Podcast appearances and mentions of clare dowling

Welcome to Keep Streets Live Podcast Ep. 6 where I've interviewed violinist Pete Hartley.First we chat about Pete's meetings at the Musicians Union Headquarters in London.Then I ask Pete about his work with founding Director of Keep Streets Live Jonny Walker.Pete talks about his idea for the nation wide booking system he had which was in contrast to Jonny's idea of the streets being free and open to everybody.Then we chat about booking systems and playing music in shopping centres. Pete talks about his experience of busking in the tube for 18 months in the early 80s.I ask Pete about how the busking's going at the moment. He says he's only been doing it 42 years and still doesn't know what the secret is and tells us about some recent busking days.We chat about playing crowd favourites and Pete asks me how things are going with The Moot.To finish Pete tells us about his music he has submitted for this podcast. This podcast is also on i-tunes and youtube.Thanks for listening,Clare DowlingThe intro music is Rock With You mix by Pete Hartley.The end music is In Former Times by Pete Hartley.The Wedding ViolinistPete HartleyBacking Tracks1981 with Paraphernalia (introduction by the great Ronnie Scott)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yFZJlcLHFEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZLICdfOx6E1987 Central TV New faceshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI8VnyhHOIo&t=9s from 4.00The results!!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCP_sq2B01oBit of Blueshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RifUXD5vOU&feature=youtu.be

For Episode 4 of the Keep Streets Live Podcast I've chatted with fiddle player and busker Serena Smith.First I ask Serena about her musical beginnings as a fiddle player. Then we chat about her busking blog and some of her experiences busking on the London Underground. I ask Serena about any safety concerns she's had while busking.Next I ask her for EQ tips for budding fiddle players.We then chat about Serena's music and I ask if she's had any problems when dealing with authorities in Nottingham. I talk about Nottingham's Public Space Protection Order for busking and ask Serena if she's been affected by it.I ask Serena what her favourite and least favourite things are about busking.We then have a chat about motivation for busking.To finish the podcast Serena includes one of her MP3's, Shape Of You by Ed Sheeran.The podcast will also be available on i-tunes and youtube.Thanks for listening!Clare Dowling#buskers #chat #podcast

Welcome to episode 7 of the Keep Streets Live Podcast where I've chatted with Nick Broad, one of the founders of the Busking Project.This episode is also available on i-tunes and youtube.Thanks for listening! Clare Dowling#busking #podcast #chat

Welcome to Episode 5 of the Keep Streets Live Podcast where Clare Dowling and Eryl from The Moot interview Police Inspector Diane Bradbury from Carlisle police and Paul Walker from Carlisle City Council about the new busking guide lines for Carlisle City Centre which will be released in the next few weeks.Keep Streets Live, The Moot, Carlisle Police and Carlisle City Council co-produced the busking guidance that revisits the City's approach to busking.#podcast #busking #carlisle #chat #guidelinesThe Podcast will also be available on Youtube and i-tunes.

Welcome to Episode 3 of the Keep Streets Live Podcast where I've spoken to Lynn McFarland, singer/songwriter and busker.First we chat about when Lynn first went busking, then I ask her if she's had any safety safety concerns when busking. Next I ask Lynn if she has had any problems with authorities when busking in Nottingham. Then we chat about a new band Lynn is in called Smith and Co with fiddle player Serena Smith. Next I ask Lynn what are the best and worst things about being a busker.To round off Lynn tells us about some gigs she has coming up and  one of her own songs, Tennessee Whiskey ends the podcast.I hope you enjoyed the podcast. The episode will also be available on i-tunes and Youtube.Clare Dowling

Welcome to episode two of the Keep Streets Live podcast where I've interviewed Busker and Director of Keep Streets Live Weybourne Chester Bingley.In this episode we chat about a meeting Chester has just had with Keep Streets Live, Westminster Council and the Westminster Street Performer's Association about a new idea to help deal with complaints from businesses about buskers. The idea is if a business makes a complaint they can do so by filling out an email form on the WSPA website. A representative from the WSPA will go down and assess the situation. If needed they will politely check in with the busker to try and solve the problem. They will then make a log of the complaint and what the outcome was. If they can show to the Council that they are working together as a community and working to keep everyone happy then hopefully they can avoid a licensing scheme being implemented.I then ask Chester about a letter to Poole Council he recently sent asking them about their licensing scheme for busking.To finish Chester explains a little about what Keep Streets Live is and what they do.Chester's music on BandcampThis episode is also  on i-tunes and Youtube.I hope you enjoyed this episode, I have a few more interviews lined up with other buskers and people working with buskers.Thanks for listening!Clare Dowling

How do decide just how a fiber should be spun?  I talk about this and the continuing Tour De Fleece spinning projects in this podcast.   In today's music you hear the usual podcast intro and at the end the rest of the song, Spinning Wheels by Clare Dowling, found on Music Alley.  A big thank you to her for sharing this song, so appropiate for the podcasts' intro music!

