I enjoyed your podcast very much! I’d love to hear more about your shop; how did you come about to own a yarn shop, what yarns you carry, a tour of the shop. I am also interested in your design process and, lastly; how did you (an American) come to live in New Zealand & what you like about it.
I will love to see a tour of your yarn shop and learn about the yarns you carry. Also I will love to know more about your knitting journey and what you were wearing, it’s a beautiful one and I love love the colors on it. Looking forward to seeing you soon 😊
Thank you so much! Yes- I totally forgot to mention what I was wearing! 😅I put a link to my project page, but I will try to remember to talk about what I'm wearing next time 😊
I thought I recognised your beautiful shop right at the very start of this podcast! I visited earlier in the year from Melbourne. What a fabulous podcast, so engaging and informative. Love all your wips, its an eclectic range of knits! I'd love a shop tour and maybe more info on NZ wools. The colours in your shop look so beautiful behind you. Thank you for a great podcast, Im looking forward to your next.
Thank you so much! Melbourne seems like a great place to live. I will definitely do a shop tour at some point, and will talk more about fabulous NZ wools! Cheers 😊
1st episode was good. Lighting was fine for both am and pm. I feel like we all go back and forth between shawls and sweaters. I would agree about the mustard color yarn. I would frog it and keep the yarn for another sweater or another part of a swester. I like the color but right up against your face it is a little light. I'm glad you added the note in comments to say what you were wearing. It's always a good thing to start off with. I will tell you that if you want someone to test your sock pattern I would volunteer (as I'm sure most anyone would volunteer even if it has not been tech edited). I like toe up better and do magic loop so either eay I will be one the lookout for your pattern when it's ready. I have not figured out the best heel yet for my fit. I like the look of the Knus Light. Will look up the pattern. I've never seen it before. Ok..again, good 1st episode! Subscribed and will be happy to watch and listen to you talk more knitting. Shop, technique, patterns, things you finished 10 years ago, how they hold up, etc.
Hi Alannah, Loved your podcast and so glad I came across it. Keep going on your Marie Wallin knit - It is so beautiful and I'd love to see it in RL one day so that I can experience her colour blends in her own yarn. I love hearing about the yarns in your shop. It's all so interesting! Thank you so much for sharing!🙂
You have a lovely shop. Thank you for sharing your wips. You’ve done beautiful work on all of them, and have inspired me to try some knitted animals. They’re super cute…😊✨
Yeey! I thought I recognize the spot you were filming from, and yes, that's THE shop I've been personally too! :) Please share more of new yarns, NZ wool, living in NZ, picking yarn for different projects (i.e. for a spring weather: what type of yarn would you choose for a top? ) Lovely to see the face behind the business, and so glad you decided to film for us :)
Great podcast! A shop tour would be fun! I’d also like to see the outside of the shop and the neighborhood the shop is in ❤ I love to have the whole picture 😊
Great start to your podcast adventure. You neglected to tell us about the sweater you're wearing. Oh, the possum yarn talk makes me drool. A friend gave me four Alice Starmore sweater kits. I've started one...on a 2.25 mm needle so definitely a long-term project, so possum will have to wait while 😊😅
I really enjoyed your podcast! Great background, lovely patterns and color choices. I love how you insert photos, extra videos…. Makes a great video podcast. I’d love to hear more about you and your yarn store!
Great podcast - love the way you put colours together. I’m Australian and have bought Spincycle from you before, as well as other NZ yarns like Union Fibre whose aesthetic and yarn I love, also Wild Earth are great. Living in the bush most of my yarn I buy online and it’s sometimes a bit hit and miss. I’d love you to show us more lovely NZ yarns , also Spincycle of course maybe when you get a new batch in. Also more Prosper and Yarn Floozy, and Outlaw Yarn if you stock it. But also love to see what you’re working on. I get your newsletter and love to keep in touch with what Loopine is up to. Oh dear I can see a lot more spending on postage in the future 🙄
am watching your first podcast and it’s great… hope to tune in often from Delaware, U.S….love your Birkin, love your background yarn walls, love that you have more WIPs than me, and finish that Marie Wallin, please !!
Hi. I loved your podcast. Your WIPs are all beautiful. The sweater you are wearing is really lovely. Looking forward to future podcasts. Thank you so much.
Thoroughly enjoyed your first podcast Alanna, and you are a natural talking to the camera. It's really good hearing about NZ yarn as well. I see you have written about what you are wearing. It looks wonderful on you, and I think you suit the stronger colors.
That was lovely, Alanna. I can not believe it has been 5 years. I enjoyed your podcast. I think inspiration comes from seeing the WIPs and your progress. Congrats on 5 years and your first podcast🎉
Hi Alanna! Welcome to the podcasting world! Wow you've done such a fantastic job with your first video (it's not fair, you know, most of us had pretty amateur first videos :))) But you look like a pro. Well done! I loved seeing all your wips. I also have been admiring the sweater that you're wearing and it looks stunning with the wonderful colours that you've chosen - they look so fresh on you! I hope you will also show us some of your previous FOs - I'm sure there are some that you're most proud of? Also it would be so amazing to see like a special episode focusing on all the patterns that you've designed. It'll be very interesting to see them all! Congratulations, my friend! You're a real star. Marina
Hi my friend! You're too kind- you should have seen how many false starts and redo's I had before finally posting this 😅 That's such a good idea, to show my favourite knits from the past, and I could also definitely talk about my designs. It's nice to be in good company with my fellow NZ knitting podcasters! 😉❤
Hello! Very much enjoy your podcast. I have to say, I agree with you 100% on the Not Old Lady Red, it's the perfect shade! Thank you for bringing it to my attention.
Enjoyed your podcast ❤ Looking forward to the next one. Love seeing the different blends of wool from your part of the world. Also love your colour choices in the different projects.
