Podcasts about long grass

In this 'Views from the Long Grass' feature, Chris and Keith Christian discuss the proliferation of turfcare shows such as SALTEX, BTME and now Groundsfest and ask whether this is overkill for a small industry.Keith shares his experiences from decades in the sector, including memorable moments and insights into what makes an effective trade show. The episode also touches on possible changes and considerations for future events, balancing indoor and outdoor formats, and the importance of ‘pressing the flesh' at these events.Inside Agri-Turf is devised, recorded and edited by Chris Biddle chris.biddle@btinternet.com

Chris Biddle announces the comeback of his podcast, Inside Agri-Turf, after a summer break.He reflects on his extensive career in the land-based engineering industry and expresses his passion for sharing stories and insights about farm and grass machinery, and introduces new podcast features, such as 'A View from the Long Grass' and 'What Happened Next?' There are previews of upcoming content, including industry trends and pivotal events like Stihl's product distribution shift to Screwfix and a forthcoming update on heritage engine maker Briggs Stratton who have just emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy.He discusses the challenges faced by the industry, the future for garden machinery dealers and weather impacts. There is also a telling comparison of agricultural engineering with Formula One and he addresses the often-underappreciated role of turf professionals, defending their craft against recent derogatory comments.

In S2E6 of the podcast Digory, Aravis, Sara, & Michael discuss minutes 1h18m43s through 1h37m of The Lost World Jurassic Park, JP2, & a few new toys. FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/lifeuhfindsawaypod/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Like, Subscribe & Write A Review to help unlock Behind the Scenes extras. 

 Sean Duncan from Blade Mate Lawn Care is one of the kindest souls in the lawn YouTube scene. Sean started doing free mows after being a tough spot himself, the videos peaked some interest and since then have been viewed over 40 million times. Get your free tickets for our live tour! https://aussiegreenbizmastery.com.au/events367115 Buy The Aussie Green Biz Mastery Course: http://aussiegreenbizmastery.com.au/ To sign up for a trade account with The Lawn Shed: https://thelawnshed.com.au/ref/629 To support the podcast directly: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=93144780 To buy Luke's lawn care program for your business: https://www.patreon.com/user/shop/professional-annual-lawn-care-program-1-51530?u=93144780&utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=productshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 

Rachel O'Sullivan & Sophie Downey from Girls on The Ball joined Off The Ball Breakfast as Ireland gear up for European Champions England in their Euro 2025 qualifier at the Aviva tonight.Catch The Off The Ball Breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for Off The Ball Breakfast and get the podcast on the Off The Ball app.SUBSCRIBE at OffTheBall.com/join

Part two of Season 07 Episode 17: What Lies in the Long Grass.  As news begins to spread about the bizarre events at Ruwa school, the children find an unlikely champion for their version of events.  Go to @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or www.unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One evening in September 1994, strange lights are seen in the skies over Zimbabwe.  Two days later, 60 pupils of a rural primary school make the astonishing claim, that a UFO landed in their playground. Go to @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or www.unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tory MP Alicia Kearns and interim CEO of anti-LGBT abuse charity Galop Amy Roch join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst and Zoe Crowther to discuss the government's ailing promise to legislate against the controversial practise of conversion therapy. Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton for Podot, edited by Laura Silver.

► Support Wee Jamie Tierney: https://www.gofundme.com/f/wee-jamies-journey ► Visit The ACSOM Blog: https://acsom.net/ ► Shop for ACSOM Merch: https://acsom.net/shop/ A Celtic State of Mind is a six-time award-winning broadcast, having won Football Blogging / Content Awards in 2018, 2021 (x3), 2022 & 2023. In this latest episode, Paul John Dykes is joined by John Hughes & Patrick McGilp to discuss the last 24 hours in the world of Celtic. A Celtic State of Mind has gone from strength-to-strength over the last five years, and there are many more guests lined up in the weeks ahead from the world of sport, music, film, art, broadcasting, literature and politics. Connect with A Celtic State of Mind @PaulJohnDykes and @ACSOMPOD and subscribe to the podcast via iTunes or through your podcast player. #BrendanRodgers #KyogoFuruhashi #ReoHatate #DaizenMaeda #CelticFC #CelticFootballClub #TheAcsomBulletin #ACSOM #ACelticStateOfMind #AwardWinningPodcast #Charity #Scottishfootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The highly talented angler and author Stuart Brookes shares some very special angling stories from the iconic Savay and the much-whispered-about Chimneys. Sit back and enjoy a proper anglers account of some incredibly special captures on some incredibly special waters...

Nachdem Will Butler bei Arcade Fire ausgestiegen ist, widmet er sich wieder vermehrt seiner eigenen Musik. Mit tatkräftiger Unterstützung seiner Backing-Band Sister Squares steht nun das erste Post-Arcade-Fire-Album in den Startlöchern. Im Popfilter hört ihr einen Vorgeschmack. Hier entlang geht's zu den Links unserer Werbepartner: https://detektor.fm/werbepartner/popfilter >> Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/musik/popfilter-will-butler-sister-squares-long-grass

Nachdem Will Butler bei Arcade Fire ausgestiegen ist, widmet er sich wieder vermehrt seiner eigenen Musik. Mit tatkräftiger Unterstützung seiner Backing-Band Sister Squares steht nun das erste Post-Arcade-Fire-Album in den Startlöchern. Im Popfilter hört ihr einen Vorgeschmack. Hier entlang geht's zu den Links unserer Werbepartner: https://detektor.fm/werbepartner/popfilter >> Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/musik/popfilter-will-butler-sister-squares-long-grass

Nachdem Will Butler bei Arcade Fire ausgestiegen ist, widmet er sich wieder vermehrt seiner eigenen Musik. Mit tatkräftiger Unterstützung seiner Backing-Band Sister Squares steht nun das erste Post-Arcade-Fire-Album in den Startlöchern. Im Popfilter hört ihr einen Vorgeschmack. Hier entlang geht's zu den Links unserer Werbepartner: https://detektor.fm/werbepartner/popfilter >> Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/musik/popfilter-will-butler-sister-squares-long-grass

Nachdem Will Butler bei Arcade Fire ausgestiegen ist, widmet er sich wieder vermehrt seiner eigenen Musik. Mit tatkräftiger Unterstützung seiner Backing-Band Sister Squares steht nun das erste Post-Arcade-Fire-Album in den Startlöchern. Im Popfilter hört ihr einen Vorgeschmack. Hier entlang geht's zu den Links unserer Werbepartner: https://detektor.fm/werbepartner/popfilter >> Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/musik/popfilter-will-butler-sister-squares-long-grass

Nachdem Will Butler bei Arcade Fire ausgestiegen ist, widmet er sich wieder vermehrt seiner eigenen Musik. Mit tatkräftiger Unterstützung seiner Backing-Band Sister Squares steht nun das erste Post-Arcade-Fire-Album in den Startlöchern. Im Popfilter hört ihr einen Vorgeschmack. Hier entlang geht's zu den Links unserer Werbepartner: https://detektor.fm/werbepartner/popfilter >> Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/musik/popfilter-will-butler-sister-squares-long-grass

Will Butler (ex Arcade Fire) se une a la formación que co-lideraba su mujer, Sister Squares, para publicar un primer y homónimo disco e inaugurarlo con la enérgica 'Long Grass'. The Breeders comparten 'The Man Go', una canción inédita con la que anuncian la reedición de 'The Last Splash', su segundo disco, que cumple 30 años y la camerunesa Vagabon, presenta 'Can I Talk My Shit', una canción reivindicativa y cercana al R'n'B, que formará parte de su tercer disco. Aparte, escuchamos a Militarie Gun, Bunbury, Tai Verdes, The Death Of Robert, Bishop Briggs... THE BREEDERS – Go Man Go THE BREEDERS – Cannonball FOO FIGHTERS - Nothing At All MILITARIE GUN – Do It Faster TAI VERDES – Sandman ENRIQUE BUNBURY – Para Ser Inolvidable THE GUAPOS – Soy Un Guapo THE DEATH OF ROBERT - La Mala Hostia BISHOP BRIGGS - Cherry on Top DAN MILLSON - Ugly FRANK CARTER & THE RATTLESNAKES ft JOE TALBOT - My Town DELAPORTE ft EVA MARCE – Pantera WILL BUTLER + SISTER SQUARES - Long Grass DAVID BOWIE – Modern Love VAGABON - Can I Talk My Shit BECK & PHOENIX – Odyssey VAMPIRE WEEKEND – Cousins GINEBRAS – Rapapá Escuchar audio

One of the most respected voices in the Evangelical World, the senior minister of St Ebbes in Oxford, Vaughan Roberts, is calling on his own bishop and many of the leaders of the Church of England to repent and return to the Apostolic Christian Faith or failing that pursue a provincial level split. He says Church of England Bishops, who spent last week in meetings, have run out of long grass to hide in and says the Church of England is sleep walking towards the same disaster that has happend to the Episcopal Church in America, loosing 100,000 members and seeing hundreds of clergy leaving or deposed.Bishop of Oxford Steven Croft has recently written that the Church of England should bless same sex partnerships. Vaughan Roberts, who leads the largest church in Oxford Diocese, has published this book in response, explaining why Bishop Croft is wrong. (https://bit.ly/vaughanresponse)He says there will need to be a ‘Provincial Level Distinction' between those who want to be faithful to the bible's teaching, saying, “my strong preference would be for the creation of a new distinct province for those who wish for a change in the Church's teaching and practice.” Vaughan Roberts is in Australia, on sabbatical, speaking at the Australian Fellowship of Evangelical Students National Conference in December, and the Church Missionary Society NSW conference in early January. He speaks here about Christ, Sabbath, caring for Christians experincing same sex attraction and the difficult future for the Church of England. ***As The Pastor's Heart grows in audience our opportunities and responsibility grow as well. We want to get better and that takes more resources. We are asking listeners to partner with us to help fund our production, editorial, distribution and promotion.To support The Pastor's Heart - http://patreon.com/thepastorsheart Support the show

Episode 498 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "My Man." We share several Brilliant Sunbeams (Quotes) from the November 2022 Issue of The Sun Magazine Focusing on Wealth & Poverty. We have an E.W. Poem called "Long Grass." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Jerry Lee Lewis, Titoro, Elizabeth Cotten, LCD Soundsystem, the Beatles, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted in the West Mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania... Heard All Over The World. Tell Your Friends and Neighbors.

Ben & Rob rejoin Jeff Goldlblum on Isla Sorna for Steven Spielberg's second stab at cinematic sizzle with 'saurs. Awkwardly titled, The Lost World:Jurassic Park finds Dr Ian Malcolm joining Julianne Moore, Vince Vaughan and Pete Postlethwaite in dodging more dinosaurs than maybe even the movie can support. Is this a T-Rex too many? CONSUUUUME!!!Find us on the socials of your choice at www.linktr.ee/everymovieeverpodcast

As we move into the Month of the Long Grass and the days grow shorter, it's time to tell the stories of the old gods, spirits and of times long past. These are the stories that celebrate the harvest and the deep magics that bring forth the bounty. Let us all bring in the Hooam Haavest, we will sing the songs and spell bind with the ancient stories. Celebrating Lammas and the stories that sit around that. A speculative discussion about the pre-christian roots of Lammas, Autumn, The first Harvest and August. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thescaredisle/message

Diarmuid is joined by James Ryall and Darach Honan to discuss the All-Ireland Semi-Finals

Charlotte Jeffrey-Campbell joins Mintzy and Whaley at the most convenient time on a Friday afternoon(!) to review the week's news and views, as we talk ROPA and why we shouldn't be sat around waiting for it.

We're delighted to announce that we're bringing The Football Pod on the road this summer for a series of LIVE events! First stop: Castlebar, Co. Mayo on Thursday June 2nd

Eerie LightsThey're supposed to give us hope, to light up the darkness and to dispel fear… They're ‘supposed' to…However sometimes lights are the very thing that confuse and terrify us and these true stories about strange lights will have you confused and maybe just a little bit terrified as well…If you like my work, buy me a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/sosparanormal Contact Usseekersosparanormal@gmail.com MusicAlexander Nakarada – “Creepy Hallow.mp3”Free Download: https://freepd.com/horror.php Follow Alexander Nakarada https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw4wdHksXbaiyu3BiBNNW0w Sound Effects“Walking in Long Grass.wav” by Leafs67 of Freesound.org - https://freesound.org/s/155589/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/chilling-true-tales-true-ghost-and-paranormal-stories/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Episode 75 of The premier 'View' Tipperary GAA Podcast sees OG's Sean & Enda back together and are joined by Stephen, Jamie, Colm and Host Kevin Ryan. With Munster Senior Hurling Rd.1 on the horizon, the lads look ahead to our crucial 1st round in Walsh Park v the Deise, Our chances and who'd they like to see play. They also look back at two good wins for the U17s in the Munster round robin while the 20's struggled over the line in Kerry and look ahead to the Waterford game Wednesday evening. Sean Smith speaks with Brian Hudner who along with pals from the Premierview discussion Board have a very noteworthy fundraising initiative for the people of Ukraine. See website below and helps these lads out with this very worthy cause. https://tippstandswithukraine.org/ All In an action Packed Episode 75 of the Premier 'View' Tipperary GAA Podcast

This week, Newcastle are left seeing red when decisions aren't forthcoming at Stamford Bridge, what does a goalkeeper have to do to get sent off, and what are the rules about stadium replays? Running Order00:00 Intro00:45 Fulham complain about long grass at Oakwell04:15 Referee development and scouting13:57 Controversies at Chelsea and Brighton18:40 Protection for goalkeepers21:55 Goal-line technology in the WSL24:54 Stadium replays and stadium announcersContact the show.Email: hello@seenthemgiven.co.ukTwitter: @seen_them_given Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Some advice on how to handle a strimmer and get the best results in your garden.

After the Mahabharata War was over,only Ten remained alive, Three from the Kaurava Side and Seven from the Pandavas. They are, Pandavas 5 Lord Krishna, Sathyaki. From the Kaurava Side Aswathama, Kruthavarma and Krupa.(Mahabharata ,Adi Parva) At Dwaraka, the Yadava Clan was in tact, save those killed in the Mahabharata War( Krishna' Army fought on the side of the Kauravas) The Yadav Clan were playing around and one of the Yadavas dressed up Krishna's son Sambhava(born of Jambavathi), as a pregnant woman and asked the Rishis who were passing by, what child the lady would beget(Sambhava) The Rishi replied that knew that it is Krishna's son Sambhava and he would beget a  Pounder (used to break Grains- Ulakkai) and it it would destroy the Yadava vamsa. On being informed of this Lord Krishna smiled and said that no body can change the Curse of a Brahmin. After ten months a Pounder was born of Sambhava. Thinking that they were clever, the Yadavas, broke the wooden pestle(Ulakkai) into small pieces an threw them into the sea in Dwaraka. The tip of the pestle,made of iron was swallowed by a Fish, and it was caught by a Fisherman. He found the piece and fixed it to the tip of his arrow. The wooden pieces  reached ashore and grew into a bush of Long Grass. While this is so, one day the Yadavas were drinking and an altercation ensued as who betrayed the Kauravas the most. A riot ensued and even Krishna was attacked by his Clan. His Chariot was dragged into the sea, so were His Panchyutas, which went perambulated Lord Krishna clock-wise and disappeared. From the Balaram's face a Serpent came out and entered Heavens and Balram was no more Lord Krishna lay under a tree and was taking rest. The hunter who had the iron tip in his arrow , from a distance saw, thought he saw a Deer and sent in his arrow. It struck Krishna and he left His Mortal Coil. The Hunter prayed for forgiveness. Krishna informed him that it was because of the Curse, he had nothing to do with His Death and granted him Vaikunta. As there were none to perform the last Rites,Arjuna performed the last Rites of Krishna. Krishna's Father , Vasudeva was the brother of Kunti (Mother of the Pandavas) Krishna and Arjuna were First Cousins. Arjun married Subhadra (Krishna's Half-Sister) The nearest surviving relation on the mother's side were the Pandavas. Technically Yudhistra should have performed, being the eldest off the Pandavas. *Arjuna could have performed the last Rites because, in addition to being Krishna's cousin, he was also marrired Krishna's half sister (  smriti grants this Right if no others are available) and As Krishna put it in Bhagavad Gita, Arjuna was His dearest Friend and as Arjuna put it Arjuna was Krishna' most deovted  Disciple.) *Purana merely states Arjuna performed Krishna's last Rites. The interpretation is mine, based on Smriti. Deavaki ,Vasudeva and Rukmini left their bodies by entering Fire. (Bhagavatha Purana) https://ramanisblog.in/2013/11/19/who-performed-the-final-rites-of-lord-krishna/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ramanispodcast/message

Reinvention Lab Audio Experience: Season 2 (a tiny season!) In Season 1 of the Audio Experience, we shared a lot of activity - who we are, who we rock with, what all of us are doing on our own and in partnership. This December, we rest. And as we shift our focus, we will share our learnings with you here. First, learnings from a September experiment on rest. We hope that you find some time to rest as the year comes to a close. About This Poem from the author (Colleen Keating-Crawford on the Reinvention Lab team) How we are is so deeply intertwined with where we are. During the Reinvention Lab's Weeks of Rest test, I created spaciousness to physically and metaphysically return back to my origin places - the where of my younger, freer self. When I did this, my proverbial muscle memory of how to be that freer self came more organically. Ways of being - like playing, building, dreaming, and being productively unproductive - poured forth a new layer of compounding gifts such as refreshed creativity, connections, ideation, and insights. These built upon each other to take me to an entirely transcendent plane from where I was before the Weeks of Rest. Returning to the long grass to reconnect to my play is primal to my personhood. If I cannot regularly return, I cannot continue to be. Yesterday I Sped Past the Long Grass by Colleen Keating-Crawford Yesterday, I sped past the long grass Next to the tall oak trees that reached so high branches touching the clouds the ones we used to climb where we sat and talked without time but not lost found in the company of what matters in the long grass where we were once free The long grass next to the rocky ravine where we used to play where we built forts and made believe quarreled and disagreed into the late eve and never once worried about what could or couldn't be found in the long grass where we were once free The long grass next to the open meadow where we ran with outstretched arms and open hands where the long grass brushed our palms as the breeze tickled through the tree leaves and the sun warmed our backs found in the long grass where we were once free Yesterday, I sped past the long grass on my way to a place I want to be but I am not truly me and I am not fully free A place where I sometimes enable crowding and noise of all sorts a place where expectation anxiety performance and fear control me they hold me they whisper I am dear if I do what they say if I obey if I play it their way Play Play I forgot how I play how I do it my way I allowed them to toss out my play left in the long grass to be lost in the long grass alone and away So I ran back to its place past the tall oak trees up the hill from the rocky ravine through the meadow There it was My past my freedom my future my play I retrieved it brought it back to me Found in the long grass where I can, at once, be free

South Australian icon Soursob Bob joins me to go through his debut album Living in the Long Grass from 2001. It's the first time he's heard the album in years and we talk about the stories behind the songs, his writing process, cars, camels and travels. The episode also includes a live version of Soursob Bob's new single Carona Boner.

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Y'all probably already know that Sarah's jacket attracted the T-rex parents in TLW, but did you know there was supposed to be another factor beyond that? Join the Jurassic Fans as we explore the alternative reality of this JP sequel. Also, I'm afraid we won't be having other polite debates between Burke and Juttson anytime soon, at least not after Burke being that other factor that contributed to the attack. Download the script PDF on https://cemp.ac.uk/scriptzone/script.php?type=download&id=327 and send us your own thoughts to charconauta41@gmail.com Find us on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jurassicfansarathernerd/ and Éverton at https://www.instagram.com/evertons.paz/ Music in this audio - Song 02 Theme From Jurassic Park from Jur - Universal Pictures Film Music Album Jurassic Park Writers John Williams --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jurassicfansofficial/message

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David Meyler joined OTB AM this morning to breakdown the opening four KO Euro 2020 ties - and the talk about the role he can see Jack Grealish playing at Man City if they buy him. OTB AM is in association every morning with @Gillette UK | #BestFaceForward

Show Notes DPR RFC: https://github.com/jamstack/jamstack.org/discussions/549 Matt's talk about simplicity at React Summit https://www.netlify.com/blog/2021/04/29/keeping-it-simple-at-react-summit/?utm_campaign=devex-&utm_source=remotely-interesting&utm_content=dpr-keeping-it-simple

Back on the podcast thing ;) each day during our whole school play days I will record a ramble. Today, interesting to observe the children find solutions to the problem of long and thick grass in the school field!!!

