Yarn Thing with Marly Bird
307 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 6 years ago - ★★★★★ - 91 ratingsGreat guests from the yarn industry, wonderful conversation, and PRIZES...it doesn't get much better than this. Join MARLY BIRD, the first crochet podcaster on iTunes, as she hosts a live show every TUESDAY and THURSDAY mornings. The show is and always has been a crochet and knitting podcast since 2007.
Find Show Notes, Free Patterns, Class Schedule and my Blog at www.marlybird.com
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Episodes
Yarn Thing Podcast with Marly Bird-- Guest: Crochet Designer Megan Kreiner
January 16, 2018 17:00 - 1 hour - 57.4 MBThe video part of this podcast can be found on th MarlyBird YouTube Channel. Shownotes: https://wp.me/p2SaVr-39z Learn more about how to win: www.MarlyBird.com/podcast This audio was captured from that video for those of you who prefer this method of enjoying the show. I can't promise I will be able to do this for all episodes for I will try to do it for as many as possible. Thanks! --Marly Sposors: Stitches.Events Erin Lane Bags Creativebug Craftsy Buffalo Wool Co. Red Heart...
Future of the Yarn Thing Podcast with Marly Bird
January 09, 2018 17:00 - 5 minutes - 3.66 MBAs I start season 11 of the Yarn Thing Podcast with Marly Bird (can you believe it has been 11 years?) I've decided to chage up the podcast and make it a Video Podcast. Same great guest, fun show and free prizes...just in a different format. As of right now, there are no plans to upload the audio to BlogTalkRadio, but that is a possiblity in the future. Please continue to enjoy the podcast on the Marly Bird YouTube Channel: http://www.YouTube.com/MarlyBird
Briana Kepner and Marly Bird
November 02, 2017 16:00 - 1 hour - 73.5 MBListen Live for chance to win great prizes! Find the show notes and past episodes on the Marly Bird BlogStay up to date with the Yarn Thing podcast with the App available on iTunes and for Droid.Find our more about Marly at www.MarlyBird.com or follow her on Facebook Sponsored by: Red Heart YarnsSTITCHES.eventsCraftsyErin.Lane BagsCreativebugBuffalo Wool Co.
B Hooked Crochet and Marly Bird
October 31, 2017 16:00 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBListen Live for chance to win great prizes! Find the show notes and past episodes on the Marly Bird BlogStay up to date with the Yarn Thing podcast with the App available on iTunes and for Droid.Find our more about Marly at www.MarlyBird.com or follow her on Facebook Sponsored by: Red Heart YarnsSTITCHES.eventsCraftsyErin.Lane BagsCreativebugBuffalo Wool Co.
Salena Baca and Marly Bird
October 23, 2017 16:00 - 49 minutes - 44.8 MBListen Live for chance to win great prizes! Find the show notes and past episodes on the Marly Bird BlogStay up to date with the Yarn Thing podcast with the App available on iTunes and for Droid.Find our more about Marly at www.MarlyBird.com or follow her on Facebook Sponsored by: Red Heart YarnsSTITCHES.eventsCraftsyErin.Lane BagsCreativebugBuffalo Wool Co.
The Velvet Acorn and Marly Bird
October 17, 2017 18:00 - 56 minutes - 50.7 MBListen Live for chance to win great prizes! Find the show notes and past episodes on the Marly Bird BlogStay up to date with the Yarn Thing podcast with the App available on iTunes and for Droid.Find our more about Marly at www.MarlyBird.com or follow her on Facebook Sponsored by: Red Heart YarnsSTITCHES.eventsCraftsyErin.Lane BagsCreativebugBuffalo Wool Co.
Happy Yarn Mail with Marly Bird and Swerella
October 13, 2017 16:00 - 56 minutes - 50.5 MBListen Live for chance to win great prizes! Find the show notes and past episodes on the Marly Bird BlogStay up to date with the Yarn Thing podcast with the App available on iTunes and for Droid.Find our more about Marly at www.MarlyBird.com or follow her on Facebook Sponsored by: Red Heart YarnsSTITCHES.eventsCraftsyErin.Lane BagsCreativebugBuffalo Wool Co.
