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8/2/15: For almost 40 years, Will and Terry Knight have welcomed visitors from around the globe to their Spider Web Farm in Williamstown. Eva stopped by on a Sunday to hear some stories and to watch a web being harvested and turned into decorative wall art.

Web making footage courtesy of: Mike Bukay
Full video here.

Music: Sam Lanin, “Something to Remember You By,” Ben Pollack, “I’m Following You”

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Hotel Vermont and Vermont Tourism
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Seven Days senior multimedia producer Eva Sollberger has been making her award-winning video series "Stuck in Vermont" since 2007. In 2024, she won first place from the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for her video, “Barbie Collector.” She received...

3 replies on “Knight’s Spider Web Farm [SIV409]”

  1. Eva, I think this is my very favorite of all your videos, and I’ve been a fan of yours for years. My whole family is fascinated by spiders (we think it is our clan symbol). Not only were the Knights a joy to listen to, but your photography of the spiders at work is truly beautiful. Thank you!

  2. That’s a huge compliment, thanks Annie! A spider clan sounds like my kind of people. I have to give credit to filmmaker Michael Fisher for a lot of the beautiful photography in this video. The spiders weren’t feeling super cooperative but they put up with us nonetheless. Thanks for watching!

  3. We visited the Spider Web Farm this past August. Such a neat story and incredibly sweet couple. Just a unique thing to experience with the family.

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