A 'Podette' - Stephen & Penelope LYS!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ต.ค. 2024
- Welcome to another episode on my Knit365 TH-cam channel - thanks for dropping by.
In this mini podcast whilst Mark and I were in Amsterdam we had to visit Stephen & Penelope in Amsterdam - and wow what a shop, home of @StephenWest!
Come and squish some yarn with us…
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Loki would be a nice cowl. I never get tired of seeing Stephen & Penelope. The tulips are gorgeous and it sounds like you had the most relaxing vacation. All good things.
Thank you for that lovely trip to Amsterdam. Flowers and yarn, what more could you ask. Mark you are such a patient co-shopper. My goodness the cost of that yarn was astonishing. The exchange rate for the Australian dollar puts that beautiful yarn way out of my reach. Thanks again ❤️❤️❤️ to you both.
Stephen and Penelope’s prices are a lot higher. I have found that you can go direct to the dyers and save money but they are hand dyed and that does come at a premium.
@@maricami62 thanks Marian. I really admire and appreciate the work of the hand dyers. It is just our Australian dollar does not buy many Euros, Pounds or US dollars.
If I ever visit Stephen & Penelope and a store assistant came up to me and asked "Is there anything I can help you with" , I fear that my reply would be "Yes ... I'll have one of everything!!!" 🤣 Those yarns look absolutly beautiful, I can see how easy it would be to have decision issues.
What a lovely tour of Stephen and Penelope! Thank you!
❤ Great tour of Amsterdam. An excellent and thorough tour of Stephen & Penelope. Thank you for sharing. Love the yarn you purchased. Looking forward to your project the yarn colours will be great together. All the best, Joyce
Flowers and wool - what more could you ask for - fabulous. Thanks Martyn - this was super ❤
Glad you two had a lovely break - Thanks for taking us to Stephen and Penelope's - my Hubs checked - they have a wheelchair ramp
Hi Martyn and Marc, thank you for sharing your trip to Amsterdam. Stephen and Penelope’s shop looks awesome. Hugs ❤❤❤
Loved the tour of Stephen and Penelope!!
Honestly, I think I would have expected it to be more of a superstore also, happy to hear it's cozy.
I was also happy to see "essence of autumn" there, she's a Canadian dyer that I follow on TH-cam.... She's amazing!
I'm completely jealous of Mark's flowers!! 😉
Hi Martyn. What a nice trip and thanks for let us be with you for a while. Whenever I should come to Amsterdam, S&P will be a MUST!! Very glorious yarn you bought, can't wait to see the project. Stay well and hope to see/hear from you soon again. Regine
Such a beautiful city! I can't believe that you can take fresh flowers on the plane! So cool! It was nice that you turned off the camera & focused on Mark for his birthday! Much as you love us, you love him more!
Thank you so much for taking me through Stephen and Penelope. As an Australian it is unlikely I will ever get there in person and this was a wonderful experience.
I was at Stephen and Penelope just after you were there. Sorry I missed meeting you two! Thanks for this lovely podette as it will remind me of the great time I had shopping for all that lovely yarn. You’re right, the store is awesome and the staff was so very helpful. Lovely place!
Great to see all the yarn. Must visit. Also so lovely to se all the flowers. ❤
Thank you for taking me to Amsterdam; it is on my travel list. The street scenes were lovely, but the flower market! I don’t know how Mark was able to select just one bouquet. I would want them all. Your visit to Stephen and Penelope’s was wonderful, and your purchases were lovely. I love both your colors, especially the turquoise and gray. Thanks for another great episode; I always feel happy after watching. Cheers! Dee
watching the pod I was thinking how many bikes were everywhere all over the place and then you cut to the sign over Stephen and Penelope's door ... the penny dropped ... this is why the walk wool has bicycles on the label . There ya go learn something new everyday ... Thanks Martyn and Mark I always enjoy your holiday videos ..... have a good one
I love the Yellow yarn with the light grey. Amazing!
Hi Martyn i love all the yarn and the music to go with it was so relaxing say hi to Mark too xxx
im pleased you enjoyed it xxx
Thanks for taking us along the shop is awesome. Look forward to seeing how your spectra works on in the beautiful Qing Fiber colorwayS.
Grellow... that's going too be a new Crayola color.
Thank you so much for the tour ooof Amsterdam 😊😊😊
Thanks for sharing your holiday!! Enjoyed it ❤
Make Loki a Stephen West doggy sweater with your Loki yarn 🧶 ❤
What a great idea!
I was literally about to make the same comment
Welkom to the Nederlands the yarn shop is very nice. Hope you like it in my home land
What a lovely trip!! and the wool is beautifull
Looks like a lovely holiday to Amsterdam.
