WE'RE BACK! Season 2 of A Yarn Story Podcast is here and we're delighed to welcome you to Episode 1. In this episode, we chat .... and we have a LOT of laughs! Enjoy and please do share the episode with your knitting friends if you enjoyed it :)  ----------------------------------- Chapters (00:00:24) Welcome Back to A Yarn Story (00:04:48) What we're drinking - our wine review (00:15:54) Summer holiday catch-up - Kayleigh visited Dartmoor and Carmen Boardmasters festival (00:27:52) Carmen went to Georgia, USA for a business conference. We chat about how to run an ethical yet profitable yarn business, the challenges (and benefits) of capitalism and the importance of loving the product to deliver the best service to our customers (00:40:10) Carmen's superhero name...!! (00:41:39) Yarn chat (finally 🤣). We talk about Spincycle Yarns Plump - now in store and completely beautiful! SHOP HERE. (00:55:11) Knitwear for dogs (00:56:02) Exciting new collaboration with Walcot Yarns (00:58:21) Our trip to Rhinebeck Sheep & Woold Festival (01:01:21) Hide & Hammer leather belt bag (01:03:31) Back to wine chat! ----------------------------------- Show Notes The wine we reviewed came from Alder Vineyard in Devon. It's a limited edition sparkling wine - super tasty!Kayleigh visited Dartmoor for her summer holiday and spent a couple days discussing prison abolition. In the same part of the country, Carmen went to Boardmasters (a surf and music festival) before jetting off to Atlanta, USA for a business development course.Learn Carmen’s superhero name (Kayleigh’s grandfather is responsible for it!)Spincycle Yarns Plump has landed in store! SHOP HERE. Some of the patterns we particularly love include:Liebling Sweater by Camilla Vaad, modified into a t-shirt. Photo shown is a project by Margotchien on Ravelry.Double Plump Hat by Maral MokriMountain Peaks beanie by Cate SavardAlston by Martin StoryWe talk just a tiny bit about the super special collaboration between our sister brand, Walcot Yarns and @les.garcons coming September 8th!Our Rhinebeck sweaters are getting knitted, Kayleigh has finished her Fierce!Oh and brand new from our friend Hide & Hammer, Kayleigh snapped up their Leather Belt Bag as soon as it was released and Carmen let a little hint of a new collab with Hide & Hammer out of the bag...----------------------------------- Get In Touch Social Media: Instagram | TikTok Website: www.ayarnstory.co.uk Email: [email protected] Visit us: A Yarn Story,  128 Walcot Street, Bath,  BA1 5BG +44 (0)1225 429239