I have never been able to go to a Yarn Festival. I hade tickets for a festival here in Sweden when the pandemic broke out. I had plans to go to another later this month, but my health has put a stop to that too. I haven't given up hope, that some day the stars will aline and I get to go to a Yarn Festival at last. At this point I would be happy to attend any Yarn Festival really. If I can dream, I would love to go to all of the big ones, like Rhinebeck, Barcelona and yours in Edinburgh of course. Until that happens, I'm vicariously enjoying you podcasters sharings and reports. Thanks for another cozy episode, Amy!
My favorite has to be the Scottish Yarn Festival that I was lucky enough to visit with my sisters on Sept 9! We enjoyed ‘blathering’ a bit with Amy and drooling over the various Gallus scarves. I do love my Scottish Yarn Festival yarn in the color Tait. It was such fun to chat with Eva and Katie, too.❤
I love a Yarn Festival for discovering new dyers, yarn blends, brands, and the inspiration they provide. Being in the same place as so many other people who love yarn crafts as much as I do fills my heart x
Hi Amy, all of your knits are really fabulous! I love your poncho, agreed, it is perfect for a chilly day to warm up and luxuriate in the coziness. All of your Stephen West shawls are truly stunning, wow! I’m looking forward to seeing the progress in the new shawl. I absolutely loved my visit to Scotland especially attending the Scottish Yarn Festival! It was quite warm that day and as a result not able to wear my shrug. I truly loved attending the knit night and seeing the massive mound of yarn for the yarn exchange. I enjoyed meeting everyone especially you and Rebecca!!! ❤️I am missing Scotland, a truly beautiful country and so welcoming. I would really like to attend the Wool and Folk festival one year, it sounds like a lot of fun and mostly the opportunity to purchase yarn I would not otherwise have access to. Thank you for the podcast in spite of recovering from a cold. Looking forward to the next one!.
If I got the chance and the air ticket my choice would be the Scottish Wool Producers Showcase (think that's how you named it). I want to get my hands on some of those small batch yarns that I may never get to see and squish living where I do.
I, also think this is "fabulous: Just keep helping people to make your designs: These when worn are eye catching !!! They are elegant, classy & "timeless". So grateful for sharing your expertise with us: Thank you.
I’m so sorry I can’t meet you at Rhinebeck this year…I’m sad about that but hopefully I will meet you in person in Scotland in 2024. Thank you for the information. I hope you feel better as you read this!
Amy, I love your poncho! If you are looking for a new pattern to write up, you are wearing it already and I would love to wear one too. I love attending yarn festivals. We are lucky to have several near where I live. The best thing about yarn festivals is meeting the people. I've met many friends through yarn festivals and in fact, I now work for one of them now at her alpaca farm! ❤
Rhinebeck is my favorite yarn festival. The electric atmosphere from the excitement of being around so many creatives is a heady feeling. The added beauty of upstate NY in the fall and all the animals makes it so much fun!
Hi Amy, The best thing about 'Yarn festivals' is the inspiration of seeing so many like minded people in their fantastic knitted garments and exchanging their knitting knowledge. Love your Coorie-in poncho, a must have in my wardrobe 💞
Being an introvert I have never been to a festival but in saying that, being Irish I would love to visit a Scottish one, or if I won the lottery I might chance Reinbech, lol. My knitting and crochet are my alone time relaxation things, but i love putting on the podcasts so I can be alone and not, if that makes sense. I hope you feel better soon lovely lady, x
I, too, love your poncho, Amy! Hope you’ll write the pattern for us. The Scottish Yarn Festival and the Edinburgh Yarn Festival are dreams of mine. I did love my brief time in Edinburgh several years ago.
I went to my first yarn festival this year to Unravel in Farnham, Surrey. I was truly blown away with the whole experience and I loved seeing the pieces people were wearing, particularly when I recognised the pattern. Thank you for continuing to delight with your videos I have now caught up with all your previous episodes and each one leaves me so inspired. Enjoy your trip to the US I look forward to hearing all about it x
Hi Amy, You will love Rhinebeck!!! This will be my 16th year in attendance. There are several vendors at Rhinebeck that are from the area. My favorite is Long Island Farm and Yarn in Building C. Tabitha is a doll and her yarn is exquisite. Miss Babs, Fiber Optics and many other US vendors are also in Building C. I also love the project bags by Madder Root Maine in Building 31. Don't forget to get some Cider Donuts they are amazing!!!! I love fiber festivals. It is the best feeling to be amongst other people who have love to spend lots of time making beautiful garments!!!!
I’ve never thought of myself as a “poncho person” but you make it look so elegant that I’m reconsidering that! I’ve only been to a small local yarn festival. But I’ve gone every year for the last five years and my favorite part is going with my friend and sharing the experience of seeing a sea of colors and feeling all the textures. It’s such a sensory experience! ❤ 🧶
Hi Amy! Hope to see you at Rhinebeck this year ❤ Yarn not to be missed is all the special farm yarns that’s hard to get elsewhere like Wing and a prayer. Tammy is an amazing special person! Loop fiber studio for her yin-yang yarn, or fiber bumps if you spin. Green mountain spinnery is good value. Boondoggle farms has lovely products. For very very local, Jill Draper makes stuff hosts a Sat pm Open studio event in nearby Kingston. Her yarn is locally grown and dyed and so so yummy!! Fox Hill farms has delicious cormo. Harrisville designs for their Daylights or Nightshades. Go with a budget in mind or a limitless credit card 😂 The button vendors are awesome too!! Take a break and watch the sheep events and give some scratches to our woolie friends!! Enjoy ❤❤❤
I am in love with your poncho! Please release knit one in every color! Have a great time in Rhinebeck. My favorite part of fiber festivals is the people. So many beautiful people wearing their beautiful knitwear….love it.
