Come with me to a BRAND NEW knitting festival || And a Giveaway!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 พ.ค. 2024
- Woolly Good Gathering 2023 took place at Summerhall. For more information on vendors, and to read about next year's event, see the website.
www.woollygood.co.uk/
I have only discovered the knitting community about 3 years ago. I was so excited to find podcasts of knitting and have learned so much about yarn and patterns! It has become as much of a "hobby" for me as knitting!
My favourite part of the knitting community is that at my knit group I can be sat next to someone my age or younger or lots older and we get on fabulously regardless of age, just discussing what we are making and what we are doing generally. I love it :)
Started knitting about a year and half ago and have found the knitting community to be very welcoming and supportive. I see lots of encouragement and appreciation of everyones work and excitement when they find a fellow knitter out in public. I see myself doing the same when i notice a familiar pattern being worn or just notice someone working on a project. Very glad to have stumbled upon this community, where people can appreciate the time and effort that goes into hand made projects.
I find the knitting community inspirational. I enjoy following the designers and makers of all the beautiful knitting projects and everything craft.
Knitting whilst watching knitting podcasts is total therapy for me. It lifts my mood, makes me feel part of a worldwide community and makes me proud of my creations.
I love the virtual community of knitters here on TH-cam , from whom I’ve learned so much! I’ve spent many a long winter evening in their company. It’s a great way to feel connected with others who share a love of knitting!
The online knitting community has been a game changer for my knitting. I’ve learned so many new to me techniques, found resources to help, and discovered so many incredible patterns. It’s rekindled my love and of knitting and given me a creative outlet.
I find the knitting community online a living place of pure creativity and magical inspiration. My comfort zone 🩵
I love the knitting community in real life and online, I love finding someone who has made the same thing you’ve made and then going through all the other things they’ve made and discovering more to add to your “to make” list!!
The online knitting community means a lot to me. I have lots of fun spending time with lovely podcasters while I knit along myself. It’s so inspirational to see so many people enjoying the craft I love! ❤
It is the greatest feeling when you see a knitter on TH-cam from the other side of the world knitting the same as you are, or reading the same book or listening to the same song ❤
The online community makes me feel like a cool and trendy person, and has helped me be confident in knitting everywhere and anywhere :)
The knitting community is so helpful and supportive. So glad I have found a place in it!
I’ve been knitting for many years, but I got bit by the knitting bug in 2019 and discovering a knitting community on TH-cam. Since it’s challenging to get to a local knit night, I really appreciate getting to hear other knitters talk about the yarn and their projects and just generally share the love of the craft whilst I knit. It’s a good outlet since no one in my really world is as excited about knitting as I am!
The knitting community is brilliant for bringing a handful of strangers together and making them friends.
When you knit, there's always a conversation starter if you find socialising hard. If you have long term health issues and can't always socialize in person. The online knitting community is always there for you.
I gather with some women who are 60-68 years old every Sunday. We are advanced knitters always challenging each other our skills. More importantly we support each other in major events in our lives and are good friends! I was a transplant to where I live in 2017 and finding new knitting friends was hard. I am really grateful for this group!
I am an American expat in Stockholm (we’ve been here a year and a half). We travel all over Europe a lot, which gives me the chance to see different yarn stores and festivals everywhere we go! It never ceases to amaze me that no matter the country or culture, the knitting community is so engaging, supportive, and beautiful! I can’t wait to see the yarn shops in Edinburgh in July! Your video has convinced me to go to the “Woolly Good Gathering” festival next year!
I love the online knitting community, they’re always quick to comment and to help if you’re stuck! Watching youtube vids really is an outlet and makes me feel less alone in my nerdiness over yarn.
The comminuty is by far the best aspect of being a knitter. Being at a festival and making friends whether you're at a workshop or standing in the toilet queue. Wherever you go having people ask what you're wearing or knitting. Always happy to share their knitting expertise or foibles. Knitters are just the best. ❤
Love the fact that I can be a part of the knitting community anywhere in the world and that we are all connected by our love of this wonderful craft
Thanks for taking us along! What a fun festival. One of the best things about the knitting community is that we have this love for the craft and the fibers in common. I love being out in public, knitting, and meeting fellow knitters. We’re not strangers to each other!
