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. 24 mini balls for the Habitation Throw KAL prize! A flying visit! Today's podcast is short and sweet: a little catch up episode where I update you on some KAL news and chat about my personal creative projects and design work. For anyone that's been missing The Shawl Society this year, the beginnings of a new shawl design are underway... Show Links: The Handmade Sock Society Season 3 KALs The Handmade Society 3 KALs continue! The Cirrus Socks FO Thread will close on Tuesday the 14th of July, and the Vapour Socks FO Thread will be ongoing for another month! I've decided to extend the deadline for the Habitation Throw KAL again, until the end of July. So many people are still knitting it, and it's such a big project. It's meant to be relaxing and I didn't want to rush you! If you finish your throw by the end of the month, make sure to post it in the Habitation Throw KAL FO thread for your chance to win a 24 mini set of 20oz yarn balls from my own stash and projects. The 3rd Stillness MKAL clue was just released! So many incredible knitters have been posting their progress, with more starting every day. There is plenty of time to "catch up" if you want to, and knitting at your own pace is highly encouraged...we have two months before the KAL deadline if you want to be in with a chance for a prize so no pressure! If you want to be a part of this mystery, make sure to grab your copy of the pattern, and then come say hi in the Stillness MKAL chat thread, the Clue 1 Spoiler Thread or the Clue 2 Spoiler thread to see where we're up to now. If you haven't joined yet and want to learn more, make sure you check out the blog post with answers to the most frequently asked questions we get about the Stillness MKAL. Kitch Kreative Project Bags O'Rielly's Lamington National ParkLouie and Lola Yarn Hermione Jean Granger Shawl by Tyne Swedish@clevereststitch House Quilt Block Tutorial SHOW TRANSCRIPT: Welcome to The Curious Handmade podcast. You're listening to episode 302. 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 transcript on my website at curioushandmade.com. Hello, and welcome to this week's show. I hope you're having a good week. I'm having a good week. It's been pretty quiet. Puppy and school holidays are keeping me really busy and I haven't been able to concentrate on much. It's been one of those weeks where you can't even think what's happened. So I have managed to do a little bit of work, but it has been very interrupted and distracted. So not the most productive, but not terrible. The kids are going back to school next week,

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 my constant quest to nurture my creativity, I've added gardening to my list of personal projects! I'm finding lots of help and inspiration through the Master Class website and on YouTube. I'm also working on my daily habits and enjoying a new project, and I have news about our KALs and the final donation to the UN Refugee Council from Habitation! Show Links: The Grocery Girls Mrs Browns BagsYarn Ink Tiny Habits by BJ Fogg I'm a Master Class fan and an affiliate: if you join up by clicking on the photo above I'll get a small commission. Thanks for supporting the podcast! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byoEBdVoVpM Píosa by Renée Callahan Píosa KAL Sweet Fiber Yarns Knit City, Vancouver Ambient SocksThe Handmade Sock Society 3The Ambient Sock KAL just finished and our winner was Toveme with Post 32! Rainy Window SocksRainy Window Socks FO Thread We raised $3000 AUS for the Australian UNHCR with the Habitation Throw last month! Habitation Throw KAL FO Thread The Yarniacs SHOW TRANSCRIPT: Welcome to The Curious Handmade Podcast. You're listening to episode 295. 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. I would like to say a big thank you to my sponsor, Meadow Yarn. Hello, and welcome to the show. Thanks for joining me for a chat today. We have had a big week here at Curious HQ with lots of celebrations. Last weekend we had Mother's Day here in Australia. We also had my parents' 50th wedding anniversary as well as dad's birthday, and this week Lexie's birthday as well. So there has been a lot going on, a lot of celebrating, a lot of cake, and a lot of fun. So that's been very nice. I also wanted to give a shout out to the Grocery Girls, Tracie and Jodi for their 100th episode. I very clearly remember watching their very first episode, because I had only just discovered them via Mrs. Brown's Bags, Jodi's bag shop. I think it's fitting that I have finally finished a pair of socks with the yarn that Jodi sent me with my first bag purchase before they even started recording their podcast, which I gifted to my dad for his birthday. So thank you, Jodi, and thank you for all the amazing entertainment you have given us over the years. I did finally remember the name of the indie dyer of that yarn from Canada as well, which is Yarn Ink, of course. I've also been getting out most days this month, my walking streak is going really well. I've been doing combination of hill walks and a little bit of flat walking...

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.