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Tom Pattinson's musing on the benefits of 'No Mow May' and keeping your grass long... We're down in the garden of Cresswell Pele Tower but not in the rockery… this week we're checking out the rookery with Steve Lowe and why do we say a ‘murder of crows'…?And…. Tom Cadwallender from the British Trust for Ornithology is looking AUK-ward this week… reporting on guillemots and all. And he has some fascinating facts about puffins.Plus some top tips for the garden from Tom P… Support the show

Welcome to ‘The Bakery Bears Video Show featuring My Favourite Colourways'  Join us in this episode for: 1. (1 min 17 secs) “Welcome”   The release of the ‘Jelly Roll'!    Kay's latest ‘My Favourite Colourways' is a little special…. What is your favourite type of birthday card?  YouTube Update 2. (8 mins 14 secs) “Whats on YOUR needles” https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/the-bakery-bears/2955474/976-1000#1000  Kay was knitting :  Bargello Hat launching in July 2021 as part of our Knitty U  Join our Knitting University here https://bakerybears.com/knitty-u/  We mentioned the ‘Little House Hat' pattern which you can access here https://www.patreon.com/posts/colourwork-u-38742019  The Reading Socks launching in August 2021 as part of our Knitty U We mentioned Kays ‘Short & Sweet' Knitty U course https://www.patreon.com/posts/knitting-magic-1-35254150  Learn to knit bobbles with Kay https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-special-23389459  Watch Kays Sirdar Snuggly Review https://www.patreon.com/posts/sirdar-snuggly-50062119  Glimmer Mitts launching in September 2021 as part of our Knitty UWatch Kays Perfect Button Hole tutorial special https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-special-30750189  Watch Kays Life in the Long Grass review https://www.patreon.com/posts/review-life-in-6473961  Dan was knitting :      Anniversary https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/afmli---20-year-anniversary-sweater Learn to hand wind yarn Kays way https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-special-29309318  Learn to block your work with Kay https://www.patreon.com/posts/4433963  Watch the Self Contained Knitter https://bakerybears.com/garments/  Unnamed Colourwork CowlWatch our ‘Dealing with your Floats' tutorial special https://www.patreon.com/posts/colourwork-part-14558018  Watch our Regia Merino Yak review https://www.patreon.com/posts/knit-along-with-28045777  3. (43 min 34 secs) “My Favourite Colourways” - ‘1971'  4. (1 hr 16 min 40 secs) “Whats OFF your Needles” https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/the-bakery-bears/2955477/2901-2925#2925  Mr Fisher Socks https://bakerybears.com/mr-fisher/  The Jelly Roll Blanket https://bakerybears.com/jelly-roll/Watch Kays Magic Knot tutorial special https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-special-23290900  Jelly Roll KAL https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/the-bakery-bears/4130617/1-25  Watch Kays Design Diary https://www.patreon.com/posts/design-diary-1-28048329  5. (1 hr 27 min 12 secs) “My Favourite Colourways” - ‘1971' Watch the special editions of all our 2021 walks https://www.patreon.com/posts/46447195 Watch the special editions of My Favourite Colourways https://www.patreon.com/posts/my-favourite-45843745  6. (1hr 44 mins 19 secs) “Endy Bits!”    Our Knitability 30th Issue Prize Winners!! To win you had to answer this question - ‘What is the name of the pattern pictured on page 23 of Issue 30 of Knitability' See YouTube's new policies on adverts here https://www.youtube.com/t/terms  We will continue to publish the Video Show on YouTube, but we will begin broadcasting all content advertisement free on our Patreon page   Next P.O.P. Show 30th May at 2pm BST - Look out for link at 1.30pm BST here http://www.patreon.com/bakerybearspodcast  Kay showed yarn from https://muststashshop.com  HELP KEEP US ON AIR and become a Bakery Bear Patron - You could receive a subscription to our electronic magazine Knitability, exclusive patterns, over 240 tutorials, a monthly live Patron only show, Dan's Garment Knitting shows, Kay's review series and so much more, to find out more visit: http://www.patreon.com/bakerybearspodcast or https://bakerybears.com/subscribe/  For a whole new way to engage with the Bakery Bears visit https://bakerybears.com - All Kay's patterns can be found here https://bakerybears.com/patterns/ - Find our brand new radio show here https://bakerybears.com/listen/  Thank you so much for watching, we'll see you in two weeks for our next ‘Video Show' which will feature ‘Walking the Dales'. If you wish to download the show, access it here : http://bakerybears.podbean.com - Apple users will find the show here : https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-bakery-bears-podcast/id1051276128?mt=2 Follow the Bakery Bears on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/bakerybears/ and Twitter https://twitter.com/bakerybears 

Have you ever stopped to think about how the sun on your face makes you feel? Do you just stand in the forest, and listen to the sounds? This week, Aimee and Fi are joined by Samantha Curtis, founder of The Nature Kin, who talks to us about the importance of getting outside, and the positive impact it has on her mental health. We also talk about Chocolate Rice Krispie cakes. Find out more about Sam here and The Nature Kin here. ---- Important Links: Anxiety UK Charity providing support if you have been diagnosed with an anxiety condition. Phone: 03444 775 774 (Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 5.30pm) Website: www.anxietyuk.org.uk Mind Promotes the views and needs of people with mental health problems. Phone: 0300 123 3393 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm) Website: www.mind.org.uk Samaritans Confidential support for people experiencing feelings of distress or despair. Phone: 116 123 (free 24-hour helpline) Website: www.samaritans.org.uk For a full list visit: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/mental-health-helplines/ --- www.selfishpodcast.co.uk | Self(ish) Podcast Instagram | Self(ish) Facebook Find Aimee on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook and Find Fi on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook

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Welcome to ‘The Bakery Bears Video Show' featuring ‘Walking the Dales Ep. 1' Join us in this episode for:  (1 min 16 secs) “Welcome”   Kay mentioned Finally by CeCe Peniston https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finally_(CeCe_Peniston_song) Kay mentioned her ‘My Favourite Colourways' show which debuted last episode https://youtu.be/c8QEeYHFFHQ  Watch Kays complete yarn dying series here https://www.patreon.com/posts/bakery-bears-1-8264448  We mentioned the ‘Fairywings' sock pattern https://bakerybears.com/fairywings/ Watch Kays Design Diary here https://www.patreon.com/posts/design-diary-1-28048329  The Bakery Bears Radio Show will be back in July https://bakerybears.com/listen/  2. (10 mins 09 secs) “Whats on YOUR needles” https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/the-bakery-bears/2955474/976-1000#1000  Kay was knitting :  Granny Square Blanket https://bakerybears.com/fairywings/ in yarn from http://sherryiris.com   Learn to hand wind yarn Kays way https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-special-29309318  Find out how Kay is joining her squares in this tutorial https://www.patreon.com/posts/crochet-tutorial-21511559  Find out how Kay creates her squares in this tutorial https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-special-33005337  Snuggle Down Cowl https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/snuggle-down-cowl  Watch Kays Sherry Iris yarn review here https://www.patreon.com/posts/knit-along-with-30749947  Cowboys and Angels https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/cowboys-and-angels  Watch Kays ‘Life in the Long Grass' yarn review here https://www.patreon.com/posts/review-life-in-6473961  Watch Kays ‘Hiya Hiya Interchangeables Review' here https://www.patreon.com/posts/26567295  Dan was knitting :      Clayoquot https://www.ravelry.com/projects/ObiwanKnitter/clayoquot  Watch ‘Return to the Centre of the Yoke' here https://www.patreon.com/posts/25642771  Watch our Spit Splice tutorial special here https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-special-16712072  Nutkin Socks in https://theuncommonthread.co.uk/collections/our-fingering-weight-yarns/products/tough-sock  Watch our ‘Blocking' tutorial series here https://www.patreon.com/posts/4433963  Dan mentioned ‘The Village fete' socks https://bakerybears.com/village-fete/  3. (48 min 39 secs) “Walking the Dales” - Episode 1 ‘The Stang Forest'  Find out more about Arkengarthdale here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkengarthdale  Dan referenced Hidden Histories by Mary Ann Ochota https://www.maryannochota.com/hidden-histories  4. (1 hr 12 min 52 secs) “Whats OFF your Needles” https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/the-bakery-bears/2955477/2901-2925#2925  Queen Marys Cowl https://www.ravelry.com/projects/ObiwanKnitter/peano-no1  Watch our ‘Kitchener Stitch' tutorial special https://www.patreon.com/posts/magic-loop-sock-19749451  Fairywings Socks https://bakerybears.com/fairywings/ 5. (1 hr 25 min 33 secs) “Walking the Dales” - Episode 1 ‘The Stang Forest'  Watch the extended edition of the show here : coming at 9am BST 12/6/20  Catch up with the Pudding Club here https://www.patreon.com/posts/bakery-bears-32999411  6. (1hr 40 mins 41 secs) “Endy Bits!”    Knitability Issue 26 due out in the next week! https://bakerybears.com/read/  Watch Kays TedKnits UK yarn review here https://www.patreon.com/posts/review-ted-knits-36772903  Our DPN Socks Course is now underway here https://www.patreon.com/posts/dpn-socks-course-36772088  Kay showed yarn from https://rustyferretyarn.co.uk  HELP KEEP US ON AIR and become a Bakery Bear Patron - You could receive a subscription to our electronic magazine Knitability, exclusive patterns, over 200 tutorials, a monthly live Patron only show, Dan's Garment Knitting shows, Kay's review series and so much more, to find out more visit our Patreon Page : http://www.patreon.com/bakerybearspodcast For a whole new way to engage with the Bakery Bears visit https://bakerybears.com - All Kay's patterns can be found here https://bakerybears.com/patterns/ - Find our brand new radio show here https://bakerybears.com/listen/  Thank you so much for watching, we'll see you in two weeks for ‘The Bakery Bears featuring Pudding Club Ep.7!' If you wish to download the show, access it here : http://bakerybears.podbean.com - Apple users will find the show here : https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-bakery-bears-podcast/id1051276128?mt=2 Follow the Bakery Bears on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/bakerybears/ and Twitter https://twitter.com/bakerybears

Show NotesHost Keith Crowley interviews the creator and administrator of Robert C. Ruark on Facebook. Mike Walker turned his passion for all things Ruark into a successful social media page. Walker explains where he gets his content and why Ruark is one of the best Golden Age writers. He also explains why he believes Peter Hathaway Capstick is not one of the best!Related information:Archive.orgHorn of the Hunter by Robert RuarkThe Old Man and the Boy by Robert RuarkDeath in the Long Grass by Peter CapstickTigrero by Sasha Siemel______________________________________________________________________Theme Music: Grip of the Black GoldSongwriter: Steve BlexrudPerformed by Steve Blexrud and ThunderheadsBooks by Keith Crowley:Pheasant Dogs: Stories from the Field - Hunters, Trainers & TrialersGordon MacQuarrie: The Story of an Old Duck HunterWildlife in the Badlands Keith Crowley's published wildlife and sporting photography can be found at CrowleyImages.com

SHOW NOTES Books: How to cultivate the patience necessary to weather those numbing periods of inactivity between explosions of hunting action.  PLEASE SUPPORT THE SHOW AT www.patreon.com/backcountry Ways to "consume" books, and the pros & cons of each: Traditional paper Tablets Audiobooks Types of books:  How-to resources Factual and fictional  Pure knowledge, & pure entertainment No. 1: Bear Hunting in Alaska, by Tony Russ No. 2: Sheep Hunting in Alaska, by Tony Russ No. 3: Haunted Mesa, by Louis L'Amour No. 4: Alaska Yukon Trophies Won And Lost, by G.O. Young No. 5: Death in the Long Grass, by Peter Hathaway Capstick No. 6: The Last Stand of Fox Company, by Bob Drury & Tom Clavin No. 7: Man-Eaters of Kumaon, by Jim Corbett (Oxford Omnibus) No. 8: The Shooting of Dan McGrew & Other Poems, by Robert Service No. 9: Where the Lion Feeds, by Wilbur Smith No. 10: Horn of the Hunter, by Robert Ruark COMING UP: .338-caliber cartridges, ranging from the .338-06 to the magnum powerhouses.  Enjoy!    

On the surface this premise gets our hosts a bit worried and it’s fair to say things start a little rocky. Then in an amazing turn around the episode streams ahead like world’s most dangerous lawn mower.   **This show is made for Mummy and Daddy piggies, not little piggies!*   Follow us on twitter: @peppapigpod Follow us on instagram: @peppapigpod Drop us a nice email: peppapigpod@gmail.com Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/peppapigpod   Intro and Outro music by Matt Frost Cover photo by Kiara Murphy   Follow Josh Chapman: @chapmanjosh Follow Matt Frost: @phroosh77  

If you want to delay doing something, where do you kick it?! We have the answer here.

The Buildup is our new weekly podcast, with Ladbrokes, where we preview all the major sporting action for the weekend ahead. We'll be building the hype, whetting the appetite and making some bold predictions for everything that's happening. This is the Gaelic Games section of the show where we make our picks for the All-Ireland Football Replay between Dublin and Kerry. Mark, Mick and Maurice talk about how they see the game going and if the five-in-a-row will be safe... or could it even be another draw?? We also look ahead to another huge day at Croke Park on Sunday with three All-Ireland finals taking place in Ladies' Football. In the senior game, Dublin are almost unbackable favourites, but Maurice thinks Galway might be a bit underrated heading into the game, and Dublin look to secure three-in-a-row. If you want to listen to the entire show, which includes Kevin Doyle looking ahead to the football weekend, Jason Quigley on Fury Vs.  Wallin this weekend, and our NFL picks, subscribe to The Buildup on Balls.ie podcast feed or the general Balls.ie feed.  Get in touch with the show for any reason by emailing thegaffer@balls.ie or contact us @ballsdotie on Twitter or Instagram.

Welcome To The Dragon And The Griffin ©Geoffrey SchumannSeason One - Episode Eight | Arrangements, Plans and MeetingsNarrations by: Geoffrey SchumannMusic & Podcast assembled in TechSmith's Camtasia 2019All the other music and Foley in this episode was aquired from Freesound.org. Here are the links to the files used. Thank you to all the creative people who created these:from Freesound.orgJubilee Park » Ambience of a playground in the park.WAVhttps://freesound.org/s/398904/Horror Soundscapes » Horror Soundscape - 01https://freesound.org/s/170653/Cinematic » tense synth build uphttps://freesound.org/s/447521/cinematic moments - appearance » unsettling atmosphere 0O_11mi2https://freesound.org/s/156361/map » Opening a map for traveling/streets/hiking - 1https://freesound.org/s/405608/Going on a forest road gravel and grass.wavhttps://freesound.org/s/411206/SFX » Walking on pavement.wavhttps://freesound.org/s/244310/A Walk with stop.wavhttps://freesound.org/s/414921/Walking in Long Grass.wavhttps://freesound.org/s/155589/DDmyzik Logos » Orchestral Logohttps://freesound.org/s/455426/Orchestral Royal Theme Fanfarehttps://freesound.org/s/468924/Gardens of the Royal Alcazar of Seville, Spainhttps://freesound.org/s/325322/hunting-horn-bass.wavhttps://freesound.org/s/148645/Science_Fiction » Hunting_A_060.wavhttps://freesound.org/s/134066/Ticking Clock, A.wavhttps://freesound.org/s/343130/Wall Clock Ticking.wavhttps://freesound.org/s/405423/Alarm clock ticking.wavhttps://freesound.org/s/408741/Clock Chime, Antique, A.wavhttps://freesound.org/s/401221/Wind, Realistic, A.wavhttps://freesound.org/s/405561/French Pubhttps://freesound.org/s/324336/Sound effect by Tristan Lohengrin : https://www.tristanlohengrin.com/String Endinghttps://freesound.org/s/410548/Ambiance and Background » Suspense Themehttps://freesound.org/s/202818/

Welcome to Episode 130 of ‘The Bakery Bears'! Join us in this episode for: (1 min 17 secs) “Welcome”   Our secret project launch!!! 2nd August 2019 https://bakerybearsradioshow.podbean.com  Blackadder is coming back! https://metro.co.uk/2019/07/01/rowan-atkinson-is-extremely-excited-for-return-of-blackadder-10097690/  Find ALL our tutorials here https://bakerybears.com/tutorials/  Kay mentioned http://yarniacs.blogspot.com & http://commuterknitter.blogspot.com   2. (15 mins 52 secs) “Whats on YOUR needles” https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/the-bakery-bears/2955474/976-1000#1000  Kay was knitting :  Boba Fett Socks in yarn from https://muststashshop.com Watch Kay's ‘Mastering the Long Tail Cast On' tutorial here https://www.patreon.com/posts/27696353  Watch Kay's ‘Two Stitch Closing' tutorial https://www.patreon.com/posts/16415231  Kay is using Chicago Mini Twists, EVERYONE can watch her review of these needles here https://www.patreon.com/posts/9835517   Prairie Hat www.bakerybears.com/prairie-hat/ - Available to buy NOW! Knit in Life in the Long Grass https://www.lifeinthelonggrass.com/shop-hand-dyed-yarn/  The Burrow Blanket - New design coming later this year from Kay Get a closer look at this new design in episode 3 of Kay's new ‘Design Diary' series https://www.patreon.com/posts/design-diary-1-28048329  Dan was knitting :      Alaska Hat https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/alaska-6   Watch our ‘Carrying Your Floats' tutorial https://www.patreon.com/posts/colourwork-part-14558018  Learn to make a Pom Pom Kay's way https://www.patreon.com/posts/8183233   Cascades https://www.ravelry.com/projects/ObiwanKnitter/cascades Find all our ‘Garment Knitting' tutorials here https://bakerybears.com/garment-tutorials/  3. (53 min 21 secs) “Lemon & Meringue Cupcakes” - Part 1 Ingredients list: Cupcakes 100g baking spread or butter 150g self-raising flour 150g caster sugar 3 tbsp milk 2 eggs 1 unwaxed lemon 7g freeze-dried strawberries Filling Lemon Curd Meringue 2 egg whites 100g caster sugar For those of you looking for help converting these ingredients to american equivalents https://www.anniesnoms.com/ukus-substitutions/   4. (1 hr 10 min 34 secs) “Whats OFF your Needles” https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/the-bakery-bears/2955477/2901-2925#2925  Swish & Flick Pattern 3!!! in https://www.edencottageyarns.co.uk Pendle Chunkyhttps://bakerybears.com/moondust/  Thomasina Socks https://www.ravelry.com/projects/ObiwanKnitter/thomasina Watch our DPN Sock Knitting Tutorial series https://www.patreon.com/posts/16710858  Alan from ‘The Gratitude Crew' https://www.lovecrafts.com/en-gb/p/the-gratitude-crew-knitting-pattern-by-rachel-borello-carroll Kay mentioned https://www.lovecrafts.com/en-gb/p/a-little-kindness-monster-knitting-pattern-by-rachel-borello-carroll  Find all Kay's toy knitting tutorials https://bakerybears.com/toy-knitting/  5. (1 hr 27 min 10 secs) “Lemon & Meringue Cupcakes” - Part 2 Dan mentioned Summer Fruits Roulade https://www.patreon.com/posts/pudding-club-4-19148393  Find all seasons of the ‘Bakery Bears Pudding Club' here https://bakerybears.com/baking/ 6. (1hr 44 mins 10 secs) “Endy Bits!”   Swish & Flick Collective monthly prize giving!!!!  Join in with the Swish & Flick Collective KAL here https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/the-bakery-bears/3920605/1-25#8 Pattern four will be launched on the 26th July 2019 Find ALL the Swish & Flick Patterns here https://bakerybears.com/swish-and-flick/  If YOU win a prize contact us here https://bakerybears.com/contact/  Kay showed badges from https://www.etsy.com/uk/market/nutmeg_and_arlo  The next Bakery Bears Video show will be out 16th August 2019 The Bakery Bears Radio Show will launch on the 2nd August 2019 with four shows immediately available here https://bakerybearsradioshow.podbean.com and on Apple Podcasts  Join us for P.O.P. Live Sunday 28th July 2pm BSTFollow Patreon link posted at 1.30pm BST for live show Recording available on Patreon at 3.10pm BST Watch Kay's Design Diary here https://www.patreon.com/posts/design-diary-1-28048329  HELP KEEP US ON AIR and subscribe to our complete content - Including a subscription to our electronic magazine Knitability, exclusive patterns, over 260 tutorials, a monthly live Patron only show, our Quests series, Dan's Garment Knitting shows, Kays review videos and more, visit our Patreon Page : http://www.patreon.com/bakerybearspodcast For a whole new way to engage with the Bakery Bears visit https://bakerybears.com  All Kay's patterns can be found here https://bakerybears.com/patterns/  Thank you so much for watching and see you in three weeks for Episode 131. It's time for the our next ‘New Adventure' in our current season and its a marvellous one!!! New viewers looking for our past episodes will find all our shows here : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk-wey1RXS15aBNi4-NBFYA Follow the presenters on Ravelry - ObiwanKnitter & Bryonybear Follow the Bakery Bears on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/bakerybears/ and Twitter https://twitter.com/bakerybears  

Junerassic Park month rolls on! Josh, Jonathan, Heather, and Josue discuss the 1997 film, The Lost World: Jurassic Park. Baz Luhrmann gets roasted, LA girls do British accents, Cartography! On Twitter @moistboyspod Support us at Patreon.com/moistboyspodcast Available on Apple Podcasts and Stitcher Shop merch: http://tee.pub/lic/mwAtwpH6_FM

Vicki Van Hout is an Indigenous independent choreographer with Wiradjuri, Dutch, Scottish, and Afghan heritage. Originally desiring a career in theatre, she was encouraged to join NAISDA Dance College (National Aboriginal Islander Skills Development Association Dance College). Before entering she was not interested in learning the traditional dances and was more interested in contemporary techniques, this soon changed as she realised both the significant and performative elements of the more traditional dance styles. After studying at NAISDA, Vicki left for New York on a scholarship to study at the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance.During these formative years Vicki’s life intersected with the punk scene, she lived as a squatter at the Woolloomooloo Gunnery, and also worked for Tish and Snooky's Manic Panic a punk and hair dye store.Upon returning to Australia Vicki danced for a range of dance companies including Bangarra Dance Theatre, and the Aboriginal Islander Dance Theatre, before working with Marilyn Miller with Fresh Dancers. With the support of friends she developed her own choreographic voice, and her show Briwyant, became the first performance by an independent First Nations choreographer to tour nationally, while also being nominated for an Australian Dance Award for Achievement in Independent Dance.Vicki recently won The Australia Council Award for Dance, recognising her significant contribution to dance and her career that has spanned over 20 years. She was also awarded the 2014 NSW Dance Fellowship for established and mid-career artists – the first Indigenous winner of the Fellowship. Finally, Vicki is studying for her PhD but admits that she needs to spend more time writing it. She currently writes for Form Dance Projects.This interview covers so much of Vicki’s work. She speaks particularly about Long Grass, a powerful work that explores the lives of Aboriginal people living on the fringes of Darwin; on the fringes of society, yet in the middle of a city. Vicki then speaks of her work plenty serious TALK TALK, which uses humour to break down and explore barriers and issues related to the representations of First Nations people within dance and society more broadly. plenty serious TALK TALK will be presented as part of YIRRAMBOI Festival.

In this "From the Vault" episode, the homeschoolers from hell talk Girl Next Door Kendra admits Hef couldn't satisfy her, a death row inmate gets revenge by eating his own eyeball and the new "News of the Gay" Segment. Recorded Jan. 21, 2009.

"The Corners apartment complex was quiet when Gabe arrived. The residents were all inside their units, watching the show." In addition to original music and sound by Spencer Baum, this episode uses these sounds on paid or Creative Commons attribution license: Scenery by Kai Engel (https://www.kai-engel.com/) (CC license)  F1.BR.07.PoleFelipeMassa.wav by RF Hache  Walking in Long Grass.wav by Leafs67  Ambience, Night Wildlife, A.wav by "Ambience, Night Wildlife, A.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org  chased by dogs RAW.wav by leady  the swarm v31m3 by Setuniman   Bee Swarm2.wav by Puniho   Door, Train, Open, A.wav by "Door, Train, Open, A.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org  Harbor by Kai Engel (https://www.kai-engel.com/)   The Final Performance by Roland Bingamin (paid license from Artlist).

As Burke starts to digest the remaining hunters ran out into open gound. But the long grass might not be the best place to go.

