Chatty Vlog | Knitting, Fermenting, Gardening & Dye Studio Reno
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
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Just wanted to jump in and say how much I love your vlogs. It's just so relaxed, comfortable and it's like visiting with a friend!
You should think about teaching natural dyeing! It would be so interesting, you seem like you would be a really good teacher because you seem so passionate about Irish wool.
I wonder if the underfloor heating in the dye studio would be good for the bread proving. I get the Almanac every year, includes tides and moon cycles. This years is all to do with gardening and flowers
So exciting to see your studio coming into being! I love dessigning and building! Congrats!🎉
Maybe your dye studio will be just the place for your sourdough!
I love the sound of the sourdough bread crackling after it comes out of the oven! We made sourdough consistently for almost 3 years starting in 2020 but last year in May, we moved and started new full-time jobs, and haven't had the time to do it. Our poor starter is sitting in our refrigerator! But I miss making the bread, even when it doesn't come out perfectly, it's still so good! Thanks for sharing. I just received my yarn order from your shop and it's so beautiful. I'm looking forward to knitting with it!
YES, I can hear the bread crackling!
Have you considered a seed starting mat for your sourdough starter/bread? They usually stay at 20 C. Another idea is a large dehydrator, like the excelsior. The trays can be pulled out and your starter or bread dough can go in and it could be run at the lowest temp.
Love your Green Sweater....yummy looking Squash.
Love the sweater, beautiful colour!I don’t mind long vlogs At ALL!
I worked a summer on a biodynamic farm in the mountains of Idaho one year. What an experience that was. There were so many rituals we took part in and it was so much fun! Anyways, a lovely vlog as always. It’s so fun seeing your studio come along!
Totally get you with the sourdough. I struggle with understanding when things are ready. I recently started making ginger bug drinks which are naturally fermented sodas and it could not be easier to start. I just grab the cheap apple juice that is shelf stable and mix it with the gingerbug and 24 hours later I have a lovely fizzy fermented drink.
Life's journey is one we create. I too enjoy similar interest as yourself, learning feeds our passion for life.
For seed germination trays I use the tops of my fridge and freezer. The machines give off enough warmth to be considered "bottom hear." Might work for your sourdough starter, too, draped with a cozy cloth. This vlog is a treat! Thanks, Emma.
Happy to see you again! :)
So excited to see a video pop up! Loving the studio progress. ❤
I just discovered your channel 🥰 I see by the number of followers, I’m late to the game! Your podcast was so much fun and your yarn is beautiful. I love all the different segments- knitting, decorating, baking, etc. Thank you for sharing your creativity with us!
Emma,,,,,!!
Your studio looking so so good!!love it,,,,
Your sweater looks great on you,,,,that color,!!!
Love the socks ,,,Too!!!that toe,,,💓💖
Thanks for vlogging ,,,
Elaine 💖😉😘
Hope ur all well,,,,,
I made a proving spot by using a camping cooler and an inexpensive device that shuts off or turns on a 40 watt light bulb when the temperature gets too hot or too cold. The light bulb is warm enough to heat the inside of the cooler. It works remarkably well! There’s a little sensor that sits inside the cooler. Your studio is coming along! So excited for you Emma! And for us knitters of your gorgeous yarns! 😊
Emma, what a great cozy and yummy podcast :)😍
Oo Emma your studio how fantastic love love this episode thankyou so much
Planting by the moon phases really works - I have gardened in schools with children for years and the cool experiment is planting 2 crops at a good phase and not so good. Our New Zealand Gardener diary I buy every year has the phases printed in each month so I can plan gardening sessions - theres a difference between above ground crops and root crops too. Thanks Emma love your vlog
I have a proofing oven and really like it. My Mom used to make ‘potato champagne’ - it was like a sparkling white wine…potatoes in a crock behind the wood and coal stove
Your studio is looking so good, I'm so excited for you.
Look into sheet mulching for new garden beds. Also Permaculture. Organic is biodynamic lite. The man who started the organic farming movement got his ideas from biodynamic farming.
Your shops coming along quite nicely.
your Sour dough loaf looks professional! and I did like the chartreuse door but dark is so much more dramatic. I have Studio envy looking at yours! lovely!
Hi Emma, I have a styrofoam box from a delivery and I put my starter or my sourdough (if it needs to be kept warm as well) in there together with a bottle of warm water. I keep a thermometer in it and go for 26-30 degrees Celsius but it doesn‘t have to be exact. That‘s supposed to be the temperature the sourdough microorganisms like best. It‘s definitely a budget-friendly option and you don‘t need any electricity for it.
Thank you for your wonderful podcast. I enjoy it so much!
Really njoyed today's vlog😊...love the hobbies u have....a girl after my own heart❤
The bread looks so yummy i don't know anything about making it so good job. Loved the sweaters and your renovation is coming along that I do know about seems like it takes forever so hang in there. 😊
Bread looked delicious!
Hi Emma, I was missing you after your Xmas vlog so thank you so much for taking this time to share with all of us. I just love your podcast/ vlog. It’s so engaging. You studio is going to be amazing. Your floor looks like terrazzo. It’s perfect.
Good looking bread. I've been making my sour dough bread for 4 years. I now prove and bake in bread loaf tins as we prefer the shape and easy to cut. I also add for 1 kg of flour, 40gms oil and 50gms honey, that just adds a little flavor. Keep up the great work. Very hot here in New Zealand at the moment, hard to keep spinning and knitting in this weather
Try sitting your bread dough bowl on a hot water bottle. Also, my bread never looks like all the ones on Insta but, it tastes good, so who cares?! Best of luck, Laura
Everything looks lovely - studio, door, bread, knitting, Rufus, you - thank you!
