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Enjoying the ad-free show? Please consider supporting it! Patrons get monthly bonus episodes, perks, and priority on their knitting questions. Lots of lively conversation, a book club and knit-along too! www.patreon.com/verypinkknits Many thanks to Turtlepurl for supporting the podcast! Check out the self-striping yarns on their website - www.turtlepurl.com Coupon code information: For 15% off the total purchase *Excluding mini skein bundles or knitting needles* April Code - APR25VP My Favorite Fair Isle Techniques video Carrying Fair Isle Floats video Intarsia vs Duplicate Stitch video Slow Motion Flicking Knits and Purls video Our links Polly's Instagram Polly's Ravelry Notebook VeryPink Instagram Verypink.com VeryPink Knits YouTube Channel Staci's Ravelry Notebook Sign up for the free VeryPink Knits weekly newsletter
What's worth talking about? Pixar's short "Purl" in Bootie and Bossy's Episode 41!What happens when a pink ball of yarn named Purl starts working at B.R.O. Industries? Find out in Kristen Lester's Pixar animated short “Purl.” There's a lot going on in these 8 minutes that's worth talking about. It's “unbeweavable,” as Purl herself would say, but there's a deeper message underneath all of the knitting puns. Purl is the literal and classic “round” character capable of surprise and transformation as she reknits herself in the bathroom to look more like her male co-workers. Her knitting skills are rewarded too: when she looks and talks more like her “flat,” stereotypical male co-workers, she's accepted and listened to. But what's the cost? The arrival of another ball of yellow yarn—"Lacy"—forces her to make a choice: go back to her old, true, round, pink self, or stay flat in her knitted power suit and be accepted by the bros? There's a beautiful arc and message here as Purl returns to her former self. Here's what Kristen Lester, the director, had to say:"I wanted to tell and speak to an experience that I felt like we had not been talking about a lot . . . Believe in your voice, believe in what you have to say, believe in the things that you like. You can get challenged a lot, especially when you are a young woman going into the industry. It's really important to stay true to who you are and believe in yourself."--Kristen Lester, Director of “Purl”But Purl's round, colorful presence also transforms B.R.O. Industries, ostensibly making it a more welcoming place for all. That's the beauty of inclusion—it makes it better for everyone, right? But what about how the men are flattened and stereotyped? And the guys at B.R.O. Industries—what if they don't want to change? What if the culture of scarcity makes them feel like they are losing instead of gaining something? Art prompts these important conversations, and these things are worth talking about, especially today. And speaking of great conversation, did we mention that we will be hosting a Zoom Knit Night with Kim Davis on Friday, April 4, 7:00 PM EST/4:00 PM PST? Put it on your calendars now and plan to join us! We'll be sending out a link to register soon, so stay tuned!And if you need a little snack to go with your wine, may we recommend Dorie Greenspan's recipe for “Savory Cheese and Chive Bread” from her cookbook, Around My French Table? It's easy and versatile—throw in whatever you have on hand—those random hunks of leftover cheese, bacon, walnuts or olives. Even the ungrateful children love it! So whip up some cheesy, savory bread, watch “Purl,” and join us on April 4 for some laughs, some good crafting talk and great conversation!
Marsha has an exciting addition to our fiber adventures. A new loom! Plus we have project updates and some listener comments. Full notes with photos and links can be found in the podcast section of our shop website: TwoEwesFiberAdventures.com Join the community on Ravelry or become a patron and support the show on our Patreon Page. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Subscribe on Android or Subscribe on Google Podcasts Marsha's Projects Malabrigo Nube Merino Braids: Have two braids in the color way 855 which is a blue green. Finished the first braid and started second Camella Hat: by Katie Pomper. Using Meeker Street Olive's Outerwear DK in the colorway Dragon's Breath. Nanny Meier Tea Cozy: Inspired by Lily Pulitzer colors. Using Cascade 220 in hot pink and lime green. Finished first side. Socks: Using Knitterly Things Vesper Sock Yarn in the colorway Sum-Sum-Summertime. Heels and toes will be Dream in Color Mini Smooshy in the colorway Bermuda Teal. Fine Sand: by Heidi Kirrmaier. Using West Yorkshire Spinners Illustrious in the colorway Claret. I washed and blocked the body. Seems okay but I would like it a bit roomier. I'm still thinking about what I want to do next. LeClerc Nilus Jack Loom: Pick it up January 8th from a weaver on Vashon Island. Have lots of lace weight alpaca that I plan to weave a shawl. Kelly walked me through the math with her Two Ewes Weaving Calculator and Sample Weaving Calculation. Kelly's Projects Finished the Purple/Gray socks for Robert. The yarn is Comfort and Joy. I wasn't familiar with the dyer but it turns out to be a yarn particular to the Purls of Joy yarn shop in Healdsburg, California. I bought three skeins of their sock yarn at the very last Stitches event and I still have two to use. Sewing together the Dozens of Little Squares. I am making strips of 14 squares each. I'll run out of squares and need more when I have 15 strips of 14. I'm currently on the 8th strip. Started a Sockhead Hat with Punk Rock Unicorn Dirty Neon. Ravelry Tips and Tricks Ravelry users seem to be back up. Numbers of users online are showing in the mid 4000s each time I log on. For a few years they have been in the 3000s at the highest. This number is on the main page. If you click on it you can see more user stats. For example, the most users online at the moment I clicked were from the US, followed by Germany, then Canada, and then the UK. There was one person from Antarctica online at the time that I clicked. There were over 600,000 active users in the last week. Other Stuff My Subversive Cross Stitch Calendar 2024 and how my year is going so far. Jill sent a message that Stephany Wilkes was interviewed on The Long Thread Podcast. We interviewed her in November of 2018 back in Episode 101 and it was a fun conversation. BTW, that's the same episode that Marsha started the Clare Garland Rabbit. Margaret (marginmirror on Ravelry): Maybe someday if you decide to venture north and east to Alberta you'll visit us up here at our fibre (that's how Canadians spell "fiber") festivals -- and sample our sturdy, wooly wool (Dorset/Suffolk and the like) and locally-raised alpaca -- and our imported (merino) indie-dyed wool. You'd LOVE "Fibre Week" in mid-June at Olds College (Olds, Alberta) -- though I think at least one of you might have scheduling conflicts. Check out Central Alberta Rural Spinners on Facebook...just because. Events Winter Weave Along starts October 1 and goes through March 31. Join the fun in our Ravelry group! Florida conference, Orlando, 19th through 22nd (Orlando World Center Marriott)
Enjoying the ad-free show? Please consider supporting it! Patrons get bonus episodes, perks, and entry into quarterly raffles. www.patreon.com/verypinkknits Patreon is now offering free 7-day trials! You can sign up at the Stockinette Tier which will allow you to listen to the Bonus Episodes and join in on the conversation. Visit the Patreon page, and the Stockinette Tier now allows you to sign up for the free trial. Many thanks to Turtlepurl for supporting the podcast! Check out the self-striping yarns on their website - www.turtlepurl.com Coupon code information: For 10% off the total purchase *Excluding mini skein bundles or knitting needles* December code: DEC23VP Downton Hat, free pattern and video tutorial Good Tension between Knits and Purls video The Etsy shop where Staci buys faux fur pompoms Lumi piano (one of Staci's hobbies) Our links Polly's Instagram Polly's Ravelry Notebook VeryPink Instagram Verypink.com VeryPink Knits YouTube Channel Staci's Ravelry Notebook
Pt 3 of our series that features Flock Fiber Festival meet & greet sneak peeks and the best wifi that Seattle's Parks department has to offer (lol) is here! This was our 1st festival partnership in this capacity. Meeting everyone and collecting their inspiring stories was so special, but we learned a lot! I cover some of those learnings and of course, you'll hear how these vendors we chatted with began their journeys as a maker! We also have a special peek into how 4 small businesses in WA work together to create beautiful fiber magic! Andrea of Apple Yarns- With my husband, Andrew Evans, we started Apple Yarns in Bellingham, WA, in 2007 in a 700 sqft retail store. Today Apple Yarns is made up of 4 unique divisions; in-person, online, subscriptions, and wholesale and we now occupy 4,000sq. ft. in Bellingham. In addition to loving colorful fiber, knitting, and crochet, one of the things that makes us unique is my love of small business. Jeananne of Cerulean Orchid- An online yarnie boutique and pattern house. We explore our curiosities and nerdom through yarn, patterns, stickers, project bags, and other yarnie goodies in collaboration with our favorite creatives. Jean of Juni and Si - I started dyeing out of curiosity for how it was done and quickly realized I loved seeing my ideas put to yarn. Before I had a plan, I knew I wanted to name my colorways after songs I love. To me, music and color are a perfect match. Both can ignite inspiration, spark a memory or even convey a person's mood without words. Jessica of Purls and Postulates - Aside from inspiring the name for her small business, Jessica's passion for STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) and cultivating that passion in others helped her lead a successful career in education for almost a decade before she turned her focus to dyeing yarns and ensuring her two boys grow up with an enthusiasm for learning.Ashleigh of Sewrella - Based in Apex, North Carolina, thousands of skeins of our whimsical, magical colorways get dyed every week for our preorder collections and in-stock tonals. We believe in the maker's experience being an indulgent one, complete with curated tools, housemade wool wash, hand cream formulated for makers, and so much more.Reshma of Hello Lavender - I launched Hello Lavender in 2016. I started by going to craft fairs and selling knitwear online but then transitioned into making polymer clay stitch markers and earrings in 2020, which took off in a way I could never have imagined. Fibershed Chat - Sarah from San Juan Woolworks, Jess from Skagit Woolen Works, Lydia of Abundant Earth, and Emily of Local Color - A chat about the ways their businesses collaborate to make local yarn and fiber in western Washington, from raising the sheep and dye plants to carding and spinning.Music by Despatches.