Oh thank you for sharing!!!! What an amazing city and shop!!! The flower and plant store was fantastic!!!
What a marvelous trip you took us on. THANK YOU!!! I can’t believe all the beautiful yarn in the S&P store. And the flower market…gorgeous! Thank you both!
Thanks Martyn for taking us with you to Amsterdam! (Okay let’s be real…..Thank you for taking us with you to Stephen & Penelope) Glad you enjoyed your holiday. (Personally I love your yarn purchases….how the heck did you not buy more???? And those tulips 🌷…..)
I have never been to Amsterdam and have always wanted to go, so thanks for the tour! Great seeing inside the S&P mothership as well! This may have also inspired me to buy some tulips! 🌷
As usual it went by so fast!! I'm sorry you didn't get to see Stephen West in person. You've been to the mekka of every knitter!!😅 I think it's a bucket list visit for most of us. Enjoy your time off and hope your birthday trip was everything you wanted
What a fun Podette! Loved getting a glimpse inside Stephen & Penelope! 🥰🧶 And thanks for sharing some of the Amsterdam sites as well! It all looks so lovely!
So nice to revisit having been there the week before you! Great purchases!
How fabulous I must go myself glad you had a great time.
Nice to travel a bit with you to Amsterdam. Thanks !
Delicious!. Your trip through Stephen & Penelope made me squeal a couple of times. You touched the Twists & Turns! I bow to you. What a beautiful flower market! Thank you for some much needed Spring.
I'm jealous! Was born in The Netherlands; such a beautiful country.
THX for that gorgeous Video. 3 months ago I was in Amsterdam just for Shopping at Stephen&Penelope👌👌👌😍😍😍😍😍😍Greetings from Germany ✌️🫶🏽 Best podcast ✌️Gabi
Thankyou so much for the loveliest video love your yarn can’t wait to see how the scarf turns out x
Oh Martyn and Mark this video couldn't have come at a better time. We(my brother and i) were going through some of the photos from my late mother's', and surprisingly a photo of my mom and her great uncle Pierre taken in front of the building that houses Stephen and Penelope was shown to me. It was taken just before my mother and here family immigrated to Canada when she was 9 in the 50s. Had to rewind you video a few times to make sure..
So nice to see you walking through my town
Glad you got to visit S & P. My friend bought me 3 skeins of yarn there in November. He actually got to meet Stephen (he is not a knitter so it was mostly wasted but he did get a photo with Stephen & the yarn he bought) and Stephen picked out one of the skeins my friend bought for me. 😍
Also have a Punk Rock Unicorn kit that has a skein of Loki in it. I am making a Shawlography with it.
Thank you for sharing your trip! Wow what a fabulous city! And, OMG Stephen & Penelope... No words wonderful 🎉🎉🎉
Thank you so much for taking us along on your trip! I might have been able to spend as long in the flower market as I would have at Stephen & Penelope’s. I’ve never seen so many bulbs in one shop before.
I was going to complain about the speed of your panning, but then I realized I had the playback at 1.5x. My bad! 😂 How wonderful to peruse S&P in person!
Thank you for taking us to Amsterdam with you
Two of my favourites Yarn & flowers. A dream trip ❤❤
Loved your yarn buys, the trip round Stephen and Penelope perfect and finding out your in Cardiff! love love love Cardiff sitting in the park knitting on a sunny day by the river sublime.
Thanks Martin and Mark. This was epic! Thanks so much for sharing!
Thank you for sharing your trip to S&P. I hope to make it there soon.
Hello from St.Louis Missouri!
Thanks for sharing😊
It was meant to beeee!!! Lovely video. Thanks!
Martin, since I was just in Amsterdam 10 days ago, I loved seeing all the places you went! I was in most of the same places, including Stephen and Penelope. Thank you for that podcast. It brought me so much joy and happy memories.
Oh do I love that grelllow yarn. The scarf will be beautiful!
funny to see a tour trip in amsterdam through your eyes as a Dutch. I've never been to Amsterdam myself. Stephen and Penalope are on my wish list to go there someday. it's just a bit inconvenient for me because I can't walk far and it's difficult or impossible to get into the city itself with a car in amsterdam because they are forbidden there. you made a good purchase on the tulips they were cheap here in the city you pay 5 euros for 10 tulips at least.Was nice to see a piece of amsterdam through your eyes
You lucky lucky pair! I’ve been to Amsterdam twice , quite some years ago. We got the train to I think it was Haarlem and there is a yarn shop there. Did you go in the double decker trains? Fabulous! Love the yarn you got , I bet you were drooling walking round the shop but OMG! The prices! Yes I know it was euros but cricket…a sweater’s worth at €36/100gms..you’d need a small mortgage! Anyway, looking forward to seeing what you do with them all.