I found it friendly too. I loved that it was perfectly normal for us to stare, touch and comment on what each other was wearing. We all had an easy gateway into a conversation with a like minded stranger. Going back outside afterwards into the real world was actually kinna sad.
The knitting community is not replaceable ... I have learned joy, love and self acceptance, along with tons of knowledge !!! I love your vest !!!
I love how disability-friendly and intergenerational the knitting community is! I learned to knit from my Nana, and I've gotten to meet other people like me who use knitting to deal with chronic pain. I recently taught my mom how to knit, and it's been fun seeing her discover a lot of my favorite yarns and designers.
I haven't been knitting for long, only a year and a bit however I am blown away by the knitting community support. Knitting for me has massively helped my mental health, it's my therapy. Sitting down with my current project and watching my favourite podcasters is like a hug after a long work day ❤
I find that the knitting community worldwide is awesome!! Knitters love to share tips, patterns etc. freely. We always have things in common to talk about and inspirations to aspire to!
My knitting community mostly revolves around my aunt who taught me how to knit socks. Every few weeks we get together with our basket full of projects and share what we are making over a coffee and cake. Those are some of the happiest moments of my life and I am super grateful for it 😊
This is such a sharing community - whether it is sharing encouragement, help, ideas or even products...so generous in all ways. And it's so nice to see the community being promoted first and foremost. Thanks for the lovely video 💖
Knitters are such great people. I recently found myself away from home and family and went into the local yarn shop to just feel good and find some new yarn. There was a group of ladies gathering for a knitting group and welcomed me with open arms to sit with them and knit. They are mostly all retired but that doesn’t matter. When you are a fellow knitter, age doesn’t mean anything. What matters is the shared connection and the kindness that is shared. ❤
Without the knitting community I would not have discovered so many wonderful designers and yarn producers/dyers.😊
For me, it's the local knitting community I love the most. I was asked by someone thirty years younger than I to be the experience they needed to start a local knit night. I met people so much younger, but because of our love of knitting, and crafting in general, we had a starting point to share experiences, and found in the process that there was much more we shared. Since then, the group has grown and changed, both in number and in age range, but still brings joy to us all.
I have so so many things I love about the knitting community. I made a really good friend through the La Mercerie Sock Swap who I’ve been able to meet in person - if it weren’t for knitting we’d never have interacted and now we send each other cards, birthday gifts, and get together for the occasional video chat knit night. Yesterday was my birthday and I met someone at work (I work at an ecolodge and she was a guest), and she’s a knitter and we had the BEST chat about what podcasts we watch and what we are knitting on - it was the highlight of my birthday. I rarely get to interact with other knitters in person so finding people online who share the same love and passion for creating makes me feel so connected. I am so grateful to the content creators that go out of their way to bring us all together and give us a sense of community regardless of where we are in the world. I love being introduced to new yarns from all over the world as well - I went to Scotland last summer to see some family and I picked up some Kinross 4ply due to your recommendation and it made me so happy that I had the chance to try it out myself.
The online knitting community is very inspiring and helpful. A special thank to your for fostering this community and for the advent calendar swap with which I met a very nice knitting friend IRL!
I personally don't have a knitting community in person because my knitting is my relaxing alone time, I do however LOVE the online community, I feel like I can join others in our passion without having to worry about contributing, Yours was actually one of the first knitting podcasts I came across and fell in love immediately, being Irish I love the Scottish accent, and whilst watching this I am working on my 6th. Tolsta tee and planning what yarn to use in my first Lauder, x
I am in Canada and the knitting community here is so inclusive and welcoming. I was able to attend Knit City Toronto this past weekend and it had workshops, speakers, a marketplace, and a sit and knitting space. It was so inspiring to see everything and everyone. My favourite part is chatting with attendees.