Pop on into the pub and join your favorite KNIT wits, as William spins us a YARN about one of his favorite hobbies. He has us sitting on pins and knitting NEEDLES!You're KNOT gonna want to be out of the LOOP for this one - his ability to WEAVE a narrative that HOOKS you in is incredible, and is quite full of PURLS of wisdom.Not all of us are cut from the same CLOTH as William, so this week we've got an Explainer Things on our hands....That's right! We're talking about bowling!Become a Patron at www.patreon.com/doctorandlawyerEmail: doctorandlawyer@outlook.comInstagram: instagram.com/doctorandlawyerpodcastTwitter: twitter.com/DoctorandLawyerFollow your hosts! William- instagram.com/kentuckywizardCody- instagram.com/murphyslaw_kyAlex- instagram.com/alex_t_christianDallas- instagram.com/dallas_mckinney
Direct Mail is under attack. Whether paper or envelope shortages, increasing pressure to demonstrate ROI, or digital ads stealing more of the marketing budget, there's no escaping the uncomfortable reality most mailers and their clients face. And yet, a growing number of leading Direct Mailers have learned to employ an unusual and differentiated Direct Mail offering that starts with adding a Personalized URL (“PURL”) and Personalized QR Code (“PQR”) to the printed Mail. While simple on the surface, everything you don't see makes a significant difference in helping these mailers not only acquire new clients but also protect their existing revenue in the face of extreme pressure. In this 90-minute Web Class, taught by MindFire president David Rosendahl, you'll learn: [1] The 4 Direct Mail Problems Most Mailers Ignore (Puts Printers at Significant Risk) [2] How the Deceptively Simple Addition of PURLs & PQRs to Direct Mail Eliminates These Risks [3] The Steps to Build High-Performing Campaigns (It's What You Don't See That Makes the Difference) [4] How Leading Mailers Sell These Campaigns (and Build a Revenue “Moat” Around the Client) Who Should Listen: Printers or Brands who sell/employ Direct Mail, where the marketed product/service is a considered B2B or B2C purchase RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE Join the Texting Community: Text Dave at: 1 (949) 506-5835 Or click this link: bit.ly/DaveRosendahl View the blog: https://mindfireinc.com/they-laughed-when-i-said-this-would-increase-leads-but-when-they-saw-the-results/
Show Notes:Intro - On the Needles - ~Noah's 2022 Birthday Socks - French Vanilla Cappuccino Socks by ME! on US1.5 (2.5mm), Knit Picks Felici in the Bookshop colourwayProject bag from Lizzie Bags & Progress Keeper from Tilting Planet~Dust of Snow Wrap by Curious Handmade / Helen Stewart on US6 (4mm), Various Mini SkeinsFinished Projects - ~2022 Preemie Hat #14 and 15 on US6 (4mm), Into the Whirld Pakokko Sock in the Bigger on the Inside colourway, Dream in Color Smooshy in the Melon Bomb colourway, & Berroco Vintage DK in the Cracked Pepper colourway | Sweet Georgia Yarns Tough Love Sock in the Magician colourway & Fully Spun Postscript Fingering in the Intersex Pride colourway~Jeremy's 2022 Birthday Socks - French Vanilla Cappuccino Socks by ME! on US1.5 (2.5mm), Knit Picks Felici in the Vampire Vibes colourwayFlosstube - Begins at timestamp 6:52~Heart Tree by JBW Designs / Judy WhitmanMill Hill 14 ct Perforated Paper - WhiteSulky 0035 floss~Kitten in a Pumpkin by Sweet Anne / Anna Pavlyuk32 ct Grey Basalt and White Splash LuganaMostly called for DMC FlossesProject Bag from The 805 Stitcher~The River by Modern Folk EmbroiderySteel City Stitchers 16 ct Aida - Crimson PeakForbidden Fiber Co. in the River of Life colourwayOutlander To Bed or To Sleep Project Bag from StitchToolbox~Edinburgh Castle by Terra Luna StitcheryUsing Pattern Keeper software on Kindle Fire 7Needle Minder from TopKnotStitcher & A Needle Runs Through ItProject Bag from KnitRunDigGrime Guard from Crab Shack StitcheryBitzy Bob Basic from That's So Kelly Co.Silicone tiesYummies (our current favourite things) - ~Silly Ol Bear Fableband~Wool& 100 Day Challenge~The Black Needle Society Murder Mystery BoxI'm so excited to be a rep for The Black Needle SocietyJoin TBNS Waitlist to be notified when you can subscribe.Save 5% on everything in The Black Needle Society Vault with the code JAVAPURL5What We're Watching, Reading, + Listening To - Please be aware that we do discuss recent tv show episodes that have aired in the last week or so. This is your spoiler warning!April / May / June 2022 RAL - 15 minutes of reading daily challenge* 87-91 of 91 days - 1 or more giveaways for eBook, everyone gets $1.20 off any single pattern coupon code* 60-86 of 91 days - 1 or more giveaways for single pattern* #GGKRAL22* #GGKCSRAL22~April / May / June* 91 days - 10 entries* 87-90 days - 8 entries* 60-86 days - 5 entries~July / August / September* 92 days - 10 entries* 88-91 days - 8 entries* 61-87 days - 5 entries~ October / November / December* 92 days - 10 entries* 88-91 days - 8 entries* 61-87 days - 5 entries~ Read All 365 days - 10 bonus entriesEpisode 483 Bookshop List~How to Heal Yourself When No One Else Can: A Total Self-Healing Approach for Mind, Body, and Spirit by Amy B. Scher - reading~Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski - reading~I Have Something to Tell You by Chasten Buttigieg - finished reading for Unashamed Love Collective ~ A Community for LGBTQ+ People and Allies~Get Untamed The Journal by Glennon Doyle - reading/writing~Inward by Yung Pueblo - reading~The Night Hawks (Ruth Galloway #13) by Elly Griffiths - finished reading~To Dwell in Darkness (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James #16) by Deborah Crombie - finished reading~The Duke Heist (The Wild Wynchesters #1) & The Perks of Loving a Wallflower (The Wild Wynchesters #2) by Erica Ridley - finished reading~Stockings and Spells (Vampire Knitting Club #4) & Purls and Potions (Vampire Knitting Club #5) by Nancy Warren - finished listening~How to Catch a Queen (Runaway Royals #1) & How to Find a Princess (Runaway Royals #2) by Alyssa Cole - finished reading~Best Laid Plans (Garnet Run #2) & The Lights on Knockbridge Lane (Garnet Run #3) by Roan Parrish - finished reading Book 2 & reading Book 3~The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson - finished reading~Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - watching episodes for That's Messed Up: An SVU Podcast~Gilmore Girls - rewatching Season 3 with the I Am All In With Scott Patterson Podcast~Outlander - watching Season 6~Murdoch Mysteries - finished watching Season 15~NCIS - watching Season 19~My Favourite Murder podcast~Random Spotify PlaylistsMarch / April / May Sheepy Spring AL -*Runs from 1-March through 31-May*Details - any project you knit/crochet/weave/spin/stitch/sew that you can convince us relates to spring*No WIPS - Your project must be begun no earlier than 1-March and finished no later than 31-May*Each project that you knit/crochet/weave/spin must be at least 20yds/18.3m that you finish and post in the Facebook Group FO Thread counts as 1 entry into the giveaways. If your project is not at least 20yds/18.3m, you need to group it in a single post with other projects that together total at least 20yds/18.3m. For stitching/sewing projects, we'll leave it to your best judgment. If you wanted our official ruling, PM email us at ggkcspodcast@gmail.com*Feel free to poly-dip in other ALs as long as it fits in with other rules*Please complete our Google form in order to help us make sure you are receiving a prize that you'll actually enjoy using.*Prizes: If you'd like to donate one, email us at ggkcspodcast@gmail.comQ-Snap Floral CoverAudine Wools by KnitCrate Twinkle DK - 2 skeins of Knit Yorker (2 winners will each win 1 skein)Katrinkles Sheep Shawl PinPandia's Jewels Hand Dyed Yarn Delight in the Blush colourwayTeresa Kogut Angel Print*Must be a member of the our Facebook group ~ GGKCS Podcast / FlossTube to participate*Social Media Hashtag: #GGKCSSpring22*Thread will be locked the morning of 1-June and winner(s) drawn on the next podcast following that*For any and all giveaways, prizes, competitions, ALs, etc. that we host, the winner(s) have 30 days from the date of announcement (the date the podcast episode in which the winner was announced goes live) to contact us to claim their prize or it will be forfeited. If this occurs, the prize will be used for another giveaway at our discretion. Thanks for understanding!*There is a Chatter Thread in our Facebook group so we can encourage each other along the way.Ask the Geeks - Debbie asks:You recently went through a huge change in your life. While transitions can be joyful and for the best eventually, do you feel depressed and stressed by the magnitude of the change?Misc. - ~I'm so excited to be a rep for The Black Needle SocietyJoin TBNS Waitlist to be notified when you can subscribe.Save 5% on everything in The Black Needle Society Vault with the code JAVAPURL5~Pride AL - Runs from 17-May-2021 [The International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT)] through 30-June-2022. #GGKCSPrideAlong2122~Support the Podcast, Become A Patron~Support the Podcast, Join us on YouTube~Each week, we create a list on Bookshop of all the books we talk about in that week's episode. 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Little Cabin Knits Podcast segments include: - Administration - Raise A Cuppa - On the Shelf - On the Coach - Personal Skill Set - A Time For Hygge - Contemplation corner Where to find me: IG: Andersmillknits Ravelry: andersmillknits YouTube: Between Knits and Purls Ravelry Groups -AndersMillknits on IG & Ravelry -Between Knits and Purls on YouTube https://www.ravelry.com/groups/andersmill-knits-podcast?s=tab Website: www.betweenknitsandpurls.com #littlecabinknits #andersmillknits #hygge #knitting #winter #changes #crafting #knit #audiopodcast #podcast
Enjoying the ad-free show? Please consider supporting it! Patrons get bonus episodes, perks, and entry into quarterly raffles. www.patreon.com/verypinkknits Many thanks to Turtlepurl for supporting the podcast! Check out their self-striping sock yarns. Coupon code information: For 10% off the total purchase *Excluding mini skein bundles or knitting needles* August code: VPSEPT21 Simple Stretchy Bind-Off Knitter who combines machine and hand knitting - DayanaKnits Jawoll does sell little spools of their sock reinforcing thread for toes and heels Good Tension between Knits and Purls video Darning video Patching video Our links - Friend us on Peloton for more high-fives! We're kcknits and VeryPink. Casey's Instagram Casey's website VeryPink Instagram Verypink.com VeryPink Knits YouTube Channel
Welcome to episode 9 of Little Cabin Knits. Segments include: -Introduction - Raise A Cuppa -On the Shelf -On the Coach -A Time For Hygge -On A Positive Note Where to find me: IG:Andersmillknits Ravelry: Andersmillknits YouTube: Between Knits and Purls. Full show notes can be found at: https://andersmillknits.wixsite.com/website
In the second Molly book, we learn 7x8 and who we can appreciate. Molly’s plucky scheming streak continues when she refuses to take part in a group knitting project. Eventually, she surrenders and learns a lesson about allies and how to befriend an Alison. In our coverage, we continue to grapple with the great existential question of what it means to be a Molly, and much more. Tune in for our discussion of education in the 1940s, nationalism, and lessons not learned on this season of Bachelorette. Visit our merch store! (Link: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/american-girls-podcast?ref_id=14940 ) Join our patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/americangirlspodcast) Follow the show on Instagram (@americangirlspodcast) and Twitter (@agirlspod) Email us at AmericanGirlsPod@gmail.com You can follow Allison on Instagram (@allisonhorrocks) and Twitter (@allisonhorrocks) You can follow Mary on Instagram (@mimimahoney) and Twitter (@MaryMahoney123)
Today’s episode is the poem “Purls for Jo” by Janeen Pergrin Rastall Purls for Jo For Jo Doran 3 AM. Night nestles the porch railings. The wind has stopped knocking. Across the bay, street lights stitch Marquette’s alleyways, like the woman who casts on her knots of grief, weaves in loose ends, draws from friends. Her needles pierce each empty space and she purls the darkness. When that woman falls into illness you want to make a nest, cushion her, unravel the layettes, the soft scarves and socks she once knit, to tug against the dark, gather back her years of gleaming threads. A version of this poem first appeared Escape into Life This poem is part of Hearts to Hearts 2020 Pandemic Literary Project. In Hearts to Hearts, authors from around the country share their poems, prose and words of support to the UPHS staff in Marquette and to all those who keep us safe and healthy during this pandemic. Find Hearts to Hearts at https://marquettepoetscircle.wordpress.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mqtmemorybox/message
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This week's episode is the first in a series on self-care. Specifically, things that I do to re-energize and reinvigorate mulyslef. First up, knitting.
Welcome to 3 Cups Collective, season 2! We talk about community, coffee, and creativity. Join us as we welcome Michelle McHazlett to the podcast. Michelle is a close friend and owner of Park Avenue... Visit our website for full links, additional content and more. www.3CupsCollective.com
Power Purls Podcast is back! Bridging the worlds of craft and life, Kara Gott Warner reminds us of the depth in the Power Purls name. It’s more than just knitting – this is confidence-building. This is intuition. This is learning. And it starts right where you are.
