Today on the podcast we have Chris Barnes, owner of Brittany needles. These beautiful finely crafted wooden tools are hand finished and exactly sized. All of their hooks and needles are made in the USA from sustainably harvested Birch and Black Walnut. They are not only beautiful to look at but feel warm and smooth in your hands and are a pleasure to work with. Learn about their story with me today on the Yarn Thing Podcast.
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About Brittany Needles:
Brittany Needles was started 41 years ago by Gene and Galer Barnes in their garage in Northern California. Chris and Michri worked with his parents for 15 years and officially took over the business in 2013. All of the manufacturing is done in house which ensures consistent quality. When you purchase their needles you aren’t just getting a beautiful set, you are getting something that is made by hand in the USA and that comes backed with amazing customer service.
Best of all, Brittany Needles is an environmentally-minded company and tries to minimize their impact at every stage of production. Included in their desire to be environmentally-minded they have worked very hard to develop the “greenest” packaging possible. It is made from 100% recycled paperboard and is 100% recyclable. If the label is removed it is perfectly safe to put in your compost pile. The package is as small and lightweight as possible to be efficient in shipping and thus consume less energy getting to the final customer. They don’t stop their either. The waste that they produce for the entire company is less than some households. Not only can you feel great about the beautiful needles or hooks that you are using but you know that the company is really thinking about their impact on the world.
You won’t find Brittany Needles in any of the big box stores. Not only do they believe in decreasing the footprint that they leave they also feel that it is important to support small business. Local Yarn Shops are able to answer your questions, help you find the right tools and provide a community where you can enrich your love for the craft. If you don’t have a local yarn shop near you, don’t worry, you are able to purchase Brittany Needles online as well.
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Hi your shop is very clean! After seeing this I will try your hooks.
Can I buy direct from you?
Thanks!
Love the sustainable wood, and USA manufacturing.
So cool!
Awesome Show! Thanks for the great information! *Scarfies*
Scarifies I want to win, thank you!
Adults wear scarves, kids wear scarfies!
I want to win scarfies!
I’m here. I want to win THUMBS UP. I’m painting my craft room and listening. gotta run SCARFIES
Hi Marley! Would love to win a Brittnay crochet hook. SCARFIES
Love those needles I have both the crochet hook and knitting needles. Can’t wait till scarfies are out. Thanks for a product for knitters,and crochets. Thanks
Scarfies! Might be the only non-DPN straight needles EVER worth using! 😉 <3
New to knitting I would love those needles or hooks ❤Scarfy❤
Scarfies, hmmmm amazing idea!
Scarfies! HATE the side-pulling HEAVY Chris was talking about, but these shorter ones… sounds like it’d be worth trying, for sure! Wonder if they’ll make them small enough for my double-knitting projects? 2.5mm preferred or 2.75mm at most? Can’t wait! 😀
Adults wear scarves, kids wear scarfies! LOL
I would love to win. Scarifies. Say hello to my little friends.
Beautiful needles! Scarifies!
Those scarfies look interesting. I would love to win a pair!
So glad that I caught your podcast with Brittany owners today! Loved hearing about their company and how it has come to be. Very inspiring!
Oh My God! Love Brittney hooks. But I need some brittney needles to make scarfies.
Love to crochet with wood. Learning how to knit and those scarfies look wonderful!
Those needles are beautiful.. Scarfie!!
Loved learning more about their hooks and needles. Very informative and fun! Love the new #Scarfies needles 🙂
That was an awesome podcast, I really enjoyed it! Would love to try out your product! Scarfie!
The new scarfies needles look great. They hopefully will not leave scars on others when traveling and stitching. Luv to have a set.
I love wooden needles especially sustainable ones. These are a work of art. Love your story. I have to purchase some of your knitting needles.
I loved hearing about this small business. I have been looking for wooden crochet hooks that are not too expensive and I have tried knitting and I think those scarfies look awesome for retrying to learn that skill.
