Fleece & Harmony Knitting Podcast - Ep 6 - Mittens & Socks & Angora

[@deniseengel1451]

“Lace fatigue” I’ve been there 😂 Your yarn with the angora is beautiful

[@PatB101]

Both sweaters are lovely, and love the colours

[@FleeceHarmonyPodcast]

Thank you!

[@sharonrego823]

Another wonderful episode. Iona bunny looked so yummy. 🐰🐑😊

[@FleeceHarmonyPodcast]

Crestbirch it’s a really nice yarn!

[@sandyrees490]

I really enjoy hearing about all the farming as much as I do about the yarn. Thank you for such a fun update!

[@FleeceHarmonyPodcast]

Sandy Rees great! We like to talk about everything that’s going on around us!

[@thoughtsofawindowgirl2112]

Love the camaraderie gals. No poop on the lens today lol. Ok, no way another sweater I must knit, but I’m sure I have no Samoyed yarn in MY Stash. Now, I must order a mitten kitten but which one both are so lovely. Great way to name your farm animals by their personality. I do the same with my pets. Awesome podcast as usual.

[@FleeceHarmonyPodcast]

Thanks! You are getting through them all! LOL

[@suelowther5104]

Just found your podcast and love it. PEI has always been on my bucket list of places to go. Especially after watching Anne with an E! Your farm/mill/ store is a labor of love I am sure. Your love for the craft and for your animals comes through. Instant subscriber here!!!

[@FleeceHarmonyPodcast]

Sue thank you! It is a labour of love for sure! We appreciated you letting us know how much you enjoyed it, and thank you so much for subscribing!! 💜

[@kimberlytilsley2679]

Thank you for your podcasts! Each time I watch I am back in the studio space chatting with you! Alison and I so enjoyed our visit to your farm and shop! Also, I finished "Gordon" project #2! A simple cable sweater for our daughter - I even drafted the pattern myself from the list of elements she wanted included! It really is a lovely yarn to work with. Thank you for that too!

[@FleeceHarmonyPodcast]

Kimberly that’s so great! We love Gordon! Good for you on the sweater design, we bet it’s beautiful!

[@kathycho9660]

Just started listening and watching your podcasts.....absolutely love the stories you tell about your life on the farm, the process of making yarn and everything else . Needless to say, nothing gets done in the house as I am busy listening to your podcasts and knitting at the same time :-) ....oh well....

[@FleeceHarmonyPodcast]

Ha ha ha! Time well spent if you ask us! Happy to have you along!

[@sandrawright7110]

I’ve been watching your podcast one after the other and have been loving them. You have a great on camera style, you are very witty together. Love learning about your yarns and farm. Jennifer, you remind me of Catherine O’Hara in her younger years.

[@FleeceHarmonyPodcast]

Sandra Wright thanks for joining us!!! I have actually been told that about Catherine O’Hara before!! I need to go look at some pictures of her. I was only introduced to her from Home Alone. Earlier than that?! Lol

[@TerrieDeer]

Lovely podcast. Looking forward to seeing more in the future. Now I just want to sit down and knit with a warm cup of coffee.

[@FleeceHarmonyPodcast]

Terrie Nierenberger sounds perfect! We refrain from actually sipping while we’re talking, but that’s exactly the vibe we want to create!! ☕️

[@kathykeller3430]

I just love listening to you ladies talk about your adventures on the farm and your memories of days gone by on the concert stage! Lol! You are both so engaging, such a great podcast. I will order yarn from you but I just have so many Wip's staring me in the face and not being the quickest knitter in the world it's going to take a bit of time. I wish you nothing but success!

[@FleeceHarmonyPodcast]

Kathy thank you so much! We are better podcasters than pianists!

[@cathypearson1889]

I found you via Arne & Carlos, you're so much fun! I decided to start at the beginning and work my way forward. I love your names, Iona Bunny cracked me up! Too bad I can't get the yarn anymore, maybe someday you'll make more. Looking forward to the next episode!

[@FleeceHarmonyPodcast]

We will be making more Iona Bunny at some point. We will keep you posted.

[@jansmith7177]

I've been loving your podcasts. Laughed about the sheep poop on your lens last week. My husband joined me watching after you'd given your disclaimer and started wiping our TV screen. Ha. I sympathize with playing the piano in a recital - I wanted to go into music and took classes at the college I wanted to attend while I was in high school, but couldn't conquer stage fright. My teacher had me play in front of a group of elementary school students and their families and I had to memorize 6 pages of a hard piece. My legs were visibly shaking and I blanked out when I was about 15 bars from the end; everything but the last chord left my brain, so I played it, curtsied, and ran crying to the bathroom. My teacher told me I wasn't cut out for a career in music. But I still play for pleasure - it's my other stress buster besides knitting.

