Interviews Archives - Shinybees https://www.shinybees.com/category/interviews/ The Multi-Award Winning Knitting, Comedy and Yarn Podcast Thu, 16 Jul 2020 13:54:01 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 122193119 Ep 132 – Stolen Stitches with Carol Feller https://www.shinybees.com/ep-132-stolen-stitches-with-carol-feller/ https://www.shinybees.com/ep-132-stolen-stitches-with-carol-feller/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2019 07:16:05 +0000 https://www.shinybees.com/?p=4798 Carol Feller joins me on the show this week, sharing her journey into knitwear design. Carol Feller (StolenStiches.com) is a designer, teacher, and author living in Cork, Ireland. She has published almost 270 patterns and 7 books, including Short Row Knits (Pottercraft) and Contemporary Irish Knits (Wiley), and is a popular instructor on Craftsy.com with...

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]]> https://www.shinybees.com/ep-132-stolen-stitches-with-carol-feller/feed/ 3 4798 Ep 120 – Rusty Ferret with Leona Jayne of Fluph https://www.shinybees.com/ep-120-rusty-ferret-with-leona-jayne-of-fluph/ https://www.shinybees.com/ep-120-rusty-ferret-with-leona-jayne-of-fluph/#respond Fri, 14 Sep 2018 13:22:19 +0000 https://www.shinybees.com/?p=4459 Leona Jayne Page, Rusty Ferret Dyer and owner of Fluph in Dundee It’s a chatty and fun episode today with the enigmatic Leona Jayne Page of Rusty Ferret/Fluph. Voted back onto the show as a guest for the second time, Leona tells us about how she moved from yarn shop owner into hand dyer. You...

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]]> https://www.shinybees.com/ep-120-rusty-ferret-with-leona-jayne-of-fluph/feed/ 0 4459 Ep 116 – Return to Shetland with Susan Crawford https://www.shinybees.com/return-to-shetland-with-susan-crawford/ https://www.shinybees.com/return-to-shetland-with-susan-crawford/#respond Wed, 08 Aug 2018 06:35:43 +0000 https://www.shinybees.com/?p=4384 Susan Crawford of Susan Crawford Vintage joins me this week and we take a journey through the past three years since Ep55. In that episode, Susan talked about the Pubslush (crowdfunded publishing) campaign she was undertaking to print pre-orders of the book. She also described at length, the painstaking process she had been through the...

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]]> https://www.shinybees.com/return-to-shetland-with-susan-crawford/feed/ 0 4384 Episode 100: The Great Shinybees Hexipuff Amnesty https://www.shinybees.com/episode-100-the-great-shinybees-hexipuff-amnesty/ https://www.shinybees.com/episode-100-the-great-shinybees-hexipuff-amnesty/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2016 09:03:43 +0000 http://shinybees.com/?p=3422 Intro Here we are folks and who’d have thunk it: A tonne! From my South African garage to my Wigan spare bedroom – with a couple of amazing awards in between – over the course of 4 years.  A heartfelt thank you to each and every one of you for all the support. A couple...

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]]> https://www.shinybees.com/episode-100-the-great-shinybees-hexipuff-amnesty/feed/ 3 3422 Episode 96: This Thing of Paper – An Interview with Karie Westermann https://www.shinybees.com/episode-96-this-thing-of-paper-an-interview-with-karie-westermann/ https://www.shinybees.com/episode-96-this-thing-of-paper-an-interview-with-karie-westermann/#respond Tue, 14 Jun 2016 13:01:56 +0000 http://shinybees.com/?p=3356 Intro Straight into the news this week as I have so much of it. Firstly, I want to thank you all for your wonderful positive feedback on last week’s episode and my time with Countess Ablaze. A lot of the feedback was around how well she copes with her autism, and how it doesn’t stop...

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]]> https://www.shinybees.com/episode-96-this-thing-of-paper-an-interview-with-karie-westermann/feed/ 0 3356 Episode 95: Orange Mocha Frappucino with Countess Ablaze https://www.shinybees.com/episode-95-orange-mocha-frappucino-with-countess-ablaze/ https://www.shinybees.com/episode-95-orange-mocha-frappucino-with-countess-ablaze/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2016 12:07:31 +0000 http://shinybees.com/?p=3337   Intro Hola everyone, I am back from my ‘holiday’. Don’t let the flippant Spanish there throw you off, I’ve not been anywhere and haven’t even had time to knit! In fact I’m still knitting the lace panel for #RewindKAL. Been very busy with other things and Casa Shiny is like a madhouse as usual...

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]]> https://www.shinybees.com/episode-95-orange-mocha-frappucino-with-countess-ablaze/feed/ 3 3337 Episode 92: Midwinter Yarns – An Interview with Estelle Faust https://www.shinybees.com/episode-92-midwinter-yarns-an-interview-with-estelle-faust/ https://www.shinybees.com/episode-92-midwinter-yarns-an-interview-with-estelle-faust/#respond Sun, 08 May 2016 19:32:48 +0000 http://shinybees.com/?p=3223 Listen Here Intro I am delighted to welcome Estelle this week. I always enjoy the Midwinter Yarns stalls and particularly their banter so I was thrilled when she agreed to be interviewed on the show…twice. For those who are not familiar with them they are into traditional, robust yarn but with a modern style –...

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]]> https://www.shinybees.com/episode-92-midwinter-yarns-an-interview-with-estelle-faust/feed/ 0 3223 Episode 90: Curious Handmade- An interview with Helen Stewart https://www.shinybees.com/episode-90-curious-handmade-an-interview-with-helen-stewart/ https://www.shinybees.com/episode-90-curious-handmade-an-interview-with-helen-stewart/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2016 12:18:42 +0000 http://shinybees.com/?p=3190 Listen Here Intro So first things first, my mental and yet fabulous (obviously) assistant LJ is running the London marathon this weekend. She has broken her arse as a result of yarn fumes, sort of, so listen in for the full comedy breakdown of the incident. If you should take pity on the poor maniac...

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]]> https://www.shinybees.com/episode-90-curious-handmade-an-interview-with-helen-stewart/feed/ 2 3190 Episode 88: The Wool Kitchen – An Interview with Helen Reed https://www.shinybees.com/episode-88-the-wool-kitchen-an-interview-with-helen-reed/ https://www.shinybees.com/episode-88-the-wool-kitchen-an-interview-with-helen-reed/#comments Wed, 06 Apr 2016 15:44:31 +0000 http://shinybees.com/?p=3156 Listen Here Intro A short intro this week as the old croaky voice is threatening a return. This week I am thrilled to bring you the other half of my Best in Show EYF winning double act – Helen from The Wool Kitchen. She is from the wrong side of the Pennines but a good...

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]]> https://www.shinybees.com/episode-88-the-wool-kitchen-an-interview-with-helen-reed/feed/ 2 3156 Episode 87: Travelknitter- An Interview with Larissa https://www.shinybees.com/episode-87-travelknitter-an-interview-with-larissa/ https://www.shinybees.com/episode-87-travelknitter-an-interview-with-larissa/#comments Wed, 30 Mar 2016 21:25:18 +0000 http://shinybees.com/?p=3138 Listen Here Intro I hope we are all enjoying the change in weather…she says whilst looking at today’s snow. Before we get going I will take the opportunity to let you all know that you can still join the #RewindKAL. There is no pressure, you can join in with whatever you choose and just take...

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