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Gin & Spin with Crafty Housewife Yarns

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A podcast featuring reviews and news on yarn, fiber and spinning also gin drinks. Your host is Erin James the head fiber artist of Crafty Housewife Yarns and the Crafty Housewife YouTube Channel. There will also be guest spinners and crafters. Come Gin & Spin with us.

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United States

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A podcast featuring reviews and news on yarn, fiber and spinning also gin drinks. Your host is Erin James the head fiber artist of Crafty Housewife Yarns and the Crafty Housewife YouTube Channel. There will also be guest spinners and crafters. Come Gin & Spin with us.

Language:

English


Episodes
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Introducting My newest creation for beginner knitters - What I wish I'd known.

9/14/2023
If you see this before it launches here is the wait list link https://craftyhousewifeyarns.com/pleasure-not-perfection-for-beginner-knitters If after it'll be here with the rest of the online content https://craftyhousewifeyarns.com/courses

Duration:00:11:31

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Highlight from Bizzy Crochet Interview- Why I sometimes want to burn it all down.

9/7/2023
I was so thrilled to be a guest on the Bizzy Crochet podcast and YouTube channel! Click here for her channel and the full 1 hour interview! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFi9qUEV5R8 for more on crafty housewife yarns click here www.craftyhousewifeyarns.com click around and find all the free content!

Duration:00:07:26

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What is Yarn Cult?

9/4/2023
I was so thrilled to be a guest on the Bizzy Crochet podcast and YouTube channel! Click here for her channel and the full 1 hour interview! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFi9qUEV5R8 for more on crafty housewife yarns click here www.craftyhousewifeyarns.com click around and find all the free content!

Duration:00:04:24

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Highlights from Bizzy Crochet interview- Getting kicked out of Fiber arts groups and Tour De Fleece

8/31/2023
I was so thrilled to be a guest on the Bizzy Crochet podcast and YouTube channel! Click here for her channel and the full 1 hour interview! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFi9qUEV5R8 for more on crafty housewife yarns click here www.craftyhousewifeyarns.com click around and find all the free content!

Duration:00:05:15

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Hightlights from Bizzy Crochet Podcast- Small farm Supplies and Subscriptions

8/28/2023
I was so thrilled to be a guest on the Bizzy Crochet podcast and YouTube channel! Click here for her channel and the full 1 hour interview! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFi9qUEV5R8 for more on crafty housewife yarns click here www.craftyhousewifeyarns.com click around and find all the free content!

Duration:00:14:55

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Highlight from Bizzy Crochet Interview- Are you a Crafty Housewife?

8/25/2023
I was so thrilled to be a guest on the Bizzy Crochet podcast and YouTube channel! Click here for her channel and the full 1 hour interview! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFi9qUEV5R8 for more on crafty housewife yarns click here www.craftyhousewifeyarns.com click around and find all the free content!

Duration:00:11:42

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Story time/ Why My Local Wool is being absorbed by CHY

7/27/2023
New farmer index and small farm sampler bundles can be found here https://craftyhousewifeyarns.com/my-local-wool Here is a 20% off coupon off first box as a thank you for switching MLWNEWBUNDLE HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE FARMERS WHO POSTED SUCH SWEET THINGS ON THIS INSTAGRAM POST ABOUT HOW WE HAD GOTTEN YOU NEW CUSTOMERS AND EXPOSURE. WE SO LOOK FOWARD TO SERVING YOU FURTHR ( AND FOR FREE!) ON THE NEW SITE.

