Adventures in knitting, hand spinning and other craftiness on the West Coast of Canada!
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Knitting, crochet, spinning, and fiber podcast. Following the fiber adventures of the indie dyer behind Fairy Tale Knits.
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Working my way through the overflowing WIP pile. One stitch at a time.
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A podcast with a focus on current and popular knitting patterns, yarns and online activities. Handspinning on a wheel and spindle are also active topics. Pixie Purls chats about pop-knitting-culture and the online knitting community.
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A podcast all about hand spinning yarn, knitting, wool processing and farm life with Kim Biegler, owner of Ewethful Fiber Farm and Mill. I own a wool mill where I process animal fibers into products for hand spinners. I share how to tips and life inside owning a wool mill, making yarn, spinning yarn and owning a fiber flock of animals.
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What are storage bobbins for handspinning yarn?
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All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. In this episode is a bit of knitting talk and a lot of handspinning talk. Storage bobbins, supported spindle spinning and a new spinning wheel. Plus carding some Jacob wool inside the wool mill. Link to watch this episode's video on YouTube https://yout…
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Romeldale/CVM wool talk plus listener storage bobbin ideas and support spindle Q&A
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All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. To watch this episode on YouTube https://youtu.be/p1JiWPIj3lc In this episode we dive into Romeldale/CVM ,the sheep breed and the wool. I share wool processing videos of it from washing through carding in the wool mill. Plus I review options for storage…
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Supported spindle progress and tips plus dyed wool carding indecisiveness
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All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. Link to video of this episode on Youtube https://youtu.be/_52evwvT-fU This episode is handspinning heavy with talk about plying different colors, learning supported spindle spinning and some videos of spinning on my Nano 2. I do have a new cast on so th…
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Shearing to Carding and ready for handspinning. Processing wool from the beginning.
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All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. Link to the video for this episode on YouTube https://youtu.be/CaJbgkf3KPg This episode is Shetland on Shetland. I take from shearing to skirting fleeces to scouring the wool, handpicking the wool and finally carding. This was the first time in many yea…
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Finishing our knitted sweaters, blocking finished objects and the next group project
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All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. This episode is a whole lot of knitting sweater talk. The Calliope knit along has come to end so we share the finished items, pick winners and talk about the next spin to knit or crochet along we are planning. Basically a lot of fiber among friends talk…
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Learning a new handspinning tool and prepping cotton top
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All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. This episode contains a lot of handspinning talk. Prepping cotton top for handspinning and a bit of spinning at my wheel. And here I go learning a new fiber tool, how to spin on a supported spindle. There are of course carding videos from inside the woo…
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Handspinning singles and cotton on a spinning wheel
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All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. Handspinning talk galore in this episode I show you the finished singles yarn that I was working on last week and start a new cotton spinning project on my spinning wheel. I also have videos from inside the mill as I work on the Romney wool, alpaca, and…
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Handspinning for sock yarn, skirting a Shetland fleece and a new knitting cast on
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All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. This episode has loads of handspinning tips as I work on two different spinning projects and explain my thought process behind making my spinning wheel adjustments and playing with yarn color samples. I also talk a bit about handspinning sock yarn and s…
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Sheep shearing day and wool talk with the shearer
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All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. This episode is sheep shearing day!!! Our small flock of Shetland sheep get shorn after a year and there are plenty of videos to share. Plus our shearer is kind enough to take the time to talk about why sheep seem to settle into shearing so well, specia…
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Handspinning yarn woolen style, different sheep breeds wool, wool processing fiber club
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All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. In this episode we talk about processing the wool for fiber club including videos of skirting wool, picking and carding. I also share a video as I finish up handspinning woolen style a cotton/wool blend roving giving tips on spinning cotton along the wa…
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Colorplay in hand spun yarn, Knitting a Sweater in 2 months and wool processing
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All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. In this episode I talk share my Calliope sweater knitting progress and then we dive into my current hand spinning project with wool Blue Faced Leicester top. I compare how playing with color in your fibers can effect your hand spun yarn. Then it’s time …
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Processing Merino wool and prepping a new hand spinning project
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All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. Shop for Ewethful handspinning fibers https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/collections Free hand spinning resources https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/pages/wool-education Join Ewethful’s Patreon Community https://www.patreon.com/EwethfulFiberMill In this e…
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Knitting with friends and mill shop updates
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All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. Link to this Episode on YouTube https://youtu.be/9KgabqirCtA Knit-a-long on Ravelry https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/ewethful-fiber-farm--mill/4292265/1-25 Pattern: Calliope Designer: Espace Tricot Yarns I am using for my Calliope https://www.ravelry.com…
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Gulf Coast Native Sheep wool, So much wool carding and Knit along updates
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All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. Link to this Episode on YouTube https://youtu.be/LKbC5cQ5nSE Knit-a-long on Ravelry https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/ewethful-fiber-farm--mill/4292265/1-25 Pattern: Calliope Designer: Espace Tricot https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/calliope-13 Yar…
