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 last podcast of the year, I introduce the last secret pattern of 2019, the Dorsal Socks, #6 in The Handmade Sock Society 2. I have news about the closing date for all of our current Curious Handmade KALs, and some plans for the brand new year ahead. Show Links The Dorsal Socks The Handmade Sock Society Season 2 The Shawl Society Season 4 Fragment Socks The Four Pillar Plan by Dr Rangan Chatterjee   SHOW TRANSCRIPT: Welcome to the Curious Handmade podcast, you're listening to episode 278. 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 and welcome to the show. I hope you're having a good week. It really is that pointy end of the year where things can start getting a little bit stressful. Everybody wants to meet deadlines before the holidays and before the new year. Things just seem to start getting a bit packed in at this time of year. So, I hope you are able to find a little bit of space, a little bit of peace, a little bit of time with your knitting. Hope things aren't too crazy. Have a look at your to do list and see what you can take off your plate and put on to next year if it's not urgent. Just try and reduce the stress levels a little bit. That's what I just did yesterday. Put about 10 things that I was trying to do before Christmas into January and I'm going to deal with them then. That's okay. It's important to keep your sanity and your sense of peace at this time of year. In today's episode we have a new pattern that was released yesterday to have a chat about. And a few upcoming things, just some knitalongs and things that we have happening at the moment. Perhaps a couple of upcoming patterns. Just do a little bit of a wrap up for the year and it's going to be just a fairly short episode. I just wanted to say hello for the last time this year and this decade. This will be the last episode for 2019. And I usually try to wrap up the podcast around the time that the kids finish school, which is a little bit earlier here in Australia than it was in the UK or then it is in the UK. Because this is our big summer holiday for the year starting over Christmas holidays rather than over August, July, August, September, as it is in Europe. So yeah, we're about to be off for six to eight weeks, depending on your school, and looking forward to it. Although it hasn't been very long since we had a really long break. But that was because we had a crazy year moving, so I feel like I'm ready for another holiday. It has been a big year, we've had three collections with Curious Handmade,

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...

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. We're just starting to settle in Australia, and as I get my bearings I have a little bit of an update for you, and the newest shawl/wrap from The Shawl Society Season 4 to talk about. I've also started a new and lovely novel by a good friend and member of the maker community. It's just launched and has become part of my summer reading, and I think it might appeal to some of you as well. Show Links: Emu Runner movie In the Dunes Wrap The Shawl Society Season 4 Meadow from The Fibre Co. Pure Joy Shawl by Joji Locatelli Stories for my Sister by Elizabeth Duvivier Join Elizabeth for a launch party hosted by BROOKLYN TWEEDThe Hoxton (Portland, OR)Thursday, September 5thdoors open at 6pm space is limitedRSVP at Brooklyn Tweed Events Page

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. After a couple of weeks of packing, moving into and out of a temporary flat, and generally uprooting life, it's finally time to fly away to to Australia! I also have some really sweet new socks to share with you from The Handmade Sock Society. Show Links: The Cornish Cream Tea Socks Circus Tonic Handmade Clio by Elizabeth Doherty

  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 ...