I love your poncho, Amy. Feel better! Any time with you while knitting is wonderful. I so appreciate the knits and content. I loved how you explained the retrograde- that made total sense to me. Thank you! Safe travels! All the best to you, Kimberly
I love your poncho, the colour is beautiful! I think that's my favourite aspect of visiting a yarn show (of course feeling all the yarn is great too), seeing everyone else's knitted pieces! Inspirational!
I love being at a Yarn Festival to be surrounded by inspirational people and beautiful woolly yard to lay hands on. My creative juices get going and I feel as if I have a new lease on my knitting practice. Seeing these products in person is so much better than Online could ever be. Thank you for a lovely podcast today. Your finished objects are over the moon beautiful. I’m going to send you a special message about your COORIE-IN poncho. This episode was second only to being at a knitting festival.
Hi Amy, thanks for another lovely podcast ❤ What I like about yarn festivals is the opportunity to see and feel new yarns in real life and of course to meet fellow knitters
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Thank you Amy! I can't wait to see the Geogradient in your amazing colors and yarn!
Thank you so much for another wonderful episode. I love yarnfestivals and I am so lucky that we have several in Denmark where I live. This year I went to one of the largest yarnfestivals in the small island Fanø with friends. The thing I love the most about it is the fantastic community sharing passion and enthusiasm for fibres ❤
I loved seeing all of your MKAL knits!! My favorite part of going to a yarn festival is being able to speak our knitter language with everyone there. I don’t have a local knitting group so going to yarn festivals is so wonderful to talk to others about knitting
Yarn Festival: I was hoping to go to Rhinebeck this year, my first fiber event, but hubby has taken ill so I cannot make it. Hopefully next year, doctors said to keep fingers crossed and stay optimistic. 👍 The gift of an entire palette of Scottish yarn is, imo, magnificent! There were two of my Ancestors' names: Gordon and Wallace. ALL the colors are dreamy.
The things i love most about attending a yarn festival is reconnecting with knitty friends. I also love seeing what new venders there are. Of course, also all the yarn and fibre! We have our own here in Southwestern Ontario, Canada next weekend, the Woolstock Fibre Festival. Im very much looking forward tk it! I love the colours youve chosen for your MKAL! I cant wait to see all the shawls knit up. I have decided to go with the crochet square idea for my Clue 1. This has all been a huge test of humanity, and I want to cry for Stephen, and the people who were harmed or triggered by the symbol. However, we pivot, and continue onward and upward. 💗💗💗
The red colour of your poncho…looks so cheerful and warm! I would love to get the poncho pattern when it comes out too. I’ve never been to a yarn festival. My dream would be to come to the Edinburgh Yarn Festival. I went to Scotland as a child, and always hoped to return. Thank you so much for a lovely show! ❤ …and a sharing all your knowledge and love of the craft. ❤ 🐑
Thank you Amy your podcast is a joy to watch. I Love the colours of the Scottish yarn festival skeins. Can’t wait to see your shawl progress. I have never been to a yarn festival but hope to go to our local Bendigo Yarn Festival next year. If I could I would love to go to Shetland wool week. ❤❤❤
I live in Kingston, NY and you are visiting at such a wonderful time of year. Some amazing women who run small farms here (and I believe will be at NYS&W selling their yarn) include Paula from White Barn Farm, Amanda from Prado de Lana, and Tammy from Wing and a Prayer. Also, Sunday morning Jill Draper holds an open studio (free, but ticketed on her website) Sunday morning that is such a wonderful way to ease into the day and experience her amazing yarn. Hope you enjoy all the festivals and maybe we will get to say hello! -Jess
The “Knitter’s Frolic” in Toronto (Pre-Covid) was the first and last Yarn festival I have attended. It was wonderful, the buzz of creativity and love of the yarn crafts was just buzzing in the air.
Oh Amy I love your podcast and I’m in love with everything you make! 😍 I visited your amazing country this summer and I’m obsessed with Scotland more than never now that I’ve been there! I would love to go to Pert to the Yarn Festival or at list to knit with they beautiful yarn! ☺️
I so appreciate your joyful sense of humor! When you put the Slipstravaganza on and said you felt like a frilled lizard, I clapped with joy! What a glorious compliment to you, frilled lizards and to Stephen West! 💗 Although I've been knitting forever, and live in the US, I dream of attending the Scottish Yarn Festival! I do love Scottish yarns! Thank you for this lively and lovely episode!
I would love to attend any yarn festival in the UK but especially the Edinburgh Yarn Festival, Yarndale and Shetland Wool Week. My mother’s family come from near Hull and my father’s ancestors come from Scotland. I live in Canada. I’ve visited the UK once, many years ago and one day in the not so distant future, I will be back. 😊 Thank you for your podcast ❤
An episode of your “dream knitting” The yarn from the Scottish Yarn Festival is very beautiful. I’m headed to Rhinebeck and Wool and Folk for the first time I sure want to stop and meet you I have been to Knit City yarn festival in Vancouver It was fantastic. I really the podcast. Southern California doesn’t really have yarn festivals. Stitches West is no longer.
Although I went to Rhinebeck last year for the first time (and had a marvelous time), my favorite yarn festival is the one that is local to me - Wisconsin Sheep and Wool. It is always on a lovely weekend in September and I go with a friend or two and meet up with others there. There are many laughs, a lot of knitting talk, looking at sheep, herding dog trials, beautiful yarn, and a fun dinner or lunch somewhere in there, too. It’s such a lovely time.
My favorite yarn festival is Rhinebeck…The location is gorgeous in Fall, it is so exciting to see everyone in their creations and to see all the designers and podcasters…let alone the yarn peeps and all the SHEEP!!!! Whoohooo
So pleased you are planning to write the pattern for your beautiful poncho Amy. I hope you have a wonderful time at the festivals in the US and look forward to hearing about your time there and hopefully to see lots of lovely footage! Safe travels. 😊
I went to my frist yarn festival this year ( the Scottish Yarn Festival) and i just loved being able to see and touch the yarns in person! I buy all of my yarn online so it was such a treat being able to see all the yarns in person and not just on a screen!
