Podcasting with Purpose for Life Coaches
326 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 months ago - ★★★★★ - 69 ratingsLooking for an easy and intuitive approach to start, launch and scale a podcast, created especially with life coaches in mind? Kara Gott Warner, host and former executive magazine editor, turned life coach with a business mindset "edginess," shows you how to stop wasting time going down rabbit holes in search of the perfect process. Based on Kara's 9+ years of experience as a podcaster, teacher and podcast thought leader, she knows it's NOT about the equipment, the tools, tactics or editing. It's about creating your voice, and unfurling your beautiful peacock feathers while staying true to your unique vision. Through Kara's words of podcasting wisdom, you'll be inspired to speak your message with passion and purpose to conjure up your own special alchemy through the art of the spoken word.
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067 How to Develop Your Knitting Super Powers
July 12, 2017 07:00 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MBIn this episode, Kara talks about how to develop you knitting super powers - and WHY that means you need to go out on that ledge and take some creative chances! This episode was inspired by Melanie, who is part of the Power Purls Community and she participated in the Stitchucation Shawls Workshop. She recently completed her shawl and it opened a world of possibilities for her. Here's what she posted ... I loved going out on a ledge and trying a yarn I wouldn't have tried. I loved having s...
066 Beyond Knitting & Crochet: Weaving It All Together with Yarnworker Liz Gipson
June 28, 2017 07:00 - 54 minutes - 37.8 MBIn this episode, we're talking all things weaving with special guest, Liz Gipson, known as Yarnworker in the yarn universe! We go beyond knitting and crochet and explore the influence that weaving has had in the yarn crafting world over the past several years. Liz shares her experiences, passion and knowledge as an expert weaver, editor, author and teacher. Liz writes a popular weaving for knitters column for Knitty and regularly contributes to blogs and fiber-related publications.She's th...
065 Top 10 Mistakes New Designers Make & How to Avoid Them
June 14, 2017 07:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MBIn this episode, Kara puts on her editor's hat to talk about the top 10 mistakes new designers make so you can avoid them! In her experience as editor of Creative Knitting magazine, there are several of common proposal issues she would encounter. As you'll learn, some are very simple and easy to implement, but ... often easy to forget! The world doesn't need another boxy sweater pattern. Tell the unique story behind your design. You are your own best marketing machine, and the design...
065 Top 10 Mistakes New Designers Make & How to Avoid Them
June 14, 2017 07:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MBIn this episode, Kara puts on her editor's hat to talk about the top 10 mistakes new designers make so you can avoid them! In her experience as editor of Creative Knitting magazine, there are several of common proposal issues she would encounter. As you'll learn, some are very simple and easy to implement, but ... often easy to forget! The world doesn't need another boxy sweater pattern. Tell the unique story behind your design. You are your own best marketing machine, and the design...
064 Kitting It All Together with Holistic Yarn Crafting
June 07, 2017 07:00 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MBMakers and yarn crafters are talking more and more these days about how their craft is helping them to de-stress and create a sense of calm, and many use it as a vehicle to mindfulness and holistic living. In this episode, Kara chats about how our knitting can be that bridge to a more meaningful and integrative approach to all aspects of our life. How it can help us be happy and well and connect body, mind and spirit. Knitting often dictates life, and life often dictates knitting. ...
064 Kitting It All Together with Holistic Yarn Crafting
June 07, 2017 07:00 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MBMakers and yarn crafters are talking more and more these days about how their craft is helping them to de-stress and create a sense of calm, and many use it as a vehicle to mindfulness and holistic living. In this episode, Kara chats about how our knitting can be that bridge to a more meaningful and integrative approach to all aspects of our life. How it can help us be happy and well and connect body, mind and spirit. Knitting often dictates life, and life often dictates knitting. ...
063 Ask Kara & Tabetha Anything - Get Your BURNING Knitting Questions Answered!
May 22, 2017 07:00 - 36 minutes - 25.2 MBIn this Q&A-style episode, Kara welcomes returning guest and "sidekick in crime," Tabetha Hedrick for another edition of Ask Kara & Tabetha Anything! Kara and Tabetha answer questions from live video audience during the live version of Power Purls Podcast, airing every Friday on the Power Purls Facebook page. Click here to watch the video and chime in with your own questions, or leave them in the comments below. "How you put it all together thorough your own style, voice, and construction ...
