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. Find all your favourite luxury yarns and discover plenty more at A Yarn Story, Bath’s premier yarn store based in Walcot Street, Bath, UK. From gorgeous skeins by The Fibre Co and Walcot Yarns to a fine selection from Shibui Knits, La Bien Aimée, House of a la Mode, and Julie Asselin, there is plenty for the discerning knitter to enjoy. With friendly and knowledgeable staff to help you browse, there is plenty for the discerning knitter to enjoy. Visit the store at Walcot Street, Bath or shop online at www.ayarnstory.co.uk. On today's podcast I have brought back stories from Ireland and the lovely Knitting Pipeline retreat, including a visit to an incredible woollen mill and rare-breed sheep farm. There's a brand new shawl pattern to introduce, and I am really beginning to look forward to my trip to Squam, which is only around the corner. Show Links: The New Forest National Park Cushendale Woollen Mills Zwartbles Ireland Zwartbles Ireland Instagram Clio Pullover by Elizabeth Doherty Piper’s Journey Shawl This week I released the shawl pattern I designed for the Knitting Pipeline Ireland retreat, the Mount Juliet Shawl:   Hidden amid peaceful woodlands and velvety green fields in Kilkenny Ireland sits a glorious old manor house called Mount Juliet. It was completed in 1760 and named for the bride of the Viscount of Ikerrin. Juliet Boyle, daughter of the Earl of Shannon, brought with her a generous fortune and an exquisite eye for beauty. The estate was built with her money and named in her honour. It was a tribute to young love and remains a masterclass in elegance and harmony. At this time of year, the woodland walks are carpeted with bluebells, the hedgerows are dappled with hawthorn blossom, and the walled garden is bursting into colour. It is a stunning setting for the Knitting Pipeline Ireland Retreat, and I was honoured to be asked to design a pattern for the attendees. The Mount Juliet Shawl is inspired by the compelling history and lovely Georgian architecture of its namesake, and dedicated to the vision and courage of women who make things happen, particularly our dear Paula Emons-Fuessle, who planned this wonderful gathering for all of us. This asymmetrical triangle shawl features bands of simple but lovely lace in two colours, to recall the graceful lines and beautiful windows of the great house. Fittingly, the sample was knit with yarn from Olann, a brilliant Irish indie yarn company. This is a relaxing but engaging knit with enough gentle repetition that it is easy to memorise for long chatty evening with friends, but the final result is striking. The shawl pattern is now available to buy on Ravelry. There is a 20% off Launch sale on this pattern until the end of the weekend! Get your copy of the Mount Juliet Shawl pattern now! Episode transcript:Welcome to the Curious Handmade Podcast, you're listening to episode 264. This podcast is all about crafting a life of happiness and creativity. I'm your host Helen and you can find me on Ravelry as Hells Bells and on social media as Curious Handmade. You can also find the full show notes and transcript on my website at CuriousHandmade.com Hello and welcome to the show. As always, I hope you're having a wonderful week. I'm having, as always, a busy week. It's half term here in the UK,

  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. Find all your favourite luxury yarns and discover plenty more at A Yarn Story, Bath’s premier yarn store based in Walcot Street, Bath, UK. From gorgeous skeins by The Fibre Co and Walcot Yarns to a fine selection from Shibui Knits, La Bien Aimée, House of a la Mode, and Julie Asselin, there is plenty for the discerning knitter to enjoy. With friendly and knowledgeable staff to help you browse, there is plenty for the discerning knitter to enjoy. Visit the store at Walcot Street, Bath or shop online at www.ayarnstory.co.uk. Today on the podcast I'm getting ready to head to Ireland for the Knitting Pipeline retreat, so of course I need to consider which projects will come along for the trip. And I also have all the winners from our wonderful Shawl Society 4 giveaway, where members shared their happiest places with us...resulting in lots of warm fuzzies. Show Links: Ocean by the Sea Laine Magazine Gilly Makes (Closed) Giveaway Competition Thread Winners! Free pattern or collection: 1. Post 136: by SueCQ 2. Post 13: by LizSolomonWright 3. Post 8: by oakbayknits 4. Post 290: by wishfulthkn 5. Post 78: by mebakes 6. Post 16 by teabird 7. Post 276 by Valeknit 8. Post 180 by cathleen55 9. Post 303 by knitterlyobsessed 10. Post 9 by HelenMc Grand prize winner: KnittingCounts with post #24 TSS4 General Chat Thread Sea Gleam Shawl Sea Gleam Shawl Chat Thread Sea Gleam Shawl FO Thread Clio Pullover by Elizabeth Doherty Pebbles and Pathways Socks Piper's Journey Shawl Quince and Co. Tern Rev Transcripts Episode 263 Transcript _______________________________ Welcome to the Curious Handmade podcast. You're listening to episode 263. This podcast is all about crafting a life of happiness and creativity. I'm your host, Helen, and you can find me on Ravelry as HellsBells and on social media as Curious Handmade. You can also find full show notes on my website at curioushandmade.com.   