Podcasts about Lopi

Escuchas una nueva emisión de RC Latam en la señal de RCC conversando con Yessica de Yakitori Revolution y Godo con Lopi de la Tropical House!

Welcome to this wonderful episode on Iceland! We dive into a bit of the history of knitting in Iceland, we talk about different weaving techniques found throughout the years, and of course we cannot mention Iceland without talking about Lopi! This is a really fun episode where both of us get to wonder about the magic of crafting as we explore Icelandic traditions. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do! Our resources:   Patterns mentioned in today's episode:  https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/graminees https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/icelandic-handknits/patterns - Carr, Toni & Cassidy, Kyle. (2022). The Lopapeysa Sweater: A Journey North in Search of Iceland's Iconic Knitwear. Stackpole Books.  - Nargi, Lela. (2011). Knitting Around the World: A Multi-Stranded History of a Time-Honored Tradition. Voyageur Press.  - Robson, Deborah & Ekarius, Carol. (2011). The Fleece & Fiber Sourcebook. Storey Publishing.  Beautiful article about the weaving tradition in Iceland: https://thekindcraft.com/iceland-textile/   - A little more information about the Varafeldur:  https://littlelooms.com/weaving-history-the-varafeldur/  - Some good pictures of the warp-weighted loom:  https://medium.com/@zoescope/looms-and-the-role-of-women-in-iceland-71566058c7e9  - Picture of shoe inserts (and pattern!) https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/knitted-shoe-inserts-from-iceland  - A wonderful interview with a traditional pattern maker who has made several shoe inserts!  https://kddandco.com/2014/05/15/a-chat-with-helene-magnusson/

Today I talk about the Riddari jumper by Védis Jonsdottir from Lopi.

Main Ls that I am taking as a Lesson!

Dam lonak pakhat khat nih a kan phak tikah a rannak in thlop le zohkhenh kan hau tawn. Australia ah cun cu bantuk rianrang in thlop a hau mi mizaw an um tikah Aopum pathum (000) kha chawn khawh a si.

This is difficult but we push on with knowledge that you are finally at rest. Ofa lahi atu Lopi! We will miss you!

This is difficult but we push on with knowledge that you are finally at rest. Ofa lahi atu Lopi! We will miss you!

This is difficult but we push on with knowledge that you are finally at rest. Ofa lahi atu Lopi! We will miss you!

This is difficult but we push on with knowledge that you are finally at rest. Ofa lahi atu Lopi! We will miss you!

Life is long. Every year is precious. Happy birthday to these special people!

Chapter 335 (This week: Indy lopez play the best Deep, soul and funk feat. music by Deep Rhymes Music, Alex Kentucky, Lopi native) Tracklist: (Intro Herbert - Rude) 1 Mr.Lopez - Deep Town - Deep Rhymes 2 Indy Lopez, Lopi Native Feat Mega - Melinda (Mr.Lopez Remix) Deep Rhymes Music 3 Alex Kentucky feat Zhanna Ona - Be Mine (Mr.Lopez remix) Be Adult Music 4 Danny Satori - Driftin' (Club Mix) Karmic Power Records 5 Mr.Lopez - Sea World (Extended Mix) Deep Rhymes Music 6 Shredder SA, ADJUMA ft. Lyrical Ivy - We Belong (Breeze and The Sun & Neil Amarey Remix) My Other Side of the Moon 7 Lopi Native Feat Chizama - Uzobuya - Deep Rhymes Music 8 DJ Couza ft BIKIE Liphelile - Selebogo capital records 9 Lopi native ft.Em Lloyd - Let Me Love You - Deep Rhymes Music 10 Zone+ - Forever - Whoa! Promo Underground 11 Valer den Bit - Nebosvod (Original Mix) My Other Side of the Moon Thanks to all the Labels and Artists for his Music. All tracks selected and mixed by Indy Lopez. Indy Lopez (Producer,Dj & Artist) WWW.INDYLOPEZ.COM Send your Promos to:promo@indylopez.com ALL MY MUSIC CLICK HERE More info: INSTAGRAM FACEBOOK YOUTUBE Bookings Worldwide: Musiczone Records: bookings@indylopez.com Encoded and Host by MUSICZONE PODCAST SERVICES

In this episode, Anne sits down with Hulda Brynjólfsdóttir at Uppspuni Mini Mill to talk about Icelandic wool, sheep farming in Iceland, Hulda's decision to start a mill, and the truly amazing Icelandic yarn she's been able to produce.  Links to Things Mentioned in the Episode I-91 Shop Hop Knit New Haven Morehouse Farm Shawl Patterns and Kits Morehouse Shawl Kit Amy Snell's Ravelry page for her Super Summer ShawlalongUppspuni Mini MillBelfast Mini Mills Istex The Hidden People South Iceland Wool Week Uppspuni Mini Mill at Facebook and Instagram Contact Hulda at the Uppspuni Contact Page or by emailing hulda@uppspuni.is Sponsors Many thanks to Knit New Haven, Morehouse Farm, and my lovely Patrons for their support of the podcast!

A humble man who will be greatly missed.

A humble man who will be greatly missed.

A humble man who will be greatly missed.

Belinda's cousin Lopi is not well and decided to travel up and spend time.

Belinda's cousin Lopi is not well and decided to travel up and spend time.

In this episode I chat about sweater weather, a colorwork Lopi project, steeking and what it's teaching me about seasons, both in terms of this podcast and in terms of recovery. Music Credit: "Day Trips" but Ketsa

In this Episode Gunnar and the Lopi are live from a Hotel lobby in Kalamazoo Michigan as they interview soccer player, discuss Marvel and man-it-up by trying White Claw

Chapter 269 (From Valencia) Tracklist: Intro: Herbert - Rude 1 Indy Lopez, Lopi native feat Mega - Melinda (Mr Lopez Extended Remix) Deep Rhymes 2 Damian Rausch Feat. Meron T - Watch Me Fly -Gathering 3 Ten City - Be Free (Emmaculate & Shannon Chambers Inst Ext Mix) Ultra Music 4 Danny Mekanik - Set Me Free ft Aishah Davis (Angel Johnson Remix) Ocata Records 5 Saiful Idris - Summer Daze (Original Mix) SRNDR 6 Ridney & Pablo Rita - The Game (Instrumental Mix) Freakin909 7 Lillo R & startech42 - Saxo (Original Mix) SRNDR 8 Alex Poet & Inaya Day - Love Language (Mark Di Meo Club Mix) Hot Slice Recordings 9 Meda - Vision (OPOLOPO Remix) Daste Music 10 Power 2 Move - Without You (jake Benson Remix) 155 Music Thanks to all the Labels and Artists for his Music. All tracks selected and mixed by Indy lopez. Indy Lopez (Producer,Dj & Artist) WWW.INDYLOPEZ.COM Send your Promos to:promo@indylopez.com More info: SOUNDCLOUD TWITTER INSTAGRAM FACEBOOK YOUTUBE SHAZAM Bookings Worldwide: Musiczone Records: bookings@indylopez.com Encoded and Host by MUSICZONE PODCAST SERVICES

Music: Little Idea. Royalty-free music from Bensound. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When Texas sank back into the Ice Age, Patrick O'Grady was reminded of the good old days on a wind-scoured rockpile outside Weirdcliffe, Colorado, where the power shut off whenever it was most inconvenient, the candle lanterns and Coleman two-burner were close at hand, and a Lopi fireplace insert and a tall woodpile kept the toilets from exploding like a bottle of beer left overlong in the freezer.