I am talking again about the new Majacraft Aura wheel and my learning process as I've spun on it.  Although you may not have this specific wheel, you can listen and apply some of my ideas to any wheel that you would like to expand in your spinning skills. The second section discusses my crazy idea of putting beads in the yarn before I knit, and how I finally got that idea to work.  The photo here shows that yarn on the bobbin of the Aura. The music today is a bit different than normal as I recently discovered there are some techno tunes I really enjoy.  So I've included a techno interlude called Hestor is Amused by Johnjack.  If techno is really not your thing, the interludes are short and I give you a chance to turn the podcast off before the end song.  But I really urge you to listen, as I do like the song, Pas De Deux by Lee Negin.  All of today's music is from Music Alley with my extra thank you to Clare Dowling for my use of her Spinning Wheels as the podcasts intro music. Until later, happy spinning!

Today I decided to podcast to potential spinners, and entice them into the fold, so to speak.  So the podcast is all about taking that first step or two.  Before long you will be a spinner too. I also included a review of a very good magazine to start you on your way, Knit and Spin by Interweave Press.  Music in today's podcast is from Music Alley  The interlude is called Music for an unborn podcast and is by Michael van Laar  The closing song is by Cat Malojian Only You.  And a big thank you to Clare Dowling for her perfect song for the opening of all my podcasts, Spinning Wheel.

It only happens now and then in a spinner's life, the decision to buy a spinning wheel.  I had that chance last month, and am now the happy owner of a Majacraft Aura.  I talk about my story of finding the wheel, and what I have learned in the few weeks of owning it. A big thank you to Clare Dowling for her Spinning Song, that I've used for the pod cast's opening for all these years. The closing music for today's podcast is by William Saunders and is called Chasing Daylight. If you'd like to join us in the spinning technique spin along, go to Ravelry, search for the group Yarnspinnerstales spin in, and find the specific threads for each month's technique.  With done a single study, lock spinning, and spinning from the fold.

Talking about color turned into such a long conversation for my daughter and I that we had to make it into two podcasts.  Here is part two of that discussion.  For many years I just picked a dyed fiber because I loved the colors, spun it, and wondered what the yarn would look like when I was done.  Now armed with some of the tools found with the color wheel, I have a better chance of not only knowing what will result, but maybe changing something to make it look more like I want. The photo on the posts for episodes 54-55 is a yarn spun by my daughter (photo used with her permission).  In the podcast she explains how she was able to keep the nice stretch of contrasting colors.  Those contrasts were very aptly named for the Shel Silverstein poem, HugOWar. Since our conversations were so long, there was not much music in these two podcasts.  Instead I used the music of Clare Dowling, who's Spinning Wheel song has been the theme song for this podcast over three years. A big thank you to Clare for sharing this song with podcasters and their listeners on Musicalley (formerly the podsafe music network.) Until later-happy spinning!

An unplannned spinning sabatical while my day to day life gets rearranged.  During this time I will be taking care of a post surgery husband, looking for part time work in my old career and in general not finding the time to spin.  Since a podcast often takes 8-10 hours of my time, I have decided to take a three month break from podcasting.  But I will be thinking about the podcast, and evaluating if it will come back in the same format or use this time for creating a new format. Meanwhile, a big thank you to all the listeners worldwide, for your time over these two years.  Your comments have been the incentive to not only keep podcasting, but find it fun.  As a thank you to Clare Dowling for the use of her Spinning Wheel in bits and pieces over these years, I have ended the podcast with the song in its entirety.  Her music and all music I have used over these years can be found at the podcast music network. Until later,  happy spinning!