[@FleeceHarmonyPodcast]

Jan Yup sounds like a similar experience! I had such stage fright and a fear of public speaking for a VERY long time. Fortunately that doesn’t extend to recording a podcast! Thank you (and your husband) so much for watching!! We love getting to connect with knitters this way, it’s magic! 💜

[@brendasolanki8424]

What a vision...skating horses, sorting lambs who just want to play, pickaxes and ice, ice, ice! I thoroughly enjoyed hearing of your life on the farm and am very grateful for my warm city house! My Roses are Red mittens have the tight colourwork cuff and I love it because it fits me so nice and snug. I recognize that it would be a disaster on a sweater though. Oh yes, glad you have the new camera and the spots (whatever their source, giggle) are gone. Great episode. Heading over to check out the yarns now.

[@FleeceHarmonyPodcast]

Brenda thank you as always for your enthusiastic comments!! It’s never dull that’s for sure! Of course everything with sheep is more fun than it sounds. 😉

[@inekevandermolen675]

I love your red sweater!,

[@mywoolmitten]

Thank you for all of the smiles and great knitting content this morning! And oh my, yes...this past few weeks on the farm has been exhausting, hasn't it? We don't have a huge amount of snow - maybe 6 inches but with drifts, but the solid ice underneath makes everything so difficult. The new bunny yarn looks amazing ;)

[@FleeceHarmonyPodcast]

My Wool Mitten yup, it’s been challenging! Spring can come any time!!!! 💙 Thanks for watching!

[@kathygalbraith9828]

I found you on IG first thru Janet at Green Gables Alpacas ... now I am binge watching your Podcasts & loving them. I laughed out loud at your rip it back conversation! I am a new knitter and my first project was an acrylic Aran Fleck rectangular wrap in simple knit/purl with a garter boarder .... talk about ripping out ... lol ... I redid that thing 3 times from start to finish to fix the mistakes/dropped stitches and to get it the size I liked .... I just told myself its a good learning experience .... my dad liked mine so much I made him one a bit bigger for a couch throw.

[@FleeceHarmonyPodcast]

Kathy Galbraith you get used to ripping eventually! I no longer take it personally! Lol.

[@karijames381]

another great show!

[@svance1041]

What a beautiful shawl...I love the stone variegated color and hope my budget allows for it next month! I want to finish my mitts and hat first. 🙂

[@FleeceHarmonyPodcast]

Saustinvance Vance thank you! We hear you, we have LOTS of projects to finish too! We better get knitting!

[@cindynaismith9630]

I’m loving your podcast. I live in Seattle but I’m originally from Manitoba and lived in New Brunswick for a few years. I love your story and look forward to your podcast every two weeks. I just ordered your Iona Bunny in the pink. I was too late for the natural but I’m excited to receive some of your yarn!

[@FleeceHarmonyPodcast]

Cindy thank you so much for watching and trying our yarn! We are pretty sure you will LOVE it!

[@gailmendonza6078]

Love your podcasts. Found you first last year on Fruity knitting. Plan to visit the Maritimes again this spring and really hope to make it to see you. Success to you both. ❤️ from Montreal.

[@FleeceHarmonyPodcast]

Gail, that's great news!! We hope to see you, our shop is jam packed with new yarn!!!

[@margaretbuckley4752]

Another great podcast! I was watching it on my computer and using my ear pods and when you said "IONA Bunny" I laughed out loud and startled my husband so badly that he almost fell off his chair. I just ordered a skein in the violet colour and I can't wait to get my hands on it - I see a gorgeous hat in my future!

[@FleeceHarmonyPodcast]

Margaret HA HA HA That’s great! That’ll keep him on his toes! 😉 It will make a GORGEOUS hat in that colour, yay!

[@bonniedyer8875]

Ordered some of your new yarn. So excited to try it!♥️♥️

[@FleeceHarmonyPodcast]

Bonnie that’s awesome! It’s really nice, we hope you LOVE it!!!