I love the angled ribbing extending downward on the neckline of your poncho design. The drape and the colour are also terrific. I have been to my local yarn festival two or three times, and the most memorable was when I won an extravaganza of a prize, to which each of the yarn vendors contributed something. It was huge! Festival has become so successful that it moved to a new venue, and I got really ticked off because the parking fee was exorbitant and that made me feel like I needed to buy something to make the cost of the parking worthwhile.(had I won a prize at that one perhaps I wouldn’t have felt so ticked?)
Your poncho definitely takes me back too ! It’s a beautiful pattern and your choice of colour glorious. I could definitely see a need for one 😁 My first wool festival was Wonderwool Wales . I absolutely loved it and also the animals too ! My lesson from it was to always go with a plan and perhaps allow for one ‘impulse ‘ purchase !
Thank you for sharing all of your gorgeous knits. Especially your exquisite poncho. I am in love. Thank you for the generous giveaway. My favorite yarn festival memory is going to Rhinebeck with my dear friend, Alida. I surprised both of us by spontaneously arranging for us to meet up there from across both of our countries (her, Canada and me, US). Such a happy time!!
I would love to go to the Scottish Yarn Festival. My parents are from Dundee with many family still live there (not me I was born and still live in Australia) so I feel I would have a deep connection to the yarns on offer there 😊 love your podcast ❤
Love your podcast …very inspiring.I unfortunately haven’t been to any yarn festivals …but one day I hope to travel again and include one or two in my travels. A Scottish yarn festival would be an amazing start
Your poncho looks amazing and such a comfy, cozy item to wear! Unfortunately in the Uk I managed to visit only a couple of minor yarn festivals but here in Australia I visited Bendigo - The sheep and wool festival - in JUly. It is the biggest in the country and I enjoyed it enormously but the best part of this experience was meeting people I had connected with through my podcast and my test knits...the social aspects and the enthusiasm, kindness and inclusivity of the knitting community are so precious and never cease to amaze me. Thank you for keeping me company while I went through a massive load of ironing xxxx
Looks like we all want to knit your beautiful poncho! Maybe a ponchalong? 😂 My favorite yarn festival is Maryland Sheep & Wool. I love watching the sheep dogs at work. They are amazing!
Such a wonderful inspiring and colourful podcast Amy 😍 I really need to get out to more yarn festivals for they are so joyful!. Just walking in the door you can feel the energy and excitement of all who are there. I often find myself talking to complete strangers because we all share the same love 😊 The best part is getting to discover new yarns, see their true Irl colours, and squish them! Have the most wonderful time in Rhinebeck, definitely on my wish list to attend one day.
Oh my, I truly love the poncho and I am looking forward to the pattern!!!❤ The Scottish Wool Festival yarn is beautiful, what a wonderful gift to receive all the colours! My favorite yarnfestival was my first one, it was thr 2019 EYF. It was filled with Awww and Oohhhs and my heart was filled with joy. It was also my first time in Scotland and my heart was taken! 😊
Lovely podcast Amy, hope you're feeling better! You certainly got some lovely yarn acquisitions, & how lovely is that Scottish Yarn Festival Custom Blend. What you've chosen for the Geogradient MKAL - will be beautiful. The yarn you wanted for the Tomorrow pullover is stunning, but as they say, should always do a swatch to see if the cables will work 😉 I think you're right though, it might be drapey for cables. I've only been to one Yarn festival as I live in Australia, as there are not that many here TBH. But I think the best thing about when I went was connecting with other makers, and meeting the suppliers of various products. The highlight for me though was the dogs rounding the sheep up, that was fun
Thank you Amy for the encouragement in the card reading and the poem. Very much appreciated to embrace or lives and be joyful in them. Your finished sweaters were beautiful and the colours great!. I have already purchase yarn for the Agley shawl - It will my first and cant wait for your pattern to be published. Also your poncho was fabulous and also would love to have that pattern also. So very thankful that even sick you have recorded such an uplifting episode. Hope you have a fabulous time away.
My goodness I need a lie down after that 💕 so fabulous Amy! Red looks amazing on you ❤️Enjoy your trip over the pond, I’m sure it will be a blast. Safe travels and happy Rhinebeck, Karen 🥰
A yarn festival means to be in the midst of buzzling "sisters in crime". And that is a great feeling for me 🤩, Thank you for another lovely hour with you, 🌈
My first fiber festival was in Seattle, WA this year called Flock. It was a wonderful gathering with many beautiful vendor yarns and notions including The Lamb and the Kid! Love your podcast Amy.
My favorite experience at a yarn festival is sitting down to knit with people I have never met before. Knitters are a special kind of people. Very friendly and it is great fun to sit and knit with them and learn about them and their projects.
I have only gone to a small local yarn festival in Michigan. Of course, I would love to go to Rhinebeck but even Maryland sheep and wool sounds like fun. Maybe someday I will make it to the Perth festival!
Hi, Amy, unfortunately in Romania, where I live, no yarn festivals are held. I so much wish I were able to go to such an event because here it is very difficult to find natural fiber yarn. We can buy only synthetic blends imported from Turkey. I wish they would hold these festivals in summertime the only time when I am able to travel. I am a teacher so I can not take leave from school in autumn when Rhinebeck , The Scottish Yarn Festival and others happen. That's why I thank you for all the updates on these events. It' s such a treat to follow your posts.
I love your Podcast! I have never been to a Yarn festival but I would love to go to the Scottish Yarn Festival . Your red Poncho is gorgeous 💜 .Hope you feel better soon .Wishing you a wonderful wooly time in Rhinebeck !
