The Shinybees Knitting and Yarn Podcast

By Jo Milmine

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What's The Shinybees Knitting and Yarn Podcast about?

The podcast for those who like their knitting, yarn and comedy in equally large measures. Hosted by UK knitter Jo Milmine, there are regular interviews with all your favourite designers and dyers. Get the latest knitting news, yarn and pattern book reviews, show updates along with local yarn shop visits and knitting related travel. Business minded? Enjoy the interviews with knitting and yarn entrepreneurs for top tips and inspiration on making it in the industry. Enjoy the finest funny knitting pattern 'picks' that Ravelry has to offer.

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Ep 178 - A Cross Stitch

07.20.2021

Knitting is out and cross stitch is in this week, as the temperature in the UK makes it a bit less fun to be playing with yarn. Nobody likes to knit with sausage fingers, after all. After discovering 8BitNorth Cross ...

The Shinybees Knitting and Yarn Podcast episodes:

07.20.2021 Ep 178 - A Cross Stitch Knitting is out and cross stitch is in this week, as the temperature in the UK makes it a bit less fun to be playing with yarn. Nobody likes to knit with sausage fingers, after all. After discovering 8BitNorth Cross ...
06.16.2021 Ep 177 - Unravel Review with Aimee of Knit.Spin.Cake. Hybrid Yarn festivals continue in this episode where Jo is joined by Aimee of KnitSpinCake podcast to review her experience of attending Unravel's hybrid yarn show. Aimee took part in the social aspects, saw some of the vendor showcases and, ...
04.30.2021 Ep 176 - A Hybrid Yarn Festival? This week we're exploring the evolution of yarn festivals through the past year or so. Many of the festivals were forced to cancel their in person offer and have looked to alternative methods of putting on their event. After discussing ...
04.20.2021 Ep 175 - Liz's Lucky Scarf Knitting, gin, books and a lucky scarf. This week's show is dedicated to Liz Marley aka @greensideknits, dear friend and listener of the podcast. An epic knitter and all round awesome, kind and witty person who will be very sadly ...
03.23.2021 Ep 174 - Birthday Gifts For Knitters (That's Not Yarn) If you have a knitter in your life, you'll appreciate this roundup of knitting gift ideas, that isn't more yarn. In this episode, we'll cover some suggestions for six alternative ideas for gifts for knitters. 1) Adidas Samba Fox trainers ...
03.02.2021 Ep 173 - Baby Knits Roundup Following Ep 171 about great patterns for baby knits and Ep 172 about good yarns for kids and baby knits, this week is a roundup of all the community feedback on both these subjects. I’m also asking for some suggestion ...
02.19.2021 Ep 172 - Great Yarns For Baby and Kids Knits Following on from ep 171, today we are covering some of my go-to baby and kid knitting yarns. Split into 3 sections, we'll cover 4ply, DK and patterned yarns, at a variety of price points. There are also different fibres ...
02.09.2021 Ep 171 - Knitting Patterns For New Babies Knitting Patterns For New Babies I’m now an Auntie! And that means I actually need to produce some knitwear for the little fella. As such, it seemed a good idea to talk about good knitting patterns for new babies. I ...
02.02.2021 Ep 170 - Knitting Trends for 2021 What will be the knitting trends for hand knitters in 2021? Not that I am in any way an authority on the finer points of craft fashion and popularity, but these are my predictions for what will be a knitting ...
01.13.2021 Knitting Challenges For 2021 It's a new year so naturally, there's a lot of chat around about challenges, projects and planning. Today's episode is about knitting challenges. Are you taking part in any for 2021? Don't worry if you aren't; hopefully this episode will ...
12.23.2020 Ep 168 - Canter This episode is fairly light on the knitting chat as my creative exploits this week are mostly focused around creating a vision board for 2021. My word for the year for 2021 came courtesy of Gery Cinnamon and his song ...
12.11.2020 Ep 167 - A Pod of Christmas Past This week we take a trip down memory lane to 2014, and a pattern pick I originally recorded for A Playful day podcast. It's a Christmas themed one, and it - of course - contains some great comedy knitting patterns. ...
12.04.2020 Ep 166 - A Scotch Egg is Not a Substantial Knit This week is a quick chat on Scotch Eggs and a surprising fact about Scotch Egg knitting and crochet patterns.
11.24.2020 Ep 165 - Getting Rid of Moths in Knitwear Moth infestation in knitwear is every knitter's worst nightmare. In this episode I cover some of the background of which kinds of moths chew knitwear in the UK and how to get rid of them. There are only two, but ...
