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On this episode of Bittersweet Podcast, we sit down with the powerhouse behind Embrace Your Frizzique, Zarah Garbrah. As the founder and director of a curly haircare brand, Zarah shares her inspiring journey of building her business from the ground up, navigating self-doubt, and learning to trust herself and the process.We also get an exclusive look at EYF's latest product launch on Saturday the 15th of March and dive into the era of I'm just a girl' Follow this week's guest on socials:Zarah Garbrah: https://www.instagram.com/zarahg?igsh=MWNwNG8yeGlyNG9hcQ==Embrace Your Frizzique: https://www.instagram.com/embraceyourfrizzique/Get your tickets to the launch here:Embrace Your Frizzique Presents The Hydra Experience
Grant Watkins and Keely McEnery are the co-founders of Earn Your Freedom, a Houston startup that's gamifying financial education for students. EYF launched Money Quest earlier this year, and is now seeking crowdfunding support with the help of Impact Hub Houston. The funding will go toward continuing to develop the program and support local high school students to help them reach financial literacy before they enter the real world.
Episode 52: What's Next? Fertology! They say all good things must end, and it's the end of Embrace You First! It is NOT however the end of our podcast, we're just rebranding and changing the focus a little bit. EYF was designed to help us all be the best we can be, and put the focus on US, during the difficult times of the first wave of the pandemic. Now that better times are here, we're changing our focus back to helping you GET pregnant and STAY pregnant. We'll share personal stories along the way, as well as providing invaluable advice on all things fertility. Email or DM Dr. Tanya Wylde and I on social media. We would love to hear what your goals are right now as you embrace the seasons of your life from trying to get pregnant or stay pregnant, or postpartum through to menopause. To
Would it be sound selfish if I said it's all about me or it's all about you? On the surface or in the world you might be called out for putting yourself first but when it comes to God it is all about you. God is not an impersonal God, He not only knows all about you and all He wants you to do is share with others what He has done for you. The power of the testimony is that it is yours and nobody else's. God may have saved millions from addictions but your salvation story is as unique as your fingerprints. Why are we discussing this on the show today? It's simple. Too many of us get stuck on the sidelines when it comes to sharing because we're afraid we don't know enough about God or the Bible so we use that as an excuse to remain quiet. We use our supposed lack of knowledge to stay in our lane and let the big guns go and preach it. Here's the thing, God wants you to stay in your lane and you are a big gun with the thing God wants you to share, your story!Imagine if this week you simply shared with 5 people something great God has done for you (a testimony). Your story is the rock thrown in the pond and the ripple effect is God ministering to others through you. That's all you need to do. For some your story will be a pebble but for others it will be a mighty stone. All you need to do is share what you know, nothing more, nothing less. Our prayer at EYF is that you get at least one chance a day to share a testimony, we hope it becomes your prayer too. God bless.
We meet, we fall in love, we get married, have kids and then we live happily ever after. Wait, you mean that isn't how it happens? The EYF team had the pleasure to sit down with two people who know the meaning of till death do we part, Steve and Lisa Goldberg of Side by Side Ministries (www.staysidebyside.org). Steve and Lisa have a ministry that has helped save a bunch of marriages as God has given them the tools to help folks in crisis. As we know God often uses events in our own lives to help prepare us and Steve and Lisa share their own marital heartache and how it drove them closer together and finally got God to be the center of their marriage. This is one of our favorite shows and by the end we think you'll agree.
The EYFPodcast has made many friends over the past year and we just love to talk to Ron Hardin as he is the ultimate encourager! Ron's hopeful spirit is so infectious he could could make Nancy Pelosi see the good in Donald Trump. One of Ron's biggest gifts is his prophetic word that God has given him to write and this far Ron has produced three volumes of God's Mail which is a series of God's word laid upon Ron's heart on many different subjects. Each letter is a poem of God's unrelenting, redeeming Spirit described as only a modern day prophet could. As our time grows short it's become more and more important to immerse yourself in the Word of God and to share so that others may have the peace you do so we at EYF believe strongly that you will win at Christmas by giving God's Word through Ron to anyone on your list. Find Ron and his books at www.godsmail.com.
You know that feeling you get when you meet someone and you just can tell they are legit? That's what we at EYF felt the minute we started talking with for mer standout NFL player Vernon Fox. Lot's of people you meet are different on the outside than who they are on the inside but not so with Vernon. He is a man of God through and through and the amount of knowledge he brings to the podcast today could literally change the direction your life is going in. Praying, fasting, meditating on God's word in order to hear his voice are all staples of Vernon's daily walk with Christ. Sit back and enjoy a conversation with former NFL great Vernon Fox III.
When you think of becoming a king what comes to your mind? For most it's likely going to be a slightly different perspective than what nationally acclaimed writer Morgan Snyder has put forth in his new book, "Becoming a King". The EYFPodcast had the opportunity to sit down with Morgan this week and in doing so we dived right into the idea of restoring what God has given us to do. We learned that we all have a "kingdom" that God has put us in charge of and we explored the relationship of father to son and what it means to have a heavenly Father. This is a time to savor so find a quiet place and sit back and enjoy listening. You'll walk away a better son, and daughter of the Most High.Morgan can be found at www.becomegoodsoil.com and you can purchase his book at www.becomingaking.com. Morgan is partners with John Eldredge at Ransomed Heart ministries and we at EYF highly recommend you join forces with Ransomed Heart as part of their subscription services. The more connected to God you are, the better the outcomes. Find the resources you need at www.RansomedHeart.com.
Have you ever had that idea put on your heart by God to do something and thought, "yes, I could do that" but in the next breath say "I probably shouldn't because I might fail or someone else is probably already doing it." We at EYF know what this is like and when you meet someone who took the idea that God put on their heart and actually ran with it you know you need to listen. Cathy Parker heard God and then did something a lot of people forget to do, she listened. Then she obeyed and the rest is the story of Northern Lights, the true field of dreams that God brought to Barrows Alaska through Cathy Parker. We encourage you to read her book and listen to the podcast several times as there are so many nuggets you'll have your own gold mine at the end.Cathy can be reached at www.beyondtheballfield.com and you can purchase her book there as well. This is a can't miss opportunity for you and a life changer if you ever thought that God had placed a dream on your heart.
News & Announcements Allison is now a British citizen! And she has a new job! She is now the Events Coordinator – Craft for Farnham Maltings, the home of Unravel. She’s also putting on Make Joy, a one day celebration of yarn and friendship, happening at Baden Powell House in central London near the Natural History Museum on Sunday, 3 November. Tickets are now on sale! Rachel also has a new job! But thankfully she’s working from home so she can knit on client calls without anyone looking at her strangely. Win, win. What we’re working on Allison has been doing a little bit of Porpoise Fur spinning on her new wheel. She’s also working on a super secret uber chunky project to be revealed later in the year, and is knitting some Mercury socks by Kim Drotar (a free pattern on Rav) from the Urth yarn she got from Rachel for her birthday. Rachel – finished one Ripple Bralette by Jessie Mae Martinson for eldest daughter in Dusty Dimples sock yarn in Pretty Poisons, and started another for youngest daughter in Qing Fibre BFL fingering. As a new crochet project, she started the Fern shawl by Jan Power (another free pattern on Ravelry - thank you!) But most importantly, she finally got into her Electric Eel Wheel Nano and has spun up the singles of three bumps of fibre she bought from John Arbon that is destined to be an Odyssey Shawl by Joji Locatelli. Great London Yarn Crawl 2019 – recap and door prizes! The year’s new format for the GLYC seems to have been a fantastic success! Thank you for all you feedback, and as always we’d love to hear your thoughts - use the contact us link at the bottom of the page to give us your feedback, good and bad. And now for the door prizes: Loop’s door prize of 4 skeins of BC Garn in blues and a tote bag were won by Dorothea Tilroe. Tribe sent a tote bag stuff with a giant needle and swatch gauge, a skein of Urth yarn Monochrome, a skein of Bear in Sheeps Clothing fingering, and a Tribe enamel pin. These are finding a good home with Anne Cunningham. Mahliqa: the first prize Swarovski crystal earrings with pompoms and bag goes to Sophie McKane, with a second prize of a necklace and set of stitch markers in the EYF special colourways (collaboration with Countess Ablaze) and Mahliqa bag are headed to Nicole Stanley. A copy of the wonderful This Golden Fleece by Esther Rutter will be enlightening Rhona Johnstone. Grand prize for those who visited all 13 shops! Goodies form Loop, Mahliqa and SweetGeorgia Yarns – a skein of Shalimar (70% sw merino/20% kid mohair/10% silk) and Loop tote bag, SGY Tough Love Sock in Smitten, and set of Swarovski stitch markers and bag from Maliqa go to Sue Smith. We’ve also crunched our numbers and are proud to say that this year’s GLYC raised almost £900 for Refuge - thank you all so much!!!! *** Wrap up Many thanks for joining us for another episode! You can find the podcast on iTunes and Stitcher Radio (please rate, review and subscribe!) and you'll find us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, in our Yarn in the City group on Ravelry, or in person on Wednesday nights at our knit night between 7 and 10pm at The Breakfast Club on Battersea Rise. Music credits (available on NoiseTrade) A Good Reason To Smile - Chasing Noise
Third time is the charm and we've got a great Episode 46 for you all! Vivian has started her CoopKnits sock which should really be called her 2019 EYF socks, although who would we be if there weren't some initial kinks to iron out first? And she has a big FO to share!! And Alyson is all FOs today: two totally new projects and one returnee to the show. Plus, for our Marvel fans, we're going to be talking your ear off at the end of the episode, so stay tuned if that's your jam! Quiz: https://bzfd.it/2UqiMBN Zweig: https://bit.ly/2wCbdf9 Wynn: https://bit.ly/2JSZZN5 Sky Blue Mittens: https://bit.ly/2HK7L91 ------------------------- INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/kcacypodcast ETSY: http://pearlandplum.etsy.com WEBSITE: http://kcacypodcast.wordpress.com RAVELRY: http://bit.ly/2mirMdK Theme music: Carpe Diem Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License https://bit.ly/1b8Hyff
