What a lovely treat Ali your trip to SWYS & a lovely mooch round so you got your yarn spinner 👍 I was at a Quilt exhibition in Duxford air museum grounds Sunday with a quilting friend & got hooked on a demo of ruler quilting & came away with a basic kit & extra ruler £75 & I’ve only just started EPP hexagon cushion cover topper as a change from knitting & crochet hand sewing is very calming & therapeutic for me so why did I need to get this sewing machine quilting kit ( winters coming ) 🤣😅🤣😅 Well it had to be bought it’s been to hot to play with it so far this week saving it for cooler days 😂 sometimes I’m in awe & hold myself back from crashing in & this is one of those times oh dear 🤔 Thank you for vlogging glad followers said hello
I grew up in Gatineau, Québec, the colors of the yarn are very similar of the autumn trees in the Parc de la Gatineau (national park). Thank you for taking us along!
The yarn show is amazing. I am going to try to get there in 2025 -- if I can manage to wait that extra year! I am heading out to a much small, but equally exciting, yarn show on Saturday. Thanks for your video!
It was so lovely to see you 😊 I really liked how you were happy to chat with everyone who stopped you, and there seemed to be quite a few from my short observation! Thank you for being you c
After watching this I am now beyond excited for my first yarn show of the year... Yarndale. I know they'll be a lot of different vendors but it's that wandering around surrounded by inspiration. Thanks for the video❤
Welcome to the EEW family! I have the 1.0 and I love it. I have mine stored in a vintage vanity case and it’s perfect for the nano, a couple of spare bobbins and the project fluff!
Just a tip regarding your plait of spinning fibre. Before you start to spin with it undo the plait and steam it either over a boiling kettle or with a steam iron, holding the iron above the fibre not touching it. This will loosen it up and make it much easier to spin.
I went to the Southern Wool Show with my daughter and daughter in law, they couldn't believe all of the different colours. It was the first time for them at a yarn show and they loved it, as I knew they would. I got yarn from Birdstreet Yarn, because I have never knitted with their yarn, despite following them for a long time. Also got yarn from The Lace Knittery as I hadn't seen them before and it was beautiful. Also some more yarn, ok lots of yarn 😊. It was a great show and everyone is just so friendly.
Ali you have to keep the beautiful bag! Such joy!! Your colour palette is so like mine. Yellow is apparently not in my colour range but it makes me happy so I have to knit with it!!❤❤❤🎉Definitely do a show on your bags. How many have crayfish on them?
My mother always told me that I wouldn’t need to worry about how much people were paying attention to me if knew how much they weren’t. Most people would probably assume that you are FaceTime-ing with someone, and even if they didn’t, every third person is making content for one platform or another. Just record away in your car or wherever-we enjoy it! Also, I wish I had been shopping with you! There were so many options I would have loved for the SWMKAL.😊
Loved this episode. ❤❤ Everything was so gorgeous!! How nice it was for you to see your friends. You all looked like you were having an excellent time. I'm so happy you liked the Turtle Purl yarn. She's one of my favorite dyers. I just ordered "Bewitched". It's a great Halloween stripe!! I'm in the US and order often from Canadian Dyers and bag makers. Like you I have more project bags than I'll use in a lifetime!! Thank you so much for taking us with you. 😊
This was my very first yarn show! I was the original kid in the sweet shop - I went from stall to stall saying "oooh!" at everything, squishing All The Yarn and having a wonderful time. All the stall holders were so lovely (and very patient at all the squishing - I'm not sure I would be, in their position). In the end I didn't buy all that much (indecision wins!), but that's OK because *there will always be more yarn* :-) And it was lovely to be able to say hello to you too! I think you were very brave being there on your own (as you were when I saw you), it must be very weird having people there "know" you when you don't know them. (And yes, the food and drink was a bit rubbish - packed lunch next year, for sure!)
I love a yarn show visit and loved coming along with you to the SWS. I didn’t realize you drop spindled Ali. I started trying to learn about a month ago so I am really new (and hopeless!) I do love the look of your electric gadget so I will have to do a bit of research before I come over to Yarndale! Thank you for a lovely video x
Thanks for taking us along! Next month my sister and I are going to Cusco, Perú for a fiber retreat and we will learn how to use drop spindles from the indigenous Quechua women. I am so looking forward to this trip. We lived in Lima, Perú 1968-1971 (I was age 12-15) and I remember going into the Andes and seeing Quechua women walking along either spinning or knitting!