Hello there and welcome to The Crochet Circle Podcast and the show notes for Episode 37 – Feeling Festive? In this episode, I cover: Old Dog New Tricks: CAL Updates; Final Destination; En Route; Feeding the habit; Quick News Beats; 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 – Old Dog New Tricks Today’s Old Do is all about fixing crochet when a hole appears in it. My friend Lisa went to put on one of her crocheted shawls and discovered that somehow there were two ends poking out that was once a fully formed stitch. She wasn’t sure how to fix it, so I said I would have a go. On investigating the shawl there were a few areas where loose ends were showing and one knot. I don’t know what caused the yarn breakage but suspect one of three things: 1 – moths 2 – the shawl was trapped in a drawer or door at some point 3 – the yarn has worn at particular points (it was skinny single merino) The good news is that you can fix crochet, the bad news is that I don’t think one method fixes all. With Lisa’s shawl, she provided me with her leftover yarn (always a good reason to keep some spare) and I knew that the broken stitches were quadruple trebles. Key to fixing these holes was spit splicing new yarn onto the tiny ends of yarn that were poking up. If you have never spit spliced before, it is a wonderful way of joining two ends of yarn together and works particularly well with wool or yarn with high wool content. You can do it with superwash yarn, but it may take a bit more effort for the splice to take. If you are new to spit splicing, here is a link to a YouTube video on how to do it. Ensure that you are joining to the loose piece at the top of the row so that you are starting from the correct height. Do the same with the bottom strand of loose yarn so that it won’t unravel further and weave this end in so that it is secure. Go back to the newly spliced yarn at the top of the row and crochet the missing stitch as per the pattern. I finished by adding a slip stitch to really bed the new stitch in. Weave in the end. If you don’t have enough yarn to do a spit splice, you may be better of tying a knot in it (this will likely create a puckered area in your work though) and then try to felt the two ends together (like the spit splice but without cutting any of the plies out). This should help to secure the ends which you may be able to weave in and tidy up. 2 – CAL Updates I haven’t recorded it yet, but hopefully, this weekend, I will have announced the #SockCAL winners on Instagram, Ravelry and possibly a YouTube video (time allowing). Charlie and I are colluding again on a Christmas Eve CAL. At any point on Christmas Eve, you can start a new project. Last year we did it as a One-Skein Wonderland CAL and this year it is up to you what you make and with how much yarn. The bundle is still up in the Ravelry group from last year, so if you need some inspiration for one skein projects, go and take a look. As usual, you can crochet, knit, weave, do whatever yarn-based craft you please. This is all about having a chilled-out project that you can work on during the Festive Season and the month of January. The CAL starts on the 24th December 2018 and ends on Sunday 27th 2019. It is going to be a very chilled out CAL, mainly because I am flat out at the moment and don’t want to over-commit myself again. Use #ChristmasEveCAL and #ChristmasEveCALFO to show off your projects and finished objects. 3 – Final Destination Do you remember me saying that I was going to get time off in November and that I was going to finish all my WIPs before the end of 2019? Did you believe me? It hasn’t quite worked out like that. I sort of forgot about a project that I signed up to do and got the go-ahead on two rather large commissions that I need to deliver by mid-December… So, there has been MUCH crocheting going on, but I can’t show you properly until March. When I have large work crochet projects on the go, I tend to turn to other crafts as my personal crafts and vice versa. What this means is that I have finished up a couple of long-term knitting WIPs that I had on the go. The first is a DK weight jumper which is called Joyride. It’s a free pattern on Ravelry and was really quite quick to make, even though I started it at the beginning of February. I made a few modifications and hope to get my project notes up on Ravelry shortly. All of my other FOs are socks. I have listed all of the patterns and yarns used. Of particular interest are two new yarns that I used. The first was Tania’s (TJ Frog) Dorset Horn wool, which has no nylon in it whatsoever, just pure wool. We were both vending at Yarnporium together and had a little chinwag about the viability of using Dorset Horn for socks. I thought it was worth a try because of the decent staple length of the fibre and sturdiness of the twist and wool that Tania has had spun. Needless to say, Tania is currently testing out her new striped (Suffragette coloured) socks and will report back so that I can let all of you know how well her Dorest Horn wool has performed in sock form. The other yarn of note is 70% SW wool and 30% nettle. I bought this yarn when I was at Stephen & Penelope’s in Amsterdam and loved working with it. It’s plump, warm and silky. The nettle makes a real difference to yarn. I haven’t worn the socks yet because I wanted to show them off, but even just from trying them on, I know that these are going to be toasty. I think that the Onion Sock Yarn would be amazing for crocheted socks. I need to find some more because I think that it would be incredible in a pair of Deanne’s (Addydae Designs) Baseline or Segue Socks. If you are UK based and interested in this yarn, you can get it from Wild & Woolly in London. There are other stockists worldwide, just search for Onion Yarns Sock Yarn. The stripey fellas were a quick make for my Father-in-Law because everyone needs a woolly hug every now and then. They were knitted in West Yorkshire Spinners Mallard colourway. The Eddisbury Socks are a pattern by my friend Gill, using Socks Yeah! My other FO was for Crochetzine’s latest issue. I said that I would pull together a tutorial on intarsia crochet and I wanted to work that around something festive, so created an intarsia Christmas cracker. If you aren’t familiar with Crochetzine, it’s a mini crochet magazine on Instagram and it’s run by Chrissie, Sarah and Sharma. It is going from strength to strength and every month they have a new load of stories, giveaways, patterns and tutorials. It is a genius way of delivering crochet content to crafters for free. Sometimes the smallest and simplest things take the longest time. That is certainly true of this little cracker! In other news, I have had the laser cutter up and running. I have been working on a collaboration with Becci and Markus from RiverKnits and Nu Shearman from Hide and Hammer. I will talk more about the collaboration and kit sales in Quick Newsbeats, but that is another reason for the knitted sock extravaganza! 4 – En Route As alluded to, I have to whopper crochet commissions on the go at the moment and they are taking up almost all of my crafting time. My fallen Leaves socks are sitting patiently, waiting to be picked up again. I know that as soon as I turn the heel on the first one, I will be away and they will be finished in no time! 5 – Feeding the habit Given the number of yarns shows I vend at, you would think that is when I get the majority of my yarns. Not the case because you spend all your time setting up, vending and then taking down. That said, at Yarnporium, I did manage to sneak away for a few minutes because I was told that I must go and see Becca at Mahoodly. I wasn’t disappointed, especially as I seem to be on a mini skein kick at the moment. She dyes on 100% British Bluefaced Leicester. We also went to Glasgow for a night to meet up with my Dad. We managed to cram a lot into just over 24 hours, which included two (yes two!) yarns shops! I had arranged to meet Fiona and Lorna at Queen of Purls on Saturday afternoon. Unfortunately, Lorna couldn’t make it, but I had a lovely afternoon with Fiona, chatting to Zoe (the yarn shop owner) and her sister, whom is also now dyeing and has a company called The Sleekit Hare. You can find her yarns at Queen of Purls and although Zoe is closing the bricks and mortar shop down because she is moving, her online shop will remain open. I also bought a skein of Zoe’s yarn in glorious mustardy colour to go with the mini skeins and a 50g skein of variegated to go with some of her yarn I bought last time I was in Glasgow! After Yarnporium, I took a little trip to Richmond to go back to Tribe Yarns. I picked up some Isager yarn to crochet a lightweight top with. I have crocheted with their Alpaca 1 before, held double, and it creates the softest fabric with gorgeous drape. I also bought some Isager Silk Mohair to add some texture to parts of the top. Milli also had Isager Spinne which is made in Denmark and 100% wool. I hadn’t touched this wool in the flesh before and wanted to give it a try as it is really quite rustic in it’s unblocked state. This will become my version of the shawl that I am currently making under commission. I am currently reviewing what my yarn buying habits might be in 2019… 6 - Quick News Beats Global Hook Ups – I said that the hook ups would be back in December, but looking at my calendar, I just can’t make it work. So here are the suggested dates for the first half of 2019: January – 12th Saturday (night) and 13th (morning) February – 9th Saturday (night) and 10th (morning) March – 9th Saturday (night) and 10th (morning) April – 20th Saturday (night) and 21st (morning) May – 11th Saturday (night) and 12th (morning) June – 15th Saturday (night) and 16th (morning) Festive collaboration – the project that I have been working on with Nu and Becci goes love on Friday 7th December and the kits are available to buy at the RiverKnits website up to Monday 10th at midday or until the limited edition stocks have run out. There is a knit version of the kit and a crocheted version. I’m not yet confident enough to design a crocheted sock, but the yarns amounts should be perfect for Vicki Brown’s Sweetheart Socks or Deanne’s Segue Socks. 7 – Big Up I have a new YouTube podcast for you. It’s called The Green Bean Podcast and it’s by Katie Green, formerly of Blacker Yarns. Katie lives on the Cornwall/Devon border and podcasts about her crafting which is mainly sewing, illustrating and knitting, but she does also crochet. It’s a lovely gentle podcast and her dog Jack often appears in it. 8 - J’adore I was thinking about the things that make me feel festive or that I look forward to over the Christmas period. Here is what I came up with: 1 – Satsumas are in season and I could eat a bag a day! 2 – Mulled wine is perfectly acceptable on a Sunday afternoon as I sit by the fire. 3 – Seeing little children being excited by the magic of the festive season. 4 – Christmas cake is allowed. 5 – Unsolicited access to marzipan. Hmmmm, marzipan. 6 – Making things for people I love. Have a fabulous December and festive season my lovelies. I will be back on Friday the 4th January! Fay x Instagram: Crochet_Circle_Podcast Instagram: provenance.craft.co Instagram: FayDHDesigns YouTube: The Crochet Circle Podcast Crochet Clan on Mighty Network: Invite
Hello there and welcome to The Crochet Circle Podcast and the show notes for Episode 36 – Frolicking with hooligans In this episode I cover: Sock CAL; Final Destination; En Route; Feeding the habit; Quick News Beats; 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 - #SockAlong 2018 CAL The response to the CAL has been incredible. As I recorded this episode, there were a few days left for the CAL. I would like to record a separate piece on the Sock Along and show off the finished objects. All of the blogs are available here if you need support with making more crocheted socks. Here are the links to all of the blog hop folk: #1 Sat 15th Sep - Sock Making Tips - me (http://www.craftyescapism.com/) #2 Sat 22nd Sep - Yarn Choice - Fay (https://www.knitit-hookit-craftit.com/) #3 Sat 29th Sep - Knit vs Crochet Socks - Caroline (https://www.mindandmusecrafts.com/) #4 Sun 30th Sep - Sock Anatomy - Deanne (http://www.addydae.com/) #5 Sat 6 Oct - Toe up vs Cuff down Socks - Jo (http://jojotwinkletoes.blogspot.com/) #6 Sat 13th Oct - Colour & colour patterns - Marta (http://mrsdaftspaniel.blogspot.com/) #7 Sat 20th Oct - Customising socks - Kathryn (http://crafternoontreats.com/) #8 Sat 27th Oct - Crochet Sock Heels are not Scary - Karen (https://www.karenwhooley.com/) More prizes have come in for the CAL. Lovely Sandra from Cherry Heart podcast has kindly offered copies of her latest pattern, the Linden Bee Shawl. Nikki from Ewe Felty Thing a LYS in Llandudno, North Wales and indie dyer, has kindly given a prize of the most beautiful 50% silk and 50% camel yarn. It is so beautifully soft. I am also pleased to say that in November, Nikki will be extending the size of her shop. It's always good to hear local yarn shop successes. 2 – Final Destination Creatively, I have been very busy this month, it's just that much of it has been for the shop and for Yarnporium (a large London yarn show on 2nd & 3rd November). So, less crochet and a lot of pottery, sewing, bag making, designing, and, and, and... I have finished off two shawls that I have been designing. The shawl is called Arria and on Friday 2nd November, the 4ply crocheted and knitted versions are being launched. They both use the intarsia technique and are a nice introduction to it because you only have three balls on the go. They both use 2 x 100g skeins of a 4 ply/light fingering weight yarn (400m/437yds) and a 20g mini skein of the same yarn weight. If you prefer to work in DK weight yarns, the DK Arria patterns are being worked up at the moment and might be ready for the December podcast. I have also been working on my first knitted sock pattern, which uses 20g mini skeins from River Knits. The pattern is called Mini Mania and if you buy a seventh 20g mini skein, you can use up almost all of your wool and get two pairs of socks from the 140g. Discount codes are set up on all three patterns on Ravelry. Use CROCHETCLAN at check out to receive 50% discount. 