Hello there and welcome to The Crochet Circle Podcast and the show notes for Episode 41 – Three Years Old. My name is Fay and this is my audio and video podcast for those that love fibre crafts, particularly crochet. It’s a community for people that like to support their fellow humans regardless of race, gender, sexuality, ability, size or age. I hope you feel the welcome embrace and love of the Crochet Clan. Come on in and stay awhile. In this episode, I cover: Review of KnitPro ball winder; Crochet Inclusivity; Final Destination; En Route; Designs in Progress; Feeding the habit; Quick News Beats and J’adore. This podcast is sponsored by my online crafting company, Provenance Craft Co. Thanks to everyone who tunes into the podcast whether it is through Stitcher, Podbean, Spotify, iTunes or the YouTube Channel. Your support and engagement are really appreciated and makes running a podcast very special and worthwhile. If you would like to support the podcast, you can do that through Patreon: 1 – Review When I first started my yarn journey, I bought myself a cheap, plastic ball winder because I didn’t know then that crochet and all things yarn would literally take over my life! ALT TEXT: Grey background and close up of cream and red crappy plastic ball winder with a broken metal finger. Over the last couple of months, I have tried a couple of different KnitPro wooden ball winders to see whether they would be a better option for me. Well, the proof is that I now own one. ALT TEXT: Grey background with wooden ball winder and orange/grey wool scattered around it. Given that I can be caking up yarn every other day, I thought it was a wise decision. So, here’s what I hate about my old ball winder and love about the new one: 1 – OLD: it creates a very tight cake which means that my yarn is being held under tension. NEW: the cakes are taller and wider, so the yarn is not under the same amount of tension and pressure. 2 – OLD: it’s mainly made of plastic and is flimsy. NEW: It’s predominantly made of wood with a little plastic and some metal. It feels very substantial and durable. 3 – OLD: the metal finger that your yarn is placed through stopped standing on its own after about the third use. NEW: The metal finger is very firmly in place and does not move as part of the ball winder set-up. 4 – OLD: the cakes almost always get tangled at the bottom of the spinner towards the end of the skein wind. I have had t o cut my yarn before now, to release it. NEW: The wooden base that the yarn caked up from is much bigger and can more than cope with the job. 5 – OLD: The ball winder struggles to create neat mini cakes. NEW: The cakes are neat and seem to be staying in place. I need to test whether they work well or not though. 6 – OLD: It’s really difficult to get a nice centre pulled ball that doesn’t get knotted up. NEW: There is a space big enough to get your fingers into to pull the centre yarn from. The cake seems to have more space in the core, so I am hopeful that the centre pull will be easy and not tangled. The KnitPro ball winder also makes really pretty looking cakes – I know this isn’t really important, but when you have to photograph yarn as part of your living, it does factor in. ALT TEXT: two photos, both with grey backgrounds. First shows two cakes of identical yarn, the left was wound with the plastic crappy winder and is shorter, denser and messier and the second cake is taller and prettier. Photo two shows 3 mini skeins (2 pink and a maroon), a green with neon colour pop cake and the brown tweed one from the first photo. The wooden ball winder is clearly much bigger than the plastic one, so you will need more space to operate it, but the proof is in the pudding. If you are often caking up yarn, then I wholeheartedly recommend this bit of kit. I bought mine from Nikki at Ewe Felty Thing and it arrived within a week. It’s not a cheap option at £105 + P&P, however, this is a piece of essential equipment for my hobby and job and I expect to be using this until the day I die. Caking yarn is now a joy and not a task, especially when they come out in such a pretty shape! 2 – Crochet inclusivity Last month, I said that I was only going to purchase yarns from vendors that had crochet samples out. I spent much of Edinburgh Yarn Festival diligently asking whether yarn dyers and vendors had crochet samples that I could see. I got mixed reactions! Some stallholders had some crochet, but the vast majority did not. That isn’t specific to EYF, I find that to be the case at most yarn festivals. Beyond the snobby reactions that I sometimes receive around crochet, there is a fundamental lack of understanding around our craft. That may be because the vendors don’t crochet or they did it years ago and associate it with blankets, acrylic yarn and clashing colours. There are also the urban myths that surround crochet – such as it’s yarn hungry; done by grannies, or that there are no contemporary crochet designs coming through! In the podcast, I reference a piece of research I did on knitting v crochet for grams used. You can access that research via my blog post here. With most things in life, I am more carrot than stick. I am willing to put the work in to help educate people on crochet as a craft. My plan is to do this by writing an open letter to yarn shops, indie dyers, yarn vendors, yarn festival organisers that don’t currently give consideration to crocheters. As part of the open letter, I will point them towards resources that dispel the urban myths and showcase the fantastic contemporary crochet that we have. In the long-term, I plan to pull together a Crochet Collective whereby, yarn shops etc. can call upon a list of crochet designers that have beautiful crochet patterns that have been fully tech edited and deserve space and attention in yarn shops, at shows and on Instagram. Needless to say, this is all going to take time, so watch this space. I always say to Matthew that “if I haven’t helped to change the face of crochet by the time I die, I simply didn’t work hard enough!” 3 – Final Destination I can finally share my secret projects with you! Before Christmas, I started working on a shawl called Drucilla. It was kept a secret because it is one of the patterns in the new John Arbon Textiles publication, The Annual. There are three knitting patterns in The Annual and my crochet pattern. ALT TEXT for four clustered photos: Top left has a grey background with some beach pebbles placed to the left of The Annual front cover. with skeins of yarn on a wooden table, mill bobbins on the floor. Top right is a blue wall with a dusky mauve shawl with a maroon border on a mannequin. Bottom left has a grey background with The Annual opened at a page with a triangular version of the shale in a maroon colour and dark browny/black border. Modelled out on Exmoor by a young female. Bottom right is the same but the shawl is now shown as a C2C version in a very light grey/blue laceweight yarn. All yarns are from John Arbon Textiles. Top right used 2 x 100g skeins of Knit By Numbers DK KBN90 and 1 x mini skein DK in KBN75 Bottom left used 2 x Devonia 4ply in colourway 'Bleeding Heart' and 1 x colourway 'Cinder Glow'. Bottom right used 2 x 100g skeins of Alpaca 2-3 ply (heavy laceweight) in colourway 'Sea Spray'. Drucilla is a great all-rounder shawl, using V stitch. You can do it with one or two skeins, keep it as a triangular shawl or make it into a C2C shawl as I did with the heavy lace version. I have also just finished off a DK weight version to show that it can be crocheted from laceweight up to DK. If you want to get your hands on the pattern, The Annual can be purchased via the John Arbon website. It costs £5 plus P&P. The whole thing is packed full of information and fun elements, like a spot the difference game! I have also finished off some knitted socks. A pair for my best friend, Jenny and a pair for my Dad. ALT TEXT: Two photos both with a grey background. The first shows a charcoal grey pair of socks with hot pink stripes, heels and toes. The second is a plain tealy/ blue pair of socks. Striped socks are in Dragon Hill Studio 4 ply 'Metro Pinstripe'. The second pair is in Lang Jawoll, colourway 'Peacock'. 4 – En Route The saga of my Esja jumper continues! I had hoped to be showing you how to work the sleeves as part of the podcast, but I ran out of yarn! We are heading up to Scotland on Friday, so I will pop into Blacksheep Wools on the way and pick up an extra skein and hopefully finish it off in the car on the way to Ben Nevis. Next month, I WILL be wearing my Esja jumper! 5 – Designs in Progress Last month I showed off a Barcelona inspired long cowl that I had been working on. It now has a name – Rocamora, after the family that lived in the building of the same name that inspired the cowl. I have actually submitted the design into a newish online magazine called Yarn People. I really like the inclusive nature of the magazine and the fact that they aren’t fussed about whether the pattern has already been published or talked about within the yarn community. Whilst I wait to hear whether the submission was successful or not, I am busy working up another version of it that is much short and only uses three colours. There may be a third example in the offing which is a fade option too… ALT TEXT: Grey background with wooden ball winder at the top with mid grey yarn sat, balled up on it, foxy orange yarn in a skein to the left, a partial cake of dark grey yarn and a work in progress ribbed cowl with a green metal crochet hook. 6 – Feeding the habit My friend Nic was in Australia, visiting family. We agreed to do a yarn swap whereby, she brought me back some lovely yarns from that side of the world, and I brought her back yarns form Edinburgh Yarn Festival. I failed to bring anything back for her that was suitable but will work on it when I vend at Spring Into Wool next weekend, but Nic brought me back two amazing yarns. One from White Gum Wool in Tasmania and one from Great Ocean Road Mill in Australia. They are so lovely and squishy! I spent a lovely day over at Ewe Felty Thing in Llandudno, North Wales, helping Nikki celebrate her shop’s 1st birthday. There was a lot of yarn to squish (and buy). I came away with a skein of the special birthday colourway that Nikki had dyed and some minis from Abercairn that will become sock toes, heels and cuffs (and already have in one case). I also pre-ordered my ball winder when I was there. Obviously, I brought stuff back from EYF too, but because of my point about not buying from stands that don’t have crocheted samples, I didn’t buy as much as I could have. That said, I did buy four balls of wool from Jamieson’s. I was having an interesting discussion with one of their team and plan to recreate one of their classic Fair Isle patterns in crochet to really make that point that crochet can be beautiful and just sticking to marketing to knitters doesn’t need to be the way forward. Mainly, I got yarn from John Arbon Textiles. My love of their wool continues, and I wasn’t really up for buying any indie dyed yarn. So, I bought the yarns that they had created as show specials. There is the Cocktail Yarn in colourway Dark & Stormy which is destined to be a trial for a new, simple design that I want to create (perfect for yarn shops and vendors to show off crochet with) and then a jumper’s quantity of their breed special yarns. I bought the Romney breed because I really love how squishy it is and the soft colours that I bought. One of the real highlights of EYF for me was the Make::Wool event on the Sunday. I didn’t get much time in sales area because I was off listening to a couple of talks. I did, however, make a beeline for Shilasdair Yarns. Kirsty and Simon are due to open their version of the Shilasdair Yarn Shop on the Isle of Skye this Easter. They are still using traditional natural dyeing methods and I am very pleased to say that they have converted to using British breed yarns. I am excited to see how they develop the company and watch with eager anticipation! ALT TEXT: Seven different photos all on bright yellow backgrounds, showing each of the yarn makers, dyers or designers. 