11.18.2020 Ep 164 - Knitted Wreaths For Christmas With all the joy sucked out of life at the moment, it's time to turn festive up to 11! As a massive Christmas fan, I'm always one to have the real tree picked out, chopped down and in the house ...
11.13.2020 Ep 163 - Delicious Little Joys The #DeliciousLittleJoysKAL is coming! Having not hosted a KAL for a long time, I was inspired to do one given we are now in the second, not that exciting sequel to the original lockdown part one. Delicious little joys is ...
11.03.2020 Ep 162 - The Boyfriend Sweater Curse You may or may not have heard before about the infamous folklore that is the Boyfriend Sweater Curse, also known as The Sweater Curse. The Love Sweater Curse occurs when a knitter undertakes to knit a jumper for a significant ...
10.27.2020 Ep 161 - Colourwork Sock Inspiration Socktober continues to inspire in this episode where I have a pattern pick of ten colourwork sock pattern ideas to share with you.
10.20.2020 Ep 160 - Dorset Buttons with Tania Ashton Jones of TJ Frog I'm joined in this episode by Tania Ashton Jones of TJ Frog to talk all about Dorset Buttons. Tania and I met a few years ago now when she was at the start of her business journey in the yarn ...
10.06.2020 Ep 159 - Socktober, the Month of Socks Socktober lends its inspiration this week, where I have a rundown of ten previous banging' Shinybees episodes that cover some great sock themed content. There are a couple of interviews, as well as some expert advice from Clare Devine on ...
10.01.2020 Ep 158 - You Forget What You Know There are some great knitting sites available and I often forget that not everyone has discovered them yet. That was the case this week during a discussion on the Shinybees Podcast Community, when I shared the new Knitty First Fall ...
09.18.2020 Ep 157 - The RAF Comforts Committee The RAF Comforts Committee was formed by the Air Council in October 1939 to determine the type and quantities of 'knitted comforts' required for the RAF as well as arrange for their collection, storage and distribution through their depots. Inspired ...
08.25.2020 Ep 156 - Back to School Knits This week is sponsored by Back to School, specifically the absolute abomination that is school shoe shopping. Despite indeed having no school for the kids, I decided to brave Clarks and get the pre-requisite footwear on a special early morning ...
08.18.2020 Ep 155: Must Knit Vintage Patterns from A Stitch in Time Volume 2 by Susan Crawford and Jane Waller Following an existential corona crisis a few episodes back, I've added more blonde streaks, I'm working on the Mini and I have been looking for some vintage inspired pieces to add to my wardrobe. This week I've gone through A ...
08.07.2020 Ep 154 - Paint The Fence This week it's about finding a mindless way to feel productive by painting the fence. There's a lot going on at Casa Shiny and my parents have been restricted again in Greater Manchester, along with a load of friends, so ...
07.24.2020 Ep 153 - Octopodiversary - 8 Years of the Shinybees Knitting Podcast Eight years of the Shinybees Knitting Podcast means today is my Octopodiversary! Not sure if that is even a real world, but I'm now going to own it on the whole internet. This show is a roundup of my top ...
07.22.2020 Ep 152 - Choose Your Own Adventure This week there's a new home for the podcast community on the horizon, so there's a lot of chat about that - and about the general negativity of social media in general. The podcast is intended to be a fun ...
07.15.2020 Ep 151 - Going Local We’re back after a regrettable rain and laptop-based accident, which caused an unplanned break in the schedule. If you decide to do yoga outside, remember to bring your computer back in when you are finished. If you live in the ...
06.26.2020 Ep 150 - Gone to Rats Here we are at episode 150! This week's planned content has been rejigged so it's a little later than planned. There have been some issues with accessibility on Ravelry which meant it is unwise at this stage for me to ...
06.17.2020 Ep 149 - Embracing Long Term WIPs for Mojo Return I've dug up some long term WIPs this week and it has heartily revived my knitting mojo! I've been stuck at home for 13 weeks on my own with two children. I never thought I would have to do this ...
06.09.2020 Ep 148 - Stash Fit After the revelation of Ep 146, where I talked about seriously considering a Full and Complete destash, which may or may not have been a mid-Corona crisis, this week I review a method for creating a stash that fits. It's ...
06.04.2020 Ep 147 - Knitting For Comfort Some patterns to comfort or soothe might be what you need right now. This episode has five patterns with that cosy, comforting feeling for you to check out. Also there are three resources for finding great podcasts by BIPOC and/or ...