063 Ask Kara & Tabetha Anything - Get Your BURNING Knitting Questions Answered!
May 22, 2017 07:00 - 36 minutes - 25.2 MBIn this Q&A-style episode, Kara welcomes returning guest and "sidekick in crime," Tabetha Hedrick for another edition of Ask Kara & Tabetha Anything! Kara and Tabetha answer questions from live video audience during the live version of Power Purls Podcast, airing every Friday on the Power Purls Facebook page. Click here to watch the video and chime in with your own questions, or leave them in the comments below. "How you put it all together thorough your own style, voice, and construction ...
062 How to Become an Intuitive Knitter in 7 Steps
May 15, 2017 10:47 - 36 minutes - 25.1 MBIn this episode, I share how to become an intuitive knitter in 7 steps. As a former knitting magazine editor, it's all about the pattern, but sometimes relying only on a pattern can become like a crutch because we can get caught up in focusing upon what the pattern says instead of trusting our own wisdom. Patterns have their place, they are the beginning tools to help us learn, especially when you are new to the craft, but moving in the direction of trusting what's on your needles is what...
061 Tara Swiger: Marketing Expert, Author & Host of Explore Your Enthusiasm Podcast
April 28, 2017 07:00 - 1 hour - 47.3 MBMeet Tara Swiger, marketing expert, author and host of Explore Your Enthusiasm podcast. Tara works with makers and artists to create a sustainable, lovable businesses. She does this through her books, the weekly podcast, online classes, and her in-person workshops. She leads adventures for makers who want to explore your own definition of success! In this episode, Tara shares tips and strategies from her new book, Map Your Business a workbook of exercises designed to help you create your o...
060 Vickie Howell is Creating The Knit Show, a TV Series for Today's Modern Yarn Crafter!
April 15, 2017 11:30 - 34 minutes - 24 MBVickie Howell is most well-known as the Host and Creative Consultant of DIY Network’s Knitty Gritty, her best selling knitting, crochet, and craft books, and her accessible, inclusive approach to nurturing the creative community via print, video and social media. Today, she shares details about a Kickstarter for Knit Show, which will be the first community funded and internationally accessible episodic knitting & crochet series! This is your chance to get involved! Without 100 percent ...
059 Stacey Trock Entreprenuer, Designer & Founder of Fresh Stitches
March 31, 2017 07:00 - 59 minutes - 40.6 MBMeet Stacey Trock, entrepreneur, designer and founder of Fresh Stitches, a successful crochet company and membership club.Stacey also has her hand in a number of pots in the yarn industry. She's the Creative and Marketing Director for Louet North America and ... she's also a crochet/knitting and business teacher both internationally and on Craftsy, an author of multiple crochet books as well as a co-chair of the Business and Creative Services Leadership committee with TNNA. Stacy als...
058 Tabetha Hedrick, Design Director of Sweet Georgia Yarns
March 17, 2017 07:00 - 52 minutes - 36.2 MBIn this episode, Kara chit chats with Tabetha Hedrick, Design Director of Sweet Georgia Yarns, and Contributing Editor of Creative Knitting Magazine. Tabetha is also Kara's sidekick in crime co-host of the Ask Kara & Tabetha Anything series. In this episode, we share details about the upcoming Stitchucation Shawls 5-Day Challenge and Workshop starting April 10, 2017, sponsored by Sweet Georgia Yarns. In the extended, patron only version, you're in for a treat because Tabetha closes the con...
058 Tabetha Hedrick, Design Director of Sweet Georgia Yarns
March 17, 2017 07:00 - 52 minutes - 36.2 MBIn this episode, Kara chit chats with Tabetha Hedrick, Design Director of Sweet Georgia Yarns, and Contributing Editor of Creative Knitting Magazine. Tabetha is also Kara's sidekick in crime co-host of the Ask Kara & Tabetha Anything series. In this episode, we share details about the upcoming Stitchucation Shawls 5-Day Challenge and Workshop starting April 10, 2017, sponsored by Sweet Georgia Yarns. In the extended, patron only version, you're in for a treat because Tabetha closes the con...
