Visit a UK Yarn Show with Me! Waltham Abbey Wool Show 2023 🧶

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  • @LittleDropsofWonderful-Ali
    @LittleDropsofWonderful-Ali  Рік тому +17

    *Hello you lovely lot! I hope you enjoy this rummage around the Waltham Abbey Yarn Show together :) I hope your January has treated you well and you have a lovely crochet or knitting project on the go whilst you're watching! x*
    *Ali xx*

  • @wilmadeboer7436
    @wilmadeboer7436 Рік тому +54

    Thank you for taking me, an 84year old avid knitter to a fabulous knitting show, I am not able to do this anymore but you young ones are so generous in sharing and inspiring us.❤️

  • @elena---c1558
    @elena---c1558 Рік тому

    looks like it was a lovely show. Your WAWS vlog last year was one of the first videos of yours I watched, so please to have gotten to enjoy your lovely chanel for a year now

  • @veronicabachmann1361
    @veronicabachmann1361 Рік тому

    Oooohhhh...my got! Great!👍🌈
    Hammer wie wunderschön!
    Dankeschön für tolles video❣😍
    Greetings from switzerland🤗

  • @knittybitty-crafters198
    @knittybitty-crafters198 Рік тому

    Greetings
    Enjoyed your vibes from the video filled with so much information, I know now that there is a wonderful world out there for me to see so inspired this morning.
    Give Thanks for your time.

  • @masz10676
    @masz10676 Рік тому

    New viewer. First yarn show I've seen in UK. I like the products u showed more than I've seen in US yarn shows. (Traitor 😊). Thanks for sharing.

  • @gailgeithman
    @gailgeithman Рік тому +1

    I am from Waltham Abbey! I am glad you enjoyed my home town. I am visiting in April (I live in the USA now).

  • @susanroche1760
    @susanroche1760 Рік тому

    Thank you really enjoyed the show with you

  • @annehayward3506
    @annehayward3506 Рік тому

    What a lovely wool show I’m so jealous we don’t get any here in Guernsey, maybe one year 8 will book and come over to see a couple. Thank you for sharing your fun finds with us. Stay safe love and hugs xx

  • @corinnehartrick6339
    @corinnehartrick6339 Рік тому

    What a nice video! I live in Canada, we don't have any shows like this. Actually nothing at all, just a lot of sewing ,quilt making. I do quilt, knit and am going to crochet. Thank you again.

  • @MrsJones1991
    @MrsJones1991 Рік тому

    Thank you for taking us along! Who would you say were your top five favorite yarn dyers at this show?

  • @leahholland6272
    @leahholland6272 Рік тому

    Love the ceramics! Those mugs and yarn bowls are beautiful

  • @priscillamcgarry5200
    @priscillamcgarry5200 Рік тому

    Ali. Have you checked out Louise Crowther’s Knitted Animal Friends? A fun fun book of adorable knitted animals and their wardrobes!!

  • @carolynbulson2081
    @carolynbulson2081 Рік тому

    So nice I watched it twice! 😂

  • @Anna2u
    @Anna2u Рік тому

    Thank you and thank God for youtube for this trip. Don't think i would ever visit a UK yarn shop.

  • @miekevanreet2544
    @miekevanreet2544 Рік тому

    What a lovely walk!!!

  • @Craftylisa69
    @Craftylisa69 Рік тому

    I’ve just loved this trip to the yarn show. You came up in my feed and I’m now a subbie. I’ve shared you with my yarnie pals 🥰👏🏼🥰

  • @sheilainglin
    @sheilainglin Рік тому

    Thank you!! Loved every moment !! ❤ Greetings from Ohio USA!! 🥰

  • @sereathabracely920
    @sereathabracely920 Рік тому

    Thank you so much for the tour! 🧶🧶🧶🧶🧶🧶

  • @heatherallan9767
    @heatherallan9767 Рік тому

    thanks ...add " excellent virtual yarn-tour guide " to the c.v. :)

