Dear Spinning Circle, This month, we are joined by Emily Grace, who lives on a very small island off the coast of British Columbia. She is a long-time member of the Wool n' Spinning Community and I hope you enjoy getting to know her a bit better! Direct YouTube Link To find Emily Grace, you can find her on Slack as @Emily Grace Patreon Link here Thank you again to Emily Grace for coming onto the show! If you would like to come onto Wool n' Spinning Radio as my guest, tell your story and let us g...
Jun 02, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 88
Dear Spinning Circle, This month, we are joined by Rachel Richardson, who is a long-time member of Wool n' Spinning -- she's been an endless cheerleader for me and I hope you gain some knowledge, inspiration and maybe even develop your own daily practice from watching/listening to Rachel! Direct YouTube Link . Find Rachel on Instragram @raerich and on the Slack channel as @Rachel Richardson Please don't hesitate to reach out to Rachel! Thank to Rachel for joining me this month - I will definitel...
May 03, 2022•53 min•Ep. 87
Dear Spinning Circle, This month we are joined by Brittany Vogt of Crux Fibres! I'm so excited to have Brittany on the show because she's a super active member of the Slack channel and if you've have a chance to follow her on Instagram, her feed is beautiful with amazing stories as well! YouTube Link here Follow Brittany on social media: Crux Fibres on Instragram: @cruxfibres YouTube channel: Crux Fibres Website: Crux Fibres Crux Fibres on Ravelry: @cruxfibres And of course on the Slack Channel:...
Apr 03, 2022•47 min•Ep. 86
Dear Spinning Circle, In my mind this month I had rendered this and posted it, looking forward to everyone in the community 'meeting' Jenny and hearing her story, then wondering why those who have EARLY ACCESS weren't saying anything like they normally do ... Go check Patreon ... Oh. I forgot to actually schedule the post! But here it is now! Join me in welcoming this month to Wool n' Spinning Radio, Jenny Solvaki, which is a very active member of the Slack community. You can also find her cheer...
Mar 04, 2022•41 min•Ep. 85
Dear Spinning Circle, This month, Dionne Carter from our very own community joined me to chat about her colour inspiration, how she got started spinning and more! Thank you to Dionne for taking the time to let us see a glimpse into her inspiration, thought process and amazing ability to combine colours. Direct YouTube link here . You can find Dionne on the Slack channel as @Dionne(Deej) For more about Charan's pottery, you can check him out here . Thank you again to Dionne for coming onto the sh...
Feb 02, 2022•55 min•Ep. 84
Dear Spinning Circle, I can't believe we are here already, again! Again! Another year and another Breed & Colour Study! This one is really exciting - it will last ALL YEAR. We will be studying Radnor and the colours are as you see them below! Super exciting. Thank you once again to Katrina for dyeing, organizing and working so incredibly hard to make these happen for us. I know we've talked about how much work goes into the back-end of these studies, but this is another opportunity for us to...
Jan 02, 2022•31 min•Ep. 83
Dear Spinning Circle, Direct YouTube link here . I am so pleased to welcome another Wool n' Spinning Community member onto the show this month: Amanda Buckley. Many of you know Amanda from both the School of SweetGeorgia and Slack community but it's wonderful to welcome her here! To find more of Amanda, here are some places to look her up: Slack: @amanda Instagram & Ravelry: @mandythephilomath Please don't hesitate to reach out to her! Thank you again to Amanda for coming onto the show! If y...
Dec 02, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 82
Dear Spinning Circle, This month, we are joined by community member, Ange, who some of you will know from our Maker Mornings. Ange has been a part of our community for a long while and has been incredibly supportive of those spindle spinning in our #spindlespunsummer along that we've been finishing up! Watch on YouTube here In answer to some questions she'd fielded on her YouTube channel, she made a great video about support spindling that many within our community have watched and found incredi...
Nov 02, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 81
Dear Spinning Circle, Welcome to a new month and a new fibre! We have never explored Pygora together and this is the month to do that! What fun! Direct YouTube Link here . Autumn has been working with Pygora for a while now and came to it organically as she was looking for cashmere fibre locally. Thank you for spending some time with me on the podcast today, Autumn! I truly appreciate your time and expertise! There are links that need to be uploaded to this post but I will do that in the next fe...
Oct 02, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 80
Dear Spinning Circle, This month, we have a very special episode of Wool n' Spinning Radio with my friend and shepardess extradinaire, Rebecca Lamperd. Remember that the Radio show is most often available as video so click the link below! Direct YouTube Link here . To find her website, please have a look here . Rebecca is also a member of the Slack community, so please take a moment to say hello - she is @Rebecca Lamperd. Thank you for sharing your journey with us, Rebecca! If you have an intere...