057 Che Lam: The 5 BIG Questions to Ask Yourself About Knit Design
March 03, 2017 08:00 - 1 hour - 44.3 MBChe Lam is the creator behind the knitting blog, Handy Kitty. She was once the in-house knitwear designer at Drops Design in Norway. Today, she she works as a freelance designer, with her designs gracing the pages of popular knitting magazines, including Knit Scene, Creative Knitting, and Pompom.She is also the author of Learn How to Knit with 50 Squares. Che is a contributor to the Annie's Signature Designs Spring Breeze Collection of knit and crochet pattern designs. Originally from Hon...
056 Prolific Knit Designer, Meghan Jones Shares Trade Show Tips for Newbie Designers
February 17, 2017 08:00 - 1 hour - 45.9 MBIf you're a designer and you'd love to go to The National Needle Arts Trade Show, but you aren't sure what to expect, listen in to today's show, with Kara's guest, Meghan Jones, to get her take on what happens there and to get some great advice and tips for newbies on how you can make your visit to the show really worthwhile. Meghan, who lives in Spokane, Washington, with her husband, three kids, two dogs, one cat and six chickens, works full time as a knitwear designer and also nurtur...
056 Prolific Knit Designer, Meghan Jones Shares Trade Show Tips for Newbie Designers
February 17, 2017 08:00 - 1 hour - 45.9 MBIf you're a designer and you'd love to go to The National Needle Arts Trade Show, but you aren't sure what to expect, listen in to today's show, with Kara's guest, Meghan Jones, to get her take on what happens there and to get some great advice and tips for newbies on how you can make your visit to the show really worthwhile. Meghan, who lives in Spokane, Washington, with her husband, three kids, two dogs, one cat and six chickens, works full time as a knitwear designer and also nurtur...
055 Meet the Ultimate Fiber Boss, Chelsea Fitch!
February 03, 2017 08:00 - 47 minutes - 32.9 MBChelsea Fitch was drawn to yarn as a child - the colors just sucked her in and mesmerized her from her youth. Fast forward years later, when Chelsea was living in Japan and she learned how to knit. She started with continental knitting and she could not get enough of it. She quickly consumed everything she could about knitting and learned all she could. Something told her to start making videos of her knitting and that was the catalyst for what has turned into Chelsea’s knitting empire. Alth...
054 Using Kickstarter to Validate Your Knitting Product with Mariah Clark of Laurie Laine Knitting Bags
January 20, 2017 08:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBHave you ever thought about creating a physical product? The task seems a bit overwhelming to most of us. Today’s guest took the overwhelming tasks of product creation to a whole new level. Not only did she hone in on her target customer, but she ran a successful Kickstarter campaign to validate her idea! Simply brilliant! Today, we are talking with Mariah Clark. She’s been designing bags for more than 6 years and prior to that, she has spent more than 25 years working with yarn. She has ...
053 Lessons Learned from Pizza Making & Yarn with Amy Gunderson of Universal Yarn
January 06, 2017 08:00 - 58 minutes - 40.4 MBDo you love working with beautiful yarns? And have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes at a yarn manufacturing company? Then join Kara Gott-Warner as she goes one on one with her guest for today, Amy Gunderson. The topic of today’s discussion is the yarn industry and Amy has a few insider tips for you! Amy, who lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, is the creative director for Universal Yarn. When she's not at her day job, she spends her time doing freelance design work for ...
052 Unleashing Vibrant Possibilities with Beth Casey of Lorna's Laces and Mrs. Crosby
December 23, 2016 08:00 - 54 minutes - 37.5 MBDoes working with color excite you? Are you curious about what it takes to manufacture hand-dyed yarns? If so, listen in as Kara Gott Warner interviews Beth Casey, owner of Lorna's Laces, one of the first hand-dyed yarn companies, about her fulfilling and creative work in her wonderful world of yarn. Beth Casey, business owner and entrepreneur, has been supplying the globe with colorful yarns since 2003. This has afforded her the special advantage of witnessing a new wave of thinkin...