Welcome to The Crochet Circle Podcast and the show notes for Episode 26 – CALathon.   In this episode, I cover: Quick news beats; Old dog, new tricks;  FOs; WIPs; DIPs; Feeding the habit, Review of Making Winter book; Big Up and What's good?   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 – Are you all ready to join in the first-ever Global Hook Up?  Here are the joining details:    Hi there, Fay Dashper-Hughes is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: 1st Global Hook Up with The Crochet Circle Podcast Group Time: Feb 3, 2018 7:00 PM London Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/4750475819 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 I have set it up so that everyone is on mute to begin with and then I can unmute you.  The meeting will start when I join in at 7pm (GMT) on Saturday 3rd February.  It will run for an hour and then we can take a call on whether it works and we want longer sessions.   The next session will be on 24th of February and may have a later start time so that it is more accessible from the Eastern time zones too. You may need to bear with me whilst I get to grips with the technology.  If you are on Instagram, then please get involved by using #GlobalHookUp and following that hashtag.  That way I can see what you are all up to and comment on your projects.        I will also release the meeting code on Instagram about an hour before it starts on Saturday night (GMT). One Skein Wonderland CAL – By the time this podcast is out the CAL will have closed.  We will announce prizes shortly afterwards. There have been so many great projects.  Even if you haven’t managed to join the CAL, I encourage you to look at the Finished Objects thread in the Love Charlie Podcast group on Ravelry and #OneSkeinWonderlandCAL on Instagram to see some fabulous projects. Different Designer CAL – This will start on 1st March and run 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.  Other Crochet Circle CALs – 4th May to 30th June – Summer tops CAL 13th July – 31st August – Vintage Along (using either vintage yarn or a vintage pattern - 20+ years old)  14th September – 26th October – Sock Along 24th December – 31st January – One Skein Wonderland CAL Apart from the Different Designer CAL, I am going to add a new twist which is that you can enter WIPs so long as they fit the brief. #FridayIsDyeDay – It’s great to see people taking part in this on the last Friday of every month.  There was some amazing speckled yarn by Lyndsay (andthentherewasmorgan on IG), Gemma (curlygem92 on IG) dyed up four fab bright colourways and started almost straight away to crochet a hat with one of them.  Haylie (fireweedfibres in IG) dyed up two colourways and Jo (dancing_goat_crafts on IG) dyed up some wool tops ready for spinning.   I managed to do some from my weekend accommodation.  I dyed a shop-bought pair of cashmere gloves a bright turquoise and over-dyed some orange yarn that I had previously dyed and not loved.  It has already been crocheted up into a cowl which you can see in FOs.  I also made my Mum dye up a skein which you can see below.  It’s and 80% Merino/20% silk mix and she wants me to knit her a pair of socks with it.     Unravel Festival – I am heading to Unravel on the Sunday 18th February.  If you are going to be about and fancy meeting up for a coffee, let me know.  Knitting and Stitching Show at Olympia – Eeek, I’m going to be at this show working on the Erika Knight stand!  If you are going to the show, I will be there all day on Friday on Stand F62.  Come and say hello.  I promise to both wave at you and hug you! Both are obligatory.   2 - Old dog, new tricks Google images – If you have a specific pattern in your mind that you want to make, then a really quick way of trying to see whether it exists is to use Google images as a search function.  I also use this if there is something that I want to buy, and I want to see what options there are.  For instance, I typed ‘crocheted asymmetric shawl lace’ and it came up with hundreds of options which I can then quickly assess and click on the image to find out what the pattern is.  You may still have to do some sifting through because the occasional knitting pattern may appear, but I still think that it is a great way to see what is available beyond Ravelry.   Instagram – I mentioned a few of the tricks of Instagram in Episode 24 and I think that it prompted a few of you to join Instagram.  If that is the case, I really hope that you are finding it to be the positive, inspirational space that I find it to be.   3 - Finished Objects Well first up must be  Cardigan of Doom really.  I used Cascade Heritage in shade Dark Plum (2632) I cannot say how happy I was to get this project off my needles and out of my life.  It has now arrived safely with Frazer (after I sent it to the wrong address!) and here is a quick pic of him in it.  I learned some major lessons with this project: 1 – Never knit a 4-ply cardigan ever again. 2 – Don’t make big items for other people.  3 – If you make an obvious mistake, frog it back and remedy it. 4 – Don’t work simultaneously on two projects that have a level of cross over.  I ended up adding two rows of moss stitch rib to a K1/P1 section of the cardigan rib… My third Criss-cross shawl for the Olann and Criss-cross CAL is finished! I used Rowan’s Alpaca Colour DK, sadly, a discontinued yarn. It was nice to work with and used 260g in total and came out at a whopping 2.8m in length.    You can get the pattern free of charge from Olann and. It is available to download as a PDF in both UK and US terminology and there is a YouTube tutorial to help you through the slightly trickier elements, but that said, this is a pattern for competent beginners and up.  There is still time to get hooking this shawl as the CAL doesn’t finish until the 23rd February.     At the weekend I over-dyed some chunky alpaca yarn from orange to green.  I asked Becci from River Knits for some advice and she very kindly gave me three options.  I chose option three which would give me greens and browns.  I have gone from feeling totally meh about this yarn to loving it and crocheting it up straight away.  More on the pattern in the Making Winter book review below.     4 - Works in progress I have been beavering away on my final set of designs for Erika Knight and remaking the patterns in five different and very awesome colourways.  This means that whilst I have been crocheting away, I haven’t got much that I can show you as I only have a couple of personal projects on the go and they are both for CALs!   Alyson and Vivian from the Keep Calm and Carry Yarn Podcast are hosting an #Ultravioletkcal based on Pantone 2018 Ultra Violet.  I can’t resist a CAL and so I am crocheting up the Inclination Wrap which is available designed by Julme Conradie and available from the Nurturing Fibres website.   It is a properly 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 want to put to good use and a skein of Life in the Long Grass aran in colourway Viola (the one with pops of yellow and burgundy).    I have a future WIP which I am planning to start between now and the next podcast.  Claudia at the Crochet Luna vlogcast is hosting a Fortune Cookie CAL which starts on the Chinese New Year (16th February) and runs to the 31st March.  I already have my yarn selected and just need to crack open a fortune cookie which will dictate the pattern that I do.     5 - Designs in Progress My other DIP is just at the very beginning stages.  I’m not really a fan of granny squares and the granny stitch.  Is that something you can say when you have a crochet podcast?  Are you going to disown me?  Rosina from the Zeens & Roger vlogcast is hosting a granny along.  It started on 1st February and I figured that it isn’t really acceptable to broad-brush say I don’t like something, so I am determined to create a granny something in colours I like and hopefully a pattern I like too.  The yarn is Álafoss Lopi in shades Dark Grey (0005), Mid Grey (0058) and Light Grey (0054).  These are leftovers that I had from my version of the Phasian Blanket from Take Two.       Watch this space to see whether I can be converted. Or not.   6 - Feeding the habit  When I did the interlocking crochet workshop at Black sheep wools, I was in great company.  One of the other participants was the lovely Kathryn from Crafternoon Treats Podcast.  We did some podcast goodies swapping and I have a lot of very lovely things to give away from Kathryn’s Crafternoon Treats Etsy store.  Even better the prizes were chosen by Katherine and Lyndsay when we met up for a coffee before the workshop started at Black Sheep Wools.    If you haven’t looked at Kathryn’s store yet, you really should.  She dyes up some beautiful colourways and specifically works with British breeds.  So, you will see some of these goodies going out as podcast prizes for the 2018 CALs.     She also gave me some lovely yarn to design with and some great single breed hanks which I can use for my version of Wool Exploration throughout the year.  I am a very lucky lady!   I spent the last weekend in Wales.  Do you remember tales of me supposedly walking back down Snowdon having taken the train up there?  Well, because we had moved the dates of our trip, it was out of season for the train.  I took one look at the torrent of rain and decided that even a little walk was not for me.  Instead, I went shopping with my Mum and got some crafting time in. That was after I managed to photograph our feral goat visitors.     En route I had to pop into Abakhan (a haberdashery chain based in the NW of England and Wales).  They had a nice selection of Rico cotton which I bought because ready for the Vintage Along in July.  I want to use a pattern from a very old book and it up to date with soft modern colours of cotton.      7 – Book Review ‘Making Winter’ by Emma Mitchell I bought this book from Loop London the day after it was launched in the same shop.  I bought it for a couple of reasons.  Firstly, it is a multi-craft book with crochet patterns in it and I feel that this needed supporting.  All too often the woollen craft part of these types of publications is knitting so it’s refreshing to have crochet in there instead. Secondly, other crafts feel very natural and environmentally friendly.  The author, Emma Mitchell is very much inspired by nature and this is oh so apparent if you follow her in Instagram.  This is the kind of crafting that I like.  Taking my inspiration and raw materials from nature whenever possible.   I have pulled together a full book review which you can read over at my blog.     8 – Big Up It has been a little while since I did a Big Up and new crochet podcasts are popping up!   Here are some of them for you to look at: Micky Midge Crochet Podcast – Michelle has been podcasting for a few months and has a weekly podcast.  She’s based in the UK, is a working Mum and is starting to be drawn into the rabbit hole that is hand-dyed yarn!  Michelle is about to start a SprintimeCAL which is due to start on 14th February and ends at Easter.  The idea is that you crochet something that is Spring themed.   Talia Louise Crochet – Natalie has a couple of podcasts out so far.  She’s based in Australia and works on a range of projects with lots of different yarns.  I think that Natalie is aiming for a monthly podcast.  Earl Grey Crochet – Elizabeth has been podcasting for about seven months now and crochets all sorts of things.  She makes A LOT of amigurumi.  She is great fun, based in Australia and full of enthusiasm.  Elizabeth is also running a Blurred Shawl CAL starting on the 31st March.  Of course, I will be participating in that! Samsqueak Craftcast - Sam has a couple of podcasts out and is based just outside Chicago.  She loves to crochet and do all sorts of other crafting too.   9 - What's Good I had a thoroughly lovely day at Black Sheep Wools.  The morning was spent drinking coffee and eating cake with lovely friends Katherine, Lyndsay and Kathryn.  Charlie and Katie popped their heads in for five minutes too!     The workshop that some of us did in the afternoon was interesting and it taught me a new technique – interlocking crochet.  The tutor was Graeme Knowles-Miller and he was great fun and very informative.  It’s so nice to be able to sit and chat with fellow crafters, so roll on Global Hook Up!    Fay x   Instagram: Crochet_Circle_Podcast  Instagram: provenance.craft.co   Instagram: FayDHDesigns YouTube: The Crochet Circle Podcast Crochet Clan on Mighty Network: Invite

Hola Crochet Circlers!   Welcome to The Crochet Circle Podcast and the show notes from Episode Eighteen - Shear Joy.   In this episode I cover: Old dog, new tricks; FOs; WIPs; Festival of Finishing CrAL; Feeding the habit; Big up and What's good?   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 - Old dog, new tricks I have spent the last two and a half years winding cakes of yarn wrongly because I didn't read the instructions or the wording on my ball winder. That would be nearly three years of rubbish yarns cakes giving me yarn barf.  Well, no longer.  I now wind my yarn anti-clockwise and get beautiful cakes to make up for my inability to read instructions! Try it - you may also have been winding yarn the wrong way...   Loose is clockwise and actually gives a tight cake of yarn(!). Fasten is anti-clockwise and gives a squidgy but structured cake of yarn.   2 - Finished Objects  I have a few finished objects this month, even though the squares below don't look like FOs, they definitely are.    These squares and rectangles are heading off to Yael for the Blanket of Love and Hope It was a very cactus based episode!  Cynthia was a free kit in Simply Crochet Issue 59. Kipper socks from Pom Pom Quarterly Issue 1 re-release using Life in the Long Grass sock yarn in club colourway Chlorophyl. Hove Purse by me (Fay Dashper-Hughes Designs) which is a free pattern to help you test out your intarsia crochet skills, crocheted in Erika Knight Gossypium Cotton (Mouse, Iced Gem and Pretty) & Netherton Pullover also from Pom Pom Quarterly Issue 1 re-release using Artesano SW Merino DK (no longer available).   The Hove Beach Bag will be released on the 10th July and available as free of charge pattern from the 10th - 31st July to celebrate my 40th birthday!  Just search for Hove Beach Bag on Ravelry.    3 - Works in progress I have a few WIPs on the go but am mainly concentrating on my Festival of Finishing cross stitch and starting off some easy 'in the car' type crochet projects for our epic road trip to the Outer Hebrides.        The TARDIS cross stitch is by StellarSpaceCraft on Etsy and I used DMC thread 311 & Evesham Socks by Joanne Scrace using Regia 4 Colour.     Fronds Shawl by Joanne Scrace using Touch Yarns Possum/ Silk / Merino and the wet felting that Jenny and I did at the Fleece to Felt Day by Good Day Out.   4 - Festival of Finishing CrAL The response to this CrAL has been fantastic!  I love that so many of you have been ruthlessly going through your crafting cupboards and using this as an opportunity to frog, donate, salvage and finish. Some of you didn't think you had any long-term WIPs and still found projects to finish off!         If you are just hearing about #FestivalOfFinishing for the first time I suggest that you start by taking a look at this blog post 'Why you don't finish projects and what you can do about it'.   I would love you to get involved with the CrAL and share what you are up to within the Ravelry thread in The Crochet Circle Podcast Group or by using #FestivalOfFinishing on Instagram. A pile each for: finish, frog, salvage or donate will really help you to work out what you could do with each project.     As an additional element, via my company Provenance Craft Co, Claudia at Crochet Luna podcast and Caroline (also fo the Fibre Friends Podcast) and Kathy at Evertote, each FO you have under the Festival Of Finishing is now worth about £2.37. The charity that will benefit from the money is Knit for Peace.     5 - Feeding the habit See the sewing bobbins bag with Fronds shawl photo in WIPs.  This is by Sarah Hazell - she is also an amazing crochet designer.     1 - Various woven fabrics from Jan Beadle at The Wool Clip 2 - Lovely prints of textile pictures from Bright Seed Textiles 3 - Procion Dyes and a sock blank from DT Crafts 4 - Second-hand book called Finishing Techniques for Crochet by Pauline Turner 5 - My gorgeous silver crochet hook by Lyn Roberts Designs with its leather case 6 - Vintage glass and plastic pineapple buttons bought from Brimstone Buttons and Buckles (no website, you just need to try to find them at a wool festival).       I was the very lucky recipient of this gorgeous haul thanks to Claudia from Crochet Luna podcast!  Needless to say, the socks went on straight away, I have picked out the first pair of socks that I am going to crochet and the amazing American yarn is going to become something very special.  The soap bar has a goats milk base which helps to repel midges, so that has already been packed for our holiday in Scotland! The yarns are from Anzula Luxury Fibres and Trendsetter Yarns - I am a very lucky lady.   6 - Big up Rosina has the Zeens and Roger podcast on YouTube and also a blog.  She has a lovely relaxed style and is good fun! Two of my favourite ladies, Helen from Making at Number 14 Blog and Tamara from Craftyescapism blog have come together to create the Back to School Sweater CAL.  Here is what Helen and Tamara are up to: A blog hop and CAL to celebrate crochet garment making and encourage lots of people to get making their own garments. We will be launching details on our blogs and in a thread on the Crochet Circle Podcast Rav group on 29 July. The blog hop will start on 26th August featuring posts from a range of bloggers looking at different elements of crochet garment construction. The CAL will run from 16th Sept to 17th Nov 2017. There will be prizes and discounts. If anyone wants to offer prizes please can they get in touch! Tamara is planning a physical CAL at her local yarn store in Houston, Texas! It would be great to have you all join in.  The blog hop has lots of great contributors in it and I may have already chosen my garment  - I like to get ahead of the game and be well prepared! ;-)   7 - What's Good I seem to have been here, there and everywhere since I last recorded.  I love being busy and learning new things.  In the last five weeks, I have been to the John Arbon Mill Open Weekend, helped out at Winkie's school fete in Lancing, visited Woolfest in Cumbria, done a raku ceramics day at my pottery (amazing fun), seen Elbow (one of my all-time favourite bands) play at Delamere Forest in Cheshire (I have never seen so many pots of hummus and camping chairs at a gig) and learned how to shear sheep.     That is quite a diverse collection of things to do and long may it continue!      The Good Day Out Fleece to Fibre experience of shearing Welsh Mountain ewes was fantastic.   See you all in August.   Fay x   Instagram: Crochet_Circle_Podcast  Instagram: provenance.craft.co   Instagram: FayDHDesigns YouTube: The Crochet Circle Podcast Crochet Clan on Mighty Network: Invite

Hello folks, come on into The Crochet Circle Podcast. Here are the show notes from Episode Fifteen - Old dog, new tricks.   In this episode, I cover: Old dog, new tricks; Tunisian CAL; FOs; WIPs; Feeding the Habit; Big Up and What's Good?   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 - Old dog, new tricks I have changed the name of this feature because it is now more about what I have learned in the last month and whether I can offer those learnings as something useful to listeners and viewers.   This month I have been learning how to do continental knitting (holding the yarn in your left hand which means a different way of scooping the yarn up for a knit stitch and a completely different way to purl).  I was eager to do this one day workshop so that I had the technique under my belt and also to train my left hand to accept yarn and regulate the tension of the yarn.   Up until now, I have always crocheted with both the hook and yarn in my right hand but it is a slower process.  I can now do both, which is proving to be very helpful!   2 - Tunisian CAL update This CAL started on the 3rd March and runs until the 16th April.  Check out the CAL thread on Ravelry (under The Crochet Circle Podcast Group) or on Instagram you can see posts under #tccTunisianCAL. The projects so far are fantastic and a lot of amazing progress has been made in understanding Tunisian crochet techniques.  Well done everyone!   3 - WIPs I only have a couple to show this month because of my mammoth pile of FOs!!!   The first is my Ocaso shawl for the Tunisian CAL.  Unsurprisingly I did change my mind on the colours and decided to go bright or go home:       The yarns are a sock club skein from Life in the Long Grass and Aurancania Botany Lace.  I have to say that I rather love this colour combination and I have to remember that what you see in a skein looks completely different caked up and crocheted/knitted.   My second WIP is a bag that I am designing with John Arbon's Devonia.  I will post a picture when I have completed more of the bag, as there really isn't much to see yet!   4 - FOs I hope you have a cuppa in front of you because I have ten FOs to show you!  I am a crafting ninja.     This rug was my own simple design, using a massive stash (1.8kg) of British wool that I had.  I have written up the pattern and it is available free of charge on my blog.     This is the Marshmallow Hot Chocolate Shawl which I did as part of a KAL with Lora and Deirdre from Olann and Magazine and podcast (links are below in Big Up).  The KAL is running until the 14th of May 2017 so there is still plenty of time to join in and try this extremely quick knit.  If you look at my projects on Ravelry you will see all of my notes for this pattern (I am MaDashper on Ravelry).  I used a dark purple Donegal Tweed in an aran weight and the lighter yarn is a Debbie Bliss Donegal Tweed in Aran (shade 281117).     The first pair of socks use Socks Yeah! in shade Sphene as the main colour, Lang Jawoll for the cream and Life in the Long Grass for the speckled yarn which was another sock club colourway.   The second pair uses the beautiful, naturally dyed yarn given to me by Clarisbeth of the Crochetcakes podcast.  She dyed it using avocado stones.  To make sure I could get a pair of socks from the 50g skein, I paired it with some West Yorkshire Spinners Signature 4 ply in shade Poppyseed.     This is a new design that I have been working on, based on the stained glass windows in the churches on Iona.  It takes less than 50g of each colour, so is a great stash buster. I will remake this again with other yarns and also create a knitted version.   This is my other #tccTunisianCAL project - Cobbled Streets, using the 4ply fingering 50% Merino/50% Silk from The Wool Kitchen:     And this is Stream by Isabel Kraemer.  Her designs are amazing and I thoroughly recommend them.     And finally, the hat that I knitted during the continental knitting workshop and the hat and mitten pattern that I have been working on recently:     5 - Feeding the habit Considering I have been at a yarn festival, I have very little to show for it!  The yarns that I have are (top left to moving clockwise):      1 - John Arbon Textiles new yarn is called Devonia and I am in love.  It will be available on the website shortly which means that I can't yet show you the full range of colours... 2 - Iona Wool - all sourced from the island on the west coast of Scotland. 3 - The new Shorelines and Strata yarn from Tania at TJ Frog and I managed to get one of her very lovely bags. 4 - A mini skein of Scottish Thistle from Kathryn at Crafternoon Treats (Etsy shop and podcast is on YouTube). 5 - A 50g skein of yarn from Clarisabeth of the Crochetcakes podcast - been there, knitted that!   6 - Big Up Here are some very cool people that you may want to check out: Lora and Deirdre's fabulous 'Olann and' which is an Irish Fibre and Craft magazine which is an amazing free of charge online resource.  The ladies also have an accompanying podcast on YouTube which is great fun!   Tania of TJ Frog has a very lovely new podcast.  She has two episodes so far and you to listen to her talk about crafting and interviewing crafters on the Isle of Skye where she now lives.  Chrissie Crafts on YouTube talking about her #herbembroiderySAL which I am going to take part in - want to join me?   7 - What's good? A team of gardeners have buzzed around our garden and made it into a garden again.  The Winterley jungle tourist attraction is now closed for business.  I can once again enjoy our outside space.   Until May!   Fay x   Instagram: Crochet_Circle_Podcast  Instagram: provenance.craft.co   Instagram: FayDHDesigns YouTube: The Crochet Circle Podcast Crochet Clan on Mighty Network: Invite  

