Dear Spinning Circle,

Thank you for joining us here on this episode of Wool n' Spinning Radio with Rachel's mom, Janet Smith. Mom talks about her art education, quilting and art journalling, as well as getting into a discussion about pigments, saturation and value, and more!

Thank you again to my mom, Janet, for joining us on the show! It was a pleasure to host you!

The audio podcast is available on all your major podcast apps - please search, like and subscribe!

I promised some photos of my mom's work. I tried to share some of her quilts, as well as some of her paintings and journals. Please go to the Patreon post associated with this episode to see them! Patreon link here.

As always, share your findings with us, either on the Slack Channel, #general, or in the Ravelry group! Be sure to share your projects, spins and makes using #woolnspinning so that others can see your progress! And don’t hesitate to tag me and Rebecca so that we can see your stuff as well!

Until next time, happy spinning and experimenting!

Warmly,

Rachel & Rebecca

I hope you enjoyed our conversation. If this is your first time tuning into Wool n’ Spinning Radio, welcome. This audio podcast is a spin-off from the original podcast available on YouTube at youtube.com/RachelSmith. Rachel has been podcasting since 2014, talking about handspinning and making yarn. Her passion is working with her handspun yarns in projects, both knit and woven. Links to the website, Instagram and more are available in the show notes and at Patreon.com/woolnspinning.

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Until next month, keep wool close and your spindles closer!

We're starting fresh with Episode 89 and will be posting the back catalogue of episodes over time. 

Rebecca and I kick-start this episode with a look back at 2022 and hear from Rebecca about her year-long Sock Colour SAL that she hosted in the community. I really like the idea of having a smaller ALONG with everyone, based on a specific learning outcome around socks - about a yarn structure, colour management, fibre blend, etc. that would last a set amount of time. Let me know in the comments what you think! 

For those who haven't met Rebecca before, find out more on The Wool Circle Index here & find Rebecca Osborn here.

From there, we talked about challenges that came up in the year and finally, we introduce our Year of Colour! We talk about remaining nimble to be able to pivot, as well as spend more time on things as we need to. 

Our Year of Colour will begin with a couple of months on theory with Rachel and building our personal Colour Wheels with Rebecca. There seems to be three ways that people in our community are interacting with colour at this time:

• Dyeing
• Blending
• Managing colour (ie. in handpainted braids, combing colours in knitting/weaving, or other ways of engaging in colour)

Rachel will be putting out calls to the community each month for help with sampling and showing these different concepts in our handspun yarns - if you are interested, be sure to watch the Slack Channel (channel @spinningpurls) and Ravelry group (thread here) for more. 

See you next month with an interview with Rachel's mom, Janet! We can't wait!

Things we talked about on this episode:

• Spinning Staples Virtual Group here
• Queries & Explorations Virtual Group here
• Sock Colour SAL - Ravelry thread here
• Rachel's How I Spin: A Sock Study here (PDF)
• Color in Spinning by Deb Menz here
• ColorWorks by Deb Menz here

Music: Felicity by Scott Buckley – scottbuckley.com.au

Happy New Year!

Warmly,

Rachel & Rebecca

I hope you enjoyed our conversation. If this is your first time tuning into Wool n’ Spinning Radio, welcome. This audio podcast is a spin-off from the original podcast available on YouTube at youtube.com/RachelSmith. Rachel has been podcasting since 2014, talking about handspinning and making yarn. Her passion is working with her handspun yarns in projects, both knit and woven. Links to the website, Instagram and more are available in the show notes and at Patreon.com/woolnspinning.

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Thank you for listening! If you would like to be a guest on Wool n' Spinning Radio, please reach out below, in the comments, or send an email to [email protected].

Until next month, keep wool close and your spindles closer!

Dear Spinning Circle,

This month, we are joined by Emily Grace, who lives on a very small island off the coast of British Columbia. She is a long-time member of the Wool n' Spinning Community and I hope you enjoy getting to know her a bit better!

Direct YouTube Link

To find Emily Grace, you can find her on Slack as @Emily Grace

Patreon Link here

Thank you again to Emily Grace for coming onto the show!

If you would like to come onto Wool n' Spinning Radio as my guest, tell your story and let us get to know you some more, please send me a message and we will coordinate a time! You are always welcome!

Until next time,

Rachel

I hope you enjoyed our conversation. If this is your first time tuning into Wool n’ Spinning Radio, welcome. This audio podcast is a spin-off from the original podcast available on YouTube at youtube.com/RachelSmith. Rachel has been podcasting since 2014, talking about handspinning and making yarn. Her passion is working with her handspun yarns in projects, both knit and woven. Links to the website, Instagram and more are available in the show notes and at Patreon.com/woolnspinning.

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Thank you for listening! If you would like to be a guest on Wool n' Spinning Radio, please reach out below, in the comments, or send an email to [email protected].

Until next month, keep wool close and your spindles closer!

Dear Spinning Circle,

This month, we are joined by Rachel Richardson, who is a long-time member of Wool n' Spinning -- she's been an endless cheerleader for me and I hope you gain some knowledge, inspiration and maybe even develop your own daily practice from watching/listening to Rachel!

