Visit East Anglia Yarn Festival 2024 with Me! Weekend Vlog 🧶

Join me (and Dan) on a weekend away at the East Anglia Yarn Festival! We see a lot of yarn, meet lots of lovely yarny folk and maybe buy some crafty treats too :)
:: CHAPTERS ::
00:00 Intro Day 1 / travel to the show
05:12 Entering the show
12:52 Podcaster meet-up
31:06 Hotel room / what I'm wearing
34:00 Day 1 Evening
34:18 Intro Day 2
44:30 Wrap Up /What I bought
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⭐︎ Emotional Support Chicken www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
⭐︎ Babbling Brook Wrap pattern by Blue Fern Yarns www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
Podcasters in order of appearance:
‪@crafthousemagic‬ - Ellie
‪@eldenwood‬‪@EldenwoodCraft‬ - Emma
‪@woolistheanswer6066‬ - Dominique
‪@GiddyKnits‬ - Helen (and Norma the ‪@EastAngliaYarnFestival‬ sheep)
‪@BeccyMundy‬ - Beccy (also Beccy Mundy Artist)
‪@TheHouseOfLangford‬ - Maddy
‪@ASpringSnowflakeSophie‬ - Sophie
‪@knit365blog‬ -Martyn
‪@TheCornishStitcher‬ - Vanessa
‪@Belleandstitch.‬ - Belinda
‪@LittleWorkroomCrafts‬ - Davina
‪@FrannyDoMakes‬ - Fran
‪@feltsbyphilippa‬ - Pippa
‪@stitchedbymrsd6754‬ - Paula
Things I bought:
⭐︎ Multipom
⭐︎ Macrame bracelet kit by Make and Fable
⭐︎ Yarn prize from the Curated Yarn Co.
⭐︎ "Yarnlings" from ‪@EdenCottageYarns‬
⭐︎ Strawberry beaded stitch marker from ‪@thecornerofcraft‬
⭐︎ Yarn from Eldenwood Craft
⭐︎ Bag (and prize) from Pickle Lily
⭐︎ Heartstopper stitch markers from Treble Maker Designs
For details of all the vendors at the show visit eastangliayarnfestival.com/pa...
Thank you so much for watching!
Ali xx
End screen image is from www.freepik.com/free-photo/wool-hearts_3928366.htm
#podcast #knitting #crochet
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[@bettyt3471]

What a nice husband to take you to a yarn festival.

[@stinkzillaz]

Ali I couldn’t take my eyes off the crochet shawl on the back of your chair! Just beautiful 😍

[@TheCornishStitcher]

Thank you so much for sharing my podcast! It was so lovely to meet you and to chat! The show was wonderful and I loved watching it back again via your vlog - thank you 😊I am absolutely going to make myself an emotional support chicken too! Xx

[@trishagoodier3943]

Loved this video, as always, hope Dan is feeling better. Sorry to hear about Cloud.RIP Cloud, fly free in the sunshine angel. ❤

[@knittingbooksetc.2810]

Thank you for showing us the festival and for linking all the podcasters. It will be such a treat to get to know their channels.

[@debraewing9703]

Thank you so much for this fun Yarn Show video, Ali! Love your knitted chicken. Happy stitching! 🧶🎉

[@LUCKEY11202.]

I don’t think Florida, has any yarn shows, so I really enjoy your UK yarn tours. I made a bucket list, and visiting the uk is on the list, but it would be wonderful to see a yarn show while I’m visiting. I have watched your channel for a long time and you never disappoint thank you, for sharing your time,please, say hello to Dan and the girls as well.❤

[@mendezcher]

Are you in FL? I recently moved here and I can’t find any yarn festivals! I’ve googled so much and nothing. I did find one called Orlando Distaff Day but it was the one weekend I was away! I’m pretty surprised!

[@LUCKEY11202.]

@@mendezcher yes, I’m in Florida,and I did say Florida,doesn’t seem to have any yarn shows.

[@mendezcher]

I lived close enough to Rhinebeck to go every year and many more in my area so I’m sad there’s nothing around here.

[@MaryImmesberger]

I live in S.W. Florida a we don’t even have a true yarn shop in our town or area.Have to resort to the “big” craft stores or shop on line 😥

[@victoriamarchantknits]

It was SO wonderful to meet you, thank you for such amazingly kind words!