This week we talk about needles! There are so many options available, it can feel a little overwhelming. Fortunately, that means that there's a set out there for everyone! Plus we have a quick chat about the variety of yarn produced by different sheep breeds. All the needles we love: Wood needles * Knitter's Pride Ginger Interchangeable Needles (https://www.scratchsupplyco.com/collections/ginger-interchangeable-needles) and Full Ginger Sets (https://www.scratchsupplyco.com/collections/ginger-sets) * Mindful Collection Cables (https://www.scratchsupplyco.com/collections/ginger-interchangeable-needles/products/mindful-collection-smart-interchangeable-needle-cable-with-swivel) Metal needles * ChiaoGoo TWIST Interchangeable Needles (https://www.scratchsupplyco.com/collections/chiaogoo-twist-interchangeable-needles) and Full ChiaoGoo Sets (https://www.scratchsupplyco.com/collections/chiaogoo-interchangeable-sets) * ChiaoGoo Mini Sets (https://www.scratchsupplyco.com/collections/chiaogoo-interchangeable-sets/products/chiaogoo-2-3-twist-mini-shortie-interchangeable-set) * Addi Flexi Flips (https://www.yarn.com/products/addi-flexiflips-needles) Ergonomic needles * Knitter's Pride Cubics Interchangeable Needles (https://www.scratchsupplyco.com/collections/cubics-interchangeable-needles) and Full Cubics Sets (https://www.scratchsupplyco.com/collections/cubics-sets) * Prym Ergonomic Knitting Needles (https://www.prym.com/en/ergonomics) Double pointed needles (DPNS) * Pony Pearls (https://www.yarn.com/products/pony-pearl-double-pointed-needles) * Ginger DPN's (https://www.scratchsupplyco.com/products/ginger-6-double-pointed-needles) * ChiaoGoo DPN's (https://www.scratchsupplyco.com/products/premium-stainless-6-double-pointed-needles) On our needles: Penguono (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/penguono) by Stephen West DRK Everyday Socks (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/drk-everyday-socks) by Andrea Mowry Patterns mentioned: Lotta by Marie Greene (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/lotta-12) * Wilder from Spincycle Yarns (https://www.scratchsupplyco.com/collections/wilder) Coofle by Kate Davies Designs (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/coofle) * Weld from Hudson + West Co. (https://www.scratchsupplyco.com/collections/weld) * Maven from Ritual Dyes (https://www.scratchsupplyco.com/collections/maven) Sassy Cardigan Sweater by Bonnie Desroches (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sassy-cardigan-sweater) * Elder from Ritual Dyes (https://www.scratchsupplyco.com/collections/elder) Breed specific yarn: Icelandic wool: Lopi (https://icelandicstore.is/collections/alafoss-lopi-icelandic-wool-yarn) Highland wool: Highland from Harrisville Designs (https://www.scratchsupplyco.com/collections/harrisville-highland) Woolstok from Blue Sky Fibers (https://www.scratchsupplyco.com/collections/woolstok) Cormo & Corriedale: Forge from Hudson + West Co. (https://www.scratchsupplyco.com/collections/forge) (I misspoke and said that Shelter contained Correidale. Wrong! It's a blend of Targhee & Columbia) Rambouillet: Wilder from Spincycle Yarns (https://www.scratchsupplyco.com/collections/wilder) Maven from Ritual Dyes (https://www.scratchsupplyco.com/collections/maven) Elder from Ritual Dyes (https://www.scratchsupplyco.com/collections/elder) Pishkun from The Farmer's Daughter Fibers (https://www.scratchsupplyco.com/collections/pishkun) Recollect from The Farmer's Daughter Fibers (https://www.scratchsupplyco.com/collections/recollect) Shetland: Sunrise Hill Farm (https://www.scratchsupplyco.com/search?type=product&q=sunrise*) Shetland from Harrisville Designs (https://www.scratchsupplyco.com/collections/shetland) Blue Faced Liecester: Sunrise Hill Farm (https://www.scratchsupplyco.com/search?type=product&q=sunrise*) Targhee: Nurtured from Julie Asselin (https://www.scratchsupplyco.com/collections/nurtured) Quarry from Brooklyn Tweed (https://www.scratchsupplyco.com/collections/quarry) Shelter from Brooklyn Tweed (https://www.scratchsupplyco.com/collections/shelter) make good stashdown: Welcome to our first annual Stashdown KAL! This year's stashbusting project will be Stephen West's Penguono (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/penguono). Even though the KAL has started, there's still time to join! Really, isn't being fashionably late #goals? Details: * Cast-On January 4th (or whenever... this is pretty laid back!) * Post photos of your Penguono progress on Instagram and use the tags #makegoodstashdown and #makegoodpenguono * Each tagged photo will count as one entry. You may enter as many times as you'd like! * You do not need to be finished with your Penguono to be eligible to to win, but you do need to follow @makegoodpod (https://www.instagram.com/scratchsupplyco/) * On February 1st we'll randomly select one of you to win $150 gift card to Scratch (https://www.scratchsupplyco.com/)! * MARCH OF THE PENGUONOS!!! March 6th... more details to come! Follow us on our new Instagram account @makegoodpod (https://www.instagram.com/makegoodpod/) Submit a question to our next Dear Scratch installment by emailing us at dearscratch@scratchsupplyco.com Brought to you by Scratch Supply Co. (https://www.scratchsupplyco.com/)

Sponsored by Weavolution If you would like to support the show, become a Weavolution Patron and get access to exclusive Patron content from Erica. Where to find us: iTunes, please leave us a review on iTunes. Podcast FB Page! E-mail! We have an e-mail account, please feel free to e-mail us! Podcast Instagram: fiberatthespeedoflifepodcast    Michelle is             Ravelry: MichelleTF             Instagram: michelletfcrafts             Facebook: Valdelia Maker     Erica is             Weavolution: Erica J, Jahanara, or Weavolutionary             Ravelry: weavemage             Instagram: weavemage             Facebook: Weavolution Intro and Outro Music: Sundown by Joseph McDade, thank you! FO:   Michelle finished spinning Evan's (moorit gray Icelandic fleece). Some of it needs to be dyed to be made into a teddy bear for her daughter. Erica has finished spinning her Finn Breed and Colour Study yarns. She finished off by spinning up the batts she created with the Artic Berries colorway, from Crafty Jaks, the larger skein in the image below left. She combo plied some of what was left with another colorway grapevine, which is primarily very dark purple and green. She also combo plied the Lakeside colorway, also from Crafty Jaks with the colorway riproaring. Listeners may remember this color way from the beginning of the podcast and Erica's color management study. Erica finished spinning her latest superwash yarn, in the colorway Petal, more on this spin posted on Weavolution. Although she got rid of most of her superwash stash in last year's destash, there were some colorways, like Petal, that were so beautiful they did "spark joy" and she kept them. Although she still does not like the feeling of superwash fibers in her hands, this colorway was so beautiful it was still a joy to spin. Erica is actually looking forward to weaving or knitting with these superwash yarns to see how they behave and see if that changes her mind about superwash wools.     WIP:   Michelle started spinning another Icelandic fleece. This time she's trying to make a Lopi style yarn by spinning it bulky without lots of twist. She's then putting it back through the wheel as if to ply, but leaving it a single. This takes some of the twist back out. This leaves a very squishy, airy single.     She may have taken too much of the twist out in some areas as it pulled apart a few times while putting it on the niddy noddy.  It sits as a nice flat skein though, which she thinks is a good sign that it doesn't have too much twist for a single.   Michelle has also been carding some Romney fleece from a local farm called 3L&S. It has much more lanolin in it than she's used to and ended up washing this fleece again after opening up the locks.   Erica has been spinning up a storm! She recently spun two different colorways from Sweet Georgia Yarns Tea Leaves on BFL/Silk bleand (braid undone and wound in large ball below) and Falling Leaves on Gotland. Erica loves Sweet Georgia Yarns fibers, she loves them so much most of the braids she has bought from SGY have remained stashed. Unfortunately this was a bit hard on the Gotland braid (below right). The first single of Falling Leaves was left to air out for several weeks, but was still quite compacted, not unsurprising from a long wool. She took advice she received in the Wool N Spinning Community and is steaming the second half of the braid in the bathroom. Tea Leaves Fiber                                                               Tea Leaves single on the bobbin   Tea Leaves single rewound onto storage bobbin             Falling leaves rewound             Erica was actually fortunate that Ply Away was cancelled this year. Erica generally is unable to attend Ply Away without taking a significant amount of time off work, hopefully it will fall over Spring Break one year! Due to the unfortunate cancellation of the event, she was able to purchase several One of a Kind colorways from Fiber Optic Yarns. The first one she chose to spin was the below Wensleyday, her first longwool spin for her 51 Yarns study. The staple length was about 8". Erica saw first hand that longwools do not need much twist at all before they become a bit ropey. She is going to study up and practice a bit more, before spinning the purple one of a kind colorway she also ordered in Wensleydale. It has been a lot of fun to have some new fibers to spin and become familiar with, especially since Erica has actually traveled to the actual town of Wensleydale. :)   Erica is glad to be back at her damask weaving, she has resleighed the reed and is again sampling different color weft and refining her design.  