  • @angelau1194
    @angelau1194 Рік тому

    Loved loved loved this. I'm English by birth and I've lived in S Australia for a very long time. I don't remember any lovely yarn shows when we still lived in UK and I haven't come across anything specifically like this in Oz. I'm getting a bit old for the walking now but I'd give it a red hot try - but I'd want to buy everything. Most of the patterns in our local shop are a bit weird, patterns that don't correspond with the yarns or the yarns come from China.
    Thank you. I've just subscribed. Angela X
    There are quilting shows and craft shows but nothing that I've seen dedicated to knitting and yarns only.

  • @maryruthshanks3742
    @maryruthshanks3742 Рік тому +11

    It was so much fun to go to the yarn show with you! I take of my very elderly mum. She and the late Queen were born in the same year. Since it’s just the two of us, knitting podcast is the best company! I so enjoy seeing new patterns, yarn, techniques and all things fiber arts! Thank you for bring sunshine and joy into our day!!

    • @LittleDropsofWonderful-Ali
      @LittleDropsofWonderful-Ali  Рік тому +2

      Wow, she has lived through the Queen’s entire reign, amazing! I’m so glad you enjoyed watching the trip to the yarn show together 🧶😘

  • @bishopstoneyarns
    @bishopstoneyarns Рік тому

    It is so much fun to see the yarn show. Thankyou for sharing and I love your budget idea.

  • @paperandtwine
    @paperandtwine Рік тому

    I’d have a glass of water and a few pints of Prosecco 🤣🤣🤣

  • @lucyannstoop9010
    @lucyannstoop9010 Рік тому

    I love this video and I love the idea of a budget. I often take cash to wool shows to help me stay on budget. It is too easy to over spend with cards.

  • @barbararoyal6139
    @barbararoyal6139 Рік тому

    Wonderful 🕊

  • @rosiebill2817
    @rosiebill2817 Рік тому

    I love folkestone harbour yarns

  • @louiseanne9653
    @louiseanne9653 Рік тому +10

    Re the sweater you liked on the Riverknits stand - it is the Kitzbuhel Pullover by Nomad Stitches. As one of the yarns Becci used was Riverknits Chimera (colour changing yarn) - Becci's sweater looks more colourful / less graphic than the original version by the designer.

    • @LittleDropsofWonderful-Ali
      @LittleDropsofWonderful-Ali  Рік тому +1

      Aha! Yes! THANK YOU! What an amazing transformation just by using the colour change yarn, it was so effective! x

  • @Woollykindknits
    @Woollykindknits Рік тому +7

    You are a pillar of restraint! 😂 Well done on sticking to budget. And thank you for taking us along!

  • @mrsgmakes
    @mrsgmakes Рік тому

    Another fabulous vlog, thank you Ali! It was lovely to hear mentions of my fabulous friends Eleonora (Coastal Crochet) and Kitey! Two of my favourite yarny people 💜 and great idea for going with a budget. I love that idea!

  • @inge6280
    @inge6280 Рік тому

    Wow there’s a yarn show? Should see if we have something like that, sounds great

  • @littlesammyf7380
    @littlesammyf7380 Рік тому

    I can’t make the like button work! I hope you will visit EAYF, will buy you a cup of tea if you come along. Looks like a fab day was had at WAWS

  • @christineevans2679
    @christineevans2679 Рік тому

    The Frida blouse is on my list also x

  • @jannaolsen3557
    @jannaolsen3557 Рік тому

    Beautiful craft artists at this show. Lovely was the right word. I will watch again though often the shipping costs exceed the item costs over to Canada if they even ship here. But as you mentioned works for inspiration. So many colours and nice things. Thank you for sharing.