[@shetlandlace]

I am not able to go to your delightful yarn festivals. I love your videos of them, you don't rush and your joy at being there comes thru. Thank you for sharing.

[@andreacrazy4knitting]

Thank you so much for sharing and letting us live vicariously through you.

[@joreynolds5384]

I am so sorry to hear of Clouds passing. I know how hard it is to lose a pet.

[@feltsbyphilippa]

A fantastic vlog and tour! It was lovely to meet you and thanks for my little interview with my needle felts! Here's to next year xx

[@roxirossetti6250]

Oh no, not Cloud! I am so sorry for your loss. Phoebe must have been so sad. Really enjoyed the video, thanks, Ali!

[@EvieO1950]

Such a fun outing!! So nice that Dan went too and you had a night away!! So enjoyed meeting all the wonderful folks you encountered and seeing all the scrumptious yarn!!! 🥰🧶♥️🧶🥰

[@TheHouseOfLangford]

Absolutely lovely speaking to you and Dan at the show. You have some lovely purchases and I picked up the same curated yarn co. skein of The Great buying it on the Aran base. There was so much to see that I didn't get to all the vendors either.

[@lorrainekrahn4498]

Seeing all those yarn colours, minis, balls and assorted notions, is to me like being a kid in a candy shop. So so hard to decide, overwhelming almost.

[@AlexCollinsDesigns]

It was lovely to meet you and Dan at the show! It was a great event wasn't it. Thank you for sharing my work 🥰

[@heidiclarke2333]

I went on Sunday, i had been poorly just before, i think i missed so much watching your and Ellie's podcast, i did manage to spend all my pennines though 😂. Good excuse to go next year.

[@GilliBryan]

That was such fun! Thank you

[@theMermaidRhonda]

That looked so fun! I spotted some Wonderland yarns there. I'm fortunate to be able to get those from one of my local yarn stores and I am OBSESSED! One of these days I need to get across the pond and check things out over there!

[@jacobashepherd3397]

Thank you for bringing us along , great vlog ❤

[@plainjane333]

Im so disappointed that I’ve never heard of James Makes Yarn before. All of his colour ways are so beautiful and bright. Thanks for sharing your adventure with us ❤

[@irinamarkeeva4938]

Such a positive video) Thanks a lot!

[@Froyocrochet]

I am so gutted that I missed this festival I only just found out it existed from your video! Definitely going to get tickets for next year if I can help it ❤

[@hebulanebula]

So nice to see everyone together, with all the smiles and laughter 😅🧶💫

[@priscillamcgarry5200]

Oh Ali! What fun and thank you so much for taking me along with u to the yarn show.❤🇺🇸

[@warmandpugly]

Thoroughly enjoyed the walk around ❤ thanks for sharing. Have followed so many people I hadn’t heard of before! So sorry to hear about Cloud 😢 xx

[@pennylambert9983]

Thank you Ali for taking those of us unable to come to the East Anglia Yarn Festival!! What an amazing job you did showing all the vendors and their beautiful wares!! Thanks to you, I am now following a few more yarn dyers and makers!! Well done!!

[@denisediauto9618]

It looked like a great time! So much crafty and yarn goodness! Dan is such a great sport to go along with you. I look forward to watching some new podcasters from the links below! Thank you for taking the time to share your weekend. It was a lot of fun to watch! Happy belated Mother's Day!

[@barbaramartin6837]

Ali and Dan, thank you both for sharing this wonderful festival with your viewers. I would be in color sensory heaven to see all that beautiful yarn and bags and other goodies gathered in one space. It would be hard to decide what to buy. I’m glad to see the emotional support chickens riding to the occasion. I have started my first one, and I am loving it. It’s so much fun to go on a yarny adventure with you. ❤️😊☘️

[@caroljuniper5100]

Many thanks for showing us your visit and also for the comprehensive list of links you have added. It must have taken you so long to do this and I am really grateful.

[@sueblaser14]

Hi Ali, a wonderful podcast as always! I'm going to the Islington Stitch festival this Saturday☺. It is local to me and my first ever such event so I'm really excited!

[@user-bd7mm1pc8o]

Ali, Ali!❤ You are such a gift to us...the time and care you take with this knitting show vlog is extraordinary. I feel like I was there with you and Dan...such a treat to actually see the yarn and hear from the makers and podcasters! Wonderful! Thank you so much!❤

[@heidikuijer3612]

How lucky you are to have such great yarn shows in the UK. That support chicken is adorable and so thoughtful! 🧶

[@cheriethompson2266]

I just adore Paula! She is so lovely and kind hearted.