Lopi proves once and for all that conversation is truly the way to a common ground.

In this episode I catch up with an old coworker who I worked with on vulnerability scanning software and has since become a red-teamer or “adversarial simulation”. He started as a gamer, and we talk about how he learned the foundation of his hacking skills from his days of gaming. Chris opens up on the … Continue reading "Episode 21: Chris “Lopi” Spehn, Game Hacker to Red Teamer"

Gunn and the Lopi are back, and discuss Shooting Craps, Baker's Square and how good O'le FN finally got his revenge on Chuck

Respondendo, em parte, à pergunta: "como tem sido a vivência de algumas comunidades imigrantes em Portugal?", abordamos questões como a habitação, segregação espacial, acesso à cidadania, bilinguismo, preconceitos, auto-emprego e trabalho doméstico. Quisemos conhecer mais sobre a população caboverdiana, brasileira, bangladeshi e hindu. O podcast dá igualmente algumas pistas sobre a situação da emigração portuguesa nos últimos anos. Sobre estes e outros assuntos, Marta Lança, editora do BUALA, conversa com a ativista Rita Silva, Beatriz Dias (dirigente da Djass), a professora Josefa Cardoso, a socióloga Raquel Matias, a psicóloga Cíntia de Paula, o antropólogo José Mapril e os sociólogos Nuno Ferreira Dias e Rui Pena Pires. Excertos: "Lisboetas", Sérgio Tréfaut (2004) "Provisional Figures Great Yarmouth" Marco Martins (2018) Música: "Alto Cutelo" Os Tubarões (Pépé Lopi, 1976) "Filosofia" Bau (Inspiração, 1998) "Arrasta Pé Alagoano" Hermeto Pascoal (Cérebro Magnético, 1980) "Glória" Pixinguinha interpretado por Luperce Miranda (A música genial de Pixinguinha, 1980) "Saudade" Maria Bethânia e Lenine (Tua, 2009) "Voltei, voltei" Dino Meira (Voltei, 1993) "Vim de longe" José Mário Branco (Ser solidário, 1982)

Work in progress Jenny Expecto Draconum socks by Elisabeth White - Cascade Heritage & leftover Yarn Geek Rocketeer zigzagular socks by prairie girl susie amigurumi stormtrooper by Lucy Collin Weezie Florida Socks for Melissa Kemmerer in Knit Picks Hawthorne LCFC scarf in Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock Pompom shortie socks by Melissa Kemmerer (Mentioned Redwall by Brian Jacques) Cait Rainbow Ripple Baby Blanket by Celeste Young Bunny Lovey Parts & Pieces by Victoria Stewart Plotting & Scheming Jenny (Mentioned Windfall by Melissa Kemmerer, Knitmore Girls podcast) Tour de Fleece Cait Tour de Fleece stuff Ta da!! Cait Summer Pathways test knit for Caitlin Shepherd in Bernat Carina Pink Speckled Shawl test knit for Jennifer Wood in Miss Babs Yet Revenge of the Knits / 99 Problems and a Stitch Ain't One Jenny removable stitch markers for crochet Cait Opposite of Revenge - supposed to use 410 yds, only had 400, have leftovers! Fluff n Stuff Cait WE ARE HOSTING A TDF TEAM!!! and I'm spinning some cormo In the Deep End Breed study? Fine wools Medium wools Long wools Double coated Alpaca Cotton Flax Silk Goats Luxury fibers (Mentioned the Hitofude Cardigan by Hiroko Fukatsu, Frabjous Fibers Six Sheep Sampler, Orenburg shawls [and the wedding legend associated with shetland shawls], Lopi yarns, Dr Gemma from the CogKNITive podcast, and Hedgehog Fibres Twist Sock yarn) Events/News Knit in public day! June 9th Tour de Fleece starts Sat July 7 & runs through Sun July 29 Wool Festival, Falmouth, KY, October 5-7 Southern Indiana Fiber Festival, Corydon, IN, October 20 & 21   The Charmed Knitters are participants in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.

Work in progress Jenny Ginny's Cardigan by Mari Chiba from the unofficial harry potter knits special issue of interweave  zigzagular socks by prairie girl susie Expecto Draconum socks by Elisabeth White - Cascade Heritage & leftover Yarn Geek Rocketeer Windfall by Melissa Kemmerer Weezie Vanilla socks using Berroco Sox More vanilla socks in Berroco Comfort Sock Ilene Bag by Hannah Mason in FibraNatura Flax Florida Socks for Melissa Kemmerer in Knit Picks Hawthorne Master Knitter mitten 2.0 in Patons Classic Wool Cait Lake Reed hat by Asita Krebs in Malabrigo Silky Merino Longline Cardigan by Joji Locatelli in madelinetosh Euro Sock Expecto Draconum socks by Elisabeth White in Loops & Threads Woolike and Wisdom Yarns Naked Sock No longer naked wheel Plotting & Scheming Weezie yarn for The Sweater Jenny Cold as F*** mittens, thrummed mitts, Cait Toys? Test knits? Ta da!! Weezie Master Knitter mitten Revenge of the knits/ 99 problems and a stitch ain’t one Jenny rip back the dragon Weezie Florida Sock heel trouble Cait match your yarn to your pattern yardage very carefully... (Mentioned Hunter Hammersen) Fluff n Stuff Cait OWL spinning - 12oz fluffy pin drafted Cormo wool Jenny (Mentioned Yarngasm by Voolenvine, Gynx Yarn, Sarah of Cephalopod Yarns & The Verdant Gryphon) Weezie #spin15aday 1764 Shepherdess Breed Study Imaginary Internet Points Cait I have an OWL project - cabled yarn In the Deep End Plying your handspun Single 2 ply True 3 ply Chain (or Navajo) ply Cable Multi-ply Odd balls or art yarns - crepe, coils, beehives, boucle, lock spinning, etc (Mentioned Jacey Boggs Craftsy class "From Worsted to Woolen", Knitmore Girls, #fibermcgyver, Lopi, Lion Brand Homespun, rosesandpurls, jazzturtle, The Device, Whirlwend, Jenny's Juno Cardigan, Caitlin Hunter's most recent design called Sipila, Zweig by Caitlin Hunter, Kate Davies, Vogue Knitting's Redwoods) Events/News Kentucky Sheep and Fiber Festival, Lexington, May 19 & 20 Pints & Purls, Louisville, KY, May 29 Wampa Stomp Shearing Day, Cox's Creek, KY, May 26 Hoosier Hills Fiber Festival, Franklin, IN, June 1 & 2 Wool Festival, Falmouth, KY, October 5-7 Southern Indiana Fiber Festival, Corydon, IN, October 20 & 21   The Charmed Knitters are participants in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.