3 – En Route I have made very little progress on my Fallen leaves socks. I am desperate to get more crochet time in during November and catch up on life. Ho-hum. 4 – Feeding the habit This section usually reflects any woolly adventures I have had during the month. October was a great month for going to new places and seeing some of my lovely woolly friends. It all started with a trip to Hooligan Yarns on their open day. This is a smallholding called Manor Farm Charitable Trust, where they take in animals that would otherwise go to slaughter. Di, her husband Allan and a team look after 170 sheep, goats, chickens, donkeys, pony, geese, geep (yes, there is such a thing as a goat/sheep cross) and ducks. All of the animals get to live a full life and it was amazing to see the different personalities the animals have. The trip was all down to my friend Bec who organised it, and we had a great day out. Di has been working over the last couple of years to create yarn from the fleeces of the sheep. Needless to say, I couldn’t come away without any. I really love that I have animal and fleece specific wool and I have seen just how happy the animals were. The sale of the wool offers direct support to the charity. You can buy their yarn online. You can follow the different animals on Instagram (@hooliganyarns). You can also see the farm on Countryside Autumn Diaries 2018, Episode 3, go to 35:25 minutes. I know of two other UK suppliers of slaughter-free wool in case you are interested: Doulton Border Leicester Flock and Izzy Lane. The next day I was off to Bakewell Woolgathering in Derbyshire, a two-day yarn festival. I didn't have long there and made a beeline to see some friends. One of my plans for this year has been to look to my stash, see where I have single skeins that need partners and buy those partners. Laili owns Emily Foulds, a LYS in Colne, Yorkshire and one of the yarns she carries is The Fibre Company and this was one of the stash areas that I wanted to marry up with an extra skein. I really like Laili and what a success she is making of her shop, so I was pleased to be able to buy from her. When my skein arrived in the post (she didn't have the colour I wanted at the show) it also arrived with a couple of skeins of the new The Fibre Company yarn - Arranmore. I am looking to design up a new crocheted bag with this yarn, so it was really nice to get some to play with. I took a sneaky day off and headed down to London to meet up with a couple of friends. Stasia was over from Russia and Lisa works in London, so we met up int he afternoon for some tea, coffee and crochet at a very cool location called Drink, Shop & Do (later that night the cafe bar was hosting prosecco and pumpkin carving party!) We were all swapping little bits and pieces as gifts and I was blown away with the lovely things I received from Stasia and Lisa. I am now the happy owner of some Russian yarn and a really special stitch marker. I also visited a new yarn shop called Tribe Yarns (@Tribeyarnslife). I only had about 20 minutes there and it was so amazing. I can't do it justice just now, so I am going to go back and have a proper look and photograph it properly. It's in Richmond on the Hill and it is easily one of my new favourite yarn shops. The lovely Nikki from Ewe Felty Thing also sent me through a skein of yarn, very specifically for making socks with so that I can check out another type of yarn. I was searching at Yarndale for some alpaca based sock yarn but couldn't find any, so this skein is just perfect. I will report back in due course so that you know how it wears. 5 - Quick News Beats Global Hook Ups – I am going to take a month off the Global Hook Ups. I know that when I come back form Yarnporium, my battery levels are going to be really low and I want to make sure I get a proper recharge during November. The hook ups will be back in December. Meet up in Glasgow - 24th November meet up in Glasgow at The Queen of Purls at 3.30pm. It would be lovely to see some of you there. WIPalong - Charlie from the Love Charlie Podcast and some Instagram friends are hosting #WIPvember. It runs from 1st - 30th November om Instagram. All you need to do is get cracking on your WIPs. My plan is to continue this throughout December too because ideally, I would carry just one WIP into 2019. I really want to move into the New Year with a clean slate, knowing that I can tackle whatever it is I want and there is no background guilt over long-suffering projects). 6 – Big Up I don't think I have ever told you about my wonderful sister-in-law. Sarah is Matthew's sister and she is an author and a very good one at that. She has a new book out under the Urban Fantasy genre and when she was visiting this weekend, we hatched a plan for a giveaway. 'The Night Raven' is the first novel in The Crow Investigation Series. Sarah is giving away a signed copy of 'The Night Raven' and between us we picked out linen embroidery thread colours to match the front cover which is then part of a raven embroidery bag kit that I am giving away from KNIT IT - HOOK IT - CRAFT IT. The embroidery kit is an absolute one-off (apart from the one that I gave to Sarah - because she is an amazing person). If you would like to win the prize bundle, take to Instagram and make sure you are following her account (@sarapainterbooks)and my business account (@knitithookit) and leave a comment on the post in my account @knitithookit If you want to tag a friend that might be interested, then please do, but it isn't compulsory. Simply comment on the post by 12pm GMT 9th November. Sarah has a growing back catalogue, many of which are available through Amazon and Audible. 7 - J'adore We have been binge-watching The Marvellous Mrs. Maisel which is airing on Amazon. Right, I am off to do more prep for Yarnporium and will be spending most of November on the sofa crocheting. Fay x Instagram: Crochet_Circle_Podcast Instagram: provenance.craft.co Instagram: FayDHDesigns YouTube: The Crochet Circle Podcast Crochet Clan on Mighty Network: Invite
Hello there and welcome to The Crochet Circle Podcast and the show notes for Episode 35 – Sockdale In this episode, I cover: Old dog new tricks; Sock CAL; Final Destination; En Route; Feeding the habit; Quick News Beats; 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 – Old dog new tricks I was in our Ravelry pages the other day and came across a link that was helpfully posted to try to help people understand what kind of crocheter they are. You may be a yanker, rider or a lifter. Your style affects whether or not you are going to hit row tension/gauge and by crocheting in the Rider style, you should be able to hit gauge with most patterns (unless the designer is a Yanker or Lifter). This can help you to get the right number fo pattern rows/rounds and in the case of a Yanker, stop you from having to use more yarn to get the right length of the project. I thought I would raise this because a Crochet Clan member said that they managed to get gauge on their stitches, but not rows and their way around that was to add more rows. This has happened to me in the past too. Yankers – tend to pull the golden loop (first loop pulled up from yarn round hook) and create shorter stitches because they are yanking down on the loops as they work through each stitch. With this technique, you are likely to create shorter projects unless you do extra rows/rounds, Riders – this is really where you want to be because your hook is being worked parallel with your row/round and the height is where it ideally should be. When you pull through a loop from your first yarn round hook, your hook should almost be pointing diagonally down so that you are not extending the loop and you can continue to build the right height as you do the remaining parts of that stitch. Lifters - A lifter is the opposite of a Yanker because they extend the golden loop every time, creating a taller stitch. With this technique, you are likely to create taller projects overall. If you want to know more about this, I thoroughly recommend looking up Deje Jetmir’s YouTube video. She takes you through what a difference it makes and how to overcome being a Yanker or Lifter. 2 - #SockAlong 2018 CAL This CAL is well and truly underway and I am mightily impressed with how many socks are being crocheted and the progress so far! It runs from Saturday 29th September – 31st October 2018. There is a series of blog posts taking you through the intricacies of crocheting socks. You can join in with crocheted or knitted socks. The chatter thread is on Claudia’s (Crochet Luna’s Ravelry page), the FO thread will be hosted by Kathryn from the Crafternoon Treats podcast Ravelry Group and I am heading up the Instagram #SockCAL2018 #SockAlong2018. Sock patterns are available from various designers. There will be prizes for winning entries into the Ravelry FO thread and those using #SockAlong2018FO and I showcase some of them on the podcast. The FO thread is already open in Kathryn's Crafternoon Treats Ravelry Group and there are entries already! Here are the links to all of the blog hop folk: #1 Sat 15th Sep - Sock Making Tips - me (http://www.craftyescapism.com/) #2 Sat 22nd Sep - Yarn Choice - Fay (https://www.knitit-hookit-craftit.com/) #3 Sat 29th Sep - Knit vs Crochet Socks - Caroline (https://www.mindandmusecrafts.com/) #4 Sun 30th Sep - Sock Anatomy - Deanne (http://www.addydae.com/) #5 Sat 6 Oct - Toe up vs Cuff down Socks - Jo (http://jojotwinkletoes.blogspot.com/) #6 Sat 13th Oct - Colour & colour patterns - Marta (http://mrsdaftspaniel.blogspot.com/) #7 Sat 20th Oct - Customising socks - Kathryn (http://crafternoontreats.com/) #8 Sat 27th Oct - Crochet Sock Heels are not Scary - Karen (https://www.karenwhooley.com/) These designers have offered a discount or free pattern: Karen Whooley - 20% off all her sock patterns and books through Ravelry. Just use code socktober2018 at the checkout. https://www.ravelry.com/designers/karen-whooley Deanne from Addydae Designs - 20% off Baseline Socks using code SOCKCAL2018 at the Ravelry checkout. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/baseline-socks Vicki Brown - free Magdalen Sock Pattern on Ravelry https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/magdalen-socks Kathryn from Crafternoon Treats Podcast - free SuperSonic Socks on Ravelry https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/supersonic-socks Caroline from Mind and Muse podcast - free Miniature Hooked Socks and My Sweet Socks on Ravelry https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/mind-and-muse-crafts/patterns Here are some of the prizes that have been coming in for the CAL: 1 - Shawl pin by Vesna and her Etsy shop UstvarjalniNavdih 2 - Yarn by Bec at Black Horse Yarn with a Votes for Women badge I found at Yarndale 3 - Yarn via The Wool Stop in Bristol but dyed by Deb at Crafty Cat Knitty Bits 4 - Stitch markers by Lisa 5 - Stitch markers by Kathryn at Crafternoon Treats 3 – Final Destination I have a couple of finished things to share with you this month. I managed to do my project with the Blacker Tor, the birthday yarn I was sent by Blacker and it’s everything Jo said it was in the yarn review was spot on. It’s bouncy, crochets brilliantly and is beautiful to work with. I made myself a little bag for all of my essential crochet designers kit. It’s just big enough to carry my design kit of stopwatch, calculator, notepad, scales and pen and fit inside a project bag. I am pleased to have finished the crocheted version of Arete. I had to steek this project and it seems that steeking crochet IS NOT A THING. It is now. It works. My stitches haven’t come undone and the world didn’t implode! Yay. I plan on writing a couple of blog posts on steeking crochet because I really think it should be incorporated into more designs. I much prefer tapestry crochet in the round rather than in rows. So, here is the design and the ways I liked to style it: Discount codes are set up on both patterns on Ravelry. Use CROCHETCLAN at check out to receive 50% discount. I also finished my knitted version of Arete and here it is too. 4 – En Route It is all about socks! Crocheted socks. I have two different pairs on the go. Both are using the same Fallen Leaves pattern by Vicki Brown. I am making both pairs with some of Kathryn from Crafternoon Treats yarn so that I can do a side by side comparison. Both are 80% Corriedale and 20% nylon, but the bright pink one is non-superwash and the light blue is super washed. I am intrigued to see the difference between the two and so I am making them both into the same crocheted sock pattern. My plan is to wear both pairs one day each week for a number of months, put them both through our weekly wool wash and test them side by side to discern whether there is any material difference between superwash and non-superwash. The yarn is working up really well and is giving great stitch definition with the Fallen Leaves which is beautiful. 5 – Feeding the habit Well, I was at Yarndale. I am now on a bit of a yarn ban again and I think I am going to try to take it right through to 2019 and assess the situation then. So, here is what has been in my shopping basket this month, bearing in mind that much of it is for designs: Left - 'Orchard' in Bear Twist by Bernie at Bear in Sheep's Clothing Middle and right-hand side yarn are both Crafternoon Corrie Sock from Kathryn at Crafternoon Treats Right photo shows all the lovely gifts I have receievd during the month. Lost of sticth markers and notions. There were chocolates and tablet... Left - Alpaca Rose yarn from Border Mill Right - crochet hook roll and bag from Clarisabeth from Crochet Cakes Podcast and DaintyByCrochetCakes Etsy shop, Chocolate bag and Patons Kroy sock yarn from Claudia at Crochet Luna Podcast and esty shop Left - BFL, mohair and Pecora Brugno from Officina del Colore Naturale Right - Poll Dorset Lambswool from Kate at Northern Yarn 6 - Quick News Beats Global Hook Ups – The next Global Hook Up is due to be on Saturday 13th October 2018 (BST) Time: Saturday 13th October 2018 8:30 PM London BST 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 There is then a second one on Sunday 14th October at 9am (BST) Time: Sunday 14th October 2018 9:00 AM London BST 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 Making Things App - A new pattern app is in the making. It is called Making Things App and you can take a look at their website and Instagram. This is quite a different take on how you can access patterns form designers. Think of a Netflix monthly payment with access to all of the patterns on the app. I will report back when I know more about a launch date but what I can say is that as a designer and user of paid-for patterns, I am excited about this new platform. C2C CAL - Rosina of Zeens & Rogers podcast is hosting a corner to corner (C2C) CAL. It starts on Sunday 7th October and runs until 17th November. You can get all the details here in the blogpost. Glasgow trip – I am heading to my favourite Scottish city on Saturday 24th November. If anyone fancies meeting up, I will be heading to The Queen of Purls for about 3.30pm. The yarn shop is at 1069 Argyle Street, Studio 8, Second Floor, The Hive, Glasgow, G3 8LZ and is open until 5pm. So, if you are in or around Glasgow and fancy squishing yarn with me and going for a coffee, please drop me a line. 8 – Big Up My friend Sophie has taken up podcasting. She is quite a few episodes in now and you can catch her easy breezy, positive catch ups and see her massive WIP pile over at the A Spring Snowflake Podcast over on YouTube. Yarndale organisers – it is a fabulous event that is very crochet welcoming and I think becomes more and more crochet friendly every year. Everyone with a zombie apocalypse plan. In a short and unscientific poll at Yarndale, three out of eight people do not have a zombie apocalypse plan. In case you don’t have a plan, here are some tips: https://comicvine.gamespot.com/profile/masterkungfu/blog/my-zombie-apocalypse-survival-plan/101215/ 9 – J’adore Song – I listen to a fair bit of folk music and Spotify brought me ‘Dark Honey’ by Martin Simpson, Andy Cutting and Nancy Kerr. It is just beautiful. Claudia – Claudia from the Crochet Luan podcast was over for Yarndale. We had a blast. It is just as well we live far apart because I don’t think the world is ready for the amount of naughty we would create together! 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 a new era of Power Purls Podcast in 2018! Discover what's in store in this now weekly podcast and learn about topics to help you start and ROCK your fiber-loving crafty-preneur business, and life centered around developing creative confidence, intuition and wisdom through concious crafting!
