Festive Knit Designs, Crochet Polar Bears - Ep. 128 Fleece & Harmony Knitting and Crochet Podcast
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.ค. 2024
- In Episode 128, we finally launch our brand new yarn - Diva's Desire. We have 18 tweedy colours that are perfect for colour work motifs. Don't knit colour work? No worries - it's great for cables, twisted stitches and lace too! We continue our series on books we are reading. If you are interested in spinning yarn with a spindle, we have some new support spindles from Fox Mountain Spindles in the shop.
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One link to see all of the products we talk about in Episode 128:
fleeceandharmony.com/collecti...
Link to Rowan Connect:
Festive Patterns: knitrowan.com/en/patterns/dig...
Mid-Winter Blanket Make Along: knitrowan.com/knit-along/midw...
Project Pattern Links:
Link to Rian Sweater:
www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
Link to Rowan Cowl:
www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
Link to Walnut Tam:
www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
Link to the Treit Pattern:
www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
Link to Elia and Gin Pattern:
www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
Music in the Harmony Part: Coming Home - Zac Nelson
Books Mentioned in this episode:
Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett
World without End - Ken Follett
Post Captain - Patrick O'Brian
Tracing Treasure - William S. Crooker
Under the Dome - Stephen King
Check out the PEI Fibre Festival Website here:
peifibrefestival.com/
CHAPTERS
Intro 0:00
A Little Word about the Podcast 2:00
Farm Update 8:03
Mid-Winter Blanket Make Along 11:58
Rowan Festive Patterns Slide Show17:30
Simone and Kim 19:17
Progress on Tune 21:30
Spinning Update 33:04
A New Knitted Sock 41:07
Baby Surprise Sweater 48:48
Support Spindles 51:15
In the Mill - 56:05
Diva's Desire 57:58
Marie Wallin Make Along 1:08:37
Betsy and Kim 1:22:48
A Crocheted Polar Bear 1:26:30
Treit 1:33:35
Cruisin' Argyle 1:36:44
Harmony Reads 1:40:50
Prince Edward Island Fibre Festival 2:20:59
The Harmony Part 2:22:59
Link to Sheldon the Sheep Pattern (a crochet project):
www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
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This podcast is recorded on our sheep farm in Prince Edward Island. We spin our own Fleece & Harmony brand of yarn and knit A LOT. We use Belfast Mini Mills equipment. We are also a Rowan Flagship Retailer.
Thanks for being a positive place where I can just relax and enjoy.
You are most welcome!
I cannot but admire deeply how you reiterated the goal of the podcast to be a receptacle of positive intention and search of joy in creating as it branches out to include what could easily be slippery terrain, i.e. book reviews. I really look forward to following this new segment. 😊
I loved every single section of this podcast, and I was absolutely thrilled about the launch of the new yarn. Diva's Desires is absolutely stunning! 🥰 I so enjoyed hearing about the technical aspects of creating it (from the colours and their names to the actual process of making it), and seeing it in all of your hands was just breathtaking. I was so touched that you named it after Diva. It is a wonderful way to commemorate her life.
I could go on and on about how much I enjoyed this podcast...let me just give you all a huge round of applause for this very special moment for the farm, the shop, and the lovely, talented and hard-working souls who animate this ever-expanding magical world. ✨
Thank you as always Roxana! As for the intention of the podcast, I really felt it was important to be clear from the beginning - especially with the addition of the book reviews.
I have been with you from the beginning, and it just keeps getting better. Hubby looks forward to it too! One of our favorite vacations was the cruise from Boston to Montreal, and the Maritimes and PEI were our favorite stops! Love the new book reviews, and look forward to it as a stand-alone! I read "Pillars of the Earth" before I went to Europe the first time because I wanted to understand how Cathedrals were built. I read "The Path Between the Seas" before I went through the Panama Canal the first time because I wanted to understand it's creation. I'm now reading "A Sunburned Country" about Australia. Guess where I'm going??? ;-) Keep up the good work girls, and Ken! You always make my day!