Hello there and welcome to The Crochet Circle Podcast and the show notes for Episode 28 – Crochet Clan.   In this episode I cover: Quick news beats; Old dog, new tricks; Final Destination; En Route; DIPs; Feeding the habit; Big Up and J’adore?   This podcast is sponsored by my online crafting company, Provenance Craft Co.  Thanks to everyone who tunes into the podcast whether it is through Stitcher, Podbean, Spotify, iTunes or the YouTube Channel. Your support and engagement are really appreciated and makes running a podcast very special and worthwhile.    If you would like to support the podcast, you can do that through Patreon:   1 - Quick news beats Global Hook Up – The next Global Hook Up is due to be on Saturday 28th April 2018.  Keep an eye on the Ravelry thread and Instagram for updates as I will be vending that weekend at Wonderwool Wales and I’m not sure how good my internet reception is going to be at my accommodation, but I have a back-up plan called Claudia! Time: Saturday 28th 2018 8:00 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 Different Designer CAL – Is due to finish on the 9th April.  Thank you so much for all of your finished objects so far.  If you are looking for a new designer to try out, take a look at the threads to see who people have been working from.  Here are the designers to date: Elisabeth Davis de Herraiz, Nicki Trench, Kat Goldin, Hannah from The Cozy Cottage, Sarah Hazell, Ashleigh Kiser, Sybil R, Vicki Brown, Joanne Scrace, Cecile Balladino, Planet June, Heidebears, Yarnville, Inspired Professor, Iron Lamb, Fay Dashper-Hughes (that felt weird to type), Zeens and Roger, Rachele Camona, Dedri Uys, Emma Potter and Yan Schenkel.   Edinburgh Yarn Festival – The vlog for Edinburgh Yarn Festival is live in all the usual places.  If you want to see what happened, look at the vlog.  Needless to say, we all had a ball and are looking to do it all again in 2019 in Dublin if you fancy joining us?  I may have been looking at accommodation options yesterday... Spotify – the podcast can now be downloaded on Spotify which means that you can now listen on any wireless speaker you have linked to your Spotify account.  Just search for The Crochet Circle under Podcasts.   2 - Old dog, new tricks Class on reading and understanding crochet patterns – I had a query from a watcher that asked if I had any hints on how to read patterns and charts and whether it is something I could go into more detail on.  It would fill quite a few episodes up and so instead I searched out a really good alternative.  Craftsy has a class on Reading & Understanding Crochet Patterns by Shannon Mullet-Bowlsby.  I watched this the other weekend when Craftsy had a free to view weekend and honestly, this Craftsy Tutorial would really get you on the right track and it is nicely delivered.  If you pay for the class, I think you get comprehensive notes to download too.   3 – Final Destination Well, it has been all about shawls this month as I have finished three of them!   The first is my Treasure Island Shawl which is by Hannah Sigmund from The Cozy Cottage Crochet podcast.  I used The Little Grey Sheep yarn (colourway The Rhubarb Patch in their British Gotland 4 ply) and it crochets up a delight!  It’s for me and I have been using this shawl a lot over the last couple of weeks.     Next up is the knitted version of Doppio Colosseum which I managed in record time to get it to Edinburgh Yarn Festival in time.  It’s knitted using 2 x 100g of John Arbon’s Devonia in colourway Bleeding Heart.  It’s off living with the Arbon’s and being used as a show sample.     My last is a new design that I have just published called Loft. It’s a memory of all the people that made the Edinburgh Yarn Festival so much fun!  The stripes in the shawl represent all the stairs we had to climb to get to the top of our accommodation called The Loft.  It uses 3 x 100g of John Arbon Knit By Numbers 4 ply.     As always, there is a 50% discount code for these patterns, just type TCC50% at the check out on Ravelry.  The code is valid until the 13th April.  This shawl (or the one you can see down in En Route) will be heading to also be a sample with John and Juliet and the other will be on my stand at any shows I do throughout the year.   I also finished my cat blanket for Pom Pom.  It was part of the Granny A Long being hosted by Rosina and I used Álafoss Lopi in shades Dark Grey (0005), Mid Grey (0058) and Light Grey (0054).  I have more affinity for the granny stitch now but I’m still not really a fan.  Luckily Pom loves it!       4 – En Route I also have made decent progress on my Stoborough shawl by Sarah Hazell.  It needs 300g of 4-ply yarn (350m/100g) and I had previously dyed up 3 skeins of skinny merino for this project.  It’s my second Different Designer CAL entry but I don’t think it will be finished in time…     5 - Designs in Progress Loft really deserved to also be made in the new Knit By Numbers 4ply Copper shades.  I’m so close to the finishing line with this one so I will pop an FO photo up next month instead. I am also working away on the knitted version.  I’m really pleased with it because I think I have replicated the size and spacing of the crocheted version.    6 - Feeding the habit  What I am showing you below is a mixture of things I have bought and lovely things that were given to me.  I am a very lucky lady!   1 - RiverKnits Yarns Snow Dyed Mohair - 'There's No Business Like Snow Business', dyed on a narrowboat 2 - Birlinn Yarn - 4ply from the Outer Hebrides, Scotland 3 - Fjord Fibres - amazing sock yarn that now comes in 50g skeins! Dyed in Norway 4 - Cosmic Strings - 120g skein of Merino/ Yak/ Silk in colourway 'Pisces', dyed in Edinburgh 5 - Iona Single Origin Wool - DK in colourway 'Serpentine Green', from Scotland 6 - Hey Mama Wolf - Naturally dyed in Germany, Organic wool/ ramie, One of a Kind colourway 7 - Socks Yeah! - 4ply in colourways 'N1 Helium & N4 Xenon' 8 - Easy Knits - Mohair/ silk in colourway 'Orion' 9 - TJ Frog - Tania's new Dorset Horn in it's beautiful natural colour     I was also utterly spoiled by lovely friends.  On the left, you can see some gorgeous yarns that Yael & Emmie gave me.  These include a teal coloured flax (linen) which is grown and dyed in Sweden; the top left is Gotland (DK) which is from a small independent mill in Sweden called Solkustens Spinnvertstad; and the one at the bottom is a single-ply from Honer o Eir, a very small company that spins the fleece from their own sheep.  The chocolate?  Gone! On the right is wool from Lana Rara which I was very kindly given by Rachel.  It's a blend of Bündner Oberländer and Merino and it's grown by lots of smallholders and spun in Switzerland.   My love of proper woolly wools deepens... Below you can see some Romney Marsh Wools from Corrine and some Nash Island 'Tide' which was given to me by Sarah and came all the way from Maine and the Starcroft micro-mill!      Look at all these goodies!  Thanks to Jenny, Vivian, Alyson, Clarisabeth, Caroline, Yael, Emmie, Lisa, Asia, Rosina, Sharon, Gill, Corrine and Charlie.   Lovely things crafted things by lovely crafty friends.     7 – Big Up I have more crafting podcasts for you: Here are some of them for you to look at and listen to – Little Drops of Wonderful - Ali is a crocheter and knitter and is wonderfully upbeat and positive.  She’s based in the UK and LOVES yellow! YouTube FiberTrek – Sarah is a new to me podcaster, though I had heard of her before.  I really like her production style and the fact that she goes out into her fibre community to see what is happening in and around Maine.  If like me, you love woolly wool with provenance, then you will love what Sarah has to offer. The Woolly Thistle/ New Hampshire Knits - Claire is a Scot, living in New Hampshire, US and has an audio knitting based podcast (New Hampshire Knits).  She is also the force behind The Woolly Thistle, which is an online yarn shop.     When you order from The Woolly Thistle you receive your yarn quickly and without the added cost of international shipping.  Shopping is Tax Free at The Woolly Thistle.   9 – J’adore Here is what I am currently loving: Clan – all those people that make crochet a wonderful thing and something that I am proud to be part of. Songs – When I get really busy, I fall back on Ben Howard and the Deluxe version of Every Kingdom It is my chill-out music that just helps to keep me going. Book – I started listening to The Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson again. It has been about five years since I listened to is last and it is a fabulous set of books that will give me hours of entertainment while I crochet away in the coming weeks.  See you all in May.   Fay x   Instagram: Crochet_Circle_Podcast  Instagram: provenance.craft.co   Instagram: FayDHDesigns YouTube: The Crochet Circle Podcast Crochet Clan on Mighty Network: Invite  