  • @TheCannyMagpie
    @TheCannyMagpie Рік тому +1

    I'm going to the North East one, I'm so excited! It's the first one I'm going to be able to attend. I don't drive and have a small kid so travel is out of the question. It's still going to take me an hour to get there on public transport but I cannot wait! It's about a month after my birthday so I'm asking for yarn money 😅

  • @poppys77
    @poppys77 Рік тому

    Thank you, and thank you for the List, I have been struggling to find anything on google, You have no Idea how please I am , lol God Bless

  • @dianewhite8950
    @dianewhite8950 Рік тому

    Lovely vlog! God bless

  • @amywilkins1917
    @amywilkins1917 Рік тому

    Hey Ali I just wanted to say I discovered your podcasts late last year and am watching them from the very very start, honestly I have loved every episode so far, is like tuning in to your best mate!! I live in America at the moment but originally from UK and my heart is very much still there. I loved this walk around the show and have to say that when I return you have given me so many businesses I want to visit/buy from🤪 thank you for your channel!! X

  • @marissas8112
    @marissas8112 Рік тому +8

    I just love these wool show vlogs you create! My country doesn't have many events like this, especially ones that are this yarncentric so going along with you is a real treat! Glad you had a lovely time!

  • @warronchavers2209
    @warronchavers2209 Рік тому

    Hi, Ally, I'm glad I caught your yarn show video. I had fun on your southern wool show awhile back, and this show was just as fun. How you budget yourself is something to behold lol 😆, I would definitely have to make sure my pickup truck 🛻 was full of gas ⛽️ 😂, so I could get home 🏡 😉, like you channel. GOD BLESS SEE YOU ON THE TUBE.

  • @JardineraAnge
    @JardineraAnge Рік тому

    Blimey Ali! I thought you were going to go and have a few pints of beer there at the end! 😂

  • @laura_knitz6633
    @laura_knitz6633 Рік тому +2

    So nice to see around a yarn show especially on a budget! I’ve never been to a yarn show and it looks like a great day out!

  • @Bluewaterpinessantarosabeach

    Thank you kindly for sharing the featured producers sat the show. ❤

  • @peggyharwell3674
    @peggyharwell3674 Рік тому

    Greetings from Tennessee. This visit was just grand. I would have spent so much money there. What lovely yarns and gadgets. So much to look at. Thank you for bringing me along.

  • @iceflowercrochet8717
    @iceflowercrochet8717 Рік тому +1

    What a lovely day out! I'd have bought that Spring Garden yarn. Droooooool. Mind you I have no idea how I'd even choose from such a variety of temptations. Thanks for showing us your day and your purchases!

  • @carolewinstead8270
    @carolewinstead8270 Рік тому +1

    Almost like being there! Thank you Ali!

  • @ll29123
    @ll29123 Рік тому +8

    What a treat! Thank you for taking us with you, as always! I’m definitely going to look some of those dyers up :)

  • @yarnmugspodcast9123
    @yarnmugspodcast9123 Рік тому

    Hi Ali. Thanks for a lovely day and your kind mention x

  • @helenogorman9467
    @helenogorman9467 Рік тому +1

    That was very enjoyable. Thank you. I love shopping! Even if it's virtual!

  • @chrishutson7061
    @chrishutson7061 Рік тому +4

    It was my first year at WAWS. I went with my husband and the thought of not adding to my stash. But he is a great enabler when it comes to sock yarn. Luckily a lot of colours he liked were in unsuitable yarns. I did see you at the Cait in beag stall but you looked very busy so didn't speak. Also was a bit in awe at seeing you in real life lol! Just realised how much I missed by watching your video even though we went round several times. But as you said it was so busy and just couldn't get near a lot of stalls. I came away with a bit more for the stash plus a few bits for presents for my knitting friends.

    • @LittleDropsofWonderful-Ali
      @LittleDropsofWonderful-Ali  Рік тому +1

      Aw! It would have been lovely to say hello Chris! Next time hopefully :) It was so much busier than previous years, great for the vendors! I missed so many stalls though! x

  • @susangoodwin7241
    @susangoodwin7241 Рік тому

    well that was lovely! Thanks for taking us along with you!!!