You can read more about Casey’s interview with Diarmuid Commins on her website here. To get your knitting question on the show, just email it to podcast@verypink.com. Our lovely sponsor this week: Fringe Supply Company In this episode, we talk about their Field Bag. From Casey’s interview: This is Knit S Twist Wool Other things we talk about in this episode: Knitter’s Pride Knit Blockers Yarn Overs Between Knits and Purls
Events 1 – 30th November: WOVEMBER!!!! This year's theme is Woolness: where wool meets wellness 23 – 30th November: London Guild exhibition – The Thames and Southwark: Threads of London Life, Southwark Cathedral, 10:30am - 5:30pm daily, free entry. Also includes a free Introduction to Natural Dyeing drop in session on Sunday, 26 November from 3-5pm. 2 December: Pints, Purls and Prosecco with Nathan Taylor, from 7-10pm! 21 January: Waltham Abbey Wool Show, 10am–4pm Make Happy – aka – What we’re working on R: Starting point done!!!! On the yoke of her British Blue sweater and working on the two Woolly Wormhead Mystery KAL hats Weaving in ends video from Tabetha A: Clue 2 of Cederberg Shawl MKAL – in SGY Tough Love Sock. Jumper for Harrison for Christmas. Looking for more Sirdar Eco Wool DK in "Clay" (soft fawn colour), needs 3-4 more 50 g balls - A Woolly Good Time: Alli has visited a couple of shows since the last podcast and gives us a brief rundown: Knit for Peace's The Great Knit Fest at Chelsea Old Town Hall, and the Nottingham Yarn Expo. Then we both get a bit philosophical about wool, yarn and it's importance in our day-to-day lives. How does wool play into your everyday world? *** Wrap up Many thanks for joining us for another episode! You can find the podcast on iTunes and Stitcher Radio (please rate, review and subscribe!) and you'll find us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, in our Yarn in the City group on Ravelry, or in person on Wednesday nights at our knit night at The Goat on the Rise between 7 and 10pm. We are now back at the Goat now that their refurb is done. Have a great couple of weeks and we’ll chat with you soon! Music credits (available on NoiseTrade) Ridiculously Happy (feat. Twilight Meadow) - Owl City
Buying leads has become more of a science than an art and the process is infused with new technology that helps you treat each lead like a $1000 bill. We asked Richard Bufkin, President of Target Leads to update us on lead purchasing, a traditional process that has been brought very much up to date. Richard is the second generation of a business that is 32 years old and that has been in his family for 25 years, so he has seen that evolution up close and personal. During our conversation, Richard also dispels some commonly held beliefs. For some products, fancy mailing pieces generally do not perform better than plain old black and white mailings. We learn how reply options have changed greatly – including “PURLS” (personalized URLs). We learn about the critical importance of an integrated CRM and how your response time may dictate your success. Richard also talks about clustering, and resting zip codes. What You'll Learn from This Episode: How Target Leads - a family business - has changed over time. What's new in lead purchasing. Why CRM systems are critically important. What "clustering" is and how it affects lead generation. Why Richard will lock out leads for 90 days. Which is more effective – fancy color mailings or plain old black and white. What PURLs are, and why they're so crucial to getting exposure.
Episode 168: Eating my purls Knitting Brooke and Kira's Dye Workshops (under Workshops and Retreats) The Modern Natural Dyer Harvesting Color Dyer's Garden Kristine Vejar's indigo class on Creativebug Syncopated brioche Knitting Brioche by Nancy Marchant Take it all Unicorn...
In this episode Kara talks to knitwear designer and regular coaching client, Francoise Danoy. Francoise is a self-proclaimed Yarn Alchemist: she transforms yarn into knitwear designs for her tribe of Fibre Muses to enjoy, and also teaches others how to become Yarn Alchemists themselves. Her mission is to evolve and grow, and right now the way she does that is by helping her Fibre Muses dive deep into themselves to find their creativity and magic. As a result of working with Francoise, a knitter can transform her yarn into a piece of fiber art, as well as discover and benefit from the magical properties of knitting, in order to create a more meaningful experience. “Knitting is a quiet kind of magic that not only allows us to take a skein of yarn and transform in into something new, but connects us to our past, helps us stay grounded in the present and shapes our future.” - Francoise Danoy [Tweet "Inspiration abounds when designer @ArohaKnits talks business on the #PowerPurlsPodcast!"] Episode highlights: Francoise was a guest on episode 26, and we're so happy to have her back again! Francoise is a knitwear designer living in Osaka, Japan. Her father is French and her mother is Maori. Francoise refers to herself as a yarn alchemist – she helps knitters transform their yarn into pieces of fiber art Francoise wants to inspire her fibre muses to help them feel confident about creating beautiful hand knits. She has been designing for 2.5 years, knitting for 3 years. Kara and Francoise work together with Kara’s 1:1 coaching service – they have had a monthly call for years now. Coaching gives Francoise an outside perspective on her business and lets her know she's not alone. Francoise says: When it comes to achieving goals, it’s less about succeeding or failing and more about doing the work. The accountability aspect of coaching helps Francoise with the “getting it done” portion of her goal-setting process. Francoise says that her sessions with Kara gives her a major confidence boost. She also loved getting in-person help with TNNA from Kara. Kara recommends the use of an editorial calendar to plan out your content each month and quarter. Francoise says her design process hasn’t changed over the years, but she is more efficient now. She also teaches that same process to others now so they can build a design business. How long does it take to make a design? For hats, 1-2 months, shawls 2-3 months, garments longer. The longest amount of time in the whole process is the test knitting. Kara recommends always hiring a test knitter in order to preserve your passion for knitting. Francoise says it’s still fun for her to knit her own designs, at least at this point. Francoise casts on one project, sees it all the way through, and immediately starts the next one. For her new collection, Francoise is batching by doing all the knitting, then all the pattern writing, then all the edits. Francoise likes to start her work around 9 and be finished with her non-knitting work by lunch. When she creates the sketches for her design, Fracoise tends to envision the colors at that point. Francoise prefers to use semi-solid colorways, blues, yellows, reds, purples. Her upcoming publication is going to feature more rustic and natural colors and warmer tones. Francoise immediately started her knitting journey with the idea of incorporating Maori designs into her stitches. If she couldn't find a pattern she liked, she would make one up! This is what prompted Francoise to learn new techniques, so that she could incorporate that into her designs. For Francoise, knitting was an opportunity to reconnect with her mother’s culture and learn her own heritage. It is Francoise’s goal to help people have confidence to transform their yarn into amazing projects and make magic. Francoise is now going to a quarterly pattern collection release schedule instead of a monthly one. The biggest thing she’s struggling right now is shifting her mindset from short-term goals and deadlines to long-term. Kara recommends creating a spreadsheet to map out your goals and the timeline associated with it. Francoise is not influenced by the city where she lives (Osaka) for her design process. Francoise’s advice for the fiber arts business: "Just put yourself out there and see it through, just go for it." Mentioned in this episode: 8 steps to creating a killer design (Kara I can't find a landing page for this only a direct download?) Chelsea Fitch Francoise's Tokerau Shawl pattern Fiber Muse Alchemy kits – yarn club subscription from Francoise Swatch Studio The One Thing by Gary Keller Learn more about Francoise and Aroha Knits: Website: arohaknits.com Facebook group: The Fibre Muse Circle Instagram: instagram.com/arohaknits MOVE THE NEEDLE ON YOUR KNIT BIZ! Click here to sign up for a free 30-minute creative business strategy session with Kara! Disclosure: Please note that some of the links in this episode are affiliate links. I will earn a commission if you decide to make a purchase and there is no additional cost for you to do so. When I make a recommendation, it is because I have personal experience with these products and have used them myself. I only recommend products I believe in and suggest them because I know they will be helpful, not because of the small commission I make if you decide to make a purchase. The commission I earn helps offset the production expenses that I incur to produce Power Purls, and by purchasing products through these links, also helps you to become a supporter of this podcast and for that, I am truly grateful.
