Catherine Petitti of Red Barn Yarn
Catherine Petitti of Red Barn Yarn was the guest on the Yarn Thing podcast with Marly Bird, and we were completely enticed by her descriptions of her products! Catherine to knit continental from a girlfriend in a high school. She began with intarsia and then a fisherman knit sweater. She…
Allure Fine Fiber and Fabric Wash Developer Eileen Koop of Bijou Basin Ranch
Allure Fine Fiber and Fabric Wash Developer Eileen Koop of Bijou Basin Ranch visited with the Yarn Thing Podcast with Marly Bird this morning. Bijou Basin Ranch is one of the smart folks who sponsor the podcast so it’s always nice to catch up and find out what’s new for…
Maria Bittner, Pattern Paradise
Maria Bittner, Pattern Paradise called from New York as part of the Yarn Thing Podcast by Marly Bird’s focus on crochet bloggers. Maria remembers when she was very young always wanting to craft, playing with a friend who’s aunt brought home scraps from her job in the garment industry and…
Celina Lane of Simply Collectible Crochet
Celina Lane of Simply Collectible Crochet was our guest on the Yarn Thing podcast with Marly Bird. Her website is www.simplycollectiblecrochet.com Celina remembers visiting her grandmother, who had a basket of yarn next to her chair. Instead of doing nothing, she made a chain that stretch across the house, then…
Stacy Rhoads of Too Yarn Cute
Stacy Rhoads of Too Yarn Cute is the latest of the crochet bloggers appearing on the Yarn Thing podcast with Marly Bird. Her website is www.tooyarncute.com Stacy Rhoads is a self-taught crocheter. Her grandmother and great-grandmother were both crocheters, but she thought she she was ‘too cool’ to ask to learn…
Teacher, Designer, ‘Knitting Enabler’ Lorilee Beltman
Teacher, Designer, ‘Knitting Enabler’ Lorilee Beltman was the Guest on the Yarn Thing Podcast with Marly Bird, today, which is also a reunion of two great friends, room-mates from the events they’ve taught at. Lorilee Beltman says she learn to knit, taught by her mom, as a kid with two-color…
Kristin Omdahl of Styled by Kristin and Wrapture, Yarn Thing SPONSOR
Kristin Omdahl of Styled by Kristin and Wrapture, Yarn Thing Sponsor makes her a Superhero and why we love every visit with her on the podcast with Marly Bird. Kristin Omdahl’s latest venture is another book (she says it’s #10) is Crochet so Lovely (Available as a Kindle book! It will ship…
Yi-An “E” Lee of The Crochet Lounge
Yi-An “E” Lee of The Crochet Lounge met up with us at the Yarn Thing Podcast with Marly Bird. Yi-An (sounds like E-Ann, so usually she uses the moniker “E”) Lee is a ‘Designer, Choreographer of Hooks & Strings at The Crochet Lounge’, a Mom of four, ‘playing with home-schooling’,…
Reading Crochet Chart Symbols: Basics, Tips and Tricks
Crochet charts make crocheting so much easier. No longer get lost in the words or confused what a stitch is or if you are supposed to put all those stitches in that one stitch. With crochet charts you can “see” what the stitch is and where it goes. I teach you how to…
Lindsey Martin of Erin.Lane bags and New YARN THING Sponsor
Lindsey Martin of Erin.Lane Bags and New YARN THING Sponsor made room in her busy production time to visit the Yarn Thing Podcast with Marly Bird and share what’s new for 2015. Lindsey and her Mom, Lisa, learned to knit with her aunt one Christmas. After losing needles and not…