  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 episode, as part of my effort to design my summer and come up with holiday projects, I am putting together a reading list. I have some really amazing reads coming up but as they are on the more serious side I'm also looking for some fun fiction recommendations, if you have any! I am also building a fantasy sweater knitting queue...if I start now I might have one finished by the end of the year! Show Links: Court Number One: The Old Bailey Court Cases That Defined Modern Britain by Thomas Grant Dark Emu: Aboriginal Australia and the Birth of Agriculture by Bruce Pascoe Craeft: An Inquiry Into the Origins and True Meaning of Traditional Crafts by Alexander Langlands Hay by Clare Mountain Like a Cloud by Jojo Locatelli  Confetti by Veera Välimäki Clio by Elizabeth Doherty Zweig Pullover by Caitlin Hunter Magnolia Pullover by Camilla Vad Laine Magazine Cushendale Woollen Mill La Bien Aimée Elton Cardigan by Joji Locatelli Winterfell Cardigan by Katrin Schneider Episode transcript: Welcome to the Curious Handmade podcast. You're listening to episode 268. 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 full show notes and transcript on my website at curioushandmade.com.  Hello and welcome to the show. I hope you've had a fantastic week. Thank you for everybody who commented and sent me messages about your holiday projects. I loved hearing about those. I'm still working on mine actually. I haven't had much time this week to think about it in too much detail. But today I thought I would share with you a couple of books that I'm hoping to read over the summer holidays that I have in my pile beside my bed at the moment. Also do an update on my thinking about my knitting capsule wardrobe pattern ideas. Just before I get into all of that, I wanted to remind you that we just have a couple of days left for my birthday sale. It's my birthday today in fact, so I have been running a sale for the last week or so to celebrate, and it is a buy one, get one free sale. So all you have to do to make the most of that is to put two or more of my patterns from my Ravelry store into a basket and use the code, happybirthday, oh, one word. So I just wanted to give you a little reminder about that, that runs through to Sunday 30th of June before that offer ends. It's also to celebrate the release of the individual patterns from last year's show society collection. So I have just had that available as a collection up until now. And now each of the patterns from the Shawl Society Season 3 from last year are now available as single patterns. So lots of people have been waiting for that, sorry it's taken me so long. I meant to do it earlier in the year,

  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 thinking about what it might mean to design our summer (even with an international move in the middle!) and announcing a little birthday sale on my patterns! The TSS 3 shawls are now available as single patterns. And there's a brand new TSS 4 shawl to celebrate! Show Links: The Shawl Society Season 3 Maytham Shawl Ivy Over The Door Shawl Wick Shawl Planting Seeds Shawl Learning to Cry Shawl The Whole World is a Garden Shawl The Shawl Society Season 4 Sea Gleam Shawl  Floating Shawl Sky Map Wrap The Happier Podcast Design Your Summer Happier Podcast Episode from 2016 Design Your Summer Happier Podcast Episode from 2017 Design Your Summer Happier Podcast Episode from 2018 Design Your Summer Happier Podcast Episode 2019 Podcast Transcript Welcome to the Curious Handmade podcast. You're listening to episode 267. 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 full show notes and transcript on my website at curioushandmade.com. Welcome to the show. I hope you have lots of weekend things planned and a little bit of knitting hopefully. We are planning to go to the school fair this weekend, and we have some birthday parties for kids to attend and, hopefully, a bit of knitting for me too, so I'm looking forward to the weekend. And in this episode, we are chatting about the release of the second Shawl Society shawl, a little bit of a happiness project update, and some ideas for some activities. Before I get into all of that, I wanted to announce a birthday sale. It's my birthday next week, and so I thought I would have a pattern sale in my Ravelry store. We are also celebrating the release of the Shawl Society season three patterns as single patterns. We are going to have a buy one, get one free offer starting today and running through until Sunday, the 30th of June, and so it will be just over a week, this week and next weekend. All you have to do is put two or more patterns from my Ravelry store into your basket and use the code happybirthday, all one word, and you will get the second least expensive pattern for free. If you've been waiting for one of the Shawl Society patterns, a particular pattern from last year's season, then now is the time to snap that up. Speaking of the Shawl Society, season four is happening at the moment, and the second shawl has just been released yesterday. I am super excited to introduce you to Floating shawl. We've had a really magical start to season four, including the giveaway where people posted about their happy places, and it was so inspiring. I think that people who are knitting away on the Sea Gleam shawl at the moment or have knitted that one are enjoying the season so fa...