Craig's expertise in direct mail marketing is unmatched. In this month's interview you will hear how he began by literally selling rocks to then working for a $100,000,000 direct mail company to now, owning his own direct mail empire. Just a few of the insights in this months interview are: Sequential Mailing Knowing Your Demographics The Details that Make or Break an ad campaign PURLs of Wisdom How to Handle Growth The Importance of Testing And much more! Tune in now and don't forget to catch the first three episodes! Oh, and if you'd like to claim a free resource to help you drive more new patients into your practice, from Jerry Jones Direct titled, "7 ADVANCED Marketing Strategies" on DVD and CD, just go to: http://jerryjonesdirect.com/7-advanced-practice-growth-strategies and claim yours today! Support the show
Thank you for tuning in to Episode 117 of the Down Cellar Studio Podcast. This week's segments included: Off the Needles On the Needles From the Armchair Knitting in Passing KAL News Events Life in Focus On a Happy Note Quote of the Week Thank you to this episode's sponsors: Prairie Bag Works, Periwinkle Sheep, and One Geek to Craft Them All Off the Needles Construction Zone Pattern: Construction Zone by Heidi Kirrmaier Yarn: Tempting Ewe Yarns Luxe Aran (90% Merino/10% Silk) in the Grey Goose Colorway. 2 skeins 340 yards each Needles: US 9 | 5.5 mm Blues Stripey Socks Yarn: Patons Kroy Singin the blues stripes Pattern: OMG Heel by Megan Williams Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm) Beyond the Wall Socks Yarn: Knit Picks Felici in the Beyond the Wall Colorway Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm) Pattern: OMG Heel by Megan Williams Lime in the Coconut Socks Yarn: Blueberry Chick Yarn in the Put the Lime in the Coconut Colorway Pattern: OMG Heel by Megan Williams Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm) Summer 2017 Dishcloths Pattern: Teal Swirl Dishcloth Hook: Various H + J (I think) Yarn: Lily Sugar and Cream Riley's 2017 Christmas Legwarmers Pattern: none Yarn: Knit Picks Felici colorway: 27304 Lemonade (greens, yellows, blues: self striping) Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm) & US 2. (2.75 mm) Cast on 56 stitches with US 1.5 ribbing for a couple inches. Switch to US 2 and knit stockinette for 1 stripe. Increase by 4 stitches to get to 60 sts. Knit the leg and reverse the shaping on the other side. New Stash Dash total: 3571.9 meters On the Needles Reese's Christmas Stocking Pattern: Christmas Stockings to Knit and Crochet from Family Circle Magazine Yarn: Knit Picks Wool of the Andes in Red, Everglade Heather and White Hook: F (3.75 mm) Front and back are done and blocked. Peregrine Falcon Pattern in Spirit Animals Book by by Jessica Boyer put out by Leisure Arts. $10 ebook copy from their website. Paperback $12.99 Yarn: Knit Picks Brava and Cascade 220 Superwash Hook: C From the Armchair Tune in to hear my review of the Knitter's Pride- Knit Blockers Want to win a set for yourself? Follow Knitter’s Pride Instagram Account then come over to the Down Cellar Studio Podcast Ravelry Group and let me know. While you're there, I'd also love to hear what your favorite Knitter's Pride Product is (if you have one) Knitting in Passing I met a lovely lady named Beryl at the hair salon last Saturday. She said she was just learning socks. I encouraged her to stick with it. I love the opportunity to chat with kind people, as Michelle of The Actually Knitting Podcast says, #becauseofknitting KAL News 12 Months to Christmas KAL Click here to find about more about this KAL. Check out: Chat Thread & FO Thread The 12 Months to Christmas KAL is a craft-a-long that helps you prepare for the busy winter holiday season. Complete gift projects each month (or just in the months that you choose) so you don’t have to scramble in December. Find some cool new gift ideas, cheer each other on, and we’ll provide some motivation in the form of the potential to win prizes! WIP’ing 2017 in the Butt Declare a WIP from first quarter of 2017 or earlier within the first 5 days of the month, posting a photo of it in the thread. Finish the project by the end of the month, update your post with your FO photo and you'll be eligible to win a Ravelry downloadable pattern of your choosing up to $8. Splash Pad Party Everything you need to know about the Splash Pad Party can be found here. Rules, Sponsors etc. Check out the Exclusive Items from our Pro Shop Prize Thread Questions Thread Key Details Mentioned in this Episode- Use coupon code AUGUST at periwinklesheep.com From Aug 1-15 to get 15% off your order. Congrats to Team Pushing the Purls- winner of the Shuffleboard Tournament Tune in for some July chat/Instagram winners Events Where are Jen & Lisa?: check out the thread in our Ravelry Group Adirondack Wool and Arts Festival: September 23 & 24 VT Sheep and Wool: September 30 & October 1, 2017 Life in Focus July: Focus on Family We spent the first 5 days of the month in NH with my parents, my best friend, Dan's brother and my niece and nephew. Quality family time that you can hear more about from Aila (8) and Will (10) at the end of the episode. I spent quality time with my great Aunt Florence after knee replacement. When she's done w/ rehab for her knee, going to make a date to have her help me with a sewing project. On a Happy Note Dan and I are planning a kayak camping trip in August. My friend Devon was back in the US for a visit. She lives in Vienna now with her husband and they are expecting first baby in November. While she was home, she, Kris and I made this corn chowder recipe from Food + Wine. It was a little bland so we added a little cayan pepper and about a cup and half of Fiesta blend shredded cheese from Whole Foods (just what I had in my fridge). Then on Sunday we went to her Shower. Enjoying getting back to walking on a more consistent basis. Trying out new "recipes" (I don't follow recipes strictly) Spaghetti Squash, Roasted Red Pepper, Zucchini, Eggplant, Tomatoes Basil, Ricotta (lazy man's veggie lasagne) Overnight Oats: 1/2 c rolled oats, 3/4 c unsweetened almond/coconut blend milk, 1scoop of vanilla protein, cinnamon and blueberries- put in fridge overnight. 6 Weight Watchers Smart Points Quote of the Week “Do not hunt for subjects, let them choose you, not you them. Only do that which insists on being done and runs right up against you, hitting you in the eye until you do it.” -- Samuel Butler ------ Thank you for tuning in! 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Craig's expertise in direct mail marketing is unmatched. In this month's interview you will hear how he began by literally selling rocks to then working for a $100,000,000 direct mail company to now, owning his own direct mail empire. Just a few of the insights in this months interview are: Sequential Mailing Knowing Your Demographics The Details that Make or Break an ad campaign PURLs of Wisdom How to Handle Growth The Importance of Testing And much more! Tune in now and keep your eyes out for the final episode, or, catch up on the first two! Oh, and if you'd like to claim a free resource to help you drive more new patients into your practice, from Jerry Jones Direct titled, "7 ADVANCED Marketing Strategies" on DVD and CD, just go to: http://jerryjonesdirect.com/7-advanced-practice-growth-strategies and claim yours today! Support the show (https://jerryjonesdirect.com)
Craig's expertise in direct mail marketing is unmatched. In this month's interview you will hear how he began by literally selling rocks to then working for a $100,000,000 direct mail company to now, owning his own direct mail empire. Just a few of the insights in this months interview are: Sequential Mailing Knowing Your Demographics The Details that Make or Break an ad campaign PURLs of Wisdom How to Handle Growth The Importance of Testing And much more! Tune in now and keep your eyes out for the next two episodes! Oh, and if you'd like to claim a free resource to help you drive more new patients into your practice, from Jerry Jones Direct titled, "7 ADVANCED Marketing Strategies" on DVD and CD, just go to: http://jerryjonesdirect.com/7-advanced-practice-growth-strategies and claim yours today! Support the show (https://jerryjonesdirect.com)
Craig's expertise in direct mail marketing is unmatched. In this month's interview you will hear how he began by literally selling rocks to then working for a $100,000,000 direct mail company to now, owning his own direct mail empire. Just a few of the insights in this months interview are: Sequential Mailing Knowing Your Demographics The Details that Make or Break an ad campaign PURLs of Wisdom How to Handle Growth The Importance of Testing And much more! Tune in now and keep your eyes out for the next three episodes! Oh, and if you'd like to claim a free resource to help you drive more new patients into your practice, from Jerry Jones Direct titled, "7 ADVANCED Marketing Strategies" on DVD and CD, just go to: http://jerryjonesdirect.com/7-advanced-practice-growth-strategies and claim yours today! Support the show (https://jerryjonesdirect.com)
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In this episode, I share how to become an intuitive knitter in 7 steps. As a former knitting magazine editor, it's all about the pattern, but sometimes relying only on a pattern can become like a crutch because we can get caught up in focusing upon what the pattern says instead of trusting our own wisdom. Patterns have their place, they are the beginning tools to help us learn, especially when you are new to the craft, but moving in the direction of trusting what's on your needles is what this episode digs into, along with and tips for how you can take some tiny steps down that path. Episode highlights Master the tools, then dissect - understand the mechanics, then reimagine them The Picasso metaphor - first learn to see and understand, then deconstruct and question Why there's no right or wrong in knitting - go by the beat of your own drum! A good pattern should lead you down a path Kara shares the best advice given early in her designing career The 7 tips to develop your knitting intuition Fall in love with swatching - why this will give you the confidence and ability to be more intuitive Why you should question a pattern if you see a better way to make it Do you like the way most knitting patterns or written, or do you feel that it's time to reimagine how we navigate a pattern that includes a more open-ended intuitive approach? Join the conversation on the Power Purls Facebook page and leave your answer to the question above here. Become a member. Support the podcast. Disclosure: Please note that some of the links in this episode are affiliate links. I will earn a commission if you decide to make a purchase and there is no additional cost for you to do so. When I make a recommendation, it is because I have personal experience with these products and have used them myself. I only recommend products I believe in and suggest them because I know they will be helpful, not because of the small commission I make if you decide to make a purchase. The commission I earn helps offset the production expenses that I incur to produce Power Purls, and by purchasing products through these links, also helps you to become a supporter of this podcast and for that, I am truly grateful.
Episode 8 Books Within Books by Purls & Pages
Episode 29 - Getting On Please join in the Ravelry group for this podcast. Rave - Major Crimes TV showRant - Down with time change! Events The Michigan Machine Knitting Guild has a group on Ravelry. Our next meeting is March 20.April 1 is a CSM crank-in in Lake Orion, MI put on by the Heritage Spinning and Weaving shop.The Erlbacher Gearhart Crank-In and Homecoming event in Cape Girardeau, MO is a huge event for sock machine knitters. April 5-9.April 7-8, 2017 is the Spring Fling Knit Knack Shop, Peru, IN, Charlene Shafer, 765-985-3164, kks@knitknackshop.comThe Ann Arbor Spring Fiber Expo is April 8-9 at the Washtenaw County, MI fairgrounds. A DAK workshop with Charlene Shafer is April 21-22 in Monroe, MI at the Quality Inn. Contact Cathy Reaume at monroeknitseminar@att.net. Susan Guagliumi is organizing a meeting on April 22 in CT to talk about starting a New England machine knitting guild.April 28-29, 2017 is Purls of Joy, Princeton, MN, Cindy Schmatz, 612-390-1279, cindyschmatz@gmail.com Carolinas Machine Knitters Guild seminar May 5-6 in Raleigh, NC features Mary Anne Oger, Mike Becker, and April Mills.The Techknitters Machine Knitting Club is bringing Helen Koshak to Burr Ridge, IL on May 6-7. Helen will be teaching various stitches and edges on Saturday and DAK on Sunday. Cost is $40/day or $75 for both days.Susan G is also teaching a two day class called Machine Knitting Sweater Workshop on May 20-21 in CT. Students will make a sweater from start to finish.July 21-22, 2017 is the Monroe Machine Knitting seminar in Monroe, MI. Contact Cathy Reaume at monroeknitseminar@att.net. July 29-30, 2017 is Founders’ Fest Seminar, Midwest Machine Knitters’ Collaborative, Plymouth MN. Stitches Midwest is August 3-6 in Schaumburg, IL. The Michigan Fiber Festival is August 18-20 in Allegan, MI. For the Eastern, WI Machine Knitters Guild event on September 23, contact Grace Lindo at 262-227-8329 or Lynn Meyer at 414-588-4971. If you know of any other events, near or far, let me know and I’ll add it to the list. AcquisitionsI want Alice Starmore’s 3 ply Hebridean yarn for the Margaret Beaufort cardigan. Hand CraftingI am crocheting the Granny Stripes afghan in sock yarn scraps.The Visser water bottle cozy with Alpaca Sox yarn was frogged to be reborn in different yarn. Machine KnittingI made several pairs of socks on my Legare CSM lately with these yarns: Knit Picks Stroll Tweed, Knit Picks Stroll, Opal, Kroy Sock, Ambiente.My curtain panels use pattern #532 from Stitchworld Pattern Book for Brother machines.Knit weaving on a non-patterning knitting machine video.Fibonacci sequence of numbers Resources - Old Books Ribbing Attachment Parts 1 and 2 by Mary WeaverThe Rowan/Brother Designer Machine Knitting Book by Stephen SheardThe Machine Knitting Book - how to design and create beautiful garments on your knitting machine by John AllenThe Machine Knitter’s Design Book by Hazel Pope VitaMeataVegeMin - How I drink vinegarInto a quart sized Mason jar pour in a glug, glug of Bragg’s Organic Apple Cider Vinegar and a heaping tiny spoonful of organic stevia sweetener. Add ice and water to fill. Drink before dinner. Drink two of these during hot weather. It helps to curb my appetite and keep me hydrated.
