Podcasts about wool festival

In this episode, Anne starts with all the details of this year's Shetland Hogmanay Box before diving into her experiences at the Connecticut and New Hampshire Sheep and Wool events and her trip to volunteer at the Woolly Good Gathering. Finally, she shares an excursion to the Western Massachusetts wool pelletizer with Erin Pirro of Morehouse Farm.  Things Mentioned in This Episode The I Thought I Knew How Facebook Group, Instagram, and website (where you can join the mailing list). The Shetland Hogmanay Box preorders will go live on May 17 at 2 pm eastern time. This year's box contains yarn from Aister 'Oo', Jamieson's of Shetland, Laxdale Yarn, The SIlly Sheep Fibre Co., Uradale Yarns, West Lynne Wool, and Langsoond Yarn, as well as a day of inclusions and a pattern created to use the yarn in the box designed by Mandy Moore.   Connecticut Sheep, Wool, and Fiber Festival New Hampshire Sheep and Wool Festival Woolly Good Gathering Western Massachusetts Fibershed Peggy Hart on Instagram Wool: Unravelying an American Story of Artisans and Innovation, by Peggy Hart Morehouse Farm's website and Instagram Check out Erin's video from our day at the pelletizer at her website! The pellets should appear on the Morehouse site. If you are in the midwestern United States, you might want to order wool pellets from closer to home from The Wool Yard. The Journal of Scottish Yarns Rhode Island's unofficial Sheep and Wool Festival takes place at Coggeshall Farm The Maine Fiber Frolic Massachusetts Sheep and Woolcraft Fair Music The songs in this episode were "What Love Means to You," from Tom Goldstein; "Better Than Us," by Humans Win; and Nicholas Rowe with "I Wish That I Could Sing It For You."

In this episode from 2011, Sasha tells you all about a field trip to the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival.  You can find the script for this episode HERE. You can comment on and discuss this episode here in The Flock, Sheepspot's free online community for inquisitive spinners. Here's the link to the Podcast search page and playlists.  Since these episodes are encores, you may occasionally hear Sasha mention links that are no longer available.    

We're back--we hope you missed us! And we brought scissors, and we are not afraid to use them in spatchcocking a turkey for Thanksgiving. "Spatchcocking?" You may well ask. It's not just a word for removing the spine of the turkey to make for a wonderfully evenly roasted bird in half the time--say goodbye to over-cooked, dry breasts and under-cooked thighs (the turkey's, that is). But it's more than that as chef, teacher and cookbook author Kim O'Donnel explains in "Spatchocking: A Culinary Term for Our Times." Written in 2022 after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, but perhaps even more resonant today, O'Donnel reflects on her own freedom to make choices that have shaped who she is."The right to decide allowed me to become the woman I am . . . The choices that were mine to make allowed me to forge my own path. They've given me the wisdom to know this: Without safe, legal abortion, this country is spatchcocked."Kim O'Donnel, "Spatchcock: A Culinary Term for Our Times," Lulu Pork Chop, July 3, 2022But what about Rhinebeck?! While other podcasters might broadcast live from the New York State Sheep and Wool Festival, we prefer to wallow in the womb of time and reflect on our experience for a month. What did we conclude? It wasn't just fun, it was joyously inspiring. We met so many designers and knitters we admire--Aimée Gille, Vincent Williams, Patty Lyons, Sarah Schira, Jamie Lomax, Bristol Ivy, Gigi Queen of Orange, the Grocery Girls and Rosann Fleischauer. What about Andrea Mowry? Don't worry, her pattern "Framed" clearly caught the collective fancy this year and was everywhere in all colors and sizes. It was magical to see so many people wearing hand-knit their framed garb on the hill for the meet-up.​

In this episode of A Yarn Story, hosts Carmen and Susan share highlights from their trip to the Rhinebeck Sheep and Wool Festival, a celebrated event for knitters and fiber artists.The episode begins with Susan's highlights including a walk across the Brooklyn Bridge and the World Trade Center Memorial, immersing themselves in the autumnal hues that inspire their knitting color palettes.They recount the scenic drive to Rhinebeck, with stops at charming farm stands for seasonal treats like fresh cider and homemade pie. At the festival, Carmen and Susan connect with friends and vendors, showcase their latest knitwear and dive into the vibrant yarn shopping experience. Discover their exclusive yarn finds, knitting patterns and plans for new projects like the “Poos Cafe” and “Voyager” sweater.This episode is perfect for yarn enthusiasts looking for knitting inspiration, festival highlights, and insights into must-have materials for fall and winter knitting projects. Tune in to hear about their favorite fall knits, cozy fashion choices, and a sneak peek of upcoming projects. Don't miss their tips for staying inspired throughout the knitting season!Enjoy!Chapters00:00:00 - Welcome & Rhinebeck Introduction00:02:28 - What we're wearing00:05:00 - New York City highlights and road-tripping to Rhinebeck00:15:00 - Catching up with friends00:22:23 - What we bought at Rhinebeck00:32:22 - Rhinebeck Meet-ups & Community00:37:00 - Sunday at Jill Draper Makes Stuff00:41:42 - What We're Knitting Now00:53:07 - Closing & What's NextSubscribe For Updates

It's a review of my weekend in Rhinebeck for the New York Sheep and Wool Festival and A Woolen Affair. I talk about what I wore, where I shopped, and all the goodness of a fiber festival at peak leaf peeping in New York State. Plus, a life-changing loaf of bread, my clog obsession, and a poem to celebrate the season.

Hoje vou estar à conversa com José Carlos Mota, professor auxiliar no Departamento de Ciências Sociais, Políticas e Territoriais da Universidade de Aveiro e investigador no GOVCOPP.  José Carlos Mota tem uma trajetória inspiradora na promoção de cidades mais participativas e comunitárias, onde os cidadãos têm um papel ativo no processo de planeamento e construção dos seus territórios. Com vários projetos de investigação nacionais e internacionais, o José Carlos tem estado na vanguarda do planeamento urbano participativo, procurando maneiras de integrar a cidadania na tomada de decisões e na co-criação das cidades. Quero saber como é que a sua visão de cidades mais colaborativas se cruza com a arte, e como o WOOL Festival, através das intervenções urbanas, pode ser um veículo para fomentar a participação cívica e o sentimento de comunidade.

Wisconsin corn grower, Shane Goplin, just returned from the summer meeting of the U.S. Grains Council in Salt Lake, Utah.  The goal of the gathering was to continue to find new ways to access international markets for U.S. produced grain.  Bob Bosold talks to Goplin about what take-aways he heard.The Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival was a success over the weekend at the Jefferson County Fair Park in Jefferson.  One breed that caught a lot of attention was the Leister Longwools.  This rare breed is normally only seen along the east coast.  This year, they decided to hold a national carding event at the sheep festival.  Stephanie Hoff finds out more about the breed and why they picked Wisconsin with breed coordinator, Abi Breed. World Dairy Expo is coming up the first week of October and Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin wants to be ready to show off all things Wisconsin.  Tina Peterson, communications team member with DFW, talks to Pam Jahnke about the multiple audiences they're targeting with events and demonstrations during the big show.  Paid for by Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you can recall old Christmas movies, imagine Santa's curly white beard. That was likely made from Leicester Longwool fleece. The Leicester Longwools are a rare, heritage breed of sheep. This year, they took center stage at the Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival with their card grading event. Aby Breed chaired the event. She says this evaluation is important for breeders to learn how to keep those true Leicester Longwool traits in their flock.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival is coming up and there is no shortage of things to experience there. Stephanie Hoff talks to Hedge Becker, the Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival coordinator, who explains the excitement around the festival whether it be the fiber art, producer education seminars, or baby lambs. The UW- River Falls Ag Program is holding strong with the numbers with some surprising changes in the demographic. Charitee Seebecker is joined by Mike Orth to discuss what the most popular majors are and how they are seeing more males going to college and joining the Ag Program. Cody Koster, a Broker Analyst with Ever.Ag, joins Pam Jahnke and discusses the hot temperatures on the west coast and the early corn silage harvest that is being seen in the Midwest.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ed Elfmann with the American Bankers Association, says the ACRE Act would help lower lending costs for farmers, ranchers, and rural residents. The Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival highlights a heritage breed for the first time and is excited to celebrate a milestone with the Crook & Whistle Sheep Dog Trials. Ben Jarboe takes us to a hemp plot in Arlington with UW Researcher Phillip Alberti. Ben will also cover the Stockmanship and Stewardship Workshop in Lancaster. Wisconsin Beef Council's Tammy Vassen says this is a big deal for our state. Ryan Yonkman with Ever.Ag says after a tough start to 2024, dairy producers are seeing price support expected to last into 2025. This is thanks to a tight supply walking into a high-demand season.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival is celebrating 22 years -- Sep. 6-8 at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds in Jefferson. Festival Coordinator Hedge Becker says the Leicester Longwool Card Grading Event is new this year, one of the first of its kind in the Midwest. There will also be several educational sessions offered by the Leicester Longwool producers, including one on Tasmanian agriculture. The Wisconsin Sheep Breeders Co-op will host a full slate of producer education sessions including one featuring Woollets, an Argyle-based, alternate market for wool. Of course, the Crook & Whistle Stock Dog Trial returns with 60 handlers and three days of intense competition. Then, there is the Country Store with 120+ vendors from across the country and 80+ fiber arts classes, probably the largest such program nationally.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's time for a talk – a Shepherd's Talk, that is.  Every year, the New York State Sheep and Wool Festival has this popular segment available for shepherds, wannabe shepherds, ecologists, historians, and people who are just plain interested in fiber production from the ground up.  Today's talk is with Erin Bradt, of Helder Herdwyck Farm, where she talks about not just these fantastic little primitive sheep, but also about importation limitations, disease issues in livestock, and…well, more than we have time for in the intro. We'll be bringing you more of these fantastic seminars in the upcoming months.  If you'd like to see the visuals on this one (just like you're sitting on a hay bale in Rhinebeck), head over to the Backyard Green Films YouTube channel for this video, and much more.Links:https://helderherdwyck-farm.square.site/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbria-57015478www.sheepandwool.comhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLz9Oj_oVkg Support the Show.