[@kiwijenniferknits]

Another great podcast! I enjoy that you both seem so laid back and can laugh along with the presentation! And I truly would love the IONA Bunny! I will check it out! Thanks 👍

[@FleeceHarmonyPodcast]

Jennifer thank you so much! We hope you get to try the IONA Bunny, we really love it! 🐰

[@katdef100]

Your podcasts are so great! I just put an order in for the violet Iona Bunny yarn--I can't wait to see and feel the yarn. I'm almost finished my first pair of Roses Are Red mittens. I went up 2 needle sizes for the colour work band and it still pulls in but I think it will prevent cold air from getting in. I also had some challenges with the looseness of the Latvian braid at the beginning/end of round but I think all will be well once the mittens are washed and blocked.

[@FleeceHarmonyPodcast]

katdef100 blocking helps so much, and I do love mine as they are. Those bunnies are hopping away! Glad you got some! 💜

great video as ever, lots of laughs, that red sweater looks beautiful on you. I linked to the IONA bunny and it shows sold out, congrats... that was less than 3 days from your podcast to now me watching it , so happy for your success.

[@FleeceHarmonyPodcast]

Karen thank you! The bunny sold out very quickly! We should be able to make more in a few weeks as their wool is getting quite long again. 🤞

[@adalai7649]

Love the red sweater! And the Aran shawl! But most of all, I enjoyed the spotless screen! 😉 not really...i loved the whole episode. The worst part about playing "catchup" with the episodes is missing out on things like Iona Bunny! 😭 But I'm watching 3-5 episodes a day, so should be caught up soon! 😊

[@FleeceHarmonyPodcast]

Ada Lai oh there could be some more Iona Bunny in the near future!! 😉

[@elissamcgahren8473]

Love your podcast, keep it up! Just ordered Evening Walk Kit! 🙂

[@FleeceHarmonyPodcast]

Elissa McGahren and we just packed it up for you!!! So great! Thanks for watching!!

[@marilisalugo]

I just found your podcast and I loveeeee it!

[@FleeceHarmonyPodcast]

Girl meets yarn that’s so wonderful! Welcome aboard!! We are so glad you are enjoying it because we enjoy making it! 💙

[@lisah8162]

Ooh! That yarn is yummy! I still haven’t even cast on my mittens! Argh! My needles have socks for my son-in-law and they are taking forever! (Hmm...I might just need to go to the yarn store today!!)

[@FleeceHarmonyPodcast]

Lisa H we hear you! My socks are also taking forever!!!

[@heatheranderson5668]

I am so enjoying your podcasts!!! May we have an IONA KAL after the mitten one? I may have just spent my birthday money two months early. Shhhh! :)

[@FleeceHarmonyPodcast]

Heather we should! We can organize for next podcast! Whoop! 👏

[@barbarareeves9669]

Love your podcast!! You make me laugh out loud ..... will be checking IONA Bunny for sure!

[@FleeceHarmonyPodcast]

barbara great! We are glad people don’t find us too silly! It gets us through! 😂

[@andreapoirier5033]

Kim love your sweater

[@jacquelinepirotta]

Your life sounds amazing, I love hearing your stories. I can't imagine being in -35 degree weather in a 150 year drafty farm house. I'd love to see around the property if you are open to filming and sharing it.

[@FleeceHarmonyPodcast]

jacquelinepirotta good idea! The inside needs quite a bit of work but we could share some highlights!!

[@andreasissons7766]

I've finished one of the Trondheim mitts. Unfortunately the three colour part is a bit puckered. I'd be interested in finding how to knit with 3 strands. I've done the Salt Water mitts with 2 strands and it's no problem with puckering. Also, here's a video about how to fix the jog in the Latvian braid. She talks about it at around the 10 minute mark. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKfOaqdubZeimK8

[@FleeceHarmonyPodcast]

That's a good fix for the jog. I tried to do something similar but only used one colour. Her technique is much better!

[@knitnkitten]

⛏You might call it 'complaining' but city folk like me call it interesting✨ ☃️Regardless, hope the weather improves and your angora yarn is a success🍁

[@FleeceHarmonyPodcast]

little.kitten good to know!!!! And a pick axe emoji?!?? Who knew?!?!

[@judithtaylor6916]

Apparently purl tension is always looser. Love the snowflake/stag jumper. But Im not a fan of Garnstudio. As they dont give very detailed instructions.

[@FleeceHarmonyPodcast]

Yes - by our North American standards, most of the patterns from northern Europe are not very detailed. They make a lot of assumptions that you have a certain amount of knowledge to fill in the blanks. I guess it's a legacy coming from the fact that knitting is so entrenched in their culture.