Full shownotes are at KnitBritish website Some of you will already be acquainted with Louise Spong and her company South Downs Yarn - I'm very happy that she agreed to sit down and chat with me for the podcast, we talk about the Southdown breed; Louise's draw to the breed and the impetus for her starting her business; we discuss the need to understand slow as a concept in the wool creating process and we dip into some of the issues wool explorer's may have found in sourcing Southdown for the...

Shownotes will soon be up at knitbritish.net   This month I start with a wee rant. For anyone who is under any misunderstanding, please know  MY VIEWS EXTEND BEYOND CRAFT!  Don't like that? Move along. (It's not me, it's you.)   This month I also look at the Caithness Croft yarn , from Beardy Chiel. I'm chatting about #NaturesShadesAlong and drop a few hints about prizes! I mention my visit to #InTheLoop10 and the 8th North Atlantic Native Sheep and Wool Conference, which will be in...

For full shownotes visit KnitBritish website very soon   This month we have Wool Exploration with Romney; News of the Nature's Shades Along, casting on on the 13th July; Good Intentions Q4 starts on 1st July and I have a wee interview with Diarmuid Commins, from S Twist Wool, where I was lucky to catch him for a quick chat a Woollin Dublin   Happy knitting!   #LoveLocalWool #NaturesShadesAlong #KnitBritish

The full shownotes will be at knitbritish.net later this weekend   Today I bring you my interview with Judith Goodfellow, Stella Ackroyd and Lindsay Roberts who have worked together to create a new yarn - Northumbrian Rose. You can also win a skein in the raverly group, or visit finefettlefibres.uk to buy it, if you cannot wait to see if you win!   Wool Exploration with Teeswater this month too and we also have a giveaway of TJ Frog Dorset Horn and Dorset Down mini skeins!  Happy...

This week there are a few less shownotes than usual, but they will be ar knitbritish.net very soon.   This month I am looking at Fair Isle Designs from Shetland Knitters, by  The Shetland Guild of Knitters. Spinners, Dyers and Weavers. The Knitsonkik Stranded Colour-Work Playbook (there is a giveaway too), by Felicity Ford  And The Vintage Shetland Project by Susan Crawford (in which the review is mostly banjaxed by my emotions) We also have #woolexploration with Jacob/s. (with a very...

A special issue of the podcast featuring interviews with stallholders at the Edinburgh Yarn Festival event, Meet The Shepherd/ess.   Full details are at KnitBritish

Full shownotes will eventually be at KnitBritish.   I've had to split this episode into Side A and Side B. There are two separate downloads.    This episode has some news and Wool Exploration with Ryeland. Please visit the website for all the images and links.

Full shownotes will eventually be at KnitBritish.   I've had to split this episode into Side A and Side B. There are two separate downloads.    This part is all about Edinburgh Yarn Festival and there is a review of Black Isle Yarns new organic Cheviot yarn, Coulmore.   Full details are on the website at KnitBritish

Shownotes are at www.knitbritish.net Today I'm talking about what's on my list for Edinburgh Yarn Festival. I also review SOCKS 2018 by Making Stories and there is one up for grabs in the KnitBritish ravelry group. There is also a little preview of the new Jacobs yarn from Blacker   Happy knitting, Happy Listening and if you are coming to EYF, then please come and say hello!

Visit KnitBritish for all links, images and full shownotes   Welcome to episode 101!    This episode I have our #WoolExploration Gotland reviews - one that can have a variety of handles in the hand-squish-grab (see title) but which surprised lots of our explorers in the review process.   I review Popcorn + Crocodiles Adventures in Yarn book and there is one to giveaway in the ravelry group. Myself & two listeners review Cheviot Blue from Whistlebare There is Edinburgh Yarn...

Please visit KnitBritish to see the full shownotes with details, images and links.    This is our 100th episode and I look back at some of your favourite bits over the last 4 years! There are rants, interviews and a lot of wool and laughs!   We also have our first month of wool exploration with the North Ronaldsay breed, I talk about BlackerPodKAL (cast on on Saturday!) and there is an amazing parcel of giveaways from Unicorn Designs.   Thank you so much for listening and for having...

Full shownotes are at KnitBritish. Please take a moment to visit us there. This episode is all about Christine, Alison, Emma, Maylin, Susan, Mazzy, Barb, Carolyn Sue, Anthea and Lesley. They are our Woolly Muckers and a big reason why we had a show in 2017. Round of applause please for your Woolly Muckers....   This episode is brought to you by our last mucker of the year, Lesley Durrans  TweedLD on Ravelry, Lesley lives in South Africa and while early knitting experiences put her off...