In this episode, Anne shares about her visit to the Woolly Good Gathering in Edinburgh last month, some thoughts about this year's Sheltand Wool Week hat, and a whole lot more, including details about the Stitch N'Pitch event coming August 17, 2024 in Hartford, CT! Links to Things Mentioned in the Show Woolly Good Gathering Donna Smith Designs Uradale Yarns Paparwark Furniture Mella Handmade Soap Midwinter Yarns Jamieson's of Shetland Uist Wool The Journal of Scottish Yarns Summerhall 2022 Shetland Wool Week Annual Nutscene Cockleshell Scarf from Jamieson's of Shetland Sanik Shawl by Donna Smith Rachel Hunter MRI Maakers Terri Laura's store, Instagram, and Facebook Stitch N'Pitch Hartford (Link should work after May 20!) Music This week's songs were Tom Goldstein's "Today," and "Deeper Than the Heart," by Brad Howard.

Anne shares a travelog of her recent trip to Farnham, England, to attend the Unravel Festival. How was it? How do you get there? Should you get there? Plus, updates about a couple upcoming events, including news about this year's Shetland Hogmanay Box! Links to Things Mentioned in This Episode Unravel Farnham Maltings Bush Hotel, Farnham Tabby and Tweed Syliva Watts-Cherry Terri Laura Makkin Our Way Through Shetland Tours Follow Anne on Instagram, Facebook, or get on the mailing list on the website to stay updated about the upcoming sale of the 2024 Shetland Hogmanay Box and tickets for the Stitch N'Pitch event on August 17, 2024. Music The first song in this episode was "He's Got Heart," by Brad Howard. Then we heard "Welcome, Alice," by Luigi Bellanova.

What do you get when a crafter who loves colorful hand-dyed yarns (and hates stalking shop updates) crosses paths with a fresh, new yarn producer? Like many of her knitter friends in 2013, Lisa Chamoff was enchanted by the artful and expressive work of the independent dyers whose skeins were cropping up around the yarn world. Shoppers found new favorites by word of mouth, hearing about a new colorway or restock here and there. At the same time, talented dyers with fledgling businesses relied on that word of mouth to sell a few skeins at a time. Lisa saw an opportunity for a new kind of website: a marketplace where shoppers and dyers could come together to share new work. Indie Untangled opened for discovery. After a few months of the online marketplace, Lisa realized that the hand-dyed-yarn fans who visit her site wanted more than just two days at the annual New York Sheep and Wool Festival (“Rhinebeck”). Gathering on the Friday before the larger festival, a group of crafters were interested in extending the weekend's shopping and social opportunities. There was also an opportunity for smaller and newer yarn companies, who didn't have booths at the larger show, to introduce themselves to an audience eager for the next new thing. Beginning with just a few booths, the Indie Untangled event is now an anchor of the New York Sheep and Wool Festival weekend, drawing a few dozen vendors and offering timed shopping opportunities. Although most of Indie Untangled's offerings connect shoppers and dyers directly, Lisa also collaborates with dyers and yarn producers for Indie Untangled-exclusive projects, beginning with the Knitting Our National Parks Collection. The latest project is the yearlong subscription Heritage Wool Collective, which pairs dyers with unique yarns from small farms and mills, beginning in 2024. This episode is brought to you by: Treenway Silks Treenway Silks is where weavers, spinners, knitters and stitchers find the silk they love. Select from the largest variety of silk spinning fibers, silk yarn, and silk threads & ribbons at TreenwaySilks.com (https://www.treenwaysilks.com/). You'll discover a rainbow of colors, thoughtfully hand-dyed in Colorado. Love natural? Treenway's array of wild silks provide choices beyond white. If you love silk, you'll love Treenway Silks, where superior quality and customer service are guaranteed. Links Heritage Wool Collective Subscription (https://shop.indieuntangled.com/collections/subscriptions/products/heritage-wool-collective) Indie Untangled (https://indieuntangled.com/) Rhinebeck Indie Untangled Event (https://indieuntangled.com/rhinebeck/) Indie Untangled Marketplace (https://indieuntangled.com/marketplace/) Knitting Our National Parks Series (https://shop.indieuntangled.com/collections/knitting-our-national-parks)

It's time for the mashup!  The Dutchess County Sheep and Wool Growers' Association once again hosted 30,000 (plus) attendees at the New York State Sheep and Wool Festival, and we were there to see (and interview, and livestream, and…everything) all of it! Maybe lots of it.  Part of it.  Okay, so we got what we could again this year, but this is the kind of wonderful occasion that we still haven't seen most of, no matter how much we run or how many relatives we co-opt to help out.You can visit the Backyard Green Films YouTube channel to see the livestream part for yourself, and we'll be posting new videos for you to see as we edit them in the upcoming year.  We're working on cloning editor Rick, but still can't get the copy right yet (get it?  Copy?  Editor?  Still jet lagged, we think).Links:https://www.dcswga.org/https://sheepandwool.com/https://greatbaywoolworks.com/https://www.daisyandcloverdesigns.com/http://www.helderherdwyckfarm.com/index.htmlhttps://www.dreareneeknits.com/Support the show

That's right, in the name of scrupulous research and purely out of devotion for developing the content of our podcast, Bootie and Bossy made the sacrifice and went to the famous Rhinebeck Sheep & Wool Festival in New York. So we have seen and experienced Rhinebeck's wonders, and we are Rhinebeck virgins no more! We met the knitting celebrities--Andrea Mowry, Adella and Jimmy Colvin, Aimee Gille, and many others--oh my! But what was most inspiring was seeing so many people gathered in one place all wearing their handmade garb and eating cider donuts. We have found our people. It was like walking into a yarn store where all of the mannikins had come to life and wanted to tell you about what they were wearing--like the person we saw wearing a tutu they fashioned out of a fleece crowned by a bodice they knit themselves. As they said, "I wanted to wear something special for Rhinebeck." We say, objective achieved! "Take the risk."--Adella Colvin of LolaBean Yarn, Co. We would add, "Knit who you are." And with the sweater weather coming on, we share a favorite family recipe for a fabulous fall soup--Portuguese Bean Soup, which meets all of our criteria--one pot, a big crowd pleaser, and it gets better everyday (an especially good thing because it makes A LOT). And where did we get this recipe? Ironically from a place where you will probably never have the occasion to wear a sweater--the island of Kauai in Hawaii, the wettest place on earth. We learn after some hasty research on the Google that Waimea Canyon gets 440 plus inches of rain a year, whereas Sturbridge, Mass gets 42 inches and Seattle a mere 38 inches a year. There, we did it: the only time in history where Sturbridge and Kauai will ever be compared for anything. But who would have thought that Sturbridge is wetter than Seattle? These are the kinds of profound revelations and small surprises we offer in this episode. It's those small miracles that light each day with the sparkle of wonder--we are so glad we took the risk in making our podcast, and we hope you will continue to take a risk in listening! Thank you!! For show notes including pictures of our adventures, go to Bootieandbossy.com

Our podcast guests today are Jeri Robinson Lawrence and daughter Irina Lawrence Matthais.  This hardworking mother/daughter team has contributed a few soundbites in between Points A, B, C and X in the rush of the New York State Sheep and Wool Festival every year, but as they're the ones that everyone needs something from at all times, a relaxed moment has been hard to come by with these two.So we went to the mountain (so to speak, although it's southern Pennsylvania just west of the Susquehanna River, so there were a few hills in there).  They have plenty of things available on their website for anyone who might want some delicious shades, colors, and types of fiber, but the physical location of the farm and shop known as Flying Fibers is a place for the senses.  Sheep (mostly Shetlands, with a few Leicester and Wensleydale in the mix), chickens, dogs, cats, toddlers, and what seems like every other creature in Noah's Ark are napping, creating, munching, gamboling or just sitting picturesquely on this little homestead, with green pastures surrounded by waving wheat and banks of bee-covered lavender.  We don't know how they trained all the critters to perform so beautifully for the cameras (but not the husband, I'm afraid – he ran when we pushed “record”), but the visuals were absolutely lovely.  The scents were fantastic too -- lavender AND lanolin included.Our Shetland mascot, Jane, could not have a better home with better people.  And the world is a better place because of pretty much everything connected with this little spot of heaven.Links:https://www.flyingfibers.com/https://www.shetland-sheep.org/https://sheepandwool.com/Support the show