Wow! This is an exciting start to the day. Great podcast, Alanna. That was really interesting to see all your WIPs. You really have a lot of lovely projects going on. I would have to draw a number from a hat for what to work on today. I like to run 2 or 3 at a time, but it would definitely be more if I was in touchable distance of all those lovely yarns. It was also great to see the yarns closeup on video, which gives a much better idea than a photo online, for those of us who don't live in Auckland (or maybe not even New Zealand!) I've only been in the shop twice, since I'm not in Auckland, and I would love to see a shop tour in a future podcast. The pattern with the cable at neckline is really lovely. The bear is really cute. That pattern should probably be designed tail up to head, to keep us going for the cutest part! :)
Oh gosh thanks so much for your lovely comment! It is hard to limit my wips when I'm so surrounded by lovely things and insiration.. 😅 I will definitely plan to do some shop tour videos and would be happy to talk more about some yarns and things! Thanks heaps 🥰
Great podcast! I loved seeing your different projects and look forward to seeing and working your finished patterns. I will say as an American it’s a little strange hearing about opossum yarn even though I know your opossums and our opossums are two very different creatures.
Meave sweater....I enjoyed your pod cast and was impressed with the Meave sweater and can't wait for the pattern to come out. Subscribed and like....Greetings from across the ditch.....
Yes! It's from an Australian Brushtail possum and it's a short hollow fibre that provides a ton of warmth, lightness and softness. It's something that you can only get from New Zealand! Highly recommend
Hi Alana, loved your podcast. So many wool choices, decicisons decicions! Congratulations on your five years in business. I came to your first shop when it was down the road a little way. I love your current location. unfortunately haven't been able to come for a while and do miss it. Please keep the podcast up, you are a natural.
Greetings from Moose Jaw, SK. Canada. I enjoyed your podcast so much and subscribed - looking forward to more episodes. You inspire me to finish a few "old" wips.😊
I am so glad you came up for me. I am I’ve made a tank top and I’m on my second parasol because I wanted to get socks down this year. That was my goal and goal oriented. I’ve been Crochet since I was 969 and started Knitting last year and got the tank top done and now the socks for this year, I’m I’m slow compared but I do work so I give myself space it’s OK. I watch a lot of RUclips podcasts and learn a lot. I am learning a lot from you which is absolutely wonderful. I just want to say thank you
Yay so pleased you have decided to do a podcast. Loved seeing your extensive WIP collection. Next time, at the start, could you please let us know what knitting you are wearing as I do love that sweater. It could also be nice for you to highlight yarn or other items in your shop and maybe do a short review?? I do like hearing about the yarn you are using. I can't wait to watch the next episode. Also I love the little sped up filming of the shop. Maybe you could interiveiw some of the NZ yarn dyers that you have mentioned?? I'd totally love that. Take care.
Hi Rachel! Thanks so much. Yes- I completely forgot to talk about my sweater! It's my Birkin by Caitlint Hunter in Brooklyn Tweed Loft. I'll try to mention it in the future, as well as what I'm wearing in future videos. Also yes to everything you're suggesting! I definitely have plans to interview some of my dyer friends, talk more about shop stuff, etc. I don't want to get too "salesy" about the shop since that's not what this podcast is about, but I do think it's a really good way to highlight the beautiful yarns we are offering. Thanks for watching and for the encouragement! 🥰
you have kept me company today while I sit and spin my homegrown 28micron, chocolate brown, border Leicester wool. I just love your spinning! And that wall of colour behind you is spectacular. Thankyou so much for your podcast today-new subscriber.
Wow thanks so much! I will hopefully show some more of my handpsun in my next video. The fibre you're spinning sounds totally lovely! I can never resist a good chocolate brown 😊
As a New Zealander, I’m so glad to see a New Zealand podcast, and it a great one too. You are knitting in the same season as me, so that’s a bonus. Lots of podcasters are overseas going into Autumn so I see their winter projects. Keep up the good work! I have been to your wonderful shop too, so fantastic, I want to grab all those yarns behind you, and go into a knitting frenzy 😅
Great first podcast! You are a natural. Looking forward to exploring your patterns - so very interesting. Love your shop ❤ and would love to hear more about NZ wool
I loved your first episode. I'd love to hear your backstory (knitting and personal) and a quick comment on what you're wearing. Looking forward to future episodes. Thanks for a quality knitting podcast!!!!
Thank you so much! Will hopefully be able to get into that soon. I totally forgot to mention what I was wearing, but it's Birkin by Caitlin Hunter and I love it 🥰
I would love to see some of your favorite things you’ve made, seeing your 17 WIPs was awesome but it gave me such agita not seeing anything finished 😂 Looking forward to your next one!
Hello Alanna, great video, thank you. I enjoyed it. Love to see patterns with yarn that could be used for that pattern from your shop, whether it be for garments, accessories, cushions, blankets. Perhaps look at some Ravelry patterns, show pictures. You presented so well. I look forward to your next podcast.
I would love it if maybe you highlighted one specific New Zealand yarn company each podcast or something. Tells us a little of its background and then what range they carry, and maybe what you like about it. Most of us have not traveled to your beautiful country and have to rely on ordering yarns online through your store. And please include indie dyers as well. That would be my wish
Hi. I loved your first video and looking forward to more of them. That sock yarn is cool. I want to learn how to make socks and people sweaters. Have only knitted scarves, cat and dog blankets, and dog sweaters.
what a lot of beautiful knits you have on the go and such divine fibres. I love your alpine bloom. I have knit the sweater version but modified the neckline. Look forward to seeing if you complete it. For my colouring pick, just for me I'd pair those beautiful plums with the mint or peacock. Enjoyed your content very much and look forward to following progress of these projects and more to come.