Duration:00:13:51

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Spinning Natural batts and custom roving

7/20/2023
Learn more at www.craftyhousewifeyarns.com/courses get free goodies here https://craftyhousewifeyarns.com/homemade-is-better

Duration:00:09:54

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Pre-drafting for easier spinning - secrets of yarn spinning video

7/13/2023
check out www.craftyhousewifeyarns.com

Duration:00:15:19

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Worsted Style Spinning On Corriedale wool

7/6/2023
See video format on Youtube In honor of my new little E book for new spinners the secrets of yarn spinning I’m breaking it down topic by topic! find it on amazon or even better get it free here! Https://craftyhousewifeyarns.com/the-secrets-to-yarn-spinning-e-book If you Enjoy my fiber arts content please like and subscribe it truthfully really helps me out and it's free! More on yarn spinning here ( join the yarn cult for free)! https://craftyhousewifeyarns.com/courses

Duration:00:04:22

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Creating your own yarn base line. Fiber Arts Business behind the scenes. Also unboxing a yarn kit

6/29/2023
Creating your own yarn base line. Fiber Arts Business behind the scenes. Also unboxing a yarn kit from our cottage industry yarn bundle. featuring new yarn line from my bestie Dawn of Twice Sheared Sheep! Grab a yarn kit from 20% off your first month with code FRESHFIBERARTS https://craftyhousewifeyarns.com/yarn-spinning-fiber-subscriptions get free patterns and goodies ( including yarn) here https://craftyhousewifeyarns.com/homemade-is-better

Duration:00:20:53

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Woolen Vs Worsted let's break it down.

6/22/2023
Want to hang out with our fiber arts community? Come on over. https://www.facebook.com/groups/craftyhousewifeyarnlove Free fiber arts resource, just for you! Click right here https://craftyhousewifeyarns.com/homemade-is-better I don’t know about you but we think there’s enough to be gloomy about these days. The staff over here at CHY is pretty dedicated to laughing and messing around with yarn. Making mistakes , designing new patterns in the process of making mistakes… Making crazy weaving projects or needle felting just because we got a notion too. Pretty much the one thing that ties all of our crazy fiber projects together is we really like supporting what we call “ Cottage Industry”. In our minds this can range anywhere from a small farm selling its wool to a larger family owned yarn company. Not that we have anything against the main line stuff that is found in big craft stores there’s a time and a project for everything but thanks to our underground more punk rock roots we just really dig the less “mainstream” options. In honor of all things fibery We’ve put together this fun resource page for you in hopes of getting you as equally excited about our cottage industry favs as we are. If you’re a bit much, and not for everyone yourself then congratulations you’ve found your friends here. You will get… Our popular E book and Designer Pattern guide for Hand spun or unusual yarn 3 Free Skeins of Yarn Lux Alpaca Wool Blend Yarn ( please just cover the shipping ) Free web-class on learning to Spin on a drop Spindle Free access to our DIY drop Spindle mini course Free Hand Spinner Field Guide for everything a new spinner could want to know Lots of great coupons for yarn and spinning fiber ( we’re talking huge discounts to try new things) Tips on finding small farms and businesses to get your newest supplies from local to you. This little E book has become a cult favorite and gets tons of downloads every week. Here it is incase you hadn’t found it yet. It features Free Designer patterns for Crochet, Knitting and Weaving with that cool yarn in your stash you don’t know what to do with. Here's that link again https://craftyhousewifeyarns.com/homemade-is-better

Duration:00:12:55

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Spinning Yarn on a Bottom Whorl Drop Spindle