In a special spontaneous episode, Cidiot takes you live to the New York Sheep & Wool Festival at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds (October 21-22, 2023). Mat has no idea what he's looking at but luckily Rachel Zive and her partner Sam Barnett are there to guide us all through the fabric and the animals. We learn so much including advice for beginners, celebrity knitwear designers, and terms from the fiber folk community. Links mentioned in the episode: New York State Sheep & Wool Festival Andrea Mowry Andrew Mowry on YouTube Tessellated Vest pattern on Ravelry Bleu Belle Bijoux Copyright 2023. Cidiot® is a registered trademark. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cidiot/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cidiot/support

All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. Link to this Episode on YouTubehttps://youtu.be/hxhsmzO0s_IJoin Ewethful's Patreon Communityhttps://www.patreon.com/EwethfulFiberMillFree Webinar Registration – Save your spot now!https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/pages/a-simple-guide-to-learning-to-hand-spinShop for Ewethful handspinning fibershttps://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/collections/fiberFree hand spinning resourceshttps://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/pages/wool-educationFor more info and to join Ewethful's Monthy Fiber Subscription Clubhttps://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/products/monthly-fiber-club-starts-december-2018Cotton spinning infoTeacher Julie Drogsvoldhttps://www.tangledyarnfarms.com/Her mentor Joan Ruanehttps://www.cottonspinning.com/Joan's book Beginning Spinning Cotton on a Wheel and cotton purchased from Lunatic Fringehttps://lunaticfringeyarns.com/ Cestari cotton top – grown in VAhttps://www.cestarisheep.com High Desert Wool Growershttps://www.highdesertwoolgrowers.com/Purchases made at Oregon Flock and Fiber:Wool top purchase from Dicentra Designshttps://dicentradesigns.net/Earrings from Bide a wee farmhttp://bideaweefarm.com/ Pink Merino braidhttps://www.facebook.com/roybobsfarmValley Oak Wool Millhttps://www.valleyoakwoolmill.com/Travel Niddy Noddyhttps://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/collections/other-cool-things/products/niddy-noddy  My Mission at Ewethful: My mission at Ewethful Fiber Mill is to fill making hands with small batch American grown yarns and fibers. I strive to produce lightly processed products that maintain their character, have low environmental impact and tell the stories of the animals and shepherds from whence they came. Find me at:https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/Instagram@ewethfulfiberfarm https://www.instagram.com/ewethfulfibermill/Facebook EwethfulFiberFarmandMill https://www.facebook.com/ewethfulfiberfarmandmill Ravelry group: Ewethful Fiber Farm & Mill Blogging at http://www.beingewethful.com/ 

Tina has a Yakkin' About Yarns segment regarding Hundred Ravens yarns based in New Hampshire, with a super interesting about page of their origins. The cast gets into their details about their annual Sunday trip at Rhinebeck's NY Sheep and Wool Festival 2023. Tina surprised the rest of the cast with black jackets with their sign on names on them. Pardon My Stash will be hosting a small meetup from 12pm to 12:30pm near Gate 1 on the grassy knoll area. They hope for a drop in temperature for a colder festival this year, and what they plan on wearing project-wise. Usually between 10am to 1pm, Drea will post stories on where we are in the festival as well, in case you want to experience it remotely! They also discuss some fond memories and what they are going to be looking for in terms of experience this year. Find out more about this episode and the cast at pardonmystash.com.

All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. Link to this Episode on YouTube https://youtu.be/_gKgPm3MDo0Join Ewethful's Patreon Communityhttps://www.patreon.com/EwethfulFiberMill Shop for Ewethful handspinning fibershttps://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/collections/fiber  Free hand spinning resourceshttps://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/pages/wool-education  For more info and to join Ewethful's Monthy Fiber Subscription Clubhttps://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/products/monthly-fiber-club-starts-december-2018 Indigo Dye teacher is Brooke Sinnes of Sincere Sheephttps://sinceresheep.com/ Jillian Moreno taught spinning wool top courseAuthor of Yarnitecturehttp://www.jillianmoreno.com/ Valley Oak Wool Millhttps://www.valleyoakwoolmill.com/ Abundant Earth Wool dyeshttps://abundantearthfiber.com/products/wtd-color-pack Wendy's Favortie Shawlettehttps://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/wendys-favorite-shawlette Pygora talk episode 72https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR6ZhsEKapY&t=3s Purchases made at Lambtown: Mini braids Greenwood Fiber Workshttps://greenwoodfiberworks.com/ Light pink braids with speckles by Lisa Souza Dyeworkshttps://www.lisaknit.com/Moody braid by My Mission at Ewethful: My mission at Ewethful Fiber Mill is to fill making hands with small batch American grown yarns and fibers. We strive to produce lightly processed products that maintain their character, have low environmental impact and tell the stories of the animals and shepherds from whence they came. Find me at:https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/ Instagram@ewethfulfiberfarm https://www.instagram.com/ewethfulfibermill/Facebook EwethfulFiberFarmandMill https://www.facebook.com/ewethfulfiberfarmandmillRavelry group: Ewethful Fiber Farm & MillBlogging at http://www.beingewethful.com/

Schools back in session and that's an influence on what people are shopping for at the grocery store.  Stephanie Hoff visits with Brandon Scholz, executive director of the WI Grocers Association on what he's seeing.A record number of participants are signed up for fiber arts classes that will happen at the WI Sheep and Wool Festival in Jefferson.  Nate Zimdars visits with one of the show organizers, Bob Black, about why there's so much interest!It doesn't look like there's any signs of life on the Ukraine/Russia grain agreement.  John Hinberg, market advisor with Total Farm Marketing tells Pam Jahnke that there's very little incentive for Russia to budge.  Meanwhile the heat over the holiday weekend is accelerating corn maturity and causing major headaches for barge operators on the Mississippi River.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Sheep and Wool Festival is an annual event that draws sheep and fiber enthusiasts from all across the country to the Jefferson County Fairgrounds. This year's festival will take place September 8-10. There are sheep shows, stock dog trials, wool fiber arts classes and more. Bob Black is the coordinator of the festival, which began in 2002. He shares more about what to expect at this year's festival. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Beverly and Jenny take a look at many new patterns this week -and then we share a conversation Beverly had with her knitting friends at Maryland's Sheep & Wool Festival!  For detailed show notes, please visit punkfrockers.com. If you enjoy our show and would like to support us, please go to patreon.com/punkfrockers and subscribe.  

It's the season!  Okay, so it could be many seasons, but the Easter holiday is upon us and everything is bursting with life, so we'll concentrate on the cute stuff like Spring and fluffy sheep.  And the one we have today is definitely fluffy, but only if unshorn.Today we're talking with Erin Bradt of Helder-Herdwyck Farm about the Herdwick Sheep.  This sturdy little creature has a different look, a perpetual smile, and some serious survival creds.  Viking lore, Beatrix Potter, the National Trust, the beauties of The Lake District and more are connected to this breed over in Jolly Old England.  We met up with Erin at the New York State Sheep and Wool Festival, where she is doing her part to bring attention to this fascinating animal.  Establishing a new breed on this continent is no small thing, and we tip our collective cap to her.We'll bring you more on this animal and others this Summer, straight from their homeland.  Stay tuned, because after years of saving and hoping, Backyard Green Films is going to trace some of our favorite heritage breeds to their source in person this time - British style. Links:http://helderherdwyckfarm.com/index.htmlhttp://www.helderherdwyckfarm.com/our-american-herdwick.htmlhttps://www.herdwick-sheep.com/https://sheepandwool.com/https://www.visitwales.com/things-do/nature-and-landscapes/national-parks/mountain-ranges-waleshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wooly_Willyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herdwickhttps://www.rbst.org.uk/watchlist-overviewhttps://www.britannica.com/biography/James-Herriothttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/britain-lake-district-immortalized-beatrix-potter-beloved-landscape-180968736/Support the show

Well as you might know (or maybe not), Elara does let me get out on my own every once in a while. This past Fall, my brother and I went on a cross country road trip from San Diego, CA to Rhinebeck, NY.  We were headed back to New York to film the NY Sate Sheep and Wool Festival and I thought it would be great to do a brothers road trip. My brother has not gotten to see much of the west and so I wanted him to see some of this great country's sites. There are many that we visited from Yellowstone, Tetons, The Badlands, Mt. Rushmore, Deadwood, SD, and Devils Tower.  As we were driving through South Dakota we saw a sign for the World's Only Corn Palace, so we looked at each other and said we've got to check this place out.  It's located in Mitchell, SD and also happens to be the hometown of Senator George McGovern, who by the way was instrumental in the creation of the United Nations-run World Food Program. As we walked in to look around, I said to my brother that we need to get an interview about this place and find out its history. There we were connected to Doug Greenway, the director of the Corn Palace and he was gracious enough to give us a few minutes of his time and to give us brief run down of this buildings origin.Links:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_Palacehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_McGovernhttps://cornpalace.comhttps://sheepandwool.comSupport the show

In this episode, Rumple and the Frog work on finding their balance at this hectic time of year! Not only do we discuss the pros and cons of holiday gift knitting, we also reflect --at last!-- on our successes and challenges at this year's New York Sheep and Wool Festival in Rhinebeck, New York. And, since we were in Rhinebeck under the sign of Libra, we also decided to explore the constellation of Libra itself. Frog shares what she's learned about astronomy and astrology, and Rumpel has foraged for a lot of neat-o stitching projects related to Libra. So tune in, grab your stitching and join in as we ponder the age of the universe and hatch plans for future stars to explore. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/no353l5/message