I watched the podcast and enjoyed hearing how your business started. I hate swatching but I think I would do it if I had the Scarfie needles and I hope when you start selling them you’ll put them in a set with the different needle sizes.
Thanks for the giveaway
I pretty much love all your podcasts but Wow! This one really spoke to me for whatever reason. I loved hearing about their products and their passion for conducting business in an environmentally friendly way. The products are beautiful!! I’m going to order some crochet hooks as I don’t knit with straights but look forward to their circulars. I might just have to order some scarfies too when they’re available.
The scarfie needles look great. I need some of the wax though, my needles are 15 yrs old and I am tired of rubbing wax paper on them. lol
Would love to win. Have never used wood needles. I would love to try the scarfie needles.
The Brittany needles and hooks are beautiful, and I want to give them a try. I love the idea of scarfies. I have always preferred wooden or bamboo needles to metal ones.
Your crochet hooks are on my Amazon wish list! Of course winning would be awesome. Loved hearing about your scarfies project.
Woodworking looks like a lot of fun! I’ve heard and seen Brittany hooks and needles for a long time but never really knew the long history of the company. The needles, hooks, and scarfies are neat and I’d love to give them each a try someday!
Can’t wait to check out the “Scarfies” but in the meantime I’m moving on up to Brittany crochet hooks.
Another excellent podcast! I ordered my first Brittany hook (in walnut) while I watched. I couldn’t help myself! I’m not a knitter, but I can sure see the advantage of a scarf for a knitter. Great innovation!
Darn auto correct! I wanted to say that I can see the advantage of a scarfie for a knitter, and auto correct changed it to scarf in my comment!
“SCARFIES”. I have been knitting with wood needles and love them. Didn’t know that there were wooden crochet nooks and would like to try them.
I am so excited to buy a set of hooks and needles. The people on the streets call me “Little scarfie”, cuz I a knitting a dragon tail.
Scariest. Loved the pod cast….love your products…going to look one line to buy.
Interested in all knitting supplies
I love the idea of the scarfie needles. I knit a lot of smaller items. Best of luck with circulars. I will be wanting some.
Beautiful Brittany needles! Scarfie
Maybe the fourth time is a charm in getting my comment up. Adults wear scarves while kids wear scarfies.
Love the scarfies! I use straight needles quite often.
Fifth time is the charm in posting a comment? I just wanted to say that scarves are for adults while scarfies are for kids! 🙂
I would love to own a set of scarifies
to use for making my dishcloths and small projects.
This site won’t let me post my joke: Adults wear scarves and kids wear scarfies. 😀
You know how adults wear scarves? Well kids wear scarfies! LOL
Loved the show, I would love tho own the hooks. SCARFIES
Guess what? Adults wear scarves and kids wear scarfies! LOL
Loved learning about the new Scarfie knitting needles- I purchased a pair of Brittany needles because they’re made by a USA company plus I love the feel of wood.
Scarfie! Tried to leave comments from my PC, but they never show up? Warning in the address bar says unauthenticated scripts are attempting to run from your site. 🙁
I’m hoping since the Scarfie needles are shorter, they’ll make them in 2.5 mm, then they’d be perfect for the double knit scarves I make in fingering weight. Maybe send 3 in a package, in case of breakage?! 😉 ❤
Love Brittany Crochet hooks!!! Really enjoyed the podcast, even though I missed the live today 🙁 The word of the day…Scarfies 🙂
Great interview…. Who can’t use a scarfie or twelve.
So enjoyed the show today. The needles sound and look amazing. As someone who resently developed hand and neck issues the fact that there is very little weight to them I’m hoping allowes me to once again knit and crochet for more than a few minutes at a time. Maybe even knit a scarfie using a set of scarifies.
Thanks for all you bring to us.
The Brittany needles look gorgeous! I need some scarfies , I would love to say hello to my little friend.
Love the Scafies
Love all your knitting products. Want to buy everything…es especially the cabling items.