  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 back from a truly magical week at Squam, and this week on the podcast I have tales of the workshops I experienced, the projects I worked on, and details of some of the treasures I brought home. This week also brings us a new pattern from The Handmade Sock Society, so I have the Cliff Walk Socks to introduce, as well as a bit of help for Society Members who may be confused about how to get onto the secret mailing list. Show Links: Abigail Haplin on Instagram Purplebean Bindery   Hollie Chastain on Instagram If You Can Cut You Can Collage book by Hollie Chastain Linen and Spoon Amy T Won Wing and a Prayer Farm Clio Pullover by Elizabeth Doherty Our third pattern of The Handmade Sock Society Season 2 was released this week! The Cliff Walk Socks The Yarn Tart at Suffolk Socks House of A La Mode House of A La Mode at A Yarn Story Join the Handmade Sock Society Season 2 Episode Transcript:Welcome to the Curious Handmade podcast. You're listening to Episode 266. 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 full show notes on my website at curioushandmade.com Hello, and I hope you're well. Welcome to the show. I hope you've been having a good week, and I will catch you up on my week and also last week when I was at Squam. I got back to London Monday morning this week, and have basically been catching up for most of the week, I think. It's been a little bit of a blur, slightly jet lagged, and just sort of catching up on lots of admin and doing a little bit of planning because now the countdown is on before we move countries and head off down under to Australia. So yes, I'm looking at a matter of weeks now and thinking I need to use my time wisely. So spreadsheets have been created and lots of lists are being made. I'm trying to not spend too much time obsessing about all the details, and just also try and crack on with some of the actual work. But I have to admit that it's been a little bit slow this week. I have been enjoying the inspiration that I drew on at Squam, and it was a really lovely week. I flew over last Tuesday just in time for the start. Sometimes I go a little bit earlier and spend some time in New York with my friends, but time was at a bit of a premium this time. So I just went over just before it started, and it started off not very auspiciously because the plane that I boarded, we sat there for nearly three hours and they decided that they couldn't fix the fault in the plane, so we all had to hop off, and shortly after getting off the plane,

  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 I have a chatty little catch-up episode, which I recorded just before heading off to the Squam Art Workshops. As ever, there's the question of travel knitting. It's also the time of year where I like to take stock of my goals and plans so far, as we head into the second half of 2019. With the big move to Australia just around the corner, there's a lot to plan for! Show Links: Squam Clio Pullover by Elizabeth Doherty Pebbles and Pathways Socks Hay Pullover by Clare Mountain Like a Cloud by Joji Locatelli Seren Yarns The Yarn Tart at Suffolk Socks House of A La Mode House of A La Mode at A Yarn Story Join the Handmade Sock Society Season 2 The Minimal Mom The Mount Juliet Shawl ------------------------------------------------------------ Show Transcript: Welcome to the Curious Handmade podcast. You're listening to episode 265. 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 and transcript on my website at curioushandemade.com. Hello and welcome to the show and welcome to June. How on earth did that happen? Oh my goodness. Nearly halfway through the year and I guess it's a really good time for thinking about planning for the second half of the year. I've been thinking about planning all year because I have such a big deadline hanging over me, which is moving to Australia in August. So I've been very, very conscious of deadlines all year. But I always think that around June, just before halfway through the year, is a really good time to reassess goals and look at what you've achieved for the year so far and what you might like to achieve for the second half of the year. I am even more conscious of time frames because as I sat down to record this, I've just been doing a little bit of catching up on my planning, reorganizing myself a little bit. And realized that it's 10 weeks until we move, until we leave. 10 weeks today in fact. So yeah, there's a handful of weeks that the kids still have at school or just over a handful, but under two handfuls, and then we'll have a few weeks in which we will be going to a wedding and having movers come in and pack everything up. So even though it's 10 weeks, it's not really, because I'm off to Squam this week as well. So I am really looking forward to visiting Squam Lake in New Hampshire for the Squam Arts Workshops. And as you will probably gather, if you follow me on Instagram, I am away as this is being released. So I'm prerecording it just a few days in advance this time. But by the time the episode comes out I'll be over in the US. So just now I am in the process of packing for that trip and I am not working this trip. Sometimes I have a stall at the art fair that they ...

  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!

