S1E8: Vest knitting, why swatching matters plus a BIG announcement | A Yarn Story Podcast

Welcome back to another episode of A Yarn Story! Kayleigh is back with us and we chat all things yarn, knitting and swatching. We must apologise in advance for all the laughing!! We had a total blast recording this episode, as you can probably tell! Tune in now and hear our super-exciting announcement (we're going on tour). ----------------------------------- Chapters (00:00:53) All important wine review! (00:04:24) Cricket and knitting - the perfect combo (00:07:04) Quick recap of Kayleigh's holiday! (00:15:06) Kayleigh visits Ellen at Crazy For Ewe (00:18:00) How to choose which vest to knit (00:20:15) Why swatching matters (Kayleigh hates it!) (00:27:21) Kayleigh is working on: Fierce by Kate Oates (00:35:48) BIG announcement... (00:39:39) Knitting for beginners: Is Fierce by Kate Oakes a good choice? (00:44:45) A Yarn Story restructuring (00:46:77) Hat knitting (00:51:35) Kitting for a sister! (00:56:15) Wrap up ----------------------------------- Show notes Wine is from my Good Pair Days box and is Mirabello Rose. A Yarn Story is now sponsoring the Bear Flat Cricket Club and we look forward to attending a game at some point. Kayleigh was in the states for vacation for a couple of weeks and told us all about that including the lovely yarn she picked up at Crazy for Ewe in Maryland where her grandma is the store manager. She even made it as a guest on the Crazy For Ewe YouTube ! Kayleigh came home with some Noro Madara in a very Carmen’s pink, it’s gorgeous. Question is, which vest does she knit with it? Weekend Slipover V Neck by PetiteKnit The Best Vest by James Watts Diane by Alice Hammer Goldwyn Folly By Thea Colman Kayleigh is finally making good progress on Fierce by Kate Oates after having to frog everything she knit on the plane on the way to the US. Kayleigh is using Walcot Yarns Origin in Wild Lilac + Spincycle Yarns Dream State in Lovespell. Carmen has yet to cast-on but will be knitting Fierce in the colors Fireweed + Dream World. We are so excited to announce that we will be at Rhinebeck this year! In fact, Walcot Yarns will be exhibiting at Wool & Folk with our friends les Garçons on Friday Oct 20, 2023 The plan is to make Raingelt Slouchy Beanies by Rastus Hsu for Wool & Folk in all the bright shades of Walcot Yarns Opus. We might both also try to knit Mastiha by Thea Colman to wear at Rhinebeck as well. Basically too many things we want to knit, so we need to get on with it! ----------------------------------- Get In Touch Social Media : Instagram | TikTok Website : www.ayarnstory.co.uk Email : hello@ayarnstory.co.uk Visit us: A Yarn Story, 128 Walcot Street, Bath, BA1 5BG +44 (0)1225 429239