Thank for still being with us! I like your take on reading. Reading fiction to learn about a place before visiting seems more interesting than doing "research" in travel books.
The Path Between the Seas is actually history by David McCullough but very interesting, and A Sandburned Country is non-fiction by Bill Bryson about his personal trek across Australia. @@FleeceHarmonyPodcast
Another wonderful episode - each segment has something I look forward to and I’m so glad Simone and Betsy are part of each podcast. How exciting to have another opportunity to watch with the book sections. My librarian heart always love a new book discussion - and now every week with you all!❤Your mission and “good news channel” is one of the reasons I love you all so much. It is a respite where I know you all will offer inspiration and positive thoughts. Thank you. Diva’s yarn IS divine…I can’t wait to try some.
Thanks Carol! I am thankful every day to have Betsy and Simone with me too!
So happy that I’ll be able to enjoy something from you all each week.
We are happy that you are happy!❤️
Thank you so very much for keeping your podcasts positive❤
Thank you for watching! ❤️
Thank you for sharing your mission statement and keeping this podcast on a positive note. Please know how much this means to so many of us. Thanks for all you share!
It is our pleasure and we will stick to that mission!
Beautiful Diva’s Desire colours. Congratulations!
Thanks Rita!
I so look forward to each episode. I need this space for my sanity and well being. It's my little corner of peace and harmony while I knit and watch. Thank you for doing those episodes. Much appreciated.
Thank you for watching! I am happy you find this a joyful place!
Thanks you all a lot for bringing joy and optimism. I realy love this character in this channel. Every new episode is one of the best part of the week..
Oh I am so happy to hear you are enjoying them!
I am so glad to hear that your mission for the podcast is create a space of respite from the crazy world that we live in. I have been following you for a long time and I just want to say that you are meeting your mission! My knitting time is when I can relax and re center myself even when a pattern is challenging me a bit!
Thanks for your support Kathy. It certainly is crazy out there!
Hi guys. Thanks for a super vlog once again. I certainly always feel as though I have had a little break from 'the world' after watching your sessions. I just want to wallow in all things craft, woolly, farmy , patterny and good company. Thanks for your unwavering professionalism and positive output.
i am happy we seem to be meeting our mission! YAY! Thanks for watching Alyson.
I love how you expressed that your podcast is a safe space to relax and enjoy. I often find common space through knitting with a wide variety of people and this makes my life so much richer. As always, your podcast is a highlight of my day. Thank you. 🥰
You are most welcome!
I have such gratitude towards Fleece and Harmony for being there for the last few years , a bright light amid trying times.
Aw... thank you Susan!
It was interesting to hear you talk about your mission for this channel. A peaceful positive respite is absolutely what I've been finding here in the year or so I've been following along. Congratualtions on your Diva's Desire range. Those colours are all just beautiful! Thank you again for a really lovely episode x
A peaceful, positive respite sums up my mission perfectly! I am happy you are here with us!
Loved seeing Diva's new yarn colours in the podcast...so hard to choose as they are all so beautiful. Your mission of positivity has helped me through a few tough times over the past few years. I look forward to every new episode. Thank you to the entire harmonious team! 😘
Thank you so much Jeanette!
Good morning everyone! I understand the changes have to be made to make the most people happy. And I am so grateful that this has always been a space of relaxation and refuge for me (I'm a nurse). Keep up the great work!!!!
Thank you Katina!
Simone is SO brilliant! Such a talented knitter and very informative. Love listening to you all.
She really is! thanks for watching!
Love the Fleece & Harmony Reading podcast in addition to the knitting, crochet and spinning with beautiful yarn podcast! I enjoy the positive, happy vide of your podcast!
Thank you Jennifer. It makes me happy that we can share happiness!
That beautiful blue sweater you are knitting looks like an inviting cloud…just want to cuddle up on it!
That's exactly how it feels!
Kim, yours is truly a place where kindness and happiness reside. Thank you. ❤
I hope so! Thank you for watching.