[@LittleDropsofWonderful]

Aw lovely Paula ❤️ So happy I got to meet her in person!

[@heathertucker7056]

Thank you for taking us to the EAYF. I always love looking around the wonderful stalls selling all the gorgeous goodies! So nice to see the other podcasters too! I’m glad you had a great time and managed to get some things for yourself. Take care x

[@Carola-By-The-Bay]

Thank you so much for taking us with you and sharing EVERYTHING! 😀 I feel like I was there, which is very cheering because I had to cancel my long-awaited trip to the Portland (Oregon, USA) Rose City Yarn Crawl last week. 🥀 Now, I’ve seen lots of beautiful yarn and I, almost, don’t miss the squishing… 🥰🧶🌻

[@sharonsouthey3235]

Wonderful vlog Ali, I will be ordering and spending lol. I loved it seeing it all- I shall check and see how far it is from Devon ! And…..I’m going to watch it again tomorrow just incase I missed anything. I bought the pompom maker a few years back. Xx

[@user-kz6jd8lb7u]

Thanks so much for sharing your journey with us Ali. So inspiring. I had a little chuckle when I saw your amazing chicken bag as, all the way over here in West Australia I had made myself a project bag out of the mustard colour way of the same chicken pattern! Would attach a photo for you but can’t see how to do it 😂

[@karlaleach790]

This was so great. I’ve never made it to a fiber arts festival. Your interaction with all the vendors is fabulous. Thank you.

[@sharonhoffman8688]

Thanks for taking us along with you; I really enjoyed seeing the people you met, and the sample knits. Both your Alice bags are very special

[@Lisa_Holding]

Thanks very for taking us along. It looks like a fantastic show. So glad you got to meet Dominique in person. She’s fab 😊 x

[@TheCannyMagpie]

Looks like a great show. I made the Giddyquin Cowl sample for Helen, it's always so odd seeing it at shows, especially seeing as I have never been to a show myself 😅

[@angelawilliams3343]

Love your podcasts. So fun to watch this vlog. Sorry to hear about cloud. Glad though Dan went with you and you got to stay for both days so fun. What a fun hour to watch.

[@jopicklelily]

It was so lovely to see you and Dan, thank you for the mention xxx

[@mariannalban4819]

So much fun watching how much fun you and Dan had at the festival! Loved it all! 💜💚💙💛🤎

[@janecopeland2306]

I love your tours of yarn festivals, and I am always shocked by your restraint in not purchasing EVERYTHING you see! I am extremely excited -- I am coming to the Southern Wool Show in September. I cannot wait and luckily have a few months to figure out how I'm going to get my purchases home!! Thanks for taking us along.

[@cynthiaricecindy8295]

Good to see y'all again thanks for taking me with you I know you had a great time all the yarn was beautiful and I love the bags

[@sdicato]

Thank you so much for sharing! As I live in the US all I can do is experience this show vicariously. I do plan on going to the Southern Comfort Fiber Festival in Charlotte, NC this summer. Take care and enjoy your purchases. And thank you Dan for being such a good yarn enabler!

[@angelaharrison9868]

Well that was wonderful .. Thank you Ali and Dan :)

[@thecornerofcraft]

What a lovely vlog! It was wonderful to meet you ❤️ What a fab haul!! xx

[@Ceylon.55]

I came to the show on Saturday, i walked there as i actually live in Easton. Easton is the village where the Showground is situated. I bought a beautiful tote bag from lovely Alex Collins, 3 skeins of yarn and 4 pom poms from The crafty Bird. Sorry i missed you Ali, it's a lovely festival and all the more special for being on my doorstep x

[@suebrown436]

Brilliant Ali. Next best thing to being there. Lovely to see so many familiar faces.