  • @unplannedcauli
    @unplannedcauli Рік тому

    The little bag with robins at 4:30 - I have a tablecloth in this fabric! made me laugh to see it here

  • @tonifuller8962
    @tonifuller8962 Рік тому

    Lovely video, thank you for sharing

  • @janetlepre7555
    @janetlepre7555 Рік тому +1

    I enjoy every post and video you choose to share. Thank you for the sharing -- creative and other wise. Stay well and safe always.

  • @suecoles7824
    @suecoles7824 Рік тому

    Wonderful Ali to see all the gorgeous yarns, i enjoyed my trip with you! Well done on your considered purchases! Where can you get a needle cosy for knitting on circular needles? Do they do one? Love Suze. 🥰🧶

  • @barbararadzeviciusbondi4150
    @barbararadzeviciusbondi4150 Рік тому +4

    Lovely episode. You are one of my favourite podcasters. Always so friendly, kind and honest. Big hugs from so warm Sydney Australia

    • @LittleDropsofWonderful-Ali
      @LittleDropsofWonderful-Ali  Рік тому +1

      That is so kind of you to say Barbara, thank you! Hugs back to you from a cold and sunny Kent! x

  • @smurfie161
    @smurfie161 Рік тому

    Thanks for taking us along , lovely yarn you got

  • @AGoddess18
    @AGoddess18 Рік тому +1

    Thank you for taking us along. What a feast for the eyes. 💕🧶

  • @HandDrawnYarn
    @HandDrawnYarn Рік тому

    Hi i am new to your channel and love seeing all the yarn shows videos 🙂 I used to live in Scotland and loved buying Jamieson and Smith yarn 🥰

  • @jeannievega1639
    @jeannievega1639 Рік тому +3

    Thank you for bringing us along. Loved Fruitful Fusion yarns. I appreciate that she makes both crochet and knitting samples.

  • @heatherwood756
    @heatherwood756 Рік тому

    Enjoyed the wool fest! From yarn starved rural Alberta LOL. Thank you.

  • @carin.zwaneveld
    @carin.zwaneveld Рік тому

    You bought some wonderful things

  • @richardfinney5081
    @richardfinney5081 Рік тому

    Lynn here on Hubby's phone mines playing up 😏, Hi Ali , what a lovely video 😊, it doesn't seem like a year that I was watching you at the same show , when you met your friend in the car park admiring her jumper , I'd love to go to the show at the NEC in Birmingham , the quilting show in August, which I do believe includes some knitting, have you ever been ?, I've been going to go for ages , I'd like to see Kaffe Fasette and Anna Marie Horner both fabric designs , although Kaffe began with yarn , I love knitting no marsted crochet yet , but my great love is fabric , I love indian fabric especially, I'd love to go to the show , maybe this year you never know 🤔🤗🤞, Take Care Love xx 🤗

    • @LittleDropsofWonderful-Ali
      @LittleDropsofWonderful-Ali  Рік тому

      Thanks Lynn! I went to the knitting and stitching show last year at Alexandra Palace, it was good but very sewing focused, but there was lots of yarn too! 🧶

  • @heathertucker7056
    @heathertucker7056 Рік тому +3

    This video was so brilliant to watch! I love a yarn show and sadly I can only attend one a year so loved “attending” this one with you! Setting a strict budget is certainly a sensible idea when you practically fall in love with everything! Thank you so much Ali xx

  • @nadjas.4275
    @nadjas.4275 Рік тому

    Oh, that was really lovely! Thank you for taking us along to the show. I wanted to go to a yarn show in Düsseldorf last summer but it was one of these days with temperatures in the high 30ies and I just couldn't. Maybe this year (I'll get lucky...😉)