Hello folks, come on into The Crochet Circle Podcast. Here are the show notes from Episode Fourteen - Unchained Melody?   In this episode, I cover: Yay Crochet or Nay Crochet; FOs; WIPs; Feeding the Habit; Tunisian CAL; Festivals; Big Up and What's Good?   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 - Yay crochet, yay crochet, yay crochet and a wee bit more yay crochet! I love to learn, and so when I come across a new technique I like to dive in and understand its pros and cons rather than just accept that is naturally better.   I was coming across comments on Instagram about how many people preferred to start their projects with a chainless foundation, rather than the traditional chained foundation because it was quicker and they preferred the finished effect.  Hmm, time to get my hook out and investigate.   The below photo shows you the times, sizes, pros and cons that I found between chained and chainless foundations.        Bella Coco has a great YouTube tutorial on how to do a chainless foundation.   2 - Finished Objects I always get through more projects that I think.  Through the guise of #StashBingo I have been using some really lovely yarns that otherwise would have remained at the back of the Stash Palace.  I have really loved working with the Jamieson & Smiths Shetland wool and it comes in a fantastic range of colours.     1 - J&S 2 ply Jumper Weight (100% Shetland wool): Blue is shade FC41, dark green is shade 65, light green is FC62 and the fawn is actually J&S 3 ply jumper weight in undyed shade 2008/Katmollet.  I was testing out whether the 3ply was better for the beginning of the cowl because the colourwork strands mean that the patterned areas are heavier and contain more yarn.  My conclusion is that it is best to double up on the 2ply where needed rather than use the 3 ply. 2 - J&S 2 ply Jumper Weight (100% Shetland wool)  Cream is shade 1A, orange is shade 125 and the dark red is shade FC62.  I have been working on these projects as part of #StashBingo but also to design projects that can use up yarn straggles and look good.   I also did a bit of investigating on the best place to buy Jamieson & Smith wool from and the cheapest source was Purlesence.  They offer free UK and EU postage for orders over £25 and I believe that their non-EU shipping is also very reasonable.  25g of J&S 2 ply is only £2.90.     3 - This was a Corriedale pencil roving that I bought from Queen of Purls in Glasgow, but it doesn't seem to be listed on their website anymore.  I used it to crochet a hat for my niece Darcie, which you can see below. If you like the look of this yarn then you may want to try Erika Knight for John Lewis XXL which is a slightly chunkier version or Drops Eskimo.  The pattern is Super Chunky Bobble Hat by Jo Janes on Ravelry.        4 - Wolle Rodel Sport and Strumpfwolle in shade 16915  75% wool and 25% polyamide. 5 - Regia 4 ply 75% wool and 25% polyamide in Ocean (06629).  I think this is what the yarn is...   The pink yarn is West Yorkshire Spinners Signature 4 ply, 75% wool (35% is Bluefaced Leicester) and 25% nylon in shade 545 Sarsaparilla.   To share the love with listeners and watchers of the podcast, I want to test giving out a 50% discount code for my patterns.  I am starting this off with my latest pattern Doppio Colosseum and so between 3rd and the 17th March (midnight GMT) you can get 50% off the pattern in Ravelry by using code DOPPIO50%. This is what Doppio Colosseum looks like and it requires 200g/800m of a 4ply fingering weight yarn.           3 - Work in Progress I have two main WIPs on the go at the moment, one crochet and one knitted.  From now on in the podcast, I am only going to talk about my knitting projects when they have become finished objects.  I want to make sure that the podcast remains predominantly about crochet but I still need to be able to reflect on the other things that I craft because they also give me inspiration for my crochet makes.   Here is my second #StashBingo project (project bag number 4).  This is some really course British wool that I picked up at Wonderwool Wales almost two years ago with the thought of making housewares with it.  I then dyed up some of the wool when I ran the dyeing workshop last September.  There was no real thought to how I dyed it, I was just helping to exhaust some of the wool in Gill's dye pot. The result is lovely with a shift in the depth of colour as you get to the outer parts of the skein because the dye couldn't penetrate the inner part of the yarn cake as readily.   I am holding two strands of wool together to make this rug, starting with two strands of undyed.  When the first cake of undyed had been crocheted, I added the lightest of my dyed wool in and continued to crochet with two strands - one undyed and one dyed.  This is adding a really nice sense of balance to the rug because the undyed yarn is visible throughout the whole piece.  I have then moved onto the next darkest skein of dyed yarn, and so on and so on.  I love it! This will be an FO on the next podcast.     Here is my knitting WIP.  It is Stream by Isabel Kramer and I am using one of my sock club skeins from Life in the Long Grass and Socks Yeah! in Sphene (104) the mustard colour and Sugilite (112) the plum colour.      4 - Feeding the habit I am still being good.  I have bought Top-Down Crochet Sweaters by Dora Ohrenstein and my subscription of Pom Pom Quarterly has turned up and here is a link to the Hanbira cardigan. I continue to focus on the MANY gorgeous yarns in my stash.     5 - Tunisian CAL is GO GO GO! This new CAL started on the 3rd March and runs until the 16th April.  We are being expertly guided by Sol through this CAL as she already teaches Tunisian crochet, has tutorials on her blog and is providing patterns for the CAL. Tamara (long-term listener and group member) has also pulled together her top Ten Tunisian Crochet Tips as a blog post, so give that a read too. There are three categories: 1 - Sol's Cobbled Streets Cowl which is free of charge pattern and needs one skein (400m) of 4 ply yarn, a 4mm (G6) hook and a 30cm cable, though you may be able to use a long-shafted hook instead. 2 - Sol's Ocaso shawl which is a paid-for pattern and needs three (1 x Yarn A and 2 x Yarn B) skeins of 4 ply yarn with about 380m per skein.  You will need a 4mm hook (G6) and an 80cm cable.  Use code TCCPODCAST to get 50% off this pattern in Ravelry. 3 -  Anything goes.  The pattern of your choice, it just has to be Tunisian crochet. A Ravelry thread has already been opened and you can use #tccTunisianCAL on Instagram.   If you are looking at joining in under category three, then you may be interested in a couple of new patterns: 1 - Zoe Halstead has a Tunisian shawl in Inside Crochet issue 87. 2 - The Crochet Project has a new Shawl book coming out and there is a Tunisian Crochet shawl in that.     Here are the yarns that I am thinking about using:     The one on the left is Denim 4ply (50% Merino/50% silk) 100g/400m by The Wool Kitchen and this is definitely going to become a Cobbled Streets cowl.   The second two yarns are another sock club skein from Life in the Long Grass 100g/400m and some Araucania Yarns Ranco 100g/344m (PT 2109) but the jury is out on these colours as I may change my mind.  Again.   6 - Festivals I didn't make it to Unravel but Helen did and has added a review to the thread in our group in Ravelry and also to get a new blog - thank Helen!   I am heading up to Edinburgh Yarn Festival on the 11th March and will be pulling together a vlog on my antics.   I will also be vending at Wonderwool Wales on the 22nd and 23rd of April and you can find me at stall H2.  Come and say hello!          7 - Big Up Here are some blogs and podcasts that you may want to check out:   Helen's making blog Making at Number 14 Chrissie Crafts on YouTube talking about her crochet and embroidery projects. Crochetcakes on YouTube talking about her life in Puerto Rico, crochet and knitting.     8 - What's good?   I am back in the room and that is what's good!      Until next month.   Fay x   Instagram: Crochet_Circle_Podcast   YouTube: The Crochet Circle Podcast Ravelry Group: Search for The Crochet Circle Podcast in Groups Pinterest: Crochet_Circle   Twitter: Crochet_Circle        

The third TTTWM podcast and 1st post-American. For your consumption: Intro: Clara Engel - "1" - Your Halo is a Swarm of Bees (Polar Seas Recordings Talk Break 02:50 - Clara Engel - "1" - Your Halo is a Swarm of Bees (Polar Seas Recordings 05:00 - Future Museums - "The Golden Hour" - Visible Nest (Keeled Scales) 08:05 - Brave Timbers - "In the Long Grass" - Secret Hope (Sound in Silence) Talk break 13:45 - Skittish Arm – “The Outside Inflation (excerpt)” – The Outside Inflation(PSI LAB) 20:31 - Chester Hawkins – “Pale Trees pt. II (excerpt)” - Natural Causes (Intangible Arts) 27:30 - William Cody Watson “Always Bleeding (excerpt)” – PATRIOT (Lime Lodge) 33:30 - Cup Collector - "Are You Watching from the Mountain" - Are You Watching from the Mountain (Fourfold Records) Talk Break 43:05 - Anatolia's Finest – “Second Day” Soucouyant (Self-Released) 46:45 - Skag Arcade – “Cambodian Necktie” The Look of Silence (Orb Tapes) 53:05 - Maurizio Grandinetti – “Seek” – Seek (A Tree in the Field) Talk break 01:03:05 - Glochids – “Fern Record” Water on Silver (Lime Lodge) 01:08:25 - Ink Jet – “Buttermilk” – Cold Shoulder (Gohan Tapes)

Hello folks, come on into The Crochet Circle Podcast. Here are the show notes from Episode Twelve - Who you gonna call?  Stash Buster!    In this episode, I will cover: Yay Crochet or Nay Crochet; Setting the Scene for 2017; FOs; WIPs; Feeding the Habit; Quod the Rav and the final segment What's Good?   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: Hello to Happyhound11, Thell and Snotestine (Shannon) from Ravelry. Happy birthday to DianneB (Dianne) whose birthday is on publishing day!   Thanks to everyone that tunes in to the podcast whether it is through Stitcher, Podbean, iTunes or the YouTube Channel. Your support and engagement are really appreciated.    1 - Yay crochet or nay crochet It can only be a yay because if the response to the Crochet Circle Christmas Crochet Along.  The response has been fanstastic!     I am so impressed with the number of things that people have made, the fact that people are learning new skills and techniques or using new yarns.  Best of all, you can still get hooking!  I am starting the third project in the next couple of days and have so far finished a pair of socks and a shawl which you can see in more detail under FOs.    You can check out the FO thread on Ravelry under the group - The Crochet Circle Podcast or by searching #tccChristmasCAL on Instagram. This makes me wonder if you would like to do a Spring CAL too?  Let me know.  The Christmas CAL goes on until the 31st January so there s still plenty of time to start a project.   2 - Setting the scene for 2017 During the last podcast, I started to talk about some of my crafting goals for 2017.  I have opened up a thread on Ravelry so that you can add yours in too, as many already have. It's great to be able to see your lists, although I keep on adding some of your ideas into mine... So, here is what I am working towards in 2017:   Yarn: 1 - Not buy any if I can possibly help it. The caveat to this is that I may need specific yarns for design work in which case I will have to buy it. I have a rather large stash (you may get to see it in Episode 12). I am hoping to stick to this for the whole year so that I can really appreciate the beautiful stash that I have and use some of it. 2 - To try to log all of my stash on Ravelry so that I have easy access to it when I am looking at patterns. Crochet: 3 - To do more crochet colourwork. I really enjoyed doing a colourwork hat recently and can see many applications for it. 4 - Explore more crochet stitches to see how I can combine them and/or work with them to bring texture and more interest to my projects. 5 - Use more British breeds for my crochet projects. 6 - Crochet more garments. FOs: 7 - Finish the three large projects that I have on the go (TARDIS cushion, Shorelines blanket and Uncia number two).  8 - Log more of my FOs on Ravelry. Knitting:  9 - Knit some garments.  Other: 10 - Sew a garment to wear possibly as part of #memademay. 11 - Be more focussed about sketching out designs when they come to me. 12 - Learn to bake bread - I have been meaning to do this for a while so I may as well add it to the list!    Join in.  Add your details to the thread and share what you want to work on in 2017.   3 - Finished Objects I have had fingers of fire recently.  This is in part due to me doing some gift crafting, partly because of the Christmas CAL and partly because I didn't cover FOs in the last podcast.     I knitted Christmas socks for Jenny and her two boys - all gratefully received.  Our friends have also just had a baby boy and so I designed and crocheted up a pram blanket for Theodore!  I was keen to design a blanket that would use as much of the four skeins as possible and have as few ends to weave in as possible.  I really love the finished blanket and it only has seven ends to weave in!  I used a 6mm (J/10) hook for the blanket but moved up to an 8mm (L/11) hook for the slip stitch border. I have two FOs from the Christmas CAL, so far!  My first was the Winter Wonder socks by Vicki Brown.  She very kindly offered a 50% discount on the sock pattern for the CAL, just use the code CCCAL when you are checking out on Ravelry.   I used a 3mm hook (C/2) and Zealana Cozi (15% Brushtail Possum, 58% Merino, 5% baby alpaca and 22% nylon) in shade Peppermint. I deliberately went a little more luxurious with this yarn because these are socks for wearing in the house when my feet are very cold and also for inside my wellies.  The pattern is really easy to follow and memorise with a new to me toe construction.  I struggled with the sizing to begin with but got there by making a small size and a 3mm hook for most of the sock, moving to a 4mm (G/6) hook to do the heel, moving back to the 3mm when starting in rounds again.     I would recommend both yarn and pattern, though you may want to make sure that you are comfortable with using Possum before you make your yarn purchase.  I am a trained conservationist and so using Possum isn't an issue for me personally.  Although I bought my two balls in Munich, you can also buy it from Hulu Crafts in the UK or check the Zealana website for stockists.   These are my best fitting crocheted socks to date. I also managed to finish my version of Spun Gold by Kat Goldin and used some Jeanette Sloan Baby Alpaca 4 ply in shade Olive (50g/200m).  Sadly, this yarn is no longer available which is one of the reasons that I used it for this project.  I had already used the yarn for my crocheted Liala top and so had two and a bit balls left.  Spun Gold is one of those patterns where you crochet increases until you have used half of your yarn and then start decreasing.  All in I had 140g and used 133g to make this shawl.     You can also see my pair of Solar socks by Gill Slater which is free pattern on Ravelry.  I knitted these using 2.5mm/9 inch circular needles and Socks Yeah! yarn in shade Malachite.   I nearly forgot about the Uncia for Juliet!  I finished it, she loves it, I still have mine to finish...     4 - WIPs Hmmm, I want to start all of the things, but let's start with the thing that is not my best friend at the moment, my second Uncia shawl.  I had to work so hard to knit Juliet's Uncia for the self-imposed deadline that the thought of picking up my Uncia to finish it is filling me with dread.  I have 95 rows left to knit, about 25 hours worth of knitting maybe?  I just can't face it at the moment. Maybe next week. I wanted to start a knitted garment at the back end of 2016 but was enticed into more Christmas CAL crochet and so made a start on a Leigh top on the 1st January 2017 instead.   This is really quick to knit up and I am using the yarn that the pattern called for - Rowan Cocoon (shade Crag).  This is gorgeous to work with and there is a very strong sheepy smell coming off the yarn (80% wool and 20% Mohair) which just makes me want to knit on it all day long.   I also seem to have started another crocheted garment!  The pattern is Riveret by Merrian Holland from Pom Pom Quarterly's Spring 2016 issue.  I liked the look of this pattern when I first got my copy through the door but I wasn't convinced that it would suit me.  I then saw the sample at Yarnporium in London and realised how big it was on the model and just how elegant it was.  I have done very little on this but it should receive some more love before the next podcast!     5 - Feeding the habit In 2017 I am going to try my very best to not buy yarn.  Having gone through my stash during December, I bolstered the areas that I knew were lacking such as sock yarn.  I have A LOT of yarn and it is time to use some of it up. My plan is to log all of the weights and metreage of yarn that I use in 2017 so that I can record what a dent I am making.  There does have to be one caveat though.  For yarn specific projects (one of which is a man's cardigan which is a present and has to be in a very specific colour that I don't currently have or for designs that I need to work on) I will most likely have to buy yarns, the same applies to new designs that I don't have the correct yarn for.      I am also going to put some of my older stash into six different bags. Each bag will be assigned a number and by using a random number generator that will dictate the next bag of yarn that I have to work with and find a pattern for - Stash Bingo!   There will be some feeding the habit as I am sure that I will be buying patterns and books to find great projects to use with my stash.  I also intend on attending workshops to increase my skill base.   1 - Regia sock yarn   2 - The Bavarian yarn that I bought from Die Mercerie is by Hofer Schafwolle  3 - Metallico by Blue Sky Alpacas             4 - Wolle Rodel sock yarn  5 - Vicki Brown skeins of lovliness!  6 - Merino/Silk 4 ply from The Wool Kitchen  7 - Lang Yarns Jawoll sock yarn 8 - Life in the Long Grass - no more words are required!  9 - Socks Yeah! by Rachel Coopey   6 - Quod the Rav Not so long ago, a lovely person on Ravelry sent me a message to suggest that I start using some of the useful functions when I was adding to discussion threads.  This is called Magic Linking.  Yes, the information for it popped up every time I pressed the 'Reply to thread' button, but no I didn't read it or act upon it!   Here is how to do it: Magically link to Ravelry by typing some text in brackets and a type of thing in parentheses. At the moment, you can link to a yarn, person, pattern, project, book or group. [Somewhat Cowl](pattern) [casey](person) [Malabrigo](yarn) [mayarn's chuppah](project)  [Canadian Knitter](group) [Favorite Socks](book) This is a really helpful tool to use when you are participating in forums because it allows you to quickly and easily use the backend database of Ravelry to provide useful links within your comments.   For instance, if I was going to add an FO to a thread I would use the Magic Link function to show what pattern and yarn I had used or if I wanted to point people to my project for that pattern then I might give project and yarn links instead.   This is a really quick and effective way of sharing your knowledge with people and stops annoying people like me asking what pattern and yarn you used!   A top tip from me is to have a little written note for your pattern/project/yarn at the ready so that you know exactly what it is called.  This can save you the annoyance of trying to find it mid-forum response and potentially losing your draft comments so far. The other way around this is to have two Ravelry tabs open, one for checking details and one for adding comments to.    I find it immensely helpful when people use the magic link function as I love to see what yarn and patterns people have used for projects and I can't be the only one...   What's good? I have had some time off in Munich and with our friends Jenny and Frazer and it has been wonderful. Whilst in Munich, I managed to visit three yarn shops and have a firm favourite - Die Mercerie.  It was such a beautiful space with very tastefully curated items and great displays.  If you find yourself in Munich, you will not be disappointed with a walkout to visit this shop!     Fay x   Instagram: Crochet_Circle_Podcast  Instagram: provenance.craft.co   Instagram: FayDHDesigns YouTube: The Crochet Circle Podcast Crochet Clan on Mighty Network: Invite

