needlebound (2023-ongoing)

Needlebound is a print publication I started in 2023 to carve out a slower, more intentional space for fibre work that felt grounded, thoughtful, and a resistant to the way things are usually shared online. It’s a place for spinners, knitters, weavers, dyers, artists, writers, or anyone who thinks with their hands and use fiber to make sense of the world.

The internet is where I first found community around knitting, but it’s also a space that flattens things. Posts disappear, contexts get lost, and it starts to feel like the only way to share your work is to constantly perform it. Needlebound pushes back against that pace and that pressure. It’s print on purpose—slow, physical, and made to last.

Each issue is built through open calls and careful editing. The first one came together with over 200 submissions and was printed in a run of 300 copies, all self-funded and distributed through indie bookstores and yarn shops across Canada. The second issue was bigger, more organized, and framed around three themes: soft archives, ornament & resistance, and the weight of material practice.

Each issue includes a mix of essays, editorials, photo series, interviews, archival documentation, tutorials, and original knitting patterns. We feature work that’s deeply personal, technically rigorous, politically curious, or all three at once. It’s not a project about trend forecasting or surface-level inspiration—it’s about holding space for the full texture of fiber practice.

I run the whole thing with a (very) small team and a lot of spreadsheets (handling creative direction, editing, logistics, and production from my apartment) It’s grown into something I plan to continue annually: a tactile record of the fiber community as it exists now, outside of institutions, beyond algorithms, and always changing.

At its core, Needlebound is about making visible what usually stays behind the scenes—unfinished projects, subtle politics, quiet forms of care. It’s an invitation to think with fiber, and to take it seriously.

Needlebound is currently available in these bookstores:

• @eternelle.boutique (Montréal)

• @babettevintage (Montréal)

• @atelierbmtl (Montréal)

• @maktaba.bookshop (Montréal)

• @drawnandquarterlybooks (Montréal)

• @issuesmagshop (Toronto)

• @typebooks (Toronto)

• @swipedesign (Toronto)

• @pluginica (Manitoba)

• @alteriordesign (Vancouver)

• @magpiebooksyeg (Edmonton)

• @takecoverbooks (Peterborough)

• @chibiandesme (Australia)

Remaining physical copies are available here (BigCartel)

Digital copies are available here (Etsy)

You can read a full retrospective about the project on my Substack (Needlebound: A Loosely Woven Retrospective)