Afghanistan 2015.

Linda Liggin and Mary Littrelle are sitting in the Kandahar airport, but there's a problem.

The Afghan woman that they'd flown halfway around the world to see had forgotten to meet them there.

They're always sat at the airport in Kandahar, you know, thinking, well, now what are we going to do?

You probably know this, but Afghanistan is one of the most dangerous places in the world to travel,

especially if you're a woman.

And in places like Kandahar, you don't just rent a car or call a cab.

You need an escort.

Linda and Mary were on a journey that would eventually take them inside the compounds in the homes of Kandahar.

But they weren't there to report on the war or politics or the Taliban. They were there to

tell a story about women and embroidery. You're listening to Fiber Nation, a knitting podcast

that goes beyond knitting.

I'm Alison Koreski.

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slash setup. In this first episode, we talk with Linda Liggin, owner and publisher of Thrum's books.

Thrum's goal is to document textile traditions around the world, but Linda's personal mission is to tell stories,

to give a face and a voice to indigenous people who make exquisite cloth, often in the face of enormous

hardship.

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