The Wool n' Spinning Podcast: Recent Episodes
Rachel Smith Anderson
A handspinning podcast. Some knitting with handspun. And lots of talk about my learning, challenges and successes with my handspun. Focused on spinning lots of different breeds, local and sustainable sourced fibre, as well as the monthly Fibre Club from Sweet Georgia Yarns.
Dear Spinning Circle, Working through a copious amount of sampling, although not necessarily at my wheel, but instead in my dye pots and on knitting needles! Lots to share with everyone today as we all recover from the Time Changes around the world! Direct YouTube link here *** Exciting news was released last month about ...
Dear Spinning Circle, I am reeling from the idea that we have been here for more than 300 episodes! Thank you from the bottom of my toes for being here, being present, supporting the work that Rebecca and I do, and continually showing up. Live Stream: Tuesday, October 1 @ 10am Pacific / 12noon Central ...
Dear Spinning Circle, We are deep into September now & my kids are all settled back to school – this will be the first Live Stream since the end of May that they are at school while we are streaming! Direct YouTube Link here *** Link to SPAKALs 2024 Information here – Sadly, our SPAKALs are ...
Dear Spinning Circle, Welcome Fall! Another stream this morning about washing wool, finishing Jethro and more! I hope you enjoy the stream. Live Stream: Tuesday, September 3 @ 10am Pacific / 12noon Central / 1pm Eastern / 6pm BST Direct YouTube Link here *** Link to SPAKALs 2024 Information here Note that our Emotional Chicken ...
Dear Spinning Circle, Rebecca and I have returned from Knit City Calgary – I have lot’s to share with you! Live Stream: Tuesday, August 20 @ 10am Pacific / 12noon Central / 1pm Eastern / 6pm BST Direct YouTube Link here Link to SPAKALs 2024 Information here Spinner’s Book of Yarn Designs Book ...
Dear Spinning Circle, Welcome to another stream – I’m super excited to share with you the spins I’ve been working on for TdF! If this is your FIRST tour, let me know in the comments below. Direct YouTube Video here Link to SPAKALs 2024 Information here Spinner’s Book of Yarn Designs Book Study ...
Dear Spinning Circle, Welcome to another stream! Live Stream: Tuesday, July 2 @ 10am Pacific / 12noon Central / 1pm Eastern / 6pm BST Direct YouTube Link here Link to SPAKALs 2024 Information here Spinner’s Book of Yarn Designs Book Study 2024/2025 Quick Access to Events & Information in the community: *** In ...
Dear Spinning Circle, Welcome to another stream! Direct YouTube Link here Link to SPAKALs 2024 Information here Spinner’s Book of Yarn Designs Book Study 2024/2025 Quick Access to Events & Information in the community: *** In the show today … Fibre Preparation & Spinning Rideau-Arcott/Charolais Cross – re-washed & started picking to lock ...
Dear Spinning Circle, Welcome to another stream! Live Stream: Tuesday, June 4 @ 10am Pacific / 12noon Central / 1pm Eastern / 6pm BST Direct YouTube Link here Spinner’s Book of Yarn Designs Book Study Quick Access to Events & Information in the community: In the show today … Fibre Preparation & Spinning Dorset Fleece ...
Dear Spinning Circle, Welcome to another stream! Spinner’s Book of Yarn Designs Book Study Quick Access to Events & Information in the community: In the show today … Spinning Longway Homestead Corriedale {Ravelry Project Page here} – Majacraft Rose 27:1, full of neps & accepting the fibre as is, spinning long draw, lots of patience ...
Dear Spinning Circle, Welcome to another stream! Today, we will have a chat about vegetable matter (VM) in our fibre & what to do about it! Direct YouTube Link here Quick Access to Events & Information in the community: Queries & Explorations is a chance to come together to discuss projects, ideas & trouble-shooting in our ...
Dear Spinning Circle, Welcome to another stream! Today, we will have a chat about vegetable matter (VM) in our fibre & what to do about it! Direct YouTube Link here Quick Access to Events & Information in the community: Queries & Explorations is a chance to come together to discuss projects, ideas & trouble-shooting in our ...
