Knitting

Episode 17: Funky, Funky, Funky, Fresh!

Image Details: ‘Here Lies Funk’ by Robert Francis, via Flickr. Hello and welcome to Episode 17 of the podcast, the one in which I am in the mother of all knitting funks. Slam dunk the funk. The funk of 40,000 years. Listen here

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Episode 16: Run, Rabbit, Run!

Image Details: “Park bench Discards Irn Bru” by Craig Murphy, via Flickr. Hello and welcome to Episode 16 of the Shinybees podcast. Thank you for joining me and a warm welcome to all new and returning listeners. Listen here

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Shinybees in The Knitter Magazine

That’s right! The podcast was recommended in the latest issue of The Knitter. It was a pleasant surprise; I bought the magazine today to get my copy of the sock heel masterclass article by Clare Devine. I spotted the mention as I was flicking through the rest of the magazine, prior to sitting down for…

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Episode 15: Swans, Clowns and Unicorns

Image Details: “Unicorn x Piccolo Latte” by Jonathan Lin, via Flickr. Hello and welcome to Episode 15 of the podcast. Listen here

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Episode 14 – On the Road to the North

Hello everyone and welcome to episode 14 of the podcast. I hope you are all well and have had a lovely Christmas and New Year. Listen here

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The Golden Skein

Those of you who listen to the podcast, or follow me on Twitter, will be aware of the genesis of The Golden Skein (TGS). This is a specially commissioned, limited edition yarn club, which brings together dyers from around the world. TGS is run by my good self, and the lovely Kate of Kate’s Twirl…

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Episode 13: The Cat in the Hat

Image Details: ‘Cats, Hats and Things’, by rcpromike, via Flickr. Hello and Welcome to Episode 13: The Cat in the Hat. What it says on the tine, effectively. All will become clear…. Listen here

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Episode 12 – Out and About at Yarndale

Image Credit: ‘Bus to #Yarndale’, by Bee, via Flickr. Hello and welcome to the show notes for episode 12. This episode is all about Yarndale, a new Yarn festival held in Skipton in north Yorkshire in the UK. I was lucky enough to go along and met up with Nic from Yarns From The Plain…

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Pennies Per Hour of Pleasure (P/Hop) Knit and Crochet Along.

‘New Cranfords.’ Image shared with kind permission of Jane Lithgow, probablyjane on Flickr. For those of you who don’t listen to the podcast, I thought I would let you in on the new knit and crochet along we are starting in the Ravelry group for the show – the P/hop KAL. Inspired by the recent…

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Episode 10: Travelling Light

Image Credit: ‘Potjie’ by s_mac, via Flickr. Hello everybody and welcome to episode 10 of the podcast: Travelling Light. A warm welcome to all new and returning listeners, as always. Listen here Intro The main focus of the jibber jabber this week is that of travel knitting. How do you do yours? Are you strictly…

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