      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. Here you’ll find a gorgeous selection to choose from including sumptuous skeins from House of a la Mode, La Bien Aimée and Julie Asselin. With friendly and knowledgeable staff to help you browse, treat your projects to the luxury they deserve! You can also shop online at www.ayarnstory.co.uk. Over the Easter Long weekend we took the train to Paris as a family to do a little exploring, museum-visiting and flea market-shopping! I also managed to sneak in a visit to a favourite yarn shop and do just a little knitting. Back at home now, I'm looking forward to some upcoming events, including the 4th season of The Shawl Society, which is coming up quickly! Show Links:   La Bien Aimée Visiting a Paris Flea Market Clio Pullover Pebbles and Pathways Socks Olann Yarn The Wool Barn The Fibre Co.  Meadow Yarn Moel View Yarn The Wool Kitchen la Bien Aimée Julie Asselin Walcot Yarns  The Wool Barn So Just Shop Our friends at A Yarn Story are hosting a special event at the Apex Hotel in Bath from 10am to 4pm, 11th May 2019. It is partly a goodbye party: a chance to spend a bit of time together before I move to Australia. Come join us for a day of tea, cake and knitting. We will have a lovely sociable day and there will be the chance to meet and knit with other yarn lovers. There will be a marketplace with some of my very favourite indie dyers and crafty businesses full of delights. An advance ticket of £10 will give you access to the marketplace and knit group, plus beverages and cake. Tickets will also be available on the door for £12. All are welcome! Tickets are now available to purchase here. There will also be a more intimate dinner event later that same evening: dinner tickets will be offered for sale later, to those who have already bought a ticket to the daytime event. I hope to have a chance to see and chat with many of you in person!

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. Here you’ll find a gorgeous selection to choose from including sumptuous skeins from House of a la Mode, La Bien Aimée and Julie Asselin. With friendly and knowledgeable staff to help you browse, treat your projects to the luxury they deserve! You can also shop online at www.ayarnstory.co.uk. On today's podcast I have lots of stories from our family trip to India...we saw a grand and stunningly beautiful palace, some incredible wildlife (mongoose and tigers and crocodiles!) and ate some unforgettable food. I also have the latest pattern from The Handmade Sock society to introduce! Show Links: Pebbles and Pathways Socks Clio Pullover Olann Yarn Last week I released the 2nd pattern from The Handmade Sock Society Season 2. I hope you love the Samphire Socks as much as I do!

On today's podcast episode, I have a quick overview of the travel knitting I am planning to take to India on our family holiday, with (finally!) some progress updates on a personal knitting project! I'm also really looking forward to the Sip, Stich, Shop event coming up in Bath next month, with a preview of some of the lovely special guest vendors who will be attending. 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. AYS is a wool boutique specialising in hand dyed yarns and luxury fibres from around the world. You’ll always find a well curated collection of yarns and colors on the shelves and a friendly knowledgeable staff on hand. Some of our favourite brands include Hedgehog Fibres, SweetGeorgia Yarn, Julie Asselin, Shibui Knits and The Fibre Co. You can find A Yarn Story on Walcot Street in Bath or online at www.ayarnstory.co.uk Show Links: Clio Pullover Pebbles and Pathways Socks Hey Brown Berry Podcast Hey Brown Berry Ravelry Group KAL #pebblesandpathwayskal Olann Yarn The Wool Barn The Fibre Co.  Meadow Yarn Moel View Yarn The Wool Kitchen la Bien Aimée Julie Asselin Walcot Yarns  The Wool Barn So Just Shop Our friends at A Yarn Story are hosting a special event at the Apex Hotel in Bath from 10am to 4pm, 11th May 2019. It is partly a goodbye party: a chance to spend a bit of time together before I move to Australia. Come join us for a day of tea, cake and knitting. We will have a lovely sociable day and there will be the chance to meet and knit with other yarn lovers. There will be a marketplace with some of my very favourite indie dyers and crafty businesses full of delights. An advance ticket of £10 will give you access to the marketplace and knit group, plus beverages and cake. Tickets will also be available on the door for £12. All are welcome! Tickets are now available to purchase here. There will also be a more intimate dinner event later that same evening: dinner tickets will be offered for sale later, to those who have already bought a ticket to the daytime event. I hope to have a chance to see and chat with many of you in person!

