New Episodes
All the newest episodes from the podcast – a mixture of interviews, solo shows, reviews, stories and travel
Ep 124 – Yarnporium Fun
Yarnporium 2018 is reviewed on this episode of the podcast, where I give you a rundown of the event which...
Ep 123 – Strange Brew
This week we review the new Tin Can Knits collection – Strange Brew. It’s a knitwear collection that embraces everything...
Ep 122 – Isn’t It About Time We Put a Stop to All This Nonsense?
Sometimes, when something really gets to you because of its inherent unfairness and solid foundations in utter bollocks, you need...
Ep 121 – Holiday Knitting
How to decide what knitting to take when travelling? How do you decide what holiday knitting to take with you...
Ep 120 – Rusty Ferret with Leona Jayne of Fluph
Leona Jayne Page, Rusty Ferret Dyer and owner of Fluph in Dundee It’s a chatty and fun episode today with...
Ep 119 – Yarn Shops in Shanghai
Shanghai is the destination for this week’s podcast. I take a trip to not one, but two yarn shops in...
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 132 – Stolen Stitches with Carol Feller
Ep 131 – How To Get The Most From A Knitting Show
Ep130 – Daria Rakowski of Cloud 9 Fiberworks