Episode 36 - Behind the scenes at Wonderwool Wales!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- Welcome to another episode on my Knit365 TH-cam channel - thanks for dropping by. In this episode I share all my adventures behind the scenes at the Wonderwool Wales yarn show that I attended this weekend with my LYS Ammonite Yarns and @WoollyWumpkins.
Check out both Ammonite Yarns and Woolly Wumpkins on Instagram:
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Find out more about the wonderful indi dyer I brought some yarn from:
* All Wool That Ends Wool ...
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Martyn you aren't suppose to say you only bought the yarn you needed , my hubby was watching with me shhhhh🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Haha sorry!
Martyn, thank you SO much for taking us along on your “working” weekend. I’m very jealous! What fun!
I enjoy our visits (don’t worry about length-if needed they can be watched in bits and pieces) and I can certainly handle multiple videos in a week……especially one about steeking (gasp!) The cardigan (from what I could see) looked beautiful….cannot wait to see you actually cut your knitting. Until next time I’m working on Vertices Unite (we won’t talk about WIPs until the end of the month😉) I’m still all in vapors about the beautiful yarn! Cheers
So enjoyed you taking us along to the show. Looked like you had a good time even though you all looked tired at end.
I was hoping an hour ago that you'd get a vlog posted on this gray dreary Monday in Indiana! Thank you...the day is looking better already 😘
Awww thanks Janice! Hope you enjoy :)
What a lovely weekend you had!! I miss yarn shows. You came home with treasures…memories, gifts, and purchases!!
I taught myself to tat 26 years ago! That was incredibly challenging pre-TH-cam. While it’s not difficult to do, it’s very difficult to describe in writing. I love the idea of tatted stitch markers! I may have to design my own.
Be well, friend Martyn. Love, light, and blessings to you and yours.
Wow, someone from New Hampshire! So cool! I too am from NH!
Loved this video. Amazing as always, thanks for taking us along!
By next year I predict that you will be a paid guest speaker at the shows!,,,
You need a chest mounted camera like the police use😉
What a great episode!!!! The show looks amazing! It's wonderful to have an isight form a knitter! Thanks so much Martin!
Ah! I just saw myself and my stand on your video! I hope you had a great weekend! It was my first time at Wonderwool and I had so much fun, looking forward to next year xx
Amazing video....missed your vlog ❤️
It was lovely to meet you & thank you for showing off my stall. I didn't get a chance to look around properly so enjoyed your tour.
Lokiii!
Such a packed weekend, I bet you were a great seller and added popularity to their stand haha
That's a huge venue, I would have gone lost there. And there was still room for that stage, wow!
What a fun tradition ("turning into sheep") and there were more people watching than I expected!
And a joke at the end - ba dum tss!
Yeah, don't post too often please so I won't fall behind again.. every medal has two sides 😉
I hope you and Loki had some quiet days and Mark will be home safe and soon.
My knitting mojo has come back recently and decided to stay for a bit.
I finished the Montréal cowl (😲), just need to block and sew it up.
I started Calbert the Lady Amhearst Pheasant on time and try to follow the CAL-rhythm though I will be away for a bit in May and will try to do those days in advance.
And then there's YAL-1 coming round the corner in May too!
And I have plans to knit the current Rowan KAL, A Built World, I can easily do the big big blanket to destash a little 🙈 This will be a project over time, more likely for the rest of the year or so. We'll see.
I did all the planning and calculating, now the biggest hurdle before being able to start is to wind all the skeins. Theres 23 of them! 23! Twenty-three! 2...3...
I'm fainting at the thought of winding for hours.. at least you're able to watch TV or youtube or listen to music when winding (at least I don't "have to" film it, that would be quite a vlog 😂).
Maybe on Saturday.
If I did one a day.. it would still take me more than three weeks 🤣 But who only winds one skein a day? Ahhhh not going to solve that problem now. Hmpf.
Awesome episode!!! Thank you!!! I love the caernafon pillows, I will love to buy the pattern 🥰 I will check their website and Ravelry.
Getting the car from the car park was a nightmare. Simon went to get our car at 4pm & it took over an hour before he got down to the building.
Loved the video. Thank you for taking us along.
Only ONE skein of yarn purchased?????? Your halo must be glowing!!!. There was a lot of beautiful wool there. Thanks for the tour, it was alot of fun to watch. Glad you had a blast, it showed. Happy knitting
Hi Martyn,
So envious, could almost smell the yarn fumes!