The blossoms are back here in London and it is wonderful to be surrounded by so much colour. Grab yourself a tasty beverage of your choice and settle in, because today I have a long, chatty episode for you, full of stories from the adventures of the last little while: our retreat and then EYF. I had such a wonderful time meeting up with so many friends old and new, and seeing all the glories of the festival. I also have a bit of a haul to share (although I do think I was fairly intentional with my shopping.) I have plenty of photos in this post, too, just some glimpses of lovely moments over the last week or so. Cumbria Fingering from The Fibre Co. I have released the final shawl design of the "March Trilogy"! Buy the Eden Valley Shawl pattern on Ravelry for 30% Until Friday, April 12th! Gilly Makes Project Bags Lay Family Yarn Elizabeth Doherty Westerly Pullover Shibui Reed Clio Pullover Suffolk Socks Opel Sock Yarns Impressionists Shawl Gather Yarn Eva Faith  Big Blue Moma Baskets The Snail Garden Instagram Hide and Hammer Woollen Flower Eden Cottage Yarns The Little Grey Sheep Sticka Pattern Book A Yarn Story Magpie Fibers Amirisu Amirisu Parade Yarn entry on Ravelry Ginger Twist Studio  The Little Grey Girl Project Bags Walk Collection Yarn La Bien Aimée Yarn Inkling Shawl Edinburgh Lanes Shawl Garthenor Olann Comfy Red Couch Podcast Seren Yarns Creative Ceci Instagram Sophia Cai on Instagram Jeanette Sloan on Instagram Hey Brown Berry on Instagram Pebbles and Pathways Socks

Today on the Curious Handmade Podcast I can finally reveal the two secret designs I've created as collaborations for Edinburgh Yarn Festival. I'm on my way to EYF right now, and I'm so excited to see everyone: there are two designated meetup points, but I also hope for lots of serendipitous meetings out and about at the Festival. I also have a review of the absolutely stunning new collection from Joji Locatelli and Veera Välimäki: Interpretations Vol. 6. 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.   AYS is a wool boutique specialising in hand dyed yarns and luxury fibres from around the world. You’ll always find a well curated collection of yarns and colors on the shelves and a friendly knowledgeable staff on hand. Some of our favourite brands include Hedgehog Fibres, SweetGeorgia Yarn, Julie Asselin, Shibui Knits and The Fibre Co. You can find A Yarn Story on Walcot Street in Bath or online at www.ayarnstory.co.uk Show Links: While there's not an official podcaster Lounge at this year's EYF, there will be a few chances for me to meet up with listeners. Come find me: Friday at 12:15 at the Podcaster table in the Marquee. Friday from 1pm to 3pm I will be at the A Yarn Story stand. Get your copy of the Edinburgh Lane Shawl pattern on Ravelry! Magpie Fibers The Inkling Shawl pattern is also available to buy on Ravelry now! La Bien Aimée Yarn Maytham Shawl Pom Pom Quarterly  Interpretations Vol. 6 Moonlight Socks The Wintergate Hat Moonquake Cowl Resolute Wrap Evolve Shawl Frozen Fields Smoke and Amber Shawl Madeline Tosh Saltwater Cardigan  Julie Asselin Yarn Hidden Pullover Understated Pullover Ravishing Vest Nature's Luxury Yarn Community Tunic The Knitting Pipeline Paula on Instagram Piper's Journey Shawl All of Paula's Patterns

Today I have a big chatty episode to share with you. I've had a lovely visit here in London with two good friends: we went to visit the incredible Dior exhibit at the V&A museum and filled ourselves up with beauty and inspiration. I'm also finding that there's a lot of feelings coming up for me in the last few weeks! And of course, there's more planning and yarn-obsessing to do ahead of EYF. I also have news about a little goodbye event I'm holding in Bath. 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.   AYS is a wool boutique specialising in hand dyed yarns and luxury fibres from around the world. You’ll always find a well curated collection of yarns and colors on the shelves and a friendly knowledgeable staff on hand. Some of our favourite brands include Hedgehog Fibres, SweetGeorgia Yarn, Julie Asselin, Shibui Knits and The Fibre Co. You can find A Yarn Story on Walcot Street in Bath or online at www.ayarnstory.co.uk Show Links: Cumbria Fingering from The Fibre Co. La Bien Aimée Yarn Magpie Fibers A Yarn Story Katie Green Bean Podcast Vila Wrap Walcot Yarns Opus Travelknitter The Wool Kitchen The Shawl Society Garthenor Biches & Bûches Moel View Yarn Daughter of a Shepherd

