The Woolshit Podcast

join the conversation as we deliver our chickens into quarentine.  Hear their amazing back stories.
our knits for the week are:
Year of knits kid jumper with zip using scrap yarn. @witredesign #zips
Jennifer Steingass seachange @knit.love.wool #bottomup #colourwork #invisibleincrease 

Discussions on 50g balls of yarn and @Westknits new MKAL prices and possibilities.
what it's like when 2 well known pattern designers from the same country put out virtually the same pattern.  How would you chose which one?

Perfect listening while knitting.

join the conversation with Caroline and Lisa,
In this weeks episode.
Shetland wool week second hat colours @shetlandwoolweek #hats
summer top from #fieldnotes by @olgaputanodesigns yarn @adagiomills
Jennifer Steingass @knit.love.wool #seachanges @bendigowoollenmills
#millipedes #adelaidehills
@eweknits new book   designers and advertising
Emotional support chicken competition @yarntrader
Everyone should get gifts delivered while podcasting
Knitting in the news
https://rangestrader.mailcommunity.com.au/news/2026-08-19/knitting-warmth-for-ukraine/

Perfect listening while knitting.

Join us as we try and talk about knitting topics before we talk about our own knitting!!
should designers create left handed patterns #diversity /comment by Sherrenscott started the conversation.  Thanks Sherren
Shetland wool week hat, colour combination issue.  Do you think our hats are misapproprations or just the scrabble versions ?
Emotional support chicken support group
Exhibition of Liz Newman Knitting by 
@the_amanda_blair
'This knitwear obsession of mine started many years ago and has culminated in this exhibition which has been made possible by the skills and talents of the Handknitters Guild of which I’m proudly Patron. Liz Newman is an 80’s fashion icon and bringing these knits back to life and back to prominence has been a great joy . Please take a trip up to the hills sometime in August for SALA month and immerse yourself in some 80’s fashion knitwear.' AMANDA BLAIR
Wearing holes in socks just in certain places/  The Art of knit Wear Repair by Mintu Wikberg @pawlymade

rafia pot and jeans tote.  Caroline's never ending talents
KNITTING IN THE NEWS
Knitting machines to be given out to vulnerable women
https://www.siasat.com/telangana-to-distribute-1-19-lakh-knitting-machines-to-bc-women-3523980/
Perfect listening while knitting.

Join us in our laughter and fun as we talk about.
#alpineeverlasting @brianaarlene  @circustonichandmade #Greatyokeconstruction 
sliding strands for knitting double
Fire at Port Adelaide @yarntrader
Estonian Workshop with @aleksbyrd #ladderbackjaquard
@shetlandwoolweek hat
#emotionalsupportchicken competition @yarntrader
@sanna_and_co
 #Snowgum @lainemagazine
Thumb disease management plan
Knitting in the news
https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/02-08-2026/i-felt-sick-how-one-dunedin-knitting-group-fell-foul-of-the-law
COMMENT FROM MARGARET  -Thanks Margaret, started a great discussion
Regarding selling patterns as kits, the designers doing that are trying to right a wrong which is that yarn manufacturers don't share any part of their profit with those who are driving their sales, knit designers.  And knitters don't want to directly compensate designers by paying a fair price for all the work that goes into a pattern.

Perfect listening while knitting.

We're back from our break.  Join us to catch up on all things knitting. 
Show notes are a mystery this week!!

Perfect listening while knitting.