I have just found you! I loved this and listened all the way through! I live in the Macedon Ranges in Victoria Australia so am just across the ditch! Will be visiting next time I am in Auckland. I mostly crochet but your WIPS definitely have inspired me to brush up on my knitting skills! Thanks your shop looks beautiful!
I LOVED your podcast! I'm from New York and it was such a treat to see and hear about NZ yarns, especially the possum blends. And your first sweater pattern you shared was gorgeous. There's just too much good stuff to list, so I'll just say good luck and can't wait to see more. 🥰🧶 Susan
Hi, Alanna. First of all, I would like to apologize because English is not my native language. You have some beautiful WIPs and I'm curious to see them when they're finished. I would like to see more videos from you. You asked for inspiration for your videos. I would like to see something about your shop, where you buy your yarn, the local sheep farms, the local dyers etc. I would also be interested in tips on how to customize an existing pattern to my linking, or when I want to use a different yarn that gives a different guage. And how to make a (simple) pattern yourself.
This was a lovely podcast, and so many glorious yarns. Such a lot of WIPs! I tend to be more of a monogamous knitter or I suspect I'd become a complete dilettante wouldn't finish anything at all. I honestly thought your unfinished T was lovely against your skin and it's nice to have a lighter colour for the summer. Most of your other sweaters seem to borrow from a darker palette, so maybe it's just the contrast you're not sure of? Anyway, looking forward to the next podcast!
Thank you so much! You're definitely right that my comfortable spot is darker colours... but lighter for summer does sound nice and I am trying to branch out! We'll see, I may just keep knitting that one after all 😊
What a lovely surprise to find a new podcast! I enjoyed your sip parade. I too gave a lot of wips. You are a beautiful knitter. It would be lovely to hear more about you and your shop! Looking forward to it! Hello from Canada!! 🇨🇦
Hi Alana, glad to see you've decided to podcast. I visited your beautiful shop in March when my husband, myself, and another couple cruised New Zealand and Australia. I was intent on purchasing a possum blend yarn and treated myself to 4 skeins. Haven't knit the fingerless mitt/hat project yet, but if anyone wants possum yarn, your shop is the go-to! Loved New Zealand, wonderfully friendly people.
Thoroughly enjoyable first podcast. Loved all the wips, even though the I thought the 'yellow' one looked lovely, but the colour on my screen made it look a golden brown. Looking forward to future podcasts. A new fan from Australia
Thank you so much! You're right, it is definitely leaning golden brown... I keep hesitating to rip it out so maybe I will still finish it in the end! 😃
Hey Alanna, 👋great to see you on RUclips and totally enjoyed every minute of your podcast!! Great to have someone in touch (literally) with all our local yarns 😎 I will be inline to make your socks when the pattern comes out for sure (or if you need test knitters) The problem of baggy around the calf if your to get it over the ankle is real, I've about given up. Your Birkin is beautiful and suits you so well, I've been holding off casting on until I finish your Ombeline Sweater 😆
Oh my gosh I can't wait to see your Ombeline!! And thank you so much for your encouragement. I will definitely be wanting lots of testers for my sock pattern when it's ready to go- I'll try to maybe announce it on a video so then you'll know. 🌹
Hi from South Australia. Enjoyed your podcast a lot. Found you on Ravelry too. An update on Wips would be cool, shop tour, what’s coming up things like that. Also an alert when new patterns are coming out
Hello and thank you for finding time in your busy schedule to start this knitting podcast. Your knits clearly show how passionate you are about this craft and I for one have enjoyed seeing your WIPS. With regard to the Alpine Bloom, perhaps frogging it and restarting it with the rose color would be more too your liking as that is a warm color and would compliment your skin color. Then continue on with the pale yellow color. The two colors are beautiful together. Just a thought. Enjoy your knitting and until next time. Cheers.
Loved your podcast, lots of info given. Please don’t frog your second tee, in the yellowing yarn. Yellow can be hard to put near your face, but I don’t think that yarn is too yellow for you. The colour combinations with the second yarn are beautiful. Would like to see some of your past projects eg favourite knits or most wearable sweater etc.
Congratulations on your first podcast; rest assured it was excellent. I'd like to know about the jumper that you are wearing as it is beautiful. It would be lovely to have a virtual tour of your shop and its location too. With thanks from the Cotswolds, UK.
Gorgeous first podcast episode, Alanna! Look forward to the next one! Yarn & pattern pairing recommendations are always fun, in terms of content suggestions.
Last year I was very lucky to visit auckland twice for some business trips. Both times I went to your gorgeous Shop and bought yarn from zealana and yarnfloozy. My possum yarn is waiting for me this winter. Funniest thing was to meet one of your staff members from germany. Greetings to her. Thanks for this very relaxing video and showing all of this beautiful yarns.
Absolutely loved it Alanna, would love to see what is in your shop. I’m in Australia so very excited to see what you have in your podcast going forward too. Thankyou so much ❤
Hi! A lovely podcast to start the day. I would love to hear more about you -- how you came to knitting, how you ended up in NZ and how you ended up running a yarn store. I may never make it to NZ at this point in my life but I would also enjoy learning more about it. Thank you
I recently subscribed to your channel after it was mentioned in another RUclips channel, who's name of course I fail to remember 😮😅 I live in Niagara Falls USA, so will probably not be traveling in your direction, but your shop looks like it's a labor of love as do your WIPS. I'm a great believer in frogging ones that seem iffy in either design or color choice, so I have to agree with your assessment of the yellow WIP. It looks like an interesting pattern, so if you do frog it, I hope you start over with a different color. Since this is written several months after the fact, ignore my 2 cents if the decision was already made 😂 I look forward to catching up on your other videos.
I'm so glad you found me and thanks for watching! I did actually end up deciding to keep going on that particular one, and with more of the contrast colour coming through I'm really loving it now. That being said, I totally agree with you- if I don't love a project anymore I'm very happy to ftog it! 😊
Hello from the Chicago area in the US. Congratulations on a wonderful first podcast! Your Birkin sweater is gorgeous. I bought the pattern today and I am very curious about your colours. Excited to see more of your knits and your lovely shop.