Got grist?  If not, this podcast will help you understand just what this spinning term means, how it is figured and why it's an important part of spinning a specific yarn. This episode continues the discussion of spinning a certain type of yarn, regardless of the fiber you choose.  This time we are not going to just copy a commercial yarn, but start from nothing but the idea of spinning yarn for socks. A very important link on the web was mentioned in the podcast and it can be found here.  It is the work of Llyn Payne, and is a listing the the characteristics such as YPP and WPI of commercial yarns using the standard numeric system available on ball bands. From this information we can find the target range of these figures to use in our calculations for creating similiar yarns. I would like to take a moment to explain a calculation that I mention in the podcast that did not get enough explanation.  The discussion was covering how to determine the amount of fiber needed to spin a project (in our example we were saying socks)  The formula uses grist, weight length and the number 16 (oz to lbs conversion).  It looks like this: G=(M/W)L where G=grist  M=16 for US weight or 1000 for metric  W=weight and L=length Normally this calculation is used to figure grist (because we have the weight and length already) If we want to find out how much fiber to buy to make a certain yards of yarn at a certain grist we can do some algebraic magic and solve for W.  I did this in the podcast without really explaining how I got the amount.  Here's the actual calculation: If I want to spin 450 yards of 2 ply sock yarn and look up in the above chart to see that sock yarn has a range of 1675 to 2100 YPP (which is the grist and I will take an arbitrary middle of the range figure 1800) it would be solved like this: 1800=16/W(450) 16/W=1800/450 16/W=4 Multiply both sides by W 16=4W 4=W This means W (your weight of fiber needed) is 4 oz  I very conveniently choose a number that worked out evenly, it will not always do that, and the spinner should always round up to be sure to have enough. A big thank you to my daughter who was in college more recently than myself and so could remember how to solve algebra equations. Music today is from Mevio a podsafe music network.  The interlude music was by Kumpania Algazarra and is called Skabicine.  The closing song is Hardly Enough by WAZ  As always a big thank you to Clare Dowling for the spinning song.

This podcast continues the discussion of how to buy fibers for spinning and then store them.  I first talk about what to look for when purchasing the non wool fibers, like alpaca, mohair and angora.  The second part goes into how to store your fibers until you are ready to wash the fleece or spin them. I have more photos of a recent fleece that I was prepping for storage on my blog. I could not ignore the holiday though, and since it is Halloween, my yarnspinner tale is an original ghost story I tell just for this podcast.  It is called The Haunting of Sara Jane. A big thank you to Clare Dowling for her Spinning song used in the podcast intro.  All music is from the podsafe music network now known as music alley.  Musicians in today's podcast include: New Band demos  with Halloween the delicate art of noise pollution  with Spooky Funk If you are a spinner or knitter and would like to support this podcast please check out my Artfire studio.  I have fibers for spinners, and handspun yarn for knitters available for sale at that site.

The wonderful fluffy sheep is one of the breeds I talk about in today's spin in podcast, the Polworth.  I also discuss the Southdown sheep breed. I've put in a small segment for beginner spinners on just how I fiddle with my spinning wheel when starting to spin a new to me fiber. And if it is a spin-in then there must be a story, and today's yarnspinnertale is about sense of humor. Here's the promised links! Here's a good link for more information about the Polworth sheep. I have a group on Ravelry, listed as yarnspinnerstales spin-in.  Search in the groups box and come join the group. I have a fiber sampler box of 10 different fibers for sale in my Artfire store, ZavagantStudio.  Check it out now and then, I will continue to add items for sale there over the next two months. All music is from Mevio's Music Alley (formerly the Podsafe Music Network). Today's theme:  Humor! The first song is by Marc Gunn, a podcaster of Celtic Music (The Celtic Music Podcast Show) and writer of very funny songs, often about cats.  Today I chose What Do You Do With a Catnipped Kitty. The very unique 'singing' of the Miranda Rights is called the Miranda Lullabye, and is sung by Paul and Storm. The show closes with The Recycle Song by Bill Bates. As always, a big thank you to Wren Ross for Baa Baa Black Sheep and Clare Dowling for Spinning Wheel. Happy Spinning!

This podcast talks about carding with handcarders, or a drumcarder.  Not only is it a wonderful way to get your fiber ready to spin, it is also a very useful tool for blending fibers or colors. Carding with handcards is shown on this video. We made this video when we were podcasting about cotton, but the concept of carding is the same, and I thought it would be good to include the link again. There was a big announcement quietly made in this podcast: My new online shop! This shop will be a place for selling fibers and other creative pursuits that catch my fancy.  You can find it at  ZavagantStudios at the Artfire website. If you want to see other carding that I have been doing, check out my blog.  The music used in today's podcast is from a podsafe music network, mevio (formally the podsafe music network site). The interlude music is Summer by General Fuzz.  The closing song is Midsummer Night by Robert Walker. And as always a big thank you to Clare Dowling for the spinning song that I use as my podcast theme song. Happy blending!