I truly appreciate your positivity! Thank you!
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So much to take in and so exciting, congrats on the new yarn. I am sure it would be Diva approved.
I think she would be happy!
I love your mission of positivity and kindness, and the three of you (and The Producer!) certainly do deliver. Happy to be seeing you every week now! ... Mosquitoes are a plague here in my part of NYS too - my horses hate them. Almost makes me look forward to the first frost. ... Diva's new yarn is gorgeous!
Yes - horrible to say, but I feel the same way re: mosquitos. And I really don't mind. Fall is actually my favourite season here.
Thanks ladies. It’s always fun!
Our pleasure!
What a lovely little polar bear . Luv polar bears. I needle felted a lovely little cub that was made of 8 lbs of wool, and it has won 2 shows with a ittle adjustment . The newest adjustment will be to turn it into a rabbit for a display ! Yes the addition of the second blue in kid silk to your sweater does make quite a difference to the color . I learned from a dye artist a long time ago that 3 like but slightly different shades or color create 'depth of shade' that you cannot get from a single color of dye. It is lovely. The single color is flat in comparison. But try a third and see it 'pop' even more! It can be done with 3 like colors in the dye pot or with the different colors/fibers of yarns.
Thank you for being you.❤
Aw - thanks!
15:10 oh my goodness! Double knitting! What a brilliant idea. Thank you for the suggestion. 🤯🤯
I know right? Joanne - who designed the knitted ornaments, thought of it first. She started hers and brought to the shop yesterday. It's brilliant!
I always love coming to this oasis of peace and harmony where you share your projects and yarn with us all. 💚
Great - Thank you!
Thank you for the safe space, it is so good for me. ❤❤❤ so much needed 😊
I think it is good for all of us!
This week I needed the “peace & harmony” you offer us all. Our family has been tragically impacted by the fires in BC - our brother and sister-in-law have lost their home. They are safe, but their lives and those in their community have changed forever. 😢
Oh no! So sorry to hear that Dawn. It is a tragedy. So stressful. We have been watching the news with such sadness. Hugs to you and your family.
I truly appreciate your pleasant and positive atmosphere. I also thoroughly enjoy the interactions between you 3 yarny gals. Love seeing Simone and Betsy designing. They are gifted designers.
Books: I am unapologetically prudish. Life is hard and there’s enough darkness and ugliness thrown in our faces continually. I don’t need to voluntarily submerge myself in it.
So many books - so little time. I give myself permission to stop reading a book if I’m not into it. Sometimes I just stop it cold. Sometimes I skim quickly to the end so I can see where the story ends.
Thanks gals for letting me visit with you.
Than you for joining us!
Oh I like that "are we advancing the plot" well said
Yes well said indeed.
Thanks for showing the Thread and Maple binder. I’ve had my eye on them for a while. I have 3 full size sets and 2 shorties so that’s a lot of pages to save up for. Congratulations, Betsy, on your first published pattern.
Birthdays? Holidays? Celebrating finishing a project - all good reasons to buy a page! LOL
@@FleeceHarmonyPodcast I like the way you think!
Oh such beautiful colors! Thank you for sharing your development process. Wonderful team work snd spectacular results. We’ll done.
Thank you!
I so agree with your choice of content for the time you share with us. This time is a space in my day to relax, to listen, to learn. Keep up with how you use this time. 👌
Thank you Judith! ❤️
I LOVE your GOOD News channel. So wonderful to be exposed to only positive fun. I just finished my Baby Surprise this week for a new cousin. Love that pattern with minimal sewing and using up bits n bobs. I did an Adult Surprise a couple years ago and I always get compliments on it. Go for it.
Love your new collection. Well done ladies.
Yay! Thanks for watching and supporting the channel!
I love your podcast. I’m excited for the extra book podcast. Thank you for being a positive & harmonious place in TH-cam. 💕💕💕💕
You are very welcome!
Love Diva’s collection!!!
