Today's post is a little roundup of everything going on in the Curious Handmade community right now and all the wonderful things coming up, with a few updates about my own WIPs and a little more information and advice about the yarn for the third TSS shawl. Show Sponsors: Alongside an eclectic yarn range, which includes Hazel Knits, Icelandic Lopi & CoopKnits, we stock a carefully chosen selection of needles and notions. We’ve also recently launched ‘hand dyed by meadowyarn’, our very own in-house, hand-dyed yarn range. Working in our tiny dye studio, nestled in the Suffolk countryside, we are able to indulge our love of colour, producing complex tonal, kettle-dyed shades across a range of weights and bases. With regular updates our collections evolve and grow, inspired by the landscape and people around us. Show Links: My interview on the Yarniacs Podcast last week! The Pomfest birthday celebration in happening in London on the 14th or 15th of July! My interview with the Pom Pom founders Curious Handmade KAL News: GLYC Anniversary KAL To celebrate the 5th anniversary of the Great London Yarn Crawl here will be a KAL for Fireflies Rising starting on the 1st of July and running until the 5th of September! The Great London Yarn Crawl 2017 Fireflies Rising Shawl. Dream Big Collection Yarn in the City’s GLYC Anniversary KAL thread Refuge Sprite’s Fen KAL Sprite’s Fen The Sprite’s Fen Mini KAL for members of The Shawl Society Season II is running from 1 June to 6 July 2017. There will be some gorgeous prizes from Seven Sisters Arts and Julie Asselin for randomly selected entries posted in the FO thread by the 6th of July! Fairyhill KAL Fairyhill I have drawn a new winner for the Woolbarn prize: kathleen188 with post 161 in the FO thread What's in the WIP: Confetti by Veera Välimäki Voolenvine Yarn Ice Cream Sundae Cardigan by Julie Sunshine Julie Asselin Leizu DK Yarn Box O’ Sox KAL Sock Bash KAL Sprite’s Fen Walcot Yarns Opus That wraps up our notes and links for this chapter! Thank you for listening and happy knitting! x

Today on the show I talk about how my new WIP obsession--the Confetti Pullover--is going, update you on some KALs and announcements, and ask you a question about what you'd like to hear from Curious Handmade this summer. 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. On this week's episode of the podcast I mentioned, that I wanted your opinion - last year I put together a Summer Series of some pre-recorded episodes before I headed to Australia, and I want to do it again. But this this time, I'd love to do something a bit collaborative, almost like a little virtual retreat for us over the months of July and August. I'm cooking up a few ideas but I want to hear your thoughts and requests. What would you like to hear from Curious Handmade over the next couple of months? Is there something that would inspire or motivate you to go deeper into your own creativity for a few weeks? What kind of participation would you enjoy? Whatever we decide to do, it doesn't have to be summer-exclusive: I know there's plenty of cooler weather in the southern hemisphere right about now and I don't want to leave you guys out, either! You can get in touch with me by leaving a comment on this post here or messaging me on Ravelry--I'd really love to hear from you! Show Links: Elizabeth's Squam blog post East London Knits Podcast interview with Karen Templar Walcot Yarns Opus Yarngasm Podcast Summer of Lace KAL Summer of Basics-Along Box O’ Sox KAL Sock Bash KAL Camp Loopy KAL Curious Handmade KAL news: GLYC Anniversary KAL To celebrate the 5th anniversary of the Great London Yarn Crawl here will be a KAL for Fireflies Rising starting on the 1st of July and running until the 5th of September! Fireflies Rising Shawl. Dream Big Collection Yarn in the City's GLYC Anniversary KAL thread Sprite's Fen KAL Sprite's Fen The Sprite's Fen Mini KAL for members of The Shawl Society Season II is running from 1 June to 6 July 2017. There will be some gorgeous prizes from Seven Sisters Arts and Julie Asselin for randomly selected entries posted in the FO thread by the 6th of July! What's in the WIP: Confetti by Veera Välimäki Those are all our links for this week. Happy knitting until next time!