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
Episode 28 - Other People’s Yarn Please join in the Ravelry group for this podcast. Rave - Homemade laundry detergent (start with this one and adjust to suit yourself)Rant - Yoga mat trespasser EventsThe Michigan Machine Knitting Guild has a group on Ravelry. Our next meeting is March 20.April 1 is a CSM crank-in in Lake Orion, MI put on by the Heritage Spinning and Weaving shop.The Erlbacher Gearhart Crank-In and Homecoming event in Cape Girardeau, MO is a huge event for sock machine knitters. April 5-9.April 7-8, 2017 is the Spring Fling Knit Knack Shop, Peru, IN, Charlene Shafer, 765-985-3164, kks@knitknackshop.comThe Ann Arbor Spring Fiber Expo is April 8-9 at the Washtenaw County, MI fairgrounds. A DAK workshop with Charlene Shafer is April 21-22 in Monroe, MI at the Quality Inn. Contact Cathy Reaume at monroeknitseminar@att.net. Susan Guagliumi is organizing a meeting on April 22 in CT to talk about starting a New England machine knitting guild.April 28-29, 2017 is Purls of Joy, Princeton, MN, Cindy Schmatz, 612-390-1279, cindyschmatz@gmail.com Susan G is also teaching a two day class called Machine Knitting Sweater Workshop on May 20-21 in CT. Students will make a sweater from start to finish.Rumor has it that the Interknits group in Illinois is planning a DAK event in May with Helen Koshak.July 21-22, 2017 is the Monroe Machine Knitting seminar in Monroe, MIJuly 29-30, 2017 is Founders’ Fest Seminar, Midwest Machine Knitters’ Collaborative, Plymouth MN. Stitches Midwest is August 3-6 in Schaumburg, IL. The Michigan Fiber Festival is August 18-20 in Allegan, MI. For the Eastern, WI Machine Knitters Guild event on September 23, contact Grace Lindo at 262-227-8329 or Lynn Meyer at 414-588-4971.If you know of any other events, near or far, let me know and I’ll add it to the list. Acquisitions Magic Needle Selector Wand in 6.5, 7, and 8 mm gaugesSusan Guagliumi’s Craftsy classes in which she uses an LK-150 machineGridwall systems for the studioSilky Alpaca Lace yarnRowan lenpur linen yarnTempo yarn Hand Crafting I am crocheting the Granny Stripes afghan in sock yarn scraps.The Visser water bottle cozy with Alpaca Sox yarn is going to be frogged. Machine KnittingI made several pairs of socks on my Legare CSM lately with these yarns: Knit Picks Stroll Tweed, Neon Now (I said Regia but I meant Plymouth), and an easily felted wool.Citric acid soak method for setting the colorStitchworld Pattern Book for Brother machines Resources Reader's Digest Knitter's Handbook by Montse StanleyCreate with Knitweave by Audrey Palmer Making magazine VitaMeataVegeMin - How I make yogurtHeat a half gallon of organic whole milk to 180F then cool to 120F. Let ¼ cup of plain yogurt with live cultures come to room temperature. Temper the yogurt with the warm milk. Add tempered yogurt to the pot of warm milk. Mix. Pour into two quart sized canning jars and place in a cooler filled with hot tap water. Let set overnight or at least eight hours. Line a large colander with a flour sack cotton towel set over a container to catch the whey. Tie up the four corners of the towel together and suspend over the colander/container to drain. Let drain until reduced by half. Refrigerate the thickened yogurt and the drained whey separately. Use the whey to thin the yogurt if needed or when making baked goods. Otherwise, pour over your hydrangeas to acidify the soil. Sweeten the yogurt, if desired, with stevia and berries.
Episode 27 - Frugality Please join in the Ravelry group for this podcast. Rave - Cooking at home Rant - Noisy restaurants Events The Michigan Machine Knitting Guild has a group on Ravelry. Our next meeting is January 16. April 7-8, 2017 is the Spring Fling Knit Knack Shop, Peru, IN, Charlene Shafer, 765-985-3164, kks@knitknackshop.com April 28-29, 2017 is Purls of Joy, Princeton, MN, Cindy Schmatz, 612-390-1279, cindyschmatz@gmail.com July 21-22, 2017 is the Monroe Machine Knitting seminar in Monroe, MI July 29-30, 2017 is Founders’ Fest Seminar, Midwest Machine Knitters’ Collaborative, Plymouth MN, http://www.midwestmachineknitters.org/events/foundersfest/. Acquisitions It is a Michigan company called Indian Lake Artisans makes hexagon needles made in Michigan. Use HyMK10 to get 10% off your order. Hand Knitting I finished the Arch-Shaped Socks by Jen Showwalter of Mean Girl Design with Ambiente yarn. I am crocheting the Granny Stripes afghan in sock yarn scraps. Magic Knot tutorial on youtube. Machine Knitting I made several pairs of socks on my Legare CSM lately with these yarns: Kroy sock yarn, Lana Grossa Meilenweit “MEN”, Knitcircus Gradient Stripe, Opal - Vincent van Gogh. Resources For the best videos on using a circular sock machine, check out SockTV. For a 50% off link to Renee Callahan’s knitting machine Craftsy class, go to her website. VitaMeataVegeMin Greek Salad Dressing - similar to Mitch’sIn a food processor pulse 2 T lemon juice, 5 T cider vinegar, 1 t dried oregano, 1 t dried basil, 1 t dried tarragon, 1 clove garlic, 2 T Dijon mustard, scant t molasses, 1 T mayonnaise. Drizzle in 1 cup olive or vegetable oil or combination of the two. My food processor has a tiny hole in the bottom of the pusher thing and that pusher holds exactly one cup. I pour the oil in there and run the processor as the oil is drizzled in in a slow stream. Asian Ginger Dressing ½ t garlic powder, 2 T grated ginger root, ¾ c oil, ⅓ c rice vinegar, ½ c soy sauce, 3 T honey, ¼ c water. Combine everything in a little sauce pot and warm to slightly liquify the honey. Let cool before dressing the salad. Blue Cheese Dressing ¾ c crumbled blue cheese, 5 T buttermilk, 5 T sour cream, 3 T mayonnaise, 1 T white vinegar, ¼ t sugar, ⅛ t garlic powder, ½ t salt, ¼ t pepper. Mash the cheese into the buttermilk then mix in everything else.
Episode 26 - A Moving Tribute Please join in the Ravelry group for this podcast. Rave - Carpool Karaoke with Stevie Wonder and James Corden Rant - Recycling a recyling bin Events The Michigan Machine Knitting Guild has a group on Ravelry. Our next meeting is November 21.. You should join the Interknits club. I did. Machine knitting seminar in Bradenton, FL January 4-5. Contact Annie Moore at 941-782-8668 or amoore999@verizon.net April 7-8, 2017 is the Spring Fling Knit Knack Shop, Peru, IN, Charlene Shafer, 765-985-3164, kks@knitknackshop.com April 28-29, 2017 is Purls of Joy, Princeton, MN, Cindy Schmatz, 612-390-1279, cindyschmatz@gmail.com July 21-22, 2017 is the Monroe Machine Knitting seminar in Monroe, MI July 29-30, 2017 is Founders’ Fest Seminar, Midwest Machine Knitters’ Collaborative, Plymouth MN, http://www.midwestmachineknitters.org/events/foundersfest/. Acquisitions Churchmouse Yarns and Teas Diana Sullivan Midnight Sun by Sandy Blue. Here’s where to buy the kit with just the right amount of yarn. Jamieson’s Shetland Spindrift yarn Peerie Flooers by Kate Davies Rose Red hat by Isolda Teague Selbu Modern hat by Kate Gagnon Osborn Ambiente yarn for my friend’s socks. o tell you about a pair of knitting needles I ordered. It is a Michigan company called Indian Lake Artisans makes hexagon needles made in Michigan Hand Knitting I made two pairs of Felted Clogs - one with Lion Brand Fisherman wool yarn and one with Paton’s Classic Wool yarn. I’m making a pair of Arch-Shaped Socks by Jen Showwalter of Mean Girl Design with Ambiente yarn. I need to restart the Hue Shift Afghan with Wool of the Andes sport weight wool. I started Visser, a hot water bottle cozy, using Alpaca Sox yarn. Machine Knitting My grandson loved the Hogwart’s scarf out of Vanna’s Choice yarn. I made two pairs of socks on my Legare CSM using Kroy sock yarn. Resources You may already own the world’s best knitting library. Check out your own shelves. Vegemetarianism Rosemary roasted almonds are so easy and help curb your appetite.
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.
Episode 25 - Starting Year 3 Please join in the Ravelry group for this podcast. Rave - Cleaning Carl’s closet Rant - The half price mannequin who got away Events The Michigan Machine Knitting Guild also has a group on Ravelry. Our next meeting is November 21.. You should join the Interknits club. I did. Machine knitting seminar in Bradenton, FL January 4-5. Contact Annie Moore at 941-782-8668 or amoore999@verizon.net April 7-8, 2017 is the Spring Fling Knit Knack Shop, Peru, IN, Charlene Shafer, 765-985-3164, kks@knitknackshop.com April 28-29, 2017 is Purls of Joy, Princeton, MN, Cindy Schmatz, 612-390-1279, cindyschmatz@gmail.com July 21-22, 2017 is the Monroe Machine Knitting seminar in Monroe, MI July 29-30, 2017 is Founders’ Fest Seminar, Midwest Machine Knitters’ Collaborative, Plymouth MN, http://www.midwestmachineknitters.org/events/foundersfest/. Acquisitions I got a KR10 Knit Radar for Studio/Silver Reed machines. Susan G. made a video years ago all about the LK150 machine and in it, she also demonstrates a knit radar. I couldn’t find a link to the video it unfortunately. Brother made an accessory to use on the machine bed that will link pieces together or bind off live stitches. It is a version of the big drum linkers. Here’s an image of one Brother Linker. I bought a tilt stand for a knitting machine from Rocking Horse Farm. I got some Palette and Wool of the Andes sport weight wool yarns from Knitpicks for some new projects. Hand Knitting I’m having yarn management issues knitting the Felted Clogs. I’m trying to use up all the Lion Brand Fisherman wool yarn without actually having to go buy more to finish. I’m making a pair of Arch-Shaped Socks by Jen Showwalter of Mean Girl Design with Ambiente yarn. I’m certain that I won’t have enough to finish. I started the Hue Shift Afghan which calls for Brava sport weight, an acrylic. I substituted the Wool of the Andes sport weight wool. Machine Knitting I made a Hogwart’s scarf out of Vanna’s Choice yarn for a Halloween costume party across the street from our house. The tuck stitch cotton dishcloth came out too small and too dense. I used the #30 pattern from Stitchworld, elongated over 50 needles and knit 176 rows of tuck. I am working on a machine knit conversion for the Mitten Garland Advent Calendar and the 12 Days of Christmas Mitten Garland. I like the looks of this dishcloth made with slipped stitches to make a herringbone pattern. Kitchen Dishcloth ~ Herringbone Linen By Joan Laws - a free pattern on Ravelry. Resources Check out the Cochenille Garment Designer Webinars at cochenille.com/events/category/webinars I’m thinking of signing up for Working with Knit-Specific Functions on November 19. It’s $25 for a one hour webinar. Mary Anne Oger’s is probably good in content but bad in it’s physical form. The Hand Book for Manual Machine Knitters. Vitameatavegemin We loved the our version of the Braised Cod Veracruz recipe in an Cook’s Illustrated cookbook called The Best 30 Minute Recipe. The book is available on Amazon right now for $7.44 in hardback. I’m making Pickled Dill Carrots from the fall garden harvest. I want to make this recipe - Cheesy Garlic Parmesan Spinach Spaghetti Squash from a blog called Peas and Carrots.
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
In this Episode, we bring you answers to all the most commonly asked questions by you, our listeners, surrounding the topic of PURLs. Tune in to hear experts Joe Manos and Kim Gross answer all your questions, and give their advice, tips, and best practices on how to: 1. Use content, messaging, and creative on the outbound marketing pieces to drive people to their PURL 2. Build and create landing pages that actually convert prospects 3. Get the highest engagement and ROI on your marketing programs using PURLs 4. Get your team behind the idea of implementing PURLs and get customers to invest in the programs (if you happen to be a service provider)
In today's episode Pixels & Ink hosts Dave Rosendahl and Mackenzi Farsheed we will share with you 3 ways top companies use PURLs (Personalized URLs) to increase conversion rates and drive sales. This episode will go over how PURLs can be used to Hand off data to your website, increase your ROI with Lead Gen Landing Pages, and nurture leads with Microsites. Be sure to visit our blog to join the conversation! http://www.mindfirestudio.com/blog/ A special thanks to www.bensound.com for the music!
Now that you have foundation of what PURLs are and how to use them, this Episode provides an overview of some really useful tools that’ll allow you to actually implement the use of purls. Even if you’re not directly connecting direct mail with the web -- for example perhaps running single channel campaigns using just email -- the tools highlighted in this Episode will still provide you lots of value. We’ve got three types of tools for you, categorized by type of work: 1. Tools for creating content includes words & images 2. Tools for managing, enriching, and massaging your data -- so that your communication is much more personalized and relevant 3. Tools for monitoring activity and improving it as quickly as possible
This is the third episode in our three part series about PURLs (personalized URLs). In episodes 19 and 20 we discussed how PURLs connect online and offline channels in your campaigns. In today's episode we will tell you how to retarget direct mail “Bouncers” on Facebook to drive more leads, deploy Facebook “Social Air Cover” to Direct Mail recipients, and create lookalike audiences just like your best customers. Whether you're a corporate marketer or a service provider, this episode is a must-listen! Please visit http://www.mindfirestudio.com/blog/ to leave questions, comments, or catch up on episodes you missed! Thank you to www.bensound.com for the music!