Thanks for taking us along to another yarn show. As I managed to get to the Cumbria show earlier in the year quite a few of the people at the show were familiar to me.
I was also at the show on Saturday, it was such a fabulous day. I was lucky enough to meet Nancy and had a lovely chat with her. So sorry I didn't see you or Gayna, I love both your podcasts. Like you I came away with a number of items of goodies, including some gorgeous yarn from Ducky Darlings which is now at the top of my knit queue 😊
I told my husband if I can't find something interesting to watch on UA-cam, I'm going to put on an episode of Keeping up appearances lol Well, thank you for providing content Ali!
@@LittleDropsofWonderful I would you rather watch your vlog than be visiting the sister Violet with a mercedes, a sauna and a space for a pony lololol Good old British comedy will forever be my favourite!
Thanks for such a fun vlog! I just followed three new accounts on Instagram because of you! 😂 Thank you for enabling my yarn addiction!! (Loved the Scotland vlogs, too!!)
Ali,,,,What a great time at the show!!! So many familiar faces,,!!! Oh my!!!Gayna,,Nancy,,,emma,,Sarah,,,!! Can't wait to hear more about UR spinning wheel,,,,wow,,how sweet,,,, Thanks so much ,,, Elaine 💗🏡
Hello from Australia 🇦🇺 😊 thanks for a wonderful vlog again Ali. I may join you ‘down the rabbit hole’ with your spinning. I hope you, at some stage, show us your adventures in spinning on your channel too. BTW I loved the Nano eel or wheel. Great idea for a beginner to get a taste of spinning before committing to purchasing a higher priced wheel. 🌺
Haha!! I had a good giggle as you wrapped up and said you shouldn't drink 😂 It's the only way I know how 🥂 It was so lovely to meet you in person and spend some time being in your presence 💕 I told you on Saturday you are podcasting goals for me...chatty, but informative and always fun! Sending you big hugs 🤗
Hi Ali, Thank you for taking us along, really enjoyed seeing everything. If I had been there, it would have been like being in a pick and mix sweet shop. They used to have craft shows at Detling Showground but not sure if they do them now, it was somewhere I could get to when I was still driving.
I am so happy for you and the little e spinner. I watch Gayna too. I enjoyed watching all of it. I haven't had an opportunity to attend a fiber show. I have been to dulcimer festivals. It has a similar feel. Thank you for taking us along.
Looks and sounds like you had a great time at the wool show-- I'm so glad. Our local yarn festival - Dallas-Ft. Worth (Texas ) Fiber Fest is coming up next weekend and I am so excited to attend, although I have enough yarn to see me through until I die 🙂. I loved seeing all your favorite vendors and so glad that you got to go, enjoy all the fun and to meet up with your friends. I always enjoy your podcasts - thank you so much for sharing!!
Dear Ali, Thank you for the Yarn Show! I ll go to my first one this October, in Oregon! I can see I’d better take lots of $$$! My “heart jumps” when I think about it. (As “It Is A Sarah” would say.💖) What is it about YARN? Is like like a blank page to a writer? 😜
I would love to see all your project bags as I'm a bit of a bag lady myself - purses, backpacks etc. Even made a dodgy bag after watching your tutorial. Your trip to the wool show was so exciting. The local fibre festival is this weekend and I'm going to try and stick to my shopping list. Enjoy your spinner.
Ali, thank you for sharing your yarny adventure, absolutely loved it what fantastic goodies you bought and that nano spinner i wouldn't mind going down that rabbit hole either. Isn't Gaynor funny, I remember last year you met up with Gaynor and a few other ladies and she was hilarious then great fun, I must say!! Best wishes Jeane x
Hello Ali! Gatineau is a lovely place in Canada and the yarn Nancy gave you is amazing. Seeing all the yarny goodness in this video was so very inspiring. I’m going straight to my stash to pick out something new to make. Maybe another Ranunculus as that is quick and easy to have ready for the cooler temps. Please don’t put the new Spinning machine away in the cupboard for too long. I’m quite curious to see your adventures in learning to use it.😊❤
I went to my very first yarn show last April, Wonderwool Wales. It was completely overwhelming and HUGE. We happened to be in Hay on Wye and I saw that the yarn show was nearby. What an amazing experience, so much yarn and so little time. I would love to see all of your project bags.