Oooh, I love the idea of the Dunrobin in your blue texel yarn. I like the pattern a lot and am coveting that yarn...hmmm. I don't want to blatantly copy but...well, yes, I do.
I understand having allll the hobbies and no time to pursue them. I always have way more I want to do or know about than hours in the day too. Isn't it great? We will never be bored or lonely, who has time for that nonsense?? It's even harder with little, but for me, having my son grown doesn't mean I have more time, it just means there is more I want to learn about!
p.s. My granny was a wealth of information about planting by the moon, even weaning babies and toilet training by the cycles too. She's been gone a long time but I wish I remembered more of what she tried to teach me.
I set my starter in the microwave with a hot water bottle when it’s cold in my house and seems to work well. I do have a proofing oven setting for my dough but maybe try your bread in the microwave with a hot water bottle. Thanks for another great vlog!
Our house has been sitting at about the same temp too and my sourdough struggles lol I’ve been putting my starter and my bread in front of our heater! And it’s been working pretty well for me
In Australia a lot of gardening magazines have a moon chart for planting
Love seeing the progress on the studio! So much going on, yet you make it look easy. Appreciate that you take the time to bring us along.
I’m struggling with learning how to use sourdough. It’s a learning curve! I love your Eun sweater.
Hi Emma, you just need a warm spot for sourdough. An airing cupboard, top of fridge might work, in your dye studio when you’ve got your pots on or on the heated floor in the studio. Put a tea towel over your bowl of dough so air can still circulate rather than a shower cap.
Actually those places are good for other ferments as well, sauerkraut, yoghurt etc. You can also buy heat mats for germinating seeds in trays. They are size of a seed tray. That could be used too. You can experiment
The studio looks fantastic and the chirping birds is such a nice thing to hear right now…it’s very cold here at the moment, so I’m not hearing many outside noises the last few days!
Yes! The cold has really affected the sourdough process here as well. I don’t think our home gets quite as cold as yours but I have found a way to speed things up without having to purchase anything new. Although my oven has a proofing setting it is really too warm for the sourdough slow rise that is desired. My solution is to preheat the oven just a until it feels warm, not hot. I then turn the oven off and place the dough in its bowl in the oven and close the oven door. This has really helped a lot. Another thing I tried was to turn on the oven light to generate a gentle heat which has also helped. I hope you enjoy the course you take and will share some of the tips you glean. Btw, I love seeing your studio progress. The composite floor tiles look great!
Good luck on your fermentation journey! I've been kombucha brewing for a few months now and love it! Planning on cider next, I think. I haven't tried the sour dough (Can't eat wheat/gluten), but the cold definitely impacts the fermentation rate of kombucha. Lovely to see the progress on the studio
Lovely podcast. Thank you. Studio, knitting and bread making are delightful 😊 Hugs to Rufus😊 Happy 🧶for 2024😊
Awesome
The dye house is coming on so much! I can’t wait to see it finished 😍
Love It! The birds are lovely. Editing to be creative and create. The bread looks yummy. Thanks for taking us along.
I use my dehydrator machine as a proving oven, it works really well and has the advantage of being able to dry fruits and vegetables. Dehydrators aren't too expensive either, mine was £75. Happy New Year! And thank you for sending replacement print to me so quickly Emma
Happy New Year!!!
I swatch when I’m about 2/3 the way through my current project too! That way I get excited about finishing my current project and casting on the next one! Helps with momentum all round
No surprise to me but we have identical hobbies/interests. I'm a few decades older than you and now I have lots of time for fermenting and making sourdough (three or four times a week). Sauerkraut is dead easy to do - we do a cabbage, fennel, apple one that is our favourite. Kombucha is tasty and good for you but I was drinking way too much of it so I cut that back a bit; Water kefir is overrated in my opinion, but you do you. That wee loaf you made needs no apology at all. It's gorgeous. I love your Eun sweater. The colour is gorgeous. I need to stop rambling. Please keep vlogging.
Everything is coming together nicely 🏡🎨🧶🍞🚪
Ooh the studio is coming along! Looks great
I wish you a very good and succesful year! may all your projects go perfecty well! You'll be so well in your new studio! Enjoy!
Love the door color And the color of your Eun sweater. Don’t usually like marled but the subtle is good.
I’ll want to try scoring my bread using your freezer trick. An hour before baking? You mean you bake it an hour after pulling out of freezer?
Happy New Year, Emma! Your new shop looks great! I like the two finished sweaters that you knit.
Thanks for a such a lovely vlog!
The Eun sweater looks great 🤩
I find the water kefir much easier than sourdough to do, I’m experimenting with different fermentation when I have time (which unfortunately isn’t as often as I wish 😅). Fermenting cabbage is pretty easy too 🤩
Happy New Year. Your studio is coming along now...one of these days you will be dying your first skein.
Hello Emma, I am new here I can see I have lots to catch up :) Similar hobbies here but not successful (yet) in my knitting journey and bread-making though :) Greetings from Edinburgh😉🙃
I love the Ian sweater that you are wearing. I'm Wondering where I can buy that pattern?
Emma! What brand of coat is your red one? I've loved it since you first started wearing it! Lovely vlog as always! xoxo Jonie
Can you not put your sourdough in the studio on the underfloor heating?
Ohho now you'll be down the a deep hole😊 (bio dynamic) for fermentation you should check out Clean Food Living youtube channel. She does an excellent job with all things fermentation. Clear directions etc very professional.
Do you have a hot press? Maybe that could work for the bread if you do.
Nevermind lol I should really wait until the end of the video to comment 😅