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 this week's episode we have TWO new patterns to celebrate! It's the end of the Knitvent mysteries for this year but it's not the end of the Knitvent fun and community! I also have news about a couple more upcoming patterns before the end of this year. Show Links The Sunshine Coast Collective Markets Brynn & Co Knitvent 2019 The Homebody Hat The Homebody Mitts Wren and Ollie Happy Hank Seren Yarns Fragment Socks   EPISODE TRANSCRIPT:Welcome to the Curious Handmade Podcast. You're listening to episode 277. 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. I'd like to say a big thank you to my sponsor, A Yarn Story. A Yarn Story is the city of Bath's premier knitting boutique with a beautifully curated selection of luxury yarns in a wide range of fibers, shades, and weights from gorgeous skeins by The Fibre Co and yarns and Walcot Yarns to a fine selection from Shibui Knits, La Bien Aimee, and Julie Asselin. There is plenty for the discerning knitter to enjoy. Visit the store at Walcot Street, Bath or shop online at ayarnstory.co.uk. Can I just say what a gorgeous revamp of her website and rebrand has happened at A Yarn Story in the past week? If you haven't been following along on Instagram or visited the website recently, Carmen has done a gorgeous job. It's a gorgeous new logo. It's so professional and yet so warm and friendly and knitterly at the same time. I just love it. So congratulations, Carmen. I know what a big job that is. This week on the show we have lots of pattern release news and knit along news for you. I'll maybe have a little bit of a chat at the end about some future plans, but yeah, mostly it's about lots of new patterns at the moment. It's a super busy time of year. Happy Thanksgiving to all US listeners and knitters. I hope you're having a lovely weekend wherever you are. We're having a a busy festive weekend here. We're having a family Christmas party this weekend, a little bit early, so we'll be joining in the festivities. And yeah, it's just been one of those days. I've been set up my computer all day and I don't really know what I've been doing. Just lots of little bits of admin and you know when you have those days where you get to the end and you're like, "I don't really know what I did." So I thought I'd finish off with having a lovely chat with you and then I will have had something nice in the day that I can remember what I actually did. Last week again, I actually went to a craft market here on the Sunshine Coast, the Sunshine Coast Collective Markets,

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 we have a new Knitvent pattern to celebrate, and I've been planning out my collections for next year and a new creative space, which I'm very excited about. I've also got lots of other little life bits to share in a chatty podcast episode. Show Links The Dwelling Cushion Cover Knitvent 2019 Habitation Throw Homebody Socks Bide Shawl Clio Pullover by Elizabeth Doherty The Knitting Pipeline Mind over Medicine by Lissa Rankin   EPISODE TRANSCRIPT: Welcome to the Curious Handmade Podcast. You're listening to episode 276. 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 and a transcript on my website, at curioushandmade.com. Hello and welcome. I hope you've had a good week. It's been pretty busy on here with Knitvent happening. Lots of things happening to make that all run smoothly. And yeah, doing a bit of planning, doing lots of still settling in myself and the kids into life in Australia. It seems to be ongoing still. And yeah, it's been good. I feel a little bit scattered because there's just been so many things going on, on so many different fronts. But if we start with Knitvent, perhaps. Thank you so much for everybody who's joining in. It's been really, really lovely seeing people's projects starting on Instagram and Ravelry. I always get a huge thrill. I try and follow hashtags. So if you're posting under Knitvent 2019 or hashtag curioushandmade on Instagram, then I'm seeing most of your projects hopefully. And yeah, just loving it. I'm so pleased that you like the Habitation Throw, which was the scrappy advent calendar project for this year. That seems to be quite popular. I am knitting away on one as well, so I'm just using scraps and not being too specific about what yarn I'm using. I'm just grabbing yarn and knitting it in, and so it's a lovely, relaxing, mindless project to have to hand on the sofa when I get a few minutes to sit down. And also the Homebody socks seem to be quite popular. DK weight socks, they always knit up really quickly and it's such a simple pattern. I wanted something that was unisex and super simple but yet looked cute. So I see that lots of people are knitting them for all ages and genders, and yeah, really, really pleased about that too. So this week, yesterday the Dwelling cushion cover came out. And I felt like I was going out on a little bit of a limb doing a cushion cover, but I wanted to do a couple of at least, home decor kind of things for this homebody hibernation theme. And I've been thinking about doing a cushion cover for a while. One of the technical things about this was whet...

