(with apologies to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
In this episode we recap the upcoming chock-full month of October, our recent FOs and the glorious (and wet!) fourth annual Great London Yarn Crawl, as well as having a bit of an inpromptu chat with Linda Lencovic from Kettle Yarn Co. about her new collection for her amazing Baskerville yarn, Dusk to Dawn.
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Shout outs, news and events:
24th September-2nd October: Shetland Wool Week
1st October: Cheshire Fibre Festival
2nd October: Perth Festival of Yarn
5-9th October: Knitting & Stitching Show, Ally Pally
8th October: Little Grey Girl birthday party, Countess Ablaze Studio
9th October: YARN the movie, various locations - we'll be at Hackney Picturehouse.
10th-16th October: UK Wool Week
15th October: Stitch Solihull stitch up
22nd-23rd October: Bakewell Wool Gathering
29th-30th October: Kendal Wool Gathering
What we're working on:
It's al in the details: Rachel's Dark & Stormy is a gorgeous finish!
Rachel has finished, at long last, her Dark and Stormy by Thea Colman in SweetGeorgia Superwash Worsted in Wasabi - woot! She is also finishing a pair of Espresso Macchiatto socks from Coffee with C.C., and is trying to figure out what project she's going to take to Yarndale for working on at the Porpoise Fur booth.
Allison's Mr. H hams it up for the camera. Wonder where he gets that from?!
Allison finished the shawl part of Because Sock Yarn, whipped up a bulky Everyday Brew hat by the lovely Clare Devine and has started the Lambton Panes Shawl from Cowtown Knits.
Yarn Crawlers of the Baskervilles:
2016 GLYC Statistics:
100 yarn crawlers
15 volunteers
13 shops
20 sponsors
112 knits collected for Knit for Peace
And £1185 raised for our charity, Refuge. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! That's almost £3,800 to date!
Linda chats about her new bespoke yarn Baskerville and new book Baskerville: Dawn to Dusk
Many thanks too to Kettle Yarn Co. who generously let us grill her at the GLYC after party on tape and in front of the assembled Yarn Crawlers about her new(ish) yarn, Baskerville, and the just launched collection of patterns in her collection, Dusk to Dawn.
You can find the podcast on iTunes and Stitcher Radio and us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, in our Yarn in the City group on Ravelry, or in person on Wednesday nights at our knit night at The Goat on the Rise between 7 and 10pm. Everyone’s really friendly and we hope to see you there!
Have a great couple of weeks and we’ll chat with you soon!
Music (all available on NoiseTrade):
Remember the Monarchs - A Land Outside of This
New Beginning - Lauren Mann