The New York State Sheep & Wool Festival was just last month, and it's Thanksgiving already.  We've got a podcast for you from the wild and wooly, festive and colorful event. If you're in a work truck or jeans ad with all of those good looking farm people tossing bales of hay around, you might get the impression that anyone who produces food or fiber in America is…well, pretty vanilla.  And considering how many of our ag products are an amalgamation of cultures and peoples throughout our history (corn, beans, pigs, horses, cattle, turkey, cranberries, squash…), maybe we'd be smart to stop and think about how diversity has made us strong.The BIPOC booth at Rhinebeck represented a slice of an underrepresented category in most of the visible ag press these days, and we were glad these delightfully different took time out from the crowd questions to answer some of ours (the gorgeous combinations of fiber and an aqua-color to (hand) dye for were developing right there in their breed barn booth.  Delicious).  BIPOC is an acronym that stands for Black, Indigenous and People of Color, and though some might wonder if this podcast will be politically correct – not so.  We hope you hear it and do your own thinking about why representation is so important to agricultural diversity of all types.  Our strength in humanity is in our many shapes sizes, and colors, and we hope you celebrate them all with us.  Links:https://sheepandwool.com/IG:        @theknottycatIG:        @viva_acresIG:        @anne.choihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Sisters_(agriculture)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MayflowerSupport the show

It's episode 300 and I'm finally talking about my visit to the New York Sheep and Wool Festival. It was a LOT of knitting, but I finally finished my RB sweater in Garthenor organic lace. Also in this episode: Operation Everything Pumpkin isn't over yet, I'm already knitting with RB2022 yarn, I jumped off the Stephen West MKAL wagon, and a poem fresh off the page by Dr. Lilly Marsh.

We're (almost) all back from the New York State Sheep & Wool Festival, aka “Rhinebeck,” to those in the fiber universe.  It was (largely) a success, as our Livestream event went (mostly) as planned.  You can watch the workshops, shows and other snippets for yourself on our YouTube channel if you missed the lively weekend, and see the fantastic Fall colors that were on display as a backdrop for the Camelid and sheep parades and cashmere goat judging (or was the cashmere goat jumping?  Nope – that was the llamas).  Equipment auction?  Got that, too.  We hope you tune in to see a little bit of all that for yourself.  Want to volunteer for the 2023 show?  Follow the links to be included in the ranks of the brave, hardworking people that have kept this thing going since 1980.  On the podcast today we have a conversation with one of the main movers and shakers of this undertaking. Claire Houlihan is President of the Board of Directors for the Dutchess County Sheep and Wool Growers Association, a fantastic nonprofit that focuses on education and promotion of all things fiber.  We think that there's no better way to do that than the New York State Sheep & Wool Festival, and we hope to see you there in 2023.(Minus the urgent care visit next time, though, if possible.)Links:https://www.dcswga.org/abouthttps://www.dcswga.org/https://www.dcswga.org/volunteer-your-timehttps://sheepandwool.com/https://www.youtube.com/c/BackyardGreenFilms/featuredhttps://battenkillfibers.com/https://www.cornwallyarnshop.com/https://hvtextileproject.org/history/https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/michelle-hincheyhttps://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-signs-new-york-textile-act-strengthen-new-yorks-manufacturing-industry#:~:text=Legislation%20%28S.8741A%2FA.9649A%29%2C%20named%20the%20New%20York%20Textile%20Act%2C,animal%20fibers%20that%20are%20grown%20in%20New%20York.Support the show

A week ago I was down about the state of the world. One and a half million Ukrainians were facing electricity interruptions as Russia's brutal imperialist war took an ugly turn in tactics. Yet Kevin McCarthy, the prospective Speaker of the House should the congressional balance of power shift, was complaining about our giving a "blank check" to Ukraine. This week I feel so much better. Vladimir Putin has assured us that Russia does not intend to turn its war nuclear and has called for unity with those in the west who embrace what he calls his Christian values. Even nicer, Kevin McCarthy solicitously called Nancy Pelosi to inquire after her family's welfare after a right wing extremist attacked her husband with a hammer, clearly heralding a new era in bipartisan warm feelings and cooperation. OK, I'm being sarcastic. The same Vladimir Putin has continued Russia's barbaric attacks on infrastructure, now depriving four million Ukrainians of life sustaining utilities. The same Kevin McCarthy is still intent on restoring or even enhancing committee assignments for Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a frank antisemite who helped set the stage for the hammer attack by calling for Nancy Pelosi's execution for treason, even endorsing a statement that the most expeditious way to deal with Speaker Pelosi would be a bullet to her head. And yet, I do feel better. Because while the world around me may be disintegrating, I am resolutely "cultivating my own garden," stabilizing and getting things operating better here on the farm. I haven't lost any more of the young chickens. I've also found the groundhog's route into the coop, which will allow me to close him out. Things in sheep world, too, are decidedly looking up. A couple of weeks ago, I was terribly concerned about getting hay in for the winter. I wanted to stock up so I could keep the sheep fed even if snow covered the route up to the barn. The mid-summer drought in this region meant that virtually no second cut hay, the later cutting that is usually preferred as fresher, was locally available. I was resigned to buying first cut, but when I called the fellow who supplied me in the past few years he told me he hadn't made any first cut this year either because he was dealing with his house burning down. I called someone he referred me to, who after a week of back and forth said he could not deliver wagons full of hay because he had no help to load them. He referred me on to a third person, who was unable to deliver on our first planned date for the same reason, "no help," and who didn't respond to my further messages. By last weekend, I found myself awakened by hay concerns at 3:30 a.m., googling hay suppliers. By a stroke of good fortune, this third supplier suddenly called me Sunday morning, ready to come deliver, while I was enjoying the company not only of my chum, Eric, but also of occasional visitor Macho Matt. Matt is both a fan of farm work and a dynamo at accomplishing things. He earlier led the effort to paint the barn.This Sunday he, Eric and I worked with the farmer who delivered the hay to get two full ricks unloaded and stacked in the barn. Even better, while we were awaiting the deliveries, mechanically adept Matt was able to reconfigure an interior gate that the sheep had been continually knocking off its pindles, and to restore to smooth operation an interior sliding door that, by sticking, had made moving between the two halves of the barn a challenge for months. The latter he accomplished with two twists of a wrench. Said Matt: "I feel like that was my #1 achievement of the weekend if not the month." With the sheep having gotten their fall shearing at the end of this week, I feel we are now fully prepared for the winter. And I've even now gotten a glimmer of how to deal with the ever challenging question of what to do with all the sheared wool accumulating in the storage loft, to which I've just added 26 more bags. At the Rhinebeck Sheep and Wool Festival recently we came across a vendor from our region, Dashing Star Farm in Millerton, selling beautiful and well crafted bed pillows composed of mattress ticking stuffed with wool from the farm's flocks. It dawned on me that producing similar pillows might be a perfect solution for me. Why? Well, the last four months of constant house guests has convinced me that I have something of a pillow problem. After his first overnight visit here, my friend Tom never arrived without bringing four of his own pillows, carried in a satchel he stitched himself from mattress ticking. He assured me that it was his custom to carry his pillows wherever he traveled, and was no reflection on mine, but was he was just being diplomatic? Then Steve brought a pillow of his own, which was so nice that it somehow migrated under my head, and last month bought me two new pillows as a gift. Why was it that Steve kept gently suggesting that "You could get a dozen perfectly comfortable new pillows delivered from Amazon in just a week, cheap"? I'd much prefer my own wool stuffed pillows to Amazon pillows stuffed with petrochemical fibers. This winter project will require me to learn to wash the sheared wool and transform it into batting. And also then to get it sown into pillows. While I might be able to learn to sew for this purpose, a good project for long winter nights alone, I'm not really very handy. Seeing Matt so successfully address mechanical issues that have vexed me leads me to think that I should enlist someone who really knows what he's doing for the sewing.Tom, are you reading this? WHAT'S AVAILABLE THIS WEEK: Just a few things. Eggs are in hiatus until these new girls get a bit bigger. The old girls are producing just a couple a day. Daikon radish, $2/bunch Salad turnips, $2/bunch Lamb chops $14/lb, riblets $10/lb., shanks $12/lb Garlic: $2/head Fresh horseradish root: $4/lb. Garlic chives (flat leafed): $1/bunch Sorrel $3/bag FARM PICKUPS: Email us your order at farm@turkanafarms.com, and let us know when you'd like to pick up your order. It will be put out for you on the side screened porch of the farmhouse (110 Lasher Ave., Germantown) in a bag. You can leave cash or a check in the now famous pineapple on the porch table. Because I'm now here full time, we're abandoning regular pick-up times. Let us know when you want your order any day between 10 and 5, and unless there are unusual circumstances we'll be able to ready it to your convenience. If you have questions, don't hesitate to call or text at 917-544-6464 or email.

