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's episode is just a bit of a snapshot of what life is like here at the Curious Handmade headquarters. We're in the middle of the first stage of the move now and it's all very real. As I pack up our lives (and my stash!) I have some thoughts about the emotions stuff holds, how clutter and minimalism and waste interact, and which skeins I should pack for a few month's transition. Show Links: Jarr Market Gather (Peckham No-Packaging Shop) The Low Tox Life Low Tox Life Episode 149 Clio by Elizabeth Doherty Elton Cardigan by Joji Locatelli La Bien Aimée Pure Joy by Joji Locatelli Episode Transcript ----------------------------------Welcome to the Curious Handmade Podcast. You're listening to episode 271. 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 Hell's Bells 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're having a great week. We are having a heat wave in London at the moment and it is pretty hot, I have to say. Sometimes when people say, "We're having a heat wave here," I'm like no, high twenties is not a heat wave. But yesterday it was well over 30 and tomorrow is predicted to be 38 degrees, which considering that no one in London has any air conditioning, it's pretty disgusting. So not looking forward to that very much. It's early in the morning at the moment, so it's still reasonably cool. So I thought I would pop in and podcast while it's nice and cool and I have a bit of energy to do it. I'm not sure how much knitting I will have to talk about today, my mind is a little bit scattered. I'm surrounded by packing boxes at the moment. We are moving out of our house this weekend and we're not leaving the UK for a couple of weeks, but we're moving to a temporary place and the people coming to pack what we're taking to Australia are coming early next week. So, yeah, so my mind is a little bit scattered and it's partly because I've got a lot on, but also partly because this process of packing and going through everything you own is quite emotional. Some of it is a bit disturbing when you discover things that you bought twelve years ago and I've just had in the back of a cupboard. Yeah. I'm looking through boxes of cards that people have sent to me. I actually found a bundle of cards that my best friend had written to me, who's passed away eight years ago and yeah, just lots and lots of little emotional moments as I go through everything. And as you know, if you've been listening to the podcast, I have been decluttering for about five years. I've been trying to move to a less stuff life.

  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 answering a question I've gotten a lot recently...how am I getting so much done this summer, with such a big move on the horizon? I'm always curious about how other busy people manage their time and to-do lists, so maybe this will be helpful. I'm also thrilled to introduce the latest addition to The Shawl Society 4! Show Links: The 3rd pattern of The Shawl Society Season 4 was released yesterday! The Rockpooling Shawl When the tide is out, there are wonders to be found in the shallow rock pools along the shore. To see what there is to see you have to crouch down, get very still, and peer very keenly into each puddle. You have to take your time, and you may have to visit a few pools before you strike gold. The reflection of sunlight on the water glitters, you squint, and then it’s there, and you’re rewarded with a moment of pure delight. A flicker of movement turns out to be a shy little hermit crab, a bouncing company of prawns, or a troupe of busy little fish. Look deeper, and you may even spy a waving anemone among the seaweed or one perfect starfish hidden in the sand. Moving from pool to pool, exploring and discovering and wondering: it is a wonderful way to spend a few hours at the seaside. Compared to the wildness of the open ocean, rockpooling seems a very small sort of adventure. Sometimes that’s the very best kind. The Rockpooling Shawl is our third pattern of the season. A traditional triangle shape with contemporary detailing, it features an easy but evocative slip-stitch pattern. This three colour shawl offers plenty of scope: go for a sharp contrast or a more gentle dappled effect. A smart garter border finishes it all off beautifully. The Wool Kitchen BFL Silk DK My amazing test knitter traceyrr has a gorgeous pink version up on Ravelry Tracey's Instagram The Comfy Red Couch Podcast The One Thing by Gary Keller Essentialism by Greg Mckeown Episode Transcript: Welcome to the Curious Hand Made Podcast, you're listening to episode 270. This podcast is all about crafting a life with 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 and transcript on my website at Curioushandmade.com Welcome to the show and I hope you've had a good couple of weeks. I didn't publish an episode last week. I took a little bit of a break and I thought I would talk a little bit about that later in the show today. I've been asked a lot recently by friends and listeners how I'm getting so much done at the moment, and so I thought I'd share a few thoughts and perhaps some tips about that this week. And firstly I wanted to share with you some Shawl Society ...

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 have some thoughts to share about recent events in our knitting community, why I am committed to anti-racism and to how we can make our spaces safer and more inclusive. I'm also thinking about some sewing projects I would really like to get started on this summer, although my plans might need to wait until after the big move. Show Links: Me and White Supremacy by Layla Saad Creative Ceci on Instagram Adaku Ezeudo Creating a Culture of Inclusion by Adaku Ezeudo Clio by Elizabeth Doherty Elton Cardigan by Joji Locatelli La Bien Aimée Gathered Dress by The Avid Seamstress Ray Stitch Merchant & Mills Chardon Skirt by Deer&Doe Simplicity 1108 Little Koto's Closet on Instagram Pom Pom Quarterly New Look 6145 The Fold Line Podcast Brooklyn Knitfolk Podcast Voolenvine Podcast Joji's Journal Podcast Circus Tonic Handmade The Wool Kitchen Show Transcript:Welcome to the Curious Handmaid podcast, you're listening to episode 269. 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 Handmaid. You can also find full show notes and the transcript on my website at curioushandmaid.comHello and welcome to the show. I hope you've had a good week. I've had a busy week just for something different. I'm sure you have too. Thank you to everybody for your wonderful reading suggestions on Instagram and emails. I have a list of fabulous recommendations, mostly detective series which is what I asked for and, yeah, one thing leads to another one. You start looking at things on Amazon. You get lots of suggestions for similar things, so that's really fun as well. Yeah, so I'll have lots of summer reading and thank you again for suggestions.We are winding up towards the end of the school year here in the UK. I know that in the US things probably wrapped up a few weeks ago and I think Canada is about now as well. So we're just in the midst of end-of-year concerts, end-of-year sports days, assessments, all that winding up stuff that happens, so it gets really busy. I've decided to take next week off the podcast. Yeah, just give myself a little bit of space, because it's been a bit hectic lately and I'm just coping with things, so I won't have a show coming out next week, but I thought I'd decide now rather than just not have something come out, let you know.I am going to be aiming to publish an episode every week or almost every week over the summer and do a summer series like I have in the past, I don't know, three years now that I think I've prerecorded episodes, so when we go on holidays to Australia this year it's going to be a little bit different because we are moving to Australia, but I'm aiming to prerecord some shows just to get through that period where we're moving and things are a bit ...