Allison Hoffman Crocheter and author of Amigurume Pets
October 03, 2017 18:00 - 10 minutes - 8.4 MBAllison Hoffman Crocheter and author of Amigurume Pets: http://amzn.to/2xRBZls
Rainbow Crocheted Afghans by Amanda Perkins
September 26, 2017 16:00 - 36 minutes - 32.2 MBListen Live for chance to win great prizes! Stay up to date with the Yarn Thing podcast with the App available on iTunes and for Droid.Find our more about Marly at www.MarlyBird.com or follow her on Facebook Sponsored by: Red Heart YarnsSTITCHES.eventsCraftsyErin.Lane BagsCreativebugBuffalo Wool Co.
Silk Road Socks by Hunter Hammersen
September 19, 2017 16:00 - 38 minutes - 34.2 MBListen Live for chance to win great prizes! Stay up to date with the Yarn Thing podcast with the App available on iTunes and for Droid.Find our more about Marly at www.MarlyBird.com or follow her on Facebook Sponsored by: Red Heart YarnsSTITCHES.eventsCraftsyErin.Lane BagsCreativebugBuffalo Wool Co.
Alterknit Stitch Dictionary by Andrea Rangel
September 05, 2017 16:00 - 51 minutes - 46.3 MBListen Live for chance to win great prizes! Stay up to date with the Yarn Thing podcast with the App available on iTunes and for Droid.Find our more about Marly at www.MarlyBird.com or follow her on Facebook Sponsored by: Red Heart YarnsSTITCHES.eventsCraftsyErin.Lane BagsCreativebugBuffalo Wool Co.
Introducing Michelle Hunter
August 22, 2017 16:00 - 1 hour - 57 MBListen Live for chance to win great prizes! Stay up to date with the Yarn Thing podcast with the App available on iTunes and for Droid.Find our more about Marly at www.MarlyBird.com or follow her on Facebook Sponsored by: Red Heart YarnsSTITCHES.eventsCraftsyErin.Lane BagsCreativebugBuffalo Wool Co.
Dimensional Tuck Knitting by Tracy Purtscher
August 08, 2017 16:00 - 53 minutes - 47.9 MBListen Live for chance to win great prizes! Stay up to date with the Yarn Thing podcast with the App available on iTunes and for Droid.Find our more about Marly at www.MarlyBird.com or follow her on Facebook Sponsored by: Red Heart YarnsSTITCHES.eventsCraftsyErin.Lane BagsCreativebugBuffalo Wool Co.
Step into Crochet with Rohn Strong
July 18, 2017 16:00 - 46 minutes - 41.4 MBListen Live for chance to win great prizes! Stay up to date with the Yarn Thing podcast with the App available on iTunes and for Droid.Find our more about Marly at www.MarlyBird.com or follow her on Facebook Sponsored by: Red Heart YarnsSTITCHES.eventsCraftsyErin.Lane BagsCreativebugBuffalo Wool Co.
Halos of Hope-a-Thon at Wall of Yarn with the Yarn Guys
July 11, 2017 16:00 - 37 minutes - 33.1 MBListen Live for chance to win great prizes! Stay up to date with the Yarn Thing podcast with the App available on iTunes and for Droid.Find our more about Marly at www.MarlyBird.com or follow her on Facebook Sponsored by: Red Heart YarnsSTITCHES.eventsCraftsyErin.Lane BagsCreativebugBuffalo Wool Co.
Just back from Africa? Tell us StevenBe
June 27, 2017 16:00 - 43 minutes - 39 MBListen Live for chance to win great prizes! Stay up to date with the Yarn Thing podcast with the App available on iTunes and for Droid.Find our more about Marly at www.MarlyBird.com or follow her on Facebook Sponsored by: Red Heart YarnsSTITCHES.eventsCraftsyErin.Lane BagsCreativebugBuffalo Wool Co.
Introducing FiberCrafty, with Pam Maher
June 20, 2017 16:00 - 1 hour - 59 MBFiberCrafty was created to build an online marketplace dedicated to the fiber crafting community. And it was created by someone who is a part of that community! Listen as a #YarnThing listener shares her new adventure. Listen Live for chance to win great prizes! Stay up to date with the Yarn Thing podcast with the App available on iTunes and for Droid.Find our more about Marly at www.MarlyBird.com or follow her on Facebook Sponsored by: Red Heart YarnsSTITCHES.eventsCraftsyErin.Lane BagsCre...