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. Show Links Today on the podcast I'm talking about rituals and routines, how I'm experiencing a summery Christmas again and the memories it's sparking, and I also have not just one but two new Knitvent 2019 patterns to introduce this week. Free to Focus by Michael Hyatt Knitvent 2019 The Habitation Throw tracyrr's Habitation project page The Homebody Socks Lay Family Yarn   SHOW TRANSCRIPT: Welcome to the Curious Handmade podcast. You're listening to episode 275. This podcast is all about crafting your 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 full show notes on my website at curioushandmade.com. Hello and welcome to the show. How has your week been? I hope it's been good. It's that time of year where things start getting pretty busy for most people. It's been a bit of a funny week here as in California. The area I live in has been suffering from bush fires. There've been some around the Sunshine Coast where I live and also in New South Wales, which is the next state down the coast and although we are not that close to them that we're affected by actual evacuation warnings or anything, the air has been very smoky and people we know have been affected. My cousin was evacuated from her house and so yeah, so it's just been quite unsettling and so my thoughts and heart go out to people that have been affected by it because it's really quite scary. So I hope you're all safe and well and coping okay with it if you've been affected.   Other than that, it's been warm and sunny here. It's just such a head spin being on the other side of the world this time of year and so it seems pretty surreal to be in hot weather. I guess the funny thing for me is it's bringing back all my childhood and memories from younger days. I haven't really lived in Australia since I was about 25 so for over 20 years. So yeah, so it's bringing back a lot of memories, but it's from quite a while ago. So yeah, it's a little bit strange. I am enjoying it, but I'm also enjoying photos of snow and cold weather and people wearing wooly clothes as well.   Also at this time of year, it's time to start planning. If you're a planner, which I now am, I think. I haven't been much of a planner in the past, but I'm getting better and better. I am starting to enjoy the process. So I listened to an audio book. I don't know how I came across it. I think maybe I heard Michael Hyatt being interviewed on a business podcast I listened to. I think that was what happened and he was talking about his most recent book Free to Focus. So I don't really know what his main thing is, but he's kind of in the productivity area.

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. I'm so thrilled to be chatting with you again after such a long break. Thank you for bearing with me while I found my bearings in my new home. I have a bit of a life update for you. Knitvent 2019 just started yesterday with the reveal of the Bide Shawl, our first pattern. Welcome home! Show Links The Knitvent 2019 collection was inspired by the theme of "Home for the Holidays". As the year draws to its end, we’ll celebrate all the quiet joys of hibernation and gather close in gratitude for our own cosy nests. The word “home” can have a hundred different meanings. It might be where you grew up: a place rich with treasured memories, priceless heirlooms, and familiar customs handed down through generations. It can be somewhere brand new, a space you carve out for yourself and fill with chosen family and your own fresh traditions. It may simply be a feeling of safety, hard-won and precious, which you carry with you wherever you go. Whatever home means to you, and wherever your home might be, the six mystery patterns we’ll share this season will spark your love for the life of a homebody. Let the outside world bustle and rush. We’ll be right here in our favourite corner, peacefully knitting to our hearts’ content. For the past six years, Knitvent has held a special place in the Curious Handmade community. It’s now a favourite holiday that brings us all together by mixing the old-fashioned anticipation of an Advent calendar with all the excitement and fun of a mystery knit along. Over a span of four festive weeks, six secret knitting patterns will make their way to your Ravelry library. It’s an irresistible mix of presents for the most knitworthy people you know, special touches for your home, and treats for yourself to help make this holiday season warm and wonderful.  The Curious Handmade Ravelry group is a welcoming home for like-minded knitters at this time of year, glowing with Knitvent spirit. The friendship, support, encouragement and enthusiasm you’ll find there are truly heartwarming. Over on Instagram, you’ll also find so many inspiring images and posts from the talented members of the Curious Crew: just use #Knitvent2019 to join in! Throughout the Knitvent season there will be contests, KALs and prizes, holiday stories and surprises, and a delicious sense of togetherness. Every year seems more magical than the last, and I hope you’ll come be a part of it all.  Become a part of the Knitvent family and treat yourself to a season of joyful holiday surprises! Purchase the the Knitvent ebook on Ravelry! Our first pattern, the Bide Shawl, was revealed yesterday!   Bide is such a quiet word. It speaks of stillness, steadiness, and learning to stay. Sometimes it means being able to endure: to bide a winter storm is...