I enjoyed your podcast very much! I’d love to hear more about your shop; how did you come about to own a yarn shop, what yarns you carry, a tour of the shop. I am also interested in your design process and, lastly; how did you (an American) come to live in New Zealand & what you like about it.
I will love to see a tour of your yarn shop and learn about the yarns you carry. Also I will love to know more about your knitting journey and what you were wearing, it’s a beautiful one and I love love the colors on it. Looking forward to seeing you soon 😊
Thank you so much! Yes- I totally forgot to mention what I was wearing! 😅I put a link to my project page, but I will try to remember to talk about what I'm wearing next time 😊
I thought I recognised your beautiful shop right at the very start of this podcast! I visited earlier in the year from Melbourne. What a fabulous podcast, so engaging and informative. Love all your wips, its an eclectic range of knits! I'd love a shop tour and maybe more info on NZ wools. The colours in your shop look so beautiful behind you. Thank you for a great podcast, Im looking forward to your next.
Thank you so much! Melbourne seems like a great place to live. I will definitely do a shop tour at some point, and will talk more about fabulous NZ wools! Cheers 😊
Great podcast! A shop tour would be fun! I’d also like to see the outside of the shop and the neighborhood the shop is in ❤ I love to have the whole picture 😊
Thoroughly enjoyed your first podcast Alanna, and you are a natural talking to the camera. It's really good hearing about NZ yarn as well. I see you have written about what you are wearing. It looks wonderful on you, and I think you suit the stronger colors.
Hi. I loved your podcast. Your WIPs are all beautiful. The sweater you are wearing is really lovely. Looking forward to future podcasts. Thank you so much.
1st episode was good. Lighting was fine for both am and pm. I feel like we all go back and forth between shawls and sweaters. I would agree about the mustard color yarn. I would frog it and keep the yarn for another sweater or another part of a swester. I like the color but right up against your face it is a little light. I'm glad you added the note in comments to say what you were wearing. It's always a good thing to start off with. I will tell you that if you want someone to test your sock pattern I would volunteer (as I'm sure most anyone would volunteer even if it has not been tech edited). I like toe up better and do magic loop so either eay I will be one the lookout for your pattern when it's ready. I have not figured out the best heel yet for my fit. I like the look of the Knus Light. Will look up the pattern. I've never seen it before. Ok..again, good 1st episode! Subscribed and will be happy to watch and listen to you talk more knitting. Shop, technique, patterns, things you finished 10 years ago, how they hold up, etc.
Hi Alannah, Loved your podcast and so glad I came across it. Keep going on your Marie Wallin knit - It is so beautiful and I'd love to see it in RL one day so that I can experience her colour blends in her own yarn. I love hearing about the yarns in your shop. It's all so interesting! Thank you so much for sharing!🙂
You have a lovely shop. Thank you for sharing your wips. You’ve done beautiful work on all of them, and have inspired me to try some knitted animals. They’re super cute…😊✨
Hi Alanna! Welcome to the podcasting world! Wow you've done such a fantastic job with your first video (it's not fair, you know, most of us had pretty amateur first videos :))) But you look like a pro. Well done! I loved seeing all your wips. I also have been admiring the sweater that you're wearing and it looks stunning with the wonderful colours that you've chosen - they look so fresh on you! I hope you will also show us some of your previous FOs - I'm sure there are some that you're most proud of? Also it would be so amazing to see like a special episode focusing on all the patterns that you've designed. It'll be very interesting to see them all! Congratulations, my friend! You're a real star. Marina
Hi my friend! You're too kind- you should have seen how many false starts and redo's I had before finally posting this 😅 That's such a good idea, to show my favourite knits from the past, and I could also definitely talk about my designs. It's nice to be in good company with my fellow NZ knitting podcasters! 😉❤
you have kept me company today while I sit and spin my homegrown 28micron, chocolate brown, border Leicester wool. I just love your spinning! And that wall of colour behind you is spectacular. Thankyou so much for your podcast today-new subscriber.
Wow thanks so much! I will hopefully show some more of my handpsun in my next video. The fibre you're spinning sounds totally lovely! I can never resist a good chocolate brown 😊
I am so glad you came up for me. I am I’ve made a tank top and I’m on my second parasol because I wanted to get socks down this year. That was my goal and goal oriented. I’ve been Crochet since I was 969 and started Knitting last year and got the tank top done and now the socks for this year, I’m I’m slow compared but I do work so I give myself space it’s OK. I watch a lot of TH-cam podcasts and learn a lot. I am learning a lot from you which is absolutely wonderful. I just want to say thank you
I really enjoyed your podcast! Great background, lovely patterns and color choices. I love how you insert photos, extra videos…. Makes a great video podcast. I’d love to hear more about you and your yarn store!