How lucky you and Marc are to be able to do such wonderful traveling! Thank you for doing this, Martyn. I really enjoyed seeing Amsterdam and of course Stephen and Penelope’s!
what a beautiful colors you chose! I would go crazy in that store, wouldn't be able to make a choice.
Gorgeous, gorgeous yarns. The yellow is fabulous, will work beautifully with the Spectra.
I've just cast on my fourth pair of socks this year. Another set for husband. I'm still tweaking the pattern for the best fit. Last pair I went up a needle size, but just a tad to big, so come down to a 3mm 9" circular needle and 68 st from 72.
He's a UK size 12 foot so takes a lot of yarn?
Amsterdam looked amazing. I'll go one day.
Take care xxJane ☔
I’ll take one of everything 😂
Such a beautiful city, thanks for taking us along 😊 Hope you both enjoed it.
Hello, from Portland Oregon. I thank you for seeing Amsterdam, I love it so much. I’ve never been to Amsterdam or anywhere or even close. Thank you so much.
Loved seeing Amsterdam. Thanks for taking us along.
Hi martyn so beautiful thank you, maybe a little pet knit for Loki with the Loki 🐶🤭
So happy for you that the weather finally turned - we’ve had soooo much rain lately! My goodness I’ve never seen S&Ps so empty, you were very lucky! I love this lys 😊 I must say I didn’t take you for a coffee shop kind of person …. a cafe yes but a coffee shop ?? 😂😂😂😂
Thank you for this podette! You made me laugh , i was thinking that i couldn't be able to choose a single skein, it seemed so beautiful!!! Friendly hugs to you and Mark (my husband admires his patience 😂😂😂)
Thank you for the wonderful trip to Amsterdam & especially to Steven & Penelopes’ 🥰
Love the special intro with you both 😍
I've been to Amsterdam, but that was before I really digged into knitting so I did not know about S&P back then at all.
I don't think I accidentially walked by the shop.
A Loki without Loki there haha
You may not want to read this, but I think Loki would make an excellent CC for the Spectra. Spectra was actually my very first westknits piece. I used some grey sock yarn as MC and a rainbowy skein of Noro Kureyon Sock. Super lovely to look at, but quite scratchy to wear 🙈
Regarding plans: will you do the - yet unknown - Toft easter CAL? I'm sure I can do it form stash like last year 😅won't be able to finish my Cozy Corner Shawl before, but I'm now at over 80% at least I guess, so good progress made.
You can't go wrong with Punk Rock Unicorn .. my favourite dyer! And Dea is such a great person too :)
Thanks for taking us on your trip! Loved seeing the sights and S&P; the shop makes me realize how good I have it here in lil' ol' Fort Wayne IN. I can get Qing, Hedgehog, LITLG, ALL the Mad Tosh, Rowan, Ikigai, Isager, etc. all sorts of name brands within 7 miles from home. I'd still like to get to Amsterdam sometime 🎉❤
I will be there in 2 weeks. S&P is definitely on my list.
Love the grellow from Qing! They have such awesome colorways
Ouff, très belle boutique..!! Merci pour ce reportage.. On constate bien les prix inflationnistes.. 35 euros pour un écheveau de laine.. une certaine catégorie de population ne peut pas s'offrir celà à un tel tarif.. Mais avoir du succès "relatif" permet de profiter à la société "mode-consommation".. Vive les "Pays-Bas" et leurs agriculteurs complètement noyés-faillite dans les décisions Européennes.. Des belles laines à des tarifs disuasifs... Reportage sympas néanmoins ... ça glisse et on passe aux priorités essentielles .. où quand même le beau ne vous créé plus aucune sensation "bonheur"
Hi from Edinburgh
Didnt get to see Amsterdam during the day. Everything was closed. How long has Stephen & Penelope been open? Those skeins of yarn are a bit expensive @ A$48. We arnt allowed to take flowers or fruit and vegies to other states here in Australia.
The person who helped me at the store mentioned that Dashing Sassy is an exclusive base to their shop, so of course I had to get a couple of skeins while I was there!
Hello from switzerland, 😂
Hi both
Hello from ohio
Loki needs a westknits petknit 🐾🧶🐾
Thank you Martin for this absolutely lovely podcast. I too visited the flower market and S&P last summer and needless to say I would have bought so much more than my credit card allowed me to. BTW I still haven't found the 'rigth' pattern for the yarn I purchased.😂🌷🚴🛍🇳🇱🧶