Today's episode is packed, as I share all my stories from Squam, talk about a wonderful collaboration I'm a part of this weekend, and catch you up on the many exciting WIPs I have going on 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: Squam To help the Yarn in the City Girls celebrate five years of the GLYC, I'm launching an expanded version of my Fireflies Rising Shawl. The revised pattern will feature a new size and is launching tomorrow, Saturday, June 17th. The two yarns that The Wool Kitchen and The Travel Knitter have created for this collaboration are breathtaking. They will be doing special updates tomorrow, Saturday, June 17th at 9am BST. This is the delicious Dancing Fireflies in a Merino/Silk Blend And here is the incredible Midnight Fireflies from The Travel Knitter, in crazy-soft baby camel and silk: Here are Larissa and Helen in their Fireflies Rising Shawlettes! And here's the new larger version using both yarns: There will be a Fireflies Rising KAL starting on the 1st of July! Yarn in the City Ep: 61 with details about the upcoming GLYC Fireflies Rising KAL and an interview with me Refuge There will be a KAL starting on the 1st of July. HeyBrownBerry Instagram Dyenamixx Yarn Instagram Handmade and Woolen Podcast Rib Magazine Woolen Boon Yarn Linen & Spoon Elisabeth on Earth Art LeatherWoolLinen Making Magazine Swoon Maine Book curious.and.coe Union Square Socks by Mina Phillips Voolenvine Yarn Confetti Pullover by by Veera Välimäki Fringe Supply Co. Fringe Association Blog Summer of Basics-Along #summerofbasics Pure Joy Shawl by Joji Locatelli Giveaway Winners: For Pom Pom Magazine and Pomfest Tickets: The magazine: Claire Vackar May 22, 2017 at 12:03 am Edit I love the Bon Bon mitts. Unfortunately, I can’t come to London for the festival but would love an issue of this magazine. Thank you. The tickets: Tamara Snell May 30, 2017 at 3:41 pm Edit Hi! Thanks for this podcast episode–it was great and fun listening. So, I’ve thought through the question about my fave design in the newest Pom Pom Quarterly, issue 21. I am very keen to get my hands on this bday issue. I really want to knit nearly all the patterns, so it’s difficult to decide on my favourite. My way of solving this, is that, since we are hopefully into warmer weather, I would knit either Boum or Jambouree first, as they’re the best knits for warmer weather. I would love to attend the Pom Pom 5 year bday party, so please enter me into this competition, as well. Thanks so much for this giveaway!! For the Fairyhill Shawl Mini KAL Winner of the Eden Cottage Yarn prize: MuzzerZ, post 35 in the FO thread Winner for the Wool Barn prize: gartergirl, post 300 in the FO thread That's all I have for this episode's notes! I hope you enjoyed the show, and until next week, happy knitting!

I'm in New York City this week, about to head to Squam. Today I chat a bit about the newest Shawl Society design, with some handy advice for the knitting process. I also talk about what I've been getting up to in the city, some of the things I'm looking forward to at Squam, some new projects, and all the wonderful knitting I'm getting done while I'm away! 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: Sprite’s Fen Shawl Squam Art Fair HeyBrownBerry Instagram Dyenamixx Yarn Instagram Brooklyn General Magpie Fibers Hell's Bells Yarn Mood Fabrics Brooklyn Denim Co Brooklyn Knitfolk Podcast Knitting Expat Podcast YarnGasm Podcast Voolenvine Yarn Confetti Pullover by by Veera Välimäki Union Square Socks by Mina Phillips Pure Joy Shawl by Joji Locatelli Events: The Great London Yarn Crawl 2017 Save the date: Saturday, 9th September 2017 Tickets on sale 1st July To help the Yarn in the City Girls celebrate five years of the GLYC, I'll be launching an expanded version of my Fireflies Rising Shawl in collaboration with The Wool Kitchen and The Travel Knitter. The revised pattern will feature a new size and is launching on June 17th. Yarn in the City Ep: 61 with details about the upcoming GLYC Fireflies Rising KAL and an interview with me!