Costa Rica, Borucan Artisans and a Big Announcement 

Hi! This will be the finish to my evening ❤ I just got ready for bed and have my cup of chamomile tea. What a treat!

Congratulations on the grant - you are deserving!! What a wonderful overview of your Costa Rico experience - thank you so much.

Thank you for sharing your astounding trip and the fascinating experience of the native artisan's natural dyeing. Super episode. Best wishes for all your plans and adventures for 2023, with being playful!

love love love your history and love traveling through your eyes and experience.

Your step back sounds like a huge and exciting step forward- lots of work and fun ahead for both of you and for all the folks who will be able to take part in your future workshops. Congratulations! Your Costa Rica trip was amazing. I attended a yoga retreat way up in the jungles of Costa Rica about 8 years ago. Such a beautiful country and wonderful warm and enterprising people. Loved the natural waterfalls,amazing wild life, lovely fresh fruit and meals. We had to walk in, crossing a river by holding onto a rope, and hiking up the hill- the prize- 40 acres of pristine jungle for our group of 10 and a small staff, outdoor showers, yoga with wild life on all sides, led by my daughter and a friend. I did manage to break my wrist enroute to chasing a sunrise view at the top of the mountain- all part of the adventure- I still did my yoga (but no plankton position- lol) and enjoyed a wonderful week in paradise with two of my daughters. Bliss! I look forward to hearing more about your new venture. Oh, and Jamie, I noticed that you were working on a new technique of washing and blocking your knits WHILE you were knitting 🧶 them in the pool! Lol!

Thanks for sharing this wonderful trip♥️

Wow, Thanks for sharing your trip. I loved it all. Very exciting about your workshops.

Congratulations, so happy for the two of you!

Wow! What a trip! Loved everything about it! You make me dream!

Thank you for sharing the awesome and inspiring details of your Costa Rican adventures! Such a beautiful country with an incredibly rich cultural history. CONGRATULATIONS on receiving the grant to support your future endeavors! I would absolutely love to come to a workshop led by you! You are both such a fount of knowledge, wisdom, and of course, wit! Look forward to the unfolding! All the best in your journey! 💜😃🤗

what a great trip. Congrats on your grant. Hopefully I will get to take part in a workshop someday.

It’s bedtime Jane. I did nod off. I resumed early this morning to hear about your new endeavors. Good on ya! This is all so thrilling. I too took an experience trip to costa Rica years ago. I was with a friend who had been in US Peace Corps there. We learned and stayed in the rain forest and explored ingenious artists. I wish you the very best on this new life adventure! AND you will be sharing and teaching and it is so super exciting!!!!!

Wow what an amazing trip. And I am so looking forward to your 2023 directions. I am putting your workshops on my bucket list.

Wow! That was great and exciting🧶🧡

Saying you love to teach feels like saying a hurricane is a little windy…lol just hearing the joy that comes through as you both take us with you on your adventure and share w us the learning is a gift! That was pretty amazing! Look forward to seeing future content for sure!

Amazing. Thanks for sharing your trip and all the history as well.

My son took me to Costa Rica. Absolutely loved my time there. So nice to tune in for your trip.

So fascinating, thank you! The future sounds exciting too! ❤️🧶🌟

Hello Cabin Boy's! Wow - what a fantastic trip you had. Thank you so much for sharing it all with us. I'm in the USA in Arizona so I don't know if I would be able to get up north to see you in Canada but honestly a class on basics of dyeing and how to get started would be fantastic. Learning about mordants and what you would use as a fixative based on the fiber of your yarn. Discovering what is in our natural environment that we could use to dye our yarns with - that would be fun too. Learning how to get a consistent dye that doesn't fade or wash out. So many learning opportunities for dyeing. I love that you are thinking of holding workshops. I think you would have a ton of excited people signing up. I love you guys! As always, thanks for sharing! -- Julezze

You guys are always so interesting. I'm glad you had such a great time.

I enjoyed this so much! Thank you for sharing.

What a most wonderful trip that you have experienced - what an adventure to partake in the workshops, and also to see the wildlife. Wishing you every success with you own future workshops, but I have no doubt it will work out great. Oh to be living in your side of the world, but will get there someday, and now to be able to hopefully participate in a workshop well that would be the icing on the cake. AndJamie speaking of cake, I'd be looking to combine it with you doing a workshop on some Canadian recipes - yep, all of that would be a dream holiday 🥰

Looking forward to following along on your new adventure. ❤

Congratulations, what a great way to educate people with all you knowledge. Good luck

I love Costa Rica! My brother and SIL love there and we have visited several times. I enjoyed your enthusiasm for the beautiful country and its people, photos and a glimpse into the artisans’ work. Congratulations on the grant, looking forward to your next phase.