Display looked lovely.
Our biggest local(well almost) show is at the end of July, used to be Fibre East, now a new show organised by love4wool, as the summer yarn festival at Ampthill in Bedfordshire. Very restrained on the yarn front.
I saw some orange yarn in a local Charityshop, a stand of brand new Cygnet Pato, so it looked like it was meant to be, so I’m crocheting some orange flowers after all.
Finished the Marie Curie socks, and the mosaic crochet mat from my workshop sample, no progress on shawl, and no I’ve still not sewn up my cardi, but I’ve cast on a hat with the left overs from the crochet cowl from the crafting weekend.
Take care, stay safe x
Hi Martyn. It looked like a brilliant show. I was gutted i couldn’t go. So watching you show us around was the next best thing. Thank you 😊
What a great capture of our fun weekend! It is lovely to see it all through your eyes 👀 ☺️ I hope you have a quick recovery and that returning to work today wasn’t too hard 😎
I loved this week's VLOG and thank you for taking us to the show! I am excited to find the skirt pattern and tips for making the special yarns go further. I have so many one skein SPECIAL yarns that I save for just the right pattern, then can't find a great one skein pattern. You should find a special assigned pooling pattern for the dark rainbow pop of color skein!! There are some fun ones coming out now with dyers making such lovely yarns. glad you had a great time and thanks for sharing
You always make me laugh. Love that your podcast is real life, no filter (only the coffee 😉). Very proud of you that you only bought 1 skein of yarn! Don’t know if I could do it.
What a great video Martyn! You did a good job of capturing the atmosphere of the show. I met you on the stall on Sunday, which was a lovely surprise to see you there. It's so interesting to see behind the scenes. It's a tiring day for us visitors and I've always thought it must be an exhausting time for the vendors, but everyone is so helpful and friendly in spite of all the hard work it takes to put it together. Every vendor I spoke to said how lovely it was to be back in live shows again and to be meeting people. Crafters are truly generous people. I brought along my Knit & Natter group of 20 ladies to the show and we all thoroughly enjoyed it. I've told them all about your channel and how thrilled I was to meet you there, so hopefully you'll get a few more subscribers. Keep up the good work.
By the way, I wasn't as disciplined as you and I bought loads of gorgeous yarny goodies.😊
Thoroughly enjoyed your video Martyn!! Loved seeing behind the scenes! You were very restrained with your purchases, polish your halo til it gleams! Wish you would post once a week, you're so natural!!
Wow really nice. I wish I was there. Thanks for taking me with you. 🤗🤗🤗 it's Janice from Malta in the Mediterranean.
Hi Martyn. That was so much fun seeing the other side of the show. I used to work on the markets and sometimes people don't appreciate how much work it takes loading, setting up, being on your feet all day, dismantling and taking an inventory of your sales, stock and how much you lost through other means!
I used to get really annoyed with the customers who came right at the end want to look and ask about everything and either walk away empty handed or one of the less expensive items I sold. They really don't think you've been up since the crack of dawn, hardly managed to eat and drink all day and are dead on your feet.
I used to do six days a week and Mondays was my day off and once I'd done all I needed to do I just literally just did nothing all day until it was time to pick the kids up from school.
Did enjoy it though. The camaraderie with other stall holder was great.
How's Her Majesty coming along?
Take care and keep safe. xxJane
Loved to join you behind the scenes on the yarn show! It's too far off for me (I live in Sweden..), but you let me get a glimpse of it all in your video, as you often do. Thank you! 😊
It was so lovely to meet you on Saturday at Wonderwool. You truly are an inspiration to the knitting community Martin. Fab choice of your Woolly Wumpkins skein. I bought the same one! X
Hi, please can you tell me which company had the stand with 'Chakra' written on the banner? I tried looking online but couldn't find anything. Thanks :o)
That Tunisian Crochet wrap was beautiful. Would love to crochet one like it some day if I could find the pattern.
Martyn, my 8 year old son says he is surprised because he’s actually enjoying this video and watching the set up! Haha. He says he likes the way you talk! LOL. He means your Welsh accent!