That was lovely, Alanna. I can not believe it has been 5 years. I enjoyed your podcast. I think inspiration comes from seeing the WIPs and your progress. Congrats on 5 years and your first podcast🎉
Yeey! I thought I recognize the spot you were filming from, and yes, that's THE shop I've been personally too! :) Please share more of new yarns, NZ wool, living in NZ, picking yarn for different projects (i.e. for a spring weather: what type of yarn would you choose for a top? ) Lovely to see the face behind the business, and so glad you decided to film for us :)
Hey Alanna, 👋great to see you on TH-cam and totally enjoyed every minute of your podcast!! Great to have someone in touch (literally) with all our local yarns 😎 I will be inline to make your socks when the pattern comes out for sure (or if you need test knitters) The problem of baggy around the calf if your to get it over the ankle is real, I've about given up. Your Birkin is beautiful and suits you so well, I've been holding off casting on until I finish your Ombeline Sweater 😆
Oh my gosh I can't wait to see your Ombeline!! And thank you so much for your encouragement. I will definitely be wanting lots of testers for my sock pattern when it's ready to go- I'll try to maybe announce it on a video so then you'll know. 🌹
Yay so pleased you have decided to do a podcast. Loved seeing your extensive WIP collection. Next time, at the start, could you please let us know what knitting you are wearing as I do love that sweater. It could also be nice for you to highlight yarn or other items in your shop and maybe do a short review?? I do like hearing about the yarn you are using. I can't wait to watch the next episode. Also I love the little sped up filming of the shop. Maybe you could interiveiw some of the NZ yarn dyers that you have mentioned?? I'd totally love that. Take care.
Hi Rachel! Thanks so much. Yes- I completely forgot to talk about my sweater! It's my Birkin by Caitlint Hunter in Brooklyn Tweed Loft. I'll try to mention it in the future, as well as what I'm wearing in future videos. Also yes to everything you're suggesting! I definitely have plans to interview some of my dyer friends, talk more about shop stuff, etc. I don't want to get too "salesy" about the shop since that's not what this podcast is about, but I do think it's a really good way to highlight the beautiful yarns we are offering. Thanks for watching and for the encouragement! 🥰
Enjoyed your podcast ❤ Looking forward to the next one. Love seeing the different blends of wool from your part of the world. Also love your colour choices in the different projects.
Greetings from Moose Jaw, SK. Canada. I enjoyed your podcast so much and subscribed - looking forward to more episodes. You inspire me to finish a few "old" wips.😊
Wow! This is an exciting start to the day. Great podcast, Alanna. That was really interesting to see all your WIPs. You really have a lot of lovely projects going on. I would have to draw a number from a hat for what to work on today. I like to run 2 or 3 at a time, but it would definitely be more if I was in touchable distance of all those lovely yarns. It was also great to see the yarns closeup on video, which gives a much better idea than a photo online, for those of us who don't live in Auckland (or maybe not even New Zealand!) I've only been in the shop twice, since I'm not in Auckland, and I would love to see a shop tour in a future podcast. The pattern with the cable at neckline is really lovely. The bear is really cute. That pattern should probably be designed tail up to head, to keep us going for the cutest part! :)
Oh gosh thanks so much for your lovely comment! It is hard to limit my wips when I'm so surrounded by lovely things and insiration.. 😅 I will definitely plan to do some shop tour videos and would be happy to talk more about some yarns and things! Thanks heaps 🥰
As a New Zealander, I’m so glad to see a New Zealand podcast, and it a great one too. You are knitting in the same season as me, so that’s a bonus. Lots of podcasters are overseas going into Autumn so I see their winter projects. Keep up the good work! I have been to your wonderful shop too, so fantastic, I want to grab all those yarns behind you, and go into a knitting frenzy 😅
Great podcast - love the way you put colours together. I’m Australian and have bought Spincycle from you before, as well as other NZ yarns like Union Fibre whose aesthetic and yarn I love, also Wild Earth are great. Living in the bush most of my yarn I buy online and it’s sometimes a bit hit and miss. I’d love you to show us more lovely NZ yarns , also Spincycle of course maybe when you get a new batch in. Also more Prosper and Yarn Floozy, and Outlaw Yarn if you stock it. But also love to see what you’re working on. I get your newsletter and love to keep in touch with what Loopine is up to. Oh dear I can see a lot more spending on postage in the future 🙄
I LOVED your podcast! I'm from New York and it was such a treat to see and hear about NZ yarns, especially the possum blends. And your first sweater pattern you shared was gorgeous. There's just too much good stuff to list, so I'll just say good luck and can't wait to see more. 🥰🧶 Susan
Hi Alana, loved your podcast. So many wool choices, decicisons decicions! Congratulations on your five years in business. I came to your first shop when it was down the road a little way. I love your current location. unfortunately haven't been able to come for a while and do miss it. Please keep the podcast up, you are a natural.
am watching your first podcast and it’s great… hope to tune in often from Delaware, U.S….love your Birkin, love your background yarn walls, love that you have more WIPs than me, and finish that Marie Wallin, please !!
What a lovely surprise to find a new podcast! I enjoyed your sip parade. I too gave a lot of wips. You are a beautiful knitter. It would be lovely to hear more about you and your shop! Looking forward to it! Hello from Canada!! 🇨🇦
Hello Alanna, great video, thank you. I enjoyed it. Love to see patterns with yarn that could be used for that pattern from your shop, whether it be for garments, accessories, cushions, blankets. Perhaps look at some Ravelry patterns, show pictures. You presented so well. I look forward to your next podcast.
Great first podcast! You are a natural. Looking forward to exploring your patterns - so very interesting. Love your shop ❤ and would love to hear more about NZ wool
Hello! Very much enjoy your podcast. I have to say, I agree with you 100% on the Not Old Lady Red, it's the perfect shade! Thank you for bringing it to my attention.
