Knit and Crochet Now
Today on the YarnThing Podcast with Marly Bird: the crew of the Knit and Crochet Now! TV show! Producer, Candi Jensen; knitting expert, Kristin Nicholas; and crochet expert Ellen Gormley joined Marly to talk about the behind the scene goings on of the production of this public TV show all about…
Bonita Patterns with Lianka Azulay
Tuesday on the YarnThing Podcast with Marly Bird: Lianka Azulay, owner of Bonita Patterns! Bonita Patterns owner Lianka Azulay, born in Brazil, picked up her first crochet hook at age 7, and hasn’t put it down since. She is specializes in the research and use of unique stitch patterns in her…
Mystery Crochet Along
This is the first ever Mystery Crochet Along… that Craftsy has done and I am super excited to have been asked to host it! I must say, the project is one that is a staple in pattern repertoire. The big reveal is set for Nov. 1st (so check back…
Friendly Chat and 30 Day Sweater Challenge
Thursday’s podcast: A Friendly Chat and 30 Day Sweater Challenge A rather impromptu conversation between Marly and Me (Julie) and Johnny Vasquez co-creator of the 30 Day Sweater Challenge! Marly and Julie discuss a variety of random topics including knitting, crocheting, contract work, books, audio books, and education. Johnny Vasquez,…
Green Mountain Spinnery
Tuesday on the Yarn Thing podcast: the Green Mountain Spinnery! Today’s guest was Eric from the Green Mountain Spinnery, located in Putney, Vermont. Green Mountain Spinnery was founded in 1981 and several years ago became a worker-owned cooperative when several employees became part owners. The Spinnery was founded as an…
Diana Gabaldon
Diana Gabaldon joined Marly on the podcast to share what it has been like writing the 8 books in the Outlander series (7 published and one to come in March 2014), along with the excitement regarding the tv series based on the first book that Starz is producing and is…
Hunter Hammersen
On Tuesday’s podcast: Hunter Hammersen!! Hunter comes to the podcast today to enlighten us all about her adventures in the world of self publishing and what is about to his the shelves! Hunter started out going the “traditional” route of publishing, and teamed up with a publishing house and had…
Clara Parkes – The Yarn Whisperer
Thursday’s Podcast Guest: Clara Parkes! Clara came on the show to promote her new super fun book “The Yarn Whisperer“! (Also, she came on to try to get Marly to laugh so hard she’d snort.) From Clara’s website: The book was born from a simple notion: We are what we…
Crochetville – Amy Shelton
Hi Everyone! Thursday’s podcast guest was Amy Shelton, from Crochetville! Amy was one of our most enthusiastic guests ever, and Marly was SO excited to have her on the show! Amy Shelton comes from a family of crocheters. Although she learned the basics of crochet from her third-grade teacher, Amy’s…
Blue Moon Fiber Arts
Today! Blue Moooooooooooon!!!! That’s right, Tina Newton from Blue Moon Fiber Arts! Tina Newton was Marly’s guest today, and oh what a ball these two had today!! Tina told us her story about how she got into the fiber industry, and what aspect is her favorite (spinning) and how she…
