Hobby Ideas for Yarn Lovers

Take a break from knitting and crochet to learn something new! My good friend Jill Wiseman owns her own bead shop and is an amazing instructor. Beading is a great hobby for yarn lovers to give you a different motion and finish with something beautiful. Learn why beading is such a great hobby idea for yarn lovers.

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About Jill Wiseman:

When talking about Jill Wiseman Designs you need to know the people behind the business. They are what make this shop different from all of the others. At Jill Wiseman Designs there is a mother and daughter team.

Think about the obsession that you have with yarn. How you love to touch it, look at it, organize it. That is exactly how Jill and her mom feel about beads.

June retired from her day job in 2012 and continues to work for Tapestry Beads, but now she can do it in her pajamas. She is known around the house as “The Staff” and “The Shipping Department”, and “The Employee of the Month/Year/Decade”. Her employee benefits also include daily naps if so desired, and she gets to bring her dogs and cats to work. In the living room.

Jill escaped her day job in 2002 and has been designing and teaching ever since. She travels around the country quite a bit and whines when she’s gone that she missed the fur babies. And then when she’s home, she whines that she misses the bead ladies. And she never does laundry unless she’s out of all clothes.

Jill Wiseman Designs:

At Jill Wiseman Designs their goal is to bring you great new designs, great products, and to make beading easy and fun.

How many times have you wanted to make a bracelet or necklace, but didn’t have exactly the right color or size seed beads? If you’re like us, it happens all the time! With a kit, you’ll have everything you need to complete the project – all the beads, needle, thread and instructions. And if you just need the beads and materials, we have that too!

Are you a beginning beader? We specialize in helping beginners get started. Their necklace and bracelet pages designate which projects we recommend for beginners.

5 Beginner Bead Kits:

1. Curly-Q Bracelet Kit (Cellini Spiral)
2. Daydreamer Bangle Kit
3. Festival of Lights Kit

Shop Jill Wiseman Designs:

When shopping Jill Wiseman Designs you can purchase kits, patterns and all of the supplies you will need. Here is a generalization of what you can find on the website.

• the complete kit, which includes everything you need to complete the project, including needle and thread
• just the instructions, if you prefer to use your own beads
• the beads only – a kit refill, which includes beads, clasp (if not beaded), needle, and thread
• all your beading supplies – seed beads, SuperDuos, MiniDuos, crystals, firepolish, tools, and much, much more.

Listen to the Show:

Want to watch live on YouTube? Be sure to tune in at 10am MST on the Marly Bird YouTube channel. If you can’t watch live that is okay, just catch the replay for your chance to win. Towards the end of the live show you will hear how to enter to win some amazing prizes from our guests.

Find Jill Wiseman Designs online in the following locations:

Jill Wiseman Designs Website
Learn more with Jill on YouTube
Connect with Jill on Facebook
Jill Wiseman Designs on Instagram
Be inspired by Jill on Pinterest

Giveaway:

WINNER: Congratulations to our winner Maureen C. We have sent you an email so be sure to check and see if you got one! Please reply with your full mailing address and phone number so that we can get your prize sent out to you!

Be sure to watch the full episode to learn how you can enter to win a prize from Jill Wiseman Designs. You must comment on this blog post and use the keyword.

FINE PRINT: While we LOVE your comments on Facebook, Twitter, IG, Ravelry and everywhere else we will only count the comments made on this blog post as entries. Please only one comment per person. We will email the winner directly so please make sure that you enter your email address correctly. You will have 48 hours from when the email is sent to claim your prize or we will pick a new winner.

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