051 Power Purls Unplugged: Defining the CREATIVE in Knitting
December 09, 2016 08:00 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBWelcome to Power Purls Unplugged, with me, Kara Gott Warner. Your comments have shown me that the raw, unpolished aspect of a live podcast certainly has an appeal to many of you. I love getting your feedback. It's been necessary, in order to balance the different time zones and to find the best time frame for this show. Join me today, as I talk to the Power Purls Facebook Group, live, while recording my podcast. We will discuss what being creative with your knitting means to you. Take your k...
050 Marly Bird - Author, Spokesperson, Designer and YarnThing Podcaster
November 25, 2016 08:00 - 54 minutes - 37.6 MBMarly Bird is bi-crafty - a knitter who also crochets! She has been podcasting about the craft since 2007! She is the national spokesperson for Red Heart Yarns and she’s the host of the YarnThing podcast. She’s an author and designer with a prominent YouTube channel as well! You can find her at craftsty.com and she has classes available at creativebug.com. Marly had a respectable career in the financial services industry before her love of all things yarn took over her life and career. Sh...
049 Glitter Up! with Yarn Artisan Steven Berg & Halos of Hope
November 11, 2016 08:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MBSteven Berg is a fiber artisan armed with a wealth of experience, daring sense of style, and a firm belief in the transformative power of creativity that knitting or crocheting offers to those brave enough to push the boundaries. Berg began his career early, furiously knitting lines of sequin dresses for a discerning clientele of Barbies in Wisconsin. This led him to become a star student in fashion design at Parsons and the Fashion Institute of Technology. Berg found inspiration in the bea...
048 Lena Skvagerson – Behind the Scenes with Annie’s Autumn Bliss
October 28, 2016 07:00 - 54 minutes - 37.3 MBLena Skvagerson is the lead designer and visionary behind Annie’s Signature Designs. Lena joined Annie’s in 2014, bringing with her over 25 years in the European design markets. We behind the scenes and what it was like creating the second seasonal Annie’s Signature Designs collection, Autumn Bliss. Lena is a passionate designer and co-collaborator. Her energy for patterns, design and the whole creation process is contagious. She’s crazy enough to love each and every part of the process a...
048 Lena Skvagerson – Behind the Scenes with Annie’s Autumn Bliss
October 28, 2016 07:00 - 54 minutes - 37.3 MBLena Skvagerson is the lead designer and visionary behind Annie’s Signature Designs. Lena joined Annie’s in 2014, bringing with her over 25 years in the European design markets. We behind the scenes and what it was like creating the second seasonal Annie’s Signature Designs collection, Autumn Bliss. Lena is a passionate designer and co-collaborator. Her energy for patterns, design and the whole creation process is contagious. She’s crazy enough to love each and every part of the process a...
047 Dora Ohrenstein, Crochet Designer, Author and Crochet Insider
October 14, 2016 07:00 - 53 minutes - 36.9 MBDora Ohrenstein is a designer of fashion crochet, author of 6 books, and a writer specializing in crochet history and international traditions. Dora’s designs appears in all the major print and digital crochet publications. Given her avid interest in advancing the skills of the crochet community, she includes lots of in-depth technical information in all of her books. She also teaches crochet at Vogue Knitting Live, on Craftsy, and in yarn shops across the country. Earlier in her life...
046 Brooke Nico, Knitwear Designer, Author and Co-Owner of Kirkwood Knittery
September 30, 2016 07:30 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBBrooke Nico is the co-owner of Kirkwood Knittery, where she uses her eye for detail and fashion experience to keep her store ahead of trends in knitting. However, lace is where Brooke has really made her mark, and her talent has been recognized by Vogue Knitting, Knitters, and Debbie Bliss magazine. She has taught lace classes at VKLive, VKLive LA, and several Stitches (XRX) events. Brooke lives in Kirkwood, MO. I think you have to keep the big picture in mind, so over the course of a year...
045 Meet Crochet Expert and Designer Robyn Chachula
September 24, 2016 01:57 - 42 minutes - 29 MBRobyn Chachula is the author of Vintage Modern Crochet, Blueprint Crochet Sweaters, Unexpected Afghans, and Crochet Stitches Visual Encyclopedia. Her work has also been featured in many popular crochet publications such as Crochet! and Vogue Crochet. Robyn is also a contributing crochet designer in Annie's Autumn Bliss, a stunning collection of 40+ knitting and crochet patterns and is one of the crochet experts on the Annie's PBS television show Knit and Crochet Now!. She is also a crochet ...