Need to find a project
Beautiful job creating these!!
Thanks!
In New Zealand we hardly had a summer, it started raining on 10 January and it has hardly stopped. I’m on tank water and there’s no worry about how full the tanks are. Spring is around the corner and we’re hoping to see the sun. It’s all very unusual.
The weather is weird... I never thought I would have to stop watching the weather channel!
Excellent as always! Love, love, LOVE the polar bear!
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Kim - you are looking exceptionally pretty!!
I’m so happy that this is a place for positivity!! ❤
Thanks!
Just love all Diva Desires🐑 and the books section is amazing 📚 thanks so much for making and keeping this positive marvelous place ❤
Thank you and you're welcome!
Really love the positive space you all create and the diverse nature of your individual crafts. The colours of the new yarn are spectacular. On the subject of knitted swimsuits. As a child born in the post war period I vividly remember the hand knitted swimsuit I wore on the beach. When wet it grew! I strongly suspect it was made with reused yarn that had previously been a jumper or other garment. It was bottle green and not the colour a small child would chose but I did have a swimsuit. I agree with you about libraries. They should be used and treasured as places providing a safe haven as well as knowledge. 🇬🇧
Yes - the stretchy, knitted bathing suit - not a good image... LOL
That was just great all of it and I loved the reading bit too
Yay! ❤️
Coffee, brownie, cat on lap, yarn, hook, and your safe place. Life is good. Look forward to your book chat.
YAY!
Diva’s desire yarn looks beautiful. I look forward to knitting with it. Thank you for such a lovely podcast..
You are welcome! Thank you for watching!
Thank you so much for offereing this space of peace and harmony on your channel, we sure do need a rest from the tough news. I cracked for the baby surprise sweater, it is so so cute ! Is Matt's hat pattern going to be a Matt & Betsy design or a Besty design ? I can understand addiction, I've been knitting Mary W Martin new fusion knitting technique Honeycomb pattern and wow is it ever addictive. You might want to invite her as a teacher for the festival next year, she has great new techniques, is a lovely teacher and sweet human being. Thanks for the Harmony part taking us on a boat ride!
Mary W. Martin - I haven't heard of her. I will look her up. Thanks for the tip Nicole!
Love your new yarn and colors. Wish $hipping to US were more palatable. Enjoyed the EZ. Baby Surprise. I knit a few back in the day when friends were having babies. It’s fun! Also her little undershirt which is a gown but allows growth to change it to a tee.
So excited for a book review stand alone!! Finished World Without End. Loved all of it!
Teen books have really changed! I recall the “Betsy Books”. Couldn’t wait for the next one in our library. Betsy, Betsy, Tacy & Tib, Betsy In Spite of Herself, Heavens to Betsy and so many more. Can’t believe I recall those titles! And the Bookmobile in summer! A traveling library I never missed!
Thanks for another gem of a podcast!
Hi Betty - We ship a lot to the US. Ironically, the cost for us to ship to the US is less than shipping to the next province in Canada and our flat rates reflect that. Also there is free shipping on orders over $125 CAD. All of our prices are in CAD $ so you can expect the exchange to be between 25 - 30% in your favour when the charge is processed by your bank or credit card provider. And yes - after hearing about Betsy's daughter's book (our Betsy - not the "Betsy Books", I think teen/young adult reading has changed!
Thank you for pointing out the conversion. You are spot on! I looked at my April receipt for Bramble Sock. It displays the converted amounts right on the invoice which I never looked. I must confess I wasn’t doing the math. The $11.28 CAD shipping converts to $8.32 US today (less than in April). Of course purchasing quantity for no shipping is always best! 😊. Thanks again, Kim. (Our postage is going up again soon…)
I’m with you regarding a positive attitude and kindness!
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Oh my goodness that prepped fleece looked amazing!! So soft and such a great colour. 💕
It was/is gorgeous.
Stunning yarn, loving the colours.
Yay!
LOVED LOVED the book part and music at the harmony part!! Great job on the whole thing of course as always.