Direct YouTube Link.

Find Rachel on Instragram @raerich

and on the Slack channel as @Rachel Richardson

Please don't hesitate to reach out to Rachel! 

Thank to Rachel for joining me this month - I will definitely seek her out again once she's finished her flax journey to talk about that -- I'm sure we are all on pins and needles wondering about that! I hope you enjoyed our conversation!

Thank you again to Rachel for coming onto the show!

Patreon Link here

If you would like to come onto Wool n' Spinning Radio as my guest, tell your story and let us get to know you some more, please send me a message and we will coordinate a time! You are always welcome!

Until next time,

Rachel

I hope you enjoyed our conversation. If this is your first time tuning into Wool n’ Spinning Radio, welcome. This audio podcast is a spin-off from the original podcast available on YouTube at youtube.com/RachelSmith. Rachel has been podcasting since 2014, talking about handspinning and making yarn. Her passion is working with her handspun yarns in projects, both knit and woven. Links to the website, Instagram and more are available in the show notes and at Patreon.com/woolnspinning.

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Thank you for listening! If you would like to be a guest on Wool n' Spinning Radio, please reach out below, in the comments, or send an email to [email protected].

Until next month, keep wool close and your spindles closer!

Dear Spinning Circle,

This month we are joined by Brittany Vogt of Crux Fibres! I'm so excited to have Brittany on the show because she's a super active member of the Slack channel and if you've have a chance to follow her on Instagram, her feed is beautiful with amazing stories as well!

YouTube Link here

Follow Brittany on social media:

Crux Fibres on Instragram: @cruxfibres

YouTube channel: Crux Fibres

Website: Crux Fibres

Crux Fibres on Ravelry: @cruxfibres

And of course on the Slack Channel: @Brittany

Thank to Brittany for joining me this month! It was such a pleasure to chat with her and learn more about her journey. I hope you enjoyed our conversation!

Thank you again to Brittany for coming onto the show!

Patreon Link here

If you would like to come onto Wool n' Spinning Radio as my guest, tell your story and let us get to know you some more, please send me a message and we will coordinate a time! You are always welcome!

Until next time,

Rachel

I hope you enjoyed our conversation. If this is your first time tuning into Wool n’ Spinning Radio, welcome. This audio podcast is a spin-off from the original podcast available on YouTube at youtube.com/RachelSmith. Rachel has been podcasting since 2014, talking about handspinning and making yarn. Her passion is working with her handspun yarns in projects, both knit and woven. Links to the website, Instagram and more are available in the show notes and at Patreon.com/woolnspinning.

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Thank you for listening! If you would like to be a guest on Wool n' Spinning Radio, please reach out below, in the comments, or send an email to [email protected].

Until next month, keep wool close and your spindles closer!

Dear Spinning Circle,

In my mind this month I had rendered this and posted it, looking forward to everyone in the community 'meeting' Jenny and hearing her story, then wondering why those who have EARLY ACCESS weren't saying anything like they normally do ... Go check Patreon ... Oh. I forgot to actually schedule the post! But here it is now!

Join me in welcoming this month to Wool n' Spinning Radio, Jenny Solvaki, which is a very active member of the Slack community. You can also find her cheerleading others in the Ravelry group. We chat about her journey and how she found spinning, then we really get into her growing flax experiments from last summer. I hope you enjoy our conversation! Jenny is a magnetic personally - warm and friendly. Don't hestitate to reach out to her in the community to ask more questions. 

Direct YouTube link here.

Slack Channel: @Jenny S (redhead77)

Ravelry // Instagram: @redhead77

As with all of our guests, if you would like to hear more from them, please let me know so that I can invite them back!

Thank you again to Jenny for coming onto the show!

If you would like to come onto Wool n' Spinning Radio as my guest, tell your story and let us get to know you some more, please send me a message and we will coordinate a time! You are always welcome!

Until next time,

Rachel

I hope you enjoyed our conversation. If this is your first time tuning into Wool n’ Spinning Radio, welcome. This audio podcast is a spin-off from the original podcast available on YouTube at youtube.com/RachelSmith. Rachel has been podcasting since 2014, talking about handspinning and making yarn. Her passion is working with her handspun yarns in projects, both knit and woven. Links to the website, Instagram and more are available in the show notes and at Patreon.com/woolnspinning.

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Thank you for listening! If you would like to be a guest on Wool n' Spinning Radio, please reach out below, in the comments, or send an email to [email protected].

Until next month, keep wool close and your spindles closer!

Dear Spinning Circle,

This month, Dionne Carter from our very own community joined me to chat about her colour inspiration, how she got started spinning and more! Thank you to Dionne for taking the time to let us see a glimpse into her inspiration, thought process and amazing ability to combine colours. 

Direct YouTube link here. 

You can find Dionne on the Slack channel as @Dionne(Deej) 

For more about Charan's pottery, you can check him out here. 

Thank you again to Dionne for coming onto the show!

Patreon Link here

If you would like to come onto Wool n' Spinning Radio as my guest, tell your story and let us get to know you some more, please send me a message and we will coordinate a time! You are always welcome!

