Knitwear designer Ona Wöldten teamed up with Junction Fiber Mill to create knitting patterns using its wool yarns. Wöldten launched her Lindal sweater pattern before the 2024 New York State Sheep & Wool Festival, where attendees wore handmade versions of her sweater. Seven Days’ Eva Sollberger traveled to White River Junction to meet the fiber artist. Among the many sweaters sported at the Vermont Sheep & Wool Festival in October, one in particular was having a fashion moment: the eye-catching Lindal sweater, which fiber lovers had furiously knit after its pattern was released in August. It was designed by the Rochester artist known as Ona Wöldten. She has designed knitwear for more than two decades, but the Lindal sweater was her first attempt at creating a hand-knit sweater pattern. Wöldten teamed up with the owners of Junction Fiber Mill in White River Junction to launch the distinct leafy pattern three months before the New York State Sheep & Wool Festival, a major fiber fest held in Rhinebeck. Every year attendees make popular sweater patterns and call them “Rhinebeck sweaters.” Like at the Vermont event, fiber fans loved Wöldten’s design, and many wore handmade versions of her sweater. Sheep farmers Peggy Allen and Amanda Kievet opened Junction Fiber Mill in 2021. They use high-quality wool to make yarn and have fostered a growing fiber community. The two post a weekly video called “Millcast” to their followers around the world and host monthly open house tours. Wöldten has partnered with the mill to create a number of knitting patterns, and Allen and Kievet provide fiber bundles and host knit-alongs to help Wöldten’s designs come to life. In the latest episode of "Stuck in Vermont," Seven Days senior multimedia producer Eva Sollberger traveled to Junction Fiber Mill to meet everyone and watch sheep’s wool transform into colorful yarns. Filming date: 1/3/25 Music: Steve Adams, “Mosswood” This episode of Stuck in Vermont was supported by EastRise Credit Union…