Habt ihr schon von LOPI gehört? LOPI ist ein Umfragen Portal für Lipödem Betroffene. Diese tolle Online Panel Initiative wurde Ende 2017 von Sabrina Picone gegründet. Sabrina ist selbst vom Lipödem betroffen und möchte mit ihrer Initiative ein wenig mehr Klarheit in unser Krankheitsbild bekommen, da es ja bekanntlich viel zu wenig Forschungen bezüglich der Ursachen gibt. LOPI bietet die Möglichkeit Erfahrungen und Daten von freiwilligen Betroffenen zu sammeln und zu veranschaulichen. So können neue Erkenntnisse gewonnen oder Vermutungen untermauert werden. Je mehr sich an diesem Projekt beteiligen, desto klarere Ergebnisse erhalten wir alle. Wie man mitmachen kann, welche und wieviele Umfragen gemacht werden und wie LOPI funktioniert und aufgebaut ist, das erklärt Sabrina im Interview. Folgende Fragen werden im Gespräch von Sabrina beantwortet: Seit wann bist du vom Lipödem betroffen und was hast du seit dem alles unternommen? Du das Umfrage-Portal LOPI gegründet. Was genau bedeutet LOPI? Wie bist du auf die Idee von LOPI gekommen? Wie groß ist das LOPI Team? Welche Vorraussetzungen muss man erfüllen, um an LOPI teilzunehmen? Wird es überprüft, ob man vom Arzt die Diagnose schriftlich hat? Muss man die Diagnose bei der Anmeldung hochladen? Wie ist die Umfrage aufgebaut? Gibt es eine große Umfrage oder gibt es mehrere Umfragen, die in verschiedene “Lipödem-Unterthemen” unterteilt sind? Welche Umfragethemen sind in nächster Zeit geplant? Wie funktioniert die Auswertung? Wie sieht es mit dem Thema Datenschutz aus? Sind die Umfragen anonym? Kann man als Teilnehmerin immer in den aktuellen Stand der Umfragen einsehen? Oder bekommt man regelmäßig einen Zwischenstand zugeschickt? Was genau ist mit den Ergebnissen geplant und wie legst du fest, wann eine Umfrage abgeschlossen ist? Wie viele Teilnehmerinnen bilden ein repräsentatives Ergebnis ab? Wenn man jetzt gerne an den Umfragen teilnehmen möchte. Wie funktioniert das? Was sind die next steps? Wenn Zuhörerinnen eine Idee für ein gutes Umfragethema haben, wo können sie sich dann melden? In Kürze: So funktioniert LOPI Zuerst meldest du dich über das Anmeldeformular an, dann bekommst du einen Code zugeschickt. Diesen Code gibst du bei jeder Umfrage an, so kannst du unkompliziert und anonym teilnehmen. Als erstes bekommst du einen Basisfragebogen zugeschickt, hier werden die wichtigsten Daten zu deiner Person abgefragt. Die Ergebnisse jeder Umfrage (1-2 im Monat) fließen in die Datenbank ein und werden in Diagrammen veranschaulicht.  In die Ergebnisse können nur die Teilnehmerinnen einsehen.     Wenn dir die Folge gefallen und geholfen hat, teile sie jetzt mit allen Menschen, denen das Wissen auch weiterhelfen kann. Ich danke dir! Ich freue mich auch, wenn du die Folge auf iTunes abonnierst, und sage DANKE für jede positive Bewertung! Je mehr positive Bewertungen, desto mehr Sichtbarkeit bekommt der Podcast und desto mehr Lipödem-Betroffenen können erreicht werden, um von den Tipps, dem Wissen und der Motivation von mir und meinen Interviewpartnern profitieren. Möge dir der Podcast von Herzen zu einem guten Leben mit Lipödem verhelfen!

