Wool n' Spinning Radio

Welcome to Wool n' Spinning Radio! This month, Katrina and I chat about our long-term spinning aspirations. We get into a discussion about spinning thicker yarn, a concept of learning to spin across a continuum, and how to continue to seek out those who support your improvement as a spinner. We discuss future plans, our hopes and dreams, and what we would like to accomplish.  Please comment below...

Hi Spinning Circle, It's that time again -- are you as excited as I am to have something on the horizon to challenge you? Push you out of your comfort zone? Just spin, spin, spin away at your wheel as the weather changes? Me too. Because this episode is more of an announcement episode, and we really need action as quickly as possible so that Katrina can start dyeing, I'm releasing this episode to...

This month's Wool n' Spinning Radio is a conversation between Katrina , Becca and myself about the most recent breed and colour study that we have been engaging in as a community. This study comes to an end this month - I hope you've enjoyed it as much as we have!  This study was meant to push people outside of their comfort zones as much as possible. While the colours may not have appealed to you...

Welcome to Wool n' Spinning Radio this month! Katrina and I continue our conversation from last month but shift to creative-life balance and what that means to both of us. We chat about trying to be more active, getting in more steps and our sedentary life when we are creative.  I hope you enjoy our conversation! Remember to enter below for the giveaway this month! Happy Spinning, Rachel If this i...

Welcome to Wool n' Spinning Radio this month! I was so pleased to have Katrina over for coffee one morning and chat everything fibre, colour studies, work-life balance, creativity and much more. This is Part I of our conversation and the second part will be released in August.  Some of the things we chatted about were in relation to the Breed & Colour Study. If you are looking for something in par...

Thank you for joining me this month. I'm super excited to share this month's guest with you! Let me introduce you to my friend, Laurie, who moved from near me and now resides in the Interior of BC with sheep, goats and dogs. She is a powerhouse of information and I hope you enjoy our conversation! One word about the quality of the conversation. I try to keep the telephone or Skype quality of my co...

Thank you to Eve and Rebecca for joining me this month in our bonus episode! We had another word prompt episode and I hope you enjoy our conversation. We get into some more personal things towards the end of the show about Charlie, his prognosis and treatment options, as well as some other topics. I hope you enjoy the more personal snap shot of some of our community member's lives, as well as my o...

We are welcoming Heidi of Vegan Yarn back onto the show to delve into our current theme even more: Plant-based fibres.  Vegan Yarn official website here . Vegan Yarn Ravelry group here . Previous episode here . We chatted about a few different things: plant-based fibres and approaches to spinning them, micro-plastics (oil-based plastics) and living plant-based. Heidi comes to these topics in an op...

Welcome to the next installment of Breed & Colour Studies! I'm really excited about this study because we will be back to carded prep with a twist! Start thinking about your photos you would like to see in a colourway and get ready to post them in the Ravelry thread, open now! Any questions, please comment below or in the Ravelry thread.  Until next time -- keep spinning! https://www.patreon.com/p...

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Also known as my dad's birthday! I hope you are drinking green beer somewhere and I had to celebrate by including a bonus episode of something this month ... weeeellll .... Welcome to a bonus episode of Wool n' Spinning Radio this month! I'm so pleased to be able to introduce you to more community members this month: Candi and Mairi. Mairi made an appearance on the show ba...

Welcome to this month's Wool n' Spinning Radio! Thank you for joining me! I'm really excited to share this month's episode with you because it was recorded just a couple of weeks ago after Becca and I finished all of our spinning for the study.  https://www.patreon.com/posts/wool-n-spinning-17020143 If you are a long time Patron subscriber, you will be familiar with how these studies happen but fo...

Welcome to Wool n' Spinning Radio's Bonus Episode for February! I hope you enjoy my conversation with Becca and Rebecca, both from our Wool n' Spinning Community. We were all in a very reflective, thoughtful mood and the conversation went deep and contemplative very quickly. I hope you enjoy listening! Patreon Link here Until next time, Happy Spinning! Rachel If this is your first time tuning into...

Welcome to Wool n’ Spinning Radio. Thank you for joining me this month! I am so excited to welcome Felicia Lo onto the show this month. She is one of my mentors, which she may not know, and the reason is because of her generosity, kindness and openness about her life, SweetGeorgia Yarns, and being a mom. Whenever we chat, we always get carried away and go off on many tangents because we have a lot...