Thank you Valerie!
Loved, loved, loved this podcast. Being an avid reader and knitter this was a perfect way to spend an afternoon. Particularly enjoyed the book section... You had me laughing out loud. Thanks so much ladies ❤
Wonderful Diane! Glad you enjoyed it!
I love your new yarn Diva's Desire. The colors are beautiful.
Thank you so much!
I love the new yarns - the colours are beautiful and so is the story behind the range name. I was thinking that it might be a good idea to chart out the colours you're using in the Marie Wallin MAL (with coloured pencils on grid paper or computer equivalent eg Excel spreadsheet or Adobe products).
Yes I think that is what I will do. Apparently Simone has some kind of program for her pattern designing and she offered to help me out!
I also glad I read the comments first. I like this idea. Co!doing for grownups. I would like to know what program Simone uses. I've always wanted to try and "knit" a picture. I truly love your podcast. I'm glad the reading segment will stay.
I know where to go if I want 'heavy conversation' and I know where to go if I want to be lifted up out of it... right here! I love that you and 'the crew' are all very intentional about that ❤LOVE the look of your new yarn & love the Harmony Reads addition. My feelings/ thoughts were the same about that Ken Follett series.... and I don't think that makes you a prude 😂 I have never like sensationalized anything... drifts to far from the honesty of a thing or experience of a thing...for good or bad🤷♀️
Looking forward to more Harmony Reads!
Yes - it is easy to find the tough stuff. Not so easy to find the positivity. Thanks for being with us since the beginning!
@@FleeceHarmonyPodcast every episode!! 😁
Amazed that you ladies do as much as you do and you read too! Love this new book section. But for me it has to be an audible and you know why. So I can knit. 😘
Of course! That's the only problem of holding a great book!
We’re coming to PEI from North Carolina for the fiber festival. Excited.
Yay!
Kim- you could try colored pencils and graph paper to work out your color scheme, or do the lazy wrap the yarn around the pencil to see how your colors play together.
Simone helped me out. She made me a very professional looking coloured chart!
Cute! I had to go back to Fruity Knitting and see what you sent Betsy😊.
The Diva’s Desire is so beautiful. I love the colors! Great job ladies.
The llamas appear in different episodes. Sometimes you also see little Alpacas on the table. Those are from Green Gable Alpacas - also from PEI. PEI is well represented in the background of Fruity Knitting! LOL
@@FleeceHarmonyPodcast good to know. I spy with my little eye… I will be more observant from now on. Fun!
Great episode! The book club was fun, looking forward to the new channel. I have been trying to get back to reading but audio books have been my friend as i can knit/ crochet while listening to book. For some reason i have had a hard time focussing on reading....probably because i am thinking of knitting/crochet 🤣 oh dear.🥰Sharon.
It's hard to do all the things, isn't it! LOL
Divas Desire 💌 I can't wait to try some!
Yay!
Congratulations on the new yarn, very lovely. Regarding intuitive sheep grazing, it reminded me of a talk years ago at the California Cattleman's Association. The speaker had trained her flock to eat less palatable plants by gradually mixing with favorites and a little molasses. The ewes, once trained, taught their lambs to eat these species from the beginning. Very useful especially for organic dairies where weed control in pastures is an issue and trained sheep could help control healthy but less palatable plants for the farmer.
Yes - I have heard of this too. The case I read about was with thistles... I can't imagine that, but apparently, once trained, they ate them. I can only think it was while the plants were young... Or maybe she had a different variety of thistles than we have here?
I don't think this woman got them eating thistles, but it could make them more willing to try new plants. After all artichokes are thistles, but I only eat them with butter. Maybe molasses has the same effect on sheep.
I absolutely LOVE black licorice scotch mints. I have a stash. I have blue coated ones and white coated ones. Yum!!