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

Welcome to The Crochet Circle Podcast and the show notes for Episode 24 – Giddy Kipper.   In this episode, I cover: Quick news beats; Old dog, new tricks; FOs; WIPs;  Feeding the habit, Designs in progress 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 – I am aiming for 3rd of February for our first proper Global Hook Up. Details will be up on the Ravelry thread nearer the time. One Skein Wonderland CAL – There are so many lovely projects in the Ravelry thread and on #oneskeinwonderlandcal on Instagram. The CAL runs until 31st January, so there is still plenty of time to get cracking with a project or two! Winners will be announced on Ravelry and Instagram.   2 - Old dog, new tricks Over-dyeing - A while ago, I bought a bargainous cashmere cowl from TK Maxx that was from memory reduced from £50 to £10. The only problem was that it was light blue, which really doesn’t suit me.  It took a while for the old cogs to turn before I hade the light bulb flicker that I could just dye it to a colour that I liked. So, with an overnight soak, followed by plonking it in a dye bath of the soaking water, 100ml of vinegar and 3g of Wilton’s Teal icing colourant, I have a lovely teal cashmere cowl that I now use a lot.        You may have a jumper hiding at the back o your wardrobe or a shawl that you just don’t like the colour of. Why not just simply over-dye it? The same applies to skeins of yarn. Icing colourants only work on animal fibres, but here is a blog post that I pulled together on dyeing with acid, natural and icing colourants if you need some pointers: Dabbling with dyeing.   Instagram – I think that some people are put off Instagram because it’s yet another social media channel or they don’t think their photography skills are up to scratch.    Instagram is for everyone. You don’t have to post photos, you don’t even have to engage, you can just use it to see what others are up to. I think that it is a really welcoming, engaging and positive space.   What really makes a difference now is that you can follow a # as well as an individual. There are lots of crochet related hashtags on Instagram, so it’s now even easier to find crochet content and be inspired by others.      If we all start using and following #crochetcirclepodcast then we have an even better way of connecting our community on this platform. As for your photographic skills? Practice is what makes you better at it.      This also makes the potential for seeing what we are all up to during #globalhookup even greater…   3 - Finished Objects Given the amount of time spent on The Cardigan of Doom (see WIPs section), I haven’t been able to do much other crafting.   That said, I still have a couple of FOs.   First up is the Calm Cowl by Suzana Davidovik. The pattern is very popular and is on Ravelry as a free download. I have already uploaded a project page to Ravelry called Ice Flow Calm Cowl so that you can see my final notes and changes to the pattern.   I used every last scrap of my Fjord Fibres Trollfjord sock yarn in the colourway Ice Flow. Check out those pops of turquoise and jade – I love it!     My second FO is a pair of knitted socks, also in Fjord Fibres Trollfjord sock yarn but in Gilly’s Moroccan Tagine colourway. These socks are dense. I fully expect these to be the warmest socks I have ever made.     Given that I have now crocheted and knitted with Gilly’s Trollfjord sock yarn, I want to do a full review on them. Before I can do that, both things need to be properly road-tested. The socks and cowl will be used on my upcoming Snowdon descent, so I’ll let you know how I get on after that.   4 - Works in progress The Cardigan of Doom isn’t finished, despite my best efforts. I actually hate it. I have never hated a project before, but I hate this one. If it wasn’t for a friend, I would honestly frog it. The pattern is fine, the yarn is nice, it is just taking FOREVER! Moving on to more positive things… I am working on my third version of the Criss-cross shawl. The CAL started on 1st January and runs until 23rd February, so you have plenty of time to join in. If you check the hashtags #olannandcrisscrosscal #faydhdesigns and #crisscross you will see lots of lovely versions being crocheted up and shown on Instagram.   There is also a lot of chatter in the CAL thread over in the Olann and group on Ravelry. I am in there on a daily basis checking in on progress.    This version is Rowan’s Alpaca Colour DK, sadly, a discontinued yarn. I am using the Emerald colourway which is appropriate given that Olann and is Ireland's Fibre and Craft Magazine.     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.   5 - Feeding the habit  Christmas means yarny goodness. Christmas means a Christmas Eve hook on. Christmas means I have set a new rule called ‘Fay must get a skein of yarn from Matthew every year for Christmas’. I like my new rule!   Aside of the Fjord Fibres skein, I snuck in a set of mini skeins from RiverKnits. They were part of a festive charity, raising £5 from every set for Medecins Sans Frontieres. My colourway choice was Mouse King and so far I have made one sock with the set.     I also bought a set of mini skeins from my visit to The Little Grey Sheep’s farm near Basingstoke. The colourway is ‘Back on the Map’ and is a really lovely blend of Gotland, Shetland and Merino, all from their own farm.  Gorgeous, soft wool.     And here's the lovely yarn and bag from Gilly at Fjord Fibres.  In a future CAL I will have a skein of her yarn and a variation of this bag to giveaway.  Gilly has been spoiling us all.    6 – Designs in progress The Mouse King colour way socks (see above) are going to be developed into a pattern called ‘Mini Mania Striped Socks’. Quite a bit of technical thinking went into making these socks and so I figured I may as well write up the pattern and make it available on Ravelry.   Some months ago I showed a cowl and hat set that I designed using colourwork crochet and was inspired by the Jon jumper by Istex. In December I finally got around to emailing to ask whether they minded me releasing the patterns that I had created, given that their pattern was my inspiration point. They emailed back immediately and said it was no problem but they would like to see the designs in Lopi wool.   Istex photo taken from Ravelry   So, here is where I am up to. There will be separate patterns for the cowl, hat and mittens (same pattern will cover open and closed mittens) and each pattern will give different stitch numbers for DK and 4 ply versions. The pattern is about to head off to Lisa and Jo for test crocheting and I hope to release the pattern in February. Again, I will be road testing these items up Snowdon, so will be able to give you frank feedback on how the wool and patterns performed in harsh climates.     6 - What's Good I used just under 10kg of yarn in 2017! That is a huge amount. I crocheted 6.74kg and knitted 2.62kg. I have also spent a fair bit of time in the last few weeks, preparing for the beginning of a new year. I know it’s just another day, but I think the 1st day of a new year is a good opportunity to press the reset button, assess what you want to do more of, what you want to do less of, and what you want start. 2018 is going to be a good year. We are going to have fun together!    Fay x   Instagram: Crochet_Circle_Podcast  Instagram: provenance.craft.co   Instagram: FayDHDesigns YouTube: The Crochet Circle Podcast Crochet Clan on Mighty Network: Invite  

I am wearing a Lopi style sweater.   For more information on Lopi, click HERE   I am knitting socks of various kinds.   One yarn I have quite a bit of is Patons Kroy.   I will be casting on Arne and Carolos Regia Pairfect socks in the garden colorway on Christmas Eve.

Audra Auclair is a Canadian artist whose work has spanned across many mediums.  She has been exhibited locally and internationally in Australia and America.  Although she achieved a Graphic Design degree, she instead specializes in exploring the surreal and beautiful female form with her transcendent fusion of fine art and illustration. She also has a YouTube channel, in which she focuses on art, mentality, and life, within an honest and calm atmosphere. Full shownotes: http://yourcreativepush.com/audraauclair In this episode, Audra discusses: -How she got to the point that she is at today in her artistic career. -Why she decided to move to Thailand to find her style. -How the way to find your style is to let go instead of trying too hard. -How she balances her time with creating art and also managing the business aspects of being a professional artist. -How she schedules her days and weeks. -The importance of trusting your intuition when you feel like you are supposed to do something, even if there isn’t a good reason. -Why she started her YouTube channel and some of her plans for the channel going forward. -The idea of attacking your creative weaknesses instead of repeating what you are good at. -The experience of opening up her sketchbook on YouTube for a “sketchbook tour.” -The long and arduous process of creating a new graphic novel with her boyfriend, Lopi. -Putting off creating something because of the voice in your head that tells you that “you’re not good enough yet.” -The struggle of trying to find free time to work on personal projects. -Not getting too caught up in comparing yourself to other artists and continuing to draw every day. -The importance of taking inspiration from the real world around you. -Not feeling the pressure to share all of your work. Audra's Final Push will inspire you to do your art for yourself and to stop comparing it to others!   Quotes: “I didn’t have any proper style because I was still getting to know myself and my art.” “When you think you want to do art, there’s so many paths that you can take.” “There was an invisible dam that I had created with all these expectations.  I thought I needed to be an illustrator or a graphic designer.  I couldn’t just be an artist for some reason.” “I didn’t realize that all I really needed to do was be myself, do what I wanted, and everything would fall into place.” “It’s hard for me to like a finished painting the next day.” “It’s a struggle because you want to make sure that everything’s perfect, but there’s a point where you have to say, ‘It’s never going to get done if I’m going to wait for this thing to be perfect.’” “I think that this is going to be the biggest project I do in my life.” Links mentioned: Kim Jung Gi The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss Connect with Audra: Website / Instagram / YouTube / Tumblr / Twitter / Patreon On the next episode: Lana Crooks : Website / Instagram Join the creative discussion over at the Facebook group!