1 - Kirsty from Shilasdair smiling and holding a massive cone of wool outside a shed. 2 - Nikkie from Ewe Felty Thing (yarn shop) behind a wall of indie dyed yarn. 3 - John and Juliet Arbon sitting in front of some of their mill machinary. 4 - Emily K Williams from Flutterby Knits stood at the edge of a loch, showing off her latest striped knitted jumper pattern - Canisp Sweater. 5 - Desiree from Abercairn Yarns stood on a porch, sporting her latest finished object - a purple jumper. 6 - Katie Green has long brown hair and is stood in a woodlend sporting a light brown knitted shawl. 7 - Sharon from Dragon Hill Studio is out in her garden wearing a black top, with glasses on a shortish brown hair, with her dog (cream and tan coloured). ALT TEXT - a flat lay of many yarns with numbers atteched to each of the companies and listed below. 1 - 2 x mini skeins from Abercairn Yarn, bought at Ewe Felty Thing 2 - 4 skeins of British Breeds 'Romney' from John Arbon Textiles. These were an EYF special and aren't on the website, but may make an appearance at Wonderwool Wales. Also, two skeins of Cocktail blend in colourway 'Dark & Stormy' which was also an EYF special. 3 - Three balls of Shetland Spindrift wool from Jamiesons of Shetland in colours Storm, Camel and Tan Green. 4 - 2 x 50g skeins (dyed with INdigi and Meadowsweet) and 3 x mini skeins from Shilasdair Yarns - dye stuff not identified. 5 - 50% Camel, 50% silk blend skein of yarn from Nikki at Ewe Felty Thing called 'Confetti in the Rain' which was a special for her shop's 1st birthday. 6 - Great Ocean Road Mill, La Bella yarn (Merino and alpaca mix) in colourway Salt & Pepper. 7 - White Gum Wool, 4 ply Fingering in colourway Quarrystone - 100% Merino 7 - Quick News Beats 1 – Here are some new hashtags/accounts for you to follow under inclusivity: #disabledmakers is run by Eve and Anna, they are doing a grand job of showing off makes from lots of differently-abled crafters. @fatestknits is an account that has been set up specifically to work towards size inclusivity. Designers can have their patterns featured to find test crocheters and knitters. If you are smaller or bigger than the average body size, then this may be a great resource for finding patterns that you like and designers that actually care about catering from different sizes. 2 – When I was Edinburgh Yarn Festival, I attended a panel discussion on Diversity and Inclusion in the Fibre Space – Where do we go from here? It was an interesting discussion, with generally helpful questions from the audience. The panel discussion was recorded and as soon as the video is available, I will signpost you to it - link 3 – I have been invited to come and do pop-ups at a couple of yarn shops. You can find me at Northern Yarn on 3rd May between 6.30pm and 10pm. Kate is celebrating the shop’s 3rd birthday and I will be there selling crochet patterns and notions. I will also be at the RiverKnits open day on the 4th March between 1aam and 5pm. Becci and Markus now have a dye studio and they are having a grand opening. Lost of other vendors will be there too, such as Ewe & Ply, Travelknitter, Garthenor Organic, Third Vault Yarns and RiverKnits of course. It’s going to be a fab day with demonstrations, stuff to buy and a lovely atmosphere where you get to talk to the vendors. These are just two of the ten events that I will be vending at this year. If you want to know where else I am going to be, take a look at this blog post. 4 – I have set up a Ko-fi account. I have long thought about creating a way that you can support the podcast – if you would like to. I am not comfortable with Patreon as an option and when I came across Ko-fi, that felt like the right fit for me. Basically, there is a website page that is for The Crochet Circle Podcast. Within that page, you can buy me a coffee. In reality, this is making a donation towards the running of the podcast or may actually encourage me to leave the house, buy a coffee and take a break in a café. However, many of you have asked how you can support the podcast and the in-depth work that I do for it. I am very grateful to those that buy from my online shop, come to see me at shows, or buy my patterns, but some of you may prefer to support me through Ko-fi. I love doing this podcast. But here is some of what it takes to create it: $108 a year for the Podbean hosting platform £12 a month for Zoom so that I can host the Global Hook Ups On average, three full days of my time to pull the podcast together (recording, editing, photography, show notes) Any extra time that I chose to spend on reviews, testing yarns, patterns etc. There are also things you can do to support that podcast for free: Leave comments and give it a thumbs up on YouTube - this puts the podcast in front of other people and increases awareness of its existence, making our community larger and stronger. Talk about it on Instagram. If you like what I do, tag me when you are crocheting. It may seem like a little thing, but it makes a big difference. All of these things also apply to any other podcasters that you watch. I am sure that they would also love extra comments, likes and tags. It really makes a difference to us and helps to make our experience of creating a podcast much more fun! 8 – J’adore The podcast is three years old! The first episode went out on audio-only back on 1st April 2016. It is an absolute pleasure to put this podcast out and connect with our Crochet Clan. To celebrate, there will be a pattern giveaway. Sandra from the Cherry Heart podcast has kindly offered a copy of her Ziggy Interrupted scarf to one lucky winner, and I will do some pattern giveaways too. All you need to do to enter is leave a comment on YouTube or Podbean (underneath these show notes) and tell me what crafting technique you would like to conquer in 2019. Here’s to another three years! I will be back on Friday the 3rd May. Fay x Instagram: Crochet_Circle_Podcast Instagram: provenance.craft.co Instagram: FayDHDesigns YouTube: The Crochet Circle Podcast Crochet Clan on Mighty Network: Invite
Just a woolly wittering about EYF 2019 and my visit to WYS with KnitNow and the winners of Knitter of the Year. A few more notes at http://www.knitbritish.net/ep115
The blossoms are back here in London and it is wonderful to be surrounded by so much colour. Grab yourself a tasty beverage of your choice and settle in, because today I have a long, chatty episode for you, full of stories from the adventures of the last little while: our retreat and then EYF. […]
Today on the Curious Handmade Podcast I can finally reveal the two secret designs I’ve created as collaborations for Edinburgh Yarn Festival. I’m on my way to EYF right now, and I’m so excited to see everyone: there are two designated meetup points, but I also hope for lots of serendipitous meetings out and about […]
Hello, come on in for a quick blether about What's On The Needles, KAL news, and the shop update. Excitement abounds for the upcoming trip to EYF and home, so let's take a wee break and knit together while I fill you in. All yarn and books mentioned in the episode can be found at thewoollythistle.com Enjoy! Stay connected: Join our newsletter! Instagram Facebook Pinterest Email: info@thewoollythistle.com Thank you for using #twtmittenkal2019 to highlight your mittens!! And as always thank you for using #thewoollythistle hashtag to post your purchases and support for The Woolly Thistle.
I am counting down the days to EYF! I know a lot of my listeners are too, and other are counting on podcasts and social media to help them live vicariously, so today I’m doing a bit of daydreaming about some of the vendors I am particularly looking forward to visiting this year. I also […]
a recent talk I gave from NANSwool Conference - the message is be a wool ambassador and raise up wool biz and woolly people! There is a review of Turned Studio yarn bowls and there is EYF and #FieldworkMAL chat. Shownotes at www.knitbritish.net/ep114
On and off the needles, SPAM and vendors at EYF that aren't just about yarn. Shownotes available at tipsyknitspodcast.wordpress.com
Starting as we mean to go on in 2019 - Inclusion, Shetland Wool Exploration, Fieldwork, EYF and more! Find full shownotes at http://www.knitbritish.net/ep-113
We're just regular crazy Asians, but we cannot stop talking about Crazy Rich Asians the movie... Alyson even has a Crazy Rich Asians themed WIP! Vivian has gone a bit more traditional with updates on her color work Engi sweater (spoiler: it has been a troublesome project). Plus Vivian has started a new hat project using some of her "Meet the Shepherd/ess" yarns from EYF. Buzzfeed Quiz: https://bzfd.it/2xM57Le Engi Sweater: https://bit.ly/2Md3XPf Shornies Hat: https://bit.ly/2pyAvJq Off Your Rocker Shawl: https://bit.ly/2o6Pzgq @sheepofthegram: https://bit.ly/2NAeb0f ------------------------- INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/kcacypodcast ETSY: http://pearlandplum.etsy.com WEBSITE: http://kcacypodcast.wordpress.com RAVELRY: http://bit.ly/2mirMdK Theme music: Carpe Diem Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License https://bit.ly/1b8Hyff
The Downtown Maryville Association is putting on Friday Night lights on July 27 th . It’s a fun free night out designed for the community to discover, peruse, and patron local businesses in the heart of Maryville. This time – there’s an Instagram hunt!!! Charlene DeSha, the Executive Director of the Downtown Maryville Association shares all of the fun happening from 5:30-8:30 and how this event supports area kids with school supplies. It is July – but the Emerald Youth Foundation is getting ready for Christmas. The organization is starting their Christmas in July campaign from July 23,-27, 2018. now.. collecting gifts and donations for the Emerald youth Christmas store in December. John Crooks, of the EYF says the Christmas store allows parents to shop and purchase gifts at a discount price and therefore, be able to make their children's holiday extra special. Emeraldyouth.org/Christmas. The Humane Society of the Tennessee Valley recently took in 71 cats when the Cumberland County Humane Society was dealing with air conditioning problems. Teresa Underwood, the Marketing and Development Director explains the shelters needs for the cats as well as the other pets up for adoption. How to adopt, and fundraising events coming up in the near future.