Loved your knits, added Birkin to my Favorites, along with the Inge. Re your Alpine, just start a new one with the colors you think will look good on you. Once you’ve passed the point where your current piece is, you’ll be just fine frogging it… I mean, looks like you have all the yarn at your disposal. Keep up the podcasting, I think I’m going to be a fan! 🤭
Hi. Lovely first podcast and what an amazing wall of colour behind you 😊. Sadly I'm in the UK otherwise I'd been in your shop 😊. Love your jumper design.
Hi Allana Well done! Lovely to hear you have such a great range of yarns in NZ. That huge range of mohair a great idea. I am in Albany Western Australia and hope to go back to NZ next year. Your shop will be on my list for sure! Best wishes for the future Lynn (knifton on Ravelry) Just a by the way - your podcast was interrupted with 6 adverts. Seemed a lot! Don't know if other viewers had the same number.
Hi Lynn, thank you so much and I hope to meet you in the shop one day! Sorry about the adverts- I don't actually know how to control them, but I will look into it 🙏🙏
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I enjoyed your podcast very much! I’d love to hear more about your shop; how did you come about to own a yarn shop, what yarns you carry, a tour of the shop. I am also interested in your design process and, lastly; how did you (an American) come to live in New Zealand & what you like about it.
THank you! And thanks for all those ideas... I am taking note and I'm sure I can incorporate all those elements into future videos!
I was curious about the sweater you are wearing
It looks like a Birkin Sweater by Caitlin Hunter 😊
@@nadineaston2858 thank you, I love Black Cat's rendition of it and never would of chosen it.
@@nadineaston2858 Yes it is Birkin! I love it 🥰
You can definitely wear that yellow sweater - it makes your skin look wonderfully golden! I'd say continue, don't frog it. :)
Thank you! I am actually leaning toward continuing it now 🥰
Hi Alana. I loved your first podcast. You’re a natural on the camera. I loved all your WIP.
And I’d love to see your wool shop
Thanks so much! 🙏
Really love to hear more about NZ wool and dyers. Great podcast.
Thans so much, and I definitely have plans to deliver on that request! 😊
This is a great debut vlog.
I’m looking forward to seeing more of your episodes. You have beautiful knits and colors.
Thank you so much for the support and encouragement! 🥰
I will love to see a tour of your yarn shop and learn about the yarns you carry. Also I will love to know more about your knitting journey and what you were wearing, it’s a beautiful one and I love love the colors on it. Looking forward to seeing you soon 😊
Thanks so much! Planning to share all of that in future videos, thanks for watching 💙
Wonderful first podcast, so exciting to see our yarns and patterns shown , I would love you to talk about the sweaters you wear in the podcast. 🎉
Thank you so much! Yes- I totally forgot to mention what I was wearing! 😅I put a link to my project page, but I will try to remember to talk about what I'm wearing next time 😊
This is fabulous! You're a natural. Your new Maeve design is wonderful. Yay you!
Thank you so much Therese! I appreciate it! 😊
I really enjoyed your podcast. Looking forward to your next one.
Thank you so much!
I thought I recognised your beautiful shop right at the very start of this podcast! I visited earlier in the year from Melbourne. What a fabulous podcast, so engaging and informative. Love all your wips, its an eclectic range of knits! I'd love a shop tour and maybe more info on NZ wools. The colours in your shop look so beautiful behind you. Thank you for a great podcast, Im looking forward to your next.
Thank you so much! Melbourne seems like a great place to live. I will definitely do a shop tour at some point, and will talk more about fabulous NZ wools! Cheers 😊
1st episode was good. Lighting was fine for both am and pm. I feel like we all go back and forth between shawls and sweaters. I would agree about the mustard color yarn. I would frog it and keep the yarn for another sweater or another part of a swester. I like the color but right up against your face it is a little light. I'm glad you added the note in comments to say what you were wearing. It's always a good thing to start off with. I will tell you that if you want someone to test your sock pattern I would volunteer (as I'm sure most anyone would volunteer even if it has not been tech edited). I like toe up better and do magic loop so either eay I will be one the lookout for your pattern when it's ready. I have not figured out the best heel yet for my fit. I like the look of the Knus Light. Will look up the pattern. I've never seen it before. Ok..again, good 1st episode! Subscribed and will be happy to watch and listen to you talk more knitting. Shop, technique, patterns, things you finished 10 years ago, how they hold up, etc.
THanks so much for watching! There will defiitely be a test call for the socks when they're ready, so I'd be happy to have you 😊
I would love a shop tour and see more of your designs.
I second this
Thanks for the encouragement, I will definitely plan on delivering both of those things! 🥰
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Hi Alannah, Loved your podcast and so glad I came across it. Keep going on your Marie Wallin knit - It is so beautiful and I'd love to see it in RL one day so that I can experience her colour blends in her own yarn. I love hearing about the yarns in your shop. It's all so interesting! Thank you so much for sharing!🙂
Hi Carla! Thank you so much 😊 I appreciate the encouragement, I definitely need to finish that sweater as I know it will be so beautiful
You have a lovely shop. Thank you for sharing your wips. You’ve done beautiful work on all of them, and have inspired me to try some knitted animals. They’re super cute…😊✨
Thanks so much! Yes, I highly recommend Cinthia Vallet's animal patterns, so well-written:
www.ravelry.com/designers/cinthia-vallet
Yeey! I thought I recognize the spot you were filming from, and yes, that's THE shop I've been personally too! :) Please share more of new yarns, NZ wool, living in NZ, picking yarn for different projects (i.e. for a spring weather: what type of yarn would you choose for a top? ) Lovely to see the face behind the business, and so glad you decided to film for us :)
Thank you so much, I will definitely plan to do al of that! 🙂
Great podcast! A shop tour would be fun! I’d also like to see the outside of the shop and the neighborhood the shop is in ❤ I love to have the whole picture 😊
Thank you! Great idea 😊
Great start to your podcast adventure. You neglected to tell us about the sweater you're wearing.