Please note – none of the links in this post will direct you to Ravelry due to accessibility issues. I have created project pages here on my website or have directed you right to the designers' or yarn dyers' websites. You've Arrived At Your Destination Mini Zelda Crop by Olga Putano Designs LolaBean Yarn Co. in Salt Water Taffy, Jam on It, and Strawberry Milk Note – while I was checking links for the show notes, I noticed that Olga does not have all of her patterns listed on her Etsy shop. The rest are via Ravelry. Musselburgh by Ysolda Teague Legacy Fiber Artz in Hocus Pocus AdoreKnit progress keeper Drive I talk about the Down Cellar Studio Pigskin Party make-along Exoskeleton by Shana Cohen Magpie Fibers Swanky DK Fiber Society 22 Shirley Brian Yarn – Deconstructed Fade – Don't Procrastinate, Delegate to Your Future Self! Maple Roots Creative Stitch Markers Halloween socks OMG Heel by Megan Williams Woolens and Nosh – Dear Great Pumpkin Twin Mountain Handcrafts stitch markers In my excitement to podcast, I totally forgot to mention the scrappy mittens I am making for the girls. I finished the first one for Aurora out of various DK leftovers from sweaters I've knitted for the girls over the years. Zelda's will be knit out of DK minis from the Passion Knits Yarn Care Bear box. I am using The World's Simplest Mittens pattern from Tin Can Knits Road Trips I talk about my day with Aurora at the NY Sheep and Wool Festival in Rhinebeck, NY two weeks ago. We will try to attend the New England Fiber Festival on Saturday, November 5th Off-roading For those in the US, please remember to cast your ballots on or by Tuesday, November 8th. Using our voices is more important than ever. Come Find Me on the Interwebs Instagram – ndjen04 Making – ndjen04 Stitcher Radio – Commuter Knitter Podcast Twitter – @CommuterKnitter Facebook – Commuter Knitter Email – commuterknitter@gmail.com Show notes – http://commuterknitter.com

This past weekend we attended the NY State Sheep and Wool Festival, also known as Rhinebeck...which of course is in Rhinebeck, New York. It has become an annual pilgrimage for Rick and I.  We love coming back to the Hudson Valley this time of year, there's a brisk in the air, the fall colors are beautiful, and the sheep people are in town...not only the sheep people, but the goats, angora rabbits, llamas, musk oxen, and alpacas too.  It's just wonderful! Today's guest is Mary Badcock. Fiber artist, handspinner, and wool judge. She is an extraordinary person, who has traveled the world in the name of fiber, and has been attending Rhinebeck for over 35 years.If you're not familiar with this event, here's a little information about it. The first festival was held in 1972 and it's been held every October since at the Dutchess County Fair grounds. It started out with just a few people wanting buy, trade, and sale there fiber products and animals and has grown to have an annual attendance of 35,000 plus people.Links:https://sheepandwool.comhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_State_Sheep_and_Wool_Festivalhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiber_arthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_spinningSupport the show

Thank you for tuning in to Episode 241 of the Down Cellar Studio Podcast. Check out full show notes with photos on my website by clicking here.  This week's segments included: Off the Needles, Hook or Bobbins On the Needles, Hook or Bobbins Brainstorming From the Armchair In my Travels KAL News Events On a Happy Note Quote of the Week Thank you to this episode's sponsors: Knit Style Yarn Woolen Women Fibers Off the Needles, Hook or Bobbins The Shift (Cowl) Pattern: The Shift by Andrea Mowry ($7 Knitting Pattern available on Ravelry & her website) Yarn: 3 Skeins of my Handspun Needles: US 3 (3.25 mm) Ravelry Project Page Marled Wave of Change Jacket Pattern: Wave of Change Jacket by Denise Bayron ($10 Knitting Pattern available on Ravelry) Needles: US 8 – 5.0 mm, US 9 – 5.5 mm + US 10 – 6.0 mm Yarn Marled effect achieved by holding yarn together. 2 sock + 1 DK or worsted 1 DK or worsted + 1 Aran Ravelry Project Page Needles: US 10 for the body. US 8 for the neck ribbing. US 9 for the bottom hem and non-button band ribbing sections. Yarns Used: Goosey Fibers, Sunsoaked Yarns, Hypnotic Yarn, Ross Farm (Henrietta), McKnits, Teenie Button Studio, Legacy Fiber Artz ,Spitfire & Fury DK+ my own handspun+ others! Modifications in the sleeves- after the first 3 decreases, I changed to doing decreases every other round until I got to the designated stitch count. Finished in the 3rd color stripe. If you're weary of marling, choose colors that are similar in value. Mixing a white with a dark color like black, dark purple or maroon is going to be a very stark contrast. I don't always love that. On the Needles, Hook or Bobbins Woolens & Nosh Socks Yarn:  Woolens and Nosh 90% SW Targhee, 10% Nylon 3 Ply Yarn (411 yards / 100 grams) in the Sprout Colorway Pattern: OMG Heel by Megan Williams ($5 Knitting Pattern available on Ravelry) Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm) Ravelry Project Page Sprout- 10 stripe- Light yellow, peach, ballet pink, maroon, dusty blue, kelly green, taupe, lighter grass green, cream, pale green. Yarn from Woolens & Nosh-  Pigskin Party Pro Shop Sponsor Project Bag- Pigskin '22 Exclusive from Anne Beady Designs Brainstorming Christmas ideas- like these cute crocheted pieces that attach to a large wooden ring. You put them over the bar on the oven or dishwasher and then you can hang a dishtowel from the wooden ring. Here's a Pinterest link for a crochet option. Aila wants a fox. Oisin wants an alien. Hattie wants a unicorn because she thinks hers was lost. TBD. From the Armchair The Girl Next Door Podcast: I thoroughly enjoyed their annual Fall Extravaganza episodeand this year was no exception. I didn't especially enjoy the Serial Podcast recent update about Adnan Syed's case but I was relieved to hear that Syed was officially ruled out as a suspect in the murder of Hae Min Lee in 1999 (though he served 23 years in prison) Check out this local Baltimore news story. Congrats to Syed & and his family and especially his fierce friend and advocate Rabia Chaudry. Check out this video on Rabia's Instagram Feed for more details. Listen to Season 1 of Undisclosed if you want more about this case (especially if you only ever listed to Serial). I also enjoyed episodes 1 & 2 of Rabia's new podcast- Rabia & Ellyn Solve the Case. Hocus Pocus 2 on Disney Plus I adored it! In My Travels Riley, Mom & I enjoyed the Cape & South Shore Yarn Haul. Check out video on the Down Cellar Studio YouTube Channel. Highlights- getting to see Cheryl & Jess from Hypnotic Yarn. Getting to see (and purchase) Pigskin sponsor Mcknits Yarn in person at Plymouth Harbor Knits At Wicked Good Yarn in Rockland, MA we learned about the Open Studios Event coming up November 19th & 20th. Check out the event's Facebook page for more details. We learned about Locker Hooking at Wicked Good Yarns in Rockland during the 2022 Cape and South Shore Yarn Haul. The Color Crazy website has the mesh you need to make it and the crochet hook with the eye. Have you ever tried it? You can buy a book about Locker Hooking on the Woolery's website for $12. Here's a blog post that seems to cover the basics if you're curious. KAL News Pigskin Party'22: The Official Hashtag is #DCSPigskinParty22 Pigskin Landing Page on the Down Cellar Studio Website. Start Here Thread in the Ravelry Group Link to the Official Rules Player Registration- Google Form Check out our amazing Sponsors! Click here for the Google doc with their websites and Instagram profiles. Check out the list of available Coupons from our amazing sponsors- Ravelry Link. Google Doc. Check out the Pigskin Exclusive Items in this Ravelry Thread Important Updates in this Episode Check out October's Coin Toss Interception hosted by Sunsoaked Yarns. Click here for the Ravelry Thread or here for the Google Doc with all the details you need. Will announce first of the Participation prizes in the next episode! Events Rhinebeck – NY Sheep and Wool Festival. October 15 & 16. CAKEpalooza: October 14 from 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. with ticketed & timed slots in Saugerties, NY Rhinebeck Prep- check out this PDF for my best tips. Rhinebeck- come see at 1p Saturday Podcaster Meet up on the Hill. Behind the Petting Zoo on the Map. EarthTonesGirl Falling Leaves Sock KAL runs 9/15 through 11/15 Check out this Instagram Post for details. The 5th annual Falling Leaves Sock KAL (knit along) runs from September 15-November 15. The official hashtag is #fallingleavessockkal2022 On a Happy Note Our well is at a normal level again! Cooking & doing laundry feels like a privilege when you haven't been able to do it for months. We have some Sneaky Pumpkins growing near our deck (where last year's pumpkins must have met their demise!) Apple Picking- my favorite day of the year Kids working around the yard with Dan. Getting firewood chopped and stacked. They moved our back steps to get ready for new railings that we're hiring a contractor to install. My Dad turned 70! We had a super fun party for him at my parents' house. I had a nasty cold which was a bummer for me, but otherwise it was great. Merry Everything & Happy Always Yarn Swap is open for sign ups. Thanks to those who knew I wanted to sign up and made sure I got in there. Swap Partners will be assigned on 10/16 so get into the Between Knits & Purls Ravelry Group ASAP if you want to join. 24 mini skeins/balls of 5-7 grams each (Fingering/Sock Yarn) I got self striping from Desert Vista Dyeworks yarn in the mail + my October Yarnable Subscription Box. Check out my Yarnable Unboxing Video on my YouTube Channel. Quote of the Week To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.–SAMUEL JOHNSON Thank you for tuning in! Contact Information: Check out the Down Cellar Studio Patreon! 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Rumpel and the Frog are preparing for a road trip! Tune in to hear all about our preparations for the New York Sheep and Wool Festival at the Duchess County Fairgrounds in Rhinebeck, NY. Rumpel "The Returnee" knows the ropes! And so, she has lots of tips, tricks, advice, and wool festival hacks for First-timer Frog. Where to park? What to eat? How to buy? We answer these questions and so much more as we prepare to hit the road and burn some cash on new stash! Grab your knitting or hit play on your way to New York. Better yet, press play as soon as you can because you will want to incorporate this advice into your advance preparation for the best festival experience possible. We are so excited that after a year of waiting we are finally en route to Rhinebeck! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/no353l5/message