Aug 02, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 78
Dear Spinning Circle, Direct YouTube link here . This month on Wool n' Spinning Radio, Katrina is joining me again for our introduction to Breed & Colour, as well as the breed reveal -- which I am SO EXCITED about! For FAQs, please check the #breed-and-colour-faq channel on Slack. Katrina will be watching that channel. Ordering will be on Monday, July 12th @ 9am PDT . There will be a password to access the link closer to for patrons with DISCOUNT and after the first hour, the listing will be...
Jul 02, 2021•58 min•Ep. 76
Dear Spinning Circle, Direct YouTube link here . This month, we are chatting with Katrina of Crafty Jaks Boutique - our colour creator and dyer behind our bi-annual Breed & Colour Studies. As many of you know, we chat about the studies at the beginning and end to ground the colours, breed and more. It's good to connect with Katrina, hear her story about the study since her unique perspective is unlike ours in the community and hear about the process! Thank you to those who participated in th...
Jun 03, 2021•40 min•Ep. 75
Dear Spinning Circle, Welcome to Heidi Lucey of Mad Caper Farms onto Wool n' Spinning Radio! I've known Heidi through Slack and Ravelry for a while now and her family runs their farm with Cheviots about 2-3 hrs from myself! While on the other side of the border in Washington, we share many things in common from weather to rain to sunny, happy summers. I hope you enjoy our conversation! YouTube Direct Link here . You can find Heidi in the following places: Instagram: @MadCaperFarms Facebook: @Mad...
May 18, 2021•52 min•Ep. 74
Dear Spinning Circle, Thank you for joining us this month! I am so pleased to be chatting with Erica this month about weaving with handspun yarns. Direct YouTube Link here . Erica can be found on the Slack channel as @jahanara and Instagram as @weavemage She also has a podcast, called Fiber at the Speed of Life . Erica shares some of her learnings about weaving with handspun, sampling and organizing. We will be getting together to run you through some tutorials about weavolution.com (Patreon her...
May 02, 2021•58 min•Ep. 73
Dear Spinning Circle, Thank you for joining me this month with Greta Lyn! She is an active member of our community and can be found in the Ravelry group and Slack as @ thewarmestrows -- as in the knitting rows of our garments (genius!). Please say hi to her as you get to know her on this fibery path to wonderful handspun! If you would like to watch the interview, versus listening (or both), you can find our chat on YouTube here . Patreon Link here Thank you for watching and thank you to Greta Ly...
Apr 16, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 72
Dear Spinning Circle, For those wishing to watch instead of listen, the Direct YouTube link here . I have a real treat for you this month with Rebecca (@rebbiejaye) and Alide joining me on this episode of Wool n' Spinning Radio! They were able to join me to chat about harvesting and spinning Qiviut, some thoughts about Arctic life and Alide's experiences with Qivuit. It was a lovely way to pass an evening and I want to say a special thank you to both of them for allowing me the time and space so...
Apr 02, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 71
Dear Spinning Circle, Direct YouTube link here . Those who are active on the Slack channel or Queries & Explorations will know Liz well -- she is the owner and operator of Kingdom Fleece & Fiberworks in Vermont! She has an aamzing story that I hope you enjoy hearing! To get in touch with Liz or to find out more about the mill, the produces she carries and more, check it out here . She is @kingdom_fleece_and_fiberworks on the Slack channel - say hello! Patreon Link here Thank you again to...
Mar 15, 2021•56 min•Ep. 70
Dear Spinning Circle, Direct YouTube link here . This month, I had the immense pleasure of sitting down and chatting with active community member, Kelly of Kelly G. Knits, in Edmonton, Canada. Kelly is a very active member of our community. She is always lifting others up with encouragement, knowledge and kindness. You can find Kelly on social in the following places: Her Ravelry profile (go friend her!) is here and her designs are here . Instagram is here . Say hello on Slack - she is simply @k...
Mar 01, 2021•42 min•Ep. 69
Dear Spinning Circle, Direct YouTube link here . I have a real treat for you! Marce, Grace & Mina kindly joined me on Zoom to record a (very long) conversation about all things #flufftostuff2021 ! If you haven't heard about this really fun year-long make-along, please watch or listen on! To find out more about these amazing ladies, please check out their respective YouTube channels and give them a follow: Mina of The Knitting Expat Podcast Grace of Babbles Traveling Yarns Podcast Marce of He...
Feb 15, 2021•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 68
Dear Spinning Circle, This month, I have a really special guest to share with you! Sasha joined me to talk about The Flock, Spinning School and Breed Studies, and much more. This month's podcast episode is also available in video format for those wanting to watch the episode! That is available here . Thank you to Sasha for joining me - it was a pleasure to chat! For more from Sasha, please visit sheepspot.com ! Patreon Link here Warmly, Rachel...