Welcome to The Crochet Circle Podcast. Here are the show notes from Episode Ten - Take Two.    In this episode we will be covering: Yay Crochet or Nay Crochet; the (almost) final instalment of our Yarn Club Review; Yarn Review of The Big Scary Bear Alpaca DK; Copyright; Take Two; FOs; WIPs; Feeding the Habit and our final segment What's Good?   This podcast is sponsored by my online crafting company, Provenance Craft Co. and Lynne Rowe Knitting and Crochet 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:   and Lynne Rowe Knitting and Crochet   Hello to Lisanif (Lisa), Soundzik (Marianna) and Monknitker (Amanda) from Ravelry.   Thanks to everyone that tunes in to our podcast whether it is through Stitcher, Podbean, iTunes or our new YouTube Channel.  Your support and engagement are really appreciated. We love doing the podcast and it makes it even more worthwhile knowing that there are people that really love it and are sat at their computers pressing refresh on publish day!    The person that has the closest birthday to our publish date is Littlefrog (Tania) - Happy Birthday Tania!   1. Yay Crochet or Nay Crochet It' a Nay from Lynne: This month I've suffered from Repetitive Strain Injury from my crochet, mainly due to a number of combined reasons - I was using a metal hook, the hook was small in size, my stitches were small and I was wrangling to get my hook into them for the particular stitch type I was using (I normally use a hook with a soft grip handle and a metal hook on the end, but I didn't have the size needed). To remedy this I crocheted in short bursts and wore a pair of fingerless mittens whilst crocheting, which stops the metal touching my skin and prevents the pain from occurring.   Fay: It's a yay from me.  I have said many times that I am quite a warm-bodied person and am usually stripping off rather than putting on layers. My friend and neighbour, Gill, pops in to see if I want to go for a walk and the weather has definitely taken a turn for the colder in Cheshire.  It has been too cold to go out with bare hands, but not cold enough to necessitate full gloves.  Given that all of the samples for Take Two have been sat in my kitchen, I just keep on diving into the bag to pull out my version of Lynne's pattern, Baltum which is a pair of fingerless mittens. They have given the perfect amount of warmth for our country walks.    2. Yarn Club Review The final instalment of our Yarn Club Review is from another Crochet Circler, Charlotte (purplehayescrochet on IG and Charlottemhayes on Ravelry), who has subscribed to two Clubs: Crochyay! and Little Box of Crochet. Charlotte's full review is going to be loaded onto the 'Things to know about yarn clubs' board, but here are the main points about the two box clubs that she has been receiving:   Little Box of Crochet is a monthly box that costs £17.45 and is done on a monthly rolling subscription although you can sometimes pick up additional boxes. Charlotte has been receiving this box since April 2016. Crochyay! is also monthly and costs £22.50 & P&P and you can also buy the boxes as a one-off.  Charlotte received her first box in October 2016.   With both boxes, you receive at least one pattern, the yarn required and lots of treats such as handmade stitch markers or a project bag. Charlotte has made most of the things from all of the boxes she has received with the exception of a Little Box of Crochet pin cushion because it isn't her type of thing.  She has simply stashed the yarn instead and will use it in another project. The yarns used have been great and have made Charlotte try yarns that were new to her.  The only one that she was less keen on was Rico cotton because it split a lot.   LBC generally sends out cotton-based yarn and Crochyay! has been acrylic/cotton so far.   The projects come with enough yarn for each project and the only time that Charlotte ran out, it was because her gauge was off but the yarn was readily available so she was able to go and buy more. Both boxes contain full written instructions.  LBC also use handy photos as part of a step by step guide and Crochyay has lovely big text which makes the patterns very easy to read and follow.   In October the LBC project was a tea cosy which Charlotte loved because she is a bit of a tea jenny.  The Crochyay project was a pair of mittens with a half heart on each, making a full heart when placed together.   All of the patterns have been easy to follow and Charlotte hasn't needed any pattern support. She has loved receiving both boxes and particularly loves receiving a surprise every time, making things that she wouldn't normally crochet and has particularly liked supporting small businesses. Charlotte does intend on moving to just one subscription and says that it will most likely be Crochyay! because the patterns are more modern and fit with her style. 3. Yarn Review - The Big Scary Bear Alpaca DK The Big Scary Bear is a relatively new company, owned by Richard and Karen Collier and is based in a small semi-rural village is Essex. Their fleece is sourced from their own herd of alpacas who live with them at Bramble Cottage, along with their six pygmy goats, two cats and two rabbits. The fleece is hand-sorted and graded before being spun into yarn by a specialist spinning mill in Oxfordshire. Their yarn is 100% alpaca and the ball band is made from recycled material. They have 6 shades available, all of which are lovely, soft hues, including Cream, Brown, Ginger, Navy, Cinnamon Grass, Pebble, Teaberry and Seafoam.   About the Yarn: DK weight/21 sts and 28 rows over 10x10cm in stocking stitch £6 per 50g ball.   We used a ball of yarn to knit up a test square using our standard test square pattern. Fay crocheted a premature baby hat with the remainder of the ball and Lynne crocheted a pair of mittens with a fresh ball.     Lynne: The knitted swatch shows that the stitch definition is really clear, with moss stitch, cables and stocking stitch. I love how there are flecks of lighter colour here and there where the dye hasn't fully taken, which creates a mildly semi-solid appearance. The yarn is incredibly soft and could be worn next to the skin and even I could wear it around my sensitive neck, which is fab. It is great to knit with too - the yarn slid through my fingers beautifully and created a nice, firm stitch. My test square blocked out beautifully and I'm itching to start a neck cosy in Fair Isle with it. The tension isn't on the ball band, but it knitted up almost to a standard double knitting (light worsted) tension of 21 sts and 28 rows to 10x10cm over stocking stitch. I also wanted to test it out for crochet, so I've started a pair of crocheted fingerless mittens using half treble crochet in the round. Again, the stitch definition is perfect and they are incredibly soft and really warm.   Fay: This is beautiful to work with and I felt that it really maintained the halo and sheen that I would expect from alpaca.  The yarn has been nicely plyed and so there were no issues with the yarn splitting when I was crocheting and it was a dream to run through my fingers.     I think that the pricing point is incredible for something that is 100% British and I would happily use this to make a garment with.  It feels like the company is in its infancy and I really hope that it goes well for them.   The only slight downside I had was that the dye in the teaberry shade wasn't completely exhausted and so a little came out when I washed it. However, this is the case with many yarns and so it is always worth testing a small cut of yarn in lukewarm water to see if it is dye-fast. This is particularly important if you are using more than one colour.     4. Copyright In our Take Two book, we encourage you to take our designs and change them up - if you don't like the yarn weight, then use something different, if you want to make it simpler then leave something out or if you're not keen of the colours, change them. However, all of the patterns are fully copyrighted to either Lynne or Fay, so even though you may tweak something in any published pattern, it doesn't mean that you can then publish the tweaked version as your own. There have been a few instances recently on social media where designers are finding that distinctive elements of their designs have been incorporated into another designer's pattern. Sometimes this has been something very obvious like a Fair Isle pattern, or it can be that the whole design looks almost identical. This sometimes happens purely by coincidence, after all, there are only so many ways to crochet a leaf or a granny square. So the best thing to do with a tweaked pattern is to add your FO to the designer's Ravelry page, then in the notes, you can document your tweaks.   5. Take Two Created and published by Lynne and Fay, from designing, sample testing, pattern styling and pattern checking, photography and book layout.     TAKE TWO is a collection of 8 crochet patterns, each shown as two designs - sixteen patterns.   We used some amazing yarns for our main designs, all of which have been spun in the north of England and in some cases grown there too. We each designed 4 patterns each which we passed to each other to remake in our own style using yarn from our stash. This wasn't a problem as we both have rather large stashes. We were keen to show that our designs could be made using the original yarns spun in the north of England, or they can be made using yarn that may be hiding at the bottom of your stash, waiting to be turned into something lovely. TAKE TWO is our first collection and includes a variety of easy-to-make crochet essentials including Colosseum (an asymmetrical shallow shawl); Auchincruive (a cowl); Skogafoss (a stylish messenger bag); Paraphernalia (a notions pouch or purse); Galicia (a long cowl); Baltum (a pair of fingerless mittens); Phasian (a textured Granny Square Blanket); Chrysanth (a textured circular cushion).   You can buy: A printed copy (which includes a digital download) £12 (we are currently taking pre-orders and hope that the hard copy will arrive during the third week of December, ready to be posted out ASAP).  When you buy the hard copy, you receive an instant digital download, or a digital copy £10 can also be purchased from Ravelry (search 'Take Two' under books) or from www.provenancecraft.com       We'd love to see your finished makes and you can add them to our Ravelry page and our discussion board FO thread.     6. WIPS Lynne: not much progress on WIPS - I'm focussing on one thing at a time now, to try and bring my FOs down to a more manageable level. My 12 WIPS are: Aran Tweed Blanket - working on the border/2 pairs of socks - no progress/Mother-in-Law's Travis blanket - no progress/Manos del Uruguay Shawl - own design - no progress/Accordion Fingerless mittens - no progress/Lopi Cushion - no progress/Wrist Warmers - no progress/Odeletta Shawl - no progress (I started this again with a heavier weight yarn)/Cabled mittens - one more to make/Baltum mittens in WYS DK - one more to make/Lisa Sweater - no progress/crocheted mittens for testing The Big Scary Bear - one more to make. I've frogged the Sausage Dog - I took out the toy filling to re-use and frogged the knitting, wound it into balls and it went to the charity shop as I would never use the colours myself. I've finished my Abraham Shawl.   Fay: There has been no attention paid to my Shorelines blanket or TARDIS cushion and that will remain the case until next year now - I just have too many other things to get on with.  Lots of time has been spent on the two Uncia shawls because I have to have them ready for the second weekend in December - hmmm.  I also have a HOP.  I am now calling a sock a Half Of Pair because if it is a sock, you would have to hop. The pattern is 'Solar' by Gill (Gilly Slater on Ravelry and it is free) one of the Woolgathering Sandbach goers.  I really love the vertical lace pattern and the bottle green makes me think of school uniforms and being eight again.     7. FOs Lynne: Abraham Shawl (knitted) made with stash yarns from John Arbon (Knit by Numbers) and Artesano (Superwash DK)/Christmas bauble (knitted) for a Christmas Swap/Test Square using The Big Scary Bear/Take Two Skogafoss Bag, Paraphernalia/various commission: knitted baby bootees, crocheted baby shoes, Daisy May next crocheted outfit, a crocheter flower wreath, a teeny tiny knitted panda and a crocheted sheep.     Fay: I have made a third and fourth version of Paraphernalia so that I could show it off in other sizes and double, double-check the measurements and amount of wool required.  There was also the premature baby hat for the local hospital but I will make a few of them before I hand them over.  Emma from Woolgathering has given birth to a baby girl, Matilda, and so a few of us have crocheted a pram blanket for her and I managed to finish that off over this weekend.  I also fired out the Newham hat from The Crochet Project's latest book, Raw and there is more to come on that in the next podcast.   The problem I face at the moment is that I just want to start all of the projects and have really had to stop myself!   Here are Fay's needle felting projects and knitted stockings, the Newham hat in John Arbon Knit by Numbers 4ply and Mamble socks in Shropshire Ply from Ewe & Ply from Raw. The baby blanket that Woolgathering folk worked on for Emma's baby and a premature hat for the local hospital.  The hat was in The Big Scary Bear Alpaca in Teaberry and the blanket used Blue Sky Cotton and Evie from Sublime.             8. Feeding the Habit Lynne: No new purchases this month for me - all yarns used were supplied for commissions or were in my stash including West Yorkshire Spinners Aire Valley DK, Garthenor Organics Wensleydale (4ply), Rico Essentials Cotton DK, King Cole Merino Blend 4ply, Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino and Sublime Superfine Alpaca. That said - I've just purchased a skein of chunky hand-dyed yarn from Petra Black (Made By Black Elephant) - ethically sourced yarns, hand-dyed in Yorkshire. If yarn isn't local then it is ethically sourced and supports the communities that produce it (mulesing free).     Fay: I got my third and last instalment of my Life in the Long Grass yarn club which is called Chlorophyll and I can see why!  I also went to Yarnporium which was great fun and picked up some new Gotland from Midwinter Yarns and a very special skein from Helen at The Wool Kitchen which is most likely going to be used as my yarn for the Christmas CAL.     The other thing that I have purchased is a daylight lamp.  I have been struggling to see the pattern properly for the Uncia shawls and under the guidance of my friend Jenny, went to Hobby Craft to buy the Naturalight portable LED lamp.  What a difference this has made to my nighttime crochet and knitting activity!  You can use it with the internal rechargeable battery, via mains electricity or a USB cable which would be perfect for car crafting.  I am so impressed with this and it is currently reduced from £20 down to £15.  It gives off a white rather than a blue light which means that is isn't likely to set off migraines.   The yarn that I didn't have to purchase was the yarn haul that my Dad brought back from Iceland.  I have a sweater quantities worth of Lett-Lopi and some new Icelandic yarn that I hadn't seen before from Gusto, an Alpaca/Icelandic mix.     1 - 100% Gotland yarn from Midwinter Yarns (mustard 293, Peacock Blue 174 & Dark Grey 960). 2 - Erika Knight for John Lewis DK is 100% South American wool, dyed, spun and balled in the UK (Citrine 04). 3 - The newest of Erika's lines for John Lewis is XXL, 250g with 55m shown in Dusky Pink. 4 - Mini Skeins from Baa Ram Ewe in their base Titus shown Dalby, Parkin & Bantum (top to bottom). 5 - Newest wool available from Daughter of a Shepherd is Foxen meets Merino. 6 - The wonderous The Wool Kitchen skein - I really should have bought two!  This is in the colourway Denim.  7 - Icelandic wool is a firm favourite of mine, especially if it has come from one of my Dad's trips to Iceland.  This is Lettlopi and is destined to become a jumper.  The shade is Ocean Blue. 8 - A new to me Icelandic yarn brand called Gusta is a mixture of Icelandic wool and alpaca from Peru.  The one shown above is shade Coal Grey (2500) and is a fair bit softer than 100% Icelandic wool... 9 - The final instalment of my Life in the Long Grass has arrived and is called Chlorophyll.  I initially didn't really like this colour but it has grown on me and I find that I keep on going back to it to see all of the colours that are hidden throughout the skein.    9. What's Good? Lynne: I'm looking forward to a new year and being really organised. I say this every year, but it's definitely going to happen this year. I shall look forward to buying some shiny new stationery and making lists. Fay: It has been good doing the podcast with Lynne.  It has been great for me having left a small team to have somebody to bounce ideas off and work with. As said we will continue to work together and already have plans afoot for Take Two, Collection Two...   Happy listening and crocheting,   Fay and Lynne x   Instagram: Crochet_Circle_Podcast  Instagram: provenance.craft.co   Instagram: FayDHDesigns YouTube: The Crochet Circle Podcast Crochet Clan on Mighty Network: Invite    

This is our penultimate episode of the year! With only a few weeks to go before Christmas, Rachel has lost her mind with her holiday knitting so we’ve found some gifts for knitters ideas to keep things sane in your own households and you can get back to your own projects instead of stuff for other people! First a word from our sponsor: The Loveliest Yarn Company is a new online yarn shop bringing you the loveliest yarn and knitting accessories.  Buying yarn online can be a bit fraught so they have gathered the best into one place.  They have knit, washed and worn everything so people know it’s all been tried and tested by knitters.  The Loveliest Yarn Company stock artisan hand dyed yarn from Life in the Long Grass, organic merino from Rosy Green Wool, some great stalwarts of the yarn world from West Yorkshire Spinners, irresistible accessories from Merchant and Mills and lots more.  All from theloveliestyarncompany.co.uk. Podcast listeners can get 10% off in July, August and September with the code YITCEnabled2016.  If you aren’t shopping for yarn at the moment, sign up for their newsletter on the site.  As YITC has international listeners, we currently ship to countries in the EU, Australia and New Zealand.  And they will be adding more countries as they grow. Welcome to The Loveliest Yarn Company! News and Events It's the last few days of Wovember! 3 December – Selvedge Makers’s Fair, St Augustine Church Hall London, 11-5:00. 6 Dec – Make handpainted gift wrap at VV Rouleaux 14 December - Late Night Knitty Lock-in at Wild & Woolly 16 December - Pom Pom Christmas party, 49 Tanner St London SE1 3PL Will feature The Fibre Co., Fig Tree Yarns and John Arbon Textiles, as well as Francesca Hughes, Elisabeth Beverley, Coop Knits, Daughter of a Shepherd, Pink Hazel, La Bien Aimee, Beyond Measure and The Uncommon Thread. Brioche classes for beginners at I Knit London on 3 Dec, 7 January and 21 January ​What we’re working on Allison is on the 13th stripe of 19 in Harrison’s Hogwarts scarf. In addition, she’s working on the Sonder Shawl by Helen Stewart. She’s also been making lists of what needs to happen in the next few weeks –maybe a couple of pairs of slippers, a quilt for her FIL and a throw for her brother. Plus a waistcoat for Jordan for Christmas. Rachel is frantically trying to finish her Vestvember project, Aileen by Laura Aylor, in some lovely alpaca her husband bought her in Peru. Despite all great intentions not to get out of control with Christmas knitting, she is also looking to do two versions of Because Sock Yarn by Kate Atherley and two top down yoked sweaters for her kids for Christmas. Goodbye sleep, hello RSI! Christmas gift ideas Cashmere bundles – Lux Adorna - available at Loop Check your Gauge cloth – Cocoknits - available at A Yarn Story Christmas book bundles from The Loveliest Yarn Co  Jewellery from Tangled Yarn Christmas Tree ornaments from Katrinkle and Yarnistry (also Christmas stitch markers) Gift tags from Beyond Measure Patterns for Ornaments Christmas Eve Bauble Renee Callahan Cheers! Cheryl Niamath Mini Christmas Stocking by Julie Williams Crocheted Christmas Baubles by Carmen Heffernan Minikins – Woolly Wormhead You can find the podcast on iTunes and Stitcher Radio and us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest, in our Yarn in the City group on Ravelry, or in person on Wednesday nights at our knit night at the Goat 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!

In this episode of the podcast, we recap the glorious madness that was Yarnporium, chat with the amazing Tara Swiger, and look ahead to our crafting plans for the holiday season. The Loveliest Yarn Company is a new online yarn shop bringing you the loveliest yarn and knitting accessories.  Buying yarn online can be a bit fraught so they have gathered the best into one place.  They have knit, washed and worn everything so people know it’s all been tried and tested by knitters. The Loveliest Yarn Company stock artisan hand dyed yarn from Life in the Long Grass, organic merino from Rosy Green Wool, some great stalwarts of the yarn world from West Yorkshire Spinners, irresistible accessories from Merchant and Mills and lots more.  All from theloveliestyarncompany.co.uk. Podcast listeners can get 10% off in November and December with the code YITCEnabled2016.  If you aren’t shopping for yarn at the moment, sign up for their newsletter on the site.  News and Events: Entire month: WOVEMBER continues! 3 December - Edinburgh Yarn Festival is hosting their Wool Tribe Christmas Party.  16 December - Pom Pom Quarterly Christmas Party! Sponsored by The Fibre Company, Fig Tree Yarns and John Arbon Textiles What we're working on: Rachel has finally cast on her #Vestvember project: Aileen by Laura Aylor, in some lovely natural brown alpaca that her Other Half brought back from Peru long ago. She finished Helen Stewart's gorgeous Sonder Shawl in a mad, political panic-fueled couple of days in front of the TV last week, and has been spinning some Coomassie Blue BFL for a handspun Fauske from the Nordlándda Collection. Allison has been working on the Gryffindor Scarf for Mr. H for Christmas and has also been working on the Sonder Shawl but not as quickly as Rachel. Allison is also longingly hoping to get back to her Creature Comforts Cardi that she started back in the spring but in the meantime applying her new two-at-a-time-toe-up socks skills to a pair of bedsocks out of birthday handspun from Rachel. She also managed to spin cotton in Rachel's spinning class at the retreat and is looking forward to holiday time in Canada. Overwhelmed: We are feeling a bit overwhelmed in this episode. On the one hand, we are overwhelmed by the incredibly wonderful response to The Yarnporium - many, many thanks to our sponsors, vendors, teachers and volunteers, without whom this event would never have happened. We are also looking ahead to feeling overwhelmed by the upcoming holidays, and the desire to Make All The Things for our loved ones. We had the opportunity to speak with the lovely, enthusiastic, and all around wonderful human being, Tara Swiger, of www.taraswiger.com and the Explore Your Enthusiasm podcast at the recent Geeky Puffin Knit Palooza. Tara talked with us about how to deal with overwhelm during this oh-so-fraught time, and how to decide what to focus on to ensure that the holiday season is a happy and healthy one. *** 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!