I am so sympathetic to you, Jamie. I am terrified of mountain roads. Your trip sounds absolutely amazing. Your plans for your workshops are really exciting. I would love more information about this when you get organized and settled into your plans. Love the photos. Horticulture is one of my great hobbies. Beautiful pictures of the plant and animal life. I'm jealous of your experience. Thank you for sharing! 🤗

Your workshops are going to be brilliant! And your trip looks like it was life changing, so fantastic. Really thrilled for you both!!!

Thank you for this video. So informative

Thank you for a wonderful episode. So many friends of mine have visited Costa Rica for surfing, fly fishing and 😅or luxury vacations. Your experience is more like what I would want. Beautiful I think there’s nothing better than going to a Knitting or Woolley retreat. I have done several with natural dying lectures, new techniques & patterns, etc. etc.. so much fun and you can establish relationships with the other participants. Best of luck on your new business plan. It sounds so exciting.

Hi, Jamie and Christopher. Thank you for sharing your Costa Rican vacation! I was particularly interested in the dying process. My daughters and I vacationed there many years ago… we loved it❤️ Congratulations on your grant👏👏👏

Congratulations on the move towards workshops, you'll be excellent tutors! Jamie was brave on the swing bridge and raised walking platforms 😉

What a fantastic vacation! I can't wait to see what workshops you will come up with

I am team Jamie, just looking at the video I feel terrified, no thrill . What an adventure, thanks for taking us with you. I love the new orientation your business is taking. Classes I would love to see are natural dying using as little water as possible. My daughter lives in an area where water is scarce in summer, just engouh for the gardens. I seem to notice the Indigenous Peoples of Central America didn't use much water.

I lost it at that eagles soaring roller coaster description

Congratulations! You both have so much knowledge and skill to share. I would love to participate in a weekend or 4-day workshop. It would be an amazing experience to forage your woods and fields for indigenous plant materials, then dye yarn. Evenings could be spent by a fire, knitting, storytelling...learning about early Indigenous and European natural dye processes. I was heartbroken when your PEI Fibre Festival workshop was canceled due to Fiona.

Wow!!! What a great episode guys!!! I love the educational and knowledgeable aspect of your podcasts and how you go the extra mile to find out so much about people that normally get passed over and then share it. I am excited for your new chapter with your business. I think it will be very successful and wish you all the luck. Who knows, maybe one day I may be able to take one of your workshops!!!

You would have to sedate me to get me to drive up that MT...holy moly!!

Loved it :) Costa Rica was one of the countries I considered moving to after my divorce, but I ended up back in Scotland - still knitting and dyeing though. x

Wow, what a fascinating trip! Thank you so much for sharing it with us all. Also, congrats on the grant for your new business ventures. It will surely be a success because you both always put in so much passion and knowledge into your projects. Enjoy your new ventures, and as always, thank you for providing great content in your podcasts. 😀

a trip and amazing the different cultures makes me want to go NOW please tell me the one Festival is PEI if not I will have to go to a workshop as I quilt also dying cotton would be interesting the main thing is do what makes YOU HAPPY

You should come to Norway and Try drive on the " Trollstigen " road 🤞💞 look it up 🤗🤗🤗

What a pleasure to hear and see your trip and the artisans you met. Congratulations on being awarded your grant -- that's fantastic news!

I found your trip and your subsequent dive into the history of this particular region and the amazing people super fascinating...the congruent nature of your shared interest in fiber and dyeing, and your excitement and openness for adventure seems to have led you both to a truly serendipitous moment with the universe !!! Congratulations on receiving the well-deserved grant...the stars aligned for the two nicest fiber guys in Canada!

How exciting re your plans and the grant. I was wondering if you showed the dyers in CR pictures of your dying process and your wools that are on your phone? Looks like a second trip to this wonderful country is in order!!

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Congratulations on receiving the grant. Your excitement about the new workshops and projects that are now possible is palpable. The scenery you shared is so beautiful. Clearly this was a life-altering trip for you both. Enjoy all that comes next!

Costa Rica is a country I'm considering retiring to.

Costa Rica! My favourite place in the world (aside from Canada 🇨🇦 🥰)!

Really excited about the possibility of taking a course with y'all. If Potter Settlement Vineyards are close by, it's the total package!!! #Sandor

Where did you guys stay?