Dear Spinning Circle, Today. On Wool n’ Spinning Radio. Rebecca and Rachel sat down with Dionne Carter , a long-time pillar of the Wool n’ Spinning Community. Dionne joined the community in 2021 and became an integral member right from the get-go. Her colour sense, experimentation and fearlessness with her spinning, and support and encouragement of others has helped innumerable people in our community feel more confident approaching their yarns, ideas and projects. Always trying something new, D...
Jul 01, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 118
Dear Spinning Circle, Today. On Wool n’ Spinning Radio. Debbie Held is a freelance journalist that I had the immense pleasure meeting in person in 2022, after following each other online for many years. Debbie’s love of blending boards started in 2015 when she began playing with this humble fibre preparation tool and began pushing it to its limit. While our conversation covered many topics about how Debbie began her spinning journey with a spindle from a friend in a time of need, to writing her ...
Jun 01, 2025•55 min•Ep. 117
Dear Spinning Circle, Today. On Wool n' Spinning Radio. Rebecca and I were so pleased to be able to record this episode with Lisa Schweitzer, a pillar and leader in our community. For those who haven't met Lisa yet, she is a weaver, handspinner, knitter and maker, long-time member of the Wool n' Spinning community and lives in a remote area of Iowa, USA. Lisa is an eloquant speaker and I hope you enjoy our conversation about making in remote locations. Both Rebecca and Lisa live in remote areas,...
May 07, 2025•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 116
Dear Spinning Circle, This month on Wool n' Spinning Radio, Rebecca and I sat down to 'try on' some segments that will be a regular part of the Radio show going forward: From what we're working on while recording to things we've aquired (and moved on) to events in our lives that are bringing us joy. So much to cozy up to this month: We hope you enjoy the show! Previous Episodes are available here If you have questions about what we discussed in today’s episode, please post them in the community,...
Apr 01, 2025•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 115
Dear Spinning Circle, Today. Rebecca and Rachel sat down to have a fun chat about those imaginary yarns and garments we would love to spend time making but just don’t get a chance to do it. It’s not that they’re yarns we’re particularly motivated to actually make, it’s more that they are yarns we dream about. Think frivolity and fun. Just messing around with possibilities – what would happen if I did this to create that? I hope you enjoy our conversation! Projects talked inthe episode {Ravelry P...
Mar 01, 2025•52 min•Ep. 114
Dear Spinning Circle, Today. On Wool n’ Spinning Radio. Rebecca and Rachel sat down to chat about a mammoth in the room, which is fibre preparation. It has become such a major focus of what we talk about in this community and other handspinning communities, that we wanted to talk about it. While fibre preparation is a huge source of excitement and motivation to pull things out and prepare fibres, including those amazing fleeces many of us have in our stashes, it is also a time consuming and ofte...
Feb 07, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 113
Dear Spinning Circle, Today. On Wool n’ Spinning Radio. Rebecca and Rachel sat down with Meaghan of Bramble Ridge Hand Dyed Yarns, based out of Mission, British Columbia, Canada. Meaghan has been dyeing up a storm in the background, creating our next iteration of Breed Blends and Colour Study fibre for us to spin & create with! Thank you to Meaghan for this opportunity to work with you, support your small business and create with the community at large! Meaghan has generously offered a disco...
Jan 01, 2025•40 min•Ep. 112
Dear Spinning Circle, Welcome back to another Radio episode! This month, Rebecca sat Rachel down to quiz her about working through longer projects. It came from a discussion back in August at Knit City Calgary 2024. For context, let's set the table: Back in 2019, you were struggling with the idea of how to justify the time and effort to put into a really big spinning project to weave an heirloom piece. Do you remember that feeling? What is the Biggest Project you’ve ever completed? How long did ...
Dec 01, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 111
Dear Spinning Circle, Rebecca sat down with long-time active community member, Rebecka Roy, known as Becca and @bethy40 on Slack. Becca has been working on her Spinning Certificate of Achievement, from the Association of Spinners, Weavers and Dyers, throughout the past four years. With the recent discussions within the Wool n’ Spinning community about Spinning Certification programs , we thought it would a great opportunity to sit down and hear about Becca’s experience. I hope you enjoy our conv...
Nov 01, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 110
Dear Spinning Circle, Rebecca and I had the pleasure of sitting down with Maxwell Stein of @maxwillspin (IG) over the past month. We chatted about his origin story, spindle spinning and teaching, as well as how his music influences his making. I hope you enjoy our conversation - I would love to have Max back on the show. If you have any questions you'd like to ask him, please post them below so that I can address them next time he appears! Wool n' Spinning Radio (previous episodes) here Wool n’ ...