Thank you for tuning in to Episode 240 of the Down Cellar Studio Podcast. Full show notes with photos can be found on my website.  This week's segments included: Off the Needles, Hook or Bobbins On the Needles, Hook or Bobbins Brainstorming From the Armchair Knitting in Passing KAL News Events Life in Focus On a Happy Note Quote of the Week Off the Needles, Hook or Bobbins Stormy Nanaimo Pattern: Nanaimo Cardigan by Tara-Lynn Morrison ($6.50 Knitting Pattern available on Ravelry or in kits on this website) Yarn: Wool Ease Thick & Quick in the Storm Front colorway Needles: US 13 (9.0 mm), US 15 (10.0 mm), US 19 (15.0 mm) Ravelry Project Page  4.15 skeins (705 grams) Started collar in September 2021. Then put it aside and didn't pick up until Friday 9/23/22 Realized I forgot decrease round before ribbing on the sleeves and had to rip those back to fix them. On the Needles, Hook or Bobbins Mermazing Socks Yarn: Hypnotic Yarn Plush Sock in the Mermazing Colorway (April 2022 Subscription Box) & mini skeins from Legacy Fiber Artz. Pattern: OMG Heel by Megan Williams ($5 Knitting Pattern available on Ravelry) Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm) Ravelry Project Page Check out my Unboxing Video Here Yarn from Pigskin Party Sponsors Hypnotic Yarn/Yarnable Box & Legacy Fiber Artz- both Snack Shack Sponsors Project Bag from Anne Beady Designs (Pro Shop Sponsor) The Shift Pattern: The Shift by Andrea Mowry ($7 Knitting Pattern available on Ravelry & her website) Yarn: 3 Skeins of my Handspun Needles: US 3 (3.25 mm) Ravelry Project Page I messed up on a slipped stitch section in the decrease side, so I am going to continue it a few more times so it looks intentional, though you can hardly tell with the handspun. Portal Socks Yarn: Legacy Fiber Artz Steel Toes Base in the Portal Colorway Pattern: OMG Heel by Megan Williams ($5 Knitting Pattern available on Ravelry) Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm) Ravelry Project Page Yarn from Legacy Fiber Artz- Pigskin Party Snack Shack Sponsor Woolens & Nosh Socks Yarn:  Woolens and Nosh 90% SW Targhee, 10% Nylon 3 Ply Yarn (411 yards / 100 grams) in the Sprout Colorway Pattern: OMG Heel by Megan Williams ($5 Knitting Pattern available on Ravelry) Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm) Ravelry Project Page Sprout- 10 stripe- Light yellow, peach, ballet pink, maroon, dusty blue, kelly green, tapue, lighter grass green, cream, pale green. Mini for cuffs and heels- brown with cream speckles.  Yarn from Woolens & Nosh-  Pigskin Party Pro Shop Sponsor Project Bag- Pigskin '22 Exclusive from Anne Beady Designs  Sagamore Flyover Cowl  Ravelry Project Page A take-off on my Sagamore Flyover Hat available on Ravelry & LoveCrafts.  2021 Scrappy Socks Pattern: OMG Heel by Megan Williams ($5 Knitting Pattern available on Ravelry) Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm) Yarn: sock yarn minis and scraps Ravelry Project Page (started in April 2021. Picked back up in September 2022) In this project, I used Helical knitting using Video Tutorial from Knitty Natty & Cate's Clasp Weft join- check out my YouTube Tutorial  by clicking here. Brainstorming Fidget Toys from Shanalines Designs-  Ravelry Link & Payhip I want to cast on all the things! Should I cast on a Wave of Change Jacket by Denise Bayron to match Mom's at Rhinebeck? $10 Knitting Pattern available on Ravelry  Top down open front cardigan mostly stockinette w/ periodic purl ridges.  Mom's is tunic length. I think I'd make my cropped to wear as a layering piece. Thinking mustard.  This blog post by Susanna Winter has a great formula to help you figure out holding strands of various weights of yarn together to equal a different weight of yarn. Beth sent me Instagram stories from FashionSchoolDropOut who made one with worsted and 2 strands of sock. Changed colors after each purl bump.  Thanks to AJ for recommending Fundamentals of Caring with Paul Rudd (2016 movie). Available on Netflix. I'm planning to watch it soon. From the Armchair The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren. Bookshop Affiliate Link. Amazon Affiliate Link. Note: Some links are listed as Amazon Affiliate Links. If you click those, please know that I am an Amazon Associate and I earn money from qualifying purchases. Knitting in Passing Take Back Bags from For Days does accept yarn. Thanks Rachel Kashani. Cost $20. They mail you a bag (takes 3 weeks to ship) The Large Bag measures 24 in x 24 in and fits 15 lbs Mail back with USPS. You will get a $20 credit to spend with them KAL News Pigskin Party'22: The Official Hashtag is #DCSPigskinParty22 Pigskin Landing Page on the Down Cellar Studio Website. Start Here Thread in the Ravelry Group Link to the Official Rules Player Registration- Google Form Check out our amazing Sponsors! Click here for the Google doc with their websites and Instagram profiles.  Check out the list of available Coupons from our amazing sponsors- Ravelry Link. Google Doc. Check out the Pigskin Exclusive Items in this Ravelry Thread Important Updates in this Episode Thanks to everyone who participated in our Kick Off Events. Beth joined us from the hospital. AJ, from South Africa, and EJ from South Korea joined us from all sorts of crazy time zones! So great to see so many familiar faces in long time friends and to also get to know some of the newbies a little better.  Tailgate Talk -ended 9/23 but you can enter for your points through 9/30 on the Points Tally Form.  Fistbumps & Fives: Send some positivity to one of your Teammates, Opponents or Commissioners. Complete this challenge anytime between 9/20-9/30 and enter on the Points Tally Form to earn 100 bonus points. You'll need a link to your Ravelry or Instagram Post for validation. Enter your points by 9/30. Check out the details in the Ravelry Group or in this Google Doc. Check out October's Coin Toss Interception hosted by Sunsoaked Yarns. Click here for the Ravelry Thread or here for the Google Doc with all the details you need. Events Cape & South Shore Yarn Haul- Thursday 9/29 through Sunday 10/2. Check out their Event Website for details.Facebook Page available here. Greater Boston Yarn Crawl– Thursday 9/29 through Sunday 10/2 Rhinebeck – NY Sheep and Wool Festival. October 15 & 16. Wool & Folk Event– October 14th from 12p until 7p in Kingston, NY.  Tickets still available. $45. 25 vendors. Podcaster Patio. 5 podcasts represented Outdoors. Food trucks and music.  CAKEpalooza: October 14 from 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. with ticketed & timed slots in Saugerties, NY EarthTonesGirl Falling Leaves Sock KAL runs 9/15 through 11/15 Check out this Instagram Post for details. The official hashtag is #fallingleavessockkal2022 Life in Focus Tune in to hear an update on my 22 for 2022 list.  Go Skiing 1/18/22 Loon mountain + 2 days in February Knit a garment out of handspun (from 2021)- Cowl in progress Spend at least two hours learning something new (on my own, in a class, YouTube videos etc) IDEAS FOR ME? Read 22 novels – 15 as of September Go to an art museum (travel in November- should be able to do this) Buy something a little extravagant – new skiis & bindings 1/17/22 Meet with financial planner about new investments. Emailed 9/27 Do at least 1 yoga video per month Jan, Feb, March, April  May, June, July, Sept (no August)  Kayak at one new place- NOPE Create the collage wall in my studio- purchased several items. Need to just pull the trigger. Visit Eme at school (April 2022) Try out the new trail on Grove Street -Sunday May 13, 2022 2nd Annual Nora Ephron Movies Day Laura visit in October. Maybe she wants to do this with me?  Purge & declutter the secretary Plan and go on at least 1 date with Dan that involves going at least 1 place we don't “normally” go IDEAS FOR ME? Take a vacation/staycation before August  (planned Saco trip & Northampton Concert trip for August) Buy a fabulous new dress to wear to weddings- April & September Have my car's backup camera checked out & ideally fixed- scheduled 10/12 Hire a professional photographer for family photos- emailed in Sept. Spend a weekend with Laura (in NY or MA) Go Apple Picking (on the calendar) Hang a calendar in the dining room- done in February On a Happy Note Conor's wedding (blog post available over on Patreon) Decorating for Fall Our friend Liz slept over so Dan could drive her to the airport very early the next morning. Long morning walks on the weekend. Quote of the Week A library is a medicine cabinet. What can heal one person may not work at all for somebody else. –SANDRA CISNEROS Contact Information: Check out the Down Cellar Studio Patreon! 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Connie of Kentucky travels all over the U.S. to compete in stock dog trials. She brought four of her border collies to Wisconsin, and she came off of a good run at the Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival. It takes time and patience to develop a relationship with your stock dog and train them to compete. Pictured: Connie and her dog, Kid.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