Oh, the possum yarn talk makes me drool.
A friend gave me four Alice Starmore sweater kits. I've started one...on a 2.25 mm needle so definitely a long-term project, so possum will have to wait while 😊😅
Thank you! The possum yarns are truly fabulous... highly recommend! Alice Starmore patterns are such works of art... enjoy 😊
I really enjoyed your podcast! Great background, lovely patterns and color choices. I love how you insert photos, extra videos…. Makes a great video podcast.
I’d love to hear more about you and your yarn store!
thank you so much!
Great podcast - love the way you put colours together. I’m Australian and have bought Spincycle from you before, as well as other NZ yarns like Union Fibre whose aesthetic and yarn I love, also Wild Earth are great. Living in the bush most of my yarn I buy online and it’s sometimes a bit hit and miss. I’d love you to show us more lovely NZ yarns , also Spincycle of course maybe when you get a new batch in. Also more Prosper and Yarn Floozy, and Outlaw Yarn if you stock it.
But also love to see what you’re working on. I get your newsletter and love to keep in touch with what Loopine is up to.
Oh dear I can see a lot more spending on postage in the future 🙄
Lol apologies in advance for all the temptations... thank you so much for watching! 😊
I’m loving the sweater pattern with the cable design yoke!!
THank yoU!
Your sweater looks beautiful on you! The color of the "vines" at the top and bottom bring out the color of your hair and seem to glow. Beautiful!
Thank you so much! I totally love this sweater ☺
Wow you are a very talented lady your work is beautiful thank you for sharing most enjoyable 😊
THank you so much 🙏
am watching your first podcast and it’s great… hope to tune in often from Delaware, U.S….love your Birkin, love your background yarn walls, love that you have more WIPs than me, and finish that Marie Wallin, please !!
Thank you so much to all of that! I need some encouragement to finish the Marie Wallin 😅
Hi. I loved your podcast. Your WIPs are all beautiful. The sweater you are wearing is really lovely. Looking forward to future podcasts. Thank you so much.
Thanks so mcuh!
Thanks Alanna. I loved your first podcast
Thank you so much Trish!
Thoroughly enjoyed your first podcast Alanna, and you are a natural talking to the camera. It's really good hearing about NZ yarn as well. I see you have written about what you are wearing. It looks wonderful on you, and I think you suit the stronger colors.
Thank you so much! Yes, I totally forgot to mention what I was wearing... 😅 It's one of my favorite knits!
Your Maeve sweater is very pretty and I love the Birkin that you are wearing. 😊
Thank you! 😊
Love the sweater you are wearing. You are doing great for your 1st podcast and I'm sure I will continue you from the US
THank you! 🙏
That was lovely, Alanna. I can not believe it has been 5 years. I enjoyed your podcast. I think inspiration comes from seeing the WIPs and your progress. Congrats on 5 years and your first podcast🎉
Thanks so much Bev! I kind of can't believe it either ... time flies! 🤗
Hi Alanna!
Welcome to the podcasting world! Wow you've done such a fantastic job with your first video (it's not fair, you know, most of us had pretty amateur first videos :))) But you look like a pro. Well done!
I loved seeing all your wips. I also have been admiring the sweater that you're wearing and it looks stunning with the wonderful colours that you've chosen - they look so fresh on you! I hope you will also show us some of your previous FOs - I'm sure there are some that you're most proud of? Also it would be so amazing to see like a special episode focusing on all the patterns that you've designed. It'll be very interesting to see them all!
Congratulations, my friend!
You're a real star.
Marina
Hi my friend!
You're too kind- you should have seen how many false starts and redo's I had before finally posting this 😅
That's such a good idea, to show my favourite knits from the past, and I could also definitely talk about my designs. It's nice to be in good company with my fellow NZ knitting podcasters! 😉❤
Enjoyed your first podcast. Your yarn shop looks lovely and all your knits are beautiful. I really like your color choices,
Thanks so much! 😊
Hello! Very much enjoy your podcast. I have to say, I agree with you 100% on the Not Old Lady Red, it's the perfect shade! Thank you for bringing it to my attention.
Thank you! Glad you like Not Old Lady Red too 😊
Enjoyed your podcast ❤ Looking forward to the next one. Love seeing the different blends of wool from your part of the world. Also love your colour choices in the different projects.
Thanks so much!
Wow! This is an exciting start to the day. Great podcast, Alanna. That was really interesting to see all your WIPs. You really have a lot of lovely projects going on. I would have to draw a number from a hat for what to work on today. I like to run 2 or 3 at a time, but it would definitely be more if I was in touchable distance of all those lovely yarns. It was also great to see the yarns closeup on video, which gives a much better idea than a photo online, for those of us who don't live in Auckland (or maybe not even New Zealand!) I've only been in the shop twice, since I'm not in Auckland, and I would love to see a shop tour in a future podcast. The pattern with the cable at neckline is really lovely. The bear is really cute. That pattern should probably be designed tail up to head, to keep us going for the cutest part! :)
Oh gosh thanks so much for your lovely comment! It is hard to limit my wips when I'm so surrounded by lovely things and insiration.. 😅 I will definitely plan to do some shop tour videos and would be happy to talk more about some yarns and things! Thanks heaps 🥰
Great podcast! I loved seeing your different projects and look forward to seeing and working your finished patterns. I will say as an American it’s a little strange hearing about opossum yarn even though I know your opossums and our opossums are two very different creatures.
Thank you! Yes, the American opossum is definitely different, and possum yarn is very unique to NZ. It's really lovely fibre!