I live currently in Saudi and restarted knitting during the pandemic, probably like many. Its not really a thing here so its been lovely to sit and knit with creators, even if it’s virtually
I belong to a local knitting group which is a wonderful community of creatives. The sheep and yarn festivals give me permission to geek out on fiber, equipment and gadgets. And then there's the stranger who's knitting in the waiting room of a doctor's office- another extension of the community. You tube podcasts like yours expands the community. Thanks!!
LOVE the online knitting community. I love traveling, so I love seeing what people around the world are making and wearing.
The knitting community is soo great! Getting to see other parts of the world and all the fabulous yarns available worldwide!!❤❤😊😊
I LOVE the online knitting group/community I am part of. I look forward to that time every week. The vibe is super supportive, respectful and welcoming. In addition, like yourself, there are so many wonderful knitting/crocheting/making podcasters that I enjoy spending time with. Truly inspirational and comforting. Especially after a long day at work. Wishing you all the best. ❤
I am lucky as not only do I have a LYS that does Knit and Natter sessions 3 days a week, but since joining Ravelry British Banter group, have met many others IRL. This weekend am now travelling in a group to Riverknits Open Day as a direct result. Without the knitting community I would not have had this varied social interaction, so thank to ALL all that put so much time and effort to keep us sane in the post Covid world.
It was lovely to see what The Wooly Good Gathering was all about, thank you for sharing Rebecca. I have only been knitting for a year but the online knitting community have made it fun to learn all about this wonderful craft. 😊
I sought and plugged into the online community after my Scottish mother died in 2021 and I inherited her needles, yarn and wips. I needed to hear her accent (thank-you Rebecca). I think I also needed teachers ('cause isn't your mum your first and ultimate teacher?) and found an incredible community of people willing to teach me how to do fair isle and neat bind offs, etc. I've taken a lot from the community and plan over the next year to 'give' more - attending local yarn festivals and there's a monthly knit night that my LYS hosts.....I'm thankful for the international yarn and knitting community; it's been therapeutic for me over the last 3 years.
I absolutely love my knitting community. My fellow knitters are so generous with their time and knowledge. We always have something to talk about. I’ve made some amazing friends through the art of knitting.
Knitting community is so full of lovely people, inspirational and motivational. Love watching knitting podcasts while knitting. Kisses from România!
I started knitting during the pandemic, initially joined an online group started by my LYS, now, several of us continue to meet regularly to knit in a local park. So fortunate to enjoy such a supportive, encouraging community - both IRL and online. The fibre community really is the best!
I find the online knitting community so inspiring and has helped revive my love of knitting. I have found it has given me the push to do projects the I would previously considered to be out of my comfort zone.
I have learned so, so much from my online knitting friends. These are people I’ve mostly not met in person, but feel like I could spend whole days just sitting and knitting and chatting with them. In fact, because of the online community, I met a lovely knitter from Albuquerque who invited me to her IRL knitting group when I was out there, and it was so lovely, I’m going to spend several days at a knitting retreat with them this fall!! Knitters on the whole seem to be so welcoming, so patient, so willing to share their knowledge and help others. I am grateful to be a part of this community and all the little neighborhoods of it I’ve managed to visit so far. ❤
I enjoy the knitting community on TH-cam. This is where I find so many new pattern inspirations to knit.
The friends I have made in the knitting community are some of my nearest and dearest kindred spirits! I love that you create community around yourself and your patterns xxx
I live on Kent Island, the gateway to the Eastern Shore of Maryland USA. The festivals I attend are Rhinebeck and the maryland sheep and Wool festival, this year for the first time I attended yarncentric and I met so many great podcasters. A real thrill! TH-cam is such a great community not only to learn techniques via tutorials, but to explore and learn about the communities of each podcaster. My husband is from Stonehaven Scotland, and he enjoys watching the Scottish podcasts and hearing the brogue and sometimes seeing the landscape of their communities. We’ve enjoyed your podcast from day one!🏴 Well done Rebecca!❤
My favorite aspect of the knitting (and spinning) community is the generosity of spirit shown by all of its members. Everyone is so willing to help the rest of the group with ideas etc. to help everyone achieve their goals. So great of you Rebecca to help foster this new festival. Hope it remains successful and grows.