Full shownotes with links are at the KnitBritish website. This episode is our last one before Christmas and so you can guarantee there will be ballet dancing sheep. There are also small gestures, a review of New Leaf Yarns Alpaca, BFL and Teeswater, news of the BlackerPodKAL and much more. Check out @Knit_British on instagram and twitter (though I'm taking a twitter break) and join the KnitBritish Ravelry group.   #LoveLocalWool

Full show notes are at www.knitbritish.net.   Our mucker this episode is Anthea Willis, aka forrestflower23 on ravelry. Anthea answers our woolly mucker questionnaire in today’s show – listen out for waistcoats and hammocks of britsock! Thanks for supporting our show, Anthea.   #lovelocalwool

Full shownotes are at KnitBritish. Do visit us there and see all the images and find all the links mentioned.  Only one episode this month (see what else I've been busy with at wovember.com) but packed to the gunnells with WOOL. Today I look at some of the yarns from Life Long Yarns, with two of our Woolly Muckers.  I swatch road test Doulton Flock Aran Border Leicester yarn. AND I tell you all about some exciting plans for 2018 that involve you! Who is up for some WOOL EXPLORATION?   ...

Please do visit the shownotes at KnitBritish. Lynne did for the first time the other week and she made my day by telling me how much she enjoyed them! This week I'm talking about knitworthy and charity and knitting meaningful items for people who need them (and donating £ ) over knitting hats for bottle tops (and donating pennies).    I also have The Knitting Goddess One Farm Yarn - OH LUMMY! Its a good un! And Joy is giving you 10% off One Farm Yarn with the code KBONEFARMYARN. There may...

Full show notes are at KnitBritish, with links and images.   Our Woolly Mucker for October is Carolyn Sue Jenkins, who is CSJ0423 on Ravelry. Sue is an attorney in San Rafael, CA and she answers our woolly mucker questions later in the show. Currently Sue is making a Wonder Woman wrap for her daughter-in-law and an intarsia stocking for her grand-daughter, who is expected in November. Thanks so much, Sue, for your support!   Marked explict cos I say "f**k" at one point. Just the once.

Full show notes will be at KnitBritish soon! This episode is brought you by our woolly mucker Barb Mercer in Calgary! Thank you so much, Barb! x This episode should be called the one with all the reviews. (please excuse the links and go to the FULL show notes with images and links at the website) A Stash of One's Own by Clara Parkes A Year of Techniques by Arnall-Culliford Knitwear et al i also give a quick review, with a promise of a full review soon to 50 Tips From Shetland Knitters,...

Please visit www.knitbritish.net for full shownotes with links and images. There is TONNES to get through this episode, including a club that you already have the yarn and patterns for; a round up of local news and events; news from Ginger Twist Studio; news from The Knitting Goddess and a lovely discount for you from New Leaf Yarns, as well as from BritYarn and Uist Wool.  Some of the woolly muckers look at Brushwork, the forthcoming birthday yarn from Blacker and there is much more of the...

All shownotes with links and images are at the KnitBritish website. Please do visit me there! In this episode there is HEAPS of news of KALS, a look at Wensleydale Longwool Sheep Shop's limited edition Aran Marl, a working review of the new Croft: Shetland Tweed, from WYS (referred to in the title. SPOILER: I LOVED IT!) and some news of future plans.  Please go to the full show notes at KnitBritish for detailed information on today's show. We are sponosored by BritYarn! You will find the...

Full show notes, images and links are at KnitBritish. Please do take a moment to visit me there! This episode we meet our woolly mucker Mazzy! Mazzy describes herself as a keen allotment gardener with caffeine and yarn addictions! Currently she is knitting a Williams Gansey, as part of a fascinating project that you can hear a bit more about in the show, when I chat with Mazzy. Thank you for supporting KnitBritish! I also chat with designer Frankie Hughes, about her work with John Arbon...

This is a special episode of the KnitBritish podast where I visit Uist Wool.  You will find these on iTunes/Podcatchers as two sepeate parts - Episode 89 Part One and Part Two. Both are available to listen to now.  In Part Two we meet Hazel Smith, who is manager at Uist Wool. She takes us through process that wool takes around the mill. We start in the wool shed and then go into the wash house and meet Fiona. Then we go into the mill and chat with Maddie, mill technician. THEN we go into...

This is a special episode of the KnitBritish podast where I visit Uist Wool.  You will find these on iTunes/Podcatchers as two sepeate parts - Episode 89 Part One and Part Two. Both are available to listen to now.  In Part One we meet Director, Dana MacPhee and she talks about the growth of Uist Wool from a feasibility study to reasearch and training project to a fully trading Community Benefit Company, creating incredible local wool yarns in their artisan mill, in Grimsay.  Please visit...

Full shownotes are at KnitBritish - please take a moment to visit the website and see the shownotes with links and images.  Our sponsor this episode is The Knitting Goddess Joy dyes luxury yarn in her studio in Harrogate and is committed to supporting British wool in all her bases.In addition to incredible yarns, such as Britsock; Wensleydale &Shetland; BFL & Masham and the forthcoming BritSilk, you will find screen-printed bags and books, hand-crafted stitch markers and exclusive...

Full shownotes will be available at KnitBritish - please take a moment to visit the website and see the images and links mentioned. This month’s woolly mucker is Susan Hobkirk, aka macpark, on ravelry. Susan is a long time supporter of all things KnitBritish and I thank her so much for sponsoring the show. Currently she is knitting the Houlland Hap, in Exquiste from WYS and she is almost finished Marie Wallin’s Fair Isle Blanket KAL. Tune in to hear us chat later in the show! I'm back...