Edie Eckman presents Every Which Way Crochet Borders
June 06, 2017 16:00 - 48 minutes - 43.6 MBListen Live for chance to win great prizes! Stay up to date with the Yarn Thing podcast with the App available on iTunes and for Droid.Find our more about Marly at www.MarlyBird.com or follow her on Facebook Sponsored by: Red Heart YarnsSTITCHES.eventsCraftsyErin.Lane BagsCreativebugBuffalo Wool Co.
Amy Berman shares the Mother Bear Project
May 30, 2017 16:00 - 59 minutes - 53.8 MBListen Live for chance to win great prizes! Stay up to date with the Yarn Thing podcast with the App available on iTunes and for Droid.Find our more about Marly at www.MarlyBird.com or follow her on Facebook Sponsored by: Red Heart YarnsSTITCHES.eventsCraftsyErin.Lane BagsCreativebugBuffalo Wool Co.
Stash Podcast Sonia Ruyts and the Yarn Story collection
May 25, 2017 16:00 - 47 minutes - 42.3 MBListen Live for chance to win great prizes! Stay up to date with the Yarn Thing podcast with the App available on iTunes and for Droid.Find our more about Marly at www.MarlyBird.com or follow her on Facebook Sponsored by: Red Heart YarnsSTITCHES.eventsCraftsyErin.Lane BagsCreativebugBuffalo Wool Co.
Stunning Stitches by Jen Lucas
May 23, 2017 16:30 - 43 minutes - 39.1 MBIn 2014, after a decade of testing municipal wastewater for a living, Jen Lucas retired her lab coat and safety glasses to work in her design business full-time. When not knitting, you can find Jen crocheting, cross stitching, reading or organizing her life in her various planners. She lives in Fox River Grove, Illinois with her husband, Alex.Listen Live for chance to win great prizes! Stay up to date with the Yarn Thing podcast with the App available on iTunes and for Droid.Find our more abo...
Superhero Myra Wood
May 11, 2017 16:00 - 57 minutes - 51.3 MBListen Live for chance to win great prizes! Stay up to date with the Yarn Thing podcast with the App available on iTunes and for Droid.Find our more about Marly at www.MarlyBird.com or follow her on Facebook Sponsored by: Red Heart YarnsSTITCHES.eventsCraftsyErin.Lane BagsCreativebugBuffalo Wool Co.
Framework: 10 Architectural Knits by Norah Gaughan
May 09, 2017 16:00 - 54 minutes - 49.3 MBFirst as a freelancer for yarn companies and knitting magazines; then as the design director at JCA and more recently, as the design director at Berroco where she headed up the design team and published sixteen eponymous booklets. Norah’s upbringing, schooling and experience coalesce in her two hardcover volumes Knitting Nature and Norah Gaughan’s Knitted Cable Sourcebook. Her most recent publication is “Framework” 10 architectural knits in Quince & Co linen yarns. Listen Live for chance to ...
Knitting on a Lark with Lorilee Beltman
May 04, 2017 16:00 - 52 minutes - 47 MBLorilee happily sees no end to where your knitting curiosity can take you, so she loves to help knitters make new discoveries. Since 2009, this former yarn shop owner has enjoyed her students at national events, and she looks forward to meeting you in class! Her articles and designs have been published in books, magazines, and online mags. She is a Craft Yarn Council certified knitting instructor, former techniques columnist at Knitty, and an online instructor at Interweave and Craftsy. Tent...
Mosaic and Lace Knits by Barbara Benson
April 25, 2017 16:00 - 1 hour - 55.7 MBListen Live for chance to win great prizes! Stay up to date with the Yarn Thing podcast with the App available on iTunes and for Droid.Find our more about Marly at www.MarlyBird.com or follow her on Facebook Sponsored by: Red Heart YarnsSTITCHES.eventsCraftsyErin.Lane BagsCreativebugBuffalo Wool Co.