Announcements: It’s the big Yarnporium announcement you’ve been waiting for! Workshops! We are SO excited about the roster of teachers that we’ve got lined up for you at this year’s Yarnporium. And quite an international roster too! We’ve got teachers from the UK (of course!), Scotland, Ireland, France, Finland, Canada and the USA too. Here’s a run down of who’s coming: England: Renée Callahan, Jane Lithgow, Nathan Taylor Scotland: Karie Westermann Ireland: Carol Feller France: Julie Dubreux (aka Julie Knits in Paris) Finland: Jonna Hietala and Sini Ellen from Laine Magazine Canada: Kate Atherley USA: Courtney Kelley and Kate Osborne from Kelbourne Woolens Tickets for the workshops will go on sale on June 1st. You can find all the class details as well as bios about all of our teachers on our website. What we’re working on: Allison is now on sleeve island for her Mon Manet by Jonna Hietala, in La Bien Aimee Merino Aran in Grellow and as always happens at about this point in any one of her projects is now thinking about what she wants to knit next. Rachel has finished all the pieces for the Lilly baby sweater by Justine Turner (machine knit) and now just has to put the thing together and knit the edging! She finished a long standing UFO – the Teign Wrap by Linda Lencovic in 4 indigo dyed colours of Baskerville. And she’s still going on the sleeves for Marginalia (slowly but surely). The Making of a Magazine: If you’re a knitter and you don’t know Laine Magazine (or Laine as we used to call it) then we think you’re really missing out. Since launching just over a year ago they’ve experienced an explosion of growth, going from naught to 50,000 copies in that short period of time. We sat down at EYF to chat with editors Jonna and Sini about how the magazine came to be. Have a listen and we’ll see you on the other side! *** Wrap up: Many thanks for joining us for another episode! You can find the podcast on iTunes and Stitcher Radio (please rate, review and subscribe!) and you'll find us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, in our Yarn in the City group on Ravelry, or in person on Wednesday nights at our knit night between 7 and 10pm at The Breakfast Club on Battersea Rise. Music credits (available on NoiseTrade) Revolution - Kate Tucker A Good Reason To Smile - Chasing Noise
We are super excited to be chatting with you today as we have another interview that we recorded during our time at the Edinburgh Yarn Festival last month. Nancy Marchant joins us as our special guest today to talk to us about tuck stitches, texture, and of course brioche too! Announcements: First up, a shout out to Charlotte Parfitt who was the winner of the pair of weekend passes to Woollinn in Dublin What we’re working on: Allison has been plugging away on and (mostly) monogamous to her Impressionists MKAL by Helen Stewart. The final clue has just been released so only 20% left to go! When the project has been too big to travel with Allison has also had a pair of Rose City Rollers ankle socks with her and she’s mostly finished sewing a pair of wool trousers – that it is now too hot too wear. Rachel has been flying through Marginalia (or was until this week and 27 degree weather!) She’s finished the body and made a start on the first sleeve. She’s dug into some deep deep fibre stash and found some silk/wool batts that she’s been struggling with a bit. Beyond that the weather has gotten too nice to do anything but sit outside in the garden, so there’s been a lot of that. Talking about Tuck Stitches with special guest Nancy Marchant: As we’ve been chatting about Yarn Adventures this year we didn’t want the conversation to be limited to travels or places you could go with your knitting. Which got us thinking – what if the adventure were learning a new technique and expanding your knitting repertoire? In that spirit, we got to chat with Nancy Marchant at EYF. The Queen of Brioche was kind enough to take some time out of her packed schedule to talk with us about her newest book, Tuck Stitches: Sophistication in Handknitting. A heads up for our listeners – we recorded this interview with Nancy in the café at the Corn Exchange so there is some background noise and the odd café latte being made in the background! *** Wrap up: Many thanks for joining us for another episode! You can find the podcast on iTunes and Stitcher Radio (please rate, review and subscribe!) and you'll find us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, in our Yarn in the City group on Ravelry, or in person on Wednesday nights at our knit night between 7 and 10pm at The Breakfast Club on Battersea Rise. Music credits (available on NoiseTrade) Revolution - Kate Tucker A Good Reason To Smile - Chasing Noise
The Edinburgh Yarn Festival is over, but we're both riding the EYF high and knitting and crocheting up a storm. Vivian is making progress on her Bubbly sweater, and surprise, she's both finished a hat and started ANOTHER hat. We don't call her the hat goddess for nothing! Alyson is loving the Blurre shawl (crochet's answer to the Find Your Fade). There's a Blurre Along being hosted by Earl Grey Crochet until April 30th. Definitely join in, it's a great make. You can subscribe to our show on iTunesand YouTube. You can also download the episode from LibSyn and wherever else you stream podcasts. We appreciate every like, comment, review, and subscribe we get because it gives us warm fuzzies and it helps other people find our show! This episode is sponsored by Pearl and Plum. B U Z Z F E E D Q U I Z Everyone Has A Tarot Card That Matches Their Personality — Here's Yours W O R K S I N P R O G R E S S Bubbly Sweater by Isabel Kraemer Peerie Flooers Hat by Kate Davies - Jamieson and Smith 2 Ply Jumper Weight Blurre Shawl by Deanne Ramsay - Qing Fibers, Fine Fish Yarns, Skein Queen F I N I S H E D O B J E C T S Tied Knots Hat by Justyna Lorkowska - Julie Asselin Nurtured Sam's Waffle WFL Scarf - Rowan Alpaca Soft DK Photography Mitten by Carmen Jacob - Iona Wool Aran S H O P T A L K Pearl and Plum F O L L O W U S Ravelry: alysonhere, upstateviv YouTube: Keep Calm and Carry Yarn Podcast Instagram: KCACYpodcast, alysonhere, alemjema Etsy: Pearl & Plum Theme music: Carpe Diem Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
We’ve just come by from a phenomenal trip to the 2018 Edinburgh Yarn Festival, where we saw amazing yarns, caught up with friends old and new and generally soaked up as much colour and inspiration as possible! We recap EYF on today's episode, including an interview with someone who traveled a very long way to get to Edinburgh! We also review the new Jacob yarn from Blacker Yarns. What we’re working on: Allison was desperately trying to finish her handspun Gradient Pullover (by Amy Miller) over the weekend, and has 5 inches of the second sleeve left. She’s also working on some sample knitting for her upcoming trade show. Allison's EYF stash enhancement: A previously ordered kit for the Comfort Fade Cardi by Andrea Mowry in La Bien Aimee Comfort DK. Also a sweater quantity of fingering weight yarn for Sunset Highway by Caitlin Hunter (mostly House of A La Mode from A Yarn Story), project bag, random sock skein (House of a la Mode in Redmond, a custom colourway dyed in honour of Carmen's dad). Rachel finished her Incunabula (by Karie Westermann) and got some amazing buttons for it from Textile Garden at EYF. She also came back from the show with two sweater lots of yarn, which are planning on growing up to be a Marginalia (Triskelion Yarns Arthur DK in Old Fox and My True Sweetheart) and a Woodman Cardigan from Bristol Ivy’s amazing new book (Jill Draper Makes Stuff Mohonk Light in Grape Hyacinth). She also got some stitch markers from The Little Grey Girl, and Daughter of a Shepherd Volume 1. Gina's Yarn Adventure On the ride up to Edinburgh, Allison met the lovely Gina Ross from Natural Yarns. They got to talking (as knitters do) and discovered that Gina has a fantastic yarn adventure to share, which includes yarn, yoga, mindfulness and building community. We had a chance to catch up with her at the show, and we think you’ll be interested to hear her story. Yarn Review: Jacob Blacker’s new yarn uses the unique Jacob sheep as it’s inspiration, with four bases combining variations of the natural fleece colours. Jacob sheep naturally have multicoloured coats, which means that their wool is less marketable. Sue and her team have blended the colours together during the spinning process to create a range of four coloured bases. These are then overdyed in three colours, giving a range of subtle shades. We got to play with some of it, and boy is it lovely! Yarn stats: DK: 110 m/50 gr 4-ply: 175 m/50 g Colour card here. EYF on-the-spot interviews: Liz and Ceci, aka howmanystitches and creativececi on Ravelry! Congrats to our YINGO winner! The random number generator spoke to us and we hope @svm_treks is delighted to find that her hard work to clear her Yingo card paid off! We will be in touch via DM on Instagram to get your details to send out your prize! *** Wrap up: Many thanks for joining us for another episode! You can find the podcast on iTunes and Stitcher Radio (please rate, review and subscribe!) and you'll find us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, in our Yarn in the City group on Ravelry, or in person on Wednesday nights at our knit night between 7 and 10pm at The Breakfast Club on Battersea Rise. Music credits (available on NoiseTrade) Revolution - Kate Tucker A Good Reason To Smile - Chasing Noise
Welcome to Episode 76 where we attend EYF and have a lovely chat with Susan Crawford, author of the Vintage Shetland Project. Sarah of Fibretrek and I also have a wee dram and discuss our thoughts on Edinburgh and EYF. There's also a Woolly Thistle update. Enjoy!
This one’s a real doozy, folks! We’re chatting all about the Edinburgh Yarn Festival in this episode. Of course, we have a lot of new yarn and goodies to show you, but it’s not all acquisitions. We also have a few special guests making an appearance. Louise from Caithness Crafts, Clarisabeth of Crochetcakes, and Caroline from Mind and Muse Crafting all kindly joined us for a mini recording session at EYF. Look out for a video clip of us with our dancing shoes at the ceilidh, and we even managed to chat about some WIPs! You can subscribe to our show on iTunes and YouTube. You can also download the episode from LibSyn. We appreciate every like, comment, review, and subscribe we get because it gives us warm fuzzies and it helps other people find our show! This episode is sponsored by Pearl and Plum. B U Z Z F E E D Q U I Z You’re Not Scottish Unless You Score 10/12 On This “Complete The Sentence” Quiz E Y F The Haul:Aileen Clarke Crafts Martin’s Lab The Crochet Project La Fée Fil Hedgehog Fibres Stephen & PenelopeJohn Arbon Textiles Qing Fibre Skein Queen Olann YAK Lifelong Yarns Daughter of a Shepherd Ysolda Julia Asselin Special Guests: Louise Caithness CraftsClarisabeth Crochetcakes Caroline Mind and Muse Crafting W O R K S I N P R O G R E S S Bubbly Sweater by Isabel Kraemer Photography Mitten by Carmen Jacob S H O P T A L K F O L L O W U S Ravelry: alysonhere, upstateviv YouTube: Keep Calm and Carry Yarn Podcast Instagram: KCACYpodcast, alysonhere, alemjema Etsy: Pearl & Plum Theme music: Carpe Diem Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Welcome to Ep 75 of New Hampshire Knits where you get to hear gripping tales of deadline knitting for EYF as well as hear about some of the new yarns available this month at The Woolly Thistle. Claire will be at EYF when this airs and promises to return with stories for next time. The chickens visit us at the end of this episode with your Moment of Hen. Enjoy!
