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@saharabriscoe

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I create custom yarns and textiles for our most important needs—eating, sleeping and Peace—just Imagine!
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How I became “Personally Sustainable” in the Spring Issue of @farmfiberknits
Because there’s NOTHING like having your yarn stash reminding you it needs HELP.

And you all Know you’re Not going to Stop Buying Yarn. My article will show you how Personal Sustainability can rid you of guilt!

My photo by @iankeldoulis
Cover photo by Matt Graves for Farm & Fiber Knits
To access this issue and more, the link is in my bio. Thank you and Enjoy!
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#bronxartisan #bronxchampionfleece #farmfiberknits #superstringtheorydesign by @saharabriscoe

Inside a sun-filled Pelham Parkway studio filled with yarn spools, vintage machines, and colorful fabric art, artisan Sahara Briscoe moves between spindles, swatches, and samples that trace three decades of making. Her company, Super String Theory Design, has been part of New York’s creative ecosystem since the early 1990s—a hybrid sample house and design practice that bridges industry and craft, innovation and intimacy. “I’m a fabric developer,” she says. “I do commission work for artists and designers, and I also have my own practice that centers blankets made primarily for protection—whether it’s spiritual or beyond physical comfort.”

That idea of protection—of making objects that hold both warmth and meaning—threads through all her work. With advanced training as a weaver at Parsons and a longtime tech and production designer, Briscoe designs and develops textiles that blur the boundaries between art and production. She works closely with dyers, weavers, and a mill in Upstate New York to produce capsule collections and commissioned projects. “I can move pretty rapidly towards simplicity,” she says. “Especially helpful when I have clients with way too many ideas.”

To read the whole feature about @saharabriscoe and her creations, head to the link in our bio!

📸 by @j.grumulaitis

#FactoryFriday #ShopLocal #SuperStringTheoryDesign by @saharabriscoe

Friday’s Class and Craft Along—!

The “One Stitch Wonder” leather trim bag kit I designed and developed for my crafting class @bronxhype.fec is a success! Participants choose their colors, (we provide supplies) and the bag consists of Only One Stitch—single crochet.
They are to be completed in class, and I’m with you. And when it’s done? You own the Bag and the Stitch. You’re no longer a “beginner” and ready for the next!

There are only 3 sign ups left. Ready?

Yarn: @loopsandthreads
@michaelsstores
Hook: Susan Bates Artistry
The Place to Be: @bronxhype.fec by @saharabriscoe

DUE TO THE UNSAFE AIR QUALITY, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. WE’LL INFORM YOU ALL OF THE NEXT DATE.
This Mercury Retrograde has been ILL! by @saharabriscoe

YARNIES—If you want to rep yourselves, YOU CAN BRING YOUR OWN YARN. From 1:00 to 4:00 pm.
SAGE Center Harlem 220 west 143rd St. no worries about weather—WE INSIDE! And you can Make Jewelry, Print Fabric and Community Quilt! Thanks to @iamharlemneedlearts
#bronxchampionfleece #superstringtheorydesign #bipocartisans #domorewithyarn #donteraseyourself by @saharabriscoe

Harlem Needle Arts Amplifies Our Making in the Textile Arts. We’re featuring The Best Artists! @elanhiart @shayeearts @omigray @christinereneedesignstudio by @saharabriscoe

After A Far Out journey to Inner Space—

And Not Being Social during what is “EVERYTHING MONTH” in NYC during May, this ‘Ol Lady took a break.
The world Turns, but you can choose your Own Direction without permission. That’s what being Grown Does!
And to a particular friend—some clients aren’t just $$$ signs bro. Be Rich In Spirit. That relationship lasts far longer.
More to come.
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#bronxartisan #thebronxcreatedme #bronxchampionfleece #superstringtheorydesign #pawtucket by @saharabriscoe

APOLOGIES FRIENDS! That last video was Wrong. HERE’S the RIGHT ONE —

It was gonna be a boot mat; now I don’t know!
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“Roughly Soft Diamonds” 29” x 17” (74cm x 43cm). Yarns: @hmnabavian @hilltop_farm_and_fiber_arts, my own hand spun and Swedish rug yarn stash; shelf liner from the dollar store. DM me for more details, free instructions out next Tuesday!

#bronxartisan #bronxchampionfleece #domorewithyarn #superstringtheorydesign #fabricdeveloper by @saharabriscoe

FINISHED!
My first finished blanket of the year. And the first time in years that I made a blanket for myself! Started in August and finished February 8th.

What started as a fun use of mostly scraps, turned emotional—a rarity for me. There are farms, dyers and shops I knew personally. Some are no longer in business. And as it became larger, the “scraps” turned into balls. I couldn’t call my friends that. Mementos felt better.

And now I feel better, knowing they’ll always be with me. And for those who are around @keirawxyz @highhogfarm @tessyarns and @knittycity to name a few—I can buy more without guilt!
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#bronxartisan #thebronxcreatedme #cornertocornerblanket #scrappyknittingproject #fibruarychallenge2026 by @saharabriscoe

#throwbackthurday
Time Flies Faster Than My Hands in NYC!—
Gosh! It was only 2 weeks ago.

NOW that I’m out of Completion Mode, I can post in gratitude to the creatives I sought out making my time @vogueknittingonline worth the freeze!

1. Hanging with @voncrobead, a longtime friend and multi-skilled Artisan (her chainmail metal work! Her crochet!). I’ll be instructing her Size Inclusive Design with her purchase of @cochenilledesignstudio Garment Designer!
2 & 3. Holding the digital printout instructions of my sweater design, with Susan Lazear of @cochenilledesignstudio Her three decade, game changing CAD design program works for All crafts and includes style sets to build your designs—In Whatever Size You Want!
4, 5 & 6. The accomplished Keira @keirawxyz
Her sumptuously dyed wools and blends. My hand spun, crocheted swatch, motivated my students to start learning right away!
7, 8 & 9. A CROCHET KNAPSACK. Who Else can design and develop an accessory as such, but my Menswear God, Nassat @nassat_nation_brand. A multifaceted Designer/Artisan, he brings an aesthetic to the medium, putting him in the league with Kid Super and beyond—Fashion, take notice! We already are!
10. Dearest @junniebjones_ first walked into @iamharlemneedlearts Mantra Monday group with a mis-informing YouTube knitting pattern. We became friends, and since that time she has transformed into one of the Most Stylish knitters, volunteered at VKLive!, and has a love of lace, that I’m Dying to design her custom dress kit for!
The warmth and offerings of colleagues and friends are what makes needles, hooks and yarns feel good in your hands. 🙌🏾 ❤️🧶
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#bronxartisan #bronxchampionfleece #fabricdeveloper #superstringtheorydesign by @saharabriscoe

“BronxigaL Tweed”—

Will be one of my fabrics for Fall/Winter ‘26’.
Made from a blend of 50/50 wool and alpaca, with inserts of MY recycled yarn bits and silk slivers. Plied with a second yarn of hand dyed silver silk and wool tweed.
Just what I wanted—a chunky, butch knit on the outside; warm and soft on inside.

Perfect for a custom made, zip front sweater for a stylish “Roughneck” to Flex.
Dm for inquiries.

#bronxartisan #bronxchampionfleece #knitfabrication #bespokemenssweaters #superstringtheorydesign by @saharabriscoe

I love January sunsets. More daylight emerges. by @saharabriscoe