  • @teslaandhumanity7383
    @teslaandhumanity7383 20 днів тому

    Temu sell great knitting zip bags

  • @mandymaxwell3249
    @mandymaxwell3249 Рік тому

    Loved this little trip Ali xx

  • @SamAnnL66
    @SamAnnL66 Рік тому

    I was planning on going to WAW but I was ill. Gutted I couldn’t make it. Next year! Next year! 🤞🏼 Your vlog gave me a chance to see what was on offer and I enjoyed it very much. Thanks. Sending love from down the M20, Sam from Ashford xxx

  • @EvieO1950
    @EvieO1950 Рік тому

    Brilliant!!! There are no yarn shows anywhere near where I live and I’ve only ever been to one. Congrats on staying on task with your spending goal and yet you still got several lovely goodies!! So fun!! 🧶💕🧶

  • @ericallerton809
    @ericallerton809 Рік тому

    Such a good show,,Ali,,,,I would have been so tempted!!!!
    Thanks for taking us along,,,,with you and Sarah,,,,,
    ElaineXoxo

  • @jilljarvis94
    @jilljarvis94 Рік тому

    Looks like you had a grand time! I too enjoy the shows for so much beyond purchasing. I might take on your challenge when I go to the next show!

  • @lindarose712
    @lindarose712 Рік тому +2

    Fun to see everything you were able to view/film, and such a treat to see your selected purchases- well done! 😁The colorwork mitts are lovely and seem like a very reasonable price (in the US a single ball of J&S two ply costs me the equivalent of 4.60 pound sterling)

  • @karenwarsaw8511
    @karenwarsaw8511 Рік тому

    I really enjoyed your visit to the yarn show. I attended the New England Fiber Festival in November 2022. You did really well to only spend 25 pounds. I don't have that much self control when it comes to yarn.

  • @pennyspearing2731
    @pennyspearing2731 Рік тому +1

    What a wonderful day out and very hard not to spend a fortune. It was lovely to see so many suppliers there and always good to keep supporting them.

  • @carolbulmer8253
    @carolbulmer8253 Рік тому

    Thank you for sharing the yarn show!

  • @suebrown436
    @suebrown436 Рік тому

    Really loved this Ali, and it's put me in the mood for visiting a yarn show again, which I haven't done since pre COVID.

  • @janchow88
    @janchow88 Рік тому

    Thank you…thank you for sharing your trip to the wool show. Just beautiful.

  • @FrannyDoMakes
    @FrannyDoMakes Рік тому

    Wow Ali you did well with your £25 there!

  • @gaymeyer9471
    @gaymeyer9471 Рік тому

    That was lovely 😊 thank you I feel as if I live in a yarn desert here as away from main centres and the varieties are soo limited. Well might set a yarn show goal for 2023. 🥰

  • @andrealandsburg8882
    @andrealandsburg8882 Рік тому

    Thank you Ali, I just love your travelling yarn show videos! Mind you, I have severe yarny envy by the end! I think you did really well with your spending limit...and it really forces you to be mindful doesn't it?! Good choices to ! Be well!

  • @emiliegoethals3769
    @emiliegoethals3769 Рік тому

    that shawl look so amazing. I bought it of the website. Thank you for showing us around on this trip. Neven been to a yarn festival (we don't have that in my country)

  • @MikiCrespo
    @MikiCrespo Рік тому

    Thanks so much for sharing this wonderful experience 🌹

  • @jopicklelily
    @jopicklelily Рік тому

    It was so lovely to see you again. Thank you for the mention xx

  • @foreverchasingthesunsets5842
    @foreverchasingthesunsets5842 Рік тому +1

    Thanks for sharing! I've created a stash reduction poster board for my knitting yarn. I now need to create one for my spinning. I will knit, spin and not purchase this year and maybe next year too. I have so much! I only have one Wool Festival planned (Rhinebeck, NY in the United States) with my knitting friends. I have never visited that area of New York State. I am near Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

    • @LittleDropsofWonderful-Ali
      @LittleDropsofWonderful-Ali  Рік тому

      A stash reduction board sounds like SUCH a good idea! I am decluttering this year so something like this would help me! x

  • @anitathemer4188
    @anitathemer4188 Рік тому

    Love the video. As a viewer from the states, it is fun seeing all the yarn dyers I can’t see here.