Thoroughly enjoyable first podcast. Loved all the wips, even though the I thought the 'yellow' one looked lovely, but the colour on my screen made it look a golden brown. Looking forward to future podcasts. A new fan from Australia
Thank you so much! You're right, it is definitely leaning golden brown... I keep hesitating to rip it out so maybe I will still finish it in the end! 😃
Hi Alana, glad to see you've decided to podcast. I visited your beautiful shop in March when my husband, myself, and another couple cruised New Zealand and Australia. I was intent on purchasing a possum blend yarn and treated myself to 4 skeins. Haven't knit the fingerless mitt/hat project yet, but if anyone wants possum yarn, your shop is the go-to! Loved New Zealand, wonderfully friendly people.
Last year I was very lucky to visit auckland twice for some business trips. Both times I went to your gorgeous Shop and bought yarn from zealana and yarnfloozy. My possum yarn is waiting for me this winter. Funniest thing was to meet one of your staff members from germany. Greetings to her. Thanks for this very relaxing video and showing all of this beautiful yarns.
Hello and thank you for finding time in your busy schedule to start this knitting podcast. Your knits clearly show how passionate you are about this craft and I for one have enjoyed seeing your WIPS. With regard to the Alpine Bloom, perhaps frogging it and restarting it with the rose color would be more too your liking as that is a warm color and would compliment your skin color. Then continue on with the pale yellow color. The two colors are beautiful together. Just a thought. Enjoy your knitting and until next time. Cheers.
I loved your first episode. I'd love to hear your backstory (knitting and personal) and a quick comment on what you're wearing. Looking forward to future episodes. Thanks for a quality knitting podcast!!!!
Thank you so much! Will hopefully be able to get into that soon. I totally forgot to mention what I was wearing, but it's Birkin by Caitlin Hunter and I love it 🥰
Great start to your podcast adventure. You neglected to tell us about the sweater you're wearing. Oh, the possum yarn talk makes me drool. A friend gave me four Alice Starmore sweater kits. I've started one...on a 2.25 mm needle so definitely a long-term project, so possum will have to wait while 😊😅
Meave sweater....I enjoyed your pod cast and was impressed with the Meave sweater and can't wait for the pattern to come out. Subscribed and like....Greetings from across the ditch.....
So nice to see a Kiwi podcaster featuring our NZ yarns ❤. Looking forward to seeing more of your designs as well. I love your Maeve pattern! I'm in Christchurch so will have to check out your shop next trip up North. Great first podcast!
Really enjoyed your video Alanna. Will be fun to see your progress with all your WIPs. I think the alpine bloom sweater suits you. I vote you stay with it. Would love to hear your story of how you landed in New Zealand.
Thanks so much! Great idea, I can definitely talk more about that. A few people have said that about my Alpine Bloom and I'm kind of leaning toward keeping it myself... We'll see! 😊
I would love to see some of your favorite things you’ve made, seeing your 17 WIPs was awesome but it gave me such agita not seeing anything finished 😂 Looking forward to your next one!
Gorgeous first podcast episode, Alanna! Look forward to the next one! Yarn & pattern pairing recommendations are always fun, in terms of content suggestions.
loved watching your video and can't for the next one to see the progress on all your lovely knits. Your yarn choices are gorgeous ! Thank you for all the inspiration you've given me. I would love to see more of your previously completed projects.
Absolutely loved it Alanna, would love to see what is in your shop. I’m in Australia so very excited to see what you have in your podcast going forward too. Thankyou so much ❤
what a lot of beautiful knits you have on the go and such divine fibres. I love your alpine bloom. I have knit the sweater version but modified the neckline. Look forward to seeing if you complete it. For my colouring pick, just for me I'd pair those beautiful plums with the mint or peacock. Enjoyed your content very much and look forward to following progress of these projects and more to come.
I loved your first podcast! I visited your store about 18 months ago and you were so helpful with picking out yarn for my Shiftigan cardigan. It’s still a WIP but I’m making headway and feel inspired to see that you also have several WIPs. You calmed my soul today!
Thank you for doing the podcast. I love your color combinations. Your Birken sweater is gorgeous! I like to find easy to watch podcasts like yours to knit by when I take a break.
Hi. Lovely first podcast and what an amazing wall of colour behind you 😊. Sadly I'm in the UK otherwise I'd been in your shop 😊. Love your jumper design.
Greetings from Sydney. I'm another American expat. I enjoyed your podcast greatly. I especially enjoyed learning about all the local NZ yarns you used/carry. I've ordered Spincycle from you several times, including your shop colour but didn't know about your other wonderful yarns. In the future, I would include the following 1) a bit about the jumper you're wearing (this one was gorgeous), 2) a tour of the shop, 3) some background on yourself, ie how you ended up in NZ and also ended up owning a yarn store. I'm hoping my husband and I get to visit NZ again some time in the near future. Your shop will be a first on my next visit.
Hi. I loved your first video and looking forward to more of them. That sock yarn is cool. I want to learn how to make socks and people sweaters. Have only knitted scarves, cat and dog blankets, and dog sweaters.
I have just found you! I loved this and listened all the way through! I live in the Macedon Ranges in Victoria Australia so am just across the ditch! Will be visiting next time I am in Auckland. I mostly crochet but your WIPS definitely have inspired me to brush up on my knitting skills! Thanks your shop looks beautiful!