Feb 01, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 67
Dear Spinning Circle, Katrina and I were able to connect and discuss the newest Breed & Colour Study! I am excited to announce that we will be spinning Shetland this time round. We will also be studying natural shades, as well as an interesting mix of colour - including yellows, peach and oranges, against black and blue. The natural shades for the bases include creamy-white, warm oatmeal grey and moorit. All are interesting in their own way, changing the handle of the colours. How will you s...
Jan 15, 2021•46 min•Ep. 66
Dear Spinning Circle, Welcome! I had an opportunity to sit down at the end of November 2020 to chat with Megan and Rebecca to discuss their study of 51 Yarns over the past 2 years! Group A started their study in January 2019 and worked through the book over 24 months. It was a marathon of yarns but amazing as well! Group B is continuing their study for one more year and will be finishing in December 2021. Thank you for your continued participation in this marathon study! This month's conversatio...
Jan 01, 2021•53 min•Ep. 65
Dear Spinning Circle, Note: This episode has been updated to include a ~15 minute conversation - please check it out and listen from ~27 minutes in! Can you believe that we are at the end of another Breed & Colour Study?! We started Breed & Colour Study in July 2016. The evolution of the study has grown and changed over the years but the overall goals are the same - learn, study, reflect and grow! This study was challenging for a few reasons: 1. Staples are short (1.5 - 2.5 inches), 2. M...
Dec 01, 2020•39 min•Ep. 64
Dear Spinning Circle, Rebecca (@rebbiejaye) and I were able to connect back at the end of August. As always, I so enjoyed our time together and we inevitably got talking about luxury fibres. Rebecca lives in a part of the world where coming across qivuit is not rare and we chatted about making some luxury blends from the amazing fibre. This marks the beginning of our How I Spin study on Luxury Fibres for the next number of months - I'm not sure how long we will remain in this place of studying '...
Nov 14, 2020•49 min•Ep. 63
Dear Spinning Circle, This month on Wool n' Spinning Radio, Marce (@heybrownberry) and I sat down to have a knit and a chat! Marce is enthusiastic, kind, creative and mindful. It is a pleasure to chat with her, hear about her projects and listen to some of her ideas about the greater making community. I hope you enjoy our conversation. As with previous months, Wool n' Spinning Radio is also available in video format . Please check it out here . If you would be interested in joining me on Wool n'...
Nov 01, 2020•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 62
Dear Spinning Circle, Welcome to another month of Wool n' Spinning Radio! This month, the episode is available on video and audio! For the videocast this month, please head here . Direct YouTube Link here . Catherine and I talk about lots of things. Here are some of the links and the ways to get in touch with Catherine: Small Bird Workshop on Etsy here Small Bird Workshop website here Small Bird Workshop Instagram here Patreon Link here Until next time, Happy Spinning!...
Oct 14, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 61
Dear Spinning Circle, Thank you for tuning into Wool n' Spinning Radio this month! I am pleased to welcome my friend, Leah Churchley, to the podcast. I have worked with Leah on the video editing for SweetGeorgia Yarns for my classes but have known Leah for longer. She has a very interesting story to tell in relation to her making and I hope you enjoy our conversation. Please share in the comments your thoughts about chronic illness & making - I am curious about your journey. If you'd like a ...
Oct 01, 2020•54 min•Ep. 60
Dear Spinning Circle, This month I was able to catch up with Lauraline, a new spinner who's made an amazing jump in spinning skill due to some really useful tips that helped her make quick progress. She shares what she's done and her reflections in this episode - I hope you find it helpful! Be sure to reach out to her and let her know also! Find Lauraline on IG & Ravelry as @ LauTricote Slack ID @Lauraline Patreon Link here Until next time - happy sample spinning! Warmly, Rachel...
Sep 01, 2020•53 min•Ep. 59
Dear Spinning Circle, Welcome to August 2020! Eve & Katrina and I were able to get on a call together and chat about how we find time to restore and relax. The conversation takes a meandering path and I hope you enjoy our thoughtful conversation. Some links to things we chat about: CBC Radio - The Current "Gen X Mid-Life Crisis Women" here Disabled Makers in Instagram here Patreon Link here Thank you for joining us this month! Until next time, Rachel...
Aug 04, 2020•53 min•Ep. 58
The Sarah Dippity Skirt recipe on Ravelry here . Links for Wheel Specific Groups on Ravelry: Kromski Schacht Lendrum Majacraft Ashford & Ashford e-Spinners I hope you enjoy our conversation - it was a pleasure to spend the time with Megan and hear about her making, projects & reflections! Patreon Link here Until next time, Rachel...
Jul 21, 2020•42 min•Ep. 57