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First finished knit of the year, more knit along talk and a trip to the fiber farm
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All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. Link to this Episode on YouTube https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=a47-XEN_t-Y Knit-a-long on Ravelry https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/ewethful-fiber-farm--mill/4292265/1-25 Pattern: Calliope Designer: Espace Tricot https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ca…
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Talking about a knit a long with Fiber Friends
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All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. Link to this Episode on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiPfTfUMEWI&t=125s Knit a long pattern Pattern: Calliope Designer: Espace Tricot https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/calliope-13 Yarns talked about as possibilities https://www.ewethfu…
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Carding Wool Batts with Columbia sheep wool
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All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. In this episode I walk you step by step from raw wool, through washing wool, dyeing wool, picking and carding wool into batts. I had so much fun designing these wool batts and I am thrilled with how they turned out. I hope this entertains and inspires y…
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The Spinner has Left the Building plus Knitting Project Updates
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All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. My Mission at Ewethful: My mission at Ewethful Fiber Mill is to fill making hands with small batch American grown yarns and fibers. I strive to produce lightly processed products that maintain their character, have low environmental impact and tell the …
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Finished knitted mittens, Hand spinning projects and inside the wool mill
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All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. Link to this Episode on YouTube https://youtu.be/wg7lAZYsdQ8 To shop fibers and gift ideas mentioned in this episode https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/collections Join Ewethful’s Patreon Community https://www.patreon.com/EwethfulFiberMill Shop for Eweth…
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All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. Link to this Episode on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wccXOvyoY4g&t=22s Join Ewethful’s Patreon Community https://www.patreon.com/EwethfulFiberMill Shop for Ewethful handspinning fibers https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/collections/fiber Free …
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Hand spinning yarn for a sweater, Saying goodbye to Magic Loop and Knitting Projects galore
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All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. Link to this Episode on YouTube https://youtu.be/FZbI9_-pim4 Join Ewethful’s Patreon Community https://www.patreon.com/EwethfulFiberMill Shop for Ewethful handspinning fibers https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/collections/fiber Free hand spinning resourc…
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Let's Make Yarn, Knitting Progress, In the dye studio
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All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. Link to this Episode on YouTube https://youtu.be/i86fpLcWTfw Join Ewethful’s Patreon Community https://www.patreon.com/EwethfulFiberMill Free Webinar Registration – Save your spot now! https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/pages/a-simple-guide-to-learning-t…
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Hand Spinning Cotton, Drop Spindle Plying, and another Sheep & Wool Festival
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All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. Link to this Episode on YouTube https://youtu.be/hxhsmzO0s_I Join Ewethful’s Patreon Community https://www.patreon.com/EwethfulFiberMill Free Webinar Registration – Save your spot now! https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/pages/a-simple-guide-to-learning-t…
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Lambtown wool festival, Indigo Dyeing, and Hand Spinning Yarn Samples
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All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. Link to this Episode on YouTube https://youtu.be/_gKgPm3MDo0 Join Ewethful’s Patreon Community https://www.patreon.com/EwethfulFiberMill Shop for Ewethful handspinning fibers https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/collections/fiber Free hand spinning resourc…
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Using a Blending Board and E-Spinner Follow Up
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All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. Link to this Episode on YouTube https://youtu.be/nzAa8KrJBmU Join Ewethful’s Patreon Community https://www.patreon.com/EwethfulFiberMill Shop for Ewethful handspinning fibers https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/collections/fibers Online Course for beginne…
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Comparing E-Spinners, Mill and Knitting Updates
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All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. Link to this Episode on YouTube https://youtu.be/Jybi35kXxWA Join Ewethful’s Patreon Community https://www.patreon.com/EwethfulFiberMill Shop for Ewethful handspinning fibers https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/collections/fiber For more info and to join …
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Horned Dorset Sheep, A Visit with A Shepherd and those Avoiding Wool Moths
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All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. Link to this Episode on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baPaEnM94ZQ Join Ewethful’s Patreon Community https://www.patreon.com/EwethfulFiberMill Shop for Ewethful handspinning fibers https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/collections/fiber For more in…
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Wool buy day, Suri Alpaca Talk, Used Spinning Wheels
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All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. Link to this Episode on YouTube https://youtu.be/dLmDAkJXZWo Join Ewethful’s Patreon Community https://www.patreon.com/EwethfulFiberMill Shop for Ewethful handspinning fibers https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/collections/fiber Jacob/Suri alpaca roving h…
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Hand Spun Nurtured Sweater and Drop Spindle Tip for Beginners
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All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. Link to this Episode on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CSjpN_BBBk Join Ewethful’s Patreon Community https://www.patreon.com/EwethfulFiberMill Finished sweater Nurtured by Andrea Mowrey https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/nurtured Yarn: ha…
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Spinning Wheel Shortages and Knitting WIPs
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All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. Link to this Episode on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLPwbGajxOM Join Ewethful’s Patreon Community https://www.patreon.com/EwethfulFiberMill Facebook groups for used Spinning Wheels, etc Fiber Equipment & More for Sale https://www.facebook.co…