Really enjoyed your chat and seeing your works in progress, plus pattern inspiration. I'd love a virtual shop tour, and to see yarns up close and info about new stock. I like to know composition, ply, meterage, gauge etc.. Loved it, thanks
This was a lovely podcast, and so many glorious yarns. Such a lot of WIPs! I tend to be more of a monogamous knitter or I suspect I'd become a complete dilettante wouldn't finish anything at all. I honestly thought your unfinished T was lovely against your skin and it's nice to have a lighter colour for the summer. Most of your other sweaters seem to borrow from a darker palette, so maybe it's just the contrast you're not sure of? Anyway, looking forward to the next podcast!
Thank you so much! You're definitely right that my comfortable spot is darker colours... but lighter for summer does sound nice and I am trying to branch out! We'll see, I may just keep knitting that one after all 😊
As of today, this is day 3 of your first video. You are almost at 2000 subscribers. CONGRATULATIONS 🎊 As for the t-shirt, Alpine Bloom, the main color looks gold on my TV and looks lovely against your face. Keep going.
Oh my gosh I know, I really can't believe it! All of you guys are so wonderful. Re: Alpine Bloom, I am definitely thinking I might just keep going! Thank you ☺
I enjoyed your podcast very much! I’d love to hear more about your shop; how did you come about to own a yarn shop, what yarns you carry, a tour of the shop. I am also interested in your design process and, lastly; how did you (an American) come to live in New Zealand & what you like about it.
THank you! And thanks for all those ideas... I am taking note and I'm sure I can incorporate all those elements into future videos!
I will love to see a tour of your yarn shop and learn about the yarns you carry. Also I will love to know more about your knitting journey and what you were wearing, it’s a beautiful one and I love love the colors on it. Looking forward to seeing you soon 😊
Thanks so much! Planning to share all of that in future videos, thanks for watching 💙
This is fabulous! You're a natural. Your new Maeve design is wonderful. Yay you!
Thank you so much Therese! I appreciate it! 😊
This is a great debut vlog.
I’m looking forward to seeing more of your episodes. You have beautiful knits and colors.
Thank you so much for the support and encouragement! 🥰
Wonderful first podcast, so exciting to see our yarns and patterns shown , I would love you to talk about the sweaters you wear in the podcast. 🎉
Thank you so much! Yes- I totally forgot to mention what I was wearing! 😅I put a link to my project page, but I will try to remember to talk about what I'm wearing next time 😊
Really love to hear more about NZ wool and dyers. Great podcast.
Thans so much, and I definitely have plans to deliver on that request! 😊
I was curious about the sweater you are wearing
It looks like a Birkin Sweater by Caitlin Hunter 😊
@@nadineaston2858 thank you, I love Black Cat's rendition of it and never would of chosen it.
@@nadineaston2858 Yes it is Birkin! I love it 🥰
Hi Alana. I loved your first podcast. You’re a natural on the camera. I loved all your WIP.
And I’d love to see your wool shop
Thanks so much! 🙏
I really enjoyed your podcast. Looking forward to your next one.
Thank you so much!
You can definitely wear that yellow sweater - it makes your skin look wonderfully golden! I'd say continue, don't frog it. :)
Thank you! I am actually leaning toward continuing it now 🥰
I thought I recognised your beautiful shop right at the very start of this podcast! I visited earlier in the year from Melbourne. What a fabulous podcast, so engaging and informative. Love all your wips, its an eclectic range of knits! I'd love a shop tour and maybe more info on NZ wools. The colours in your shop look so beautiful behind you. Thank you for a great podcast, Im looking forward to your next.
Thank you so much! Melbourne seems like a great place to live. I will definitely do a shop tour at some point, and will talk more about fabulous NZ wools! Cheers 😊
Great podcast! A shop tour would be fun! I’d also like to see the outside of the shop and the neighborhood the shop is in ❤ I love to have the whole picture 😊
Thank you! Great idea 😊
Thoroughly enjoyed your first podcast Alanna, and you are a natural talking to the camera. It's really good hearing about NZ yarn as well. I see you have written about what you are wearing. It looks wonderful on you, and I think you suit the stronger colors.
Thank you so much! Yes, I totally forgot to mention what I was wearing... 😅 It's one of my favorite knits!
Thanks Alanna. I loved your first podcast
Thank you so much Trish!
Hi. I loved your podcast. Your WIPs are all beautiful. The sweater you are wearing is really lovely. Looking forward to future podcasts. Thank you so much.
Thanks so mcuh!
I would love a shop tour and see more of your designs.
I second this
Thanks for the encouragement, I will definitely plan on delivering both of those things! 🥰
@@old_grey_wolf ♥
1st episode was good. Lighting was fine for both am and pm. I feel like we all go back and forth between shawls and sweaters. I would agree about the mustard color yarn. I would frog it and keep the yarn for another sweater or another part of a swester. I like the color but right up against your face it is a little light. I'm glad you added the note in comments to say what you were wearing. It's always a good thing to start off with. I will tell you that if you want someone to test your sock pattern I would volunteer (as I'm sure most anyone would volunteer even if it has not been tech edited). I like toe up better and do magic loop so either eay I will be one the lookout for your pattern when it's ready. I have not figured out the best heel yet for my fit. I like the look of the Knus Light. Will look up the pattern. I've never seen it before. Ok..again, good 1st episode! Subscribed and will be happy to watch and listen to you talk more knitting. Shop, technique, patterns, things you finished 10 years ago, how they hold up, etc.