Love to win
Love the Scafies. Want to try all your knitting products. Especially the cable tools.
Love to win. Enjoyed the podcast.
Love the Scarfies. Love all the knitting products. Especially the cable needles. Want to buy everything. Great podcast.
I loved this episode! I have loved their cable needles for years which I bought at my lys. The new scarifies needles look like they will be awesome too. It was great learning more of their story and I look forward to seeing more come from them.
Love this podcast.
Love the Scafies
All your products are wonderful especially the cable needles.
Wow. This was such an interesting podcast. I just happened upon the YouTube channel and I am so glad I did! Love the concept of the scarfies needles! Can’t wait until they are in the stores!
I loved watching this Podcast. Their crochet hooks we’re beautiful. IveI always used the cheap ones, but they’ve convinced me to splurge and try theirs out! I like the idea of their scarfie needle too.
Love listening to podcast,love when you have new people on so I can find new things to get .i would love a scrapie to try and see how I like it thank you
Love the podcast and the Needles, especially the Scafie. Can’t wait to try. Want to get the cable needles.
Absolutely loved this podcast! Beginner crocheter and still testing out different hooks. I really look forward to the walnut crochet hooks coming out. Keen to learn knitting and the scarfies needles looks like a great tool to have!
Looking forward to seeing the scarfies:)
Wonderful podcast! The time just flew by. I’ve never owned a wooden crochet hook. Thanks for the chance to win one. The scarfie needle is gorgeous as well as the other hooks and needles.
I really want to win!! Scarfies!!!
Scarfies! I love them already. 🙂
I can’t wait for the Scarfie needles to come out in the fall! They are gorgeous.
love the beatiful neeedles
Scarfie needles look like the perfect needles for some things i.e.. I love the swatch suggestion. I’ve never been disappointed with a Brittany product. Just have to buy some crochet hooks. Brittany needles are works of art. Thank you for all the excellence!
I love the Brittany needle story! I also have a family business of 25 years with my mother and sister! Scarfies!
Really enjoyed the interview. Scarfies sound like the perfect sized needle!
I want to win…..the scarie needles are beautiful. I knit and crochet and plan to visit the britany website to check out both needles and hooks.
Love the podcast. Would love to buy all there needles..beautiful . Especially the Scafies and cable needles.
The scarfies look awesome!! I actually just got a set of the Brittany cable needles, and they are so much better than any cable needles I’ve used before! I just learned to crochet, and I am going to have to get some of their hooks!
I loved this podcast. The company sounds wonderful, I love the idea of sustainability and low carbon footprints. Bigger is NOT always better! I don’t have an LYS in my area that carries the hooks and needles, so I’ll have to find an online source. I never realized how affordable they are. And now the scarfie, what a great idea. I made a very small project (ornaments) on regular needles, and I felt like I was fighting them more than knitting. Marly you alway have such great guests!
I’ve never tried wood needles. But you mentioned that they help with cold hands. I’m thinking I may need to try this. Especially when knitting at fall soccer/football games! So a scarfie needle might be just the right size for sitting in the bleachers and not bumping those around me.
This episode was awesome! I’ve always liked Brittany hooks and needles, but after watching the show, I like them even more. Scarfies look like great little needles. I’ll definitely be looking for them so I can try them out.
Would love to win the scarfies needles to make more scarves . Enjoyed the show with Brittany Co. and Marly Bird. Thumbs up for our environment.
Love the podcast I want the Scafies and cable needles…love . I actually want all your knitting products.
Love this episode! The scarfies look awesome, I would love to try those. I actually just got the cable needles, they are SOOOOO much better than the other ones I’ve been using! Just ordered a crochet hook too! 😀
(And I apologize if this is a duplicate, my first one seems to have failed to post!)
Scarifies eh? Enjoyed the show.
I’m looking forward to using the scarfies for knitting dishcloth and washcloths!