I finally went to my first yarn festival very recently - dfw fiber fest - and had the best time with my daughter. We ran into another of my favorite podcasters and bought loads of gorgeous yarn!
Yarn festival….. well my favorite thing to experience at a yarn festival is touching yarn blends that I’ve only ever heard (or dreamt) about. I remember feeling Gotland for the first time and practically swooning! Enjoy Rhinebeck.
Great to see you again, Amy! I love your poncho, it looks great on you, and the color really suits you. I hope you publish the pattern! My favorite yarn festival was the one I attended this past August, The Michigan Fiber Festival. I attended with my husband, which was a treat. He enjoys a day away, and I think he wanted to keep an eye on my purchases! The only downside is that the temps were in the 90s F (30s C) 🥵
Can’t wait for you poncho release- it caught my attention the very first photo you posted of it!! Fiver festival- in September we had the Shenandoah fiber festival the same weekend as a tropical storm came through so I second guessed going but I geared up and as I got closer to the show I got so excited and it made my heart sing and that type of emotional response is what means the world to me!!! ❤
Always nice to see all of your completed projects and the colors for your MKAL. This weekend I attended my first yarn festival. It was the Santa Fe Sheep and Yarn Festival in Santa Fe New Mexico. There were alot of vendors with Alpaca yarns. My goal was to find a soft natural undyed yarn. I found a lovely one complete with a photo of Emma the Alpaca . I invited two girlfriends who hadn't been getting along for several months. They repaired their friendship while enjoying our mutual love of knitting.
Wow Amy. You are so nonchalant about that amazing Corrie-in poncho! It looks gorgeous and I love the design. I having been trying to find a poncho pattern I like. I am hoping you write a pattern for Corrie-in, but you've inspired me to experiment. As usual, all of your knots are lovely and your podcast such a great knitting companion. Thank you!
Hi Amy...it was lovely to spend time with you again...always a relaxing time! I love your poncho and all of your yarn hauls. As for the cable sweater that you would like to knit...I have knit a few cable sweaters and find that a heftier yarn is great for showing off the cables. Enjoy your trip to Rhinebeck!
Hi Amy, thanks for yet another very inspiring episode. My absolute dream fibre journey would be….. Me taking my lovely Shetland Sheepdog Liza with me, and first travel to Edinburgh for your Scotland yarn festival, then taking the boat to Shetland, living in a rent cottage and photographing Shetland Island for a couple of weeks, then staying for the Shetland Wool Week. After that, going home to Sweden and knit knit knit….. 🙏🥳🙏🥳🙏
You’re always such a delight Amy. ❤ You have such beautiful projects. Here’s a thought about your shawl. I sometimes struggle making stuff just for me if I’ve meant to make it into a design. How about finish that beautiful shawl but free yourself from being meticulous with your stitch counts and just make it for yourself to wear? That yarn is gorgeous and you’ve put so much effort into making it. And that red poncho brings me back to my teens when ponchos were a thing. My mom made quite a few for me and my sister. Seeing yours makes me want to make one for myself. ❤
Yarn Festival - I loved the yarn festival that I went to in VA. I think it was the Monticello Yarn Festival. It was a beautiful day and I went with friends that made it an absolute delight.❤. I love your poncho and look forward to knitting it!
Hello Amy, unfortunately there are not as many YARNFESTIVALS here in the Netherlands as yours. And if there is one, it is too far away. Actually, it's a good thing, I should build a room on my house for all that beautiful yarn. But I enjoy your stories and pretend I'm there too. All the things that you make, I ❤️ it ! Knitting greetings from Lily🌸
First of all, please feel better! Ah... yarn festivals. I would love to attend them all, but first, I'd like to start with one close to home, which is the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival. Those colors for the Scottish Yarn Festival yarn are gorgeous! I hope you have a wonderful time at Rhinebeck!
Hi lovely Amy Your kind soul always shines through your videos. I have been to one fibre festival, it was in Edmonton , Alberta, Canada. Called the Fibre Frolic. I felt like a child on Chrismas morning when I was able to walk through and see all the fibre. but also meeting the people who all felt the same as me about yarn was utterly amazing!!
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I have never been able to go to a Yarn Festival. I hade tickets for a festival here in Sweden when the pandemic broke out. I had plans to go to another later this month, but my health has put a stop to that too. I haven't given up hope, that some day the stars will aline and I get to go to a Yarn Festival at last. At this point I would be happy to attend any Yarn Festival really. If I can dream, I would love to go to all of the big ones, like Rhinebeck, Barcelona and yours in Edinburgh of course. Until that happens, I'm vicariously enjoying you podcasters sharings and reports. Thanks for another cozy episode, Amy!
Love your poncho Amy, I would definitely knit one for myself if you release a pattern 💗
Same here!!
Me too!
Me too!
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I would knit your poncho pattern too. It looks lovely!
Feel better soon! Lovely episode Amy ❤ The Coorie-In poncho design is fantastic!!
The best thing I’ve found in attending a yarn festival is being with my people and sharing the same excitement of seeing new yarn and creativity ❤
My favorite has to be the Scottish Yarn Festival that I was lucky enough to visit with my sisters on Sept 9! We enjoyed ‘blathering’ a bit with Amy and drooling over the various Gallus scarves. I do love my Scottish Yarn Festival yarn in the color Tait. It was such fun to chat with Eva and Katie, too.❤
Beautiful poncho! Please release the pattern soon. I would love to visit the The Scottish Yarn Festival.
Ooh, I do hope you write a pattern for the poncho! I would have to make it right away. 🤞
Me too! It's perfection. Amy!!
Me too!
The poncho is beautiful! My favorite thing about a yarn festival is connecting with new and old friends.
