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. As the schools close here in Australia and we all strive to cope with our anxiety, I've been turning to projects that feel like comforting old friends. I also have the Ambient Socks to introduce for you, and details about some KALs I will be hosting to help keep our spirits up. Show Links: Meadow Yarn on Instagram Meadow Yarn Curious Handmade Ravelry Group Community Thread Ambient Socks The Walk Collection Yarn Hedgerow Yarns Apple Blossom Socks The Knitting Expat Tilda Fabric Elton Cardigan La Bien Aimée Download the 20 for 2020 Challenge printable Follow #knit20for2020 on Instagram SHOW TRANSCRIPT:Helen:Welcome to the Curious Handmade podcast. You're listening to episode 289. 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 and the transcript on my website at curioushandmade.com. I'd like to say a very big thank you to my sponsor Meadow Yarn. Alongside an interesting and eclectic young range, which includes Hazel Knits, Icelandic lopi and CoopKnits. We stock a carefully chosen selection of needles and notions. We've also recently launched hand dyed by Meadow Yarn, 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 color producing complex tonal kettle dyed shades across a range of whites and bases. With regular updates our collections of all of them grow inspired by the landscape and people around us. You can find them at meadoywarn.co.uk. Or you can click on the ad on my blog. If you follow Meadow Yarn on Instagram, you will have seen that Anj has been dying up some absolutely stunning colorways, especially recently. I've just been very drawn to them. And she is still able to post yarn at the moment. So yeah, I'm sure she would appreciate any support and the colorways are just stunning. So very tempting. Hello and welcome. Well, what another week it's been. Obviously it's been a very intense time for everyone and despite me thinking I would sort of reset a little bit this month, March is not the new January after all, that's for sure. Schools have finally been closed here in Australia and I think most of the schools have been trying to put together online learning, distance learning facilities for the kids when they go back from holidays after Easter. We have one week before the holidays officially start and so our school is just spending the week having pupil free days preparing and testing some distance learning facilities that they've been putting in place. Then we'll have two weeks Easter holidays and see what happens after that.

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. As the news gets more concerning, I am doubling down on calming and self-care practices, and have a few ideas to share about what's working for me. I also have some long-awaited news: I can tick the "Finish a long-term WIP" line off my #knit20for2020 list finally!! Show Links: Curious Handmade Ravelry Group Community ThreadCalm App Clio Pullover by Elizabeth Doherty John Arbon Texiles Download the 20 for 2020 Challenge printable Follow #knit20for2020 on Instagram Pebbles and Pathway Socks by Marceline Smith HeyBrownBerry on Instagram SHOW TRANSCRIPT: Helen:Welcome to the Curious Handmade podcast. You're listening to episode 288. This podcast is all about crafting a life of happiness and creativity. I'm your host Ellen and you can find me on Ravelry as Health Bells and on social media as Curious Handmade. You can also find full show notes and transcript on my website at Curioushandmade.com Hello and welcome. Welcome to this weird and wonderful world we are currently and I just wanted to say, I hope you're okay. I know that this is a hugely difficult time for a lot of us and I just wanted to have a chat with you today. Hopefully just keep you company for a little while and yes, just a knit with you for a little while possibly. Down here in Australia, things have progressed a bit since I last spoke to you and we have had, I think last time I spoke to you, the main measures that had been implemented were, I think on Monday they're now just outside gatherings of more than 500 people were banned. And as of today they have announced that indoor gatherings of more than a hundred people are band and they're advising Australians not to travel overseas or abroad at all and anyone arriving has to self isolate for 14 days, but schools are still open and shops are still open. I don't think there's been any advice to sort of close shops or restaurants or anything. I don't know if restaurants having a capacity of more than 100 people counts as a gathering, but it's a bit hazy at this stage, but we're not really going out much anyways. So I'm not sure how other people are interpreting it. My kids have been home sick all week anyway. We've had a horrible cold in the family and its main symptom is a really sore throat. So the girls have been off school and I decided I would record this podcast on Wednesday, so it's March the 18th just in case I get the really sore throat and can't record later in the week. So by the time this is published on Friday, things might have changed again. I'm not sure, but I thought I'd get this recorded while I had a nice window of quiet and my throat, I keep imagining that I'm getting a tickly throat. So you know how it is when you're worried you're going to get sick, you keep imagining