Thank you for sharing your adventures at Wonderland Wales I've not been to a yarn show probably a good thing for my wallet! but I would love to experience one for myself. As a consumer, I would not have realised the time and effort gone into each stall by the very talented owners and makers, it really is a very intensive weekend. I am in awe at all of their talented work and enthusiasm for yarn. Your own enthusiasm is wonderful to watch. I don't crochet but watching you create all those lovely Toft creations makes me wish I could crochet. I hope you have recovered from your weekend at the yarn fair and yes I was very impressed with your restrained haul!
Yet another amazing video Martyn. I like you have been very fortunate to help out at a yarn show and it was so much fun exhausting but fun.
I’m going to go and purchase the pattern for the skirt as it looked fantastic.
Looking forward to seeing the cardigan video.
Oh wow, I am new to your channel, can't believe I haven't seen your blog before, the behind the scenes of the show is absolutely incredible and I just wanted to reach out to those lovely displays, well done everyone, colour schemes and shawls, cushions etc displayed are absolutely beautiful. I have to make an effort to get to this show next year!!
Oh my goodness Martyn. I don’t know how you restrained yourself with all of that yarny temptation. Thank you so much for the behind the scenes look. You met a lot of wonderful people.
Loved seeing your video this morning, Martyn! We need more videos!
I totally wanna meet Jan! I’m getting my first wheel in few days and have no idea what I’m doing, lol. Just found your channel tonight Martin fun!
Sooooo good to meet you Martyn and really glad you had a great time at Wonderwool. We carried on down to Saundersfoot for the rest of the week and enjoyed the Welsh sunshine, hospitality and Welsh cakes!! 😊
Thank you for this wonderful tour and glimpse into your day behind the scenes. Great to see the wonderful yarn acquisitions and lovely treasures. Your shawl looks fantastic!
Still curious....What is the story behind Welsh Tenor. Are you a singer and if so, what kind of music? Thanks.
Here. We have the Connecticut Sheep, Wool and Fiber Festival at the end of the month. First time in person since the virus.
Best wishes for more April!
Hey Michael, I play tenor horn in a brass band so that’s where the tenor comes from, sadly I can only sing to myself in a shower!
Great to see a very happy Martyn. Looks like you had a wonderful time. Good to see Loki back on camera.
thank you martin for taking us behind the scene ...loved it.
😊❤
You only acquired two skeins, but what gorgeous skeins!
Thanks for putting this up I had to give it a miss this year had covid hopefully it will be on next year
Was the floor concrete at Wonderwool? Standing on concrete for two days will fatigue the legs.
I loved watching this.
It was great to meet you last Saturday. I had a fan-girl moment - I was so excited 🤩😂
Thank you so much. I haven't been to a yarn show in 3 years. I am on a mountain in Idaho, USA
Such an enjoyable video! Thank you so much!
Fab podcast, thank you so much for taking us with you! x x
thanks Martin, great vlog. it looked like an amazing weekend.
I need the pattern for that amazing Tunisian crochet wrap!
Your podcasts are always welcome. I loved it!
Stephen West has since released a bubble cardigan pattern
All the gear no idea. I am stealing that quote and claiming it for my own lol
Always love your podcasts!
The whole festival reminds me of rhinebeck and I'm so jealous of the lady from Boston. I'm adding visit yarn festivals around the world to my bucket list
Martyn, this was a brilliant episode… thank you for sharing❤️
Absolutely yes to spinning it’s so cathartic x
Great show episode 🤩 Just spotted myself in the sheep walk audience ☺️ Was fab to meet you-random podcaster/viewer hugs are the best 🤗 Hope you’re recovered soon 😴🤣
Setting up a booth is a lot of work.
How could you leave with just one skein? I promised myself that I'd be good and only buy 1 carded batt to spin. I left with a hand painted batt, a Manx Loughtan fleece, 400g of a beautiful handpainted blend of merino/tussah silk, 200g of angora and some of the most beautiful hand dyed/painted mulberry silk I've ever seen from Hilltop Cloud. Oh, and a new Turkish spindle. I meant to spend around £40 on a batt - I ended up spending at least 3 times that! You really should learn to spin - it opens up whole new realms for your creativity. There's nothing quite like wearing a sweater that you've processed from raw fleece to finished garment.
Hahahah you had quite the haul! I’ve brought so much yarn this year I had to be restrained!