What's on my EYF list? check out knitbritish.net/ep-102
Hello there and welcome to The Crochet Circle Podcast and the show notes for Episode 27 – Global Hook Up. In this episode, I cover: Quick news beats; Old dog, new tricks; FOs; WIPs; DIPs; Feeding the habit; Big Up and J’adore? This podcast is sponsored by my online crafting company, Provenance Craft Co. Thanks to everyone who tunes into the podcast whether it is through Stitcher, Podbean, Spotify, iTunes or the YouTube Channel. Your support and engagement are really appreciated and makes running a podcast very special and worthwhile. If you would like to support the podcast, you can do that through Patreon: 1 - Quick news beats Global Hook Up – We have just had the second Global Hook Up and they have both been great fun. The next one is due on the 24th March from 8 – 9.30pm (GMT). After the March Global Hook Up, I will look at changing the times again so that people from different parts of the globe can join in and I can take clock changes into account. The details for the next session are already up in the Ravelry thread, can also be found below and will be put out on Instagram in advance. Time: March 24th, 2018 8:00 PM London The meeting ID number is 475-047-5819 and you will need to join via Zoom which you can do here: https://www.zoom.us/join Crochet meet up/ session in Birmingham on 25th March 2018 times tbc - Do you fancy being part of a tea party/research session for a potential new contemporary crochet publication? All you need to do is email Marie at info@crochetartisan.co.uk to book your place. I will be there with my crochet and inputting into the session and I would love it some of you were able to join in too. Marie is currently selecting an appropriate venue and refreshments will be supplied. Different Designer CAL – Started on 1st March and runs until 8th April. The premise is that you go to the ‘Different Designer CAL’ Ravelry thread and tell everyone who your favourite designer is. You share why you love their designs and which your favourite one is. You then get to look through all the suggestions or come up with your own. You HAVE to try out a new designer, that’s the only rule. I have two on the go already and will be doing jumper as a third when I have finished knitting a jumper that I am doing at the moment. Edinburgh Yarn Festival – If you are going to EYF on the Thursday or Saturday then I can bring anything from my shop KNIT IT - HOOK IT - CRAFT IT and you can save on the P&P costs. If you are interested in this, simply place an order and in the notes section, tell me that you are coming to EYF and whether you will be there on the Thursday or Saturday (the two days that I am going into the festival). I will then refund the P&P costs, bag up your order and bring it with me in a very large suitcase. 2 - Old dog, new tricks Collect daffodil heads - when the daffs start to die back, collect the heads up, dry them up and use them for dyeing. Here is a blog post that I pulled together on dyeing (including daffs). Ball winders and not friends with long hair – if you have long hair, it’s best to keep it tied up if you are using a ball winder. I managed to catch my hair in my winder, which meant that I had to stop, unwind the yarn and hair and start again. I wouldn’t mind but it happened twice on the same ball of yarn! The technique for sewing up a round in hats or mittens - You may remember that a couple of episodes ago I said I would have to frog back a hat and sew it up again because I was unhappy with the nipple that the original method left at the top. The technique that I felt gave the best finish was to only sew through the front loop only of the final round of stitches. After crocheting the last stitch, fasten off, as usual, thread the tail onto a needle and place the needle from the left, under each front loop. You can usually manoeuvre 3-4 stitches onto the needles before you pull through the yarn. Repeat until you have sewn through every stitch of the last round, pull to get the required tension and then weave into the inside. 3 - Finished Objects Well, it has been a fairly quiet month, mainly because I have had my head down doing designs and travelling. I have managed to finish a couple of things and one of them is a 600g whopper! This is my Inclination Wrap which was designed by Julme Conradie and available from the Nurturing Fibres website. It’s my entry for Alyson and Vivian’s (Keep Calm and Carry Yarn Podcast) #Ultravioletkcal. It is a proper sized wrap and uses linen stitch to get some nice stitch definition with the colour changes. My yarns are Drops Alaska (03 Light Grey), a purple yarn that I hand-dyed a couple of years ago (on a base from John Arbon) and a skein of Life in the Long Grass DK in colourway Viola (the one with pops of yellow and burgundy). I have pulled together a project page on Ravelry for it (I am MaDashper on Ravelry). There has been a lot of progress on the Borgarnes cowl, hat and mittens set. I have been investigating hand anatomy so that the Borgarnes mittens and every other set that I design will have proper sizing guides. It has been time-consuming, but totally worthwhile because I now have all the formulas I need for all future mitten and glove designs that I do. 4 - Works in progress I still haven’t started my future WIP for Claudia’s (Crochet Luna vlogcast) Fortune Cookie CAL which started on the Chinese New Year (16th February) and runs to the 31st March. I’m using The Little Grey Sheep yarn (colourway The Rhubarb Patch in their British Gotland 4 ply) and the pattern is Hannah’s (Cosy Cottage Crochet Podcast) Treasure Island Shawl. I will be double dipping with my Different Designer CAL. I also have (just) started on my Stoborough shawl by Sarah Hazell. It needs 300g of a 4-ply yarn (350m/100g) and I had previously dyed up 3 skeins of skinny merino for this project. It’s my second Different Designer CAL entry. I have also started embroidery on the Word of the Year bag, which I am loving. I am using 5-ply linen from Namolio on a natural linen bag that I had made for my shop. The mandala came from the book Mandalas to Embroider by Carina Envoldsen-Harris and it's a great book! 5 - Designs in Progress I’m pleased to say that I have made some progress on my Granny lap/cat blanket for Rosina’s granny along. Pom and I will be fighting it out to see who ends up owning this blanket – it’s going to be cat claws at dawn I think because he is a little partial to Icelandic wool and blankets. The yarn is Álafoss Lopi in shades Dark Grey (0005), Mid Grey (0058) and Light Grey (0054). The big question is do I now like granny stripes? The answer is that the jury is still out! I am making loads of progress on my Mini Mania Socks. I have now sorted the joining and jogging techniques, thoroughly road tested them, and I am happy with how they held up. It will still be a month or so before the pattern is ready as they need to be test knitted and I still have another two and a half socks to knit. Part of the pattern is trying to get two pairs of socks out of 7 x 20g mini skeins from River Knits so that you aren’t left with little scraps of socks. 6 - Feeding the habit Hmmm, I’m about to show you a fair bit of yarn. I have been to Unravel festival and two yarn shops. Most of it is for design work and I was very sensibly trying to marry up what I had with my stash with new designs and plug the gaps with the right colours, textures etc. so that I am sorted for most of 2018 when it comes to yarn. Autumn by Freehold Yarn Company, Lancaster Single Farm Teeswater and Dodgson Farm from Northern yarns, Lancaster Damson Gin and Killadoon by Bear in Sheep's Clothing & Baa Ram Ewe's new Pip Colourwork The Little Grey Sheep Hampshire 4-ply minis & John Arbon Textiles Knit by Numbers 4-ply Whistlebare's Yeavering Bell in Aran (Mohair and Wensleydale) Clearly, teal, mustard and grey are very well represented! I also went to Lancaster to visit a couple of yarn shops. You can see the vlog here, or listen to it here. 7 – Big Up I have more crafting podcasts for you: Here are some of them for you to look at: Cherry Heart Podcast – I am sure that this podcast is familiar to everyone, but just in case, this is where Sandra Paul uploads her podcast to. Sandra uploads monthlyish and is a designer and blogger too. She is also very lovely, so give her a watch. YouTube Bear in Sheep’s Clothing – Bernie and Derek are absolute honies! They podcast from Belfast in Northern Ireland and talk all things knitting. If you like really chilled out podcasts where cocktails are sipped, and you can watch a great duo talking about British wools and hand dyeing then check them out! If you get a chance to meet this pair at a yarn show, do it. YouTube Tatted Tatter – Stephanie is already on her 4th podcast (I don’t know how she is managing it). She podcasts from San Diego and does all sorts of crafts but predominantly crochet and tatting. She has a lovely manner about her and is great fun. YouTube Hooked on Owls – Lacey podcasts from Michigan and is a crocheter, knitter and crochet designer – very cute amigurumi! She has eight episodes already and a fun household full of kids, animals and yarn! YouTube 9 – J’adore I am swapping out What’s Good for J’adore. In this new segment, I just give you a very quick rundown of the random things that are getting my love this month. It could be music, books, films, TV, yarn, shoes – anything! So, here is what I am currently loving: Song – Say Something by Justin Timberlake and Chris Stapleton. It’s got an interesting video that is one long tracking shot. They sing as they move through a large building and it makes the acoustics different. Book – I am continuing to listen to The Great Courses on Audible and am currently making my through ‘The Irish Identity: Independence, History and Literature’. TV – we have binge-watched Derry Girls (set in Northern Ireland), London Irish (Irish 20 somethings living in London) and have just started Young Offenders (set in Belfast). Lots of great Irish comedy! Yarn – I went to a trade show last week (Stitches in Birmingham) and went to see Erika and Bella on their stand. I was lucky enough to get my paws on some of the new Studio Linen colours (Neo and Shrub). They are gorgeous. I want to design a summer top with the Studio linen and possibly some other bits and pieces too… Well, that covers another jam-packed month! See you all in April. 