Spring is fickle and comes and goes, but the spinning goes on anyway.  Today's podcast has discussions on two rare breeds of sheep, the Tunis and the Karakul.  And later, as I spin on some cashgora, I talk about the unnamed spinners and her influence in my fiber life. All music today has a spring theme and is from the podsafe music network. Sounding for all the world like a 1940's tune, Tom Waits sings You Can Never Hold Back Spring. The interlude music between the yarnspinner tale today is Steps to Spring by Ishmail Abatay. The podcast closes with the song Winterspring by the Ampersands. Of course, I must thank Wren Ross for Baa Baa Black Sheep, and Clare Dowling for the Spinning Song.

It's a good day for snuggling up with some warm fiber and spinning.  In today's podcast I talk about an unusual fiber cashgora.  And later, while spinning this fiber, I have my yarnspinner tale about balance. All music in the podcast today has the theme of snow, and I would like to give a big thank you to the following musicians for sharing their songs with us on the Podsafe Music Network. Snow  by The Standalone Snowman by the Egerton Boys Snow by Comfortable Snow Angel by Laura Hughes And a final thank you to Clare Dowling for the Spinning Song and Wren Ross for BaaBaa Black Sheep.

Spinning on my front porch, means cool morning air, birdsong and the occasional cow mooing in the background.  But the topic of the yarnspinnerstale this month is very cool, as I tell all about my recent cruise to Alaska with Seasocks 08. Before that though, I discuss two sheep breeds from my rare breed sampler:  Cormo and Montadale.  The photo is from some of the cormo spun from combed top pulled through a diz. Music for this podcast is from the Podsafe Music Network.  New music artists include: Janet Spahr  with Rosemary Damh the Bard with Lady of the Silver Wheel And special thanks to Wren Ross for letting me use Baa Baa Black sheep with the sheep fleece reviews, and to Clare Dowling for the opening Spinning song. A few links I said I would include are: Amy Singer   her webpage is here.  Amy taught a shawl Plug and Play class on the cruise. Crissy Gardner, and Heather Ordover  each taught in the Heels, Heels, Heels classes. And Brenda Dayne, talking all about her experiences podcasting, was the highlight of the trip, for this podcaster. Finally, I issue an Olympic challenge.  I did this for the winter Olympics, and the blog entry is in the archives from my blog.  But I am in the mood to do something different this time, and talk about that in the podcast.  I hope you will join me in August as I watch the Olympics and take on your own Olympic spinning challenge. You have a bit of time, but don't dally, the challenge starts 08/08/08. Happy summer solstice!

Part 2 of the cotton dyeing discusses how I dyed the roving using a natural dyestuff.  And a very unusual dyestuff too. There are photos, and a detailed description of the process on my blog. I've included two songs in today's podcast, both from the podsafe music network.  Be sure and check out the musicians webpages if you like the songs. Copper Box  played Need a Little Squeezin   It's a great tune, and is featured on their website too. Clare Dowling  of Moot Music opens every podcast for me with her spinning song, and for this podcast, closes with Go With the Flow. Hope you have enjoyed these two podcasts of dyeing cotton. Comments are always welcomed here or on my blog.  And if you use Itunes, and could look me up there, searching under Yarnspinners Tales, leave a review.  It'll help more spinners find me. Until next time, hope all you fiber colors are wonderul.

Dyeing Cotton Part one. In today's podcast I am joined by my local spinners/knitters for a day of dyepots, fiber and fun.  Cotton fiber, specifically and the project was all for a fiber swap starting in the Ravelry group, Garden Spinning. Please be sure to check out the blogs for each of the dyers, for lots of pictures. Anita, Andrea, and Viki.   Yarnspinners blog is here. Here's a few key points about what we learned: Cotton needs to be soaked very thoroughly in soda ash water, to take up the dye well.  Dyes created specifically for cotton need to be used.  These are the old formula Cushings union dyes or any dye specifically created for tie dyeing. Solar heating or low tech variations with a heating pad work well to set the dyes.  Temperatures need to be around 100 degrees. Cotton takes a very long time to dry, needs lots of dry heat or breeze to dry and looks pretty compacted until it does dry. A good thumping on the cotton, once it is dry will fluff it up and make it ready to spin. There's lots more on the podcast!  So much more, that I had to divide the podcasts into two parts.  So continue on with episode 13 to hear the rest of the story. Music for the podcast is from the podsafe music network.  Clare Dowling provides my opening theme, and the interludes today are by Dan Tharp. 