Hello, and welcome to the show. Thanks for joining me today. I am recording this episode about a week in advance, because next week, i.e., this week, I will be at the Knitting Pipeline retreat in Ireland, joining some long lost friends and new friends, and I'm so excited. At this point, I'm obviously before the trip. I'm just doing as much as I can to get ready for a week away, and ... yeah. But I'm so excited to be meeting people and of course, by the time you're listening to this, the week of the retreat will almost be over. It's always a bit confusing when I'm recording a show in advance and trying to chat to you as if time has already passed that hasn't happened yet. But anyway, I'm sure you'll forgive me. And I just wanted to not miss a week.   So something I promised on last week's show was that I would announce the winners of the Shawl Society season four launch giveaway. The prizes are 10 patterns. So the winners can choose the pattern or collection of their choice from my designs on Ravelry. There are a couple of patterns that are not actually published on Ravelry that are published in magazines, so I can't give you those ones, but most of them are available for prizes. So the winners of the 10 patterns or collections are:  

  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. Find all your favourite luxury yarns and discover plenty more at A Yarn Story, Bath’s premier yarn store based in Walcot Street, Bath, UK. From gorgeous skeins by The Fibre Co and Walcot Yarns to a fine selection from Shibui Knits, La Bien Aimée, House of a la Mode, and Julie Asselin, there is plenty for the discerning knitter to enjoy. With friendly and knowledgeable staff to help you browse, there is plenty for the discerning knitter to enjoy. Visit the store at Walcot Street, Bath or shop online at www.ayarnstory.co.uk. On today's episode I have stories to share from our wonderful weekend in Bath, and I am excited to introduce the very first pattern of The Shawl Society Season 4. I'm also getting ready to head to Ireland for the Knitting Pipeline retreat, which is exciting. As part of my ongoing quest to make Curious Handmade as accessible and welcoming as possible, I'm also trying out something new with podcast transcripts. Show Links: Meadow Yarn Hand Dyed Yarn Eucalan Meadow Yarn Stitch Reminders Cocoknits Moel View Yarn The Wool Kitchen So Just Shop Big Blue Moma la Bien Aimée Land of Sweets Cowl Learning to Cry Shawl Snowmelt Shawl Impressionist Shawl Walcot Yarns The Fibre Co. The Wool KitchenThe Talisman Shawl KnitAid The Sea Gleam Shawl   Join The Shawl Society Season 4 now! Ocean By The Sea Laine MagazineGilly Makes The Comfy Red Couch Podcast     Episode 262 Transcript: -------------------------------Welcome to the Curious Handmade podcast. You're listening to episode 262. This podcast is all about crafting a life of happiness and creativity. I'm your host Helen, and you can find me on Ravelry as HellsBells, and on social media as Curious Handmade. You can also find full show-notes on my web site at CuriousHandmade.com. Hello hello and welcome to this week's episode. I hope you're all well and having a really good week. I have been having a great week. The sun has been shining here in London and it's getting warmer, and everybody in London is so happy about that. It makes so much of a difference. Everything's very green and lovely, and, well, blossom season is pretty much over. The roses have started blooming now, so that is another gorgeous sight that you see a lot around London at this time of year. I've been working really hard the last few weeks. I mentioned last week that I was working hard and just really focusing on my to do list, and I feel like this week finally I'm back in control I think, and I feel like maybe I reached a tipping point in my to do list where things are getting ticked off slightly faster than they're getting added. So, that's a good feeling. I feel slightly more on top of things and it's just making the stress levels go right down. And sometimes I think you don't realize how stressed you are until it starts reducing and then you realize that you just feel so much better. So that's all good! We had a fantastic event in Bath on the weekend. It was so lovely. The event was Sip, Stitch Shop, and that was hosted by A Yarn Story and myself. It was held at a lovely hotel in Bath and we had such wonderful vendors, and lovely knitters coming along.

