Today I have a special guest on the show – she is someone I have mentioned many times recently and is the perfect guest for this month’s theme. She openly admits to having a sweater problem – of course its Amy Herzog Show Sponsor   In the spirit of the theme of sweater month I ask Anj, the owner of Meadow yarn about her sweater knitting. Anj replied saying: "Just about our favourite thing to knit is a sweater… The options are infinite and the result always hugely satisfying, whether it’s a fine fair isle or a chunky quick-knit it’s always a pleasure to see a finished sweater roll off the needles. At the moment with temperatures sub-zero we’re thinking about Icelandic Lopi yarn… used to create traditional Icelandic ‘Yoked’ sweaters, known as Lopapeysas, they remain hugely popular with knitters around the world and contemplating the endless shade combinations - from the traditional ‘naturals' to the vivid, jewel- bright colours - is just about the best fun we have on a chilly day at Meadow Yarn!" You can purchase Icelandic Lopi yarn and other gorgeous products at meadowyarn.co.uk I ordered some gorgeous Lopi from Meadow Yarn this week to make the Reyka Pullover from Magpies, Homebodies and Nomads. Amy Herzog and Sweater Knitting I'm excited to share my conversation with Amy Herzog who is the creator of Custom Fit, the author of two books – Knit to Flatter and a new one about to be released, as well as teaching workshops to help knitters make sweaters they will love to wear including at Squam – which is where I did Amy’s sweater fit class last year. Amy teaching at Squam last year and demonstrating fit of different sweater samples. It was great to get to try on lots of samples in the class and see what suited us. Amy really does love to swatch! A pile of swatches she brought to the Squam class to demonstrate knitted fabric and fibres. You can find Amy Herzog and the things we talked about in the episode here: Amy Herzog Blog Custom Fit - Custom Sweater Generator Knit to Flatter: The Only Instructions You'll Ever Need to Knit Sweaters that make You Look Good and Feel Great! Craftsy Class - Knit to Flatter (my affiliate link) Amy's Squam Body and Soul Class

Today I’m talking about what I’ve been knitting and event updates. Show Sponsor   In the spirit of the theme of sweater month I ask Anj, the owner of Meadow yarn about her sweater knitting. Anj replied saying: "Just about our favourite thing to knit is a sweater… The options are infinite and the result always hugely satisfying, whether it’s a fine fair isle or a chunky quick-knit it’s always a pleasure to see a finished sweater roll off the needles. At the moment with temperatures sub-zero we’re thinking about Icelandic Lopi yarn… used to create traditional Icelandic ‘Yoked’ sweaters, known as Lopapeysas, they remain hugely popular with knitters around the world and contemplating the endless shade combinations - from the traditional ‘naturals' to the vivid, jewel- bright colours - is just about the best fun we have on a chilly day at Meadow Yarn!" You can purchase Icelandic Lopi yarn and other gorgeous products at meadowyarn.co.uk What's in the WIP? Making good progress on my Custom Fit V Neck Pullover by Amy Herzog. I'm finding that the knitting is going quite fast after the initial time spent preparing and planning. I created this mega blog post of 57 Useful Sweater Knitting Resources for you. I discovered a new website  - Creativebug - providing online classes via this interview of the founder Jeanne Lewis on the Squam blog (This is my affiliate link) Here are links to the new eGuides from Craftsy - free for a very limited time (Affiliate links) This guide for knitting sweaters has a good overview of things to think about in the planning stages as well as a good section about different sweater constructions. I'm really intrigued by this wood turning eGuide too. I remember loving to do this with my Dad when I was young.   Events Unravel – this weekend 20-22 February at Farnam Maltings I'm not able to attend but there will be many wonderful vendors there including our sponsor for Volume 1 of the Muse Connection – the Fibre Company – go say hi. the Muse Connection –  8 March Kate, of A Playful Day and I are busy preparing for this event. All tickets sold but we are already planning Volume 2 for June so keep an eye out for that I'm working on my talk about colour for the event. Colour will be the theme of the podcast next month Edinburgh Yarn Festival - 14-15 March I’ll be attending for the Saturday only and am really looking forward to it. Knitting Pipeline Retreat - April 12-15 in Atlanta Georgia   Are you on Instagram yet? Join in the fun and the amazing yarny knitting community there! Play the instagram game and tag me with a pic of where you’re watching the podcast.  

Its February and that means that we’re talking about knitting sweaters and garments on the show this month. Show Sponsor   In the spirit of the theme of sweater month I ask Anj, the owner of Meadow yarn about her sweater knitting. Anj replied saying: "Just about our favourite thing to knit is a sweater… The options are infinite and the result always hugely satisfying, whether it’s a fine fair isle or a chunky quick-knit it’s always a pleasure to see a finished sweater roll off the needles. At the moment with temperatures sub-zero we’re thinking about Icelandic Lopi yarn… used to create traditional Icelandic ‘Yoked’ sweaters, known as Lopapeysas, they remain hugely popular with knitters around the world and contemplating the endless shade combinations - from the traditional ‘naturals' to the vivid, jewel- bright colours - is just about the best fun we have on a chilly day at Meadow Yarn!" You can purchase Icelandic Lopi yarn and other gorgeous products at meadowyarn.co.uk What's in the WIP? I'm designing again and enjoying using this stitch dictionary: Up, Down, All-Around Stitch Dictionary: More than 150 stitch patterns to knit top down, bottom up, back and forth, and in the round I'm also working on my Custom Fit V Neck Pullover by Amy Herzog. Show Sponsor

Today I’m chatting to a special guest on the show, Joji Locatelli about sweater design and her latest collaboration with Veera Välimäki – a collection called Interpretations 2. I will also be sharing an announcement about a new event in London, the Muse Connection. Its February and that means that we’re talking about knitting sweaters and garments on the show this month. This episode is sponsored by Meadow Yarn. In the spirit of the theme of sweater month I ask Anj, the owner of Meadow yarn about her sweater knitting. Anj replied saying: "Just about our favourite thing to knit is a sweater… The options are infinite and the result always hugely satisfying, whether it’s a fine fair isle or a chunky quick-knit it’s always a pleasure to see a finished sweater roll off the needles. At the moment with temperatures sub-zero we’re thinking about Icelandic Lopi yarn… used to create traditional Icelandic ‘Yoked’ sweaters, known as Lopapeysas, they remain hugely popular with knitters around the world and contemplating the endless shade combinations - from the traditional ‘naturals' to the vivid, jewel- bright colours - is just about the best fun we have on a chilly day at Meadow Yarn!" You can purchase Icelandic Lopi yarn and other gorgeous products at meadowyarn.co.uk  Interview: with Joji Locatelli And now to kick off the Sweater and Garment theme for the podcast this month I have a very special guest on the show. Joji Locatelli is a knitwear designer and more recently a knitting teacher. She has been delighting us with her garment and accessory patterns for several years now and has build up an incredibly varied library of designs for us to knit. Joji is based in Buenos Aries Argentina and regularly travels to yarn events. I met her very briefly at Unwind Brighton last year and was absolutely thrilled to have a longer chat with her about her designs and Interpretations 2 - her recent collaboration with Veera Välimäki. She is charming, warm, very smart and dare I say talented. She is also a super humble, generous person. We also have a giveaway for you. Please leave a comment on this post by next Wednesday 11 February and tell us what YOUR favourite item from Interpretations 2 is and we will be giving away an electronic copy to a comment selected at random.