At Rhinebeck, look for Junction Fiber Mill and Jill Draper Makes Stuff - both have beautifully dyed, regionally sourced yarns.
I love a Yarn Festival for discovering new dyers, yarn blends, brands, and the inspiration they provide. Being in the same place as so many other people who love yarn crafts as much as I do fills my heart x
Hi Amy, all of your knits are really fabulous! I love your poncho, agreed, it is perfect for a chilly day to warm up and luxuriate in the coziness. All of your Stephen West shawls are truly stunning, wow! I’m looking forward to seeing the progress in the new shawl. I absolutely loved my visit to Scotland especially attending the Scottish Yarn Festival! It was quite warm that day and as a result not able to wear my shrug. I truly loved attending the knit night and seeing the massive mound of yarn for the yarn exchange. I enjoyed meeting everyone especially you and Rebecca!!! ❤️I am missing Scotland, a truly beautiful country and so welcoming. I would really like to attend the Wool and Folk festival one year, it sounds like a lot of fun and mostly the opportunity to purchase yarn I would not otherwise have access to. Thank you for the podcast in spite of recovering from a cold. Looking forward to the next one!.
If I got the chance and the air ticket my choice would be the Scottish Wool Producers Showcase (think that's how you named it). I want to get my hands on some of those small batch yarns that I may never get to see and squish living where I do.
I, also think this is "fabulous:
Just keep helping people to make
your designs:
These when worn are eye catching !!!
They are elegant, classy & "timeless".
So grateful for sharing your expertise
with us: Thank you.
I’m so sorry I can’t meet you at Rhinebeck this year…I’m sad about that but hopefully I will meet you in person in Scotland in 2024. Thank you for the information. I hope you feel better as you read this!
Amy, I love your poncho! If you are looking for a new pattern to write up, you are wearing it already and I would love to wear one too. I love attending yarn festivals. We are lucky to have several near where I live. The best thing about yarn festivals is meeting the people. I've met many friends through yarn festivals and in fact, I now work for one of them now at her alpaca farm! ❤
Rhinebeck is my favorite yarn festival. The electric atmosphere from the excitement of being around so many creatives is a heady feeling. The added beauty of upstate NY in the fall and all the animals makes it so much fun!
Hi Amy, The best thing about 'Yarn festivals' is the inspiration of seeing so many like minded people in their fantastic knitted garments and exchanging their knitting knowledge. Love your Coorie-in poncho, a must have in my wardrobe 💞
My favorite part of any yarn festival is seeing all the lovely sheep 🐑. They bring me peace and joy. 💛
I love Yarn festivals - everything about them. I particularly enjoy meeting other knitters.
Love your poncho.
Being an introvert I have never been to a festival but in saying that, being Irish I would love to visit a Scottish one, or if I won the lottery I might chance Reinbech, lol. My knitting and crochet are my alone time relaxation things, but i love putting on the podcasts so I can be alone and not, if that makes sense. I hope you feel better soon lovely lady, x
I, too, love your poncho, Amy! Hope you’ll write the pattern for us.
The Scottish Yarn Festival and the Edinburgh Yarn Festival are dreams of mine. I did love my brief time in Edinburgh several years ago.
I went to my first yarn festival this year to Unravel in Farnham, Surrey. I was truly blown away with the whole experience and I loved seeing the pieces people were wearing, particularly when I recognised the pattern. Thank you for continuing to delight with your videos I have now caught up with all your previous episodes and each one leaves me so inspired. Enjoy your trip to the US I look forward to hearing all about it x
Hi Amy, You will love Rhinebeck!!! This will be my 16th year in attendance. There are several vendors at Rhinebeck that are from the area. My favorite is Long Island Farm and Yarn in Building C. Tabitha is a doll and her yarn is exquisite. Miss Babs, Fiber Optics and many other US vendors are also in Building C. I also love the project bags by Madder Root Maine in Building 31. Don't forget to get some Cider Donuts they are amazing!!!! I love fiber festivals. It is the best feeling to be amongst other people who have love to spend lots of time making beautiful garments!!!!
I’m not even half way through this episode and have already shared it with two loved ones.
I’ve never thought of myself as a “poncho person” but you make it look so elegant that I’m reconsidering that!
I’ve only been to a small local yarn festival. But I’ve gone every year for the last five years and my favorite part is going with my friend and sharing the experience of seeing a sea of colors and feeling all the textures. It’s such a sensory experience! ❤ 🧶
Miss babs is fabulous maker of yarns, very reliable good array of colors and bases.
Hi Amy! Hope to see you at Rhinebeck this year ❤ Yarn not to be missed is all the special farm yarns that’s hard to get elsewhere like Wing and a prayer. Tammy is an amazing special person! Loop fiber studio for her yin-yang yarn, or fiber bumps if you spin. Green mountain spinnery is good value. Boondoggle farms has lovely products. For very very local, Jill Draper makes stuff hosts a Sat pm Open studio event in nearby Kingston. Her yarn is locally grown and dyed and so so yummy!! Fox Hill farms has delicious cormo. Harrisville designs for their Daylights or Nightshades. Go with a budget in mind or a limitless credit card 😂 The button vendors are awesome too!! Take a break and watch the sheep events and give some scratches to our woolie friends!! Enjoy ❤❤❤
My favorite thing about a yarn festival has always been the connections we make with all the beautiful yarny friends we make ❤❤❤
I am in love with your poncho! Please release knit one in every color! Have a great time in Rhinebeck. My favorite part of fiber festivals is the people. So many beautiful people wearing their beautiful knitwear….love it.
I love your poncho, Amy. Feel better! Any time with you while knitting is wonderful. I so appreciate the knits and content. I loved how you explained the retrograde- that made total sense to me. Thank you! Safe travels! All the best to you, Kimberly
I love your poncho, the colour is beautiful! I think that's my favourite aspect of visiting a yarn show (of course feeling all the yarn is great too), seeing everyone else's knitted pieces! Inspirational!