THanks so much for watching! There will defiitely be a test call for the socks when they're ready, so I'd be happy to have you 😊
Hi Alannah, Loved your podcast and so glad I came across it. Keep going on your Marie Wallin knit - It is so beautiful and I'd love to see it in RL one day so that I can experience her colour blends in her own yarn. I love hearing about the yarns in your shop. It's all so interesting! Thank you so much for sharing!🙂
Hi Carla! Thank you so much 😊 I appreciate the encouragement, I definitely need to finish that sweater as I know it will be so beautiful
Your sweater looks beautiful on you! The color of the "vines" at the top and bottom bring out the color of your hair and seem to glow. Beautiful!
Thank you so much! I totally love this sweater ☺
I’m loving the sweater pattern with the cable design yoke!!
THank yoU!
You have a lovely shop. Thank you for sharing your wips. You’ve done beautiful work on all of them, and have inspired me to try some knitted animals. They’re super cute…😊✨
Thanks so much! Yes, I highly recommend Cinthia Vallet's animal patterns, so well-written:
www.ravelry.com/designers/cinthia-vallet
Hi Alanna!
Welcome to the podcasting world! Wow you've done such a fantastic job with your first video (it's not fair, you know, most of us had pretty amateur first videos :))) But you look like a pro. Well done!
I loved seeing all your wips. I also have been admiring the sweater that you're wearing and it looks stunning with the wonderful colours that you've chosen - they look so fresh on you! I hope you will also show us some of your previous FOs - I'm sure there are some that you're most proud of? Also it would be so amazing to see like a special episode focusing on all the patterns that you've designed. It'll be very interesting to see them all!
Congratulations, my friend!
You're a real star.
Marina
Hi my friend!
You're too kind- you should have seen how many false starts and redo's I had before finally posting this 😅
That's such a good idea, to show my favourite knits from the past, and I could also definitely talk about my designs. It's nice to be in good company with my fellow NZ knitting podcasters! 😉❤
you have kept me company today while I sit and spin my homegrown 28micron, chocolate brown, border Leicester wool. I just love your spinning! And that wall of colour behind you is spectacular. Thankyou so much for your podcast today-new subscriber.
Wow thanks so much! I will hopefully show some more of my handpsun in my next video. The fibre you're spinning sounds totally lovely! I can never resist a good chocolate brown 😊
I am so glad you came up for me.
I am I’ve made a tank top and I’m on my second parasol because I wanted to get socks down this year. That was my goal and goal oriented. I’ve been Crochet since I was 969 and started Knitting last year and got the tank top done and now the socks for this year, I’m I’m slow compared but I do work so I give myself space it’s OK. I watch a lot of TH-cam podcasts and learn a lot. I am learning a lot from you which is absolutely wonderful. I just want to say thank you
Thank you so much and thanks for watching! Keep up the crafting! 🥰
I really enjoyed your podcast! Great background, lovely patterns and color choices. I love how you insert photos, extra videos…. Makes a great video podcast.
I’d love to hear more about you and your yarn store!
thank you so much!
That was lovely, Alanna. I can not believe it has been 5 years. I enjoyed your podcast. I think inspiration comes from seeing the WIPs and your progress. Congrats on 5 years and your first podcast🎉
Thanks so much Bev! I kind of can't believe it either ... time flies! 🤗
Wow.. so inspirational
What a lovely lady you are.
Look 4wd to your next podcast.
Oh you're too sweet, thank you so much! ☺
Loved your podcast- great to have another NZ knitting podcaster to follow. Enjoyed seeing all your WIPs, look forward to your next podcast.
Thank you so much! 🙏
Yeey! I thought I recognize the spot you were filming from, and yes, that's THE shop I've been personally too! :) Please share more of new yarns, NZ wool, living in NZ, picking yarn for different projects (i.e. for a spring weather: what type of yarn would you choose for a top? ) Lovely to see the face behind the business, and so glad you decided to film for us :)
Thank you so much, I will definitely plan to do al of that! 🙂
Loved your podcast thanks, for sharing your gorgeous wips!
Thanks heaps! 👋😊
Love the sweater you are wearing. You are doing great for your 1st podcast and I'm sure I will continue you from the US
THank you! 🙏
Hey Alanna, 👋great to see you on TH-cam and totally enjoyed every minute of your podcast!! Great to have someone in touch (literally) with all our local yarns 😎 I will be inline to make your socks when the pattern comes out for sure (or if you need test knitters) The problem of baggy around the calf if your to get it over the ankle is real, I've about given up.
Your Birkin is beautiful and suits you so well, I've been holding off casting on until I finish your Ombeline Sweater 😆
Oh my gosh I can't wait to see your Ombeline!! And thank you so much for your encouragement. I will definitely be wanting lots of testers for my sock pattern when it's ready to go- I'll try to maybe announce it on a video so then you'll know. 🌹
Wow you are a very talented lady your work is beautiful thank you for sharing most enjoyable 😊
THank you so much 🙏
Yay so pleased you have decided to do a podcast. Loved seeing your extensive WIP collection. Next time, at the start, could you please let us know what knitting you are wearing as I do love that sweater. It could also be nice for you to highlight yarn or other items in your shop and maybe do a short review?? I do like hearing about the yarn you are using. I can't wait to watch the next episode. Also I love the little sped up filming of the shop. Maybe you could interiveiw some of the NZ yarn dyers that you have mentioned?? I'd totally love that. Take care.
Hi Rachel! Thanks so much. Yes- I completely forgot to talk about my sweater! It's my Birkin by Caitlint Hunter in Brooklyn Tweed Loft. I'll try to mention it in the future, as well as what I'm wearing in future videos.