I knitted commercially in the 1980’s and for some reason stopped for 25 years or so… have dived back in recently and am loving the community of knitters and information that I can find on-line … a very different world! ❤
I‘m always inspired by seeing other peoples projects and hearing about their experiences when knitting! I‘m so glad that knitting podcasts are a thing and I can see so many peoples knitting projects, I just love it!
I really enjoyed seeing the festival - thanks Rebecca. The online knitting community has been an inspiration and an amazing support in helping to improve my knitting skills and realise mistakes are part of the journey. I’m lucky that a great new yarn shop has opened up locally and the knit nights there have been a lovely way to connect with knitters in person. 😊
I love the knitting community, my in person community made blankets for the earthquake victims here in Turkey, also love the on line community, keep me connected with what’s going on around the work crafting wise.
Thanks for all your contributions to this amazing community, best wishes Frances
Finding an online community on Facebook rekindled my knitting mojo and inspired me to find a class near me where I’ve met a really fun, talented group of women. Knitting along while watching my favorite TH-camrs makes a solitary interest soooo much more fun and helps me find beautiful yarns and patterns that I may never have discovered otherwise.
Knitting and crochet really helped me during my masters, I made an incredible friend who also loves fibre arts and it was a great way to decompress after long days writing our disses! We still keep each other updated on our projects now, sharing techniques and hyping each other up, and it's so wonderful to have her ❤
My grandmother taught me how to knit and I love how the knitting community can bring different generations together!
The knitting community online is inspiring, podcasts, Raverly everyone is always there to help and support.
I reconnected with a childhood friend through knitting after we both got back into knitting during the pandemic. Even though we no longer live near each other, we have been able to bond over each other’s WIPs, FOs, and your videos. I finally got to see her in person after more than 25 years at my local yarn store.
I definitely appreciate both the online knitting community and the in person knit nights in my city. It’s always a great feeling to connect with someone and to be able to geek over knitting and wool.
I have yet to develop a group of local friends in knitting, but feel so blessed that there are people like you sharing your designs and adventures and making me feel like I am part of the community. It is so nice to have a virtual place to chill and knit and feel like I'm not alone, Thank you for this. 💖
I love the knitting community (both online and in real life). Knitters are so friendly and inspiring. I love to encourage others to try knitting and help them the way that I was encouraged and helped. ❤
Thank you for sharing WGG the community that I falow is the you tube podcast. I am on chemotherapy treatement . I wish that one day I will be able to visit a wooly Festival and be part of a live comunity😊
I had a hard time finding a local knitting community, so instead I taught some of my close friends to knit (or crochet) so that we could have yarn nights and get together as a group. It's been such a wonderful experience and made our friend group so much closer - even those who've found they'd participate by chatting instead of yarn related activities!
I've only been a knitter for around 4-5 years and what I have learned is that this knitting community has been such a joy to be a part of. The wholesome people are so kind and welcoming. Joining this community of people has been one of my best decisions I've ever made. I've always wanted to try hand-dyed yarn but it's a bit too pricey for me. Have a lovely day from the South East of England!
I love the yarny community! My yarn shop in California has wool gatherings each Friday morning and Sunday afternoon - informal drop-in style - bring a project, hang out and work on it. We talk about everything and nothing - what we watched on Netflix, what we are making, what we are making for dinner, etc. I love it and it is such a great community!
When I started knitting a few years ago I went to the local knit night and I’ve ended up being one of the organisers and found some lovely friends through this group. It’s open for everyone and it’s a lovely way to meet people in a city where you don’t know anyone. Knitting is a wonderful hobby because everyone who sees you knit always have such nice associations with knitting. So you end up meeting so many people through knitting 😊
I don't think there is anything like the online knitting community- its been so great connecting with people that I wouldn't normally meet in real life - and so inspiring to see what other people create!
