The Straight Stitch: A Podcast About Sewing and Other Fiber Arts · Episode 40 · November 18, 2025 · 53 min

Women Weaving Their Stories with Nicole Nehrig

Send us feedback about this episode! In this episode, we sit down with Nicole Nehrig—psychologist, maker, and author of Women Weaving Their Stories—to explore the deep connections between craft, identity, and how those connections have been expressed by women's textiles through the years. Nicole shares how the pandemic upended her life and led to the idea for the book. We talk about the powerful personal stories uncovered through her interviews and why textile work remains such a vital form o...