I am counting down the days to EYF! I know a lot of my listeners are too, and other are counting on podcasts and social media to help them live vicariously, so today I'm doing a bit of daydreaming about some of the vendors I am particularly looking forward to visiting this year. I also have some more details about the two Curious Handmade shawl patterns that will debut at this year's festival, and the lovely lovely yarn that inspired them. 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.   AYS is a wool boutique specialising in hand dyed yarns and luxury fibres from around the world. You’ll always find a well curated collection of yarns and colors on the shelves and a friendly knowledgeable staff on hand. Some of our favourite brands include Hedgehog Fibres, SweetGeorgia Yarn, Julie Asselin, Shibui Knits and The Fibre Co. You can find A Yarn Story on Walcot Street in Bath or online at www.ayarnstory.co.uk Show Links: Edinburgh Yarn Festival La Bien Aimée Yarn Magpie Fibers A Yarn Story (I’ll be at the A Yarn Story booth at EYF from 1 – 3 pm on the Friday: please stop by and say hello!) An Caitin Beag Stitchmarker bracelets Beyond Measure WoollenFlower Tilly Flop Designs Katie Green Bean Podcast

Today on the podcast I have some hints to share about two very special shawl projects I've been working on, which will both be launched at the Edinburgh Yarn Festival later this month. I also have a little bit of recent stash acquisition to talk about, including skeins of scrumptious sock yarn from two amazing, new-to-me indie dyers. Finally, I have some very good advice I came across this week, which might help anyone suffering from Stash Anxiety... 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.   AYS is a wool boutique specialising in hand dyed yarns and luxury fibres from around the world. You’ll always find a well curated collection of yarns and colors on the shelves and a friendly knowledgeable staff on hand. Some of our favourite brands include Hedgehog Fibres, SweetGeorgia Yarn, Julie Asselin, Shibui Knits and The Fibre Co. You can find A Yarn Story on Walcot Street in Bath or online at www.ayarnstory.co.uk Show Links: Edinburgh Yarn Festival La Bien Aimée Yarn Magpie Fibers A Yarn Story (I'll be at the A Yarn Story booth at EYF from 1 - 3 pm on the Friday: please stop by and say hello!) Hey Brown Berry on Instagram Pebbles and Pathways Socks Seren Yarns Copper Corgi Hay Pullover by Clare Mountain Ocean By The Sea Yarn Ocean By The Sea on Instagram Birch Hollow Fibers Yarn Birch Hollow Fibers on Instagram A Stash of One's Own by Clara Parkes  

Photo by Alan Turner on Unsplash On today's podcast I have some chat about my travel knitting for our traditional half term skiing trip...I did cast on a new pair of socks that I'm really excited about. I've also grown my fantasy queue a bit, even though I really have no business pondering new projects while I'm trying to finish what's on the go (but imaginary projects are just fine!) I also have some lucky winners to announce. 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.   AYS is a wool boutique specialising in hand dyed yarns and luxury fibres from around the world. You’ll always find a well curated collection of yarns and colors on the shelves and a friendly knowledgeable staff on hand. Some of our favourite brands include Hedgehog Fibres, SweetGeorgia Yarn, Julie Asselin, Shibui Knits and The Fibre Co. You can find A Yarn Story on Walcot Street in Bath or online at www.ayarnstory.co.uk Show Links: Pebbles and Pathways by Marceline Smith Seren Yarn Instagram There is a KAL going on in the  Hey Brown Berry Podcast Ravelry Group Clio Pullover by Elizabeth Doherty Sky Map Wrap by Emily Foden Odyssey Shawl by Joji Locatelli Kapsel by Shannon Cook Varpu by Jonna Hietala Share Sweater by eri Donna Smith Langsoond Yarn KAL News: We have our Grand KAL winner for THSS 1, who knit all 6 patterns! Donna0314 with post 3 We also have winners for The Handmade Sock Society Season 2 giveaway: Yarn winner: shelton410 with Post 85 Free pattern winners: shelle74 with post 295 cooljack707 with post 99 ngaiob with post 136 deborahbianco with post 128 TheNeedleneuk with post 40 Detta with post 125