Oh, dear, I’m not sure what happened to my post to you, but it’s gone, maybe because I included a link? Any how, love your videos and the shawl/scarf pattern you were looking for at the Sheep on Mars booth is called Pincha and it’s a free pattern on Ravelry. I’m knitting my 2nd one now, it’s a fun pattern and boat loads of short rows, but don’t let that intimidate you! I hope you give it a try! enjoy!
Oh wow thank you so much! I will go and get that saved in my favs now! It was so interesting as a pattern, and the yarn looked beautiful in it! Thanks Katie! 😘
What a lovely day you had!! Thank you for taking us along with you....I'm so excited for you and your new adventure with spinning....I can't wait to see how you like the electric wheel and give your honest opinion on the process!! There's nothing like a day of browsing/retail therapy with a gaggle of like minded friends to recharge your spirit!!
Wonderful video. Love sharing in your yarn show adventures. I really want to learn to knit socks, but turning the heel scares me out of moving forward.
What a great episode! I must say, you were very controlled because I may have been quite loaded down by the time I left. Congrats on your new rabbit hole 😉😂 Looking forward to seeing all your handspun!!!
Yay you brought the Nano 🥰 I brought a drop spindle ( which I said I would never do ) now I need Kirsty to teach me if she has the patience 🙈 It was so lovely meeting you we had a great time at the show, hopefully we will see you next year x
OMG I Love your videos .. here and on the other channel!! and i wanted to be on that yarn show. absolutely amazing. will check out the links in the description. ❤ always making me smile from ear-to-ear💛 - hearing you say, you don't buy anything .. i couldn't stop myself, really! you buying the electric spindle 🤣
What a beautiful yarn show
I can’t believe I missed this one; just now watching 7 moths after your post. I adore yarn show videos.
What a lovely treat Ali your trip to SWYS & a lovely mooch round so you got your yarn spinner 👍
I was at a Quilt exhibition in Duxford air museum grounds Sunday with a quilting friend & got hooked on a demo of ruler quilting & came away with a basic kit & extra ruler £75 & I’ve only just started EPP hexagon cushion cover topper as a change from knitting & crochet hand sewing is very calming & therapeutic for me so why did I need to get this sewing machine quilting kit ( winters coming ) 🤣😅🤣😅
Well it had to be bought it’s been to hot to play with it so far this week saving it for cooler days 😂 sometimes I’m in awe & hold myself back from crashing in & this is one of those times oh dear 🤔
Thank you for vlogging glad followers said hello
Was really lovely to see you & thank you for the lovely things you said about our products…. See you at the next southern wool hopefully xxxx
I would SO LOVE ❤❤❤ to see all yours projects bags, and the stories that goes with them!!!
I would really enjoy a podcast showing your collection of project bags!
Well that was just delightful ❤ you know what I want to see next don’t you 😂 🧶
Thank you that was lovely to see all the lovely goodies 🧶🧶🧶
Thanks for taking us along on your trip to the yarn show. I will be waiting to see how your beautiful fiber spins up on a future episode.
Thank you so much Barbara! x
I grew up in Gatineau, Québec, the colors of the yarn are very similar of the autumn trees in the Parc de la Gatineau (national park).
Thank you for taking us along!
Looks like you had a lovely day!
I'd love to see a bag stash (& yarn!) video from you.
PS - I think you should keep the bag for yourself! xx
The yarn show is amazing. I am going to try to get there in 2025 -- if I can manage to wait that extra year! I am heading out to a much small, but equally exciting, yarn show on Saturday. Thanks for your video!
Thank you for sharing!! Welcome to the spinning wheel community. I started with drop spindling. I can't wait to see that gorgeous fiber spun up!!🎉🎉
It was so lovely to see you 😊 I really liked how you were happy to chat with everyone who stopped you, and there seemed to be quite a few from my short observation! Thank you for being you c
So lovely. thanks for taking us along. Great to see other podcast peeps as well.