Okay, there's a shawl hanging on the wall that's black with a bright multi colored contrast, in the beginning of the podcast. It's got a square of the contrast color at the bottom where the point is. Do you know what the name of that shawl is? The sign next to it says collaborations and Ammonite Yarns. It looks like you had so much fun! I am almost 70 years old now, but when I was 18, I did the "cat walk" for my Mom's knitting. There was a show here at a fancy motel and I got to show off my Mom's knitting. She was into machine knitting by that time and she was so good at it. I've never seen seams so perfect. I still have those knitted things. I can still wear some of the sweaters, but it's just nice to look at them once in a while and remember sharing something so fun with my Mom. I love those stitch markers your friend gave you. And that baby Pengwieno jacket is so cute! I've wanted to make the adult version but put it off. Now you've inspired me to get to it!
That’s the Caribbean Shawl and was designed by Ruth from the shop. The pattern shows that you can pair a lovely hand dyed skein (the coloured one!) with a commercial yarn (a 4-ply sock yarn in this case) to make that special skein go further. The pattern is available on Ravelry but if you can’t use that let me know and I’ll find another link for you. www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/caribbean-shawl-2
Love your shirt in the intro
Loved the podcast.
Great again
brilliant
I love your podcast. The show was amazing. I have been in my first yarn festival in Seville (Spain ), two weeks ago and seeing you behind the scenes🤩 is so exciting . Waiting for your next video. Love from Tenerife 💕🧶🧶🧶
Thanks so much for taking us along to a yarny event!! It made me all the more excited to attend one myself. So just a comment, you looked at a great deal of fibre for someone who is not (yet) a spinner my friend… perhaps this is about to change? Also for the gorgeous skein you purchased I suggest you check out some of Dawn Barker’s assigned pooling shawls - they are fabulous and designed for those skeins with pops of colour. Enjoy your yarn fume hangover - I am so jealous ❤❤
Oh, my goodness. The opening of building the stand reminds me so much of putting together our 4H booth. And look at all those bright, fun colors! Lots of WYS, Wonderful samples to inspire. What a fun set up! We've been talking about the oddness of social media. We know you and who you are, but we forget you don't know us. It makes for an odd relationship.
Those lovely TOFT goodies have a wonderful home with you, what a generous gift but so lovely to know you’ll treasure them. Loved the vlog great to see the behind the scenes, hope you’ve stopped aching now 🥴😊
I totally enjoyed sharing your joy and being there, and helping out. What a delightful 'trip' to Wales. Thank you for wharing!
I have that Toft bag! Went on a knitting course in 2012 I think and spent the best day. Tour round alpaca in the fields followed by bag making course and yummy food too. Glad you had a good time at Wonderwool, would love to go to in person yarn show :)
That was absolutely delightful Martyn. What a treat when I saw you were here. Love the warts and all and yes just loved the back stage show and having a tour around the show. How kind the pipeline who met you were. Thank you - see you soon and looking forward to your next updates. 🧶🧶
Hiya Martyn. Lovely to see you over the weekend. It looks like you had a great time. The weekend flew by all too quickly. Lots of fibre artistry and talented folk a plenty.
Xx🌈
So much fun to go along with you. Wish there was something like this near me. Oh, and you should totally learn to spin. It is a lot of fun. I was trying to spin while watching this but it was too much of a distraction. I am a fairly new spinner so I have to pay more attention to it.. Spinning is so much fun and very relaxing too.
What an absolutely wonderful weekend you've had! Thank you for sharing it with us!
I loved every minute of the show. I had no idea all that work went into those shows. I also didn't know you didn't get help setting up and taking down. Rachelle in Seattle
oh happy day
thank you so much
The show looked like so much fun! Thanks for showing behind the scenes as well.
What a great report on your wooly weekend! Hope you got some rest.
I was so looking forward to your video but unfortunately I had to stop after only 1/4 way in. Too much zooming around with the camera and I felt utterly sick. I don’t understand why you can’t stay on one spot so we can actually see the wonderful craft. I was keen on seeing the cushions and blankets but you zoomed too fast to have a good look. Obviously this doesn’t seem to have affected others, as they have given you a good review. I’m real sorry I couldn’t stay to see everything. 🥲
I really do try to find a balance in my videos, there are some frozen shots of the cushions and information for example with no movement. These kind of ‘on-the-go’ videos are much harder to focus on a slow/still speed compared to when I just sit down and show items where I can more easily slow the pace. I’m sorry you didn’t enjoy this one but I will continue to try to keep the movement speed in mind in future videos.