Although I have been knitting for many years, I just recently found the online community. I absolutely love to watch and listen to your podcasts and other knitting podcasters while knitting. Thank you sharing the knitting festival. I love when you and other podcasters take us to yarn festivals all over the world! I so enjoy the various vendors and yarns! I look for inspiration within the online community and all the recommendations and suggestions on knitting needles and projects. You make my knitting live so much easier, exciting and colorful. I definitely stretch my knitting skills with each project!
Thanks for bringing us along to the Wooly Gathering! I love the on-line knitting community because I really don’t know many “real life” knitters. That’s likely because I live in a warmer climate. I can just imagine we are knitting together over a cup of tea. I told my husband that if we go to Scotland (as we have been contemplating), we have to go at the time of the Wooly Gathering. His immediate response was “that would be fun!” He is a keeper, now isn’t he!! Maybe in a few years I’ll travel the 5,000+ miles to get there! 🤗
I used to be in a knitting group that was wonderful. I’ve since moved and felt like I lost the community. TH-cam podcasters like you have made me feel more connected!
In general, my experience with the knitting community is that folks are generous, open and inclusive, supportive, whether in person, virtually or through social media access. I find so much learning and inspiration through all those avenues. I have come out of my knitting shell moreso over the past couple of years and I am grateful for all the people who have encouraged/been encouraging whether directly or by default. The community is really a wonderful place and I say would benefit anyone who is interested in knitting and enters the realm!
I’ve been knitting for 2 years and I love the online community as well as visiting my LYS- there’s a shared interest there already and it’s a great way to make friends online and ITL. Everyone I’ve met has been so kind and helpful! ❤
The online knitting community was what first helped me really find my knitting mojo! Since then I have made some fantastic friends and joined a local group of amazing crafty people! I have also really enjoyed the knitting podcasts on youtube, getting to hear what others are making, what yarn they are using has really helped inspire some of my own projects!
I have found the knitting community very encouraging and I love how easy it is to talk to people internationally :) Podcasts are my favorite part - I love hearing in detail about projects and what life looks like for different people ♥
I've been knitting on and off for years, mostly a little project every year and then just hard stopping after that. I always felt weird going into yarn shops or joining groups because I felt like an imposter. I finally got the courage to join a knitting meetup the other day and I just loved it! Everyone was as kind as I had always hoped, and I've never laughed so hard while knitting. I'm loving finding this community!
I would love a knitting community with people to meet up in real life but the online community has given me great joy and inspiration!
I had never really knit with other people much until this past year. I've now joined two yarny groups, one at my local library and one through my synagogue. Both have been so fun! I didn't realize how much I'd enjoy having folks to show off my craft with and bond over the highs and lows. It's really been lovely!
My local knitting community is so very much older than me -- we have a few knitting groups in my town, but no local yarn store! I have loved discovering the online community, especially this community. I love hearing about your adventures and design ideas, and it's really nice to find knitters who are about the same age as me! Rebecca, thank you for making such a friendly and welcoming space for all of us!
I love the knitting community! I have dabbled in lots of crafts and other communities aren't always as giving or willing to help. Most of the people I have met at a knit night or yarn store are so nice and generous with their talents.
Community of knitters is so important to me. I have a wonderful LYS and they host several events during the year such as LYS day, WWKIP day and a big sale for Black Friday shopping (day after American thanksgiving day). We are more than just local, though! Our Tuesday night knitting Zoom has knitters from across the state. Tuesday was started during the PHE and we kept it going because it includes people from farther away as well as a few that can’t travel for personal or health reasons. Last fall a few of us travelled to Rhinebeck and had a great time. These ladies are more than my knitting buddies-they are my friends within the knitting community and we support one another through life’s ups and downs.
This was a great episode. I loved seeing all the knitters gathered to knit and visit. The knitting community is definitely full of of lovely, giving and supportive people I am proud to call friends.
Thank you Rebecca for all you bring to us.
I have been to 2 knitting retreats and several knitting festivals, which I loved. I stayed in contact with a few people and even visited them. I also love the online community as it is much more accessible. Once a week I attend a knitting group, but they make very different items and choose different materials than i come across online and on my travels. I feel very lucky to have this community!