05.26.2020 Ep 146 - Life Audit aka What Happens When You Consider and Full and Complete Destash Have you ever considered a complete destash? As in, getting rid of all your stash, totally, and starting again from scratch? Or not starting again? In this episode Jo confesses to having more than a passing consideration for getting rid ...
05.20.2020 Ep 145 - Cats to Knit and Crochet This week, we're all about the cats. Despite being a non-cat lover, it is hard to deny that there are some great patterns out there for cat themed - well - everything! Whether you are looking for knitting or crochet, ...
05.12.2020 Ep 144 - Stay on the (Kitty) Couch Hello and welcome to all new and returning listeners! I planned for today’s episode to be a short one, however, once I got into the flow of chatting, it ended up being a full lengther. There’s been lots of chat ...
05.05.2020 Ep 143 - Useful Resources For Beginner Knitters Staying home has encouraged a wave of new and returning knitters. After receiving many knit-related requests over the past 6 or so weeks, this episode is a compilation of my favourite ones. Finding good resources, particularly free ones, can be ...
04.25.2020 Ep 142: Eat, Sleep, Knit, Repeat Today we’re having a bit of a catch up, with some knitty chatter along with some discussion of recent reads during lockdown. I’m also gardening quite a lot at the moment, so I talk about that. There hasn’t been a ...
04.17.2020 Ep 141 - Methods for Repairing Hand Knit Socks Today’s episode is all about repairing hand knit socks. I have a pair of socks that I have accidentally worn through the heel of, and I wanted to repair them. I’ve collated some resources and options for repairing knitted items. ...
04.03.2020 Ep 140: Knit Accessories, Essentials and Variations Today there is a review of Knit Accessories: Essentials and variations as well as some DK pattern ideas for sweaters and some random chat. I have found my way back to my knitting this week. This may have been due ...
03.30.2020 Ep139 - New Normal Getting used to a new normal is tricky. This week has been challenging for most people and today there is a little bit of chat about that, along with a review of Wist Tha Bahn by Joy McMillan. You can ...
03.23.2020 Ep 138 - Can't Think of a Title Hello and welcome to another slightly strange episode of the Shinybees podcast. This episode has not followed my usual inspiration and research process and I think at the moment, that’s ok. I have some knitting patterns for you today, and ...
03.21.2020 Ep 137 - On the Run From the Corona It's been a while since I was last behind the mic, owing to some unexpected turns of events and globetrotting. All is fine now, though, and I am back in the UK, with some podcasting equipment and able to record ...
12.10.2019 Ep 136 - Yarn Advent Calendars aka What to Knit With A Load of Mini Skeins Yarn Advent Calendars have become increasingly popular in the past couple of years as a more fibre-orientated alternative to the traditional chocolate. Often, a kit that is specially made by an indie dyer will come with a pattern for the ...
11.29.2019 Hat In A Weekend This week’s episode is inspired by a recent decision I made to try and knit a hat in a weekend. This was partly prompted by a sudden ten degree drop in temperature here (doesn’t a chill in the air make ...
11.15.2019 Ep 134 - Turn the Wheel After a longer than expected podbreak, Jo is back and talking about turning the wheel when life gets in the way of creativity. Sometimes you just need to get the things done and that doesn't always leave a lot left ...
03.05.2019 Ep 133 - I Aten't Dead This week it's a quick catch up after an unscheduled break in programming thanks to contracting pneumonia. First up, I mention the recent discussion around racism, inclusion and diversity in the knitting community. This podcast has not been as inclusive ...
01.22.2019 Ep 132 - Stolen Stitches with Carol Feller Carol Feller joins me on the show this week, sharing her journey into knitwear design. Carol Feller (StolenStiches.com) is a designer, teacher, and author living in Cork, Ireland. She has published almost 270 patterns and 7 books, including Short Row ...
01.15.2019 Ep 131 - How To Get The Most From A Knitting Show Got yarn show plans for 2019? Are you a show veteran? or have you never been to a show? Somewhere in between? In this episode I share some top tips for getting the most out of attending yarn shows, including ...
01.08.2019 Ep130 - Daria Rakowski of Cloud 9 Fiberworks Daria Rakowski is our guest today to discuss widely varying subjects from eyelash yarn merkins(!) to an overview of the Canadian yarn industry. Daria is the creative genius behind Cloud 9 Fiberworks, and is based in Winnipeg in Canada. Originally ...
12.28.2018 Ep129 - Knitting Trends for 2019 What will be the five big trends for knitting in 2019? In this episode I share what I think will be the five top trends for the hand knitting world in 2019. Based on what has gone prior and general ...

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