Red Heart Yarns NEW Stripes
April 20, 2017 16:00 - 42 minutes - 38.2 MBListen Live for chance to win great prizes! Stay up to date with the Yarn Thing podcast with the App available on iTunes and for Droid.Find our more about Marly at www.MarlyBird.com or follow her on Facebook Sponsored by: Red Heart YarnsSTITCHES.eventsCraftsyErin.Lane BagsCreativebugBuffalo Wool Co.
Garden of Shawls by Karen Whooley
April 18, 2017 16:00 - 50 minutes - 45.5 MBListen Live for chance to win great prizes! Stay up to date with the Yarn Thing podcast with the App available on iTunes and for Droid.Find our more about Marly at www.MarlyBird.com or follow her on Facebook Sponsored by: Red Heart YarnsSTITCHES.eventsCraftsyErin.Lane BagsCreativebugBuffalo Wool Co.
Vogue Knitting's editor Trisha Malcolm
April 13, 2017 16:00 - 35 minutes - 32 MBListen Live for chance to win great prizes! Stay up to date with the Yarn Thing podcast with the App available on iTunes and for Droid.Find our more about Marly at www.MarlyBird.com or follow her on Facebook Sponsored by: Red Heart YarnsSTITCHES.eventsCraftsyErin.Lane BagsCreativebugBuffalo Wool Co.
Stitches United adventures with Franklin Habit
April 11, 2017 16:00 - 45 minutes - 40.4 MBListen Live for chance to win great prizes! Stay up to date with the Yarn Thing podcast with the App available on iTunes and for Droid.Find our more about Marly at www.MarlyBird.com or follow her on Facebook Sponsored by: Red Heart YarnsSTITCHES.eventsCraftsyErin.Lane BagsCreativebugBuffalo Wool Co.
Vickie Howell and The Knit Show!
April 06, 2017 16:00 - 43 minutes - 38.7 MBVickie Howell joins Marly to talk about the Kickstarter for The Knit Show! Stay up to date with the Yarn Thing podcast with the App available on iTunes and for Droid.Find our more about Marly at www.MarlyBird.com or follow her on Facebook Sponsored by: Red Heart YarnsSTITCHES.eventsCraftsyErin.Lane BagsCreativebugBuffalo Wool Co.
Carson Demers and Knitting Comfortably
April 04, 2017 16:00 - 1 hour - 54.2 MBListen Live for chance to win great prizes! Stay up to date with the Yarn Thing podcast with the App available on iTunes and for Droid.Find our more about Marly at www.MarlyBird.com or follow her on Facebook Sponsored by: Red Heart YarnsSTITCHES.eventsCraftsyErin.Lane BagsCreativebugBuffalo Wool Co.
Look What I Made, Dedri Uys
March 28, 2017 16:00 - 1 hour - 54.7 MBDedri Uys lives in London with her husband, 3 sons, and the family cat 'Kettle'. When she is not working as a therapeutic radiographer or tending to her family, you will find her huddled over her hook and yarn, furiously scribbling down new crochet designs. She is best known for her Crochet Amish Puzzle Animals and Sophie's Universe (a popular free crochet-along for a large square blanket). Listen Live for chance to win great prizes! Stay up to date with the Yarn Thing podcast with the App...
Kara Gott Warner is on to BIG Things
March 21, 2017 16:00 - 48 minutes - 43.7 MBListen Live for chance to win great prizes! Stay up to date with the Yarn Thing podcast with the App available on iTunes and for Droid.Find our more about Marly at www.MarlyBird.com or follow her on Facebook Sponsored by: Red Heart YarnsSTITCHES.eventsCraftsyErin.Lane BagsCreativebugBuffalo Wool Co.
Fiona Ellis Unleashes the Power of Inspiration
March 16, 2017 16:00 - 51 minutes - 46.3 MBFiona Ellis’s career is certainly one about escapism. After pursuing a sensible career in laboratory work for textile production and colour cosmetic formulation, Fiona escaped from career-captivity in the early 1990’s to pursue fashion design at De Montfort University. She graduated with a degree specializing in Knitwear design. Fiona then founded her independent design business, selling designs to major fashion houses in New York, Paris and London. Her contacts in New York helped her to add ...