Welcome to The Crochet Circle Podcast. Here are the show notes from Episode Nine - Yarn Pride.    In this episode we will be covering: Yay Crochet or Nay Crochet; the second instalment of our Yarn Club Review; Yarn Review of Shropshire Ply from Ewe & Ply; Stylish Crochet; FOs; WIPs; Feeding the Habit; Christmas CAL and our final segment What's Good?     This podcast is sponsored by my online crafting company, Provenance Craft Co. and Lynne Rowe Knitting and Crochet 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:   Hello to Sunflowers55 (Charlene), TheGoffWife (Lisa) and MrsB59 from Ravelry.   Thanks to everyone that tunes in to our podcast whether it is through Stitcher, Podbean, iTunes or our new YouTube Channel.  Your support and engagement is really appreciated. We love doing the podcast and it makes it even more worthwhile knowing that there are people that really love it and are sat at their computers pressing refresh on publish day!    The person that has the closest birthday to our publish date is PixieCaticus which is Becca from Woolgathering Sandbach.  Happy Birthday Becca!     1. Yay Crochet or Nay Crochet It's a yay from Lynne: I'm finding a lot of new crochet podcasts to listen too and one in particular that I love is called Potter and Bloom, presented by Emma Potter. She's such a lovely lady and great to listen too. Emma is a crochet designer and uses bright, fresh colours. I love her honesty and she's funny too. Love to Knit & Crochet Magazine has just launched a crochet-a-long with Emma's blanket design which is called #crochetgirlgang. Emma invested the hashtag and user #crochetgirlgang on Instagram which is really popular and even has its own merchandise. Emma is Potter and Bloom on Ravelry, Instagram, twitter and facebook.     It's a yay from Fay:  I am loving the speed of crochet projects.  I don't seem to have enough hours in the day and I love the fact that I can quickly whizz off crochet projects and get a sense of satisfaction from finishing a project. I am really enjoying crocheting socks; I don't think it's much quicker than knitting a sock but it feels like a great achievement when you have a crocheted sock HO.  I often find that it is easier to create small crochet projects than small knitting projects and that really suits me at busy times. 2. Yarn Clubs   This is part two of Yarn Club Reviews.  Lynne has received her Baa Baa Brighouse subscription.  This is a different type of subscription from the one that Fay reviewed in Episode Eight which was a subscription of just yarn.  Lynne's is for a yarn box which means that you get more than just yarn in the box.   The yarn dyer for October was Katie Pearce of Sylvan Tiger Yarn, based in Leeds, West Yorkshire.  Her inspiration came from ‘Stained Glass’ by Shutterspot Photography. The picture was taken at St Matthew’s Church in Rastrick, just a stone’s throw away from Baa Baa Brighouse HQ. There is evidence to suggest that the site has been a place of worship from as early as the 10th Century.  The colourway will be based on a stained glass window.     The final instalment of Yarn Club review will be from another Crochet Circler, Charlotte.  She currently has subscriptions for a couple of crochet boxes and will give us the low down on those for us. We will have more on that in Episode Ten.     3. Yarn Review - Shropshire Ply Shropshire Ply has been created by Teri and Becca, owners of yarn shop Ewe & Ply in Shrewsbury. The yarn is a predominantly from the fleeces of Shropshire sheep (including Teri's own pedigree Shropshire sheep) but also has some fleeces from a Wensleydale/BFL cross.  Spun and dyed in Yorkshire, the yarn is 100% British.   DK: 100g/247m/270yds 19sts x 28 rows over 10cm £12 per 100g 4 Ply: 100g/395m/430yds 27sts 38 rows over 10cm £12 per 100g   We were given some minis by the ladies at Ewe & Ply and so Lynne used the DK weight to make her 'Glen' tea cosy, and Fay used the 4 ply to knit a swatch and test the stitch definition.  The remainder was used to create the face of Brian the Brit Bat, an amigurumi pattern.   Fay:  I wanted to test the yarn further and so bought some more of the undyed 4ply.  The knitted swatch shows how nicely the yarn behaves. The stitch definition is incredible and so this yarn is great for lace, cabling and more intricate details.  It isn't the softest of yarns and so for some, they won't want this directly next to their skin.  I think it is ideal for knitted homewares (a cabled cushion/throw would look amazing), colourwork jumpers and shawls would also look great in this yarn, although I am using it for socks. The knitted square was 11cm x 11cm unblocked (2.5mm needles gave an unblocked tension of 30sts and 46 rows over 10cm).  I then washed and blocked it out to 12.5cm x 12.5cm and when it was dried and unpinned it sprang back to 12cm x 12cm (blocked tension of 27sts and 42 rows over 10cm).   As for the amigurumi bat face, the yarn worked very well.  It didn't split  - even though I thought it might because it doesn't have a high twist to it.  The results are neat, consistent rounds that will be very hard-wearing.  The skein that I bought is being used to crochet a pair of Mamble Socks by Joanne Scrace.  It wound on my ball winder/swift very easily and there were no knots.  So far I have finished one sock and hope to be onto the second before we record the podcast.  The yarn is bouncy and airy (as publicised by Ewe & Ply) but doesn't have a lot of elasticity/give so if you are working with it I would choose your project well or think about moving up a hook/needle size or two to open the project out a little. The sock is toe-up and I had to pull back down and change my tension and increase some stitches to get my foot in.  This is probably due to a number of factors: I was crocheting the heel up in a pub in semi-darkness and had a glass of wine in hand - not a winning combination.  Although I was happy to crochet at a gig in a pub, I was less comfortable with taking my boot and sock off and trying on a semi-sock!  So, when I tried the sock on the next morning, it was clear that I would have to rip back.  Keeping the 'crocheting at a gig' factor in mind I am still sure that the lack of elasticity is a factor too.  That said, the increase in stitches and loosening of tension seem to have done the trick.  I am yet to wash and block the sock and I expect it to grow a little, as the knitted square did (it grew just over 8%).  I have now washed the sock and it really didn't grow, it stayed put. I wore the sock for about 12 hours (standing on my feet) when I had finished it.  I have previously said in the podcast that I have very sensitive feet and yet I had no issues wearing this yarn directly on my feet.  The sock was warm and the stitches came to life when stretched out properly over my foot.  I will report back over the coming months on how hard-wearing the yarn is for socks.             Lynne: I had 28g of DK weight in a pale grey colour. I knew that Fay had already knitted up the tension square with the 4ply, so I decided to make something in crochet. I wanted to make something useful and after racking my brain I realised that the little teapot I use in The Woonest needed a tea cosy. The first thing I noticed about the yarn was the smell, which is really pleasant and fragrant. When I squidged the yarn it felt crispy and a bit crunchy and I was a little worried that it may be a bit rough on my hands (I have sensitive skin) but I was wrong and it felt much softer when I was working with it than I'd anticipated. It created a firm, sturdy fabric with crochet and was perfect for my tea cosy. I used some oddments of similar wool to add a splash of autumn colour to the top of the cosy and added leaves and flowers. Due to the lack of elasticity in the yarn, it wouldn't stretch over my teapot, so I had to add a button fastening to my tea cosy for ease of use. I love the yarn and could see myself using it again for slippers, cushions and amigurumi. I imagine that it would make the most gorgeous blanket - either knitted or crocheted and would be great for felting. I grew to love the yarn whilst I was using it and I would definitely use it again. I've blogged all about it over on The Woolnest blog.   4. Stylish Crochet This is the final instalment of the series and we want to cover how we wear our woollen garments and what we style them with.    Fay:  I have a few rules that I stick to when I pulling together an outfit: 1 - I tend to use navy as my base colour (it is good against my milk-white skin, pairs with all of the autumnal colours that I love and goes well with denim jeans which I wear almost every day). 2 - I usually have no more than three colours in any one outfit because I think that less is more.  An ex-boyfriend used to call me a bumblebee because I like to coordinate my outfit colours.   3 - I wear quite plain clothes and use accessories (jewellery, shoes, woollen items) as my statement.   4 - I have started to collect some nice shawl pins to use with my crocheted and knitted shawls.  They are beautiful on the item and also practical.  I don't know how many times I have had to stop in my tracks to rearrange a shawl to stop it falling off or blowing away in the wind.  I have bought some from Textile Garden (they are very affordable) and have my eye on some of the leather ones from Jul Designs too.     I was also thinking about how I wear my shawls and came up with three main ways - pashmina, neckerchief and all front.  There is also the traditional style, but I don't tend to wear my shawls that way.     Lynne: I'm always envious of my good friend Cassie as she has a shawl for every occasion and in every colourway. She chooses her shawl for the day according to the colour of her bag, coat or shoes, so she always looks perfectly co-ordinated.   For me, I'm slowly building up my collection of knitted and crocheted shawls as I have sensitive skin and I'm a little limited on what I can wear around my neck. So instead I often finish an outfit with a crocheted flower brooch which looks great in DK or heavier weight yarn. Adding a felt ball to the centre instead of a button adds a stylish finish.   I'm not a fan of the deep "V" shawl as for some reason they make me feel like grandma from "Red Riding Hood", so I tend to opt for a shallow "V" shawl, and like to wear the "V" at the front or offset and over one shoulder. I like the length of the shawl to be long enough to cross over at the back and come back to hang at the front otherwise I feel like a cowboy. I also like a shawl to have a good drape so that it folds softly around the neckline. My "Baktus" is currently my favourite shawl, despite almost frogging it at one time (it took me 2 years to knit!!).   5. FOs  Fay: I have bombed though quite a bit this month, including my crocheted sock HO!      I came across the amigurumi patterns of Lalylala on Instagram a few weeks ago and was bowled over by how cute they were.  They are utterly adorable and I completely understand why she has sold nearly 49,000 patterns in five years.  I bought three of her patterns and because we are in October I concentrated on Vlad the Vampire (I renamed him, Brian, the Brit Bat because he is made completely with wool from the British Isles/Territories).  Brian has been finished and can be seen in all his glory below.   This was a really fun crochet pattern to work on partly because it has quite a few parts, so you get some bit sized satisfaction from finishing the individual pieces. The patterns use American terminology and are set out in a slightly different manner but you soon get the hang of it.   A friend that comes to Woolgathering Sandbach works with lots of crocheters who volunteer their time to crochet poppies in aid of our local Royal British Legion Centre in Shrewsbury which supports wounded, injured or sick Service Personnel. So far Cath has raised a whopping £42,500 through poppy brooch sales (since 2011) and hopes to reach £50,000 this year.   I crocheted a load of poppies for her last year and this year she needed more leaves to add to the brooch.  A bunch of us have been crocheting leaves, ready to pass to Cath at the next Woolgathering Sandbach session.  By the time this goes live I will have crocheted about 100 leaves for the cause.  If you wanted to buy a crocheted poppy from Cath at Cottage Crafts, please click here. My nephew was staying with us the other weekend and he wanted me to knit him a hat which I knitted up very quickly during yet another cringe-worthy game of Cards Against Humanity! I don't have a photo because he went back to Glasgow the next day, but he was pleased with the finished item.  I used Debbie Bliss Winter Garden using 8mm circular needles throughout.  I have also just finished a pair of mittens to match (Dexter Mittens on Ravelry). I also finished my Fugly Socks which were knitted using my hand-dyed yarn, and the final pair of charity socks for Christine's Yarndale Sock Line. If you want to read more about the charity project, she has written a blog post about it here.  An amazing 160 pairs of socks were knitted to give away to various charities in the UK.      Lynne: This month is probably to most FO's I've ever accomplished mainly because for the past 3 weeks I've been a knitting hermit, working on my Search Press book. I've designed and knitted a pair of mittens, a scarf, cushion, a hat, a blanket, a shawl, a bag and a tea cosy and mug cosy set. I've also designed a new crochet outfit for my dress-up doll (for Crochet Now magazine) along with a small project for my Crochet Now Stash Diaries column (valentine theme). I've almost finished my final Take Two projects and not forgetting "Glen", my yarn review tea cosy. Last but not least, I designed and knitted some crème egg cosies that are for a charity project with Let's Get Crafting Magazine.   I've used some gorgeous yarns in these various projects that I haven't come across before - my favourites were: King Cole Florence Chunky which contains 25% wool and 8% alpaca. I used shade 2082 Everglade King Cole Riot DK which is a wool-mix gradient yarn. I used 1689 Foliage Rowan Big Wool - super chunky weight wool that is so soft and easy to work with     6. WIPs  Fay: Some of my WIPs (shorelines blanket, Wensleydale Uncia shawl) haven't been picked up but I did manage to get a couple of hours on the Tardis cross stitch cushion cover and started the next chart on my Uncia shawl.  I have the second Mamble sock to finish using the Shropshire 4 ply (Mamble socks are from The Crochet Project's latest book 'Raw' which I am hoping to review in the next episode).  So I have five WIPs at the moment but have lots planned... Lynne: There hasn't been a great deal of goings on with my standard WIP list as work has pretty much taken over my life for the past few weeks. That said, I reluctantly took out my aran tweed blanket and counted the number of squares I had. In my head, I had so many more squares to make that it was putting me off. However, I played around with the 30 squares I already had, and lo and behold there was enough to create a pattern. So I watched Strictly and crocheted the squares together and managed to work a couple of rounds of edging. Still more to go, but I'm definitely moving forward. I've called the blanket "Tess" after Strictly's Tess Daly.     I also started a new knitting WIP with some stash yarns, to play around with the design of a basic shawl, so that I can develop some ideas of my own. It's called "Abraham" (any Walking Dead fans may have guessed my naming theme this week - "Abraham" and "Glen" are my humble tributes to 2 amazing characters, so brutally taken).     7. Feeding the Habit Fay:  As I said in the last podcast, Matthew and I went to Glasgow for the weekend to meet my Dad and Nephew.  Whilst there I visited two yarn shops - The Yarn Cake and The Queen of Purls (officially my favourite yarn shop in the UK).  Both shops were nice but The Queen of Purls was exceptional - lots of their own hand-dyed yarn, a real focus on British yarn, great fibre tops, lovely yarn-based wall art, a really inviting space...     I have also been looking for a yarn to pair up with my Daughter of a Shepherd 100% Hebridean skein.  I want something that will really help the brown to come alive, but it has to be a match in softness too.  I bought some of Ewe & Ply's Shropshire DK in Wenlock Hedge (an acidic yellow) but I am going to see how much the Shropshire softens up before I match the two. There is a pattern slowly building in my mind so I will be taking my time on this one. I received my second instalment of Life in The Long Grass yarn club and it is a bramble overload - I love it.  I wonder what my final instalment will be? Below is the jumper that I am thinking of making with Barley Cove, the first batch of yarn I received from my Life in the Long Grass club.   Grazing over Instagram on Saturday night I saw a post from Hedgehog Fibres to say that in 2 minutes time they would have a shop update selling off "lucky dip" bunches of three skeins that were no longer available because they were old club colours or simply discontinued.   I was very tired, I was snuggled up on the sofa with Matthew, I was in a very happy place, I was even happier when I had ordered the yarn.  I don't know what I am going to receive but it is definitely my final cork in the speckles hole of my stash.  A final Feeding the Rabbit item was a surprise addition.  In the UK we have a shop called Home Sense which is the sister company to TK Maxx. Both TK Maxx and Home Sense sell books and often carry current crochet and knitting books.  I have been coveting Molla Mills' latest book 'Crocheterie' and there it was on the shelf for £6.99 instead of £19.99. That went straight in my basket! If you ever go into TK Maxx or Home Sense, check out the book area for crafting books, I have had many a bargain from them. Lynne: My yarn box arrived from BaaBaaBrighouse, although I purchased that in September. I have plans to design a nice, simple scarf and I'm planning on using this yarn. I haven't bought anything else as I'm still organising and sorting my stash - not just my yarn but also my books and magazines too. I have started a blog series called "Thrifty Knitting & Crochet" so I'll be sharing my processes for sorting and grading my stash and deciding what to do with it. I'll be sharing this through a series of blog posts and on the podcast too. My aim is for it to be interactive so I'd love to hear how you keep on top of your stash too. 8. Christmas CAL We would love to know if you are interested in being part of a holiday CAL? The idea is to pick a smallish project that can be started from 24th December onwards and finished by 31st January 2017.   If you are interested, let us know via Social Media or within the Ravelry thread.  We would need to know whether you would prefer: 1 - We pick a pattern (a cowl, scarf, something like that) and we all crochet the same thing. 2 - We each individually pick our own patterns (this may be a better option for those that are coming into Summer months).  Either way is fine and we would set up hashtags as well as the Ravelry thread so that you can show off your progress.   9. What’s Good?  Fay: I have been trying really hard to take better photos for my own work, Provenance Craft Co. Instagram feed and for The Crochet Circle Instagram feed. I get lots of lovely engagement and had a really nice email from somebody to say that they were really enjoying my photos.  It is nice to know that people like and appreciate the photos I am putting out there for public consumption because it makes me want to do more and get better at it.   Lynne: I'm constantly surprised and amazed at how versatile crochet is. I've managed to make 3 things out of just 28g of yarn and they're all useful too. My flower brooches use even less yarn  (about 15g max) and make great little gifts that won't cost much at all - just the price of a brooch back. I can't wait to see what I can make with the rest of my yarn oddments in The Woolnest.   Happy listening and crocheting.   Fay and Lynne x   Instagram: Crochet_Circle_Podcast  Instagram: provenance.craft.co   Instagram: FayDHDesigns YouTube: The Crochet Circle Podcast Crochet Clan on Mighty Network: Invite     1.        

Happy Halloween everyone! We've got a bonus podcast episode for your listening pleasure today, and hopefully it will whet your appetites just a bit more for Yarnporium! Sponsor: The Loveliest Yarn Company is a new online yarn shop bringing you the loveliest yarn and knitting accessories.  Buying yarn online can be a bit fraught so they have gathered the best into one place.  They have knit, washed and worn everything so people know it’s all been tried and tested by knitters. The Loveliest Yarn Company stock artisan hand dyed yarn from Life in the Long Grass, organic merino from Rosy Green Wool, some great stalwarts of the yarn world from West Yorkshire Spinners, irresistible accessories from Merchant and Mills and lots more.  All from theloveliestyarncompany.co.uk. Podcast listeners can get 10% off in October, November and December with the code YITCEnabled2016.  If you aren’t shopping for yarn at the moment, sign up for their newsletter on the site.  News and Events:  The are no new events. Just the Yarnporium. Happening November 5th and 6th. November 1st is the last day to get your early bird pricing on advance tickets.  After that you'll have to pay £10 for a day ticket and £15 for a weekend ticket. OK, it's not entirely true that nothing else is going on... 10-13th November: Geeky Puffin Knit Palooza, Farnham - classes, marketplace and a London Yarn Crawl led by Alli! 12th November: Festiwool, North Herts College, Hitchin Entire month: we hope you’ll join along with Felicity Ford of Knitsonik and Louise Scollay of Knit British in the celebration of all things wool that is WOVEMBER. What we’re working on:  Rachel is knitting Green Memories by La Maison Rililie.  Allison is comfort knitting. Destressing with a Hogwarts scarf for Harry and the slowly growing Garter Goodness shawl by Stephen West.  More Yarnporium awesome-ness: There are a few more Yarnporium special events to highlight: Pom Pom Quarterly will be hosting designer signings with Stephen West and Justyna Lorkowska! Justyna there on Saturday from 11am to 1pm and Stephen from 1-3pm. Stephen will also be around on Sunday from noon to 2pm.  A Yarn Story will be bringing in an uber special exclusive: La Bien Aimée hand-dyed yarn from Paris. AYS is bringing a selection of colours on the Merino Singles base. They will also be bringing yarns from Hedgehog Fibres, The Fibre Co., Julie Asselin and SweetGeorgia Yarns.  Inspiration Knits designer Louise Zass-Bangham will be bringing her book Knit Play Colour along with yarns for many of the patterns. She will have a wide selection of yarn from the Countess Ablaze (who NEVER does yarn shows but sells online only or out of her Manchester studio) and also a wide variety from Eden Cottage Yarns. It's a lovely way for both of these yarn companies to be at the Yarnporium when they couldn't otherwise!  Midwinter Yarns have a new Aran weight yarn in 6 natural shades called Suomivilla that they are bringing to the Yarnporium. They also have official Baa-ble Hat kits that include the original pattern by Donna Smith, or people may be interested in getting the yarn to make Donna's new hat and cowl pattern!  Kettle Yarn Co. are debuting their brand new Baskerville DARK yarn which contains more Gotland than the original for added depth and halo to Linda's already gorgeous colours. She's offering 10% off purchases of Baskerville DARK skeins to the first 10 customers who use the codeword "GOTLANDFOREVER".   We're also delighted that designer Karie Westermann is joining us all the way from Glasgow. Karie doesn't get down south too often to teach so we feel it's a real coup to have her! Even better, Karie has designed a brand new workshop that is being taught for the first time at the Yarnporium: Knitting the Landscape. In this workshop Karie will help knitters explore how to express their memories and thoughts of a specific place through their knitting using texture, stitch patterns and colour.  While we're crazy for all the yarn fumes that will be at the Yarnporium, it's also a perfect weekend to start Christmas gift shopping and many of our vendors will have non-yarny items for all the BKFFs out there include Wendy Fowler's gorgeous yarn bowls, glass stitch markers brought in by C.C. Almon of JavaPurl Designs, and wonderful project bags by The Little Grey Girl. Joe's Toes and The Knitting Shed also have fantastic kits if you'd like to make something for little people on your list.   We're also excited to welcome new vendors Mahliqa (knitted jewellery kits), Chunky Row and Once Upon a Time Skeins as well as local to London yarn dyers Travelknitter, Whimzy, The Wool Kitchen and Easyknits and local fibre dyer Porpoise Fur!  Finally, Sarah from Crafts from the Cwtch will be taking over our Instagram feed on the Saturday of the show - be sure to say hi! Woolly Wovember:  WOVEMBER is an amazing grass-roots movement to recognise and celebrate wool in all it's forms. Read their open letter to the Campaign for Wool and see how to get involved. We're also going to take part in Vestvember - come join in! *** 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 (all available on NoiseTrade): Michigan Left - Arkells Hey Doreen - Lucius

Welcome to The Crochet Circle Podcast. Here are the show notes from Episode Eight - I'm Still Standing.   In this episode we will be covering Yay Crochet or Nay Crochet; Yarn Clubs; Book Review of 'Three from the Top'; Yarndale Festival Review; FOs; WIPs; Feeding the Habit; a quick update on our first book 'Take Two' and finishing with What's Good?   This podcast is sponsored by my online crafting company, Provenance Craft Co. and Lynne Rowe Knitting and Crochet 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:   Thank you for helping us reach over 5200 audio downloads and to all of our lovely listeners and watchers for tuning in.  As well as our audio podcast, we will also upload each audio episode to our YouTube channel - The Crochet Circle Podcast.  This may be a few days after the audio launch each month.   1.Yay Crochet or Nay Crochet (at 3.25 mins) It's a yay from Fay: Having previously had a Nay Crochet about the lack of crochet stalls at yarn events, I am pleased to report that my Yay Crochet is the amount of crochet related stalls at Yarndale.  I pulled together the below map to aid crocheters that were coming to Yarndale and for those that weren't able to get there so that they could go on-line and investigate the vendors.   It's also a yay from Lynne:  The love for crochet seems to be growing - I currently have 12 lovely ladies eagerly awaiting their weekly "learn to crochet class" at Sandbach Boys School, Cheshire. Classes are run by The Link and the next round of classes will be "next steps crochet". 2. Yarn Clubs (at 7.35 mins) This kick starts the beginning of a new series where we talk about yarn clubs.  The intention is to cover off standard yarn clubs within this episode and in the coming couple of months investigate themed yarn clubs (where you get more than just the yarn) and crochet boxes (where you receive the yarn, pattern etc. either in one hit or as part of a larger month by month project).    Fay signed up to a club from Life in the Long Grass, an Irish based husband and wife dying team.  They take inspiration from their surroundings and pull together some of the nicest speckled yarns available.     Amazingly, Fay managed to wait a whopping 24 days to open up the package so that it could be done as part of the podcast recording. Was it worth the wait?  Yes it was!  Looking forward to the next instalment? Oh, yes.     Here are the details of Fay's yarn club subscription: Name: Life in the Long Grass (LITLG) Autumn Club. Cost: The single subscription is 70 EUROS or you can double up to get 2 x 100g skeins over three months for 120 EUROS.  This means that each skein including P&P costs 20 EUROS (about £105 for the entire double subscription - £17.50 per skein).  This is good value for money given that a single skein costs £19 elsewhere and you may also incur P&P costs if you buy online.     Colours: You don't know what they will be in advance, although you can guess that because it is the autumn club, the colours will be autumnal. Had I seen this in a shop, I wouldn't have gone to buy it, however, I absolutely love all of the colours.  Receiving yarn in this way can be a risk because you don't know what the colours will be.  I am very happy with the colours I received in the first month and the fact that they will move me on from my usual colour palette of blues.    Yarn base: Another factor to think about is whether you are going to like the base that they are using.  I had already squished LITLG yarn and so I knew that I liked their base (75% superwash merino 25% nylon, 100g is 400m) and wouldn't have any issues with it.       Lynne has ordered a one-month subscription from Baa Baa Brighouse and it is due to arrive in October. The yarn dyer for October was Katie Pearce of Sylvan Tiger Yarn, based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. Her inspiration came from ‘Stained Glass’ by Shutterspot Photography. The picture was taken at St Matthew’s Church in Rastrick, just a stone’s throw away from Baa Baa Brighouse HQ. There is evidence to suggest that the site has been a place of worship from as early as the 10th Century.  The colourway will be based on a stained glass window.   Here are some of the other yarn only clubs (from the British Isles) that we have come across, and if you think we have missed any or, you have suggestions, why not add them to our yarn club chat thread in Ravelry?    1 - Hedgehog Fibre Twist Club, 100g each month for three months for 64.50 EUROS (not sure if this includes the 14 EUROS P&P). 2 - The Golden Skein The Power of 3 Yarn Club, 100g each month includes postage and continues for three months for £75 in total. 3 - Devon Sun Yarns Sock Yarn Club, 100g each month for three months for £55 including P&P. 4 - DT Crafts Super Sock Medley Membership. 100g each month for three months including P&P for £45. 5 - Ripples Crafts Yarn Notes from Assynt (Reliable Sock) Club, 100g each month for three months including P&P for £52. 6 - Cuddlebums Sock Yarn Club, 100g per month and can be purchased on a monthly basis for £16.50 including P&P.  A general google search for 'Yarn Clubs UK' will bring up lots of other options.  Our suggestion would be to check them all out (you won't know the prices of some until the club goes live) and sign up to the dyer's newsletters and follow them on social media.  That way, you will be one of the first to know about their yarn club openings.  You need to be quick though because they generally sell out very quickly.   3. Book Review - Three from the Top (at 25.55 mins) We talk about the duo of Kat Goldin and Joanne Scrace rather a lot, and with good reason.  They create gorgeous, functional, well-written patterns using beautiful yarns.  Back in April, they brought out a book called 'Three from the Top' but whilst we haven't been able to make anything from it yet, one of the Crochet Circler's, Helen, has so far made two of the three cardigans from the book, so we asked her to do the review for us and she kindly agreed! Here is a picture of Helen wearing her version of the Aberfoyle cardigan and below are the top-line details of her review.  The full review can be read on Ravelry here.     Three from the Top highlights: Overall: 5/5. Value for money: 5/5 (£12 hardcopy plus digital or £10 digital only). Likelihood to make again: High. Likelihood to recommend to a friend: Yes - I already have!  The book can be bought online at The Crochet Project. 4. Yarndale (at 34.20 mins) Fay: It is a very different proposition to attend a yarn festival as a trader rather than a visitor.  It is hard work and you are 'on' with nowhere to hide for a full two days.  I have a newfound respect for people that are trading at yarn festivals weekend after weekend.   It was lovely to meet so many Crochet Circle listeners and special thanks to Kate for showing us her beautiful crocheted shawl and Eleanor for the offer of a cuppa next time we are in the area. The only downside to Yarndale 2016 was that I didn't have any time to go yarn shopping.  Dinna fash yersels readers, I was in Glasgow for 24 hours last weekend and more than made up for it!   Lynne: Despite being shattered, I had a great time exhibiting at Yarndale. It was lovely to meet so many people and chat about knitting and crochet. Thanks to everyone who bought my books and to my good friend Cassie for helping me on the stand - I couldn't have done it without her. And thanks to Martine for providing regular hot drinks on Sunday. Overall it was a great success. I'm so glad that a lot of my knitting and crocheted samples have gone to new homes and hopefully, I'll be seeing lots of FOs of your Mandalas and Fairytale characters.     Easily the cutest visitor that we had at the stand.   The baby was given one of Lynne's samples to wear.   5. FOs (at 58.25 mins) Fay: My FOs have been reasonably small ones this month because I was making little things to dotaround my Yarndale stall such as the Cow Parsely Garland that I had favourited in a previous Magazine Roundup.  The only big item that I finished was my second crocheted garment for Yarndale - Wrapover Top as seen below. You can get all of the details from my Ravelry page.   Lynne: most of my FOs have been work-related so it's hard to share them with you before they're published. But I did create a cute little cuddle bear for Yarndale with his own snuggle blanket, and he proved very popular.   Also, I recently completed another toy for Crochet now magazine, which is a dress-up doll. Each month, a new outfit will be published. I love how Editor Hugh has made a clothes rail for her outfits.   6. WIPs (at  66 mins) Fay: Some of mine (shorelines blanket, Tardis cushion, two Uncia shawls) haven't been picked up at all but this is mainly because of Yarndale and Take Two preparations.  I have been working on a couple of knitted pairs of socks, one of which is for a charity project and that is all I have had time for.   So, my WIP list is currently at six including the socks below.   Lynne: I'm the same as last month at 14, as I haven’t had any time to work on my own WIPS. I’ve started and finished lots of projects (work-related) but nothing for myself so I’m really looking forward finishing my Search Press book so that I can get on with making things for myself (hopefully). 7. Feeding the Habit (at 76.50 mins) Fay: Well of course very little was added at Yarndale, but a couple of weeks before, I took part in The Great London Yarn Crawl.  In short, you sign up to be with a group that has a specific route for the day and times to be at certain yarn shops in London.  We had a fab tour guide called Jenny who successfully navigated us around the busy London streets from Liberty's to i Knit London and then on to Sharp Works (my absolute favourite of the three shops).  As we were all so fleet of foot, we managed to cram in Loop London as well before making our way to the pub (open just for yarn crawlers) for the raffles and a Q&A session. It was a great day out and formed a large part of my best friend Jenny's birthday present. Here are September's yarn purchases! 1 - Sassenach from Yarns from the Plain    2 - Knit by Numbers from John Arbon Textiles   3 - DK from Wensleydale Sheep Shop bought at i Knit London   4 - Mini from Owl About Yarn   5 - Mini from Third Vault Yarns   6 - Alpaca from Juniper Moon Farms, bought at Sharp Works in London   7 - Madelinetosh bought from Loop London A couple of weeks before that, I had organised a yarn dying workshop which of course meant more yarn acquisitions.  It was great fun to try dip dying, kettle dyeing and hand painting and all three techniques gave very different results.  So far, I have started a pair of socks off in my hand-painted yarn (see the Fugly Sock picture under my WIPs). This picture shows lots of the yarn dyed during the workshop - so many colours! Lynne: I bought a sock bag from Fay at her yarn dying workshop along with a tension square gauge and some lovely Italian scissors and a leather sheath. I also bought a couple of skeins of yarn from Nic (Yarns from the Plain) and two cute little tins of hand cream from Rachel Atkinson at Yarndale.       8.Take Two update     We took our samples for our book 'Take Two' to Yarndale and they were very well received.  The book will be available in November and here is a hint of what it will contain:   It will cost £12 for the hard/digital copy and £10 for digital-only copy.     9. What’s Good (at 105 mins) Fay: Whilst doing all of the preparation work I had many hours to listen to/watch podcasts.  I binge-watched Tilly Trout on YouTube because she is always upbeat and positive and kept me motivated through many days of hard graft!  Tilly mainly knits but also makes quite a few crochet projects.  If you need to brighten your day, try a Tilly Trout episode!   A sneaky second What's Good? is that I am going to be in Glasgow for 24 hours and my DAD (!) has looked up which yarn shops I would want to go to. I will be heading to The Yarn Cake and The Queen of Purls and will report back in the next episode.   Lynne: I've made a start on my new regime - to work upstairs in the Woolnest instead of downstairs in the dining room/living room. It's much better in terms of keeping the house tidy and having everything accessible and close to hand. Next stop is to sort out my work/life balance - watch this space.   Also, I spotted a new yarn shop in Congleton, on West Street, called the Craft Barn (or the Craft room?) - I'll check it out and let you know all about it next time.   Happy listening and crocheting.   Lynne and Fay x   Instagram: Crochet_Circle_Podcast  Instagram: provenance.craft.co   Instagram: FayDHDesigns YouTube: The Crochet Circle Podcast Crochet Clan on Mighty Network: Invite        

