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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…

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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…

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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…

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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’,…

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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…

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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…

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Nicole Snow, A Darn Good Yarn

Nicole Snow, A Darn Good Yarn founder, made for the perfect FRIDAY guest on the Yarn Thing Podcast with Marly Bird. Nicole shared with us that her company, begun 2008, was a way for her to get her own hands on great fibers to create with, while learning to knit!…

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Yarn Thing Sponsor Buffalo Wool Co

Yarn Thing Sponsor, Buffalo Wool Co, owners Ron and Theresa Miskin were the guests today on our unique-because-it’s-MONDAY espisode of the Yarn Thing Podcast with Marly Bird. But that didn’t seem to throw them off a bit! The Year 2014 was how for Buffalo Wool Co, they were nominated for…

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Craftsy, CEO John Levisay

Craftsy, CEO John Levisay, was invited to join us today because they are a wonderful sponsor of the Yarn Thing podcast with Marly Bird, which also proves how smart they are with their wonderful product (interactive online classes!) but to help us spread the joy of creativity! John declares himself…

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Kisment Andrews, of Bar-Maids, NEW Yarn Thing SPONSOR

Kismet Andrews, of Bar-Maids today’s guest so we can introduce her NEW SPONSOR on the Yarn Thing Podcast with Marly Bird. SO exciting! She says she creates ‘remarkable eco-luscious skin-care for everyone who has Skin in the game.’ This was the profile description she sent when we were setting up her show:…

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