After watching this I am now beyond excited for my first yarn show of the year... Yarndale. I know they'll be a lot of different vendors but it's that wandering around surrounded by inspiration. Thanks for the video❤
❤❤❤ it was just like being there again ❤❤❤
It was lovely to meet you Ali! I am glad to have finally met you, I was a bit star struck 😊
Welcome to the EEW family! I have the 1.0 and I love it. I have mine stored in a vintage vanity case and it’s perfect for the nano, a couple of spare bobbins and the project fluff!
Hello from Sweden ❤ I love your videos from Yarn Shows. Thank you for making them!
Thank you! 😊
Loved seeing the yarn show with you. Birdstreet yarn is amazing to use and wear. Now to go and look up the dyers etc you’ve mentioned. Thank you
You should definately keep the bag,you deserve it
Yes! Would love to see your project bags!
Your enthusiasm for yarn makes me want to buy more😂❤
😅 DO IT!
That was fun. Glad you had a wonderful time.
Brilliant, loved it. I wish we had yarn shows near me!! 😊💕🌻🦘
Yes please a pod about all your bags. Please share all about the nano espinner. I'm very curieus about it
Thank you for showing us all the lovely yarn and suppliers 🧶Would be nice though if we could knit/crochet as fast as we can buy the yarn. 🤣
James’ yarns are beautiful! I want some!!
I bought a Nano during COVID and haven’t looked back! Enjoy it Allie!
Just a tip regarding your plait of spinning fibre. Before you start to spin with it undo the plait and steam it either over a boiling kettle or with a steam iron, holding the iron above the fibre not touching it. This will loosen it up and make it much easier to spin.
I went to the Southern Wool Show with my daughter and daughter in law, they couldn't believe all of the different colours. It was the first time for them at a yarn show and they loved it, as I knew they would. I got yarn from Birdstreet Yarn, because I have never knitted with their yarn, despite following them for a long time. Also got yarn from The Lace Knittery as I hadn't seen them before and it was beautiful. Also some more yarn, ok lots of yarn 😊. It was a great show and everyone is just so friendly.
I went to this one! I went last year and intend to go next year as well! It’s such a wonderful day out and I always spend so much money there 😂
Keep the bag, it’s beautiful!!!!
I have made the top you are wearing. I am making them in cotton and I am living in them as they are very cool for our Australian summer
Ali you have to keep the beautiful bag! Such joy!! Your colour palette is so like mine. Yellow is apparently not in my colour range but it makes me happy so I have to knit with it!!❤❤❤🎉Definitely do a show on your bags. How many have crayfish on them?
Really enjoyed this, you are very authentic
My mother always told me that I wouldn’t need to worry about how much people were paying attention to me if knew how much they weren’t. Most people would probably assume that you are FaceTime-ing with someone, and even if they didn’t, every third person is making content for one platform or another. Just record away in your car or wherever-we enjoy it! Also, I wish I had been shopping with you! There were so many options I would have loved for the SWMKAL.😊
Love to see your project bag video please showX
Great video. Lovely yard.
Loved this episode. ❤❤ Everything was so gorgeous!! How nice it was for you to see your friends. You all looked like you were having an excellent time. I'm so happy you liked the Turtle Purl yarn. She's one of my favorite dyers. I just ordered "Bewitched". It's a great Halloween stripe!! I'm in the US and order often from Canadian Dyers and bag makers. Like you I have more project bags than I'll use in a lifetime!! Thank you so much for taking us with you. 😊
This was my very first yarn show! I was the original kid in the sweet shop - I went from stall to stall saying "oooh!" at everything, squishing All The Yarn and having a wonderful time. All the stall holders were so lovely (and very patient at all the squishing - I'm not sure I would be, in their position). In the end I didn't buy all that much (indecision wins!), but that's OK because *there will always be more yarn* :-) And it was lovely to be able to say hello to you too! I think you were very brave being there on your own (as you were when I saw you), it must be very weird having people there "know" you when you don't know them. (And yes, the food and drink was a bit rubbish - packed lunch next year, for sure!)
Oh I love when you show us the yarn shows so much! What a fun day!
