New Episodes
All the newest episodes from the podcast – a mixture of interviews, solo shows, reviews, stories and travel
Ep 146 – Life Audit aka What Happens When You Consider and Full and Complete Destash
Have you ever considered a complete destash? As in, getting rid of all your stash, totally, and starting again from...
Ep 145 – Cats to Knit and Crochet
Cats to knit and crochet is the theme this week. We’re all about the cats. Despite being a non-cat lover,...
Ep 144 – Stay on the (Kitty) Couch
Cat couches have been the order of the week here after the discovery of several patterns to crochet one of...
Ep 143 – Useful Resources For Beginner Knitters
Have you been asked about resources for beginner knitters since lockdown? This episode contains a compilation of my favourites, assembled...
Ep 142: Eat, Sleep, Knit, Repeat
Today we’re having a bit of a catch up, with some knitty chatter along with some discussion of recent reads...
Ep 141 – Methods for Repairing Hand Knit Socks
Today’s episode is all about repairing hand knit socks. I have a pair of socks that I have accidentally worn...
Interviews
Hear from all your favourite indie hand dyers, designers and yarn producers, their stories and how they create the yarns and patterns you get to work with.
Inspiration
Be heartily enabled with all the best and most exciting new pattern releases, books, yarns and events. Take your knitting to the next level with bags of new ideas!
Entertainment
Stories, funny patterns, knitting mishaps, jokes and more – if you’d hear it round a table at the pub with your knitting buddies, you’ll likely find it here.
Show Host
Jo Milmine
Jo Milmine is a multi-award winning podcast host with six years’ experience of producing her own show. She became the voice of the Shinybees knitting podcast whilst living in rural South Africa and has taken the show on a round the world knitting adventure ever since. Featured by The Guardian, The Knitter, Knitty, Knit Now and pretty much every other knitting publication, Shinybees was awarded ‘Best UK Podcast of 2016’ at the New Media Europe Awards and ‘Most Engaged Audience of 2015’ at the UK Podcast Awards. Likes: Tunnocks Tea Cakes, Gin, Dogs in Comedy Knitwear, Pickled Onion Monster Munch, Self Striping Yarn. Dislikes: Speckled Yarn, Marmite, Reverse Stockinette Stitch, Man Buns, Being Serious.
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Featured Guests
Here are just a few of my fantastic past guests on the podcast. Hear about their journeys into working in the knitting industry as well as what inspires them to create the amazing yarns and patterns we enjoy.
Ep 158 – You Forget What You Know
Ep 157 – The RAF Comforts Committee
Ep 152 – Choose Your Own Adventure