Episode 127: Shetland Hogmanay Box, Wool Events and Pellets

In this episode, Anne starts with all the details of this year's Shetland Hogmanay Box before diving into her experiences at the Connecticut and New Hampshire Sheep and Wool events and her trip to volunteer at the Woolly Good Gathering. Finally, she shares an excursion to the Western Massachusetts wool pelletizer with Erin Pirro of Morehouse Farm. Things Mentioned in This Episode The I Thought I Knew How Facebook Group , Instagram , and website (where you can join the mailing list). The Shetland Hogmanay Box preorders will go live on May 17 at 2 pm eastern time. This year's box contains yarn from Aister 'Oo', Jamieson's of Shetland , Laxdale Yarn , The SIlly Sheep Fibre Co. , Uradale Yarns , West Lynne Wool , and Langsoond Yarn , as well as a day of inclusions and a pattern created to use the yarn in the box designed by Mandy Moore . Connecticut Sheep, Wool, and Fiber Festival New Hampshire Sheep and Wool Festival Woolly Good Gathering Western Massachusetts Fibershed Peggy Hart on Instagram Wool: Unravelying an American Story of Artisans and Innovation , by Peggy Hart Morehouse Farm's website and Instagram Check out Erin's video from our day at the pelletizer at her website! The pellets should appear on the Morehouse site. If you are in the midwestern United States, you might want to order wool pellets from closer to home from The Wool Yard . The Journal of Scottish Yarns Rhode Island's unofficial Sheep and Wool Festival takes place at Coggeshall Farm The Maine Fiber Frolic Massachusetts Sheep and Woolcraft Fair Music The songs in this episode were "What Love Means to You," from Tom Goldstein; "Better Than Us," by Humans Win; and Nicholas Rowe with "I Wish That I Could Sing It For You."

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Episode 127: Shetland Hogmanay Box, Wool Events and Pellets is an episode from I Thought I Knew How: A Podcast about Knitting and Life by Anne Frost.

This episode is 47:44 long.

This episode was published on May 14, 2025.

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