I love a yarn show visit and loved coming along with you to the SWS. I didn’t realize you drop spindled Ali. I started trying to learn about a month ago so I am really new (and hopeless!) I do love the look of your electric gadget so I will have to do a bit of research before I come over to Yarndale! Thank you for a lovely video x
Thanks for taking us along! Next month my sister and I are going to Cusco, Perú for a fiber retreat and we will learn how to use drop spindles from the indigenous Quechua women. I am so looking forward to this trip. We lived in Lima, Perú 1968-1971 (I was age 12-15) and I remember going into the Andes and seeing Quechua women walking along either spinning or knitting!
I love Ellie’s yarns. The sock set is beautiful! I’m looking up James now. His yarns are definitely my color palette.
Loved every minute of it and I'm so glad that you had a wonderful day!
Thanks for taking us along to another yarn show. As I managed to get to the Cumbria show earlier in the year quite a few of the people at the show were familiar to me.
I was also at the show on Saturday, it was such a fabulous day.
I was lucky enough to meet Nancy and had a lovely chat with her. So sorry I didn't see you or Gayna, I love both your podcasts.
Like you I came away with a number of items of goodies, including some gorgeous yarn from Ducky Darlings which is now at the top of my knit queue 😊
Thank you for taking us along Ali ! Its great seeing all the different yarn dyers!! 😄
I'm so glad you showed us everything you could. It was amazing. Thankyou ❤
What a lovely video! You are not a dork x this is my local yarn show but I decided not to go this year as I haven't used last year's purchases!
I told my husband if I can't find something interesting to watch on UA-cam, I'm going to put on an episode of Keeping up appearances lol Well, thank you for providing content Ali!
😄 I would have gone for Hyacinth Bucket! 😄
@@LittleDropsofWonderful I would you rather watch your vlog than be visiting the sister Violet with a mercedes, a sauna and a space for a pony lololol Good old British comedy will forever be my favourite!
Thanks for such a fun vlog! I just followed three new accounts on Instagram because of you! 😂 Thank you for enabling my yarn addiction!! (Loved the Scotland vlogs, too!!)
What a fun video! Thank you for taking us along to the yarn show!
Sent you a little thank you for all your work in taking us with you to the show, Ali. You are a star!❤❤❤
oh Ali what a fabulous day you have had . So glad you shared it with us . Hugs Beth
Ali,,,,What a great time at the show!!!
So many familiar faces,,!!!
Oh my!!!Gayna,,Nancy,,,emma,,Sarah,,,!!
Can't wait to hear more about UR spinning wheel,,,,wow,,how sweet,,,,
Thanks so much ,,,
Elaine 💗🏡
Thank you for showing us around all the amazing yarn suppliers, I really felt I was there 😊
A great tour thank you for taking us all. Must be very tempting to buy lots of amazing yarn. I will try and go to a show next year 😊
Hello from Australia 🇦🇺 😊 thanks for a wonderful vlog again Ali. I may join you ‘down the rabbit hole’ with your spinning. I hope you, at some stage, show us your adventures in spinning on your channel too. BTW I loved the Nano eel or wheel. Great idea for a beginner to get a taste of spinning before committing to purchasing a higher priced wheel. 🌺
Haha!! I had a good giggle as you wrapped up and said you shouldn't drink 😂 It's the only way I know how 🥂
It was so lovely to meet you in person and spend some time being in your presence 💕 I told you on Saturday you are podcasting goals for me...chatty, but informative and always fun! Sending you big hugs 🤗
Enjoyed spending the day with you and your friends through this video. Looks like such a fun time!
Hi Ali, Thank you for taking us along, really enjoyed seeing everything. If I had been there, it would have been like being in a pick and mix sweet shop. They used to have craft shows at Detling Showground but not sure if they do them now, it was somewhere I could get to when I was still driving.
I am so happy for you and the little e spinner. I watch Gayna too. I enjoyed watching all of it. I haven't had an opportunity to attend a fiber show. I have been to dulcimer festivals. It has a similar feel. Thank you for taking us along.