044: Power Purls Unplugged: You Asked, I'm Answering! How To Start a Knit Design Biz & Find Work/Life Balance
September 02, 2016 21:12 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MBWelcome to Power Purls Unplugged! You asked, I'm answering! If you signed up for the Power Purls Podcast newsletter, you know that I asked you this question: What kind of podcast topics appeal to you most? 65% of you want lifestyle stories and 63% want to know about the business side of design. So I spent some time digging into your comments and questions and today I'll be answering them here and then turning the tables and asking you -- What kinds of topics appeal to you most as a Power Pu...
043 Barb Demorest of Knitted Knockers: How a Simple Gift of Comfort and Dignity Changed Her Life
August 29, 2016 07:00 - 32 minutes - 14.7 MBBarb Demorest is a wife, mother, grandmother and casual knitter residing in Bellingham, Washington. She recently retired from her 30 year career as a CPA and owner of a tax practice in order to pursue her passion of connecting volunteer knitters and crocheters with breast cancer survivors to provide free knitted knockers to those that can use them. Her purpose and passion is now to inspire and equip the wonderful, caring, fiber arts community to provide these gifts of love to their fellow wo...
042 Power Purls Unplugged: Your Knitting Questions Answered with Kara & Tabetha!
August 20, 2016 10:39 - 39 minutes - 27.3 MBWe've gone a little crazy pants and broadcasted live on Facebook, and... turned it into this podcast episode! with Tabetha Hedrick, Design Director of Sweet Georgia Yarns. I thought it would be an interactive way to bring you another edition of Ask Kara & Tabetha Anything. We answer a listener question about pattern grading and how to create balance between life, work and finding time for our knitting. If you want to watch the original video broadcast, you can check it out, and you can also ...
041 Power Purls Unplugged: Letting Go of the End Result with Your Knitting
August 09, 2016 12:36 - 6 minutes - 4.37 MBToday I continue with this topic of knitting with a mindful intention on today's edition of Power Purls Unplugged on this #FreeformFriday! Do you struggle unless you see the end result? Is starting with the end in mind always the right way to start? Paying attention to what's happening moment by moment is what this episode explores today. and the idea of deciding in advance to "cultivate not knowing" the end can provide you with special surprises that you wouldn't find unless you let go. Not...
041 Power Purls Unplugged: Letting Go of the End Result with Your Knitting
August 09, 2016 12:36 - 6 minutes - 4.37 MBToday I continue with this topic of knitting with a mindful intention on today's edition of Power Purls Unplugged on this #FreeformFriday! Do you struggle unless you see the end result? Is starting with the end in mind always the right way to start? Paying attention to what's happening moment by moment is what this episode explores today. and the idea of deciding in advance to "cultivate not knowing" the end can provide you with special surprises that you wouldn't find unless you let go. Not...
040 Ask Kara and Tabetha Anything-TNNA Highlights
August 08, 2016 07:00 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MBWelcome to another Ask Kara & Tabetha Anything episode! In this off-the-cuff convo-style episode, Tabetha and I chat about our recent trip to TNNA, the exciting products we saw there, our thoughts on chunky knitting, and much more! Episode Highlights: 01:41 Tabetha and Kara discuss Tabetha’s recent move. 04:32 Kara and Tabetha chat about TNNA, sightseeing, and Wonder Woman underwear. 10:18 Kara and Tabetha do a recap of TNNA of what they discovered at the show. 10:46 Kara describes wh...
039 Power Purls Unplugged: Mindful vs. Mindless Knitting. What Does This Mean?
August 05, 2016 14:18 - 9 minutes - 6.37 MBWelcome to another edition of Power Purls Unplugged on this #FreeformFriday! In today's episode let's dig into the concept of mindful vs. mindless knitting and explore what this REALLY means to us as knitters? Join me every Friday at 12pm EST on Facebook.com/PowerPurlsPodcast for my live broadcast. To watch past videos, you can find them in the video library on the Power Purls Facebook page. Episode and video highlights: We're never really mindless when we are knitting, but rather fully ...