Dear Spinning Circle, WHEW! It feels like it’s been a while! Oh wait, it has! Welcome April & to another stream! Live Stream: Tuesday, April 9th @ 10am Pacific / 12noon Central / 1pm Eastern / 6pm GMT Direct YouTube Link here Quick Access to Events & Information in the community: Queries & Explorations is diving ...
Dear Spinning Circle, Welcome to another stream! Direct YouTube Link here Quick Access to Events & Information in the community: Queries & Explorations is diving deep into creating structurally sound joins in our yarns, including on the wheel & spindles. For more information, check out the Queries tier on Patreon here. In the show today ...
Dear Spinning Circle, Welcome to another stream! Live Stream: Tuesday, March 5th @ 10am Pacific / 12noon Central / 1pm Eastern / 6pm GMT Direct YouTube Link here Quick Access to Events & Information in the community: Queries & Explorations is diving deep into creating structurally sound joins in our yarns, including on the wheel & ...
Dear Spinning Circle, Welcome to another stream! Live Stream: Tuesday, February 20th @ 10am Pacific / 12noon Central / 1pm Eastern / 6pm GMT Direct YouTube Link here Quick Access to Events & Information in the community: Queries & Explorations is diving deep into creating structurally sound joins in our yarns, including on the wheel & ...
Dear Spinning Circle, Welcome to another stream! Live Stream: Tuesday, February5th @ 10am Pacific / 12noon Central / 1pm Eastern / 6pm GMT Direct YouTube Link here Quick Access to Events & Information in the community: In the show today … Spinning Combo Spin (Contrast of Proportion sampling) – Crafty Jaks Boutique & Smith Targhee ...
Dear Spinning Circle, Welcome to another stream! I hope you are all well & good – I’m excited to share with you all the things happening here in the background as I make my through January! Direct YouTube Link here Quick Access to Events & Information in the community: In the show today … Spindling ...
More Jingle All the Way! Yarn, Turtledove II, Wistmas on BFL & More! | Wool n' Spinning, ep. 282 | Today, talking about textured yarns & troubleshooting, prepping compacted fibre on handcards & casting on the airiest sweater EVER! #woolnspinning
Dear Spinning Circle, Please note the CHANGE IN DAY for this week’s live stream. Thank you for your understanding as I have to report into work on Tuesday! Direct YouTube Link here Recent Tutorial on how to use Ravelry & Slack – requests were made for help! Ketchup & Pickles for November 2023 here CoreSpin ...
Dear Spinning Circle, Welcome to another stream! Live Stream: Tuesday, November 21st @ 10am Pacific / 12noon Central / 1pm Eastern / 6pm GMT Direct YouTube Link here Recent Tutorial on how to use Ravelry & Slack – requests were made for help! Ketchup & Pickles for November 2023 here CoreSpin Along In October, Rebecca ...
Stash-down Combo-spin & Attune Shawl Cast-on! | Wool n' Spinning, ep. 274 | Premiere episose Tomorrow at 10am Pacific! Talking about a new spin, a cast-on for #spintoknitATTUNE and more!
Plying Island, Kainuu Harmaas, Prepping Dorset & Amalia Cardi Cast-on | Wool n' Spinning, ep. 273 | Jam-packed show today with finished yarn bananza! Combo spin & Kainuu Harmaa spins finished; swatching & casting on Weekender Light; Amalia cardigan pivot & more!
Supported Spindling Rolag blends, Trinigan & More! | WnS, ep. 272 | Big discussion about spindling, how to run a drop spindle down your leg for speed, finished tank in plant-fibres and more!