Meave sweater....I enjoyed your pod cast and was impressed with the Meave sweater and can't wait for the pattern to come out. Subscribed and like....Greetings from across the ditch.....
Thanks so much!
Possum yarn?!? I’d like to hear more about that fiber. And yes, a shop tour would be nice!
Yes! It's from an Australian Brushtail possum and it's a short hollow fibre that provides a ton of warmth, lightness and softness. It's something that you can only get from New Zealand! Highly recommend
Lovely natural podcast, nice and relaxing. Would love to see around your shop. Lots of beautiful yarn.
Thanks so much! Will definitey do a shop tour soon
Hello from Swansea, Illinois. Loved your first episode, I did subscribed to it. ❤❤❤❤❤
Thanks so much!
I enjoyed your podcast. Lovely background of gorgeous yarns. I love the sweater that you have on. It is very pretty.
THank you so much! ☺
Hi Alana, loved your podcast. So many wool choices, decicisons decicions! Congratulations on your five years in business. I came to your first shop when it was down the road a little way. I love your current location. unfortunately haven't been able to come for a while and do miss it. Please keep the podcast up, you are a natural.
Thank you so much, hope to see you again at some point ❤
Hi Alana, I found you on your second podcast, and I love your presentation style. Great entertainment while I knit xxx
Thank you! 🙏
Greetings from Moose Jaw, SK. Canada. I enjoyed your podcast so much and subscribed - looking forward to more episodes. You inspire me to finish a few "old" wips.😊
Oh yay! THank you
I am so glad you came up for me.
I am I’ve made a tank top and I’m on my second parasol because I wanted to get socks down this year. That was my goal and goal oriented. I’ve been Crochet since I was 969 and started Knitting last year and got the tank top done and now the socks for this year, I’m I’m slow compared but I do work so I give myself space it’s OK. I watch a lot of RUclips podcasts and learn a lot. I am learning a lot from you which is absolutely wonderful. I just want to say thank you
Thank you so much and thanks for watching! Keep up the crafting! 🥰
What a lovely beginning! Can't wait to see where you go from here! I would love to see a shop tour!❤
Thanks so much 😊
Loved your podcast- great to have another NZ knitting podcaster to follow. Enjoyed seeing all your WIPs, look forward to your next podcast.
Thank you so much! 🙏
Love the podcast. I also love the Birkin sweater you are wearing. The colours are so beautiful
Thank yoU!
Thanks for this first podcast! I’m not a lover of sock knitting, but I’ll look forward to your sock pattern. My preferred method is toe up.
Thank you! Toe-up- me too, for sure 👍
Yay so pleased you have decided to do a podcast. Loved seeing your extensive WIP collection. Next time, at the start, could you please let us know what knitting you are wearing as I do love that sweater. It could also be nice for you to highlight yarn or other items in your shop and maybe do a short review?? I do like hearing about the yarn you are using. I can't wait to watch the next episode. Also I love the little sped up filming of the shop. Maybe you could interiveiw some of the NZ yarn dyers that you have mentioned?? I'd totally love that. Take care.
Hi Rachel! Thanks so much. Yes- I completely forgot to talk about my sweater! It's my Birkin by Caitlint Hunter in Brooklyn Tweed Loft. I'll try to mention it in the future, as well as what I'm wearing in future videos.
Also yes to everything you're suggesting! I definitely have plans to interview some of my dyer friends, talk more about shop stuff, etc. I don't want to get too "salesy" about the shop since that's not what this podcast is about, but I do think it's a really good way to highlight the beautiful yarns we are offering.
Thanks for watching and for the encouragement! 🥰
you have kept me company today while I sit and spin my homegrown 28micron, chocolate brown, border Leicester wool. I just love your spinning! And that wall of colour behind you is spectacular. Thankyou so much for your podcast today-new subscriber.
Wow thanks so much! I will hopefully show some more of my handpsun in my next video. The fibre you're spinning sounds totally lovely! I can never resist a good chocolate brown 😊
What a wonderful first video with so many WIPs! I visit New Zealand every year or so and will definitely visit your wool store.
Yay! Hope to see you in here when you visit
Wow.. so inspirational
What a lovely lady you are.
Look 4wd to your next podcast.
Oh you're too sweet, thank you so much! ☺
As a New Zealander, I’m so glad to see a New Zealand podcast, and it a great one too. You are knitting in the same season as me, so that’s a bonus. Lots of podcasters are overseas going into Autumn so I see their winter projects. Keep up the good work!
I have been to your wonderful shop too, so fantastic, I want to grab all those yarns behind you, and go into a knitting frenzy 😅
I feel the same when I watch so many podcasts based overseas! So glad to have some Kiwis watching 🥰
Great first podcast! You are a natural.
Looking forward to exploring your patterns - so very interesting.
Love your shop ❤ and would love to hear more about NZ wool
Thank you, I will definitely talk more about that!
Loved your podcast! That Primrose... beautiful! Id like to hear a a little more about you and your lovely shop. Greetings from South Africa
Thanks so much! I will definitely be happy to do that
I loved your first episode. I'd love to hear your backstory (knitting and personal) and a quick comment on what you're wearing. Looking forward to future episodes. Thanks for a quality knitting podcast!!!!
Thank you so much! Will hopefully be able to get into that soon. I totally forgot to mention what I was wearing, but it's Birkin by Caitlin Hunter and I love it 🥰
Great podcast, I loved seeing all your WIPs especially the bear ❤! I would really like to see around your shop it looks like a beautiful one , Bridget
Thank you! Will do
I would love to see some of your favorite things you’ve made, seeing your 17 WIPs was awesome but it gave me such agita not seeing anything finished 😂 Looking forward to your next one!