that you 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. It's a scary time to watch the news right now. When things are really tough, small comforts mean a lot. Knitting is obviously a big coping strategy for many of us. Today I'm talking about that, about the importance of friendship, and a KAL that I think I'd like to do...once I finish my beloved Clio Pullover! Show Links: Bayron Handmade on Instagram Wave of Change Jacket by Denise Bayron Wave of Change KAL Clio Pullover by Elizabeth Doherty #knit20for2020 The Shawl Society Season 4 I am running a special Buy One Get One Free sale on all my patterns and collections to celebrate the release of the single patterns from TSS4: just use the code FRESH when you check out on Ravelry! SHOW TRANSCRIPT: Helen Stewart:Welcome to the Curious Handmade podcast. You're listening to episode 287. 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 curioushandmade. You can also find full show notes and transcript on my website at curioushandmade.com. Hello and welcome. I hope things are good with you wherever you maybe in the world. And just when you think the world can't get any crazier, it does. This week has been something else in terms of worldwide news, and I just hope that wherever you are you're staying safe and well. It's been very distracting watching the news this week and hearing all about the coronavirus. And I don't normally watch the news, hardly at all, because I need to keep my spirits up. But I have been very distracted this week, and hearing about friends and whole countries being affected is just quite unbelievable. Of course, here in Australia we have had toilet paper gate, and yeah it is quite unnerving going into the supermarket and just the whole aisle of toilet paper is completely bare. And it was this afternoon when I went in. We've had several emails from supermarkets saying to keep calm and carry on. I've just received an email from Coles, which is one of the big supermarket chains here, saying that they were going to put rations on pasta, toilet paper, paper towel and a couple of other things. Rationing people to certain amounts of things. They also suggested, which I thought was good, was that if you had too much toilet paper on hand, maybe you could consider donating some to your local food bank. So, I did appreciate them saying that. They had some change to their, change your mind policy, and they said that they weren't allowing people to change their mind. So, if you've stockpiled large amounts of toilet paper, you're not going to be able to return it. In Australia, so far they've suggested canceling large events, but I don't think they've actually mandated it yet. And then,

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 don't know about you but I'm ready for a little do-over of the start of the year! Today I'm talking about getting all my healthy streaks back on track, and tackling a few beautiful WIPs that deserve to be finished before I go casting on any of the shiny new patterns that are calling my name! Show Links Terracotta Socks by Woolfield Studio Birch Hollow Fibers Bembe Socks by Dawn Henderson IndieLynx on Instagram IndieLynx's gorgeous Bembe socks in progress Pebbles and Pathway Socks by Marceline Smith HeyBrownBerry on Instagram Seren Yarns on Instagram Seren Yarns on Etsy Clio Pullover by Elizabeth Doherty SHOW TRANSCRIPT: Helen:Welcome to the Curious Handmade Podcast. You're listening to episode 286. 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 and transcript on my website at curioushandmade.com. Hello, I hope you're having a good week. Welcome to the show. I am a bit in shock that it's March already and I've decided to declare March as the new January, as far as goals and resolutions go. I'm not quite sure what's happened this year, but it's all gone a bit pear shaped and I haven't managed really any of my plans that are right to achieve with so much enthusiasm at the beginning of the year. I had a grand plans for regular exercise and healthy food and all sorts of things and I just haven't been very good with my, my streaks so far, so I'm rather than sort of give up and not worry about it, which is kind of tempting, I am resetting and starting again. So I've managed to get to Pilates at least twice this week, which is pretty good and I'm booked in for tomorrow, so that will be my goal of three times this week. I haven't managed, I've managed very little walking and I think I'm really feeling it, in, I don't know, just not being relaxed and feeling as good as I wish I did at the moment. But yeah. So yeah, I need to, I need to just work out why I'm not getting to it. Currently the weather, it's been raining an awful lot the last month or so. I don't know if that's really a very good excuse. I'm not sure what happened really. I need to sort of sit down and think back across month to actually think what's happened. Anyway, I've been doing a little bit of knitting. I was switching on a design today and maybe that's why I'm feeling a bit frustrated because I planned out a design, I drew a chart and the end result didn't look how I wanted it to. It didn't have the feeling that I wanted. I had a concept for the design and it just didn't evoke the feeling. Sorry. So I watched all day on that and worked on the stitch pattern and the chart an...