Mary Scott Huff
March 14, 2017 16:00 - 55 minutes - 50 MBMary Scott Huff is an an internationally-recognized designer, teacher and author. A native of the Pacific Northwest, Mary shares a wee little house there with her husband, two children, some Scottish Terriers, and more yarn than is strictly necessary. Listen Live for chance to win great prizes! Stay up to date with the Yarn Thing podcast with the App available on iTunes and for Droid.Find our more about Marly at www.MarlyBird.com or follow her on Facebook Sponsored by: Red Heart YarnsSTITCH...
Shannon Dunbabin of Cascade Yarns shares 60 Quick Knitted Toys
March 09, 2017 17:00 - 36 minutes - 32.6 MBIt all began in the late 1980's. Bob Dunbabin found a location for Cascade Yarns® in a vacant storefront, in Pioneer Square, Seattle. The space was modest, squeezed between a mission for the homeless and the main north-south rail line. To Bob, the modest but logistically well located space suited the company’s needs. Best of all, it came with a good price. Bob believed that knitters cared more about the quality of the yarn, than the prestige of the office location. Cascade Yarns® remains a fa...
The Pittsburgh Knit and Crochet Festival
March 07, 2017 17:00 - 56 minutes - 51.2 MBListen Live for chance to win great prizes! Stay up to date with the Yarn Thing podcast with the App available on iTunes and for Droid.Find our more about Marly at www.MarlyBird.com or follow her on Facebook Sponsored by: Red Heart YarnsSTITCHES EventsCraftsyErin.Lane BagsCreativebugBuffalo Wool Co.
Have you met Josh Bennett yet?
March 02, 2017 17:00 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBJosh Bennett grew up in Pennsylvania where he learned to knit from his grandmother when he was 8 years old. After a short time, he stopped, because boys don’t knit. Obviously, he's proven that not true. He's worked with top fashion designers and contributed to various knitting publications. Listen Live for chance to win great prizes! Stay up to date with the Yarn Thing podcast with the App available on iTunes and for Droid.Find our more about Marly at www.MarlyBird.com or follow her on Face...
Lisa Shroyer, it's been awhile!
February 21, 2017 17:00 - 59 minutes - 54 MBIn her 10+ years at Interweave, Lisa Shroyer has served as editor of knitscene and Interweave Knits magazines, written 3 books and countless blog posts, launched new brands, starred on knitting TV shows, touched a lot of yarn, and served in every role on staff from editorial assistant to editorial director. Currently, she is Content Strategist for Yarn + Fiber, overseeing Interweave’s Knitting, Weaving, Crochet, Spinning, and Needlework content teams. Listen Live for chance to win great pr...
What's NEW Buffalo Wool Co?
February 06, 2017 17:00 - 54 minutes - 48.6 MBThe Original Buffalo Wool Company was chartered in 1821 by the Hudson Bay Co. in Red River Manitoba, headed by Lady Selkirk, the wife of the then governor. The plan was to harvest bison fiber and make ladies hosiery They were founded and funded with £5000,and after spending almost 4/5th of that investment on rum, proceeded to go bankrupt fairly quickly. Fast forward 190 years, The BWC was revived both in name and spirit by Theresa & Ron Miskin. Ron an ex-restauranteur and Theresa, a public ...
The Knitter's Journal by Jane Klein
February 02, 2017 17:00 - 36 minutes - 32.6 MBFinally the essential knitting journal that can be customized to meet your personal needs. For the novice, tables of yarn estimates, understanding yarn labels, properties of yarn and recommended books. Knitters of all levels will benefit from the needle inventory, swatch and needle gauge. But what makes this book special is that we have unique features such as 6 erasable swatch pockets to keep track of your current projects and pages that allow you to keep samples of your yarn stash. The spi...
James Cox JUNIOR
January 31, 2017 17:00 - 51 minutes - 46.4 MBListen Live for chance to win great prizes! Stay up to date with the Yarn Thing podcast with the App available on iTunes and for Droid.Find our more about Marly at www.MarlyBird.com or follow her on Facebook Sponsored by: Red Heart YarnsKnitter's MagazineCraftsyLo-Lo by Bar-MaidsErin.Lane BagsCreativebugBuffalo Wool Co.
