This is a short but packed episode as I pack my bags for the Knitting Pipeline Retreat in Georgia! I chat about my recent projects (lots of secret design work!) and some fun packages that have come through the mail. I also talk about some podcasts and reading I've been thinking about recently about slowing your life down a little so that you can be truly present. Show Sponsors: Meadow Yarn is an inviting online retailer selling yarn, needles and notions. It's a small, family business based in rural Suffolk in the UK. Meadow Yarn was born out of a passion for beautiful yarn and knitting accessories and aims to bring you a range of great products. Yarns stocked include Northbound Knitting, Eden Cottage Yarn, the Fibre Co and many more. Show Links: A Homespun House Harry Potter and Charm Yarn Club A Homespun House Podcast Norah George Yarn The new Shawl Society Website Apple Blossom Socks Turtlepurl Yarn Knitting Pipeline Podcast Harry Potter KAL hosted by Inside Number 23 Box O’ Sox KAL, hosted by the Yarngasm Podcast Sock Bash KAL hosted by the Grocery Girls Podcast Slow Your Home Podcast Ep 143 Smart Passive Income Podcast Ep 255 Deep Work: Rules for Focused Work in a Distracted World by Cal Newport That's everything for today! Have a wonderful week, wherever you are, and happy knitting!

Show Sponsors: Meadow Yarn is an inviting online retailer selling yarn, needles and notions. It's a small, family business based in rural Suffolk in the UK. Meadow Yarn was born out of a passion for beautiful yarn and knitting accessories and aims to bring you a range of great products. Yarns stocked include Northbound Knitting, Eden Cottage Yarn, the Fibre Co and many more. Show Links: The Brooklyn Knitfolk Podcast Apple Blossom Sock Pattern Pebble Beach Shawl Blacker Yarn St. Kilda Mini Skein Set Snowmelt Shawl La Bien Aimee Magellan Speckle Fade Kit The Tobermory shawl The Kelso shawl The Fibre Co. Waves Collection The Fibre Co. Road to China Light Viola Yarn Loop Ysolda Blend no 1 Bowen in her gorgeous cabled cardigan with Ysolda An Caitin Beag Brooklyn Tweed Arbor Rhapsody in Cables by Joji Locatelli Walcot Yarns A Yarn Story Great British Yarns Opus Yarn On the Surface Collection Twisted Tracks by Amanda Jones Caracollo by Rachel C. Brown Cobbled Streets Shawl by Sharon Spencer Swinging Medallions by Jo Smith Clio by Elizabeth Doherty Beyond Measure Woolenflower Old Maiden Aunt Yarns Coming Home book Pink Hazel Project Bags Ginger Twist Studios TOFT Alpaca The Little Grey Girl Fuss Free Festival Shawl by Louise Tilbrook IntuitKnit Podcast Skeindeer Podcast Inside Number 23 Podcast Along the Lanes Podcast Lina Knits Podcast Yarnesty Podcast Fruity Knitting Podcast Sticks + Twine Podcast Rib Magazine Yarngasm Podcast Crafts from the Third Floor Norah George Yarn Jämtland Sheep Solkustens Spinnverkstad Limmo-Design Yarn on Ravelry Blacker Yarn Samite Sonja Bargielowska's Designs on Ravelry Giveaway Winner: Irene (bluebirdnest on Ravelry) has won the copy of Interpretations IV with her comment: I love this book, it is joyous! I would really like to knit Double Trouble, you could have so much fun with color in this sweater. Thanks for the podcast Helen. Have a great time at your yarny events! Subscribe to the Curious Handmade mailing list If you don't wish to sign up for the Spindrift Shawl pattern and workshop (link in the sidebar) and just want my regular updates sign up here: Email Address First Name