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Hello and welcome back to the Yarn in the City podcast! We are thrilled to be back and chatting with you guys again after our brief hiatus. On today’s episode we’re chatting about our theme for the podcast in 2018, Allison interviews our first special guest of the year and of course we get to catch up on our knitting projects in anticipation of the upcoming EYF too. What we're working on: Rachel is knitting Incunabula by Karie Westermann from This Thing of Paper in Valley Yarns Northampton in Sage Heather, and is on the sleeves after having to start over again due to choosing the wrong size at the beginning. True to form, she's made the body longer and decided to change the sleeve shaping. As you do. Allison has been machine knitting up a storm, with her fabulous Union Jack Cardigan by Brandon Mably, and a bunch of awesome swatches from numerous classes (see short row eyeballs below). She also took a class in Bohus knitting when she went to Vogue Knitting Live last month, and we discuss Poems of Color by Wendy Keele, a good resource for Bohus knitting history. Upcoming events EYF. That is all (squee!) We will be at the Blacker Yarns Podcast Lounge throughout the show, so please come by and say hi! Yarn Adventures Last year. the theme that we tried to work through the podcast episodes was Make Happy. This year, we've decided to focus on Yarn Adventures, both ours and those of other people. To start things off, we have an interview with Maylin Scott (aka Blithespirit), a Canadian expat living in Liverpool. We hope you enjoy! YINGO! We've got a new photo challenge for those of you attending EYF - Yarn Bingo (or Yingo)! We've put together a bingo card of photo prompts for you to use as inspiration and we're looking forward to seeing your interpretations! More details to follow, but every 5 in a row series or collage of photos is 1 entry into the prize drawing - fill up the card for 5 entries! *** Wrap up Many thanks for joining us for another episode! You can find the podcast on iTunes and Stitcher Radio (please rate, review and subscribe!) and you'll find us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, in our Yarn in the City group on Ravelry, or in person on Wednesday nights at our knit night between 7 and 10pm at The Breakfast Club on Battersea Rise. We hope to see you at EYF! Music credits (available on NoiseTrade) Revolution - Kate Tucker A Good Reason To Smile - Chasing Noise
Thank you for tuning in to Episode 73. In addition to what's On and Off The Needles, I share a silly mistake I made on the current WIP, I nonchalantly give a sleeve as birthday present and I get excited for the NH Knits Mitten KAL that starts 2/28/18. There's also EYF updates, chatter about the Blackerpodkal as well as The Woolly Thistle shop update. Enjoy!! Mentions and Links: The Woolly Thistle Edinburgh Yarn Festival New Hampshire Mitten Kal #nhkmittenkal2018 NHK Rav Group TWT Rav Group BlackerPodKAL Tightly Spun - excellent new podcast Siri by Linnea Ohman NorseKnits ebook by Kristin Drysdale @scandiwork Tidal Yarns Riddari by Veddis Jonsdottir Lettlopi Yarn Rauma Finullgarn now in stock and expecting but update in the next couple of weeks @knit.love.wool - Jen Steingass Laine 4 - Preorders Stockbridge Cardigan by Ysolda Tukuwool @p4chen – Patricia Selbu mitten blockers Melody Hoffman @bmandarines Plotulopi Blacker Samite Blacker St Kilda Blacker Mohair The Knitting Goddess - big new update coming soon Black Elephant - coming soon Regia 6ply Rowan Mohair Silk This Thing of Paper by Karie Westermann Shetland by Marie Wallin Tuck Stitches by Nancy Marchant
Sweater weather is finally here and we couldn't be happier! On this episode of the podcast we've got a new yarn from Blacker Yarns to tell you about, as well as TWO giveaways! Our Sponsor This episode of the podcast is sponsored by Garthenor, providing a variety of sustainable, organic British wool products in an ecologically responsible way. See Garthenor’s glorious yarns at the GLYC Mini-Yarn Market after party, or on their website at www.garthenor.com. News and Events Kirstie Allsopp's The Handmade Fair, Hampton Court Palace, London - September 15-17 Yarndale, Skipton - September 23-24 The Great British Sewing Bee Live, ExCel Centre, London - September 21-24 Shetland Wool Week, Lerwick, Shetland - September 23 to October 1 Thread, Farnham Maltings - September 30 Masham Sheep Fair, Masham - September 30 to October 1 GLYC Anniversary KAL Winners! Random chat thread participant - heckythump/Helen from Hull, winner of a skein of Destination Yarn Letter Plus in the colourway Oslo Random finisher - katt94/Katherine from Somerset, winner of a skein of Countess Ablaze Sovereign in the colourway Rebelling Against Suburbia Make Happy - aka What we're working on Rachel is working on not losing her mind while also prepping for Yarndale and plotting to knit all the things in handspun. She's also making incremental progress on her Starting Point. Allison almost finished her Fireflies Rising in time for the GLYC (thwarted again for another year!) and is moving on to her Bousta Beanie to get it finished in time for Shetland Wool Week. New Season New Yarn We chat about a gorgeous new yarn from the good folks at Blacker Yarns. Brushwork is this year's birthday yarn for Blacker. It's a sport weight yarn spun up in 50g balls and 152 meters/165 yarns and available in 8 colours. The yarn is a lofty, bouncy combination of 20% alpaca and 80% wool - 70% from Scottish Bowmont sheep and 10% from Castlemilk Moorit, on the Rare Breed Survival Trust Watchlist. We chat about our autumn knitting plans too and want to hear about yours! Giveaway #1 To help you with your own autumn knitting plans, Blacker Yarns have generously provided us with two balls of their new Brushwork yarn to giveaway! In the comments for these shownotes, share a patterns suggestion with us (including the Ravelry link!) of what you'd make with this lovely yarn. We'll keep the content open until September 20th, 2017 at 11:59pm BST. Make sure you tell us your Ravelry name so we know how to get a hold of the winner! Giveaway #2 - and a lovely discount! Last March Josh joined Team YITC for the Blacker PodKAL that led up to EYF and she designed and knit the most glorious colourwork sweater. She's just released the pattern after reworking it for Tamar 4-ply (the original was knit in Cornish Tin) and it is now available on Ravelry! Josh would like to kindly offer YITC podcast listeners 20% off the Stranded Gradient Sweater pattern. Use the code YITC20 before Tuesday, September 19th at midnight (Amsterdam time zone). Thank you Josh!! We'll also giveaway one copy of Josh's pattern. To enter the giveaway, please leave a comment on the Episode 67 giveaway thread on Ravelry and tell us what colours of Blacker Yarns Tamar you'd use for your own Stranded Gradient Sweater. The contest will be open until September 20th, 2017 at 11:59pm BST. *** Many thanks for joining us for another episode! You can find the podcast on iTunes and Stitcher Radio (please rate, review and subscribe!) and you'll find us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, in our Yarn in the City group on Ravelry, or in person on Wednesday nights at our knit night at The Goat on the Rise between 7 and 10pm. Have a great couple of weeks and we’ll chat with you soon! Music credits (available on NoiseTrade) Ridiculously Happy (feat. Twilight Meadow) - Owl City
Let's assess those WIPs and decide which stays and which goes. Aslo a review of Wool Tribe and excitement ahead of next week;s EYF! Visit full shownotes at www.knitbritish.net
no shownotes but a very long meander through the EYF 2017 - all chatter
EYF excitement levels are high!
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On today’s podcast we’re chatting about two new books that we were asked to review at the Edinburgh Yarn Festival. We’ve got a review of Coffee with C.C. (and Dami too!) – more coffee-inspired patterns from C.C. Almon and this time with her daughter Dami as well. And we also take a peek at Knit the Rainbow, a collection of accessories designed for gradient sets by Joy McMillan. Joy of course, is also known as The Knitting Goddess and she really knows colour! News and Events The Countess Ablaze Dye Studio is now newly reopened in their brand new space in Manchester’s northern quarter. They are now open from Tuesday to Saturday from 10am to 5pm and wow – the space is amazing! Congrats to the Countess and run, don’t walk to see her new space – and a new yarn too! 23 April - the London Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers coach to Wonderwool on Sunday, April 23rd. Tickets are £39 and include round-trip coach and entry to the show. Get your tickets here. Saturday May 6th - Yarn Shop Day Saturday, June 10th - World Wide Knit in Public Day. We’re excited to tell you that we will be co-hosting an event with The Village Haberdashery at their new location in West Hampstead. Make Happy – aka – What we’re working on (#yitcmakehappy) Rachel is finally past some serious designers block on a new shawl design in Kettle Yarn Co. Beyul DK (in murky chartreuse of course...). She's also made progress on her Kippen Cardigan by Kat Goldin. Allison's Sooper Sekrit Project is SO close to being done! Koolhaas is done, her jacket needs sleeves to be hemmed and buttons sewn on, and she's swatching for Raindrops. She's also totally distracted by yarn in my stash tthat would be PERFECT for Shusui by Susanne Sommer, who we were lucky enough to meet at EYF. Book Reviews: Coffee and Colour Coffee with C.C. (and Dami too!) - find all the patterns on Ravelry here. You can also find C.C. and Dami on their videocast and blog - Geeky Girls Knit. Knit the Rainbow by Joy McMillan - find all the patterns on Ravelry here, and find Joy's yarns at The Knitting Goddess. Wrap up Many thanks to C.C. and Joy for providing us with copies of their books to review. We hope you’ll check them out and find as much inspiration as we have. You can find the podcast on iTunes and Stitcher Radio and us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, in our Yarn in the City group on Ravelry, or in person on Wednesday nights at our knit night at The Goat on the Rise between 7 and 10pm. Everyone’s really friendly and we hope to see you there! Have a great couple of weeks and we’ll chat with you soon! Music credits (available on NoiseTrade) Ridiculously Happy (feat. Twilight Meadow) - Owl City