6/18/2023
Hello there! I'm back. I've been faithfully cranking out video content over on my YouTube channel and Im going to try to get better about adding more audio content over here. This was a requested topic from one of our Facebook group friends.. Enjoy Want to hang out with our fiber arts community? Come on over. https://www.facebook.com/groups/craftyhousewifeyarnlove Free fiber arts resource, just for you! Click right here https://craftyhousewifeyarns.com/homemade-is-better I don’t know about you but we think there’s enough to be gloomy about these days. The staff over here at CHY is pretty dedicated to laughing and messing around with yarn. Making mistakes , designing new patterns in the process of making mistakes… Making crazy weaving projects or needle felting just because we got a notion too. Pretty much the one thing that ties all of our crazy fiber projects together is we really like supporting what we call “ Cottage Industry”. In our minds this can range anywhere from a small farm selling its wool to a larger family owned yarn company. Not that we have anything against the main line stuff that is found in big craft stores there’s a time and a project for everything but thanks to our underground more punk rock roots we just really dig the less “mainstream” options. In honor of all things fibery We’ve put together this fun resource page for you in hopes of getting you as equally excited about our cottage industry favs as we are. If you’re a bit much, and not for everyone yourself then congratulations you’ve found your friends here. You will get… Our popular E book and Designer Pattern guide for Hand spun or unusual yarn 3 Free Skeins of Yarn Lux Alpaca Wool Blend Yarn ( please just cover the shipping ) Free web-class on learning to Spin on a drop Spindle Free access to our DIY drop Spindle mini course Free Hand Spinner Field Guide for everything a new spinner could want to know Lots of great coupons for yarn and spinning fiber ( we’re talking huge discounts to try new things) Tips on finding small farms and businesses to get your newest supplies from local to you. This little E book has become a cult favorite and gets tons of downloads every week. Here it is incase you hadn’t found it yet. It features Free Designer patterns for Crochet, Knitting and Weaving with that cool yarn in your stash you don’t know what to do with. Here's that link again https://craftyhousewifeyarns.com/homemade-is-better

Duration:00:10:44

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All about SAFF 2022

11/1/2022
Let’s gossip about mine and Heidi’s trip to SAFF she had a booth there and it was so much fun. Don’t forget to look up and check out the crime coffee and craft podcast which is our lovely sponsor as well as if you like free stuff and cool things in the fiber arch please click this link. Https://craftyhousewifeyarns.com/homemade-is-better

Duration:00:15:07

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Let’s add some sparkle !

10/25/2022
Terms to Google firestar , Angelica , star bright , cool braids at Craftyhousewifeyarns. Get free goodies here https://craftyhousewifeyarns.com/homemade-is-better….. also please follow the crime coffee and crafts podcast our lovely sponsor.

Duration:00:07:00

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It’s Tour De fleece Time!!

7/7/2022
Come join the fun on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/craftyhousewifeyarnlove also find some free stuff here https://craftyhousewifeyarns.com/homemade-is-better
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How to Spin Yarn from Dog Hair- The funny highly requested topic- Live Stream Lesson.

6/24/2022
Check out our fun Podcast Friend and Sponsor The Crime, Coffee and Crafts Podcast with my Fiber Bestie Heidi Stone Black ( CHY Fiber Artist extraordinaire) https://linktr.ee/crimecoffeeandcrafts More exclusive content at our Patreon Page! All of the funds go to keep our sister site www.mylocalwool.com up and running. Get great content and support small farms! https://www.patreon.com/Craftyhousewifeyarns Want to hang out with our fiber arts community? Come on over. https://www.facebook.com/groups/craftyhousewifeyarnlove Free fiber arts resource, just for you! Click right here https://craftyhousewifeyarns.com/homemade-is-better I don’t know about you but we think there’s enough to be gloomy about these days. The staff over here at CHY is pretty dedicated to laughing and messing around with yarn. Making mistakes , designing new patterns in the process of making mistakes… Making crazy weaving projects or needle felting just because we got a notion too. Pretty much the one thing that ties all of our crazy fiber projects together is we really like supporting what we call “ Cottage Industry”. In our minds this can range anywhere from a small farm selling its wool to a larger family owned yarn company. Not that we have anything against the main line stuff that is found in big craft stores there’s a time and a project for everything but thanks to our underground more punk rock roots we just really dig the less “mainstream” options. In honor of all things fibery We’ve put together this fun resource page for you in hopes of getting you as equally excited about our cottage industry favs as we are. If you’re a bit much, and not for everyone yourself then congratulations you’ve found your friends here. You will get… Our popular E book and Designer Pattern guide for Hand spun or unusual yarn 3 Free Skeins of Yarn Lux Alpaca Wool Blend Yarn ( please just cover the shipping ) Free web-class on learning to Spin on a drop Spindle Free access to our DIY drop Spindle mini course Free Hand Spinner Field Guide for everything a new spinner could want to know Lots of great coupons for yarn and spinning fiber ( we’re talking huge discounts to try new things) Tips on finding small farms and businesses to get your newest supplies from local to you. This little E book has become a cult favorite and gets tons of downloads every week. Here it is incase you hadn’t found it yet. It features Free Designer patterns for Crochet, Knitting and Weaving with that cool yarn in your stash you don’t know what to do with. Here's that link again https://craftyhousewifeyarns.com/homemade-is-better Episode segments Edit audio
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top 5 ways to use yarn crafting for stress reduction