[@CharleneTaylor-kz8lz]

I use to make a b c blanket or checker

[@krazedvintagemodel]

Your yarn festival videos are the best! Peace and Blessings from Maryland, USA! 🧶

[@suecoles7824]

Oh no Ali! How did I miss you telling us about Cloud, maybe you posted it on instagram or some other media platform? I am not connected to any of those. I am so sorry, did she become poorly? It’s sad, you gave her a beautiful life 🧡 you did a sterling job at the festival, you know so many people! Your knitted chicken is gorgeous, Love & Hugs, Suze. 🤗🐓🥰 xxx

[@LittleDropsofWonderful]

I mentioned it on Instagram but will talk a bit more on the vlogs. She just woke up one morning, was fine, and then died :(

[@EldenwoodCraft]

So good to relive EAYF weekend! xxx

[@sheridenlomax325]

Sorry to hear about Cloud! 🎉 What a fabulous yarn show and vlog. Thanks for taking us along.

[@janecozens9968]

My first ever yarn festival on the Sunday @ EAYF it was the most amazing time for me & my daughter ❤

[@shariwitt1977]

Fabulous! So fun, and Dan is such a good sport!

[@evakjell781]

Thank you for this time. Very nice to follow you in the yarnfestival. I,m from Sweden and have not followd you earlier. I Will listen to you even next time.

[@O1iviaR]

This was the funnest yarn festival I've never been to! Thank you for taking us along. I'm excited to check out many new UK based makers. ❤

[@lindas.patton7552]

Thank you for taking us to the festival, such pretty yarns. Love your chicken!

[@dawnbowling6317]

Thank you for another wonderful video! I really enjoy seeing different places around our big wonderful world. You always have cheerful fun videos & Dan always makes me laugh😅

[@Nina_chitchat]

fantastic time!! loved it. so much beautiful yarn - i couldn't decide what to get. wow!! amazing.

[@marlenefaull248]

Thank you for showing us all the lovely things.

[@Juleslovesknitting]

What a fantastic way to spend Mother’s Day Ali. Such a lovely podcast and thanks for taking us with you. The next major wool show for me is the Bendigo Sheep & Wool Show (In Australia) in July. My friends and I catch the train which is a 3 hr trip each way but we get to knit/crochet on the train and have a great laugh 🧶

[@lynnthomas7275]

It was lovely to meet you and Dan. EAYF was my very first yarn festival and I'm off to another one at the beginning of April with my eldest daughter at Chipping Sodbury

[@LeeinaRee]

This is so wonderful to watch, and it is such a happy vlog. ❤. Thank you very much, Ali and Dan. By the way you look nice in that jumper...lovely pattern too. The colour goes very well with your hair colour. Glad you got to go and share it with us.

[@CherylBennetts-zh3in]

Thankyou for taking us around the show 😊

[@TiffanyW73]

So yarn fantastic!! Thank you for sharing everything!! I think I may have to plan a trip for next year. So many wonderful new friends to follow on their podcasts or Insta. Dan I hope that you had a great time and are recovered from the weekend. Love lots. 🙂💕🌻🦘

[@nadinestapler3881]

The yarn looks great, but I think the chicken is the best.

[@jacquiemcquitty9570]

The Alice fabric is by Tula Pink called Curiouser and Curiouser - it’s beautiful and quite expensive. Love it.

[@user-bo8rz6cf7n]

Thankyou for a wonderful tour of the yarn show.

[@amnie5456]

I loved todays video and watching you and the hubby having a good time 😊

[@JardineraAnge]

Yay!! The EAYF video I've been waiting for!! ❤❤ I was so distracted by your nails Ali - they kept reminding me of when we were kids and used to stick blue tack on our nails and pretend it was nail varnish 😂😂.

[@LittleDropsofWonderful]

😂 I may or may not know exactly what you mean! I also used to paint mine with tip-ex 🤣

[@JardineraAnge]

@@LittleDropsofWonderful yep! Did that too! 😆

[@jillfoster6369]

That was fabulous - thank you so much both of you. I have been looking forward to seeing this since I knew you were going. How ultra kind is James for making you the perfect bag. Now looking forward to your next vlog. ❤

[@nette5597]

Wow! what a wonderful event! Thanks for showing all that the EAYF had to offer. I now have a long list of blogs, websites etc to investigate! ☺ You did show a lot of restraint - I think I would have come home with bags of yarn!

[@paulahardy2689]

Loved this❤❤

[@AttleboroughVA]

I was gutted to see all the vlogs the week after this show, as I live in Norfolk! Didn’t see anything about it coming up!