038 Power Purls Unplugged: How Starting an Art Journal can Inspire Your Knitting
July 29, 2016 13:13 - 18 minutes - 10.7 MBWelcome to another edition of Power Purls Unplugged on this #FreeformFriday! In today's episode I talk about the power of keeping either a written or visual journal and how this can help influence our knitting and life in general. Join me every Friday at 12pm EST on Facebook.com/PowerPurlsPodcast for my live broadcast. To watch past videos, you can find them in the video library on the Power Purls Facebook page. Share and use the hashtag #PowerPurlsUnplugged ======== I take ONE new podc...
037 Tina Whitmore of Freia Fine Handpaint Yarns
July 25, 2016 07:00 - 1 hour - 52.9 MBTina Whitmore is the owner, lead designer and chief cook and bottle washer at Freia Fine Handpaint Yarns, the premier dyers of long gradient and ombre yarns in the US. She has been designing knitwear and accessories for over 30 years. Her designs have been published in American Vogue, Italian Glamour as well as popular print and online knitting publications. She has been a guest on Knitty Gritty and Shay Pendray’s Needle Arts Studio. More recently she completed a selection of instructional D...
037 Tina Whitmore of Freia Fine Handpaint Yarns
July 25, 2016 07:00 - 1 hour - 52.9 MBTina Whitmore is the owner, lead designer and chief cook and bottle washer at Freia Fine Handpaint Yarns, the premier dyers of long gradient and ombre yarns in the US. She has been designing knitwear and accessories for over 30 years. Her designs have been published in American Vogue, Italian Glamour as well as popular print and online knitting publications. She has been a guest on Knitty Gritty and Shay Pendray’s Needle Arts Studio. More recently she completed a selection of instructional D...
036 Power Purls Unplugged: How Does Your Passion for Knitting Drive Your Life?
July 22, 2016 15:00 - 11 minutes - 6.87 MBWelcome to another edition of Power Purls Unplugged on this #FreeformFriday! Today's episode is short and sweet! I ask you what that pivotal moment was that brought you to knitting. Was it the loss of a loved one, change of career, the birth of a child? Whatever it is I want to dig deep with you. In this episode I share mine and invite you to go back in time to the moment that changed it all for me! Join me every Friday at 12pm EST on Facebook.com/PowerPurlsPodcast for my live broadcast. T...
035 Power Purls Unplugged - Taking a Deep Dive into the 8 Essential Steps to Designing Knitwear
July 15, 2016 14:01 - 29 minutes - 16.7 MBWelcome to another edition of Power Purls Unplugged on this #FreeformFriday! This episode is a mixed bag of topics. First on the list, I'll be breaking down The 8 Essential Steps to Creating a Killer Proposal which is a free guide offered to anyone wanting to start working with magazines and book publishers. In this episode, I also share details about upcoming trends for the fall knitting season, and the exciting things I found on my trip to The National NeedleArts Trade Show in Washington DC...
034 Power Purls Unplugged: Sharing Your Most Authentic Stories + Podcast Movement Chicago Recap!
July 08, 2016 12:41 - 23 minutes - 13.2 MBWelcome to another #FreeformFriday! Today I’m recording from Podcast Movement Chicago! I’m thrilled to be here meeting fellow podcasters and learning how I can fine tune Power Purls Podcast so I can continue doing what I do best and that is getting behind the mic to share my most authentic stories. I’ll be talking more about this in my live video as well as sharing other powerful takeaways, so please join me today at 12pm EST on Facebook.com/PowerPurlsPodcast and every Friday. To watch past b...
033 Power Purls Unplugged: TGIF! Book Giveaways + Short Break Next Week
July 01, 2016 14:58 - 17 minutes - 10.1 MBWelcome to another #FreeformFriday where I share my random ramblings about what’s happening on the podcast, and what I’ll be talking about on today’s Facebook Live broadcast at 12pm EST. Last week I broadcasted at 4pm, but I’ll admit it was a bit late in the day and if you happened to join me, you may have noticed it was a bit noisy in my backyard! So today, I’m back on track at 12pm EST, talking about the book and giveaway I shared in episode 032 with Carol Sulcoski. Also, in this episode I ...