Mandolin FO, Casting on Winters Beach & Sahara, TdF/dFF & More | Wool n' Spinning, ep. 271 | Lots of spindle chatter, sweater knitting, casting on. #woolnspinning #useyourhandspun
Combo Draft Progress, Newspaper FO & Mandolin Cast-on | Wool n' Spinning, ep. 270 | Lots of chatter about my current work in progress, demo-ing carding together mutliple strips of fibre for combo-drafting & finished sweater! #woolnspinning #useyourhandspun
Spindle Spinning, ATTUNE-Along, Newspaper Progress, Huck Towels & More| Wool n' Spinning, ep. 269 | Top whorl spindling for #spindlespunsummer, combination drafting 3 colourways from SweetGeorgia Yarns, progress knitting Newspaper & ripping Catbells & Rustic Elegance towels finished! #woolnspinning #handspinning #spintoknitATTUNE #useyourhandspun
Spindle Spinning, Newspaper Progress & Weft Spot Weaving| Wool n' Spinning, Ep. 268 | Innoxia Crafts spindles with removeable bobbins, progress on top-down raglan in brioche, #spintoknitATTUNE & more!
Pressed Flowers in the Bag & Skeined Kainuum Harmaas | Wool n' Spinning, ep. 267 | Finished sweater, days in our life, sweater reflections about Acer after all these years & finished Finn wool spin #woolnspinning #useyourhandspun
Woven Ms & Ws Stole; Spindle Spun Cormo; Pressed Flowers & Brioche! | Wool n' Spinning | Episode 266 | Today, we chat about how Ms & Ws works in a draft, weaving with handspun, progress on Pressed Flowers & so much more! #useyourhandspun #woolnspinning
WnS Ep. 265: Fractal Spin for the Win! | Lots on the show today including how to spin a fractal, plying hijinx, spinning a multi-stapled fibre, modifying brioche sweaters and so much more! #woolnspinning #useyourhandspun
WnS Ep. 264: Recapping Rebecca's Visit (Montage) & Sweaters! | We're taking a bit of a break today from my personal Year of Colour explorations to chat about Rebecca's recent visit to Vancouver, including a montage that she put together to share with you all, and a chance for me to share with you my most-recent sweater cast-ons to get me out of the Pressed Flowers rut that I have found myself buried in. #woolnspinning #useyourhandspun
WnS Ep. 263: Naturally Dyed Colour Wheel | Gave away the SOS Luxury Silk kit, Book Club annoucement & Year of Colour update, including my naturally dyed Coopworth samples in a 12-hue colour wheel. #yearofcolour #woolnspinning
WnS Ep. 262: Continuing with Colour Samples | Discuss value scales in achromatic & chromatic, complement blends shades, pull of Crackle woven towels & start on an Ms & Ws stole #woolnspinning #useyourhandspun
WnS Ep. 261: Year of Colour Samples | Chatter about the colour samples to date for my Year of Colour explorations - inspired by desaturating colour, chromatic greys and more. SOS Giveaway for Luxury Kit announced. Links in downbar. #useyourhandspun #woolnspinning
WnS Ep. 260: Quick BFL+Silk Spin, Pressed Flowers Dilemma & Toothy! | Covered a lot of projects/spins in progress today including Toothy, BFL+Silk, Pressed Flowers and more! #useyourhandspun #woolnspinning
WnS Ep. 259: Progress on Ms & Ws handspun Cormo & Batts of Finn to Spin | Sharing process of support spindle-spinning Cormo, dyeing with Marigold & weaving initial samples and carding Kainuu Harnaa fleece from Finland! #useyourhandspun #woolnspinning
WnS Ep. 258: Starting New & Finishing Up | Starting off with the lock pop fibre prep, Ryeland spin finished, Dama hat from Badger Face Welsh Mtn, Pressed Flowers in Yak/Merino & Ms & Ws scarf warping in spindle-spun cormo. So much! #useyourhandspun #woolnspinning
WnS Ep. 257: Tying up the Year! | Shared in progress works, year end reflections about challenges & highlights, copious community participation! #woolnspinning #welfordpurls #useyourhandspun