We're back from Yarndale with lots of colourful news to share, including interviews with Alexa from Tin Can Knits (and a giveaway of their new book!) and Joy from The Knitting Goddess! Sponsor: The Loveliest Yarn Company is a new online yarn shop bringing you the loveliest yarn and knitting accessories.  Buying yarn online can be a bit fraught so they have gathered the best into one place.  They have knit, washed and worn everything so people know it’s all been tried and tested by knitters. The Loveliest Yarn Company stock artisan hand dyed yarn from Life in the Long Grass, organic merino from Rosy Green Wool, some great stalwarts of the yarn world from West Yorkshire Spinners, irresistible accessories from Merchant and Mills and lots more.  All from theloveliestyarncompany.co.uk. Podcast listeners can get 10% off in October with the code YITCEnabled2016.  If you aren’t shopping for yarn at the moment, sign up for their newsletter on the site.  Shout outs, news and events: 3rd-9th October: Spinzilla 5-9th October: Knitting & Stitching Show, Ally Pally - If you're going, please say hello to our awesome sponsor Michelle from The Loveliest Yarn Company who will be on stand C28 with her beautiful yarns! 8th October: Little Grey Girl birthday party, Countess Ablaze Studio in Manchester 9th October: YARN the movie, various locations - we'll be at Hackney Picturehouse in London 10th-16th October: UK Wool Week 15th October: Stitch Solihull stitch up 22nd-23rd October: Bakewell Wool Gathering 29th-30th October: Kendal Wool Gathering  But of course our big and exciting news is that advance tickets and workshop registration for Yarnporium the 5th and 6th of November are now available!  We're thrilled with the stellar line-up of tutors and classes that we've arranged for the Yarnporium. Classes run 3 hours each and are on both Saturday and Sunday with offerings from Julia Billings, Renée Callahan, Kat Goldin, Joanne Scrace, Juju Vail and Karie Westermann. Click here to see the list of all workshops or click here to register or buy your tickets! What we're working on: Allison is working on the sleeves of her Porpoise Fur handspun sweater (see? they're hidden in the photo above!) as well as getting ready for Spinzilla this week. What to spin? What to spin? Rachel was too busy getting ready for Yarndale (and recovering from Yarndale) to get much knitting done but did manage to finish her sweater design in The Fibre Co.'s new Arranmore yarn which will be an exclusive pattern for A Yarn Story.  Mad About Colour Our theme for this episode is a colourful one thanks to the release of Tin Can Knits latest book Mad Colour and a new collaboration between The Knitting Goddess and Blacker Yarns for Blacker's St. Kilda limited edition lace weight. We interview both Alexa from Tin Can Knits and Joy from The Knitting Goddess with lots of chatter about colour and why we love it. Mad Colour Giveaway! Tin Can Knits have kindly given as a copy of the Mad Colour e-book to give away to a lucky listener! If you'd like to enter for a chance to win, leave a comment on these show notes by Thursday, 13th October. Tell us which pattern you'd knit first, your favourite colour, and your Ravelry name so that we can notify you if you're the winner. We'll announce the winner on the next episode of the podcast. Good luck! 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 (all available on NoiseTrade): Michigan Left - Arkells Hey Doreen - Lucius

There's starting to be a crispness to the air which means that knitting season is here! We're a little giddy over this small fact and are ready to cast on ALL. THE. THINGS. Sponsor: The Loveliest Yarn Company is a new online yarn shop bringing you the loveliest yarn and knitting accessories.  Buying yarn online can be a bit fraught so they have gathered the best into one place.  They have knit, washed and worn everything so people know it’s all been tried and tested by knitters. The Loveliest Yarn Company stock artisan hand dyed yarn from Life in the Long Grass, organic merino from Rosy Green Wool, some great stalwarts of the yarn world from West Yorkshire Spinners, irresistible accessories from Merchant and Mills and lots more.  All from theloveliestyarncompany.co.uk. Podcast listeners can get 10% off in September with the code YITCEnabled2016.  If you aren’t shopping for yarn at the moment, sign up for their newsletter on the site.  News and Events: Only a handful of tickets are left for this year's GLYC. Get your tickets here for this weekend! September 5th - Knitflix, part of the Peckham and Nunhead Free Film Festival. More details posted in our Ravelry group here. September 16-18 – Kirstie Allsop presents The Handmade Fair at Hampton Court Palace September 24-25 – Masham Sheep Fair, Masham  September 24-25 – Yarndale, Skipton Auction Mart (where you can get your Porpoise Fur and YITC fix) September 25th - London Wool Fair & Sheep Drive - happening around Monument and London Bridge and featuring 40 craft and fashion accessories market stalls, 12 street food stalls and 4 fashion pods with displays and a display showing the story of wool. The event will also feature the Band of the Irish Guard and their Irish wolfhound mascot. September 29-October 2 – Loch Ness Knit Fest in Inverness, Scotland September 30-October 2 – Made on Holiday Yarn in the Country retreat in Devon. We're excited to have been invited by Made on Holiday to teach at their retreat and are looking forward to a fantastic weekend playing with colour. There's 10% off registration for YITC listeners - just use code GLYC2016 when making your booking. What we're working on: Rachel has cast on for the Espresso Macchiato socks in her excitement with the start of knitting season. Her latest huge shawl is almost done but finishing was thwarted by missing yarn. Allison has FINALLY finished the never-ending Toddler Hoodie (which had almost never ending ends to weave in thanks to the stripes). She's also finished crocheting an Easy Ripple baby blanket (minus the border) and has moved back to finishing her Because Sock Yarn shawl. Knitting Season: Both of us are making plenty of plans of what to knit next now that the weather is starting to turn! We chat about our goals, all the things we want to cast on and how we get ourselves organised for the best knitting season of the year. Apparently there's a whole back-to-school philosophy that we agree on and a heavy amount of pre-processing is involved. We also decide that Kate Bostwick's upcoming Lambton Panes KAL should be the "unofficial KAL" leading up to November's Yarnporium. Join us? Wrap up: We hope you’ll make a plan to join us on Saturday, September 10th for the Great London Yarn Crawl. Tickets are selling quickly so get yours soon!  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 (all available on NoiseTrade): I want you to want me - Letters to Cleo Pass it on - Candythief

Welcome to The Crochet Circle Podcast. Here are the Show Notes from Episode Seven - Buzz, Buzz, Buzz.     In this episode we continue with our crochet journeys, including helpful hints on sewing up; Yay Crochet or Nay Crochet; Yarn Club; Magazine Round-up; WIP's and FOs; Feeding the Habit, including Fay's trip to Fibre East; a sneaky peak at a couple of projects from our first book "Take Two" and finishing with What's Good.   This podcast is sponsored by my online crafting company, Provenance Craft Co. and Lynne Rowe Knitting and Crochet 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:   Thank you for helping us reach over 4100 audio downloads.  Thanks to all of our lovely listeners and watchers for tuning in.  As well as our audio podcast, we will also upload each audio episode to Youtube. We've now taken the plunge with Episode Seven and recorded it live for Youtube, which was exciting but a bit nerve-wracking too. So shortly you can see us as well as hear us. We also have a new backdrop, curated by Fay: You can find us here on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUpBm_Y5l_7S4Q114eKd11g   1.Yay Crochet or Nay Crochet (at 10:00 mins) It's a bit of both from Lynne: I recently went to Portugal on our family holiday and spotted quite a few crochet garments and accessories. The first thing I spotted was a gorgeous long cover-up which I  don't think was handmade, but it was lovely all the same. I also spotted a few nice crochet bags and some bright pink crocheted tops that seemed to be very popular. But the icing on the crochet cake was a crochet swimming costume – yes indeed I did spot a crocheted costume. It was quite like a bikini that was then joined down the middle. I didn’t see it in water – only on the sunbed, so not sure how it held up when wet.   It's a Yay Crochet from Fay: One of my book designs is a bag.        I finished it about a week ago and wasn’t 100% sure of the bag flap that I had designed.  So, come Monday morning I took the time to very carefully undo the flap - easier than it sounds because the yarn is a Mohair and Wensleydale mix and it took me a couple of hours.  I redesigned the flap and am now really pleased with the overall design and functionality of the bag.  It was worth taking the time out and getting the project to where I wanted it to be.   2. Our Crochet Journey: Weaving in ends when finished and when changing colour (at 20:00 mins) The easiest method is when joining double crochet row ends together as you can join the pieces by simply working double crochet (US single crochet) through the row ends of your work (working 1dc into each row end). This produces a neat, slightly stretchy finish. If you want a non-stretchy finish, use slip stitch instead.   If your work is in treble crochet (US double crochet) or half treble (US half double crochet) then it's not as straight forward because the posts of the stitches are longer, so working 1 stitch through each row end doesn't work. It's often a case of trial and error - try working 2 stitches into one row-end then just 1 stitch into the next row end, and repeat to the end. The good thing with crochet is that you can easily rip it out if there are too many or too few stitches.   Alternatively, you can use whip stitch to join trebles and half trebles, inserting your wool needle through the posts of the stitch (rather than underneath them, which can create a gap and leave the seam looking a little unsightly). Fay decided to add a row of double crochet (US single crochet) along the side of her garment, to create a much neater finish.      Granny Squares are easier to join as you already have a neat chain edge all around. You can use either double crochet (US single crochet), working through the back loops of the outside stitches (on the right side or wrong side depending on if you want a visible seam or not). You can also use a slip stitch to join Granny Squares but only use this on the wrong side of your work.    When changing colour when working, you can work over your yarn ends (like Tapestry Crochet), so hold your yarn end across the top of the stitches being worked and when you insert you hook into the stitch, wrap yarn around hook and pull back though, you will trap the yarn end into the stitch. Do this for about 6 or 7 stitches.   Links to useful websites for joining your work: Joining seams with a slip stitch and double crochet (US single crochet): http://www.simplycrochetmag.co.uk/2013/01/09/beginners-class-joining-shapes-together/   Joining Granny Squares using 4 different methods: http://blog.deramores.com/how-to-crochet-joining-granny-squares/ Joining Granny Squares as you go: http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/joining-asyougo-sqaures.html     3. Magazine Reviews (at 41:00 mins) Let's Get Crafting issue 84: Theme is Christmas (is this too early?? - what do you think). There are lots of cute toys and decorations.   Lynne's favourite is the Bear from North Pole Buddies (page 40) designed by Aine Marriott.   Fay's favourite is the article "From Barn to Yarn" on pages 20 and 21. See issue 84 projects here on Ravelry: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/lets-get-crafting-knitting--crochet-84/patterns   Inside Crochet issue 80: Theme is still summery. Lynne's favourite is Star in a Star Blanket, by Red Sparrow Crochet, page 77 Fay's favourite is Wayfairer's Jumper by Molla Mills See issue 80 projects here on Ravelry: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/inside-crochet-issue-80-2016   Crochet Now Issue 5: Theme is 'bright'. Lynne's favourite is the free Mandala pattern booklet - The Big Mandala Swap which includes Lynne's design in Reds and Oranges, called Passion, page 42.   Crochet Now has teamed up with charity Rethink and yarn shops across the country so you can make a Mandala to swap, and maybe find a new crochet friend. Pages 80 and 81. Find out more about the Big Mandala Swap here: http://www.crochetnow.co.uk/mandala-swap/ Fay's favourite is Patchwork Garden Baby Blanket by San Beee, pages 60 and 61. Link to Crochet Now: http://www.crochetnow.co.uk/     4. FO's (at 51:50 mins) Fay: Blanket and cushion for our book.  Both were using Alafoss Lopi wool: http://alafoss.is/knitting-yarn/alafoss-lopi/ which is from the Icelandic sheep and is a chunky yarn.  I used a 5.5mm hook (US size 9). The fourth sock as part of my study in sock stripes – I have no HOs!    I have used four different techniques to try to find the best way of adding even stripes to socks and other projects knit in the round.  I have written a blog post about it so if you are also a knitter and like me have been striving to find the perfect stripe technique, take a look here: https://www.knitit-hookit-craftit.com/blogs/news/jog-free-sock-stripes-two-pairs-of-socks-from-100g-of-yarn    I was using two different John Arbon sock yarns.  The pink is Exmoor Sock Yarn in shade Blossom: https://www.jarbon.com/yarns/exmoor-sock-yarn/exmoor-sock-yarn?zenid=u4mj75qpai6ncafru3fd9blr22#.V73Q9ZgrLic  The grey is Alpaca Sock Yarn in shade Charcoal: https://www.jarbon.com/yarns-wools/alpaca/alpaca-sock-yarn/uk-alpaca-sock-yarn?zenid=u4mj75qpai6ncafru3fd9blr22#.V73RC5grLic I use 2.5mm needles and generally knit a 60 stitch sock. A pair of these lovely socks will be donated to Winwick Mum's Yarndale sock appeal: http://winwickmum.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/yarndale-sock-line-2016.html     A few episodes ago I'd been a bit eager and put this shawl in my FO list and then had to admit within the podcast that I had messed up the rows.  I left it on the naughty step for two months, then frogged it back and then inside of four nights, I had knitted the lace and done the picot edge bind-off.  I used Rowan Finest for this project in shade 067 Cool: http://www.knitrowan.com/yarns/rowan-finest   It was glorious to work with, so soft and warm.  I used 4mm (US 6)  Knit Pro Symphonies. It is made from extra-fine merino, cashmere and royal alpaca.  I didn’t know what ‘royal alpaca was so I looked it up.  Baby alpaca is between 19 and 21 microns in diameter.  Royal alpaca is anything below 19 microns and so is supposedly the finest alpaca that you can get.  Only about 1% of the alpaca produced is deemed to be royal alpaca. Human hairs range from about 17 – 181 microns depending on age, colour, weather etc. You can find out more about Royal Alpaca here: http://www.alpacacollections.com/natural-fibers     I mentioned a couple of episodes ago that I had bought The Book of Haps by Kate Davies Designs, even though I had tried my hardest not to.  I also tried to not join the KAL and failed miserably! I used Rowan Felted Tweed in five different colours and really love the outcome.  All of the details on yarn and needles can be found on my Ravelry page:  http://www.ravelry.com/projects/MaDashper/nut-hap   I have added extensive notes, so if you were thinking about doing a Nut-Hap, you may want to take a look at my Kingfisher version before you start.  Mine is huge (but still lovely)!   I would definitely use this yarn for crocheting with and am currently dreaming up a cowl design for my leftover Rowan Felted Tweed.    Lynne: The only FOs I can share are the projects for our book – I finally finished my cushion which I LOVE, especially as it uses one of my favourite yarns (Wendy Ramsdale). I love the texture that I’ve created, which works perfectly with the yarn (which almost feels a little felted). I finished a shawlette (also for the book) and lots of projects for my latest Search Press book – I did have some knitting help with a couple of the projects, which was a relief, but there was still a lot of work to do, alongside some regular commissions that I do each month, so I’ve literally been knitting or crocheting all day pretty much every day and will be doing so for the foreseeable future. This month I've made: 2 hot water bottle covers, boot toppers, crochet collar, bunting, hats, washcloths, a deep cowl, a pincushion, a dress-up doll with outfits and some stuff I can't even remember. I've worked with some gorgeous yarns, including Sublime's Evie and Superfine Alpaca DK - both are beautifully soft to work with and are firmly placed on my "favourite yarns" list: http://sublimeyarns.com/       5. WIPs (at 72:45 mins) Fay: My WIPS are five in total plus some projects that didn’t even make the WIP list. I still have some standard items like the Tardis cushion and shorelines blanket which have had NO LOVE!  I have had to work on lots of crochet projects for the book and so these two WIPs have been placed on the back burner for now.   I've made a decent amount of progress on my Wrap Over Top from Simply Crochet issue 41.  Again I am using Rowan Finest but in shade 069 Star.  It's really lovely to crochet with even though it splits occasionally. So far I have used 9 balls worth and will probably need to put 12 into it.  Luckily I got the yarn at the Black Sheep Wools sale and so got 10 balls for under £30 instead of £65!  I had to do some maths to rejig the pattern for this yarn, and now that I am on the last 6 rows (but I will probably extend it) I can see that my calculations seem to have worked, so very worthwhile doing the swatching, blocking and maths.     I may have also started two new haps from The Book of Haps… Uncia – using John Arbon’s Harvest Hue’s 4 ply in Blue Spruce https://www.jarbon.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=36_184_176&products_id=245#.V73ZDZgrLic Uncia– using John Arbon’s Devon Wensleydale 4 ply which is an undyed natural grey.  Lynne: I'm the same as last month at 14, as I haven’t had any time to work on my own WIPS. I’ve started and finished lots of projects (work related) but nothing for myself so I’m really looking forward to a yarn dying workshop next week, organised by Fay, as it will be a nice to step away from knitting and crocheting for  few hours and learn a new skill. 6. Feeding the Habit Rabbit (rabbit... rabbit... rabbit) Link to Chas and Dave song "Rabbit, Rabbit": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOSseI1hao8   Fay: Since we last recorded, I've been to Fibre East. Unsurprisingly the yarn that I got was John Arbon mini skeins and some BFL fibre tops, also from John and Juliet.  The stand across from them at Fibre East was selling spindles and so I bought one of them too because I am desperate to learn how to draft, ready for the inevitable spinning wheel. Other habit feeders were our new mascot, who remains nameless until the competition has been judged at the beginning of September.  I also bought a new shawl pin which is ceramic and made in the UK: http://an-caitin-beag.myshopify.com/    I also bought some 2 ply linen to  play with and Verity’s new sock book  –  The Sock Drawer: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/449213136/the-sock-drawer-pattern-collection?ref=shop_home_active_1  If you haven’t heard the interview with Verity from Truly Hooked yet, then take a listen - it's been one of our most popular interviews to date.     However, that was on the 31st of July and so I created a self-imposed yarn diet throughout the month of August. Today is the 25th and, so far I have not bought any yarn that will be in my hands in August (apart from signing up to a yarn club).  I have six more days of no yarn buying and can prove a point to myself.   Lynne: I haven’t bought anything either this month, as I know I don’t have any time to crochet or knit and the Woolnest is just overflowing with stuff. So rather than buy new yarn I’ve gone through my drawers and bags and sorted out all the yarn I know I won’t use and will be selling this at Yarndale and hope that it will go to a good home and that someone will make something lovely out of it all.     7. Our First Crochet Circle Book (at 101:55 mins) We're really excited to tell you a little about the book that we have been working on.  It is called "Take Two" and the premise is simple.  We've each designed four crochet patterns.  Lynne has designed a long cowl with matching mittens, a blanket and a cushion. I have designed a short cowl, a bag, a narrow shawl and a purse.   So there's something for everyone - from accessories to homewares. There are two key differences with this book. The first is that the yarns we used had to be British and in particular had to be spun in the North of England as we feel proud of our industrial heritage and that fact that we still have working mills that produce amazing yarns.    The second is that we both re-made each other’s patterns using our own stash yarn.  This has allowed us to showcase British yarns and to also show how a change in yarn weight, colour or a slight variation in the pattern can create an entirely different project.  You don’t always have to use the yarns stated in a pattern and so we hope to encourage you to look to your stash when you are crocheting from a pattern and don't be afraid to substitute yarn and make the pattern your own.   Take Two is essentially two designers, eight patterns with two interpretations, creating sixteen designs.   Lynne’s favourite pattern from the book and yarn is: I'm twixt between my textured blanket which uses West Yorkshire Spinners Signature 4-ply yarn, and my textured cushion, but I think may be cushion just takes it (and has yet to be named).     The basis of the cushion is treble crochet worked in rounds, but for the front piece the rounds are worked in back loops only, leaving the front loops free for working a picot - this creates the deep texture (resembling a Chrysanthemum Flower). You could make it in almost any yarn, from 4-ply to chunky so it’s really versatile and looks like a shop-bought cushion. The size I made with DK yarn took just 6 balls of 50g. I used Wendy Ramsdale which is bred, spun and dyed in Yorkshire and is a sturdy yarn, which is great for a cushion, but it’s definitely a design that you could use up different yarns from your stash. Yarn support was kindly provided by Laughing Hens: https://www.laughinghens.com/ Fay's favourite design is Colosseum.  It is a narrow shawl that uses just one skein of 4 ply yarn.  The pattern is really simple and memorable, yet elegant and light.  I really love all of the yarns that I used for my patterns – Erika Knight and Whistlebare.  The yarns were specifically chosen to be soft or lustrous where they needed to be or hard-wearing where required – like the bag.              8.Yarn Clubs (at 115:20 mins)   We mentioned in Episode 6 that we wanted to do a review on yarn clubs.  We know that a few people that have signed up to them but neither Lynne nor I ever have.  So, in the interests of fair reporting and for you lovely Crochet Circler’s, Fay has selflessly signed up to a yarn club with Life in the Long Grass - a husband and wife team based in Ireland: https://www.lifeinthelonggrass.com/clubs/   Fay will open her parcel when we record the next podcast so we'll capture her excitement.  Lynne will look into other clubs, including Baa Baa Brighouse Yan Tan Tethera's club: https://www.baabaabrighouse.co.uk/shop/yan-tan-tethera-yarn-club/yan-tan-tethera-subscription/   So, in the next episode, we will be able to report back with a list of available yarn clubs, the cost of Fay's LITLG club and reaction to it, people’s feedback on yarn clubs that they have been part of. So, if there is anything that you would like to know about yarn clubs, please let us know through Ravelry – we will start a thread called ‘Things to know about yarn clubs’ and we will endeavour to answer your questions.     9. What’s Good (at 123:15 mins) Fay: I'm organising a workshop under the banner of KNIT IT – HOOK IT – CRAFT IT on hand-dyed yarns on the 3rd September and 10 of us will get to try out three different yarn dyeing methods – kettle, hand painted and dip-dyed.  I'm really looking forward to spending a day learning to dye with some lovely people.  It will be a welcome break from all of the work that I have been doing.    Lynne: I received advanced copies of my Mandala Book earlier this week, which was really exciting. I’m delighted at how lovely it looks. It’s one of the "20 to Make" titles by Search Press, and the idea is that the projects are quick to make, yet all different and interesting too. Hoping to have them for sale at Yarndale but not sure if they will arrive in time – fingers crossed: https://www.searchpress.com/book/9781782214342/crocheted-mandalas    Happy listening and crocheting.   Lynne and Fay x   Instagram: Crochet_Circle_Podcast  Instagram: provenance.craft.co   Instagram: FayDHDesigns YouTube: The Crochet Circle Podcast Crochet Clan on Mighty Network: Invite                          