032 Carol Sulcoski, Author of Knitting Ephemera, a Treasure Trove of Knitting History & Trivia
June 25, 2016 21:41 - 52 minutes - 36 MBCarol J. Sulcoski is an attorney by day, and spends the rest of her time as a knitting author, hand dyer and designer. Her most recent book, Knitting Ephemera, is a volume of facts, anecdotes, historical tidbits, and other fun information about knitting and the fiber world. Carol has also authored a variety of other books such as, Lace Yarn Studio (Lark Crafts 2015); Sock Yarn Studio (Lark Crafts 2012); Knitting Socks With Handpainted Yarns (Interweave 2009) and Knit So Fine (Interweave 2008)...
031 Power Purls Unplugged- Freeform Friday + Random Ramblings
June 23, 2016 15:06 - 20 minutes - 11.9 MBTGIF! It's another freeform Friday of Power Purls Unplugged! This episode of random ramblings covers what you can do to become a conduit for creativity. I talk about 4 ways you can do this, and I'll also be chatting about this on my Facebook Live video, broadcasting June 24 @4pm EST. Join me here: www.Facebook.com/PowerPurlsPodcast and then check the video archives for the June 24 video. For more episodes like this visit: www.PowerPurlsPodcast To subscribe on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podca...
030 Welcome to Power Purls Unplugged Freeform Friday!
June 17, 2016 14:41 - 12 minutes - 8.71 MBHey Power Purlers! Welcome to this first edition of Power Purls Unplugged, a new special edition to the podcast. I hope you'll join me at 12pm EST on Fridays for my broadcast on Facebook! To join in, visit me at: www.Facebook.com/PowerPurlsPodcast What I talk about in the Facebook Live video: -Off-the-cuff ramblings about how to include freeform creativity in your day or your week. -Why adding uninhibited creative time enhances your knit design business and knitting life. -Making movement you...
029 Strategies To Get Unstuck and Start Your Knit Design Business
June 12, 2016 11:46 - 49 minutes - 28.6 MBIn this workshop-style solo episode, Kara discusses 3 proven strategies for getting unstuck so you can start your knit design business, or move the needle on your existing one. Kara shows you how to systematically distill down to that one over-arching thing you really want, and how to set a course to get it! Kara uses these strategies herself, and knows they work. It's up to you to decide to put the wheels in motion and give them a try for yourself. It's her mission to help you succeed on you...
028 Barry Klein, Owner of Trendsetter Yarns & The National NeedleArts (TNNA) Member of The Board
May 20, 2016 22:10 - 37 minutes - 26 MBOn today's episode I welcome Barry Klein, owner of Trendsetter Yarns. Barry grew up in the knitting industry by working in his mother's yarn shop. Barry learned how to design patterns and eventually began designing knitwear for his yarn shop customers and the movie industry. Barry and his Mom started Trendsetter with the idea of bringing the most exciting textured and fashion yarns to the knitting customer. In 2012, Lotus Yarns joined the Trendsetter family, offering a collection of luxury fi...
027 Ask Kara & Tabetha Anything! [Raw and Unedited!]
May 13, 2016 18:52 - 58 minutes - 33.7 MBWelcome to another Ask Kara & Tabetha Anything episode! In this off-the-cuff convo-style episode, Tabetha and I chat about Creative Knitting Magazine, TNNA, Sweet Georgia Yarn, and a doozy of a question from caller Jenny Clark. Also, this episode is the first of it's kind and a little daring for us because it's raw and unedited! It's just us, right out the the gate from the moment I hit record. You're getting it all...no intro music, no editing. The bottom line is, I know you want good conten...
026 Francoise Danoy, Knitwear Designer & Instagram Phenom!
May 01, 2016 21:45 - 55 minutes - 38.2 MBIn this episode, I chat with Francoise Danoy, knitwear designer, Instagram guru and Marketing maven, who designs under the label Aroha Knits. Her brand's mission is to enrich, encourage and empower creatives in the fiber industry so that they can fearlessly pursue their goal of running a small fiber business. You'll learn how Francoise took her Instagram following to over 15k loyal followers and she will explain exactly how she did it! To read to the full show notes and get the free guide: ww...