08/30/2026
✨ Artist Spotlight: Audrey Carrel ✨
For Audrey Carrel, fiber art began with a gift from her Ukrainian grandmother: the art of knitting. Taught as a young child, Audrey developed a distinctive way of holding and throwing her yarn—one she was once told was “weird” or “wrong.” Years later, at a fiber festival in Edinburgh, she discovered that her technique was actually a traditional Eastern European method, shared by a French woman with the same heritage. Suddenly, what had seemed unusual was revealed as a beautiful connection to her family’s traditions.
Today, Audrey creates unique, one-of-a-kind shawls and knitted pieces, often without a pattern. Rather than dictating exactly where the work will go, she follows the lead of the yarn and allows shapes and forms to emerge naturally as she knits.
“I find myself following where the yarn leads me,” Audrey says, creating one-of-a-kind knits that feel less like garments and more like works of art that can be worn and enjoyed.
That philosophy extends to Meka Farm & Homegoods, the small fiber farm in southwestern New Hampshire that grew from a humble beginning with 15 chickens, followed by a pig, goats, and eventually a bottle lamb. Twelve years later, the farm is home to sheep whose fleeces become beautiful, locally sourced yarn. Each undyed batch of yarn is even named after the individual sheep it came from.
At Meka Farm, Audrey offers hand-dyed and undyed yarn, hand-knit clothing and crafts, sheepskins from local farms, and an eclectic collection of handmade goods. Her creative offerings include original knit-and-dye kits, handmade potholders and mats, lanolin and beeswax balms, farm-animal note cards, and the delightfully irreverent “Knitting because Murder is Wrong” mugs and stickers.
Visit Audrey during the Monadnock Art Tour at studio 37 in Hancock!
For more information about the tour visit our website➡ https://monadnockart.org/