If you’ve been under a rock lately or haven’t listened to our latest episodes of the podcast, EYF of course is the Edinburgh Yarn Festival, the 2017 edition of which wrapped up this past Sunday. We were there and back in a whirlwind of 4 days and have so much to tell you about, including an interview that we were lucky to have with Aimée Gille, owner of L’Oisive The and La Bien Aimée in Paris. We’ve also got the wrap up of the Blacker PodKAL, some upcoming events to keep an eye out for, and an update on what we’ve been working on and what’s making us happy. Blacker PodKAL wrap up It was amazing seeing so many gorgeous handknits in person in the Blacker Yarns Podcast Lounge at EYF. The Blacker stand was pretty spectacular too! We’ve come away with samples of Blacker’s latest yarn Samite that we talked about on the last episode and we’ll be working with that and reporting back on what it’s like to work with. Huge thanks to Sue and Sonja from Blacker for supporting the Podcast Lounge, and for putting up a prize skein of Samite for our winner of Team YITC for the Blacker PodKAL! We’re delighted to announce that HDayananda – Helen – was our winner on Ravelry and that she picked a gorgeous colour of Samite (and an accompanying skein!) to work up into a shawl. We can’t wait to see what you make Helen – maybe at this year’s Yarn Crawl? News and Events Don’t despair if you missed EYF, there’s plenty of woolly things coming up to tempt you… Week of 20 March: Countess Ablaze is re-opening her studio in central Manchester. We’re getting an advance sneak peek and will report back to you with all of the Countess’ colourful news. 8 April: the new Spring into Wool show is happening in Leeds 22 - 23 April: Wonderwool Wales on April 22 and 23. Come join the London Guild of Spinners, Weavers and Dyers who have organised a coach again this year on Sunday, 23 April 2017. Tickets will be £39 for round-trip transport and entry to the show. Tickets can be booked via Paypal, and all are welcome! 9 September: the 5th anniversary of the Great London Yarn Crawl will happen on Saturday, 9th September. Tickets will go on sale on July 1st and as in previous years all monies raised after expenses will be donated to Refuge, a UK charity that supports women and children who are victims of domestic violence. Make Happy - #yitcmakehappy Allison's Sooper Secret Project is SO close to being done! Her alternate project is the Koolhaas Hat by Jared Flood. Rachel started the Because Sock Yarn scarf for Dev’s birthday We’d be remiss if we didn’t talk about the Edinburgh Yarn Festival and the glowing yarn fumes and delirium that we seem to have come away from the weekend with. If social media is any indication, there are a lot of yarn lovers and vendors still on a high from the weekend and slowly coming down to reality this week. Things we loved about EYF: Meeting folks and catching up with everyone (although there are still so many we missed!) The ceilidh YARN! The Blacker Yarns Podcast Lounge (and huge thanks to Louise Scollay for organising it so we could be there) The volunteers and their smiling faces An interview with La Bien Aimée EYF was also a great place to see yarns and chat with vendors that we don’t get to see very often, like Aimée Gille, an American transplant to Paris who has been running Paris’ most popular yarn shop, l’Oisive Thé for the last 9 years. Two years ago Aimée and her business partner Hiroko Payne started dyeing their own line of yarns, called La Bien Aimée, which have exploded in popularity thanks to social media. We had a chance to sit down with Aimée while we were at EYF. Here’s that interview. You can find La Bien Aimée/L'Oisive Thé on their website, on Instagram, on Twitter and on Facebook. Wrap up Many thanks to Aimée for joining us on the podcast and congratulations once again to Jo and Mica on a successful show. ou can find the podcast on iTunes and Stitcher Radio and us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, in our Yarn in the City group on Ravelry, or in person on Wednesday nights at our knit night at The Goat on the Rise between 7 and 10pm. Everyone’s really friendly and we hope to see you there! Have a great couple of weeks and we’ll chat with you soon! Music credits (available on NoiseTrade) Ridiculously Happy (feat. Twilight Meadow) - Owl City
Stuart - Start about 44 minutes. The rest of you buckle up for more anticipation of the forthcoming Edinburgh Yarn Fest. This episode is sponsored by the Edinburgh Yarn Fest www.edinyarnfest.com and its all about the Corn Exchange 10-11 March 2017. (unless you have a workshop then you get extra fun). Wots e Craic Go to https://tjfrog.co.uk/ to listen to Tania's new podcast. Its wonderful. The shawl last episode was Close to You by Justyna Lorkowska Retreat Swap Lucky 7 Swap - Swap 7 crafty items. Sign up by 7 March to post by 7 April. Sign up on Ravelry thread Coming Up EDINBURGH YARN FEST - DID I NOT MENTION IT?????? www.edinyarnfest.com for full details. Caithness Segment Going for a bit of Neolithic Caithness this episode Me Me Meeee Newale Cardigan by Cecily Glowik Macdonald Fail Pussy Hat by Kat Coyle Fireflies Rising by Helen Stewart Drams 44 minutes in Stuart. We have a blind tasting of the first 3 of 6 drams. Shoppy Section www.etsy.com/shop/caithnesscraft for Buchanan, Hunter and McGregor and Fraser, Black Watch and Robertson to be added this weekend. Bla Blaaa Blaaaah Contact me caithnesscraftcollective@gmail.com www.caithnesscraftcollective.podbean.com for the podcast Raverly as Louise Hunt Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook as CaithnessCraft The music was from Free Music Archive with Entertainment for the Braindead by A Friend. But mainly, I'll see you at the EYF
On this episode of the podcast we chat about what's making us happy at the mo, including an update on our progress with the Blacker PodKAL for the Edinburgh Yarn Festival and the new #yarnlovechallenge on Instagram. We also find out what happens when you love yarn so much that it leads you to making your own. For that conversation we’ll be chatting with our friend Carmen from A Yarn Story in Bath, who’s been working with Sharon from Great British Yarns on a new joint venture, Walcot Yarns. Grab your favourite beverage and your WIP and let's go! What we’re working on (aka Make Happy): The Blacker Yarns PodKAL continues apace! Allison has her SSS well underway, and Rachel is casting on for her Inglis Mitts as we record (better late than never!) The projects shown on Ravelry and Instagram all look amazing and there are some truly speedy knitters out there! We have some special kudos too, for those of you who have come on board #teamYITC: Hdayananda is knitting with a gorgeous green Cornish Tin for her In the Pines Pullover Mariette694 is making a capelet/wrap of her own design in both Tamar and Cornish Tin that is look stunning already And then there’s Josh (breiwerken on Instagram) who is also making his own colourwork design out of Cornish Tin that is nothing short of amazing! If you want to join in with the Blacker PodKAL, it’s not too late! Here are the details: Any design or pattern you want (some great freebies on the Blacker Yarns website) Must be knit with Blacker Yarns to be eligible for prizes and discounts at EYF Can be used in combination with other yarns too Chat thread in Blacker Yarns Ravelry group Tag with#BlackerPodKAL on social media & Ravelry Cast off date is 4th March (just in time for EYF!) If you wear your FO at EYF you can get a discount on more Blacker Yarns! There are multiple teams and you can be on more than one – we hope you’ll tag your projects with #teamyitc so that we can see what you’re working on for the KAL (we’ll have a special #teamYITC prize too!) In other make happy news, Allison has been working on a (gorgeous!) super secret deadline project, and doing lots and lots (and LOTS) of sewing. Rachel has been working on a design for Walcot Yarns, but has managed to finish her Vestvember project (again, better late than never). She's also been doing lots of #spinningSundays. Yarn Love Challenge Okay, the #yarnlovechallenge is something that you’ve probably seen popping up on Instagram in the last couple of day and it’s pretty fun so we wanted to let you know about it. It’s a daily Instagram photo challenge put together by @oharethey and @maryheatherb from Ravelry to celebrate the idea that “Yarn is Love”. We agree! Yarn Love There are fewer things we love more than a new yarn. And we were particularly excited when we found out that our friend Carmen was working on a brand new bespoke yarn – Walcot Yarns. If you haven’t heard us mention Carmen before, she is a North American transplant like us and the owner of A Yarn Story – a specialty yarn boutique in Bath that is stuffed with gorgeous yarns from around the world. Aside from the yarn itself, what got us really excited to chat with Carmen is that she developed this new yarn with in collaboration with Sharon from Great British Yarns – also in Bath. We got Carmen to chat with us and tell us more about Walcot Yarns and what exactly is involved with bringing your own yarn to market. Wrap up You can find the podcast on iTunes and Stitcher Radio and us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, in our Yarn in the City group on Ravelry, or in person on Wednesday nights at our knit night at The Goat on the Rise between 7 and 10pm. Everyone’s really friendly and we hope to see you there! Music credits (all available on NoiseTrade) Ridiculously Happy (feat. Twilight Meadow) - Owl City
Welcome back Yarn and Fibre Lovers! We're excited to be back post-holidays, refreshed and recharged and ready for another year of yarn-y shenanigans with you, and along with some changes to the podcast too! A new KAL/CAL to kick things off We're delighted to announce that we will be participating in this year's Podcast Lounge at the Edinburgh Yarn Festival. To get everyone excited about this year's EYF, Blacker Yarns and Louise Scollay of KnitBritish are teaming up to host the #BlackerPodKAL. Lots of other podcasts are participating too and we hope you'll join us for Team Yarn in the City! Here's some more details: Cast on date is Thursday, January 19th Any design or pattern you want (some great freebies on the Blacker Yarns website) Must be knit with Blacker Yarns to be eligible for prizes and discounts at EYF Can be used in combination with other yarns too Chat thread in Blacker Yarns ravelry group Tags with#BlackerPodKAL on social media & Ravelry Cast off date is 4th March (just in time for EYF!) If you wear your FO at EYF you can get a discount on more Blacker Yarns! In addition to being eligible for #BlackerPodKAL prizes we're also going to come up with some exclusive to Team YITC members too. Watch this space! What we've been working on Rachel clearly had delusions of grandeur with her Christmas knitting plans so she's still working through those and gives us and update. It sounds like the beginning of 2017 is also already chock-a-block full of knitting deadlines too! Allison is happy to be finished the Hogwarts scarf and still working away on her toe-up socks, as well as a few other things. #spinningsundays What we've also been working on is getting back to our spinning. We made a pact on New Year's Eve that we were going to try and do some spinning every Sunday this year in the hopes that we'll accomplish a lot more. Care to join us? Tag photos of your spinning on Instagram with #spinningsundays and #YITCspinningsundays so that we can find you! Make Happy After the bonkers year that was 2016 we really want 2017 to focus on the positive so we've come up with a simple theme for this year: Make Happy. We'll be threading this theme through all of our interviews and podcast chatter this year and hope you'll let us know how you find the conversations, as well as join in with your own thoughts, stories and images. Please tag us on social media using #YITCmakehappy. Wrap up You can find the podcast on iTunes and Stitcher Radio and us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, in our Yarn in the City group on Ravelry, or in person on Wednesday nights at our knit night at The Goat on the Rise between 7 and 10pm. Everyone’s really friendly and we hope to see you there! Music credits (all available on NoiseTrade) Ridiculously Happy (feat. Twilight Meadow) - Owl City
Pom Pom Quarterly's podcast - Pomcast! Lydia and Sophie bring you all the usual craft related giggling, as well as some mini interviews recorded at Edinburgh Yarn Festival. You'll hear from John Arbon, Dianna Walla, Sonja Bargielowska, and Jo of EYF organisation fame!