UW Sheep Unit Director Todd Taylor has a smile on his face discussing plans for this coming year. He's welcoming new and ongoing research projects into the barn. And he's getting ready for the unit's annual sale which starts on Friday at wlivestock.com. Despite higher input costs, Taylor says the unit came out in the black. He also has 29 ewes lambing this fall -- a number he wants to grow to meet the growing year-round demand for lamb. Sheep primarily lamb in the spring. Pictured: Todd Taylor helping clip his children's sheep before a show at the Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2022 has been a pretty good year for alfalfa production in Wisconsin.  Bob Bosold visits with National Alfalfa Agronomist, Randy Welch with Winfield United, about the value of that crop not just as a feed, but also as a soil nutrient. The Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival was a big success at the Jefferson County Fair Park in Jefferson over the weekend.  Stephanie Hoff was in attendance and visited with Eric Meudt of the WI Sheep Breeders Association on market demand for lamb. Suzanne Fanning, Vice President of Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin joins Pam Jahnke for an update on what they've got planned this fall for cheese fans across the United States.  Cheeselandia has invigorated cheese lovers through online cooking/sharing experiences and the latest edition of "Grate.Pair.Share" is building that audience even more with great recipes that use the variety of Wisconsin cheeses the state makes.  Sponsored by Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The 20th anniversary of the WI Sheep and Wool Festival will be celebrated this weekend at Jefferson County Fair Park in Jefferson.  Bob Black, one of the original organizers of the event, says they've had more inquiries than ever on what the show has to offer.  He talks to Pam Jahnke. You may witness a higher price at your local apple orchards and it's not the apples that are costing more.  Stephanie Hoff visits with Kate Farrell from Valley Coop, about food ingredients they supply to orchards.  Those cider donuts, hot apple turnovers, etc. could all cost more. John Hineberg, market advisor with Total Farm Marketing, advises to keep an eye on crude oil and the value of the dollar. It could be a leading indicator on where corn and soybean prices are headed.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thank you for tuning in to Episode 238 of the Down Cellar Studio Podcast. For full show notes, check out my website. This week's segments included: Off the Needles, Hook or Bobbins On the Needles, Hook or Bobbins Brainstorming From the Armchair Crafty Adventures Knitting in Passing KAL News Events On a Happy Note Quote of the Week Off the Needles, Hook or Bobbins Uneek Christmas Socks Pattern: OMG Heel by Megan Williams ($5 Knitting Pattern available on Ravelry) Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm) Yarn: Uneek Sock Yarn. Colorway 25- Xmas Limited Edition. 2 cakes 220 yards/200 meters each.  Ravelry Project Page 289.4 meters Tweed Tie Pattern: Tweed Tie by Jem Weston- 4 GBP (around $5 US)  Needles: US 2. (2.75) for body, US 3 (3.25 mm) for cast-on Yarn: Knit Picks Stroll Tonal in the Flagstone Heather colorway. My Ravelry Project Page Omitting all increases//decreases to keep the bottom at the end of the tie flat not pointed.  Finished tie is over 60 inches long.  126.6 meters  3 skeins in my Candombe Project- check out my Ravelry Project Page 2 skeins of 2ply yarn. Wool of the Andes Unspun Roving. Colorway: Delft Heather (100 grams) 100% Peruvian Highland Wool. & Malabrigo in the Candombe Colorway 2 ply-60 inch loop. 242 wraps.12,762 inches or 410 yards. 324 meters. Stash Dash- 324 x3= 972 meters 2 ply-59 inch loop. 81 wraps4,779 inches or 133 yards. 121 meters. Stash Dash= 121 x 3= 363 meters 1 skein of a 3 ply. those 2 singles plus 1 other random tan colored singles.  60 inch loop 38 wraps.2,280 inches or 63 yards. 57 meters Stash Dash= 57 x4= 228 meters Stash Dash Meters for this project: 1563 meters. All measurements taken after washing skeins 1 skein of yarn in Greens & Blues Blues: Included singles from  Kingdom Fleece & Fiber Works 100% Tunis Pete's Fleece Greens: Malabrigo Nube Roving  Ravelry Project Page 3 ply yarn 62 wraps around knitty noddy. 28 inches wide (or 56 inches around) after washing. 3,472 inches total or 96 yards or 88 meters 88×4 for Stash Dash = 352 meters Scrappy Hexagon Blanket Pattern: Basic Crochet Hexagon Pattern & Tips from Make Do and Crew Website & YouTube Tutorial Hook: F (3.75 mm) Yarn: Knit Picks Hawthorne Marl Sock Lab in the Grey White Marl Colorway, Patons Kroy in the Gentry Colorway + fingering weight scraps Ravelry Project Page Mapped out gradation plan in Excel. 21 rows total. 12 or 13 hexis depending on the column.  SCing them together with 2 strands like I am for the hexagons themselves. A great way to use up very small scraps because I only ever seam 3 sides together.  Working my way from the dark side to the light side when I pulled some hexis out of the bag where I was storing them- and pulled out a huge piece which I had forgotten I'd seamed together. It was the far right column and part of the top row of the light side! At least I realized it when I did, and only had to rip back a small bit of what I had already done.  I used safety pins and paper with notes to indicate which hexi was the start/end of each column. Worked like a charm and I didn't have any other issues after that.  Border- 1 round SC, 4 rounds HDC around.  switch light to dark gray to match blanket. Size (before washing) 45 in wide by 66 inches long 1976 grams total- almost 20 skeins of yarn!  Marled= 400 grams Patons= 450 grams 1126 grams of everything else 7,176 meters On the Needles, Hook or Bobbins Recollection Blanket Pattern: Recollection by Deanne Ramsay ($6 crochet pattern available on Ravelry & Etsy– written in both US & UK Crochet terms) Yarn: Various full skeins and 20+ gram fingering weight yarn stash. Hook: J (6.0 mm) Ravelry Project Page Cast on with US K. It was still a little too tight but it works. Body done in a US J (6.0 mm) MC- 3 strands of gray Blanket is 56 inches wide (not including the fringe).  Baker Street Socks Pattern: OMG Heel by Megan Williams ($5 Knitting Pattern available on Ravelry) Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm) Yarn: Knit Picks Felici in the Baker Street colorway with Stroll Tonal in Navy for cuffs, heels & toe My Ravelry Project  Hat for Dad Pattern: Turn a Square by Jared Flood ($4 knitting pattern available on Ravelry & on the Brooklyn Tweed website) Yarn: Fingering held double. Knit Picks Stroll Tweed in the Wellies Heather Colorway (black) & YarnBaker Fingering Weight Yarn in the Blazer colorway (blue) Needles: US 5 (4.5 mm) and US 7 (3.75 mm) My Ravelry Project Page Brainstorming Rhinebeck sweaters. Wave of Change Jacket by Denise Bayron to match the one I made Mom for Christmas 2020. Check out the Ravelry Project Page for her sweater.  Use up some handspun for us to wear. Thinking of The Shift (Cowl) by Andrea Mowry (available on Ravelry & on the Drea Renee Knits Website for $7 US) From the Armchair Here's to Us by Elin Hilderbrand. Bookshop Affiliate Link. Amazon Affiliate Link. Note: Some links are listed as Amazon Affiliate Links. If you click those, please know that I am an Amazon Associate and I earn money from qualifying purchases. Crafty Adventures Decorations and costumes for Megg's Gatsby party.  Bought nearly all of it second hand. Gold and silver candles, candle holders, vases and glasses.  Got pink feather fan looking things on Clearance at Michaels along with what looks like sparkly crystal pink gravel. Put on silver and gold chargers under/around candles.  Spray painted feathers and sticks. Put in a large silver vase and added pearls strung through for centerpiece.  Knitting in Passing This week, I shared a story about a man I encountered on the train who talked about his family's history with fiber arts and the sewing he did in the Army. KAL News #DCSPigskinParty22 Pigskin Landing Page on the Down Cellar Studio Website. Start Here Thread in the Ravelry Group Link to the Official Rules Player Registration- Google Form Check out our amazing Sponsors! Click here for the Google doc with their websites and Instagram profiles. (COMING SOON) Check out the list of available Coupons from our amazing sponsors- Ravelry Link Check out the Pigskin Exclusive Items in this Ravelry Thread Sponsors Signed up (so far) Pro Shop: agirlandherwool Anne Beady Designs JDStudios480 Imagined Landscapes Charming Ewe Adoreknit Knit Style Yarns Knitters Brewing Company Jennifer Lassonde Designs Snack Shack Sunsoakedyarns Shanalines Designs KnittenKristen Designs Maple Roots Creative MollyHatChick  Christen Clement Designs Fitness by Mara  Desert Vista Dyeworks Mcknits Virtual kick off events Friday through Sunday 9/23- 9/25. Stay tuned for details! Welcome to our 3 new Commissioners this season! Heather (zoomdogknits) Emily- (ElsaandEm) Alicia (almariecraft) Teams will be announced 9/5 Tailgate Talk Challenge– runs 9/9-9/23. Stay tuned for details Events Stash Dash (Hosted by The Knit Girllls) will be hosted on Discord again and will be from May 27th-end of August. Discord link: knit girllls discord Current standings with Jasmin Jen: 20,465 meters (Jen's Stash Dash Spreadsheet Tracker- Google Doc.) Jasmin: 10,838 meters (Jasmin's Stash Dash Spreadsheet Tracker- Google Doc) Rhinebeck – NY Sheep and Wool Festival. October 15 & 16. Wool & Folk Event– October 14th from 12p until 7p in Kingston, NY.  Tickets still available. $45. On a Happy Note Mom's August scans look good despite having to come off her gene therapy medicine because of severe and painful issues with the skin and nails on her hands.  Dinner with my parents, brother and grandmother for her 87th birthday! Visiting Dan's friend Perry's for his 81st Birthday. We found a local bakery that makes delicious pies. Great find. Pool Days! Queen Cover Band at South Shore Music Circus, after which my brother stayed over. He, Dan and I stayed up late talking.  Mid-week trip out to Northampton with Kris & Megg for the Indigo Girls concert! We bought matching tank tops & wore them hiking the next morning. Every person we saw commented on them and asked if we were in some kind of club!  Megg's Gatsby Party! Hiking in Wompatuck w/ Megg now that she's back from Ireland. Shopping at Ollie's with Mom, Trish and Theresa. It's very similar to Building 19 which is an old-school New England favorite for bargain shopping. Watching Aila dance in the Cabaret show and Hattie (age 4) cheering her on (and having to stop her from dancing too much in the audience). I also got to see Eme for the first time since they got back from Ireland.  Mom's eBay New England Seller's Meet Up Group met for the first time since Covid this week! Had fun catching up with her crew. Check out their Facebook group here. Quote of the Week Yet occasionally we discover in the folds of an old handkerchief a shell or insignificant stone that had once embodied our happiest of afternoons. –PATTI SMITH Contact Information: Check out the Down Cellar Studio Patreon! Ravelry: BostonJen & Down Cellar Studio Podcast Ravelry Group Instagram: BostonJen1 YouTube: Down Cellar Studio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/downcellarstudio Sign up for my email newsletter to get the latest on everything happening in the Down Cellar Studio Check out my Down Cellar Studio YouTube Channel Knit Picks Affiliate Link Bookshop Affiliate Link Yarnable Subscription Box Affiliate Link Music -“Soft Orange Glow” by Josh Woodward. Free download: http://joshwoodward.com/ Note: Some links are listed as Amazon Affiliate Links. If you click those, please know that I am an Amazon Associate and I earn money from qualifying purchases.

