton and Pam Renfro, founders of the NY Fiber Trail

Congratulations to Paula Kucera of White Barn Farm in New Paltz, NY—our first ever winner of this award at the 2023 Summit.

Talented photographer Gale Zucker will be joining us for two special photoshoot dates in August! HVTP members can sign up to have their products and projects professionally photographed.

What do you do when you are a generous little girl and you find a box of yarn ? A book review

HVTP President Gail Parrinello discusses the upcoming Summit on this episode of Live from the Mill from Battenkill Fibers.

Clean Fleece has a logo!

Getting ready for the 2023 Summit and Makers Market? Check out the full agenda here!

We heard from Sara Bauer, the beloved host of Yarns at Yin Hoo podcast. She said, “My cancer has returned”. Here’s how to show Sara your love and support.

The week for moving the new machines into the scouring facility went well—read our Clean Fleece moving week recap.

A one-hour Farm to Fabric Textile Panel featuring several HVTP members discuses how yarn is made with locally-sourced materials, commercial dye processes, and then woven into fabric for garments and home decor.

Gail and Mary Jeanne talk with Hannah Thiessen Howard, author and Battenkill Fibers communications director, about her new technical report: 2023 Fashion and Color Trends; and explore ways in which we can apply this information to local

Peggy Orenstein asks in her NY Times OpEd piece today: Can ‘craftivism’ make a difference? Thousands answer a resounding H--- YES! The craftivism of the 80s, 90s and early naughts has translated into local, regional, state, national and

Meet Colleen DiVencenzo, manager for CleanFleece NY, HVTP ‘s new scouring facility - shown here at her desk in our new building in Mechanicville. Colleen comes to us from the Rochester area.

Gail and Mary Jeanne talk about the scouring project and the GoFundMe, campaign the new website, the 6th Annual Summit at SUNY New Paltz April 12, new Gale Zucker workshops August 3 and 4.

Mary Jeanne Packer of Battenkill Fiber Mill and Co-Founder of the Hudson Valley Textile Project, Inc. joins Gail to discuss the Scouring Project from its beginning to now when it is on its way.

Gail doesn’t know enough about alpacas and Elaine Gerber, an alpaca farmer from Saratoga Springs, agreed to sit down with me and talk about her passion for alpacas.

Gail talks with Laurie Perone about her experiences in the commercial fashion industry that led her to create a Farm & Flea community.