I do love the 24/7 access to the online community. I can knit with podcast friends when I need to and am encouraged by what others make. it's a great supplement to a live group. the festival looked great! thanks for sharing.
Currently in Scotland from Australia and have been visiting lots of small yarn shops and chatting with fellow knitters. Really enjoying meeting other like minded folk. Knitting has connected me to new friends and I love sitting knitting with others.
Knitting, stitching, crochet, spinning, weaving …there are so many of us that participate in the fibre arts ….
Love it when I spot a hand knit and the delight of the wearers face when I comment. It takes one to know one! The not so secret society of the community of knitters! (And other fibre arts !)
The knitting community is one of support and warmth, of sharing knowledge and creativity. It soothes and inspires me.
Community is really important. Online is great but in-person is even better. Last winter four or five lovely knitters in New Brunswick Canada planned a knitting getaway. We had a huge room what starts as 15-20 friends grew to 100+. We knit, we chatted, we ate good food and enjoyed each others company. There were a few vendors on the Saturday afternoon ( mostly people attending who also sold things etc). By Saturday evening we were so relaxed and it was a perfect weekend. Best of all it was accessible to everyone. We split the cost of the big room so it was a very low fee for the whole weekend plus food and accommodation if you chose to stay at the hotel. They certainly are my people and we all made new friends of every age and all different fibre crafts. I highly recommend doing social activities with other crafters/knitters!
Hi! I love the knitting community on TH-cam. I started my own channel last year because I don’t have friends or family that knit or crochet. I wanted to talk about my projects, my wins and difficulties and I found my place here. I’m really grateful for the people in this community! Can’t wait to go to my first fiber festival! Thank you for sharing the yarn!
The online knitting community is great - a fantastic place to share ideas and inspiration and it has really helped me enjoy a hobby I have had for years….so much more ❤
So exciting!! I lost my dad two years ago. I had my mom move in with me and I needed something to lift my spirits. I had crocheted for years but decided to give knitting a try. I LOVE it. I went to a local fiber shop in our downtown and found my people!!! I started going to knit nights and then started to find all the wonderful knitting channels on TH-cam. I love watching your videos and appreciate your style and your upbeat personality.
I would love to knit with the sea glass yarn. I live in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. Thanks for sharing the new festival. 😊
I love the way knitting builds community, in online spaces and real-life spaces through my local yarn store and knit night. I feel part of the community through social media too, reading other people's comments on TH-cam here. I've knitted on my own for decades, and enjoy seeing the craft grow x
I think of myself as a crocheter. A few years ago I moved to a rural part of Shropshire. I got invited to join a local knitting group. Their are so friendly and a joy to spend time with. I've even knitted my first cardigan. A challenge but I love it
I joined a knitting group after lockdown when I realised how socially isolated I’d become. Now I have lots of new friends and am even going on a knitting holiday to Shetland with one soon. Knitting is a fantastic way to bring people together ❤
I don't have a local knitting community but I love the online community. I have also made a wonderful new friend in Canada through the scrappy Advent swap last year and am loving our knit and chat sessions! Wether it's watching a podcaster or comments on instagram or joining a class at a yarn shop - I am always SO inspired and delighted by all the creativity and enthusiasm.
Living in an area where yarn shops are few and far between, the online knitting community has been an endless source of inspiration and connection for me over the hobby that is so important to me, especially the knitting podcasters I love to keep up with every month!
The on line community of knitters is my only outlet for knitting. Your podcast is one of my top three that I just love to watch. I always have a broad smile on my face while watching. I tried to teach several of my colleagues to knit during our lunch time but it never worked out! There are a couple knitting shops about 20 to 40 minutes from my home with knit nights but the times never seem to work for me! Anyway, I now have the internet community!
I am very lucky that I have a fabulous local yarn store and the community that comes with it in my life. I always get inspiration and motivation from the people who gather at my LYS. The online knitting community means just as much to me because they keep me company during long hours of knitting.