April is not only about spring, but many other things on this month's spin in podcast.  I talk about the fleece from two rare breeds of sheep, the Finn Sheep and the Perendale.   And as usual there is lots of music, and a Yarnspinner's Tale. Today's music comes from the Podsafe Music Network.  I encourage you to check out this website as well as the websites for any of the artists used on today's podcast. Special thank you's go to Clare Dowling and Wren Ross for use of their music to introduce segments in the podcasts. The music behind the spring poem was provided by Monica Herzig. The song Memory Lane was done by Elliott Smith. Hardly Enough is from WAZ. And the show closes with music from the group Parker Street Cinema. Until the next podcast, hope all of your memories are well spun.

Did you know that angora rabbits come in dyelots?  I talk about this and many other hopefully helpful explanations of how to process and spin that angora fiber you bought (and have stashed forever). All the music in this podcast is provided by Clare Dowling through the podsafe music network.  She sings with a group known as The Moot, so that is the webpage to which you will be directed.  I featured her and her music in this show, because I am using her song Spinning Wheel, as my opening theme song.  The interludes between parts of the show are from her Acoustic Blues, and the show ends with Misunderstood. To view the photos I talk about in the podcast please go to my blog. Next show will be the spin-in for the month, see you then!

         Join me in my barn today, and learn how to harvest the wonderful fiber angora from a rabbit.  And there's a few rabbits in the music hat too!  Musical interludes in the barn are from:      Dancing in November  by Monika Herzig For our music break, we pulled these rabbits out of the hat:      Run Rabbit/The Chase  by Brain Buckit       Bunny Boiler  Pablo Eskimo And we close with some country bluegrass from the Smithsonian Archives:      Rabbit in a Log  by The Stanley Brothers And as always a thank you for my spinning wheel theme song by Clare Dowling. All music can be found at the podsafe music network Next month's podcasts will both be mostly music podcasts, set up for your listening whether you find time to spin, or knit on those have to be done by Christmas socks.  Talk to you then!  

  Grab your favorite spinning tool and fiber and join me as I spin some yarn, and tell you a few yarnspinners tales. And of course, play music, lots of wonderful autumnal type music all to be found at the Podsafe Music Network. Check out the following artists and their music: their spouses will thank you! Spinning My Wheels by Dan Montgomery Cheetham Hill by Junction Pool Autumn Colors by Ritchie Hernandez Autumn by Quinn Autumn Leaves by Egerton Boyz With special thanks to Clare Dowling for her Spinning Song used as my Intro.

Big Scary Five Pitch Combs and Halloween music, Oh MY! Join me on my front porch and listen to my detailed explaination of how I use base held large combs for making top from  Shetland wool.  Then enjoy some Halloween music from the Podsafe music network, while either trying your own combing, or just enjoying the music. A few pictures of the combing process have been posted on my Oct 27th entry of my blog. All podsafe music used can be found here. Websites for the musicians in the podcast are: Well I Wouldn't Call them Demon by DeepSeaDust Frankenstein's in the Mood by Beau Hall Halloween by The Coffinshakers Halloween is Awesome by Hyper Nonsense And special thanks to Clare Dowling for her Spinning Song used as my Intro music. Join me in several weeks for a spin along, as I light a fire in my living room fireplace, and talk and spin on one of my wheels.  See you then!

Welcome to the first podcast for Yarnspinners Tales.  This is a beta test of everything involved to put together a podcast, and I go into some of the details, plus talk a little about the format for future podcasts.  And in between all that, there is some music that I have enjoyed and hope you will too.  Just try and make it through the day without rehumming the Refrigerator Blues! The next and official first episode of Yarnspinners Tales will be about combing fiber with large pitch combs.  So grab your combs and fiber and join me. All music in this podcast is from the Podsafe Music Network. If you liked what you heard, go to the website and support the musicians.  Their spouses will thank you! Special thanks to Clare Dowling  for her song Spinning Wheel, my intro theme song. Refrigerator Blues by 77South Cyndi by Podcast Troubadour Goodbye Time by Bluesman Tom Malafarina