Chapter 51 (From Valencia - Spain) Tracklist Chapter 51 Intro: Herbert - Rude 1.Lauri H - Business (Original Mix) 2.Deepconsoul ft. TpeeSoul Deepconsoul ft. TpeeSoul - Come With Me (Original Mix) 3.Soul Fusion Seven-Steppin' Up My Love (T-Groove Remix) 4.Lev Kitkin - Leave This Way (Original Mix) 5.Lopi native ft. Mic Matebe - Sway Sail 6.X.feelinx - Lunatic (K Beatz Remix) 7.Oxen Butcher - Shillings (Original Mix) 8.Lauri H - Grapefruit (Original Mix) 9.Lopi native ft Zamasango - Don't You Cry (for radio sampling) 10.Fabian Kash - TWIN (Original Mix) 11.Jesse Saunders feat LeA - Dance The Night Away (Original Mix) Thanks to all the labels and Artists for his promos.All tracks selected and mixed by Indy lopez. Indy Lopez (Producer,Dj & Artist) https://www.indylopez.com Send your Promos to: promo@indylopez.com More info: http://soundcloud.com/indy-lopez http://twitter.com/IndyLopez http://www.facebook.com/Indy.Lopez.MZ http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/indylopez http://thedjlist.com/djs/INDY_LOPEZ http://www.youtube.com/user/djindylopez Bookings Worldwide: Musiczone Records: bookings@indylopez.com Encoded and Host by MUSICZONE RECORDS

Chapter 51 (From Valencia - Spain) Tracklist Chapter 51 Intro: Herbert - Rude 1.Lauri H - Business (Original Mix) 2.Deepconsoul ft. TpeeSoul Deepconsoul ft. TpeeSoul - Come With Me (Original Mix) 3.Soul Fusion Seven-Steppin' Up My Love (T-Groove Remix) 4.Lev Kitkin - Leave This Way (Original Mix) 5.Lopi native ft. Mic Matebe - Sway Sail 6.X.feelinx - Lunatic (K Beatz Remix) 7.Oxen Butcher - Shillings (Original Mix) 8.Lauri H - Grapefruit (Original Mix) 9.Lopi native ft Zamasango - Don't You Cry (for radio sampling) 10.Fabian Kash - TWIN (Original Mix) 11.Jesse Saunders feat LeA - Dance The Night Away (Original Mix) Thanks to all the labels and Artists for his promos.All tracks selected and mixed by Indy lopez. Indy Lopez (Producer,Dj & Artist) https://www.indylopez.com Send your Promos to: promo@indylopez.com More info: http://soundcloud.com/indy-lopez http://twitter.com/IndyLopez http://www.facebook.com/Indy.Lopez.MZ http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/indylopez http://thedjlist.com/djs/INDY_LOPEZ http://www.youtube.com/user/djindylopez Bookings Worldwide: Musiczone Records: bookings@indylopez.com Encoded and Host by MUSICZONE RECORDS

Introductions Karla - K-Rae on Ravelry and Karlacrafts on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest Emily -  EmGemKnits - Instagram, and Ravelry . EmKnits on Twitter and Periscope EmGem on Pinterest   Shouts outs greenapalone - Angela from Louisiana! (Bio teacher) vanessafalle - Whitehorse Yukon! (SHEEP) What's knitting now Emily Stocking Advent in Cascade vintage. (Hibernation) Stranger Cardigan by michiyo in Araucania Nature Wool Solids in a light denimish colour Stovetop by TinCan Knits in Aslan Trends Royal Alpaca colour way Chartreuse Reyna by Noora Laivola in Crystal Palace Yarns Sausalito Vanilla Socks with afterthought heel (ala Yarn Harlot blog post) in CaterpillarGreen’s Concrete and Tulips Dish cloth in Hemp for Knitting Karla- New Years Day Cast ons were: Socks - using Kate Atherly’s book Custom Socks with a Fish Lips Kiss Heel or Hat Top Thumb Joint Heel Hby Lara Neel (Fork in the Road socks) in Nicole C Mendez Self Striping Sock Yarn.   Sweater - Daelyn Pullover by Isabelle Kraemer in Knit Picks Wool of the Andes in Icicle Heather.   Slippers - Mush Boots by Lise-Ann Michel in 2-ply Fundy Fog Cottage Craft 100% Wool. FO’s - Emily A pair of tube socks for Bug - Sweet Georgia Gliteratti Mini Skein   Karla Fish Kiss Lips heel pattern in Zauberball Starke 6 in the domino colourway. Vasama slipped cable. Rosalie Ear Flap Hat Mary Maxim northland wool Take Three Hat - Ear Flap Hat in Brigg & Little Roving Rib and Cable Hat - Elena Bulky Maya’s Shawl by Justyna Lorkowska in Martha Stewart Alpaca Bankhead Hat by Susie Gourlay in Donegal Tweed Design features Emily- Nada Karla - Bind Off on Maya   Stash Enhancement Emily-  Kate Atherly’s book Custom Socks A skein of Lopi (Straight from Iceland!!) Karbonz DPN’s sock set. Lamb bone buttons   Karla - Owl tote for Christmas, Campside Cardi Pattern, poufyiest pompom   Best laid plans Emily - I want to make the Man of Aran socks for my Mom for her birthday. And in the future the Clayoquot Cardigan by TinCanKnits in Lopi with the sheep buttons for me.   Karla - Everything I want is currently on the needles, so no plans at the moment... Except for the snake toy for babe.   Talky Talk Master Knitter Fair Isle and BYOP classes are going well. More classes coming.   Karla - Gearing up for knitting retreat in February with Amy Singer Adventures in Mommyhood All the words. Cough that won’t quit. Independence! (a little)   New sounds, no words yet. Cardboard boxes are the best.   Inquiring minds Tell us about you! Join us on Ravelry or our Facebook page  

Episode 8 - What Would Ruthie Say? Ravelry This podcast now has a group on Ravelry called “Hand y Machine Knitting Podcast”. Please join up. Thanks to Siobhan, Grania, Jan, yorksett, Lisa and Pam for posting. What Would Ruthie Say? I forgot to mention that Ruthie is my mother’s name! Ha! That would have been relevant. Ruthie would say “Use your library to save money!” Likes & Dislikes Judy Judy rules! LIKE!   Rascally rabits! DISLIKE! Events July 24-25 is the Monroe knitting machine event in Monroe, Michigan. Contact Cathy Reaume(734)-243-3016. monroeknitseminar@att.net   Jackson County Fair August 9-15, 2015.   Michigan Fiber Festival August 15-16 near Allegan, Michigan.   Circular Sock Machine gathering in Grand Ledge, Michigan August 22, 2015. This event is organized by Carol Larsen of Rivers Edge Fiber Arts http://www.riversedgefiberarts.com/  and  Eric Wolff of Browning and Wolff  http://www.browningandwolff.etsy.com/ Acquisitions I bought one skein of yarn from Three Waters Farm on Etsy. It is for the Knitgirllls KAL. I mentioned these patterns: Hummingbird socks by Sandi Rosner from the Knittter’s Book of Socks.  Morning Dove Shawlette by Pam Jemelian Ardent by Janina Kallio 28’s Big Sister 77 by Lynne Ashton. Hand Knitting Paradoxical Mittens by Lucy Neatby Opal Sock Yarn Bunny by Susan B. Anderson No love on the Aranami shawl this month. Machine Knitting Spouse’s v-neck saddle-shoulder cardigan on the LK 150 machine. I used the Cochenille Garment Designer software to create the pattern. I used Lopi yarn in color number 0052 (gray). CSM socks for the nephew-in-law’s 50th birthday felted dramatically so he got a pair that I had made for the spouse that he hadn’t yet worn. I don’t think my nephew-in-law appreciated the socks but he was distracted so hopefully he will learn about the wonderfulness when he puts them on someday.   Resources Craftsy classes consulted during the finishing of the gray cardigan - The Essential Guide to Finishing Hand Knits with Anne Hanson and Essential Techniques Every Knitter Should Know with Sally Melville.    Couture button sewing tutorial by the Knitmore Girls to sew on the buttons with backer buttons for stability.    Cochenille Garment Designer software used for creating the gray cardigan pattern.   One row buttonhole tutorial (I used Sally Melville’s description in the Knit Stitch book). Bing it for yourself!   Contact Information   My Ravelry name is annejeneer. Send me a friend request and please consider joining our Ravelry group for this podcast. I would love to hear from you - especially if you want to come on the show to talk about your own machine knitting experiences.