What - there are blue ones!!! LOL
Did anyone else catch this???? Simone knitted a Baby surprise sweater for a friend, decided to give it to the Mom of twins that means Simone needs to knit TWO more! One for the original friend, and one more for the twin mom. Oh my! Simone that sweater is so sweet and a lovely gift. I've got something on my needles right now...but putting that in my queue....what yarn did you use? Fun podcast, as always. ~Donna
Simone's Baby Surprise is knit in our Selkirk Worsted - yarn from all of the projects she has knit with our yarn. She's always been a great supporter of Fleece and Harmony - even before she came to join our team!
Love the polarbear and the book section both my husband and I are Stephen King fans .he explains why he write what he writes in his book"writing on writing" ...you have also inspired me to reread Pillars! Thank you 😊
Oh - that sounds interesting... Writing on Writing. I looked up a list of the books he has written and he has been so prolific! I never realized just how many books he has had published. Amazing!
Oh my word. That polar bear is so cute
She really is!
Love the polar bear. I watch Cecelia from Svard also. What a cutie.
Isn't she cute? The bathing suit is something else. Betsy has a knack for capturing the "essence" of people.
Love the book section and glad to know I’ll be able to get a weekly dose of Fleece and Harmony now that your splitting it out! I’m sure you already know this as Islanders, but you have Canada’s smallest library in Cardigan. I’ll see if I can add a pic of it that I took years ago. Oops, guess I can’t add a picture here but I visited that library and it is tiny but with a good selection of books.
Oh - I didn't know that, but I bet Simone knows all about it. She tends to know all of those types of things and her parents live very close to Cardigan.
Hello from Mounds, Illinois.
Hello from Belfast PEI! ❤️
Love the podcast! That new yarn is beautiful. I can see why some is sold out.
Thanks Ruth Ann!
Under the dome is a great book.
We will all find out what Betsy thinks next episode!
Hi Kim, have you read the Ellis Peters Brother Cadfael series. He is a monk who solves mysteries. It is in 1100s, during civil war between Stephen and Matilda. Awesome writing and I and rereading 21 books in series. Love reading it in order because ability to see it character relationship developments. Cadfael is positive, lovely and a compassionate realist. I actually miss him when I am not reading him. Historical fiction. Ellis Peters pen name and she also writes under Edith Pargeter.
Oh cool. Sound interesting and I will check it out. Thanks for the suggestion.
Kinky Sock sounds like my hair!!! 😂❤
Bahaha! ❤️
You could not have called your new yarn anything else in my opinion...Diva's Desire is perfect!
It is the perfect name!
I was so happy when I got my newsletter and saw the name of the new yarn. Diva will live on forever through the yarn. I need to get some just to get a bit of ‘Diva’ (yes I do know its not actually Diva’s wool.) Also, I hate to be a complainer but there was a scraping/shuffling noise through the video that was very frustrating. Technical stuff none of us know anything about haha 🤪😁😊
Yes - poor Diva - nice wool was not one of her super powers... As Betsy said - that's why sound engineering is a profession. And no worries - I hear every scrape, bump and crackle when I am editing the podcast. Some I can remove, but with my rudimentary skills and equipment, I can't fix everything especially when we are talking at the same time as the errant noise occurs.
Love the Harmony Reads segment. Maybe some of the books are on audio, I willl have to look into them.
I think many of them are on audio! Happy listening.
A couple (or more) of Marie Wallin’s patterns are free on Ravelry!
Yay!
I think a kit with pattern and yarn for Betsy’s husband’s hat would be great.
We will have to see how much yarn it takes... if a kit makes sense or not.
Have you tried Avon's skin so soft to repel the mosquitos? It worked for me when I used it.
Yes! We used to use that all the time.
Question: If I wanted to mix a Rowan yarn with Diva’s Desire (looking for a teal color) what yarn would you recommend. Planning my colors for the Marie Wallin MAL! Looks like fun!
Rowan Felted Tweed is a similar weight. You should be able to mix and match them successfully.
Way to go Betsy
Are you ok? I just heard of lot of forestfires in Canada and thought of you? Thanks for the podcast. Love it.