Shout outs: iTunes reviewers and some lovely Ravelry messages about the podcast and the book - thank you! Also huge shout out to podcast interviewee Clara Parkes, whose new book Knitlandia landed on the New York Times bestseller list! And we have a winner for the skein of Tamar Lustre blend from Blacker Yarns! News and Events: 16th April - A Yarn in the City talk and book signing at Knit With Attitude in London. We'll be talking about how we got started with the Great London Yarn Crawl and how the rest of our events, and now our book! grew from there. 23 - 24th April – Wonderwool Wales, Builth Wells Fairgrounds. We're going for the day with the London Guild of Spinners, Weavers and Dyers, and the coach is now full! What we're working on: Rachel has finished her Honey cowl and that's all. Allison finished her Heggelia mitts and has started a sweater for a new baby and is faffing about trying to find something else in SweetGeorgia Yarns to knit. Free Your Skeins! We have a lovely chat with Jo Milmine of the award-winning Shinybees podcast and the Golden Skein yarn club, about how she started her podcast, building community, bringing people together and why you should use your precious, special skeins. New Giveaway - Wool Tribe! We have a cheeky last-minute giveaway as well - a copy of the hotly sought after Wool Tribe, the official program to Edinburgh Yarn Festival 2016. To enter, leave a comment on these show notes by end of day Easter Monday (March 28th, 2016) and tell us your favourite memory of EYF either this year or last year, or one that you say while watching the festival from afar on social media. We'll announce the winner on episode 34 of the podcast. *** As always, please let us know what you think through comments on the show notes, send us an email at hello@yarninthecity.com or via Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. You can find us on iTunes or Stitcher Radio(and please consider leaving a review for us!), or download us directly from the Yarn in the City website. And on Wednesday nights you can find us at knit night at The Goat on the Rise pub on Battersea Rise, close to Clapham Junction station in SW London. We meet from 7pm to around 10pm. The food is great and the knitters are friendly. Join us! Music (all available on NoiseTrade):Find My Way - Brooke Annibale1000 Ships - Rachel Platten
On today’s podcast we’re chatting about some new goodies that have crossed our desks at Yarn in the City HQ and they’re two of our favourites: yarn and books! We’re reviewing another awesome new yarn from Blacker Yarns and we’ve also got chat about two new books, including one for our crochet followers. Shout outs: Shout outs to Sarah from Crafts from the Cwtch, Louise at Inspiration Knits, LCG contributor Catherine Hopkins and Julie from Knitted Bliss who have all written reviews of the London Craft Guide on their blogs. Thank you! Shout out as well to Lyndsey at Countess Ablaze who’s amazing studio in Manchester is well, amazing. And a hello to all the knitters from the Joeli’s Kitchen Retreat in Manchester last weekend. Book news: All orders and pre-orders up to the end of February have now been sent out. If you pre-ordered a copy and you haven’t received a postage invoice from us, please check your email for a notice from Paypal, and email us at hello@yarninthecity.com if you haven't received on and let us know. News and Events: March 18-19 – Edinburgh Yarn Festival 2016 – marketplace, classes, general awesomeness. – Rachel will have copies of the London Craft Guide on her Porpoise Fur stand so you can pop by and take a look for that! March 18-20 – H+H trade show, the largest stitching-related trade show in Europe, is taking place in Cologne, Germany. 23 - 24th April – Wonderwool Wales, Builth Wells Fairgrounds. We're going for the day with the London Guild of Spinners, Weavers and Dyers. Spaces are filling up quickly so check on our Ravelry board for all the details. Note from us: we realized after recording this episode of the podcast that we teased you unnecessarily by hinting at news to this year's Great London Yarn Crawl and we're sorry we forgot to mention it! This year's GLYC will take place on Saturday, 10th September and we're once again looking for volunteer yarn guides. If you'd like to help out, please email us at hello@yarninthecity.com with "I'd like to volunteer for this year's GLYC" in the subject line. Thanks! What we’re working on: Rachel is almost done with her Honey Cowl in handspun and is dyeing like crazy for EYF. Allison finished the Tulip Cardigan she had picked up again in the last episode, and is so close to being done with her Heggelia mitts! And is anxiously planning what new thing she’ll cast on next. Two of our favourite things: yarn and books Yarn Review: the new Tamar Lustre Blend by Blacker Yarns. Book reviews: Crochet Yeah! By Joanne Scrace and Kat Goldin of The Crochet Project, and Penguin by Anna Maltz. Correction: we mistakenly mentioned Navia as the yarns used in Penguin. Yarn support was actually provided by The Island Wool Company. We apologise for the error! And a giveaway! Leave a comment below telling us what you'd make with a single skein of the new Tamar in fingering weight. Name the pattern and leave your Ravelry name and we'll keep the contest open until end of day on Monday, March 14th. The winner will receive this gorgeous skein of Tamar and we'll gift you the pattern you selected on Ravelry if you don't already have it! As always, please let us know what you think through comments on the show notes, send us an email at hello@yarninthecity.com or via Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. You can find us on iTunes or Stitcher Radio (and please consider leaving a review for us!), or download us directly from the Yarn in the City website. And on Wednesday nights you can find us at knit night at The Goat on the Rise pub on Battersea Rise, close to Clapham Junction station in SW London. We meet from 7pm to around 10pm. The food is great and the knitters are friendly. Join us! Music (all available on NoiseTrade):After the Fight - Jars of ClayDaisy Child - Brave BabyFind My Way - Brooke Annibale
This week has news, reviews and the potential theft of a bottle of IPA. Yes, it's still a knitting podcast, but we do enjoy a real ale on a regular basis. First up you can now join me on Anchor and Snapchat as @Shinybees. Prep is ongoing for the #RewindKAL - you can join in over on Ravelry in the Shinybees Podcast group. I also reveal my word for the year. I've never done this before but I feel it's in the spirit of the word to do so. I'd love to hear yours! Edinburgh Yarn Festival is taking place 17-20 March 2016. I will be offering a session in the Podcast Lounge on how to build a content calendar for your blog or podcast on the Friday afternoon and an informal Q&A on anything business or podcasting related on Saturday afternoon after the Podcaster Meetup, which will be taking place 12.30-2 both days. For those that come, I'll be offering a free power hour consultation to one lucky draw winner. If you can't make it, never fear: I'm going to repeat the sessions via webinar in the two weeks after EYF. TI'll also make the replays from these available for download. To sign up for these (completely free!) go to http://eepurl.com/bRAWz1 Enablers' Corner warns you at going to www.countessablaze.com and looking at the clubs (closing 1 Mar) and The Rt Honourable Ronaldsay is highly likely to result in a stash based indiscretion. You probably won't escape without buying the lovelies and these yarns are rebels which refuse to be tamed! To wrap up, I have a first look at Blacker Yarns Tamar. Show notes available at www.shinybees.com Music from Adam and the Walter Boys with 'I Need a Drink'. Pass that IPA...
Blether Yup, get out the precious stash that we think we will use for a special occasion. Well Buttercup, there is no special occasion better than now being today. Get it out and use it. You can always get more.... For instance at The Golden Skein or from Ripplescraft Wots e Craic Burns Ode to a haggis 6 Bits Storybook Runny Runny Runny https://www.justgiving.com/hellokittyhalfmarathon/ Competition Go to the Ravelry page and tell me what you are wanting to buy at EYF 2016 for a chance to win 2 tickets. Review Whisky in a Tea Cup by CS Bower - Go to Ravelry and tell me how you like your tea to win a copy of this eBook. Coming Up Inverness Museum as The Great Tapestry of Scotland until 20 February 2016 has the Caithness Panel Edinburgh Yarn Fest 17-19 March at the Corn Exchange Edinburgh Retreat 3 places left. Please sign up now for my retreat 26-29 May 2016 in Natural Retreats John o Groats Me Me Me Drams Scapa Skirven Whisky Shoppy Section www.etsy.com/shop/caithnesscraft Bla Blah Blah caithnesscraftcollective@gmail.com Louise Hunt on Ravelry CaithnessCraft on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest www.caithnesscraftcollective.podbean.com
Shout outs:Many thanks to our sponsor, Tangled Yarn, who stock a wide range of gorgeous yarns, patterns and tools including Jamieson & Smith Jumper Weight and Supreme Jumper Weight. Both yarns are spun from 100% Real Shetland Wool and are perfect for Fair Isle and colourwork. Tangled Yarn also stock Felicity Ford's KNITSONIK book.Tangled Yarn is offering Yarn in the City fans an exclusive 15% off Jamieson & Smith yarns until April 26th. Just use the discount code KNITSONIK at the checkout. What's going on:Ongoing: YitC Not-A-KAL KAL, in our Ravelry group. First round runs through 1 June.27-28th March: British Alpaca Futurity and P-Lush show in Coventry. Mmmm...alpaca!25-26th April: Wonderwool Wales, Builth Wells.9th May: Wharfe Wool Fair, Otley, near Leeds.15-16th May: I Knit Fandango, Royal Horticultural Halls, London. We will be there at the Porpoise Fur booth - come say hi!16-17th May: John Arbon Open Weekend, South Molton, Devon.23rd May: Highland Wool Festival, Dingwall Mart.25th May: The Shipston on Stour Wool Fair, Shipston on Stour, South Warwickshire30-31st May: Proper Woolley, Holsworthy, Devon.21 June: Muse Connection Vol. 2 (sadly sold out already!), and the YitC Team runs the Nike Women's 10K in Victoria Park - details on how to join us are here.In the works:Allison has started and finished a gorgeous Saguaro Hat (designed by fab GLYC Volunteer Renée Callahan, aka East London Knit), and is still plugging away on her Beeswax Hat by Amy van de Laar. She has gotten back to work on a fingerless glove project for the YitC Book too. Just look at those cacti! The Saguaro hat - pattern by Renée Callahan of East London Knit Rachel has not finished anything, but has lots of things newly started/in progress, including a Wool Eater Blanket by Sarah London that is completely addictive. She's also working on a new design project inspired by The Boat Race, and is blogging her design process - Installment 1 and Installment 2 of her Design Diaries are up for your perusal.Recaps and Reveals!Allison had a fabulous time at the Edinburgh Yarn Festival, and managed to grab audio with some lovely people: Hamming it up with the lovely Karie Westermann - a really good sport about Alli's selfie-stick! John Arbon, from John Arbon Textiles in DevonKarie Westermann, knitwear designer extraordinaireJo, one of the co-organizers of EYF, who confirms that it's back on again for 2016. Hooray!!!!!On the Reveal side, we are thrilled to give you a preview of some of the vendors we will be welcoming to the Yarn in the City Pop Up Marketplace on 5th September 2015. They include:A Yarn StoryEden Cottage YarnsGinger Twist Studios John Arbon Textiles Kettle Yarn Co Knit With AttitudeLoopMidwinter YarnsOf Cabbages and Kings Pom Pom QuarterlySkein Queen The Fibre CoTextile GardenYAK / Yarn and KnittingYellow Bear WaresWe are thrilled to have them on board, and we look forward to being able to add even more awesome names to the list in the coming weeks!As always you can find us on Ravelry, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest. Please don't hesitate to share your thoughts and feedback with us, and please come say hi at any of the events we're attending if you get a chance!Music credits (all available on NoiseTrade)Loneliness & Alcohol - Jars of ClayEverything You've Done Wrong - SloanFierce Flawless - Ani DiFrancoLeave a Message - Rude King
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