Also yes to everything you're suggesting! I definitely have plans to interview some of my dyer friends, talk more about shop stuff, etc. I don't want to get too "salesy" about the shop since that's not what this podcast is about, but I do think it's a really good way to highlight the beautiful yarns we are offering.
Thanks for watching and for the encouragement! 🥰
Yes-a shop tour would be great!
Yes will do!
Enjoyed your podcast ❤ Looking forward to the next one. Love seeing the different blends of wool from your part of the world. Also love your colour choices in the different projects.
Thanks so much!
Greetings from Moose Jaw, SK. Canada. I enjoyed your podcast so much and subscribed - looking forward to more episodes. You inspire me to finish a few "old" wips.😊
Oh yay! THank you
What a lovely beginning! Can't wait to see where you go from here! I would love to see a shop tour!❤
Thanks so much 😊
Loved watching you, can't wait for more ❤
Awww thank you! 💜
Wow! This is an exciting start to the day. Great podcast, Alanna. That was really interesting to see all your WIPs. You really have a lot of lovely projects going on. I would have to draw a number from a hat for what to work on today. I like to run 2 or 3 at a time, but it would definitely be more if I was in touchable distance of all those lovely yarns. It was also great to see the yarns closeup on video, which gives a much better idea than a photo online, for those of us who don't live in Auckland (or maybe not even New Zealand!) I've only been in the shop twice, since I'm not in Auckland, and I would love to see a shop tour in a future podcast. The pattern with the cable at neckline is really lovely. The bear is really cute. That pattern should probably be designed tail up to head, to keep us going for the cutest part! :)
Oh gosh thanks so much for your lovely comment! It is hard to limit my wips when I'm so surrounded by lovely things and insiration.. 😅 I will definitely plan to do some shop tour videos and would be happy to talk more about some yarns and things! Thanks heaps 🥰
As a New Zealander, I’m so glad to see a New Zealand podcast, and it a great one too. You are knitting in the same season as me, so that’s a bonus. Lots of podcasters are overseas going into Autumn so I see their winter projects. Keep up the good work!
I have been to your wonderful shop too, so fantastic, I want to grab all those yarns behind you, and go into a knitting frenzy 😅
I feel the same when I watch so many podcasts based overseas! So glad to have some Kiwis watching 🥰
Enjoyed your first podcast. Your yarn shop looks lovely and all your knits are beautiful. I really like your color choices,
Thanks so much! 😊
Your Maeve sweater is very pretty and I love the Birkin that you are wearing. 😊
Thank you! 😊
Great podcast - love the way you put colours together. I’m Australian and have bought Spincycle from you before, as well as other NZ yarns like Union Fibre whose aesthetic and yarn I love, also Wild Earth are great. Living in the bush most of my yarn I buy online and it’s sometimes a bit hit and miss. I’d love you to show us more lovely NZ yarns , also Spincycle of course maybe when you get a new batch in. Also more Prosper and Yarn Floozy, and Outlaw Yarn if you stock it.
But also love to see what you’re working on. I get your newsletter and love to keep in touch with what Loopine is up to.
Oh dear I can see a lot more spending on postage in the future 🙄
Lol apologies in advance for all the temptations... thank you so much for watching! 😊
I LOVED your podcast! I'm from New York and it was such a treat to see and hear about NZ yarns, especially the possum blends. And your first sweater pattern you shared was gorgeous. There's just too much good stuff to list, so I'll just say good luck and can't wait to see more. 🥰🧶 Susan
Hi Susan, thank you so much! I grew up from age 12 to 21 in New York, so hello to my previous home 👋 I really appreciate your lovely encouragement! 🥰
Hi Alana, loved your podcast. So many wool choices, decicisons decicions! Congratulations on your five years in business. I came to your first shop when it was down the road a little way. I love your current location. unfortunately haven't been able to come for a while and do miss it. Please keep the podcast up, you are a natural.
Thank you so much, hope to see you again at some point ❤
am watching your first podcast and it’s great… hope to tune in often from Delaware, U.S….love your Birkin, love your background yarn walls, love that you have more WIPs than me, and finish that Marie Wallin, please !!
Thank you so much to all of that! I need some encouragement to finish the Marie Wallin 😅
What a lovely surprise to find a new podcast! I enjoyed your sip parade. I too gave a lot of wips. You are a beautiful knitter. It would be lovely to hear more about you and your shop! Looking forward to it! Hello from Canada!! 🇨🇦
Thank you so much!
Hello Alanna, great video, thank you. I enjoyed it. Love to see patterns with yarn that could be used for that pattern from your shop, whether it be for garments, accessories, cushions, blankets. Perhaps look at some Ravelry patterns, show pictures. You presented so well. I look forward to your next podcast.
Thank you so much! That's a great idea, I'm sure I'll be able to do something like that in the future 😊
Awesome podcast, I would of thought you had been doing it for ages!
You’re a real natural on screen.
Look forward to the next one.
Thanks so much Sue!
Great first podcast! You are a natural.
Looking forward to exploring your patterns - so very interesting.
Love your shop ❤ and would love to hear more about NZ wool
Thank you, I will definitely talk more about that!
What a wonderful first video with so many WIPs! I visit New Zealand every year or so and will definitely visit your wool store.
Yay! Hope to see you in here when you visit
Hello! Very much enjoy your podcast. I have to say, I agree with you 100% on the Not Old Lady Red, it's the perfect shade! Thank you for bringing it to my attention.