6/20/2022
Check out our fun Podcast Friend and Sponsor The Crime, Coffee and Crafts Podcast with my Fiber Bestie Heidi Stone Black ( CHY Fiber Artist extraordinaire) https://linktr.ee/crimecoffeeandcrafts More exclusive content at our Patreon Page! All of the funds go to keep our sister site www.mylocalwool.com up and running. Get great content and support small farms! https://www.patreon.com/Craftyhousewifeyarns Want to hang out with our fiber arts community? Come on over. https://www.facebook.com/groups/craftyhousewifeyarnlove Free fiber arts resource, just for you! Click right here https://craftyhousewifeyarns.com/homemade-is-better I don’t know about you but we think there’s enough to be gloomy about these days. The staff over here at CHY is pretty dedicated to laughing and messing around with yarn. Making mistakes , designing new patterns in the process of making mistakes… Making crazy weaving projects or needle felting just because we got a notion too. Pretty much the one thing that ties all of our crazy fiber projects together is we really like supporting what we call “ Cottage Industry”. In our minds this can range anywhere from a small farm selling its wool to a larger family owned yarn company. Not that we have anything against the main line stuff that is found in big craft stores there’s a time and a project for everything but thanks to our underground more punk rock roots we just really dig the less “mainstream” options. In honor of all things fibery We’ve put together this fun resource page for you in hopes of getting you as equally excited about our cottage industry favs as we are. If you’re a bit much, and not for everyone yourself then congratulations you’ve found your friends here. You will get… Our popular E book and Designer Pattern guide for Hand spun or unusual yarn 3 Free Skeins of Yarn Lux Alpaca Wool Blend Yarn ( please just cover the shipping ) Free web-class on learning to Spin on a drop Spindle Free access to our DIY drop Spindle mini course Free Hand Spinner Field Guide for everything a new spinner could want to know Lots of great coupons for yarn and spinning fiber ( we’re talking huge discounts to try new things) Tips on finding small farms and businesses to get your newest supplies from local to you. This little E book has become a cult favorite and gets tons of downloads every week. Here it is incase you hadn’t found it yet. It features Free Designer patterns for Crochet, Knitting and Weaving with that cool yarn in your stash you don’t know what to do with. Here's that link again https://craftyhousewifeyarns.com/homemade-is-better Episode segments Edit audio
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Getting Started Spinning Yarn for beginners - How to dive into the Fiber Arts- Interview from The Stitch Society