Oct 01, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 109
Dear Spinning Circle, This month is the follow-up to last month's episode with Melissa Goulet of MellyKnits. We refer back to that episode a few times so be sure to follow the links below to listen to that episode as well. Episode 107 | Putting Wool back in the Limelight with MellyKnits here I hope you enjoy our dive into wool, getting started with first-time drum carding and beginning to delve into sheep breeds. For those new to spinning wool, remember that there are roughly four classification...
Aug 01, 2024•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 108
Dear Spinning Circle, This episode of Wool n' Spinning Radio has been a long time coming - Melissa and I have been trying to connect for a while, seeing each other at our local Knots & Hops each month, bumping into each other at Knit City and Fibres West throughout the years and so much more. It was a pleasure to sit down with her and chat about her business and love of wool - her enthusiasm is unbelievably infectious. You can't help but feel sucked in by her love of the process from her fav...
Jul 01, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 107
Dear Spinning Circle, Today on the Radio show, Rebecca and I sat down to talk about the sheep and breeds that she came across at Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival recently. We chat a little bit about getting fibre preparation done, some of the road blocks to getting things started and more. Patreon Post here This was a stream-of-consciousness at 6am Pacific time - I hope you enjoy this off-the-cuff episode! For more on Spinning Sheep Breeds and getting further down the rabbit hole of various cl...
Jun 01, 2024•43 min•Ep. 106
Dear Spinning Circle, This month, on Wool n' Spinning Radio, Rebecca answered a bunch of questions from myself about preparing for a long trip. As many of you know, Rebecca and her family will be on Sabbatical from their work in Nunavut for 5 months. I wanted to understand more about how she prepared for the making she would be doing while away! Patreon Link here Here are the rough questions I asked Rebecca about her preparations to travel: 1. What were you thinking about when you were first pre...
May 01, 2024•27 min•Ep. 105
Dear Spinning Circle, This month, Rebecca and I sat down to discuss a slightly different topic that we don't often explore, which is about our journey to intentional spinning. Rebecca asked some incredibly thoughtful questions to ground our discussion and I would love to hear some of your thoughts - please leave your comments here ! Link to Patreon post here The Journey of Intentional Spinning: 1. Can you describe your journey toward becoming an intentional spinner? What was your spinning like w...
Apr 01, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 104
Dear Spinning Circle, This month we are joined by Suzanne Reyes, a long-time member of our community who had the opportunity to work on a year-long project called The Importance of Every Day Creativity. We had a wonderful conversation about the depth and breadth of creativity in our every day lives. She has presented this to faculty, students and now shared her story here! Enjoy! More is available on Patreon here Thank you to Suzanne for taking time today to chat with us about her project - it w...
Mar 02, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 103
Dear Spinning Circle, Another month of Wool n' Spinning radio! I can't believe we are really into 2024 now! This is the second part (Part I here) of Rebecca and my conversation about our goals and thoughts about 2024. We recorded towards to the end of January so we have some initial reflections about the year, how it started and momentuum on projects. Patreon Post here Please take a moment to share with us your thoughts on one or all of the questions we were contemplating ourselves in this episo...
Feb 01, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 102
Dear Spinning Circle, Welcome 2024! I hope this finds you happy, healthy & excited for the new year. I know here in my home, we have had a very quiet week, watching a couple of movies, soccer games & attending a hockey game (very Canadian of us). The kids had never been to a hockey game before so that was fun sharing that joy with them! Today, Rebecca and I sat down to chat about the upcoming year here at Wool n' Spinning. The overarching theme of the next two years will be Sarah Anderso...
Jan 01, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 101
Dear Spinning Circle, Today. On Wool n’ Spinning Radio. Rebecca and I sat down to reflect on the year, 2023. We started with a reflection on the highlights and standouts from the year. We talk about unexpected challenges, namely for Rachel throughout the year. Next, we talk about the community. There were some memorable interactions that really resonated with us as we interacted with you guys throughout the year. Patreon here Rebecca asked about some behind-the-scenes insights about how Rachel m...
Dec 01, 2023•51 min•Ep. 100
Dear Spinning Circle, Welcome to another episode of Wool n' Spinning Radio - I am so pleased to be able to produce these episodes with Rebecca (@rebbiejaye). Rebecca took the lead on this month's episode, which was really fun for me as I was able to sit back and participate in a different way than I normally do - what a pleasure! To learn more, please head to the original Patreon post here To help ground the conversation, here are some of the 'primer' questions that Rebecca asked us to think abo...