WnS Ep. 255: Doublewide Blanket, Toothy & Sari Silk Rolags | We walk through all my new spinning projects from supported spindling Sari Silk to spinning Toothy Perendale to a drapey, high lustre blend. Casting on Pressed Flowers & finally, delving into weaving double width in Berroco Vintage! All that and more! #useyourhandspun #woolnspinning
WnS Episode 254: Happy Hallowe'en! Spindle Spun Cormo & Sophie Scarves | Sally Stitches makes another appearance on the show to disucss a new Mirkwood spindle that arrived (by fluke!) & finished spindle-spun yarn #spindlespinning #woolnspinning
WnS Ep. 253: Spindle Spun Cormo & Embers Sweater | Finished supported spindling the Cormo wool, fixed YStava cardigan & finished Embers pullover by Tin Can Knits! #woolnspinning #useyourhandspun
WnS Ep. 252: Sampling CVM, Toothy, Embers & More! | Sampling CVM/Romeldale and 'Toothy' (mainly Perendale) coarse wool for a future coat, update on knitting with unspun wool for Embers and more! #useyourhandspun #woolnspinning
WnS Ep. 251: Metamorphic FO, Knit City & Project Cast Ons | Recap of Knit City 2022, finished Metamorphic pullover and yarn discussion, starting some new projects! #useyourhandspun #woolnspinning
WnS Ep. 250: Handspun Metamorphic | On today's show, we have a big catch up from our trip to Toronto, along with a new FO and a cast-on. We chat swatching, weaving fresh off the loom and more! #useyourhandspun #woolnspinning
WnS Ep. 249: Welcome to Rebecca! Cormo Spin & More! | A big announcement today about Rebecca hosting both The Wool Circle & a new Spinning Group. Progress with sampling my Cormo 1# spin and more! #woolnspinning #progressnotperfection #useyourhandspun
WnS Ep. 248: Spindle Spinning Cormo (more of it), Southdown & Silk & Halvdrall | chatter today about my support spindle project on Cormo, spinning some Babydoll Southdown & Silk long draw & weaving Halvdrall towels from Gist yarn. Lotsa fun! #woolnspinning #useyourhandspun
WnS Ep. 247: Spinning Projects, Swatching Fabric & More! | Support spindling and cop misshaps, stashing down by spinning braids, singles spinning & sampling woven fabric for 'confetti' sweater ... and more! #woolnspinning#weavewithhandspun #useyourhandspun
WnS Ep. 246: A bit of Everything - Support Spindling, Singles & Jumbo Flyers, Weaving Linen (Unit 3) | We chat about a lot today from why pursue a Master's certificate (and why not), spinning on spindles and working with singles! We finish with copious community particiaption! #woolnspinning #useyourhandspun
WnS Ep. 245: Spinning Singles (cont’d) & Supercoils | In today's show, we discussed finishing singles yarns, what they look like when I take them off the skeinwinder, supercoils and weaving projects (namely Ms and Os). Community participation with lots of spindles finished us off! #woolnspinning
WnS Ep. 244: Sweater Progress (Afterparty & Wool n' Honey) | catching up after some time away - supported spindling, Xs & Os coasters, Afterparty & Wool n' Honey knits ... whew! Lots to share! #woolnspinning
WnS Ep. 243: All the Singles! | Today's show is all about spinning for and planning to use singles yarns. This is for a long-term project that I've been planning, which we will also discuss! Enjoy! #woolnspinning #useyourhandspun
WnS Ep. 242: Rip-it, Rip-it, Rip-it | Ripping back my Wool and Honey due to my gauge; finished spins from Sheepspot and SweetGeorgia - miles and miles of yarn!! #woolnspinning #useyourhandspun
WnS Ep. 241: Progress, Not Perfection! | Update on Wool and Honey by Andrea Mowry; spin progress on 100% Yak yarn, SweetGeorgia Yarns spins - yes two! and Sheepspot fibre club. Lots to cover #spinallthethings #woolnspinning
WnS Ep. 240: Farmhouse Cardigan // Plying 3-Ways | Today's chatter covers clearing off support spindles for a sweater spin, playing with samples for plying & my finished Farmhouse Cardigan #spindlespinning #woolnspinning #knitting