6/18/2022
Check out our fun Podcast Friend and Sponsor The Crime, Coffee and Crafts Podcast with my Fiber Bestie Heidi Stone Black ( CHY Fiber Artist extraordinaire) https://linktr.ee/crimecoffeeandcrafts Learn more about our friends at the Stitch Society Here! https://doublethestitches.thrivecart.com/stitch-society-membership/ More exclusive content at our Patreon Page! All of the funds go to keep our sister site www.mylocalwool.com up and running. Get great content and support small farms! https://www.patreon.com/Craftyhousewifeyarns Want to hang out with our fiber arts community? Come on over. https://www.facebook.com/groups/craftyhousewifeyarnlove Free fiber arts resource, just for you! Click right here https://craftyhousewifeyarns.com/homemade-is-better I don’t know about you but we think there’s enough to be gloomy about these days. The staff over here at CHY is pretty dedicated to laughing and messing around with yarn. Making mistakes , designing new patterns in the process of making mistakes… Making crazy weaving projects or needle felting just because we got a notion too. Pretty much the one thing that ties all of our crazy fiber projects together is we really like supporting what we call “ Cottage Industry”. In our minds this can range anywhere from a small farm selling its wool to a larger family owned yarn company. Not that we have anything against the main line stuff that is found in big craft stores there’s a time and a project for everything but thanks to our underground more punk rock roots we just really dig the less “mainstream” options. In honor of all things fibery We’ve put together this fun resource page for you in hopes of getting you as equally excited about our cottage industry favs as we are. If you’re a bit much, and not for everyone yourself then congratulations you’ve found your friends here. You will get… Our popular E book and Designer Pattern guide for Hand spun or unusual yarn 3 Free Skeins of Yarn Lux Alpaca Wool Blend Yarn ( please just cover the shipping ) Free web-class on learning to Spin on a drop Spindle Free access to our DIY drop Spindle mini course Free Hand Spinner Field Guide for everything a new spinner could want to know Lots of great coupons for yarn and spinning fiber ( we’re talking huge discounts to try new things) Tips on finding small farms and businesses to get your newest supplies from local to you. This little E book has become a cult favorite and gets tons of downloads every week. Here it is incase you hadn’t found it yet. It features Free Designer patterns for Crochet, Knitting and Weaving with that cool yarn in your stash you don’t know what to do with. Here's that link again https://craftyhousewifeyarns.com/homemade-is-better
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Spinning Thick and Thin Yarn- Approachable Art yarn

6/13/2022
Check out our fun Podcast Friend and Sponsor The Crime, Coffee and Crafts Podcast with my Fiber Bestie Heidi Stone Black ( CHY Fiber Artist extraordinaire) https://linktr.ee/crimecoffeeandcrafts More exclusive content at our Patreon Page! All of the funds go to keep our sister site www.mylocalwool.com up and running. Get great content and support small farms! https://www.patreon.com/Craftyhousewifeyarns Want to hang out with our fiber arts community? Come on over. https://www.facebook.com/groups/craftyhousewifeyarnlove Free fiber arts resource, just for you! Click right here https://craftyhousewifeyarns.com/homemade-is-better I don’t know about you but we think there’s enough to be gloomy about these days. The staff over here at CHY is pretty dedicated to laughing and messing around with yarn. Making mistakes , designing new patterns in the process of making mistakes… Making crazy weaving projects or needle felting just because we got a notion too. Pretty much the one thing that ties all of our crazy fiber projects together is we really like supporting what we call “ Cottage Industry”. In our minds this can range anywhere from a small farm selling its wool to a larger family owned yarn company. Not that we have anything against the main line stuff that is found in big craft stores there’s a time and a project for everything but thanks to our underground more punk rock roots we just really dig the less “mainstream” options. In honor of all things fibery We’ve put together this fun resource page for you in hopes of getting you as equally excited about our cottage industry favs as we are. If you’re a bit much, and not for everyone yourself then congratulations you’ve found your friends here. You will get… Our popular E book and Designer Pattern guide for Hand spun or unusual yarn 3 Free Skeins of Yarn Lux Alpaca Wool Blend Yarn ( please just cover the shipping ) Free web-class on learning to Spin on a drop Spindle Free access to our DIY drop Spindle mini course Free Hand Spinner Field Guide for everything a new spinner could want to know Lots of great coupons for yarn and spinning fiber ( we’re talking huge discounts to try new things) Tips on finding small farms and businesses to get your newest supplies from local to you. This little E book has become a cult favorite and gets tons of downloads every week. Here it is incase you hadn’t found it yet. It features Free Designer patterns for Crochet, Knitting and Weaving with that cool yarn in your stash you don’t know what to do with. Here's that link again https://craftyhousewifeyarns.com/homemade-is-better