Nov 01, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 99
“Corespinning creates an amazing yarn that can replace a conventional spun yarn.“ -Crystal Hesser For full shownotes with photos, please visit here To share your spinning, we have a couple of places to share: Slack Channel: #texturedyarn Ravelry Group: CoreSpin Along here We have talked about corespinning in the community previously: 51 Yarns SpinAlong: Corespun, Coils & Supercoils Vlog 51 Yarns SpinAlong: Corespun, Coils & Supercoils PDF How I Spin: Corespinning & Autowrapping Tips ...
Oct 01, 2023•43 min•Ep. 98
Dear Spinning Circle, Today. On Wool n’ Spinning Radio. Rebecca and I had the pleasure of sitting down with Rebecca’s mom, Linda Jennings, the dyer and curator of Color Storms. She is based in Maryland, USA, and created a small dye studio in her home. Specializing in natural dyeing, Linda creates amazing gradient sets, plays with various dye stuffs that she is able to harvest locally, while also using some extract powders to be able to dye the variety of colours available to us in nature. Her en...
Sep 01, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 97
Dear Spinning Circle, Today. On Wool n' Spinning Radio. Crystal Hesser is a well-known face around Wool n' Spinning but there are some who haven't had the absolute pleasure in meeting her, so I wanted to spend some time today introducing her to you. Throughout Tour de Fleece, she has been posting daily photos of her yarns as she spins them on her wheel, supported spindles and shares her ideas along the way. Crystal shares her inspiration process, why spinning textured yarns is so important, and ...
Aug 01, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 96
Today. On Wool n’ Spinning Radio. Rebecca and I sit down to check in with one another as the half-way point of our Year of Colour is reached. We discuss how the two tracks, namely Spinning Purls and The Wool Circle, has been to facilitate, as well as our own growth in our understanding of colour. We start to talk about Rebecca’s Deyapalooza that is coming this summer and even into next year. I’ve included some of the photos of the Colour Wheel experiments that we have been working on. You can se...
Jul 01, 2023•42 min•Ep. 95
Dear Spinning Circle, Today, on Wool n' Spinning Radio, Rebecca & Rachel sit down to further explore our individual and ever-evolving clothing philosophies. Exploring Clothing Philosophies (Part I) here Rebecca and I started off by picking up where we left off in Part I of our conversation with Rebecca sharing what’s changed with her daily clothing evolution. For images of Rachel's clothing that she discussed, please check them out here . Thank you for joining us today. Please consider leavi...
Jun 01, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 94
Dear Spinning Circle, Thank you for joining us in another episode of Wool n' Spinning Radio. I welcome onto the show today, Ahn Wilson, who is two spirit Atikamekw and French on her mother's side and German on her father's side. Ahn is the visionary behind a very ambitious project, The Loving Blanket Project, to commemorate and share the collective weight of grief that all people experience as more and more graves are unearthed at the residential schools throughout Canada. In Ahn's words, When t...
May 01, 2023•55 min•Ep. 93
Today. On Wool n’ Spinning Radio. Rebecca and I sat down to begin discussing our respective clothing philosophies. If you haven’t heard of clothing philosophies before, it is characterized as a way of expressing an inner truth or belief about an idea, oneself or the world through the medium of clothing. Some believe that all aspects of a garment can speak to a person’s personal philosophy about the world, themselves, or anything else (Scenes Media, 2022). This might be attention paid to texture,...
Apr 01, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 92
Dear Spinning Circle, Find the episode notes and more about Wool n' Spinning here It's the 1st of the month, so it's time for another amazing episode of Wool n' Spinning Radio! This month, Rebecca and I had the immense pleasure of welcoming Tazhiana Gordon of the Stitches & Starlight podcast on YouTube (here). Tazhi is an active and vibrant member of the Wool n' Spinning Community. It was my pleasure to welcome her onto the show - she is a whirlwind of positivity, kindness, creativity and so...
Mar 01, 2023•53 min•Ep. 91
Dear Spinning Circle, Thank you for joining us here on this episode of Wool n' Spinning Radio with Rachel's mom, Janet Smith. Mom talks about her art education, quilting and art journalling, as well as getting into a discussion about pigments, saturation and value, and more! Thank you again to my mom, Janet, for joining us on the show! It was a pleasure to host you! The audio podcast is available on all your major podcast apps - please search, like and subscribe! I promised some photos of my mom...
Feb 01, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 90
We're starting fresh with Episode 89 and will be posting the back catalogue of episodes over time. Rebecca and I kick-start this episode with a look back at 2022 and hear from Rebecca about her year-long Sock Colour SAL that she hosted in the community. I really like the idea of having a smaller ALONG with everyone, based on a specific learning outcome around socks - about a yarn structure, colour management, fibre blend, etc. that would last a set amount of time. Let me know in the comments wha...
Jan 02, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 89