Episode 7 - A major life event Bygones Are you on Ravelry? If so, would you join a group devoted to this podcast? I mean you don’t have to be really devoted to it but would you join it? I need to have at least three people before I can be a group. Major life announcement I’ve retired - or will be retired by June 30.   A plan for a structured week: A day to plan and shop for our meals and do other errands. A housecleaning day. An anti-procrastination day. An outside activity day like bike riding or kayaking. An cultural enrichment day. A stay-at-home day for reading or knitting.(Just one day??) A long term project day. Also write notes to family and friends - longhand. Likes & Dislikes No furnace and no air conditioning in May! Lowest gas and electric utility bill of the year. LIKE!   Paperwork always piles up. DISLIKE! Events Circular Sock Machine gathering in Grand Ledge, Michigan This event was organized by Carol Larsen of Rivers Edge Fiber Arts http://www.riversedgefiberarts.com/  and  Eric Wolff of Browning and Wolff  http://www.browningandwolff.etsy.com/   Come to the next one on August 22. July 24-25 is the Monroe knitting machine event in Monroe, Michigan. Contact Cathy Reaume(734)-243-3016.  Acquisitions I bought one skein of hand dyed yarn from Carol Larsen and six balls of Zauberball in the Tropical Fish colorway to make the Ten Stitch Blanket by Frankie Brown. Check out the project that inspired me. Here’s the Youtube video link two parts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnBEWkQABtQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GQxCwxSAtU Hand Knitting For Angie’s baby girl: Scrappy Sock Yarn Preemie Hat by Greg Cohoon. The pattern costs $3.00 but Greg is donating all the proceeds to Family Support Network of Central Carolina.  I made the newborn size and then dyed it pink.    For Sara’s baby girl: Miss Daisy cardigan by Lisa Chemrey. I used some hand spun yarn (White Pine Fiberworks) that had been in my stash forever. I bought it at the Spinner’s Flock event in Chelsea.   I used Wilton’s food safe cake dyes to dye yarn. Here is a link to their site with all the information about yarn dyeing.   I used a skein of Steinbach Wolle Activ Pronto 6 ply sock yarn. I made a pair of Turkish Bed Socks.   No love on the Aranami shawl this month.    I finished the lunchtime mittens. I forgot to mention that I  started and finished knit the Golden Cherries Shawlette by Pam Jemelian. I used Quince and Co Chickadee yarn. Machine Knitting Spouse’s v-neck saddle-shoulder cardigan on the LK 150 machine. I used the Cochenille Garment Designer software to  create the pattern. All pieces are knitted and blocked and are awaiting seaming and a hand knitted button band and lower edge.  I used Lopi yarn. After I get this podcast episode uploaded, I’m going to work on seaming and hand knitting the ribbing at the hem and the button bands. I may have enough Lopi yarn in color number 0052 (gray) for a shawl collar.   Next up is machine knitted socks for my nephew-in-law’s 50th birthday.  Contact Information Check out my personal card.    

Show notes and everything QuiltMoxie at www.QuiltMoxie.com/shownotes Topics include: 1. Top-Down Icelandic Sweater with Ragga Eiriksdottir 2. Sewing Bras - Construction and Fit with Beverly Johnson 3. Frogs, Lizards and Acid 4. Prizes and Personal Craftsy Club 2015 BOM with Jinny Beyer Ariana is wearing her Icelandic Sweater and talks about the finishing details.  This is from the class Top Down Icelandic Sweater with Ragga Eiriksdottir made with Lopi wool.  Ariana is excited to announce more collaborative action between QuiltMoxie.Etsy.com shop and Aussieyarning.Etsy.com shops.  She talks about a new collaboration with another Craftsy Indie Designer Ramona Rose. Look out for more awesome prizes including the organizer bag of your choice from Yazzii.com by participating in the Personal Craftsy Club on Ravelry.com.  Yes, there are awesome prizes. This episode is about 3 Craftsy Classes:  1. Top-Down Icelandic Sweater with Ragga Eiriksdottir 2. Sewing Bras - Construction and Fit with Beverly Johnson 3. 2015 Block of the Month Club with Jinny Beyer Join our mailing list ( at http://eepurl.com/zJ9lH  ) to get your next and every episode with Show Notes delivered directly to your email as soon as the episode is available.  It's a simple one-time drop of your email address into the form and check "receive podcast by email".   We respect your email privacy.

Show notes and everything QuiltMoxie at www.QuiltMoxie.com/shownotes Topics include: BIG Thank You for supporting the Podcast ! 1. QuiltMoxie Etsy Shop 2. Personal Craftsy Club and 2015 BOM with Jinny Beyer 3. Custom Yoke Sweater 4. Cut the Top-Down Icelandic Sweater Thank you for your support is the theme of this episode.  Ariana is encouraged by your support and wants to personally thank everyone who has contributed to the podcast. Thank you very much for your continued support which is so appreciated. Ariana is excited to announce that the QuiltMoxie.Etsy.com shop is open and invites you to visit.  She continues talking about the Aussieyarning.Etsy.com shop and hints at the future collaborative projects with Joyce to come. Look out for more awesome prizes including the organizer bag of your choice from Yazzii.com by participating in the Personal Craftsy Club on Ravelry.com.  The Personal Craftsy Club is similar in that you can share your finished Craftsy Projects with Ariana.  To be eligible for a prize, post your finished project with your Craftsy class details in the Personal Craftsy Club thread of the QuiltMoxie the Podcast Ravelry Group by March 31. To qualify for the prizes: Be a member of the QuiltMoxie the Podcast Group on ravelry.com  Post in either the Chatter thread and/or the Finished project thread of the Personal Craftsy Club on Ravelry.com along with your personal Craftsy project of your choice and tell us about it by March 31, 2015 Enter as many projects as you wish This episode is about 3 Craftsy Classes:  1. 2015 Block of the Month Club with Jinny Beyer 2. Custom Yoke Sweater with Amy Detjen 3. Top-Down Icelandic Sweater with Ragga Eiriksdottir Ariana talks about her custom yoke sweater based on one of hubby’s favourite sweaters.  She used the CroCUS cast on (which you can view on YouTube at: http://youtu.be/--5dCKoBlr0 ) in a contrasting color yarn which made it easy to finish the hem of the sleeves and body of the sweater.  The underarm is closed with a 3-needle bindoff .     Ariana has uses her largest pair of scissors to cut the 3-stitch steek on her  Top Down Icelandic Sweater with Ragga Eiriksdottir made with Lopi wool which she talked about in the last episode.  Now that the steel is cut, she has to decide on ribbon or fabric and buttons to complete the cardi. Join our mailing list ( at http://eepurl.com/zJ9lH  ) to get your next and every episode with Show Notes delivered directly to your email as soon as the episode is available.  It's a simple one-time drop of your email address into the form and check "receive podcast by email".   We respect your email privacy.

Week one of Tour De Fleece is over!  Aj isn't comitting to anything knitting wise and is workign on some UFO's and the swatch from Hades.  It's also been one honey of a week and AJ tells about her " Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very BadWeek".

In this latest episode of our podcast we demonstrate steeking! Watch as we walk through crochet steeking and the cutting! For more info on this technique, check out Eunny Jang’s Blog What I am wearing: Icelandic Lopi sweater Number 4 from Istex Lopi No. 23 knitted in Lopi in colors B 0051 White, MC - 0008 Lt. Denim, [...]