Thank you! Glad you like Not Old Lady Red too 😊
Thoroughly enjoyable first podcast. Loved all the wips, even though the I thought the 'yellow' one looked lovely, but the colour on my screen made it look a golden brown. Looking forward to future podcasts. A new fan from Australia
Thank you so much! You're right, it is definitely leaning golden brown... I keep hesitating to rip it out so maybe I will still finish it in the end! 😃
Hi Alana, glad to see you've decided to podcast. I visited your beautiful shop in March when my husband, myself, and another couple cruised New Zealand and Australia. I was intent on purchasing a possum blend yarn and treated myself to 4 skeins. Haven't knit the fingerless mitt/hat project yet, but if anyone wants possum yarn, your shop is the go-to! Loved New Zealand, wonderfully friendly people.
Thank you so much! I love New Zealand too 🥰
Hi Alan nah
Wow so many beautiful projects on the go..hopefully you keep going with the Alpine bloom too..all very beautiful knits..❤🎉❤
Thanks heaps!
I enjoyed your podcast. Lovely background of gorgeous yarns. I love the sweater that you have on. It is very pretty.
THank you so much! ☺
Lovely natural podcast, nice and relaxing. Would love to see around your shop. Lots of beautiful yarn.
Thanks so much! Will definitey do a shop tour soon
Last year I was very lucky to visit auckland twice for some business trips. Both times I went to your gorgeous Shop and bought yarn from zealana and yarnfloozy. My possum yarn is waiting for me this winter. Funniest thing was to meet one of your staff members from germany. Greetings to her. Thanks for this very relaxing video and showing all of this beautiful yarns.
Oh wonderful! I'll pass the greeting on to Wiebke 🥰
Hi Alana, I found you on your second podcast, and I love your presentation style. Great entertainment while I knit xxx
Thank you! 🙏
Thanks for this first podcast! I’m not a lover of sock knitting, but I’ll look forward to your sock pattern. My preferred method is toe up.
Thank you! Toe-up- me too, for sure 👍
Hello and thank you for finding time in your busy schedule to start this knitting podcast. Your knits clearly show how passionate you are about this craft and I for one have enjoyed seeing your WIPS. With regard to the Alpine Bloom, perhaps frogging it and restarting it with the rose color would be more too your liking as that is a warm color and would compliment your skin color. Then continue on with the pale yellow color. The two colors are beautiful together. Just a thought. Enjoy your knitting and until next time. Cheers.
That's a nice idea! I'm considering continuing it, we'll see. Thank you so much for watching!
Love the podcast. I also love the Birkin sweater you are wearing. The colours are so beautiful
Thank yoU!
I loved your first episode. I'd love to hear your backstory (knitting and personal) and a quick comment on what you're wearing. Looking forward to future episodes. Thanks for a quality knitting podcast!!!!
Thank you so much! Will hopefully be able to get into that soon. I totally forgot to mention what I was wearing, but it's Birkin by Caitlin Hunter and I love it 🥰
Hello from Swansea, Illinois. Loved your first episode, I did subscribed to it. ❤❤❤❤❤
Thanks so much!
Great start to your podcast adventure. You neglected to tell us about the sweater you're wearing.
Oh, the possum yarn talk makes me drool.
A friend gave me four Alice Starmore sweater kits. I've started one...on a 2.25 mm needle so definitely a long-term project, so possum will have to wait while 😊😅
Thank you! The possum yarns are truly fabulous... highly recommend! Alice Starmore patterns are such works of art... enjoy 😊
Meave sweater....I enjoyed your pod cast and was impressed with the Meave sweater and can't wait for the pattern to come out. Subscribed and like....Greetings from across the ditch.....
Thanks so much!
So nice to see a Kiwi podcaster featuring our NZ yarns ❤. Looking forward to seeing more of your designs as well. I love your Maeve pattern! I'm in Christchurch so will have to check out your shop next trip up North. Great first podcast!
Thank you so much! Hope to see you in the shop someday xx
Your bears are so cute. The faces have a friendly looking personality. Great Christmas gift idea to make for little children--or adults!
Thank you! I agree, each one takes on its own personality
Really enjoyed your video Alanna. Will be fun to see your progress with all your WIPs. I think the alpine bloom sweater suits you. I vote you stay with it. Would love to hear your story of how you landed in New Zealand.
Thanks so much! Great idea, I can definitely talk more about that. A few people have said that about my Alpine Bloom and I'm kind of leaning toward keeping it myself... We'll see! 😊
Great podcast! Looking forward to your next one!🧶🧶🧶
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I would love to see some of your favorite things you’ve made, seeing your 17 WIPs was awesome but it gave me such agita not seeing anything finished 😂 Looking forward to your next one!
Hahah I know what you mean... look for my next video because it will all be finished knits! 😉
Gorgeous first podcast episode, Alanna! Look forward to the next one! Yarn & pattern pairing recommendations are always fun, in terms of content suggestions.
Absolutely!
loved watching your video and can't for the next one to see the progress on all your lovely knits. Your yarn choices are gorgeous ! Thank you for all the inspiration you've given me. I would love to see more of your previously completed projects.