Until next time,

Rachel

I hope you enjoyed our conversation. If this is your first time tuning into Wool n’ Spinning Radio, welcome. This audio podcast is a spin-off from the original podcast available on YouTube at youtube.com/RachelSmith. Rachel has been podcasting since 2014, talking about handspinning and making yarn. Her passion is working with her handspun yarns in projects, both knit and woven. Links to the website, Instagram and more are available in the show notes and at Patreon.com/woolnspinning.

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Thank you for listening! If you would like to be a guest on Wool n' Spinning Radio, please reach out below, in the comments, or send an email to [email protected].

Until next month, keep wool close and your spindles closer!

Dear Spinning Circle,

I can't believe we are here already, again! Again! Another year and another Breed & Colour Study! This one is really exciting - it will last ALL YEAR. We will be studying Radnor and the colours are as you see them below! Super exciting.

Thank you once again to Katrina for dyeing, organizing and working so incredibly hard to make these happen for us. I know we've talked about how much work goes into the back-end of these studies, but this is another opportunity for us to just remind ourselves of the effort and work. Let's take a moment to say a special thank you to Katrina! 

I hope you enjoy our conversation about the study this time round, our reasons for making just the one for the year and more!

Patreon Link here

Happy Spinning & Happiest of New Years to you and yours!

Warmly,

Rachel

I hope you enjoyed our conversation. If this is your first time tuning into Wool n’ Spinning Radio, welcome. This audio podcast is a spin-off from the original podcast available on YouTube at youtube.com/RachelSmith. Rachel has been podcasting since 2014, talking about handspinning and making yarn. Her passion is working with her handspun yarns in projects, both knit and woven. Links to the website, Instagram and more are available in the show notes and at Patreon.com/woolnspinning.

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Thank you for listening! If you would like to be a guest on Wool n' Spinning Radio, please reach out below, in the comments, or send an email to [email protected].

Until next month, keep wool close and your spindles closer!

Dear Spinning Circle,

Direct YouTube link here.

I am so pleased to welcome another Wool n' Spinning Community member onto the show this month: Amanda Buckley. Many of you know Amanda from both the School of SweetGeorgia and Slack community but it's wonderful to welcome her here!

To find more of Amanda, here are some places to look her up:

Slack: @amanda

Instagram & Ravelry: @mandythephilomath

Please don't hesitate to reach out to her!

Thank you again to Amanda for coming onto the show!

If you would like to come onto Wool n' Spinning Radio as my guest, tell your story and let us get to know you some more, please send me a message and we will coordinate a time! You are always welcome!

Patreon Link here

Until next time,

Rachel

I hope you enjoyed our conversation. If this is your first time tuning into Wool n’ Spinning Radio, welcome. This audio podcast is a spin-off from the original podcast available on YouTube at youtube.com/RachelSmith. Rachel has been podcasting since 2014, talking about handspinning and making yarn. Her passion is working with her handspun yarns in projects, both knit and woven. Links to the website, Instagram and more are available in the show notes and at Patreon.com/woolnspinning.

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Thank you for listening! If you would like to be a guest on Wool n' Spinning Radio, please reach out below, in the comments, or send an email to [email protected].

Until next month, keep wool close and your spindles closer!

Dear Spinning Circle,

This month, we are joined by community member, Ange, who some of you will know from our Maker Mornings. Ange has been a part of our community for a long while and has been incredibly supportive of those spindle spinning in our #spindlespunsummer along that we've been finishing up! 

Watch on YouTube here

In answer to some questions she'd fielded on her YouTube channel, she made a great video about support spindling that many within our community have watched and found incredibly helpful! It can be found here if you haven't seen it (highly recommended!). 

YarnNYarns YouTube channel here

RainbowAnge on Instagram here

Things we talked about:

Soulful Spinning YouTube channel here

Enid Ashcroft spindles here

Woodland Handcrafts spindles here

The Spindle Shop here

Pattern via Ravelry: Aurealis by Jennifer Stiengass

Pattern via Ravelry: Bluebird of Happiness by Sara Elizabeth Kellner

Pattern via Ravelry: Hellik by Stephen West

Thank you so much to Ange for spending the time with me today & for sharing her journey!

I hope you will tune in again next month as I chat with more fibre people about their love of all things spinning, making & more!

If you would like to come onto Wool n' Spinning Radio as my guest, tell your story and let us get to know you some more, please send me a message and we will coordinate a time! You are always welcome!

Patreon Link here

Until next time,

Rachel

I hope you enjoyed our conversation. If this is your first time tuning into Wool n’ Spinning Radio, welcome. This audio podcast is a spin-off from the original podcast available on YouTube at youtube.com/RachelSmith. Rachel has been podcasting since 2014, talking about handspinning and making yarn. Her passion is working with her handspun yarns in projects, both knit and woven. Links to the website, Instagram and more are available in the show notes and at Patreon.com/woolnspinning.

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Thank you for listening! If you would like to be a guest on Wool n' Spinning Radio, please reach out below, in the comments, or send an email to [email protected].

Until next month, keep wool close and your spindles closer!