If your job depends on finding new and creative ways to generate leads and increase sales, then this episode is for you. You'll see how PURLs can transform your direct mail campaigns, and how they help you outperform traditional campaigns. You'll learn: 1. What a PURL is, and why they're used 2. What the data say about how you can impact your response and conversion rates using PURLs 3. Which industries are using PURLs, and some of the common uses 4. How you can plan, launch, and manage a PURL-enabled campaign
This episode we're all about celebrations, cake and yarn as one of our favourite yarn stores, The Queen of Purls, turns two! We've our usual mini drinks reviews- Pip's got a cheeky wee merlot, whilst Cia attempts to tackle beer with varying levels of success. In On and Off the Needles, we talk about our latest projects and finished objects. Pip's been having a cracking time working on her Tesserae, whilst Cia has acquired a teensy weensy sock addiction. We also talk about K.M Bedigan's latest release- the beautiful Cascadian shawl. Usual business aside, we recount the Queen of Purls' birthday bash. For those of you who have yet to visit the lovely Zoe in her wonderful shop, do check out her website and take a trip down to Glasgow's Saltmarket. The shelves are full of beautiful yarns, delicious fibres, and fantastic notions. Naturally, there's some squeeing and yarn purchasing to share with you all. Finally, we chat about what we have to look forward to- there's lots of yarn-related goodness on the horizon for summer. Happy listening!
Hello and welcome to a hyper colour episode of the podcast. This episode is sponsored by the Indie Burgh Yarn Crawl, Edinburgh's official yarn crawl, which is taking place on 11th June 2016 between 10am and 6pm. Visit three of Edinburgh's fantastic yarn stores and indie emporiums: Ginger Twist Studio, Be Inspired Fibres and Kathy's Knits. Enjoy a range of promotions and discounts, get your yarn passport signed and head to the afterparty at the Safari Lounge. Here you'll find a fantastic range of vendors in the pop-up marketplace including Phileas Yarns, Pekoe Tea, K.M. Bedigan, Spun Plum, C.C. Almon, Edinburgh Yarn Festival, Rainbow Heirloom, Rusty Ferret, Queen of Purls, Lesley Taylor, Hand Drawn Yarn. For more information head to gingertwiststudios.com/indie-burgh-yarn-crawl Don't forget to vote for the podcast at the New Media Europe Awards. Link in show notes. The podcast will be on a break for the next two weeks and returning on 7th June 2016. Enabler's Corner this week is all about the Indie Burgh Yarn Crawl, which I will be enabling you to in a big way. I went last year and loved it. Alpaca Chatter is all about how to wash and care for your alpaca items. Finally there is some random chatter about that most famous 1991 flash in the plan, Global Hypercolour. Show notes are at www.shinybees.com Music for this episode is by Adam and the Walter Boys with 'I Need a Drink'.
This week’s episode is brought you you by… Stash-A Place For Yarn is located on The 600 Block in the Central Arts District of downtown St Pete. Stash is nestled among an eclectic array of boutiques, restaurants and art galleries. It is the place for luxury yarns, classes and connecting with other fiber lovers. Paty Lyon’s will be teaching several classes in Dec. Year end clearance is coming between Christmas and New Year’s both online and in the shop! Check out the website at stashstpete.com. Main Street Gallery is a local art and craft studio and offers a variety of services for individuals and businesses including custom screen printing, vinyl decals, graphic design, t shirts, custom artwork, murals and much more. Main Street Gallery carries products from local artists and crafters including hand knitted items and cigar box guitars. This week’s segments include Master Status, Master Plan, In our Hands, Masterpieces,Craft with us, Study Hall, Simply Selfie, Raise your hand, and Comfort Zone. Master Status: (2:42) Alicia has been taking a look at the gauge worksheets and lining up resources. Natalie organized notes for my blocking essay and have been working on the colorwork swatch. Natalie mentions difficulty with the colorwork swatch Master Plan: (5:08) Natalie plans on knitting more swatches and questions. Alicia plans to knock out the rest of the swatches. In our hands: (6:53) Alicia: Reyna by Noora Laivola with Bohemia Fibers Barefoot Bohemian Sock in Penny for Your Thoughts colory. A hand dyed yarn from the AMC series of The Walking Dead. Natalie: Simple striped hat of my own design using some knitpicks Swish DK Bell, the Garden Elf by Ala Ela using knitpicks Wool of the Andes Sport for Maria’s Kindness elf (on hold) Uncle's Christmas Stocking by Dorene Delaney Giordano using Knitpicks Wool of the Andes Sport in white and Amethyst Heather. Working on some coffe cup cozies Master Pieces:(12:50) Alicia: Pom Pom Peds by Purl SoHo in Knit Picks Stroll Tweed in Wellies Heather. Sock Recipe: A Good Plain Sock by Stephanie Pearl McPhee in Twist Sock from Mint Rain Hand Dyed Yarns in Rainbow colorway. 80% merino, 20% Nylon Natalie: Carmen’s Wonder Woman costume! Top down sock using the fish lips kiss heel in Mint Rain Hand Dyed Self Striping Twist Sock in her Great Pumpkin colorway. Sockhead Hat by Kelly McClure using Knitpicks Hawthorne Fingering in the Blackbird colorway. Warm Ribbed Winter Hat by Lucy H. Lee using Knitpicks Comfy Worsted in Peapod colorway Galahad Scarf by Kerry Robb in Knitpicks Swish Worsted in the Hollyberry colorway. Crackerjack by Stacey Simpson Duke using Knitpicks Swish DK in White, Honey, Dusk, Twilight Craft with Us (32:14): ElvesWorkshopalong: A craft along where we are encouraging our listeners to start crafting early for the holidays so they can relax and enjoy the season. To view details about how to enter, visit the thread on ravelry here. The knitmore girls have piggybacked onto this and are doing the Grinchbombalong. Please check out and support these sponsors who have been gracious enough to donate to our Elvesworkshopalong. Coupon Codes: Rainstorm Studios Etsy - Closed Sept 3rd through Sept 8th and will open with a new update. Use code: ELVES2015 for 15% off through November 30, 2015 Mint Rain Hand Dyed Yarns: ELVESWORKSHOP 15% until nov Sew for Ewe on etsy masteringtheknits15 for 10% off to run from sept 1- nov 30th Erin.lane bags ELVES15. FOR 15% the entire shop KnittyKittybags on Etsy elves2015. 20% and active until 12/1/2015. Stash-A Place for Yarn: FiberSeed10. 2 10$ giftcards are the prizes. The Fiber Seed Unwind yarn company Quince and Co Top Down - reimagining set-in sleeve design Knitting Rose The Unique Sheep - a cute children’s book with patterns that we will be reviewing. The story of the Unique Sheep. We will be reviewing this book in a future episode too. Marianne - Jamberry Consultant - new catalog out! Byvikink Letterpress Co. Sarah Lamantia - Gold Canyon Candles Karen Bachman from iKNITitiaves Ottlite Anne Weil of Flax and Twine donating Knitting without Needles coming out sept 1st. Bohemia Fibers- 2 skeins… 2 for you or if you want to be generous, you can give to a friend Daizie Knits Twist Fiber Studios KnittingDaddy has donated a copy of his pattern Scrappy Sock yarn New one this week: k8terpillar Study Hall: (37:40) Natalie taught a class yesterday and now taking a break until Jan. Alicia has been teaching a beginner Knitting 101 series will finish up tomorrow. Classes start back up in January. Simply Selfie:(38:55) Alicia mentions Zenni Optical, hosting family get togethers and closing chapter of Project Linus. Natalie talks about Halloween at their house, house decorating, birthday parties, work, and Thanksgiving Comfort zone:(48:27) Alicia shares Purls of Wisdom from ten year olds. Natalie is enjoying her nativities. Thank you for joining us for episode 20 of Mastering the Knits.We’d like to thank our sponsors Stash a place for Yarn and Main Street Gallery and also all our SantaSponsors who have donated to the ElvesWorkshopalong. You can find shownotes at masteringtheknitspodcast.com or on our ravelry group Mastering the Knits Podcast. You can email us at masteringtheknits@gmail.com. Follow us on Twitter @MtKnitsPodcast and Instragram as Mastering_the_knits_podcast. I am knottyknitter17 and Natalie is barknknit on Twitter, Instragram, and Ravelry.
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This radio program is a webcast simulcast . You can find the Twitter stream #NFPEOY.Yes, we know it's only August! But if you don't start planning your year-end solicitation now, it may not be as successful as it could be. This progrsm will provide 10 or more ideas that you can use, whether your 2010 year-end was fabulous or could use some help.We know we have to cultivate and engage ALL of our donors and prospects BEFORE we ask for money. Planning your year-end NOW will allow for some communication BEFORE year-end.Then there's the solicitation itself—direct mail, response forms, email, online giving forms, “donate now” buttons, PURLs, etc.Whether you're in a small or large nonprofit, we'll provide some tips on how these tools can make your year-end results better.Full participation in the webinar is applicable for 1.5 points in Category 1.B — Education of the CFRE International application for initial certification and/or recertification. Pursuant Ketchum is a CFRE approved provider of continuing education.The webcast and radio program will be presented by Barbara Talisman, President, Talisman Associates, Inc.
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Yes, you can listen to and download Episode 6 of the Knitting Purls podcast series. In this episode you'll find: Sticky Notes Don't forget to sign up for the Knitting Purls Indie Sock Yarn Club. Signups close on December 31,...
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Episode 14 - Men Who Knit Knitting Related Links: Wendy Knits Toe Up Sock Chart Creator 2006 KAL's Hallowig KAL Simple Knitted Bodice KAL Lime & Violet Podcast - Those crazy girls actually sent me the IM convo for your...
Episode 15 - Wake Up! Related Links: Digital Copyright Knitting Controversy - Fall Knitty & Suss Yarns ">Knitting Controversy - Sarah's Yarns & Tilli Thomas Cashmere Controversy Update Blog Spotlight - Darn Knit Claudia learn to spin! Knit Paintings Right-click...
Episode 16 - Becoming a Better Knitter Related Links: Phildar Right-click and save-as to download this MP3. If you want to subscribe via iTunes simply open iTunes and go into; Advanced > Subscribe to Podcast > Enter http://feeds.feedburner.com/PixiePurlsPodcast into the...
Episode 17 - 2007 Here We Are Related Links: Knit Fendi Bag Stash Knitting 2007 UFO Content Salina FO Clapotis still going strong Cool stitch markers New Sahara Pattern Anthropology Inspired Caplet Stretchy Circulars Right-click and save-as to download this...
Episode 18 - Baby Baby Baby Related Links: Ribbed Baby Jacket Knit Underwear Pattern (Free!) Ravelry Project Link Country Kiddie Pattern Right-click and save-as to download this MP3. If you want to subscribe via iTunes simply open iTunes and go...
Episode 19 - Knitting Mojo Related Links: twitter.com flickr.com Ravelry Pixie Purls Ravelry Group Fancie Pants LaLaLa An Abundance of Lisa Knitting Nanna ">Never not knitting Stitch Diva Studio's New Custom Knits Book by Wendy Bernard Right-click and save-as to...
Episode 11 - Tequila Tank Top Blog & Pattern Spotlight: Chic Knits Website Spotlight: Jimmy Beans Wool Knitting Pure & Simple (Very bottom pattern) Right-click and save-as to download this MP3. If you want to subscribe via iTunes simply open...
All right, it took awhile, but Episode 5 of the Knitting Purls podcast is available for your listening pleasure. As mentioned early in the podcast, there may be a but more ambient noise this time, and I beg your indulgence....
You can now listen to Episode 4 here or on iTunes. Sticky Notes: Winter Warmies KAL signups now taking place in the Knitting Purls Ravelry forum Don't forget the Knitting Purls Logo Design contest, with prizes donated by Zarzuela's Fibers...
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