Loved the podcast. They were so enterainient. I love the cable needles and Scafies. I want everything knitting…their stuff is beautiful
Loved the podcast. I want everything, especially the cable needles and Scafies.
Loved the podcast. I really want the cable needles and Scafies. All their products are beautiful
I love the ideas of the scarfies needles! I love straights but they give me problems on big projects so I will look forward to these.
This was a very informative episode. I would love to purchase the SCARFIES this fall. I wish there was a local yarn store near me! I plan an trying some of these needles.
Nice to meet you Scarfie, I want to win.
I love the look of your needles I don’t own any wood needles but I would love to get some Scarfies to try..
Scarfies would be the best straight but needles to teach kids to knit for their hands are smaller and having shorter needles would not feel so cumbersome. Of course, I would use them myself too. I love the cable needles and DPNs. They were one of my first DPNs I purchased. Great product and I look for them every chance I get.
I loved the podcast! I knit dishcloths for gifts and would love to have a set of Scarfies to knit with. 🙂
Scarifies needles are beautiful and the perfect size for on the go travel projects. Like the kind where you must be knitting for the 10 min drive across town so you don’t nag your husband about his driving
It was nice to meet you Scarfie. I want to win.
Oh this was awesome!! I’ll have to try some of these knitting needles. The scarfie needles sound awesome too!! I’m a new knitter I love your i love your youtube channel!
I love wood needles. Those ‘”Scarfies” are beautiful and I love to knit with the shorter straight needles. These will be great.
Thank you for introducing me to wooden needles. I would love to try the new “Scarifies”.
I picked up some of Brittany’s cable needles the other day, they were my first cable needles and I’ll probably never switch. I didn’t know about the brand when I bought these but now I can’t wait to order my first hook from them (and am really looking forward to those circulars). Scarfies… not sure if those are for me yet…
Love the podcast. The needles are beautiful..esp especia the Scarfies. I also want a set of cable needles.
Love the podcast. The needles are beautiful.. especially the cable needles and Scafies.
I love the podcast. Everything is beautiful… especially the cable needles and Scafies.
It’s episodes like this that really highlight the difference between the audio and video podcast. It was so nice to see the products as you talked about them. They scarfie needles looked so nice! Thanks for the podcast.
Can’t wait for the release of the Scarfies!!
LOVED this show. Gotta get me a couple of scarfies. Hey this cute couple kinda remind me of Harry Connick, Jr. and Carole King!
I think I need to buy some of their crochet hooks now. And while I am at it maybe a set of scarfies…
Loved the podcast. Beautiful needles….especially the cable needles and scarifies. I want them all!
I enjoyed hearing the story of the hair pin wooing . I think scarfies are a great idea.
Scarfies…great idea. I am looking forward to trying a wood crochet hook. Thanks for a great podcast
I don’t know if the contest is still open, but I would love to win some wooden hooks and/or needles. SCARFIES!
It was a really interesting podcast, with discussions from some talented craftspeople. I just wish they spoke a little more about the crochet hooks.
Scarfies! I’ve already started one for my youngest daughter for the upcoming winter.
Scarfies keep our planet a happier place!!!! Very fun/informative podcast, thank you!
I love wood hooks and needles! The scarfies look so cute! Say hello to my little friend
I have one Brittany crochet hook. I love it! I need more! Would love to win one! SCARFIES are adorable.
These are great! Would love to win this.
Phew, took me so long to get to then end of all that love that’s being shown in the comments. Lol. This look like some amazing hooks and I love that they source out to independent businesses because I love to support those people. Thanks for the chance and good luck to all the scarffies out there
These are beautiful and it’s amazing that her step mom had polished each one of them. Knowing that so much work goes into these hooks makes you want them more! #Scarffies
I would love to win. Scarfies movement!!!!
scarfies sound amazing to mee !!
I would love to win. Scarfies movement!!!!
would love to win they are beautiful, love the scarfie name, cute keyword. love how earth conscious they are.