podcasts – Yarns at Yin Hoo
Summary: I learned to crochet in a professional development course called “Crochet for Stress Relief.” I had never been much of a crafty person — but I fell in love with the fiber arts. A few years later, I learned to knit by watching video tutorials. Next, I took my first spinning class and purchased a Louet. When my mother discovered a loom in her attic, I took it home. The setting for all of this crafting is a lovely tea house near Delaware Water Gap, PA. I’ve been a longtime listener of audio podcasts and I’m happy to add my contribution with Yarns at Yin Hoo, which I will release in August of 2013.
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Happy New Year! In this episode, I share an update on recent projects, and respond to prairiepoet’s question about the tubular cast on and bind off that I have referenced so frequently over the past few years. It has really become a favorite set of techniques. If you haven’t yet
How many knitting projects is the perfect number of knitting projects? For me, three is ideas. Any more, and projects languish. Fewer, and I don’t do as much knitting. Since the last episode, I’ve completed three knitting projects and three sewing project. Plus, I have three new things on the
I’m smitten with this little ceramic village by Allison Borthwick of Buchlyvie Pottery. It’s such a charming addition to our holiday decorations and sits in tranquility on my kitchen window sill. At the opening of the episode, I go on quite a bit about IndieMart in Narrowsburg, NY. Some other spots
What’s November 31st? It’s a holiday for knitters. How do you celebrate? Stay up late to complete the project you had all month to knit. Around 11:45 pm, pour yourself a Scotch to celebrate while you bind off! The Back Porch Midnight libations! I still have a lot of finishing
I’ve been infatuated with hand embroidery and dimensional appliqué on knitted fabric over the past week. Now it’s time to get back to my knitting if I want to complete the Doocot during the month of November. And Sew Forth The series of photos below shows the details of my
The gift of a pattern and inspiration from a new book are just what I needed to revitalize my making this week. The Back Porch For the second time, I’ve completed the Lotta dress. I’m much happier with the result after making a repair to correct color and extend the
Success mending one garment gives me the courage to snip into another on this week’s episode. I talk about new patterns in my queue, yarns I’m itching to knit with, and my adventures at NYS&W with Samuel. Mending is a theme, but I forgot to mention that I purchased Katrina
Lovage is complete and I absolutely adore it. I’m so pleased with the fit and the clarity of the colorwork. Hopefully Rhinebeck Weekend will be suitably chilly so I can wear this sweater all day long! Humblebee Mitts Pattern Available! I hope this design for a quick and versatile pair
How yellow is too yellow when it comes to the colorwork in Marie Wallin’s Lovage sweater? That’s what I’m trying to decide this week as I work my way up the yoke after attaching the sleeves to the body. On the Porch Lovage by Marie Wallin The Front Porch Easy
Thank you for your generous donations to Elysa’s Knit Happens to Help project. They have been coming in all summer until I took a trunk full to school. Elysa will accept donations until Halloween. If you want to learn more about the project, give Episode 198 a listen. Your purchase
In this very special episode, I join my friend Hope at her shop and we talk over our visit to Quiet Valley Farm, where we spent the day in period costume and learned about the harvest and preparation of flax to make linen thread. The photo series here is a
The Back Porch Iris by ririko in Elsbeth Lavold LinSilk I-cord + tassel necklace in Samite yarn with copper hardware a variation on the Humblebee sock pattern TOUR DE FLEECE! 97 grams of spindle-spun battlings and assorted bits. 800 yards of indigo-dyed 3-ply yarn from Hog Island fiber. I split
I pre-recorded this episode for you to enjoy while I’m vacationing in Provincetown, Massachusetts. I’ve packed waaay too many projects, but it’s good to have options, right? I also share a poem by a beloved Ptown poet, Mary Oliver. Poems by Mary Oliver Breakage Wild Geese
It was so hot that I didn’t do much knitting. I was busy with a number of other projects, however, and managed to find some air conditioned crafting situations over the course of the past two weeks. As I’m typing up these show notes, it’s a dark and stormy morning
Thank you for your part in the Yarns at Yin Hoo community. It has been nearly five years and I’m so grateful for the friendships, knowledge, skill, and inspiration I’ve acquired as a result of deciding to start a little audio podcast about the fiber arts and other post-apocalyptic skills.