Thanks heaps! My next video is all about perviously completed garments 😉
Absolutely loved it Alanna, would love to see what is in your shop. I’m in Australia so very excited to see what you have in your podcast going forward too. Thankyou so much ❤
Thanks so much! ❤
Great podcast, I loved seeing all your WIPs especially the bear ❤! I would really like to see around your shop it looks like a beautiful one , Bridget
Thank you! Will do
Congratulations on your new podcast! I enjoyed it very much. I watch a lot of knitting podcasts and yours is worth watching.
THank you so much, that is really sweet
Love the colours you picked for Birkin!! Beautiful!
Thank you!
Great video! I really enjoyed it 😊 The 'wool wall' background is a beautiful backdrop!
Thanks so much! Hard to go wrong with a rainbow of mohair wall ❤
what a lot of beautiful knits you have on the go and such divine fibres. I love your alpine bloom. I have knit the sweater version but modified the neckline. Look forward to seeing if you complete it. For my colouring pick, just for me I'd pair those beautiful plums with the mint or peacock. Enjoyed your content very much and look forward to following progress of these projects and more to come.
Thank you so much! ☺
I loved your first podcast! I visited your store about 18 months ago and you were so helpful with picking out yarn for my Shiftigan cardigan. It’s still a WIP but I’m making headway and feel inspired to see that you also have several WIPs. You calmed my soul today!
Oh my goodness, thank you so much 🥰
Thank you for doing the podcast. I love your color combinations. Your Birken sweater is gorgeous! I like to find easy to watch podcasts like yours to knit by when I take a break.
THanks so much! 😊
Very interesting prove the back and look forward to a shop tour.
Thank you!
Hi. Lovely first podcast and what an amazing wall of colour behind you 😊. Sadly I'm in the UK otherwise I'd been in your shop 😊. Love your jumper design.
Aw thanks so much! I bet you have lots of lovely yarn shops there in the UK as well!
You are a natural! Subscribed quickly and looking forward to your future podcasts. ❤️
Aw thank you so much!
Greetings from Sydney. I'm another American expat. I enjoyed your podcast greatly. I especially enjoyed learning about all the local NZ yarns you used/carry. I've ordered Spincycle from you several times, including your shop colour but didn't know about your other wonderful yarns. In the future, I would include the following 1) a bit about the jumper you're wearing (this one was gorgeous), 2) a tour of the shop, 3) some background on yourself, ie how you ended up in NZ and also ended up owning a yarn store. I'm hoping my husband and I get to visit NZ again some time in the near future. Your shop will be a first on my next visit.
Hi! I recognise your name from packing online orders 😃Thank you so much for watching
terrific podcast! already one of my favorites! beautiful work...and your birkin colors are next level!
Aww thank you so much 🥰
Hi. I loved your first video and looking forward to more of them. That sock yarn is cool. I want to learn how to make socks and people sweaters. Have only knitted scarves, cat and dog blankets, and dog sweaters.
Thank you! If you've made scarves, blankets and dog sweaters you can totally make people sweaters and socks! You can do it 🙌
I have just found you! I loved this and listened all the way through! I live in the Macedon Ranges in Victoria Australia so am just across the ditch! Will be visiting next time I am in Auckland. I mostly crochet but your WIPS definitely have inspired me to brush up on my knitting skills! Thanks your shop looks beautiful!
THanks heaps!
Loved your podcast! That Primrose... beautiful! Id like to hear a a little more about you and your lovely shop. Greetings from South Africa
Thanks so much! I will definitely be happy to do that
That MARIE wallen sweater is on my to do list as well, simply beautiful!
It really is... I need to hurry up and finish it!
Wonderful first podcast! Look forward to many more! Your store is beautiful!
Thank you so much!
Really enjoyed your chat and seeing your works in progress, plus pattern inspiration. I'd love a virtual shop tour, and to see yarns up close and info about new stock. I like to know composition, ply, meterage, gauge etc.. Loved it, thanks
Hopefully I can do it all! THanks so much 😊
You weren't kidding about having alot if wips! I look forward to seeing finished projects. I'm interested in hearing FAQ that you get from shoppers.
Ooh that's a great idea! Questions we get a lot from customers, definitely taking note.
What a very lovely episode I loved it and what a beautiful shop you have thankyou so much you are a natural
Thanks so much! 🙏
This was a lovely podcast, and so many glorious yarns. Such a lot of WIPs! I tend to be more of a monogamous knitter or I suspect I'd become a complete dilettante wouldn't finish anything at all. I honestly thought your unfinished T was lovely against your skin and it's nice to have a lighter colour for the summer. Most of your other sweaters seem to borrow from a darker palette, so maybe it's just the contrast you're not sure of? Anyway, looking forward to the next podcast!
Thank you so much! You're definitely right that my comfortable spot is darker colours... but lighter for summer does sound nice and I am trying to branch out! We'll see, I may just keep knitting that one after all 😊
Great start. Amazing knitting projects 🍁🌰🍂🦋 a shop tour will be lovely.
THank you so much, I definitely plan to do one!
Wonderful podcast Alanna! Looking forward to many more to come :)
Thank youuuuuuuuu! ❤
Your first podcast was great. Good luck!!!!
THanks so much!
As of today, this is day 3 of your first video. You are almost at 2000 subscribers. CONGRATULATIONS 🎊
As for the t-shirt, Alpine Bloom, the main color looks gold on my TV and looks lovely against your face. Keep going.
Oh my gosh I know, I really can't believe it! All of you guys are so wonderful. Re: Alpine Bloom, I am definitely thinking I might just keep going! Thank you ☺