On today's podcast I fill you in on all the details of the wonderful three days we spent together in Cumbria. I'm saving all my Edinburgh Yarn Festival chat for next week! I also talk about the MKALs that are wrapping up, the new patterns I have out, and what's in my WIP at the moment! Show Sponsors: Meadow Yarn is an inviting online retailer selling yarn, needles and notions. It's a small, family business based in rural Suffolk in the UK. Meadow Yarn was born out of a passion for beautiful yarn and knitting accessories and aims to bring you a range of great products. Yarns stocked include Northbound Knitting, Eden Cottage Yarn, the Fibre Co and many more. Show Links: My clue for The Not Seen Before MKAL from the Sight is Life eBook is now out: this MKAL has been an incredible experience and it's wonderful to see some completed shawls starting to show up in the Sight is Life Ravelry group Snowmelt MKAL is also winding up, and the FO spoiler thread is filling up with some breathtaking shawls. If you're not the MKAL type (I know lots of people don't want to commit to a shawl they've never seen!) now is a great time to pick up a copy of the complete pattern! Show Links: Skeindeer Podcast La Bien Aimee Magellan Speckle Fade Kit The Tobermory shawl The Kelso shawl The Fibre Co. Waves Collection The Fibre Co. Road to China Light The Knitting Pipeline Podcast Little Bobbins Podcast Suffolk Socks Podcast Bumble Stitches Podcast Threaded with Fibre Podcast The Fibre Co. Luma Yarn The Laveer Kerchief So Just Shop A Yarn Story yarn shop Blue Bee Studio Quince and Co. Sparrow yarn Suffolk Socks School Socks Rock Hedgerow Yarns Pebble Beach Shawl Blacker Yarn St. Kilda Mini Skein Set Turtlepurl Yarn Life in the Long Grass LeatherWoolLinen The Snail Garden Blog with an amazing retreat recap post!   That's all for today's episode! Thank you so much for listening. Have a great week and happy knitting!

Today I'm taking a glimpse back at the wonderful Curious Handmade Country House Retreat, and already getting excited about the Edinburgh Yarn festival. Thanks to the magic of technology (time travel?) as this episode is released I may be on a train between the two events! I chat about my shopping strategy for EYF and think about how I might prevent myself from buying all the yarn. Show Sponsors: Meadow Yarn is an inviting online retailer selling yarn, needles and notions. It's a small, family business based in rural Suffolk in the UK. Meadow Yarn was born out of a passion for beautiful yarn and knitting accessories and aims to bring you a range of great products. Yarns stocked include Northbound Knitting, Eden Cottage Yarn, the Fibre Co and many more. Show Links: So Just Shop Luma yarn from The Fibre Company Laveer Kerchief Yarn in The City Podcast Pink Hazel Project Bags A Yarn Story Great British Yarns La Bien Aimée Eden Cottage Yarns Blacker Yarns Road to China Light from The Fibre Company Edinburgh Yarn Festival Just a quick episode today, as I'm on the road. If you're going to EYF, remember to drop by the Blacker Podcast lounge to say hi between 1 and 2 pm on Saturday and Sunday. If you're not, I'm hoping to bring back lots of stories from EYF to share with you soon. Happy knitting!

March is shaping up to be a very exciting month, with many fun new things coming up. Today I'm taking a break from preparing for the Curious Handmade Country House Retreat and the Edinburgh yarn festival to chat about my works in progress and everything we have to look forward to in the next few weeks. Show Sponsors: Meadow Yarn is an inviting online retailer selling yarn, needles and notions. It's a small, family business based in rural Suffolk in the UK. Meadow Yarn was born out of a passion for beautiful yarn and knitting accessories and aims to bring you a range of great products. Yarns stocked include Northbound Knitting, Eden Cottage Yarn, the Fibre Co and many more. KAL News: Sight is Life MKAL Hale-bopp MKAL Snowmelt MKAL BlackerPOD KAL Giveaways: Mina Philip New York Collection Sock Club There were more than 200 entries in Ravelry Group Giveaway Thread and they make for some great reading, so thank you all for your contributions! The winner was post 121 by Ravelry user fyjjkj Congratulations, I know you'll love your prize! Show Links: The Wool Kitchen yarn The Wool Kitchen Instagram Blue Pop colourway photo on instagram Niji colourway photo on Instagram The Talisman Shawl Yarngasm Podcast Voolenvine Yarn Blacker Yarns Blacker Yarns Samite Blend Ahimisa (Peace) Silk Road to China Light What's in the WIP: A new sock design! The Apple Blossom socks will make their debut at the Curious Handmade Retreat next week, and then the pattern will be launched on the 17th of March My rainbow Pebble Beach Shawl in the Blacker Yarn St. Kilda Mini Skein Set Events: Edinburgh Yarn Festival is happening on the 12th and 11th, where I’ll be in the Podcaster’s Lounge sponsored by Blacker Yarns. We'll be having a Podcaster meetup at 1pm both Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday we're also hosting a little panel on audio podcasting! You can find out the whole Podcaster Lounge Schedule here!