Thanks so much for being a listener of The Yarniacs Podcast! If you've listened for a length of time you may know that a few years ago Gayle and I started celebrating our podcast anniversary with a special episode. Largely because if we didn't put it on our calendar and plan something, we'd forget and the date would pass unnoticed as it did for the first few years.

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Our anniversary episode is a different episode—none of our regular segments. We hope you will enjoy this different episode and promise to be back next time with more stalking and project talk. Enjoy!

How COVID and the Pandemic affected worldwide wool prices

Technology

Knitter’s Pride Mindful Collection Swivel Interchangeable Cords

Knitting Belts Knitters who lever knit, also known as Irish Cottage Knitting, where you hold a long knitting needle under your arm, can use a knitting belt to hold the needle. This takes the weight of the knitting off your hands. Can be useful when recovering from a hand/thumb injury.

Sports

Shoes with knit fabric uppers

Fashion news

Harry Styles crochet sweater

Colour Block Patchwork Cardigan by JW Anderson

Taylor Swift's Cardigan

Folklore Cardigan by Amy Gunderson

Health

Man starts knitting group to help people recover from drug addiction

Health benefits of knitting (especially during the COVID year)

Knitting for a mood booster

Thank-you to our sponsor Infinite Twist!

 

Entertainment

Crochet hat from The Queen’s Gambit on Netflix

Alexis Rose from Schitt’s Creek sweater

Noel Fielding's sweaters from The Great British Bake Off

Celebrities

Michelle Obama started knitting

Some Good News

Some Good News with John Krazinski A Black Dyer Shakes Up the White-Dominated Yarn Industry

Baltimore yarn dyer raises nearly $100,000

Thousands of knitted hearts have been sent to a Glasgow hospital to help connect coronavirus patients and their loved ones.