I love being at a Yarn Festival to be surrounded by inspirational people and beautiful woolly yard to lay hands on. My creative juices get going and I feel as if I have a new lease on my knitting practice. Seeing these products in person is so much better than Online could ever be. Thank you for a lovely podcast today. Your finished objects are over the moon beautiful. I’m going to send you a special message about your COORIE-IN poncho. This episode was second only to being at a knitting festival.
Hi Amy, thanks for another lovely podcast ❤ What I like about yarn festivals is the opportunity to see and feel new yarns in real life and of course to meet fellow knitters
Thank you Amy! I can't wait to see the Geogradient in your amazing colors and yarn!
Beautiful poncho Amy! Looking forward to eventually buying your pattern.❤
I would love to go to the Scottish yarn festival. And to the Shetland wool week. Those are on my to-do list. It will come. Hopefully in 2024.
The poem in the end really moved me...thank you!
Thank you so much for another wonderful episode. I love yarnfestivals and I am so lucky that we have several in Denmark where I live. This year I went to one of the largest yarnfestivals in the small island Fanø with friends. The thing I love the most about it is the fantastic community sharing passion and enthusiasm for fibres ❤
I loved seeing all of your MKAL knits!! My favorite part of going to a yarn festival is being able to speak our knitter language with everyone there. I don’t have a local knitting group so going to yarn festivals is so wonderful to talk to others about knitting
Yarn Festival: I was hoping to go to Rhinebeck this year, my first fiber event, but hubby has taken ill so I cannot make it. Hopefully next year, doctors said to keep fingers crossed and stay optimistic. 👍
The gift of an entire palette of Scottish yarn is, imo, magnificent! There were two of my Ancestors' names: Gordon and Wallace. ALL the colors are dreamy.
The things i love most about attending a yarn festival is reconnecting with knitty friends. I also love seeing what new venders there are. Of course, also all the yarn and fibre! We have our own here in Southwestern Ontario, Canada next weekend, the Woolstock Fibre Festival. Im very much looking forward tk it! I love the colours youve chosen for your MKAL! I cant wait to see all the shawls knit up. I have decided to go with the crochet square idea for my Clue 1. This has all been a huge test of humanity, and I want to cry for Stephen, and the people who were harmed or triggered by the symbol. However, we pivot, and continue onward and upward. 💗💗💗
Love the poncho ❤
I love yarn events to see all that art on display at one place, my bucket list is a Scottish event
The red colour of your poncho…looks so cheerful and warm! I would love to get the poncho pattern when it comes out too. I’ve never been to a yarn festival. My dream would be to come to the Edinburgh Yarn Festival. I went to Scotland as a child, and always hoped to return. Thank you so much for a lovely show! ❤ …and a sharing all your knowledge and love of the craft. ❤ 🐑
Thank you Amy your podcast is a joy to watch. I Love the colours of the Scottish yarn festival skeins. Can’t wait to see your shawl progress. I have never been to a yarn festival but hope to go to our local Bendigo Yarn Festival next year. If I could I would love to go to Shetland wool week. ❤❤❤
Your poncho is fabulous! Can’t wait for you to publish so I can knit it 😊
I live in Kingston, NY and you are visiting at such a wonderful time of year. Some amazing women who run small farms here (and I believe will be at NYS&W selling their yarn) include Paula from White Barn Farm, Amanda from Prado de Lana, and Tammy from Wing and a Prayer. Also, Sunday morning Jill Draper holds an open studio (free, but ticketed on her website) Sunday morning that is such a wonderful way to ease into the day and experience her amazing yarn. Hope you enjoy all the festivals and maybe we will get to say hello! -Jess
The “Knitter’s Frolic” in Toronto (Pre-Covid) was the first and last Yarn festival I have attended. It was wonderful, the buzz of creativity and love of the yarn crafts was just buzzing in the air.
I love the poncho. Please publish it soon!!!
Oh Amy I love your podcast and I’m in love with everything you make! 😍
I visited your amazing country this summer and I’m obsessed with Scotland more than never now that I’ve been there!
I would love to go to Pert to the Yarn Festival or at list to knit with they beautiful yarn! ☺️
I attended the Michigan Fiber Festival last August. I go every year with my daughters. Lovely poncho, that shade of red is my favorite color! ❤️
I so appreciate your joyful sense of humor! When you put the Slipstravaganza on and said you felt like a frilled lizard, I clapped with joy! What a glorious compliment to you, frilled lizards and to Stephen West! 💗 Although I've been knitting forever, and live in the US, I dream of attending the Scottish Yarn Festival! I do love Scottish yarns! Thank you for this lively and lovely episode!
We'd love to welcome you 💗🧶🏴
You've created a beautiful design for your poncho Any. Thoughtfully designed!
I would love to attend any yarn festival in the UK but especially the Edinburgh Yarn Festival, Yarndale and Shetland Wool Week. My mother’s family come from near Hull and my father’s ancestors come from Scotland. I live in Canada. I’ve visited the UK once, many years ago and one day in the not so distant future, I will be back. 😊 Thank you for your podcast ❤
An episode of your “dream knitting” The yarn from the Scottish Yarn Festival is very beautiful. I’m headed to Rhinebeck and Wool and Folk for the first time I sure want to stop and meet you I have been to Knit City yarn festival in Vancouver It was fantastic. I really the podcast. Southern California doesn’t really have yarn festivals. Stitches West is no longer.
Although I went to Rhinebeck last year for the first time (and had a marvelous time), my favorite yarn festival is the one that is local to me - Wisconsin Sheep and Wool. It is always on a lovely weekend in September and I go with a friend or two and meet up with others there. There are many laughs, a lot of knitting talk, looking at sheep, herding dog trials, beautiful yarn, and a fun dinner or lunch somewhere in there, too. It’s such a lovely time.