Hahah I know what you mean... look for my next video because it will all be finished knits! 😉
Hi ! I made the Marie Wallin sweater and I love it ..I also get a lot of complement...so get it done, you will be satisfied.😉😇
Yes I need some encouragement! 😅
Hello Alanna, great video, thank you. I enjoyed it. Love to see patterns with yarn that could be used for that pattern from your shop, whether it be for garments, accessories, cushions, blankets. Perhaps look at some Ravelry patterns, show pictures. You presented so well. I look forward to your next podcast.
Thank you so much! That's a great idea, I'm sure I'll be able to do something like that in the future 😊
I would love it if maybe you highlighted one specific New Zealand yarn company each podcast or something. Tells us a little of its background and then what range they carry, and maybe what you like about it. Most of us have not traveled to your beautiful country and have to rely on ordering yarns online through your store. And please include indie dyers as well. That would be my wish
I will definitely keep talking about the beautiful yarns we have here! Planning to film some chats with some of my indie dyer friends as well 😊
Loved your podcast thanks, for sharing your gorgeous wips!
Thanks heaps! 👋😊
Hi. I loved your first video and looking forward to more of them. That sock yarn is cool. I want to learn how to make socks and people sweaters. Have only knitted scarves, cat and dog blankets, and dog sweaters.
Thank you! If you've made scarves, blankets and dog sweaters you can totally make people sweaters and socks! You can do it 🙌
what a lot of beautiful knits you have on the go and such divine fibres. I love your alpine bloom. I have knit the sweater version but modified the neckline. Look forward to seeing if you complete it. For my colouring pick, just for me I'd pair those beautiful plums with the mint or peacock. Enjoyed your content very much and look forward to following progress of these projects and more to come.
Thank you so much! ☺
terrific podcast! already one of my favorites! beautiful work...and your birkin colors are next level!
Aww thank you so much 🥰
Frog or finish by the end of December……love this, going to adopt your idea, - and your shop looks so inviting, it I weren’t all the way in Canada……
Thank you! Yes, I highly recommend doing it
I have just found you! I loved this and listened all the way through! I live in the Macedon Ranges in Victoria Australia so am just across the ditch! Will be visiting next time I am in Auckland. I mostly crochet but your WIPS definitely have inspired me to brush up on my knitting skills! Thanks your shop looks beautiful!
THanks heaps!
Your bears are so cute. The faces have a friendly looking personality. Great Christmas gift idea to make for little children--or adults!
Thank you! I agree, each one takes on its own personality
I LOVED your podcast! I'm from New York and it was such a treat to see and hear about NZ yarns, especially the possum blends. And your first sweater pattern you shared was gorgeous. There's just too much good stuff to list, so I'll just say good luck and can't wait to see more. 🥰🧶 Susan
Hi Susan, thank you so much! I grew up from age 12 to 21 in New York, so hello to my previous home 👋 I really appreciate your lovely encouragement! 🥰
Yes-a shop tour would be great!
Yes will do!
Hi, Alanna. First of all, I would like to apologize because English is not my native language.
You have some beautiful WIPs and I'm curious to see them when they're finished. I would like to see more videos from you.
You asked for inspiration for your videos. I would like to see something about your shop, where you buy your yarn, the local sheep farms, the local dyers etc. I would also be interested in tips on how to customize an existing pattern to my linking, or when I want to use a different yarn that gives a different guage. And how to make a (simple) pattern yourself.
Thank you so much for watching! Hopefully I can cover most of that in future videos 😊
You are a natural! Subscribed quickly and looking forward to your future podcasts. ❤️
Aw thank you so much!
Very interesting prove the back and look forward to a shop tour.
Thank you!
Congratulations on your new podcast! I enjoyed it very much. I watch a lot of knitting podcasts and yours is worth watching.
THank you so much, that is really sweet
This was a lovely podcast, and so many glorious yarns. Such a lot of WIPs! I tend to be more of a monogamous knitter or I suspect I'd become a complete dilettante wouldn't finish anything at all. I honestly thought your unfinished T was lovely against your skin and it's nice to have a lighter colour for the summer. Most of your other sweaters seem to borrow from a darker palette, so maybe it's just the contrast you're not sure of? Anyway, looking forward to the next podcast!
Thank you so much! You're definitely right that my comfortable spot is darker colours... but lighter for summer does sound nice and I am trying to branch out! We'll see, I may just keep knitting that one after all 😊
What a lovely surprise to find a new podcast! I enjoyed your sip parade. I too gave a lot of wips. You are a beautiful knitter. It would be lovely to hear more about you and your shop! Looking forward to it! Hello from Canada!! 🇨🇦
Thank you so much!
What a very lovely episode I loved it and what a beautiful shop you have thankyou so much you are a natural
Thanks so much! 🙏
Hi Alana, glad to see you've decided to podcast. I visited your beautiful shop in March when my husband, myself, and another couple cruised New Zealand and Australia. I was intent on purchasing a possum blend yarn and treated myself to 4 skeins. Haven't knit the fingerless mitt/hat project yet, but if anyone wants possum yarn, your shop is the go-to! Loved New Zealand, wonderfully friendly people.
Thank you so much! I love New Zealand too 🥰
Thoroughly enjoyable first podcast. Loved all the wips, even though the I thought the 'yellow' one looked lovely, but the colour on my screen made it look a golden brown. Looking forward to future podcasts. A new fan from Australia
Thank you so much! You're right, it is definitely leaning golden brown... I keep hesitating to rip it out so maybe I will still finish it in the end! 😃
Loved watching you, can't wait for more ❤
Awww thank you! 💜
Hey Alanna, 👋great to see you on RUclips and totally enjoyed every minute of your podcast!! Great to have someone in touch (literally) with all our local yarns 😎 I will be inline to make your socks when the pattern comes out for sure (or if you need test knitters) The problem of baggy around the calf if your to get it over the ankle is real, I've about given up.
