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Exploring the world of fiber, one draft at a time.
In this podcast, I talk about what I learned about cotton and spinning cotton in a class at SAFF this year. I also had the chance to do some...
A short podcast talking about the last five skeins in the yarn wash up, and my recent spinning. I mention fiber from a Phatt fiber box, they...
After I spin a skein of yarn, it needs to be washed. I put this off until I have enough to take several days of washing. I also talk about d...
This podcast is for the week of Sept 5th, and talks about prepping cormo fiber for the dyepot, and spinning a merino silk bamboo blend. I al...
A catch up podcast talking about Stashdash, the state fair and a black and white Shetland fleece. Stashdash is a challenge created by the po...
Back in January 2021, I was doing the New Year thing, thinking about podcasting again, and putting a discussion about the New Year in that p...
Just a brief note to fill those of you that haven't heard of my Mom's illness. I have to stop the podcast for awhile, as I spend time with h...
A tiny but perfectly acceptable spinning wheel is being 3D printed by Dreaming Robots. I have the smaller version called the Nano and I talk...
The podcasts will have a new format starting with this one. The good news is they will be more frequent, and the maybe or maybe not bad news...
Podcasting for me is on the back burner at this time. I plan to return with the Tour de Fleece in July 2021.
Last podcast of 2020 and maybe the last breed reviews I do for awhile. It is time to move forward into other areas of spinning and the new y...
When you go to my web page yarnspinnerstales.com there is a drop down box in the upper right of the page. In that, you can find archives. Yo...
In the last two podcasts, for some reason I said the livestreams were archived on Facebook, which is not true. I didn't even catch it as I w...
The Hebridean sheep have long dual coated wool in various colors. I used my study to not only spin the fiber but to show on live stream how...
First up in the podcast is a report on my study of the Lonk Sheep Breed. It's short so I went on to talk about all the spinning projects I h...
In this unusual year, even the Tour de Fleece was affected. The Tour de France did not run in July as usual, but was celebrated on Ravelry a...
The Coopworth Sheep breed is a relatively new breed, as sheep breeds go. The sample I worked with was from a lamb and contained long lovely...
A new computer meant a whole new learning curve on new software to record and edit podcasts. I think I finally have a set up I am happy to r...
So much behind that title! I am not stopping the audio podcast. I am moving forward on the wave of technology and taking my concept for YST...
The breed White Face Woodland was studied by the 52 weeks of sheep group on week 14. Unfortunately, I was unable to obtain a sample of this...
This breed review, second of the three I did at the same time, covers the Shropshire breed, another Down breed from the British Isles. I had...
For this month, I am releasing three shorter podcasts, all reviewing sheep breeds. These do not ave to be listened to in any specific order,...
The sheep breed for this podcast was new to me, after all my years of reviewing. The Gulf Coast Native was raised long ago for it's toleranc...
This podcast is a review of spinning the fibers from two Welsh sheep breeds. The Black Welsh Mountain is commonly known in the US, but it co...
This is another short breed review podcast. The East Fresian fiber I spun was a lovely brown color and very easy to spin in roving. There is...
This is the first of a series of sheep breed fleece reviews. Today's episode is about the Cheviot sheep. I was able to spin sample from two...
Today's podcast includes an interview with Deborah Niemann, who has the wonderful job of working for the Livestock Conservancy organization....
One of my year long projects is being a part of the FaceBook group called 52 Weeks of Sheep. Each week we study a different breed of fiber p...
Happy New Year! 2020 oh my. I start out this podcast with a yarnspinnerstales, about seeing life with perfect vision. And speaking of new, S...
When you go to my web page yarnspinnerstales.com there is a drop down box in the upper right of the page. In that, you can find archives. Yo...
The book Spinning Wool beyond the Basics is by Anne Field. This podcast is a review of the book. There are two editions of this book. The fi...
This podcast continues from episode 164, for Oct 2019. I talk about a few problems I had to solve during the Spin Together, with my wheel an...
So much happening on the spinning front for me this month, that I needed two podcasts to talk about it all. So this is the first one, and Ep...
This podcast is very different and so you have a choice. There is a library based video website called Kanopy. I found a very interesting vi...
I was able to do so much during this Tour de Fleece, it took two podcasts to tell you all about it. See the previous podcast for part one of...
This is the first of a two part podcast, because I had so many projects to tell you about for the Tour de Fleece. In this podcast I talk abo...
Here is the first of the book review only podcasts I mentioned in a previous podcast. After years of podcasting, I realized that the book re...
It's that time of year, and the tents are up and the vendors hopeful as the cycle of yearly fiber fairs continue. I mention in the podcast m...
I realize that is an unusual subtitle for a postcast. I recently had a total knee replacement surgery, and for the first 15 minutes or so of...
It's official! I have joined the ranks of retirees. Now it is time to 'spend' my stash, or as I have decided to call it, my retirement 'fund...
Happy New Year! It is always full of thoughts and plans for the spinning projects ahead. In today's podcast I talk about maintaining watch o...
Links to vendors mentioned in the podcast: Stitches events in general Atlanta Ga event May 30-June 2 2019 Stitches United is on that page to...
In this discussion of what I did during the 2018 Tour de Fleece, I talk about the wool breed Zwartbles, spinning buffalo fiber on a drop spi...
My favorite time of the spinning year, the Tour de Fleece event. As promised, here is the review of what I spun this year. This is part one...
When I find that a podcast has no specific topic, but many different stories, I call them a spin-in. I also likened this to writing you a le...
Epi # Topic Date 1 Using Combs/Shetland 10/28/07 2 Spin In General Chatter 11/13/07 3 Raising Angora Rabbits 12/01/07 4 Christmas music only...
Ahhh, tis the season of freshly shorn fleeces. But what if your cupboard is already full? If you have an answer, come to the Ravelry group a...
Ravellenics, for those that haven't heard the term, is an event hosted on Ravelry during the Olympics. There are events you can enter projec...
It's true, I have been podcasting for 10 years now! In the first part of today's podcast, I review the book The Weaving,Spinning and Dyeing...
Who knew there were so many spinning podcasts! I have the pleasure of being listed number 9 .