Looks and sounds like you had a great time at the wool show-- I'm so glad. Our local yarn festival - Dallas-Ft. Worth (Texas ) Fiber Fest is coming up next weekend and I am so excited to attend, although I have enough yarn to see me through until I die 🙂. I loved seeing all your favorite vendors and so glad that you got to go, enjoy all the fun and to meet up with your friends. I always enjoy your podcasts - thank you so much for sharing!!
Dear Ali,
Thank you for the Yarn Show!
I ll go to my first one this October, in Oregon! I can see I’d better take lots of $$$!
My “heart jumps” when I think about it. (As “It Is A Sarah” would say.💖)
What is it about YARN?
Is like like a blank page to a writer? 😜
I would love to see all your project bags as I'm a bit of a bag lady myself - purses, backpacks etc. Even made a dodgy bag after watching your tutorial.
Your trip to the wool show was so exciting. The local fibre festival is this weekend and I'm going to try and stick to my shopping list. Enjoy your spinner.
Ali, thank you for sharing your yarny adventure, absolutely loved it what fantastic goodies you bought and that nano spinner i wouldn't mind going down that rabbit hole either. Isn't Gaynor funny, I remember last year you met up with Gaynor and a few other ladies and she was hilarious then great fun, I must say!! Best wishes Jeane x
Hello Ali! Gatineau is a lovely place in Canada and the yarn Nancy gave you is amazing. Seeing all the yarny goodness in this video was so very inspiring. I’m going straight to my stash to pick out something new to make. Maybe another Ranunculus as that is quick and easy to have ready for the cooler temps. Please don’t put the new Spinning machine away in the cupboard for too long. I’m quite curious to see your adventures in learning to use it.😊❤
I went to my very first yarn show last April, Wonderwool Wales. It was completely overwhelming and HUGE. We happened to be in Hay on Wye and I saw that the yarn show was nearby. What an amazing experience, so much yarn and so little time.
I would love to see all of your project bags.
Oh, dear, I’m not sure what happened to my post to you, but it’s gone, maybe because I included a link? Any how, love your videos and the shawl/scarf pattern you were looking for at the Sheep on Mars booth is called Pincha and it’s a free pattern on Ravelry. I’m knitting my 2nd one now, it’s a fun pattern and boat loads of short rows, but don’t let that intimidate you! I hope you give it a try! enjoy!
Oh wow thank you so much! I will go and get that saved in my favs now! It was so interesting as a pattern, and the yarn looked beautiful in it! Thanks Katie! 😘
In Australia we’d call you a ‘dag’ in the best possible way! I’m also a dag.
Thanks
Thank you Linda! Sorry this is such a late thank you, I had a load of super thanks notifications pop this morning! So a huge belated thank you 🥰🤗❤️
I signed up for the Birdstreet advent calendar - I'm excited to try them out!
@23:02 These colors make me think of baby chicks.🐣🐣
It looked like so much fun! Yarn, friends and kindred spirits, it doesn't get much better than that! Thank you for taking us along!
What a lovely day you had!! Thank you for taking us along with you....I'm so excited for you and your new adventure with spinning....I can't wait to see how you like the electric wheel and give your honest opinion on the process!! There's nothing like a day of browsing/retail therapy with a gaggle of like minded friends to recharge your spirit!!
Wonderful video. Love sharing in your yarn show adventures. I really want to learn to knit socks, but turning the heel scares me out of moving forward.
What a great episode! I must say, you were very controlled because I may have been quite loaded down by the time I left. Congrats on your new rabbit hole 😉😂 Looking forward to seeing all your handspun!!!
Try the eew6 its bigger and costs more but you can do more weights of yarn. Nano is great for travel.
Yay you brought the Nano 🥰 I brought a drop spindle ( which I said I would never do ) now I need Kirsty to teach me if she has the patience 🙈
It was so lovely meeting you we had a great time at the show, hopefully we will see you next year x
Would love to see your project bags.
OMG I Love your videos .. here and on the other channel!! and i wanted to be on that yarn show. absolutely amazing. will check out the links in the description. ❤ always making me smile from ear-to-ear💛 - hearing you say, you don't buy anything .. i couldn't stop myself, really! you buying the electric spindle 🤣
🤣 I’m so weak! 😄
Are you going to be there this year?
Thanks so much for the ride❤️
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No don’t give the bag as a prize keep it for yourself Ali