Cat Babbie of Red Heart Yarns talks about Soft Essentials
January 26, 2017 17:00 - 47 minutes - 43 MBCat Babbie is the Inspiration Design Specialist and blogs about crafting on the Red Heart Yarns team. She works with designers to help create patterns that inspire stitchers to pick up their yarn. She’s an avid yarn lover; knitting, weaving, and spinning in her spare time. Listen Live for chance to win great prizes! Stay up to date with the Yarn Thing podcast with the App available on iTunes and for Droid.Find our more about Marly at www.MarlyBird.com or follow her on Facebook Sponsored by: ...
The Return of Deborah Newton
January 24, 2017 17:00 - 52 minutes - 47.6 MBListen Live for chance to win great prizes! Stay up to date with the Yarn Thing podcast with the App available on iTunes and for Droid. Find our more about Marly at www.MarlyBird.com or follow her on Facebook Sponsored by: Red Heart YarnsSTITICHES EventsCraftsyErin.Lane BagsCreativebugBuffalo Wool Co.
Let's meet Salena Baca
January 19, 2017 17:00 - 1 hour - 70.5 MBShe learned to crochet before grade school and has been wildly obsessed ever since! After crocheting “in the closet” most of her life, Salena burst out after finding Ravelry in 2009. Learning that an entire world of crocheters were available to connect with was life-changing, and it determined her next career move; crochet design and networking. She’s published over 200 patterns, has very strong ties in the crochet and fiber arts community, and is the author of Crochet for Christmas. Salena c...
Crochet by Jennifer, Jennifer Dougherty
January 17, 2017 17:00 - 52 minutes - 47.4 MBListen Live for chance to win great prizes! Stay up to date with the Yarn Thing podcast with the App available on iTunes and for Droid. Find our more about Marly at www.MarlyBird.com or follow her on Facebook Sponsored by: Red Heart YarnsSTITCHESEventsCraftsyErin.Lane BagsCreativebugBuffalo Wool Co.
Shannon Okey shares Knitgrrl's BIG project
January 12, 2017 17:00 - 58 minutes - 52.6 MBListen Live for chance to win great prizes! Stay up to date with the Yarn Thing podcast with the App available on iTunes and for Droid. Find our more about Marly at www.MarlyBird.com or follow her on Facebook Sponsored by: Red Heart YarnsKnitter's MagazineCraftsyErin.Lane BagsCreativebugBuffalo Wool Co.
Yarn Thing Sponsors XRX, Stitches and Knitters Magazine CEO Benjamin Levisay
December 20, 2016 17:00 - 47 minutes - 42.4 MBBenjamin Levisay is a second-generation partner in this 29-year-old company originally started by his uncle, Alexis Xenakis, his father, David Xenakis, and their partner Elaine Rowley. He is more commonly known as one of the hosts of STITCHES. It is his intention to carry on the legacy of passion and commitment that characterized his family’s contributions to the fiber world. Listen Live for chance to win great prizes! Stay up to date with the Yarn Thing podcast with the App available on iTu...
Chit Chat with Marly Bird and Tammy
December 13, 2016 17:00 - 44 minutes - 39.4 MBchit chat w/ Marly Listen Live for chance to win great prizes! Stay up to date with the Yarn Thing podcast with the App available on iTunes and for Droid. Find our more about Marly at www.MarlyBird.com or follow her on Facebook Sponsored by: Red Heart YarnsKnitter's MagazineCraftsyLo-Lo by Bar-MaidsErin.Lane BagsCreativebugBuffalo Wool Co.Green Mountain Spinnery
Harrison Richards of Furls Crochet with Lorene Eppolite
December 08, 2016 17:00 - 55 minutes - 49.9 MBListen Live for chance to win great prizes! Stay up to date with the Yarn Thing podcast with the App available on iTunes and for Droid.Find our more about Marly at www.MarlyBird.com or follow her on Facebook Sponsored by: Red Heart YarnsKnitter's MagazineCraftsyLo-Lo by Bar-MaidsErin.Lane BagsCreativebugBuffalo Wool Co.Green Mountain Spinnery