From breeds to fiber, artwork to stock dogs - the Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival will offer you a chance to learn more about each!  They're also celebrating 20 years of hosting this industry-specific show at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds in Jefferson! Bob Black from Columbus has been involved with the festival since it started.  He says he's watched the industry ebb and flow in the state.  Today, there seems to be new interest in not just the live animals, but also the expansion of fiber arts. In fact, Black says they've received a record number of registrations for fiber arts classes, and a huge request for catalogs - more than 500! There are 100 fiber arts classes offered over the course of the show, working with yarn or wool. Black says the success of the show stems from the core of volunteers and sheep owners that truly want to educate the public about the industry.  That's a role that Wisconsin's held for a long time, according to Black. He also says the event itself is one great way for people that are thinking about getting into sheep to find a mentor that can assist them.  "You need to get up close and personal with a producer that's actually interested in making money, showing a profit,"  Black says.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're in the depths of a brutal heatwave here in New Hampshire, so we're beating the heat by dreaming of autumn. You know what that means: Rhinebeck Sweaters! (If you're not familiar with Rhinebeck, that's the https://sheepandwool.com/ (NY Sheep and Wool Festival.)) What's on our needles this week:Jessica: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/easy-v-2 (Easy V) by Caitlin Hunter Karen: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sunshine-on-my-shoulders-3 (Sunshine on my Shoulders) by Lissy Jane Want more Make Good?Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/makegoodpod (@makegoodpod) https://www.patreon.com/makegoodpod (Join our Patreon!) We're so grateful to our Patreon supporters, who help us do this every week without ever taking on advertisers. https://www.makegoodpod.com (Visit our website) Send a question to dearscratch@scratchsupplyco.com and we'll answer it on an upcoming episode! (Please include your pronouns) Visit Scratch Supply Co, online or in person!

Interest is already high for participation in the 2022 WI Sheep & Wool Festival, Sept. 9-11 at Jefferson County Fair Park in Jefferson. Pam Jahnke visits with festival veteran, Bob Black of Columbus, about the shows humble beginnings, and how things like fiber art have transformed some of the show.  In 2022, Black says there's more than 50 pages of educational offerings for attendees to enjoy. The WI Sheep & Wool Festival is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How does a talented fine jewelry designer go from working in the jewelry industry to starting her own jewelry design business? Well, this week's special guest tells us it sort of started when her work became the mascot for a close-knit community…   Meet our Bestie Julie Lamb of Julie Lamb NY. She is a career designer who received a Metalsmithing BFA from Syracuse University.  For Julie it was always all jewelry, all the time - pretty much her whole life.    Be sure to listen to this episode wherever you get your podcasts or at https://apple.co/2XXKHfC.   After starting her business nearly 7 years ago, Julie Lamb has just been named the “Rising Star” in the jewelry category, winning a prestigious award from Fashion Group International.  THIS. IS. A. BFD! And Holly was there to witness it all in person at the event!   Julie Lamb NY now has several jewelry designs, but one of her very first items incorporated her namesake: The Lamb.     According to her website, the “Be Ewe line encourages individuality in the most playful way with a lovable Lamb logo lets the ewe shine through. Make sure to 'stand out' & ‘be herd' wherever you may roam. Or just revel in your badass Black Sheep status, in black diamonds!” How fun is that???   How It Started:   Julie tells us a hilarious story of learning how to navigate her new business on social media – specifically Instagram – and did not know the power of hashtags.   After posting her first few “Be Ewe” designs using the hashtags “lamb jewelry and “sheep jewelry,” she started getting knitters and quilters - and even some sheep farmers - responding!    This New York City girl now found herself talking to sheep farmers and knitters, and even had one little customer from Future Farmers of America. They were sweet girls from Texas and other places who wanted Julie's lamb jewelry for their graduations and events. As odd as it was, it was a great learning lesson: she quickly learned how hashtags work!   This led into a direction she never could have imagined – a group of knitters invited her to their industry events like the Rhinebeck Sheep and Wool Festival. She feels she was listening to her customers and was happy to go wherever they encouraged her to go to grow her business.    It is hard to sell a new jewelry line (or any new product), but she was fortunate to find a separate audience that no other jewelers could play with. She found a community of lovely knitters who were very passionate and supportive. It was a different facet of the business, and one that helped her grow.    But all knitting aside (just kidding, she does not knit), Julie is now known for her fine CITY, Metropolis and Bespoke jewelry designs. She uses 18K yellow gold, 14K white gold and 14K rose gold for her designs – preferring the stronger yellow tone of 18K.  You can see all her work at www.julielambny.com. How to Start a Business:   As an art major, Julie is a bit mad that art schools do not teach basic business skills. Math is not her thing – not that there is anything wrong with that! – but a little accounting and a little Excel spreadsheet work would have been helpful.    She recommends that no matter what your product is, or how talented you are, you need to learn basic business skills early on to be successful. Some lessons are learned the hard way, avoid this one.    How to Style Jewelry:   We all know Holly loves to mix metals, and literally tells us that every week on these episodes. Julie's rule for wearing jewelry is ‘the more the merrier!”  If she goes out, she piles it on.    Julie's Style Tip: for the summer, mix your metals with beads. It's a lighter look, and definitely more comfortable on your skin.  Perfect for summer!   Got a Turkey Neck? Julie recommends layering longer necklaces to draw the eye down from the neck area. And then add her hoops or statement earrings to draw the eye up to your face, away from your neck. It's a miracle!   Julie has so many more fabulous nuggets and insights to share with us that are funny, smart and heartfelt. Be sure to listen to this episode wherever you get your podcasts or at https://apple.co/2XXKHfC.   FASHION CRIMES PODCAST “The Best Fashion Friend You Never Knew You Needed!”   Hosted by your favorite personal stylist Holly Katz

It's been a while! But sorta kinda on purpose. Join me for a recap of the first Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival in 3 years - it's so good to be back! Visit www.kinoknits.com/blog/103 for full show notes and photos. Recorded Sunday, May 15, 2022.

In honor of this being New York Sheep and Wool Festival weekend in Rhinebeck, New York, this episode's voice in wool is Clara herself. So make yourself a cup of tea and enjoy story time as she reads the New York Sheep and Wool Festival chapter from her New York Times bestseller, Knitlandia: A Knitter Sees the World. This is a special Voices in Wool episode intended for members of The Wool Channel. Click here to join the party.For copyright reasons, I regret that there is no audio transcript of this recording.Support the show (https://www.thewoolchannel.com/membership)

After two years away, we are back, baby! We can't catch you up on all that we have done during our absence so we dive right back in. A few weeks ago, we went to Rhinebeck to go to the New York Sheep & Wool Festival. We met a few friends there, pet some sheep, and bought some wool. Full show notes can be found at stashandburn.com. Many thanks to our friend, Chris, who adventured to New York with us, and to Nicole's kid, Adrian, who served as a producer on this episode! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stash-and-burn/message