[@ericallerton809]

❤ali!!!!thank you so much !!!!that felt like being there!!!🎉🎉 Such fun!!! Loved all ur purchases!!!!❤ Especially the fun chicken gift!!! May have to make one!!!! Elaine 🏠💕 Sorry about sweet cloud😢

[@joankiely3614]

Absolutely loved the great job you did Ali on taking us with you to the yarn festival & showing us around. 😍. I thought you did an amazing job especially remembering everyone’s name 😇. I also loved the sweater that you wore on the first day & wasn’t sure if you knitted it or not 🤔. Also, I thought you were very good at restraining yourself from buying heaps of yarn, as it looked too good to resist, in my opinion! Cheers & well done & I wish this podcast was even longer 🤗. 🥰👏❤️💕😍

[@paulareed4173]

Another great vlog and tour of the show, I was there the Saturday. But when I watch vlogs back, I realise how much I still missed! I was very good this year. Brought a skien from blue fern yarns and a skien from pixie yarns..❤ her yarns, and of course as the crafty bird was opposite her I couldn't resist a pom pom to match. Its there waiting for me once I'm feeling more up to it, I had my surgery on Thursday and have definitely been feeling very sore, tired, and in a lot of pain since. Had 2 spend 2 nights in hospital, but home now resting in bed listening to my body so I can get back to crafting ASAP! There's a crochet version of the emotional support chicken I might have to make one to see me through the next few weeks. Look forward to your next vlog 😊 xx❤

[@marionhandsley7959]

Thank you Ali for a wonderful look around the yarn show. It looked amazing. I would love to go to that show one day. The next yarn show that I'm going to visit is the one at Buxton and I can't wait. xxx

[@rowanberryandrobin]

Thanks for taking us with you 😊 I did make it along but following the various vlogs and Insta posts I have bought a Left Hookery basket kit and some of Vicki Brown's Norfolk themed yarn

[@paulagraham8828]

Loved it thanks for taking us along

[@teresab126]

What fun! ❤❤❤

[@moniquebakker9515]

I really enjoyed your podcast and seeing all those familiar faces of the other podcasters. And when you were talking about the beautiful Alice in Wonderlandbags I suddenly remembered I recorded the Alice through the looking glass film which was on the BBC today. I’ll be watching that later this evening 😀. Love from the Netherlands!

[@PawfectPastimesAmo]

Lovely tour, thank you. Hope to see you at Newbury in September but I’ll be too chicken (‘scuse the pun) to say hello.

[@janicemcculloch654]

Thanks for showing us round. Makes me want to go next year😊

[@sandiking1584]

Two fab yarn show weekends. I had one here too.....I may have bought a skein or three 😀 Love your chicken, oh I love all of your bits and bobs. Thank you for taking us along xx

[@beatricemarie7880]

I really enjoyed your video!! Thank you!!

[@kristinahill3708]

What a fun tour! I enjoyed watching from my cosy bed in upstate New York, USA.

[@rosannakirkland1635]

Thank you Ali for such a fun podcast of the festival. It looks like you and Dan had a blast. All the goodies and squishies looked to tempting. I hope to go one day. I can also hear my bank account crying already. 😄 This year I'm going to the new festival in Edinburgh. The Woolly Good Gathering at Summerhall. So excited, I can't wait for April 26th. 😍 You should come to one of the festivals up here in Scotland. The Scottish Yarn Festival and the Glasgow School of Yarn come to mind. Thanks again Ali for another wonderful podcast. ❤️

[@user-fk5qv2by4s]

Thank you Ali loved your podcast xx

[@lavendercottagefibrearts]

Thank you so much for sharing!! It's so fun to watch all the way from the other side of the world (Australia). I went to a yarn show here yesterday but was absolutely rubbish at remembering to film things.

[@adiayarnarts2567]

Really great being along for the ride all the way from NYC.

[@juliejealous632]

I want some yarnlings!! They are just too cute! This is the best festival footage I have seen! Thanks for taking us along with you. I couldn't get to the festival because we are going on holiday in a few weeks and I need to save my pennies for that, maybe next year.

[@thislifewelive946]

Thank you for taking us round the EAY show with you. I'm so looking forward to Wonderwool next month 🧶what a gorgeous chicken... I need a crochet version of this pattern me thinks 🐔😍 thanks as always for your cheery vlogs, lots of love Hannah x

[@DawnsDays]

Looks like you had a fantastic time. Thanks for sharing 😘😘