Your Birkin is beautiful and suits you so well, I've been holding off casting on until I finish your Ombeline Sweater 😆
Oh my gosh I can't wait to see your Ombeline!! And thank you so much for your encouragement. I will definitely be wanting lots of testers for my sock pattern when it's ready to go- I'll try to maybe announce it on a video so then you'll know. 🌹
Hi from South Australia. Enjoyed your podcast a lot. Found you on Ravelry too. An update on Wips would be cool, shop tour, what’s coming up things like that. Also an alert when new patterns are coming out
Thank you! Yes to all of the above
Hello and thank you for finding time in your busy schedule to start this knitting podcast. Your knits clearly show how passionate you are about this craft and I for one have enjoyed seeing your WIPS. With regard to the Alpine Bloom, perhaps frogging it and restarting it with the rose color would be more too your liking as that is a warm color and would compliment your skin color. Then continue on with the pale yellow color. The two colors are beautiful together. Just a thought. Enjoy your knitting and until next time. Cheers.
That's a nice idea! I'm considering continuing it, we'll see. Thank you so much for watching!
Loved your podcast, lots of info given. Please don’t frog your second tee, in the yellowing yarn. Yellow can be hard to put near your face, but I don’t think that yarn is too yellow for you. The colour combinations with the second yarn are beautiful. Would like to see some of your past projects eg favourite knits or most wearable sweater etc.
Thank you! I think I may end up continuing the yellow one...
Congratulations on your first podcast; rest assured it was excellent. I'd like to know about the jumper that you are wearing as it is beautiful.
It would be lovely to have a virtual tour of your shop and its location too. With thanks from the Cotswolds, UK.
Thanks heaps for watching! I will definitely plan a tour. I'm wearing my Birkin by Caitlint Hunter:
www.ravelry.com/projects/BlackCatKnitCo/birkin
Hi Alan nah
Wow so many beautiful projects on the go..hopefully you keep going with the Alpine bloom too..all very beautiful knits..❤🎉❤
Thanks heaps!
Gorgeous first podcast episode, Alanna! Look forward to the next one! Yarn & pattern pairing recommendations are always fun, in terms of content suggestions.
Absolutely!
Last year I was very lucky to visit auckland twice for some business trips. Both times I went to your gorgeous Shop and bought yarn from zealana and yarnfloozy. My possum yarn is waiting for me this winter. Funniest thing was to meet one of your staff members from germany. Greetings to her. Thanks for this very relaxing video and showing all of this beautiful yarns.
Oh wonderful! I'll pass the greeting on to Wiebke 🥰
Serendipity, loved watching your WiPs. I’m heading to NZ in Feb and have a few days in Auckland will definitely find you and visit
Amazing! Hope to meet you then 😊
Absolutely loved it Alanna, would love to see what is in your shop. I’m in Australia so very excited to see what you have in your podcast going forward too. Thankyou so much ❤
Thanks so much! ❤
Hi! A lovely podcast to start the day. I would love to hear more about you -- how you came to knitting, how you ended up in NZ and how you ended up running a yarn store. I may never make it to NZ at this point in my life but I would also enjoy learning more about it. Thank you
THank you! I'll try to talk about all that in future videos :)
I visited your yarn shop and met you in Jan 2022. I live in Charlotte NC. Great podcast!!!
Hi! 👋 Thank you so much
I recently subscribed to your channel after it was mentioned in another RUclips channel, who's name of course I fail to remember 😮😅 I live in Niagara Falls USA, so will probably not be traveling in your direction, but your shop looks like it's a labor of love as do your WIPS. I'm a great believer in frogging ones that seem iffy in either design or color choice, so I have to agree with your assessment of the yellow WIP. It looks like an interesting pattern, so if you do frog it, I hope you start over with a different color. Since this is written several months after the fact, ignore my 2 cents if the decision was already made 😂 I look forward to catching up on your other videos.
I'm so glad you found me and thanks for watching! I did actually end up deciding to keep going on that particular one, and with more of the contrast colour coming through I'm really loving it now.
That being said, I totally agree with you- if I don't love a project anymore I'm very happy to ftog it! 😊
Great podcast! Looking forward to your next one!🧶🧶🧶
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Hello from the Chicago area in the US. Congratulations on a wonderful first podcast!
Your Birkin sweater is gorgeous. I bought the pattern today and I am very curious about your colours.
Excited to see more of your knits and your lovely shop.
Thank you so much! I love that pattern. I used Brooklyn Tweed Loft in Cast Iron, Fossil, Hayloft, Blanket Fort and Thistle 😊
Loved your knits, added Birkin to my Favorites, along with the Inge. Re your Alpine, just start a new one with the colors you think will look good on you. Once you’ve passed the point where your current piece is, you’ll be just fine frogging it… I mean, looks like you have all the yarn at your disposal. Keep up the podcasting, I think I’m going to be a fan! 🤭
Thank you so much for being here! 🥰
Hi. Lovely first podcast and what an amazing wall of colour behind you 😊. Sadly I'm in the UK otherwise I'd been in your shop 😊. Love your jumper design.
Aw thanks so much! I bet you have lots of lovely yarn shops there in the UK as well!
Great video! I really enjoyed it 😊 The 'wool wall' background is a beautiful backdrop!
Thanks so much! Hard to go wrong with a rainbow of mohair wall ❤
Hi Allana
Well done!
Lovely to hear you have such a great range of yarns in NZ. That huge range of mohair a great idea. I am in Albany Western Australia and hope to go back to NZ next year. Your shop will be on my list for sure!
Best wishes for the future
Lynn (knifton on Ravelry)
Just a by the way - your podcast was interrupted with 6 adverts. Seemed a lot! Don't know if other viewers had the same number.
Hi Lynn, thank you so much and I hope to meet you in the shop one day!
Sorry about the adverts- I don't actually know how to control them, but I will look into it 🙏🙏