My favorite yarn festival is Rhinebeck…The location is gorgeous in Fall, it is so exciting to see everyone in their creations and to see all the designers and podcasters…let alone the yarn peeps and all the SHEEP!!!! Whoohooo
So pleased you are planning to write the pattern for your beautiful poncho Amy. I hope you have a wonderful time at the festivals in the US and look forward to hearing about your time there and hopefully to see lots of lovely footage! Safe travels. 😊
I hope you feel better soon! Isn't it nice that we can actually enjoy the company of our grown children?
Your gentle kindness always brightens my day ❤ The best thing about yarn festivals is meeting all the knitters!
I went to my frist yarn festival this year ( the Scottish Yarn Festival) and i just loved being able to see and touch the yarns in person! I buy all of my yarn online so it was such a treat being able to see all the yarns in person and not just on a screen!
I love the angled ribbing extending downward on the neckline of your poncho design. The drape and the colour are also terrific. I have been to my local yarn festival two or three times, and the most memorable was when I won an extravaganza of a prize, to which each of the yarn vendors contributed something. It was huge! Festival has become so successful that it moved to a new venue, and I got really ticked off because the parking fee was exorbitant and that made me feel like I needed to buy something to make the cost of the parking worthwhile.(had I won a prize at that one perhaps I wouldn’t have felt so ticked?)
Your poncho definitely takes me back too ! It’s a beautiful pattern and your choice of colour glorious. I could definitely see a need for one 😁
My first wool festival was Wonderwool Wales . I absolutely loved it and also the animals too ! My lesson from it was to always go with a plan and perhaps allow for one ‘impulse ‘ purchase !
Thank you for sharing all of your gorgeous knits. Especially your exquisite poncho. I am in love. Thank you for the generous giveaway. My favorite yarn festival memory is going to Rhinebeck with my dear friend, Alida. I surprised both of us by spontaneously arranging for us to meet up there from across both of our countries (her, Canada and me, US). Such a happy time!!
I love your red poncho. I would love someday to go to the Scottish yarn festival. My ancestors are from Scotland and some day I would love to visit!
I would love to go to the Scottish Yarn Festival. My parents are from Dundee with many family still live there (not me I was born and still live in Australia) so I feel I would have a deep connection to the yarns on offer there 😊 love your podcast ❤
Love your podcast …very inspiring.I unfortunately haven’t been to any yarn festivals …but one day I hope to travel again and include one or two in my travels. A Scottish yarn festival would be an amazing start
Your poncho looks amazing and such a comfy, cozy item to wear! Unfortunately in the Uk I managed to visit only a couple of minor yarn festivals but here in Australia I visited Bendigo - The sheep and wool festival - in JUly. It is the biggest in the country and I enjoyed it enormously but the best part of this experience was meeting people I had connected with through my podcast and my test knits...the social aspects and the enthusiasm, kindness and inclusivity of the knitting community are so precious and never cease to amaze me. Thank you for keeping me company while I went through a massive load of ironing xxxx
Looks like we all want to knit your beautiful poncho! Maybe a ponchalong? 😂 My favorite yarn festival is Maryland Sheep & Wool. I love watching the sheep dogs at work. They are amazing!
PI never thought I was a poncho person, but I would LOVE to knit that up. Please publish the pattern. It’s beautiful
Such a wonderful inspiring and colourful podcast Amy 😍 I really need to get out to more yarn festivals for they are so joyful!. Just walking in the door you can feel the energy and excitement of all who are there. I often find myself talking to complete strangers because we all share the same love 😊 The best part is getting to discover new yarns, see their true Irl colours, and squish them! Have the most wonderful time in Rhinebeck, definitely on my wish list to attend one day.
Oh my, I truly love the poncho and I am looking forward to the pattern!!!❤ The Scottish Wool Festival yarn is beautiful, what a wonderful gift to receive all the colours! My favorite yarnfestival was my first one, it was thr 2019 EYF. It was filled with Awww and Oohhhs and my heart was filled with joy. It was also my first time in Scotland and my heart was taken! 😊
Love that poncho. I went to Unravel yarn festival and just loved the conversations with total strangers who share the same passion!
Lovely podcast Amy, hope you're feeling better! You certainly got some lovely yarn acquisitions, & how lovely is that Scottish Yarn Festival Custom Blend. What you've chosen for the Geogradient MKAL - will be beautiful. The yarn you wanted for the Tomorrow pullover is stunning, but as they say, should always do a swatch to see if the cables will work 😉 I think you're right though, it might be drapey for cables. I've only been to one Yarn festival as I live in Australia, as there are not that many here TBH. But I think the best thing about when I went was connecting with other makers, and meeting the suppliers of various products. The highlight for me though was the dogs rounding the sheep up, that was fun
Thank you Amy for the encouragement in the card reading and the poem. Very much appreciated to embrace or lives and be joyful in them. Your finished sweaters were beautiful and the colours great!. I have already purchase yarn for the Agley shawl - It will my first and cant wait for your pattern to be published. Also your poncho was fabulous and also would love to have that pattern also. So very thankful that even sick you have recorded such an uplifting episode. Hope you have a fabulous time away.
My goodness I need a lie down after that 💕 so fabulous Amy! Red looks amazing on you ❤️Enjoy your trip over the pond, I’m sure it will be a blast. Safe travels and happy Rhinebeck, Karen 🥰
A yarn festival means to be in the midst of buzzling "sisters in crime". And that is a great feeling for me 🤩, Thank you for another lovely hour with you, 🌈
My first fiber festival was in Seattle, WA this year called Flock. It was a wonderful gathering with many beautiful vendor yarns and notions including The Lamb and the Kid! Love your podcast Amy.