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Skirting Wool, A New Cast-On and Summer Reads
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All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. Join Ewethful’s Patreon Community https://www.patreon.com/EwethfulFiberMill To keep up to date on the next launch of my online course for beginners head here https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/pages/courses-landing-page-waitlist New cast on Sophie Scarf …
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How to Hand Spin with Wool Batts and WIP Updates
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All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. Join Ewethful’s Patreon Community https://www.patreon.com/EwethfulFiberMill purple & brown batts – “Moody Glam” East Friesian wool batts https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/collections/fiber/products/moody-glam-east-friesian-wool-batts Mint Chip colored r…
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Dyeing Wool and the Fosette Top is Cast On
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All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. Join Ewethful’s Patreon Community https://www.patreon.com/EwethfulFiberMill Pattern: Fosette Designer: Devin Ventre, Knitty McPurly https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/fosette Using Romeldale handspun yarn fiber was from Bohlayer’s Orchards https:/…
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Alpaca Shearing, Knitting with Hand Spun Yarn
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All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. For show notes http://www.beingewethful.com/blog/staple-length-and-wool or to join Ewethful’s Patreon Community https://www.patreon.com/EwethfulFiberMill Find me at: https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/ Instagram @ewethfulfiberfarm https://www.instagram.c…
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Chain Plying Yarn Tips plus Big Wool Mill News
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All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. Join Ewethful’s Patreon Community https://www.patreon.com/EwethfulFiberMill To shop Ewethful fibers and online courses https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/ I’m wearing Anker’s Summer Shirt by PetiteKnitshttps://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ankers-summ…
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Knitting Ergonomics and Knitting with Friends
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All about hand spinning yarn, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. Join Ewethful’s Patreon Community https://www.patreon.com/EwethfulFiberMill To shop Ewethful fibers and online courses https://www.ewethfulfiberfarm.com/ So excited to have my friend Elisa come join me for this episode. We talk about yarn, our current k…
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Sheep Shearer Talk and About North Country Cheviot
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A vlog about wool, yarn, handspinning, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. This episode includes an interview with Stephanie Wilkes, a sheep shearer from California. In addition there are also videos of wool carding from inside the wool mill. Plus current hand spinning fibers and a grass seed farm update. Interview wa…
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A vlog about wool, yarn, handspinning, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. This episode includes interviews with a several mill owners around the west coast. Plus a quick farm tour and a couple videos from inside the wool mill. Mill owners interviewed in this vlog Sarah with Mendocino Wool & Fiber https://www.mendowoo…
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Pygora fiber, Romney wool yarn, knitting progress
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A vlog about wool, yarn, handspinning, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. This episode includes an update on my works in progress at the mill and on my needles. Plus a bit about Pygora goat fiber and a quick farm update. To watch Episode 72 on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@ewethfulfiber/videos Patterns I talk abou…
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Knitting progress updates and a farming update
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A podcast about wool, yarn, handspinning, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. This episode includes an update on my works in progress, knitting with handspun and an update on the grass seed farm. You can find the full YouTube version of this podcast with video at Episode 71 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nJ6JHuGxgs …
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Fleece Unboxing plus tips for buying raw wool fleeces
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A vlog about wool, yarn, handspinning, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. This episode I unbox my fleece and other fibers from MD Sheep and Wool. Plus give tips as to things to look for when buying a fleece at a festival. There are also videos from inside the wool mill and a tour of the historic mill building. Wild F…
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A podcast about wool, yarn, handspinning, knitting, owning a wool mill, farm life and everything in between. Basically a makers life! This episode I take you with me to Maryland Sheep and Wool plus a farm tour at the end! Romeldale CVM Sheep that I purchased is from Bohlayer’s Orchards https://www.bohlayersorchards.com/ Beth’s Furry Friends, Beth S…
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27: More Project Ideas For your Advent Calendar Yarn
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Today I’m going to share more patterns you can knit or crochet with your advent calendar yarn! For the show notes, go to https://fairytaleyarnco.com/podcast27 Now, most of these patterns are for the advent calendars that have 20-gram minis of fingering weight yarn. Some are for using a full hank and one or more minis. I’m also focusing on patterns …
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26: Stitch Markers, Row Counters, Progress Keepers, Row Makers, Front of Work Marker
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Ever wonder what the difference between different kinds of stitch markers in knitting and crochet? Not sure what to do with that progress keeper? Well, this is the episode for you! I'll explain them all so you know exactly which you want to use and when!By Fairy Tale Knits
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25: Chatting with Barb from Pittsburgh Creative Arts Festival
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I had a chance to talk with Barb from Pittsburgh Creative Arts Festival and we had a fabulous chat! This is one of my favorite events each year and I hope to see you there. Until then you can listen in to our chat!
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Listen to hear about other handmade products you don't want to miss out on!
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I have a very special yarn base to share with you today! It's, Excalibur! My largest hank and perfect for shawls! You don't want to miss this episode!
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We all want to improve our health, both mental and physical. Fiber arts can do just that. Listen to hear more and to hear about a fun challenge for February 2019.By Fairy Tale Knits Show
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20: Twenty Last Minute Pattern Gift Ideas
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