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037: Meet Caitlin Ffrench, textile artist and knitwear designer Dec 06, 2016

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Caitlin Ffrench is a textile artist working in East Vancouver, Canada. We talk about Caitlin's new knitwear design collection, The Darkness Fell, inspired by her trips to Iceland.

036: Following Your Creative Curiosity with Jillian Moreno Nov 29, 2016

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Jillian is a spinner, knitter, weaver, teacher and author AND her latest book "Yarnitecture: A Knitter’s Guide to Spinning" just launched recently. Today on the show, we talk about teaching, swatching and sampling in spinning, and taking the intimidation out of making your own yarn.

035: Educating fibre arts educators with Diana Twiss Nov 22, 2016

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At heart, Diana is a teacher. She works full-time as an adult literacy educator for a provincial literacy organization and Capilano University. Diana studied Fine Art and History at university and art education at teacher’s college. Passionate about fibre, fabric, colour and texture, she has introduced many beginners to the wonders of making yarn and has helped experienced spinners experiment with technique, colour, and fibre to take their spinning to a new level. She loves spindles for their simplicity, beauty and portability. For the last decade she’s worked to bring her full-time teaching work together with her fibre passion by teaching fibre arts.

034: The Path to Production Weaving with Denise Renee Grace Nov 15, 2016

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Now, if you have been following my blog posts from late this past summer, you might have noticed that I have recently been bitten by the weaving bug again. My mind has been churning with so many ideas about things I want to put on the loom and weave. I just want to weave all the things. So when I was thinking of guests for the show, I knew I wanted to connect with Denise Renee Grace. If you are a knitter who is thinking about dipping your toe into the world of weaving, Denise has some great suggestions on how to get started. And if you are already a weaver and considering doing some more production-type weaving, Denise also has time-saving techniques that she will share with us. If you are at all interested in weaving and weaving with knitting yarn, I encourage you to join us for this conversation today.

If you have ever needed to call or email the Schacht Spindle Company about your spinning wheel or weaving loom, Denise is the friendly voice you hear at the other end of the line. She has been working with Schacht for 7 years as product specialist (mechanical maven). But when she’s not helping people with their spinning and weaving equipment, she has been on a path to becoming a production weaver under the name Filament Fiber Art.

033: Talking with Tabetha Hedrick about Holidays with SweetGeorgia Nov 08, 2016

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Today is a bit special and different from the other weekly episodes. Today, we are joined by our very own Design Director for Knitwear at SweetGeorgia Yarns, Tabetha Hedrick. Tabetha is a very accomplished knitwear designer, photographer, blogger, writer, editor and more. She’s been working with us at SweetGeorgia over the past year and a half now, to really focus on creating knitwear design patterns that really bring out the best the our hand-dyed yarns. The last time we spoke was the Holiday launch LAST YEAR, so I thought we should catch up with Tabetha and see what she’s been doing since then.

032: Designing Knitwear for Baby to Big with Tin Can Knits Nov 01, 2016

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Today we chat with Emily and Alexa of Tin Can Knits. An ocean apart (Emily is in Scotland and Alexa is here in Vancouver), this design duo writes fun and accessible knitting books and patterns, the most recent is MAD COLOUR. Tin Can Knits patterns are sized from baby to big so you can knit adorable nerdy matching sweaters for mamas and munchkins alike. Listen in as we chat about designing, collaborating at a distance, and juggling work with five babies between Emily and Alexa!

031: Speed Knitting with Grace Akhrem Oct 25, 2016

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Who doesn't want to learn to knit faster?! Today we talk with knitwear designer and instructor, Grace Akhrem about her new Craftsy class, "Knit Faster with Speed Knitting".

030: Vanquishing Creative Demons with Kim Werker Oct 18, 2016

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Meet Kim Werker, "camp counselor for grown ups" and the author of Make It Mighty Ugly, a handbook for vanquishing creative demons. Felicia talks with Kim about how to conquer fear of failure, procrastination, and other creative demons in order to move forward and get "unstuck" creatively.

029: Meet Canadian Knitwear Designer Amanda Kaffka, The Crafty Jackalope Oct 11, 2016

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Today, we are talking with Vancouver, Canada-based knitwear designer, Amanda Kaffka of The Crafty Jackalope.

Amanda Kaffka learned to knit on arbutus twigs when she was six and hasn’t looked up since. She has been caught knitting at traffic lights, cafés and beaches, but her backyard is her favorite place to knit alongside her husband and Kitty. Always knitting, never waiting, you won't catch Amanda without a project or two in her purse!

With a fashion design degree from Ryerson University she has a passion for knitwear design and teaching. With a no-rules-in-knitting approach but high standards for excellence Amanda’s passion is to guide students to knit freely with solid technique.

Join us as we talk about Amanda's first collection launch, YARN Vol 1.

"Fall with SweetGeorgia" Make-Along 2016 Announcement Oct 04, 2016

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We are hosting our first annual Fall with SweetGeorgia Make Along or MAL starting next Tuesday, October 11 and we would love for all our listeners to come join us. All of the details are on our website at http://sweetgeorgiayarns.com/mal16 but I thought I would highlight the main points for you guys here.

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