We are reunited once again on the same side of the pond, and we are ogling the goodies that have been coming in for this year’s Great London Yarn Crawl! They’re too fabulous not to share so this episode will be lots of love and shoutouts for our amazing sponsors. So go hide your credit cards, grab your coffee and your knitting, and kick back with us! Sponsor: The Loveliest Yarn Company is a new online yarn shop bringing you the loveliest yarn and knitting accessories.  Buying yarn online can be a bit fraught so they have gathered the best into one place.  They have knit, washed and worn everything so people know it’s all been tried and tested by knitters. The Loveliest Yarn Company stock artisan hand dyed yarn from Life in the Long Grass, organic merino from Rosy Green Wool, some great stalwarts of the yarn world from West Yorkshire Spinners, irresistible accessories from Merchant and Mills and lots more.  All from theloveliestyarncompany.co.uk. Podcast listeners can get 10% off in July, August and September with the code YITCEnabled2016.  If you aren’t shopping for yarn at the moment, sign up for their newsletter on the site.  News and Events: There are less than 40 tickets left for this year’s Great London Yarn Crawl as of recording day! Make sure you’re keeping an eye on our Ravelry board and our blog for details about the day as well as logistics and our sponsors. Now until 4th September – the Missoni Art Colour exhibition is on at the Fashion & Textile Museum in London. September 4th – Horsley Wool Fair and Artists' Open Studio, Horsley NE15 0NT September 16-18 – Kirstie Allsop presents The Handmade Fair at Hampton Court Palace September 24-25 – Masham Sheep Fair, Masham HG4 4DZ September 24-25 – Yarndale, Skipton Auction Mart (where you can get your Porpoise Fur and YITC fix) Septembe 29-October 2 – Loch Ness Knit Fest in Inverness, Scotland September 30-October 2 – Made on Holiday Yarn in the Country retreat in Devon with us Knitting for Fort McMurray - Podcast listener Ramona has been organising a knitting drive in Toronto to benefit those affected by the devastating fire in Fort McMurray, Alberta earlier this spring (the whole city had to be evacuated!). Winters in Fort McMurrary are incredibly cold and woolies would be very welcome. Check out Ramona's blog to learn more about how you can help. Knits are being collected until the end of September. What we’re working on Rachel is knitting a big ass shawl - Lothian by Justyna Lorkowska. She's finised her Lambton Panes by Cowtown Knits, and made a bit of progress over her holiday on her Knightsbridge Shawl by Anniken Allis for the #LCGcraftalong, but is sadly probably not going to finish in time... Allison is crocheting. And finished the toddler hoodie. Except for weaving in the ends and sewing it up, so it actually doesn't really count. She also regrets ever saying that she missed Rachel. ;-) She's almost done with the second mitt for Because Sock Yarn, also for the #LCGcraftalong, and may finish the shawl in time - woot! Goodies (aka sponsor love) Awesome, amazing sponsors for this year's GLYC, and we share some good details! Title sponsor: Erika Knight Goodie Bags: Cowtown Knits East London Knits Inspiration Knits Owl About Yarn Soak Third Vault Yarns Yarnistry   Door prizes: Anna Maltz Cocoknits Daughter of a Shepherd Inspiration Knits Kettle Yarn Co. The Little Grey Girl Loop Wild & Woolly Pom Pom Quarterly SweetGeorgia Yarns Tin Can Knits   Wrap up We hope you’ll make a plan to join us on Saturday, September 10th for the Great London Yarn Crawl. Tickets are selling quickly so get yours soon!  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 (all available on NoiseTrade): I want you to want me - Letters to Cleo Pass it on - Candythief

Apologies in advance for any sound issues in this episode of the podcast - we're on either side of the pond at the moment, and do not have access to the best recording setup while that is the case. In this episode we chat about taking our yarn on the road - Allison to Scotland and Rachel to the United States - and we've got some great shops to tell you about, along with our tips on what makes the perfect road trip project. Sponsor: The Loveliest Yarn Company is a new online shop bringing you the loveliest yarn and knitting accessories. Buying yarn online can be a bit fraught so they have gathered the best into one place. The Loveliest Yarn Company stock artisan hand dyed yarn from Life in the Long Grass, organic merino from Rosy Green Wool, irresistible accessories from Merchant and Mills and lots more. Podcast listeners can get 10% off in July, August and September by using the code YITCEnabled2016. If you aren't shopping for yarn at the moment, be sure to sign up for their newsletter on the site. News and Events: GLYC 2016 tickets are on sale! The event is now over 50% sold, with five routes sold out, out so don’t wait too long to get your tickets! We've also started posting our sponsors for GLYC2016, including title sponsor Erika Knight! Other sponsors include Cocoknits, Daughter of a Shepherrd, The Little Grey Girl, Owl About Yarn, Pom Pom Quarterly, SweetGeorgia Yarns, Third Vault Yarns and Tin Can Knits, Now until 4th September – the Missoni Art Colour exhibition is on at the Fashion & Textile Museum in London. 30-31st July - Fibre-East, Ampthill, Bedfordshire. 5-6th August - the British Wool Show, York Auction Mart, Murton, York. 12-19th August - Knitting & Crochet in the Faroe Islands with Carol Meldrum 12-18th August - Hiking and Knitting between Fire and Ice, with Helene Magnusson, Iceland. 20-28th August - Yarn Along the Rockies, Colorado Front Range What we're working on: Allison is obsessed with her Wavedeck Shawl by Kate Atherley, and will be done shortly. She's also started the Garter Goodness Shawl by Stephen West. Rachel is working on Lambton Panes from Cowtown Knits, and her Kippen Cardigan by Kat Goldin from the Crochet Project, as well as a men's sweater design for A Yarn Story in the luscious Arranmore from The Fibre Company. The Tour de Fleece is now done - you can see photos of her spinning (and the rest of Team Porpoise Fur) on her Ravelry board. Summer Road Trip: Allison hit five shops in three days in Scotland, and she tells us all about her visits, including a trip to the New Lanark Mill. Rachel has grand plans for Fiber Space in Alexandria, VA; Looped Yarn Works in Dupont Circle, DC, and WEBS in Northampton, MA in the immediate future. She might also hit Dyakcraft,Golding Fiber Tools and Spunky Eclectic! Thanks so much for listening! Please leave us a comment or send us an email at hello@yarninthecity.com with your thoughts, or let us know what you think via Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. You can also find us oniTunes or Stitcher Radio (and please consider leaving a review for us!), or download us directly from the Yarn in the City website.  Or come join our Ravelry group to keep up to date on all the latest news, and join in the London Craft Guide craft-along! 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): No Matter Where We Go - Whitney Airport Bar - Martin Courtney  

In which we pause for a moment, take stock of the year so far and admit how completely behind the eight ball we are. Sponsor: The Loveliest Yarn Company is a new online shop bringing you the loveliest yarn and knitting accessories. Buying yarn online can be a bit fraught so they have gathered the best into one place. The Loveliest Yarn Company stock artisan hand dyed yarn from Life in the Long Grass, organic merino from Rosy Green Wool, irresistible accessories from Merchant and Mills and lots more. Podcast listeners can get 10% off in July, August and September by using the code YITCEnabled2016. If you aren't shopping for yarn at the moment, be sure to sign up for their newsletter on the site. News and Events: GLYC 2016 tickets are on sale! The event is already one-third sold out so don’t wait too long to get your tickets! 7-31st July – Stitch by Stitch, an exhibition of handmade textiles from India and Nepal, is happening at the One Two Five Gallery in Bath. Now until 4th September – the Missoni Art Colour exhibition is on at the Fashion & Textile Museum in London. 30-31st July - Fibre-East, Ampthill, Bedfordshire. What we’re working on: Rachel is working on Lambton Panes by Cowtown Knits to the exclusion of all the other four bazillion things she's cast on recently. She's also been spinning up a storm for the Tour de Fleece and checking out everyone else's awesome spinning on the Team Porpoise Fur thread. Allison is working on Wavedeck by Kate Atherley in SweetGeorgia Superwash Worsted in Riptide. And is almost done with the Toddler Hoodie. Halfway: As it's July, we thought it would be worthwhile to take a step back and look at how the year has gone so far - the successful and not-so-successful undertakings that we've been up to. We talk about some revised goals, emerging trends in our own crafting lives and #3thingsforyarnlove. *** Thanks so much for listening! Please leave us a comment or send us an email at hello@yarninthecity.com with your thoughts, or let us know what you think via Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. You can also 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.   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): No Matter Where We Go - Whitney Airport Bar - Martin Courtney

One week on from the election, and we're in a right mess now aren't we? Fianna Fail and Fine Gael are meeting with the various Independents to talk about government formation, but how likely is that going to be? Nobody, it seems, can or wants to take up the baton and lead from the front. INM's Group Political Editor Kevin Doyle was joined by Nicola Anderson as well as political correspondents Cormac McQuinn and Philip Ryan to discuss the latest developments in the continuing fall-out from GE16.

Yarn in the City is proud to be sponsored by A Yarn Story. A Yarn Story specialises in hand-dyed yarns and luxury fibres. They carry yarns from indie dyers near and far, such as The Uncommon Thread, SweetGeorgia Yarns and Life in the Long Grass. Find them at www.ayarnstory.co.uk, or in Bath on Walcot Street in the heart of the Artisan Quarter. What's going on: Allison was interviewed on Episode 7 of the SweetGeorgia Yarns podcast - go have a listen and enter to win a Soakbox! Jo Milmine of the fabulous Shinybees podcast, who very kindly interviewed us in Episode 54, has been nominated for the UK Podcasters Awards in two categories. Hooray Jo!!!! Click here to go and vote for Shinybees (don't forget to scroll down to get the Best Games and Hobbies category). 3rd September: Kate Atherley will be teaching her "Math for Knitters" class at A Yarn Story in Bath. 5th September: The 3rd edition of the Great London Yarn Crawl, and the Yarn in the City Pop-Up Marketplace, which will include the Indie Designer Spotlight. You can follow along with all the pre-Crawl chatter in our Ravelry group. You can also go here to read about our collections of charity knitting for Knit for Peace. 6th September: YITC workshops on Knit Design and Pattern Writing with Kate Atherley, Soho, London 8th September - 3rd October: Waste Nothing - Finding a Home for the Discarded, an exhibition by the London Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers happening at the crypt at St Martin-in-the-Fields in Trafalgar Square, London. 18-20th September - The Handmade Fair, Hampton Court Palace 26-27th September - Yarndale, Skipton Auction Mart, Yokshire 3-4th October - Swiss Wulle Festival, Zug, Switzerland 18th October - Come hear Heather Ordover of Craftlit and "What Would Madame DeFarge Knit?" fame talk about "What Knitting Does to Your Brain: the many benefits of knitting (and crocheting) - this time backed by 95% more science!" - tickets will go on sale 1st August. 23rd-26th October - Autumn Gwlana, Beggar's Reach What we're working on: Allison has finished her Reverb Shawl by Felicia Lo, which she did in a gradient bundle of Party of Five from SweetGeorgia Yarns. Rachel is still working on a series of accessory designs for The Fibre Co, in their lusciously chunky Tundra yarn (60% llama/30% merino/10% silk). But while on travels around the US visiting loads of yarn shops in the guise of checking out potential places to live, she fell down and got a kit for the Aranami Shawl by OlgaJazzy (Rav link) from Knit Knack in Arvada, CO, including some gorgeous Frabjous Fibers Wonderland Yarns.  Celebration: We are celebrating our 20th Episode (yay!), the Indie Maker community in London and the UK (hooray!), and also got to talk to Sue Blacker of Blacker Yarns about their very special 10th Birthday Celebration yarn, Cornish Tin. This yarn is made from a blend of ten different fibres, and comes in a 4-ply or DK weight. Sadly, it is only available in very limited quantities - for those of you going on the Yarn Crawl on Saturday, both Nest and Knit with Attitude will have Cornish Tin available, in advance of it's official release on 18th September! Blacker Yarns very kindly provided us with a sample of the yarn to play with AND a full skein of the 4-ply in Wheal Rose Red to give away to one lucky listener! To enter, leave a comment on this post and tell us what pattern you'd knit with this yarn. We will pick a random post as a winner. Entries are open until 11:59 pm BST on 10th September, 2015. Thanks for joining us again! You can find us on Ravelry, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest, or go leave a review for us on iTunes. 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! Everyone is also more then welcome to come join our Wednesday night knit group from 7-9 pm (or longer) at The Goat on the Rise, Clapham SW11 1EQ. We'll be there the rest of July, but on hiatus for August, with plans to start back up again after the big GLYC weekend in September. Music credits (all available on NoiseTrade)Loneliness & Alcohol - Jars of ClayMorning Light - The Dirty Guv'nahs

Yarn in the City is proud to be sponsored by A Yarn Story. A Yarn Story specialises in hand-dyed yarns and luxury fibres. They carry yarns from indie dyers near and far, such as The Uncommon Thread, SweetGeorgia Yarns and Life in the Long Grass. Find them at www.ayarnstory.co.uk, or in Bath on Walcot Street in the heart of the Artisan Quarter. What's going on: 22nd August: The 10th Anniversary edition of the TTC Knitalong, the inspiration for the GLYC, in Toronto.. 3rd September: Kate Atherley will be teaching her "Math for Knitters" class at A Yarn Story in Bath. 5th September: The 3rd edition of the Great London Yarn Crawl, and the Yarn in the City Pop-Up Marketplace, which will include the Indie Designer Spotlight. 6th September: YITC workshops on Knit Design and Pattern Writing with Kate Atherley, Soho, London 8th September - 3rd October: Waste Nothing - Finding a Home for the Discarded, an exhibition by the London Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers happening at the crypt at St Martin-in-the-Fields in Trafalgar Square, London. 3-4th October - Swiss Wulle Festival, Zug, Switzerland 18th October - Come hear Heather Ordover of Craftlit and "What Would Madame DeFarge Knit?" fame talk about "What Knitting Does to Your Brain: the many benefits of knitting (and crocheting) - this time backed by 95% more science!" - tickets will go on sale 1st August. 23rd-26th October - Autumn Gwlana, Beggar's Reach What we're working on: Allison has cast on the Reverb Shawl by Felicia Lo, while still working on her brother's Skulls Sweater. The Toddler Hoodie and She's A Waterfall shawl have been pushed to the bottom of the queue as they aren't quite so time sensitive. Rachel is working on a series of accessory designs for The Fibre Co, in their lusciously chunky Tundra yarn (60% llama/30% merino/10% silk). In fact, she manages to cast off the current project during the podcast. Otherwise she's working on recovering from Fibre-East. Retreat and Recharge: In typical fashion, we wander around and about the topic of retreats for a while, including discussing our first retreat experiences, reasons to go on a retreat, and falling down the rabbit hole of all the yarny/crafty retreats that are out there. Whatever you do, don't go check out Clara Parkes' list of retreats and events on Knitter's Review. Our favourite possibilities include Les Soeurs Anglaises (including Asa Tricosa and BYOP) and a two week cruise to South America. 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! Everyone is also more then welcome to come join our Wednesday night knit group from 7-9 pm (or longer) at The Goat on the Rise, Clapham SW11 1EQ. We'll be there the rest of July, but on hiatus for August, with plans to start back up again after the big GLYC weekend in September. Music credits (all available on NoiseTrade)Loneliness & Alcohol - Jars of ClayEverything You've Done Wrong - SloanFierce Flawless - Ani DifrancoRetreat - Howie Sutherland

Yarn in the City is proud to be sponsored by A Yarn Story. A Yarn Story specialises in hand-dyed yarns and luxury fibres. They carry yarns from indie dyers near and far, such as The Uncommon Thread, SweetGeorgia Yarns and Life in the Long Grass. Find them at www.ayarnstory.co.uk, or in Bath on Walcot Street in the heart of the Artisan Quarter. What's going on: 25-26th July: Fibre-East, Ampthill, Bedfordshire. Rachel will be flying solo at the Porpoise Fur booth that weekend, so come by and say hello! 22nd August: The 10th Anniversary edition of the TTC Knitalong, the inspiration for the GLYC, in Toronto.. 3rd September: Kate Atherley will be teaching her "Math for Knitters" class at A Yarn Story in Bath. 5th September: The 3rd edition of the Great London Yarn Crawl, and the Yarn in the City Pop-Up Marketplace, which will include the Indie Designer Spotlight. 6th September: Workshops on Knit Design and Pattern Writing with Kate Atherley 8th September - 3rd October: Waste Nothing - Finding a Home for the Discarded, an exhibition by the London Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers happening at the crypt at St Martin-in-the-Fields in Trafalgar Square, London. 18th October - Come hear Heather Ordover of Craftlit and "What Would Madame DeFarge Knit?" fame talk about "What Knitting Does to Your Brain: the many benefits of knitting (and crocheting) - this time backed by 95% more science!" - tickets will go on sale 1st August. What we're working on: Allison got to Canada and got to try her Skulls Sweater on her brother, and he loves it! In celebration, she allowed herself to cast on She's A Waterfall by Dani Sunshine, with Lioness Arts Silky DK in "Aquae Sulis". Sadly, she left Rachel's spindle on the coffee table at home, so there has not been much spinning. Rachel has finished her handspun Bagatelle Cowl, and has picked up her long-neglected Marie Curie Mittens by Emily Bujold. She has been doing a lot of spinning, finishing off some Hello Yarn Fiber Club superwash Targhee, some Lac Blanc Ile de France from Porpoise Fur, and a bump of Southern Cross Fibres Falkland. An interview with Brenda Dayne: We talk about the history of Gwlana, the upcoming Gwlana retreat the 23rd-26th October that we're planning on attending with Caerthan Wrack of Triskelion Yarns, and what's in store for future events. There are still a few spaces available - why not join us for a weekend of inspiration, camaraderie, and knitting? 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! Everyone is also more then welcome to come join our Wednesday night knit group from 7-9 pm (or longer) at The Goat on the Rise, Clapham SW11 1EQ. We'll be there the rest of July, but on hiatus for August, with plans to start back up again after the big GLYC weekend in September. Music credits (all available on NoiseTrade)Loneliness & Alcohol - Jars of ClayEverything You've Done Wrong - SloanFierce Flawless - Ani DifrancoSomething on Your Mind - The Atomic Hound Dog

On this weeks show, Richard had a chat to the lovely Emmanuelle Denavit-Feller, Artistic Director of the Alliance Franaise French Film Festival. He also spoke to Comedian Felicity Ward, about her show The Iceberg, Choreograher and Artistic Director Anouk Van Dijk about the Chunky Move Production Depth of Field, Curator Linda Short about the exhibition The Truth in Masquerade, Jesse Stevens from Cake Industries about the exhibition Street | Life, Director Sheryl Cardozo about the Vagina Monolouges and Vicki Van Hout about the production Long Grass.In order of appearance:Alliance Franaise French Film Festival www.affrenchfilmfestival.orgDepth of Field www.dancemassive.com.auThe Truth about Masquerade www.heide.com.auThe Vagina Monologues www.vdaymelbourne2015.com

Author: Ryan W. Bradley Title: The Long Grass Genre: Short Story Publication date: October 2009