Thanks for thinking of us. No fear of forest fires here. We are sopping wet (not flooded - just wet). LOL
Nice episode! I was excited to order some Diva’s Desire - and I was thinking of Marie Wallin when I did it. I’m not intimidated by 11 colors in a pair of fingerless mitts (Wensley! In her Westmoreland collection. I’ve knitted three pairs.) because her sense of color, shape, shade and depth is so extraordinary. Some of the colors go in only one row! She works the patterns wonderfully, like a watercolorist, and that little touch of grey or pink on the side or bottom of a shape gives it a pop or makes it three dimensional. I can’t wax enthusiastically enough. Go for it - don’t leave any of the colors out.
I am currently immersed in her designs, can you tell?
As for the reading - I feel as if there’s something there that you’re not explicitly mentioning and I am so sorry if you got tangled up in some criticism or other uncomfortable comment. I really hope it wasn’t anything I commented on (if so, it was completely unintentional).
Here’s a recommendation: Georgette Heyer. Her historical novels are wonderfully witty, her heroes and heroines are flawed and strong and lovely and you will laugh out loud. They are set in regency England (mad King George) and are fabulous. She’s sort of in the same studio as Jane Austen and is seriously underrated as an author.
Betsy, she wrote mysteries too, although I confess I am not familiar with those.
Best to all of you Xx
Thanks for your comments. My words were prompted by some other comments recently and over time. Not anything especially uncomfortable, more in the vein of "using my platform". I want to use my platform to spread kindness to all that touch our lives, community, enthusiasm in making and a little joy. I truly believe in the ripple effect of that mind set.
i'm hesitant to comment this-- maybe there is a reason for it, or you've already addressed it. maybe you could list diva's desire under your "browse by collection" tab, after clicking on shop. it was the first place i looked for it. i did find it by searching diva or by clicking "on the podcast", however, it don't want anyone to miss this lovely yarn 🤩
Great suggestion! Done! Thanks
Betsey, I will be in Svalbard at the end of September. I could deliver your bathing suit polar for you. No pressure.
Love it! The community at work!
There was an elasticised cotton yarn. But it was discontinued at one stage.
Ahh - mystery solved! Thanks
There must be new ones out. One is by Katia - Cotton Stretch. Alize Diva Stretch. Cascade Cotton stretch for swimwear. Kamtex cotton.
Tabitha King (Stephen King’s wife) has written some wonderful books also.
Will you be reviewing knitting or crochet books in your books podcast?
I hadn't though of that, but it is great idea!
I now realize why I love your podcast. It is because of your positivity. I am aware of the world around me, but I choose not to dwell on it. I have stopped watching some podcasts. Thank you for keeping it positive and about the craft. By the way, I love " Vera".
Thanks Ellen. It is not always easy to stick to that mission, but I am dedicated to it!
The colors of your new yarn are gorgeous. What’s the weight?
It is s fingering: 200 yards/50 grams.
you mentioned you’d put the Diva colors on preorder if they sold out - will Alfalfa go on preorder? I guess you found out what’s most popular!❤
Yes I will. We just ran out of it early this morning. I will have to speak with Betsy to see how quickly we can make some more. I want to be able to give people an ETA before I take payment for the pre-order. She will be in the mill on Monday.
Hi Carol. Alfalfa is back in stock to order. We will be able to start shipping Friday, but you can order now.
@@FleeceHarmonyPodcast YEAH!!! Thanks so much.
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GBU from Mid CaNADA . I could not figure out baby suprise . too hard .
It does look confusing! LOL
Is Divas Desire good for socks?
Hmmmm - We haven't tried it in socks yet. It is 100% wool but spun with quite a high twist and isn't a fragile yarn. It would think it would be okay if knit at a tight gauge. If I was making socks out of it, I might strand it with Kidsilk Haze for the heels and toes if you are hard on your wool socks.
What is the weight of yarn?
It is fingering. 200 yards/ 50 grams.
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Waooo 1:19:03