Happy New Year! I hope the holidays have been relaxing and kind to you. I have been travelling but am looking forward to settling back into a routine. There's something very comforting about the slog of the winter - we often get out of the city a few times to snowshoe and this year, we are going to try James on skis. We will see how it goes! This month's show was recorded in a cabin in the woods -...

This month on Wool n' Spinning Radio, I am so pleased to introduce to you Heidi of Vegan Yarn. She is a powerhouse of knowledge and skill with lots to share about what she does. I asked her specifically about spinning cotton and other cellulose- and plant-based fibres. She even gave pointers around finishing plant-based yarns for us!  I hope you enjoy hearing about her background, love of dyeing a...

Welcome to Wool n' Spinning Radio November's edition! I'm really excited to share this month's episode with you - I had a conversation over Skype with Becca (bethy40 & twistanddraw) and Katrina (CraftyJaks)! I gave them a one-word prompt to start the conversation and we were off! Please note, we had a little bit of technical difficulty at the beginning but it was all sorted out and we had a great...

This month, Katrina and I get on Skype together and chat about the project we've been working on for the past year. We decided to reveal the cover page of the book this month for those who subscribe* to The Thoughtful Spinner .  *Remember that if you help support The Thoughtful Spinner, your name will be featured in the book as a Thank You for Supporting this project!  We had some technical diffic...

 This month, I was able to chat with my friend, Margaret Sampson. She lives on a small-ish farm on the Langley/Surrey border with a bunch of Suffolk sheep and a llama. Her dog Katie joined us for the interview and you may hear her in the background.  It was a pleasure to chat with her and as I say in the episode, I have some of her Suffolk roving, which is awesome for socks, and would be more than...

The time of year that we are all consumed with Tour de  Fleece has come and gone ... it’s a bit sad, really that these events that  unite the spinning community have to end! Seeing all the inspirational photos on  Instagram will be missed – although, I have noticed there are more and more  spinners out there, sharing their photos and chatting!  Regardless, they have to  end at some point because o...

This month, I chat with my friend Ann, who is local to me. She lives on a small farm with quite a few dogs, cats and sheep! She has quite the collection of wheels and she shared a lot about her CPW in particular.  There was a thunder and lightning storm during the interview and there is quite a lot of movement - it's real life! Happy Spinning! If this is your first time tuning into Wool n’ Spinnin...

This month, I have the immense pleasure of sharing my conversation with Jillian Moreno. For those who aren't familiar with her work, Jillian is the editor behind KnittySpin and the author of the amazing book, Yarnitecture. She is an incredible well of information and forthcoming about her love of spinning. I hope you enjoy our conversation this month! Happy Spinning! If this is your first time tun...

  Hi Everyone! Welcome to a Bonus episode of Wool n’ Spinning Radio. This podcast is brought to you on Patreon for our subscribers and is a monthly installment that provides an RSS feed to listeners for their favourite app to listen each month. This month, I am releasing an episode for everyone because I chatted with Kim of Ewethful Fibre Farm and Mill    . Kim has plans to start a fibre club in J...

This month, I chatted with Natalie Redding of Namaste Farms . She is a firecracker of information and incredibly forthcoming about what she does, her knowledge and insights, and her sheep. I want to say a special thank you for her time - it was a pleasure to chat with her. If this is your first time tuning into Wool n’ Spinning Radio, welcome. This audio podcast is a spin-off from the original pod...

This month, I had the chance to chat with Becca, who many of you know from Slack and the Ravelry group. She is a prolific spinner, incredible cheerleader for many of us taking on a large project and kind. It was incredibly fun to chat with her.  Thank you to Becca for taking the time to chat with me - I hope to have her on the show again in the future. Happy Spinning! If this is your first time tu...

Thank you for tuning in this month to Wool n' Spinning Radio! This month, I am so pleased to have the opportunity to chat with my friend and Wool n' Spinning community member, Nina La Fountaine.  Nina lives in Santiago, Chile, and designs under the name Fuzzy Love Knots. She chats about spinning, local wool and living in Chile. I hope you enjoy listening - we had a blast chatting to each other. Fo...