Photo by Deb Hickman Today on the podcast I have a bit of a catchup and a decision that maybe February is the new January. I also have some personal knitting progress to share. Most of all, I am super excited to introduce our first pair of socks from the new season of The Handmade Sock Society. I've got some background on the inspiration for the design and for the whole collection, including a subtle Harry Potter connection. 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.   AYS is a wool boutique specialising in hand dyed yarns and luxury fibres from around the world. You’ll always find a well curated collection of yarns and colors on the shelves and a friendly knowledgeable staff on hand. Some of our favourite brands include Hedgehog Fibres, SweetGeorgia Yarn, Julie Asselin, Shibui Knits and The Fibre Co. You can find A Yarn Story on Walcot Street in Bath or online at www.ayarnstory.co.uk Show Links: Skog Candle Sky Map Wrap by Emily Foden Sew Sweet Violet Clio Pullover by Elizabeth Doherty Ysolda Blend no.1 The Shell Cottage Socks The Handmade Sock Society Season 2

Photo by Adriel Kloppenburg on Unsplash Today on the show I am so excited to tell you all about our newest mystery collection: the Handmade Sock Society. I also have some tidbits of knitting news from my own projects, a VERY BIG announcement about the future location of Curious Handmade Headquarters, and all the winners from our first Shawl Society Book giveaway. 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.   AYS is a wool boutique specialising in hand dyed yarns and luxury fibres from around the world. You’ll always find a well curated collection of yarns and colors on the shelves and a friendly knowledgeable staff on hand. Some of our favourite brands include Hedgehog Fibres, SweetGeorgia Yarn, Julie Asselin, Shibui Knits and The Fibre Co. You can find A Yarn Story on Walcot Street in Bath or online at www.ayarnstory.co.uk Show Links: Sky Map Wrap by Emily Foden Meadow Yarns Magpie Fibers Big Blue Moma Baskets The Wool Kitchen The Handmade Sock Society Season 2 is now available to buy on Ravelry! Run away to a quiet cottage in Cornwall, a remote hideaway overlooking the sea. Outside, the waves crash against the rocks, but you are snug and warm, wrapped in blankets and toasting by a little wood-fired stove. There’s peace to be found in the wildness of the ocean and comfort to be gleaned from the humble pleasures of life on a windswept beach. No matter how fierce the weather may be, the sound of the sea can soothe a ruffled heart. When you’re feeling brave, you can climb the cliffs and take in the exhilaration of the view, or strike out in a sailboat and test your skills and courage against the wind. There is nothing else to do and nowhere else to be but right here, and every moment in this place is full of inspiration. The second season of The Handmade Sock Society takes us on a voyage away from the complexity and clutter of our modern schedules to a seaside retreat where we can steal a little time for ourselves, our thoughts, and our handmade projects. There will be moments of rest and of excitement, the joy of the unknown and the ease of the familiar, and most of all, the indulgence of as much sock knitting as our hearts desire. The Handmade Sock Society Season 2 is a pattern subscription club inspired by the beautiful Cornish coastline. The six secret sock knitting patterns in the collection are ideal for any knitter who is obsessed with hand-knitted socks, loves a bit of suspense, and enjoys creating along with other enthusiastic makers. The first pattern of the series will be released in early later this month, and then there will be another pattern release every other month until December 2019. There’s never any pressure to “keep up” with the crowd, and our leisurely release schedule should allow knitters of all skill levels and knitting speeds a nurturing and relaxed experience. Join the Handmade Sock Society Season 2 now Pattern Release Dates:  Sock 1: Thursday 14th of February Sock 2: Thursday 11th of April Sock 3: Thursday the 13th of June Sock 4: Thursday the 8th of August Sock 5: Thursday the 10th of October Sock 6: Thursday the 5th of December The Shawl Society Book Giveaway Winners: A huge thank you to everyone who entered and everyone who has bought a copy of my book. Your support is heartwarming! The Shawl Society Season 1 book on Amazon.co.uk The Shawl Society Season 1 book on Amazon.com Winners of Shawl Society Pins:

It's a rainy day in London, but I've gotten cosy with my cup of tea and a brand new candle burning softly. There has been a lot of reflecting, planning, organizing, and getting sorted recently. It's all in the service of giving myself some extra space. A bit of breathing room where creativity and enjoyment can settle in. Today I share a bit more of that process, as well as my plans for some leisurely, indulgent knitting projects just for me. 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.   AYS is a wool boutique specialising in hand dyed yarns and luxury fibres from around the world. You’ll always find a well curated collection of yarns and colors on the shelves and a friendly knowledgeable staff on hand. Some of our favourite brands include Hedgehog Fibres, SweetGeorgia Yarn, Julie Asselin, Shibui Knits and The Fibre Co. You can find A Yarn Story on Walcot Street in Bath or online at www.ayarnstory.co.uk Show Links: The Grocery Girls Wild in the Woods Candles Hay Pullover Like a Cloud Cardigan Clio Pullover by Elizabeth Doherty Sky Map Wrap by Emily Foden Handmade Sock Society Grand KAL FO thread...I'm extending this deadline until the 10th of February, so if you've managed to knit the whole collection from last year, please upload your photo for a chance to win a prize! Subscribe to the Curious Handmade Newsletter to get all the latest information about knitalongs, upcoming patterns, and more.

Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash Today on the podcast, I share some of the learning and thinking I've been doing in these first two weeks of the year, and my dedication to making this a warm, welcoming, supportive and uplifting place for every member of our community. I also have some plans for the months ahead... 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.   AYS is a wool boutique specialising in hand dyed yarns and luxury fibres from around the world. You’ll always find a well curated collection of yarns and colors on the shelves and a friendly knowledgeable staff on hand. Some of our favourite brands include Hedgehog Fibres, SweetGeorgia Yarn, Julie Asselin, Shibui Knits and The Fibre Co. You can find A Yarn Story on Walcot Street in Bath or online at www.ayarnstory.co.uk Show Links: Ravelry post on Racism and inclusion in the yarn community @creativececi on Instagram @su.krita on Instagram @nadiratani on Instagram and her honest, moving, beautifully written story The Minimal Mom on YouTube

It's wonderful to be back! Today I have a nice long chatty catch-up episode of the podcast for you, to kick the new Curious Handmade Year off right. I have stories from our time in Sweden and I share some hopes and dreams for the year ahead, with my word for the year and most of my 19 in 2019 Happiness Project List. 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.   AYS is a wool boutique specialising in hand dyed yarns and luxury fibres from around the world. You’ll always find a well curated collection of yarns and colors on the shelves and a friendly knowledgeable staff on hand. Some of our favourite brands include Hedgehog Fibres, SweetGeorgia Yarn, Julie Asselin, Shibui Knits and The Fibre Co. You can find A Yarn Story on Walcot Street in Bath or online at www.ayarnstory.co.uk Show Links: Laine Magazine Sky Map Wrap by Emily Foden Happier Podcast 19 in 2019 Squam We have a new crop of winners to close out our 2018 KALs! TSS Season 3: The Whole World is a Garden winner: gweneverafter with post 6 Grand KAL winner: vereader with post 6   Knitvent: Knitvent winner: sabbauer with post 23 THSS Season 1: Red Robin Socks loopylil with post 25 I'm extending the Shawl Society book giveaway deadline until the end of January.  Just take a cute photo of the book, or a photo of a WIP or completed shawl from The Shawl Society Season 1 and tag it with #TheShawlSociety1Book for the chance to win a very lovely prize, including a signed copy of the book, a basket from Big Blue Moma, a gorgeous skein from The Wool Kitchen, and an enamel Shawl Society pin!