  • @imkristinmakes2772
    @imkristinmakes2772 Рік тому

    What fun!

  • @carolynbulson2081
    @carolynbulson2081 Рік тому

    This was awesome! 🧶 I’m envious and would love to go to that yarn show, even though I live just up the river from Rhinebeck. I would love to do a yarn festival tour of England.

  • @susandisley8887
    @susandisley8887 Рік тому

    Lovely 😊

  • @sharonsouthey3235
    @sharonsouthey3235 Рік тому +1

    As said already, this was a lovely treat! I watched you at the last WA show and enjoyed it so much. You chose well with your purchases. I enjoyed your podcast last night to which had popped up. I wish there was a yarn show down here in Devon this time of year, they all tend to be at the end of the year. When I lived in Surrey I was spoilt for getting to shows lol. I just hope that when I go through your notes I don’t succumb to lots of goodies ! If I do I will set a budget to lol.
    So thank you for all your brilliant blogs I love them so much. Right then, off to the notes 🧶😱 xx

  • @elaineheisler8584
    @elaineheisler8584 Рік тому +1

    What gorgeous yarns and products. So exciting to go to and browse.

  • @margaretdean7301
    @margaretdean7301 Рік тому

    I love yarn grazing! Same with book stores and fabric stores. My dream to go into any of those shops and just buy whatever my heart desires. You fill this part of my heart just watching 👀 you. Happy shopping and knitting later. 🤗 from Canada 🇨🇦

  • @louiseberesford5203
    @louiseberesford5203 Рік тому

    Only just came across your channel today, been looking for uk based knitting videos and I’m sure I’ll be binge watching yours today. Got till March till the first wool show this year for me, the Buxton wool gathering, been to a few but this will be the first one since successfully teaching myself to knit socks in December and now I’m obsessed! Can’t wait now after watching your video!

  • @katherinewalsh785
    @katherinewalsh785 Рік тому

    I’m a quilter but watch lots of other craft related videos. I saw you admire the panda fabric triangle bag on a stand. The fabric is by Tula Pink. An American fabric designer. If you like her pandas then you’ll enjoy her other fabrics.

  • @cynthiaspear-duncan7661
    @cynthiaspear-duncan7661 Рік тому

    Looks wonderful. I have never been to a fiber/yarn show. But I have been to tons of dulcimer festivals. I set a budget for those too. I can't spend money on another instrument. (I have too many) But...i buy accessories and books. Anyway on a budget. But one day I will get to a fiber show. I did a terrible thing. I bought a Valentine mystery sock set that came today. Full skein, mini skein, stitch marker, sucker and raspberry tea! Charlie Brown themed. I am a sucker for Valentine's.

  • @michelleboland6424
    @michelleboland6424 Рік тому

    I love to see a video posted by you on my feed. You really make my day and help me relax. Have a great day!

  • @marionhandsley7959
    @marionhandsley7959 Рік тому

    Thank you Ali for showing this yarn show again, I look forward to seeing it as it's not one I can get to.
    Love Marion xxx

  • @MsLilywren
    @MsLilywren Рік тому

    That pattern of the jumper looks a bit like the Shifty jumper by Andrea Mowbry, may not be it but she has patterns that look similar.

  • @krazedvintagemodel
    @krazedvintagemodel Рік тому

    I am new to you and this video was delightful! I haven't been to a show like this in ages, and wouldn't have stuck to my budget I'm sure! I will rewatch for inspiration! Thank you.🧶

  • @janicevictor7414
    @janicevictor7414 Рік тому +1

    Do we even have a Yarn Show here in the US?

  • @jansheehan302
    @jansheehan302 Рік тому

    Hi Ali , I really enjoyed seeing all the stalls run by the most talented people . Loved the burgundy yarn . Really warm and comforting colour . Thanks for sharing your day out x