My favorite experience at a yarn festival is sitting down to knit with people I have never met before. Knitters are a special kind of people. Very friendly and it is great fun to sit and knit with them and learn about them and their projects.
I have only gone to a small local yarn festival in Michigan. Of course, I would love to go to Rhinebeck but even Maryland sheep and wool sounds like fun. Maybe someday I will make it to the Perth festival!
The poncho is gorgeous. Love your color choices.
Hi, Amy, unfortunately in Romania, where I live, no yarn festivals are held. I so much wish I were able to go to such an event because here it is very difficult to find natural fiber yarn. We can buy only synthetic blends imported from Turkey. I wish they would hold these festivals in summertime the only time when I am able to travel. I am a teacher so I can not take leave from school in autumn when Rhinebeck , The Scottish Yarn Festival and others happen. That's why I thank you for all the updates on these events. It' s such a treat to follow your posts.
I love your Podcast! I have never been to a Yarn festival but I would love to go to the Scottish Yarn Festival . Your red Poncho is gorgeous 💜 .Hope you feel better soon .Wishing you a wonderful wooly time in Rhinebeck !
I finally went to my first yarn festival very recently - dfw fiber fest - and had the best time with my daughter. We ran into another of my favorite podcasters and bought loads of gorgeous yarn!
Yarn festival….. well my favorite thing to experience at a yarn festival is touching yarn blends that I’ve only ever heard (or dreamt) about. I remember feeling Gotland for the first time and practically swooning! Enjoy Rhinebeck.
Lovely episode 😊
I've not yet been to a yarn festival in person but grateful for TH-cam and Instagram for the online yarn festival experience ✨
Great to see you again, Amy! I love your poncho, it looks great on you, and the color really suits you. I hope you publish the pattern! My favorite yarn festival was the one I attended this past August, The Michigan Fiber Festival. I attended with my husband, which was a treat. He enjoys a day away, and I think he wanted to keep an eye on my purchases! The only downside is that the temps were in the 90s F (30s C) 🥵
Can’t wait for you poncho release- it caught my attention the very first photo you posted of it!!
Fiver festival- in September we had the Shenandoah fiber festival the same weekend as a tropical storm came through so I second guessed going but I geared up and as I got closer to the show I got so excited and it made my heart sing and that type of emotional response is what means the world to me!!! ❤
Hi Amy The Yarn Festival I really enjoyed was the Montreal Yarn Festival (Knit City) held in May 2023. Yarn glorious yarn!
I would love to attend the Scottish Yarn festival, and also the Barcelona Festival. Thank you Amy 🥰 I wish you a wonderful trip to the US.
Always nice to see all of your completed projects and the colors for your MKAL. This weekend I attended my first yarn festival. It was the Santa Fe Sheep and Yarn Festival in Santa Fe New Mexico. There were alot of vendors with Alpaca yarns. My goal was to find a soft natural undyed yarn. I found a lovely one complete with a photo of Emma the Alpaca . I invited two girlfriends who hadn't been getting along for several months. They repaired their friendship while enjoying our mutual love of knitting.
Wow Amy. You are so nonchalant about that amazing Corrie-in poncho! It looks gorgeous and I love the design. I having been trying to find a poncho pattern I like. I am hoping you write a pattern for Corrie-in, but you've inspired me to experiment. As usual, all of your knots are lovely and your podcast such a great knitting companion. Thank you!
Oh! I just got to the shawl part, and I LOVE your colors 🎨!
My favourite festival is hands down Rhinebeck! I’ve been a few times & enjoy it every single time! Hope you have an amazing time! ❤
Hi Amy...it was lovely to spend time with you again...always a relaxing time! I love your poncho and all of your yarn hauls. As for the cable sweater that you would like to knit...I have knit a few cable sweaters and find that a heftier yarn is great for showing off the cables. Enjoy your trip to Rhinebeck!
Hi Amy, thanks for yet another very inspiring episode.
My absolute dream fibre journey would be…..
Me taking my lovely Shetland Sheepdog Liza with me, and first travel to Edinburgh for your Scotland yarn festival, then taking the boat to Shetland, living in a rent cottage and photographing Shetland Island for a couple of weeks, then staying for the Shetland Wool Week. After that, going home to Sweden and knit knit knit….. 🙏🥳🙏🥳🙏
You’re always such a delight Amy. ❤ You have such beautiful projects. Here’s a thought about your shawl. I sometimes struggle making stuff just for me if I’ve meant to make it into a design. How about finish that beautiful shawl but free yourself from being meticulous with your stitch counts and just make it for yourself to wear? That yarn is gorgeous and you’ve put so much effort into making it. And that red poncho brings me back to my teens when ponchos were a thing. My mom made quite a few for me and my sister. Seeing yours makes me want to make one for myself. ❤
Yarn Festival - I loved the yarn festival that I went to in VA. I think it was the Monticello Yarn Festival. It was a beautiful day and I went with friends that made it an absolute delight.❤. I love your poncho and look forward to knitting it!
Hello Amy, unfortunately there are not as many YARNFESTIVALS here in the Netherlands as yours.
And if there is one, it is too far away.
Actually, it's a good thing, I should build a room on my house for all that beautiful yarn.
But I enjoy your stories and pretend I'm there too.
All the things that you make, I ❤️ it !
Knitting greetings from Lily🌸
First of all, please feel better! Ah... yarn festivals. I would love to attend them all, but first, I'd like to start with one close to home, which is the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival. Those colors for the Scottish Yarn Festival yarn are gorgeous! I hope you have a wonderful time at Rhinebeck!
Hi lovely Amy Your kind soul always shines through your videos. I have been to one fibre festival, it was in Edmonton , Alberta, Canada. Called the Fibre Frolic. I felt like a child on Chrismas morning when I was able to walk through and see all the fibre. but also meeting the people who all felt the same as me about yarn was utterly amazing!!