Episode 94: New Year, New Beginnings




Yarns from the Plain show

Summary: Hello, not from Cheshire today, but Bradford! Join me as I give a quick round up of my knitting and weaving over December and talk about my own new beginnings this year.<br> <br> On The Needles<br> <br> <br> The Woolly Wormhead Mystery Hat has been parked, waiting to be frogged. I have cast on a <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/talesfromtheplain/kunye">Kunye</a> by <a href="http://yarnandpointysticks.com/">Claire Devine</a> as part of <a href="http://www.thegoldenskein.com/">The Golden Skein's</a> first birthday celebrations. <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> I have also cast on an <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/talesfromtheplain/the-every-baby-sweater-2">Every Baby Sweater</a> for my cousin's little boy, but I have no pictures yet.<br> <br> In the Weaving Shed<br> <br> <br> I finished my <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/talesfromtheplain/toms-scarf">cousin's husband's scarf</a>, made from my <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/yarns-from-the-plain-mobberley-4-ply">Mobberley 4ply</a> and <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/yarns-from-the-plain-chelford">Chelford</a> yarns: <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br>  <br> <br> And I finished <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/talesfromtheplain/louises-scarf">her scarf</a> too, which was in a merino silk laceweight from <a href="http://www.dtcrafts.co.uk/">DT Crafts.</a><br> <br>  <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Shop <br> <br> <br> There is currently a 20% discount on items in the shop to banish the January Blues. Use the code JANUARY2015 at <a href="http://www.yarnsfromtheplain.etsy.com/">www.YarnsFromThePlain.Etsy.com</a> .The shop can also be reached from the Shop link on the front page of my new (almost ready) website at <a href="http://www.yarnsfromtheplain.co.uk/">www.yarnsfromtheplain.co.uk</a>, where you can also sing up for the newletter, to keep up-to-date with any shop updates, news, etc. Ultimately the show notes will be hosted here, but not just yet, so the Blog button isn't live yet. For shop tweets, follow @yarnsfromplain.<br> <br> Links<br> <br> To find out about the winter Workshop in detail, check out my original blog, <a href="http://www.talesfromtheplain.blogspot.com/">Tales From The Plain</a>, starting with <a href="http://talesfromtheplain.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/day-one-monday-12th-january.html">this</a> post.<br> <br> Music<br> <br> Rondopolska by Barry Philips, from the album Tråd, available from <a href="http://magnatune.com/">Magnatune</a>.<br> <br> Make Contact!<br> <br> We have a <a href="http://www.zeemaps.com/228047">listeners' map</a>. Please go on over to pop in a pin - we're covering 5 continents now but I'd still love to see where you all are! Please feel free to leave a comment here or at <a href="http://www.yarnsfromtheplain.blogspot.com/">http://www.yarnsfromtheplain.blogspot.com/</a>, or email me at <a href="https://yarnsfromtheplain.podbean.com/mailto:yarnsfromtheplain@googlemail.com">yarnsfromtheplain AT googlemail DOT com</a>. We have a Ravelry group <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/groups/yarns-from-the-plain-podcast">here</a>, so come on over to chat. You can find me on Ravelry as talesfromtheplain and on Twitter as @talesfromplain.<br> <br> <br> TTFN,<br> <br> Nic x