Skacel Collection, Chuck Wilmesher
Skacel Collection, Chuck Wilmesher opens 2015 to share what’s new for the NEW YEAR on the Yarn Thing Podcast with Marly Bird. Marly first met Chuck in person on a trade show floor. It sounds like they both appreciated the positive vibe of the other! Chuck Wilmesher grew up in…
Cornelia Tuttle Hamilton
Cornelia Tuttle Hamilton called us from her shop in Mariefred, Sweden to share how much fun she’s having with Marly Bird on the Yarn Thing Podcast. Doesn’t that look like a great place to create! This is a picture from the shop, full of lots of color and open when…
Shannon Okey on the Yarn Thing Podcast with Marly Bird
Shannon Okey on the Yarn Thing Podcast with Marly Bird has become the new knitting fan girl experience, I think. She says she didn’t learn to knit like the rest of us, as a pre-schooler at the knee of a parent or grandparent. (That didn’t happen to me either…) The…
Free Crochet Pattern Holiday Barrette
This free crochet pattern Holiday Barrette is a great quick project for any crocheter! Using less than 100 yds of yarn in any color used in the project this project is not only quick but cheap to make! Make these barrettes for the little girl in your life 🙂 There is…
Free Crochet Pattern Quick Mini Mitten Garland
This free crochet pattern Quick Mini Mitten Garland is a great quick project for any crocheter! Using less than 100 yds of yarn in any color used in the project this project is not only quick but cheap to make! Fun way to make simple garland for your home and hearth. There…
MK Crochet Megan Kreiner
MK Crochet, Megan Kreiner joined us on Yarn Thing Podcast with Marly Bird. Megan said she began like a lot of us when young, taught by family — her grandmother, her mother, her aunts, but didn’t feel patient enough to keep on doing scarves and things at that time, not…
Patty Lyons, Knitwear Designer and Teacher
Patty Lyons, Knitwear designer and teacher joined us live from under a blanket, watching the nor’easter storm outside the window, to chat with Marly Bird on the Yarn Thing Podcast today. Patty has been a guest on Yarn Thing before and we love having her back every time. Taught by…
Free Pattern Crochet Spike Stitch Coffee Cozy
This free pattern crochet Spike Stitch Coffee Cozy is a great quick project for any crocheter! Using less than 100 yds of yarn in any color used in the project this project is not only quick but cheap to make! And it’s a quick gift for a teacher, doctor, boss,…
How to Crochet Spike Stitch
How is it possible to make a single crochet fancy? Simple, work a Spike Stitch a few rows below the working row and voila! In the crochet Spike Stitch video Marly teaches you how to do a fun new stitch that can be used in any accessory or garment. By…
Rachael Herron, Cypress Hollow Series
Rachael Herron, Cypress Hollow series author, Fiona’s Flame most recently, was the guest today on the Yarn Thing Podcast with Marly Bird. She learned to knit at about age 5 with her mother’s help, and it seems that she has kept that skill as part of her life in that…