  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. Find all your favourite luxury yarns and discover plenty more at A Yarn Story, Bath’s premier yarn store based in Walcot Street, Bath, UK. From gorgeous skeins by The Fibre Co and Walcot Yarns to a fine selection from Shibui Knits, La Bien Aimée, House of a la Mode, and Julie Asselin, there is plenty for the discerning knitter to enjoy. With friendly and knowledgeable staff to help you browse, there is plenty for the discerning knitter to enjoy. Visit the store at Walcot Street, Bath or shop online at www.ayarnstory.co.uk. In today's episode I have some personal knitting to share, including a new sweater pattern I have been stalking as my Clio gets closer to completion. I'm delighted that the 4th season of The Shawl Society has launched and we're just a week away from the first pattern! I'm also gearing up for the Sip. Stitch. Shop. event in Bath this weekend, and we're having a sample sale to raise funds for KnitAid (have you seen the KnitAid Tedx talk?) Show Links: Clio Pullover by Elizabeth Doherty Ysolda Blend no.1 Hay Pullover by Clare Mountain Squam Midding Cardigan by Renée Callahan Baskerville DK by Kettle Yarn Triskelion Yarn This week The Shawl Society Season 4 opened for membership! It will be available at an early bird price until the first pattern of the season is released on Thursday the 16th of May, 2019. Join The Shawl Society Season 4 now! Suburban Stitcher Website Suburban Stitcher Instagram KnitAid KnitAid Ted Talk Ch. 261 Transcript_________________________________ Welcome to the Curious Handmade Podcast. You're listening to Episode 261. This podcast is all about crafting a life of happiness and creativity. I'm your host Helen, and you can find me on Ravelry as HellsBells and on social media as Curious Handmade. You can also find the full show notes on my website at curioushandmade.com. Hello and welcome to the show. I hope you had a fantastic week. Pull up a chair, grab your knitting, grab a beverage, and let's us have a chat. Thank you to everyone who commented on social media, and via emails, and messages that you were interested in my conversation about my hair last week. I was talking about how I am embracing my natural color, which I think is going to be quite gray. It's still in the growing out process, and even sort of four and a half, five months into it, it's surprising to me, at least, how long it takes to grow. In some ways, when I was dying it to hide the gray, it seemed like it was every five minutes that I was having to dye it, and now that I'm desperately trying to grow it all out, it's taking forever. So thank you for all your messages of support and interest. It's kind of a funny thing to talk about, but I feel like, for me, it's about embracing happiness and creativity, which is the motto of the show, so I thought it was fair enough to talk about with you. I have been extremely busy the last couple of weeks. I think after having basically three weeks holiday, I didn't do much work while the kids were off school, which has always been my goal since having my business. A big part of my goal is to have a more flexible schedule around the kids, and that's kind of worked and kind of hasn't worked in some ways.

  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. Find all your favourite luxury yarns and discover plenty more at A Yarn Story, Bath’s premier yarn store based in Walcot Street, Bath, UK. From gorgeous skeins by The Fibre Co and Walcot Yarns to a fine selection from Shibui Knits, La Bien Aimée, House of a la Mode, and Julie Asselin, there is plenty for the discerning knitter to enjoy. With friendly and knowledgeable staff to help you browse, there is plenty for the discerning knitter to enjoy. Visit the store at Walcot Street, Bath or shop online at www.ayarnstory.co.uk. This week I revealed the theme for our 4th season of The Shawl Society and I'm getting so, so, excited to begin another adventure with so many brilliant knitters. I also have a bit of a story about how I got inspired for this collection. Finally, I have recently decided to try something a bit different with my hair and I've got some resources to share! Show Links: Suburban Stitcher Olann Yarn Ann Friedman Aminatou Sow Call Your Girlfriend Podcast Shine Theory #grombre Erica Henry Johnston Nikol Johnson Annika Von Holdt Don't forget, there are still tickets available for the upcoming Sip, Stitch, Shop event in Bath on May 11th, and I'd love to see lots of the Curious Crew there!