Winter Breed Study No. 2 Hill Radnor|Knitting|Spinning|vlog

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Thanks for stopping by for the 2nd installment of my Winter Breed Study.
Please comment, like and subscribe if you have time.
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Email me at soulfulspinning@gmail.com
Time Stamps:
0:00 Intro
1:38 Breed Study
12:52 Saltwater Mitten
20:24 Lopapeysa Update
22:16 Acquisitions/Book Review
27:30 Happy Mail
33:04 Podcast Recommendation
35:12 Outro, piano played by Lisa
Information on Hill Radnor:
www.livestockoftheworld.com/sh...
www.hillradnorsheep.org.uk/br...
www.roysfarm.com/hill-radnor-...
Fiber:
Hearthside Fibers: www.etsy.com/shop/HearthsideF...
Patterns:
Lurifaks Frost: www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
Birlinn Blanket: www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
Books: Check online or your local book store
Saltwater Mittens: briggsandlittle.com/product/s...
Norwegian Knitting Designs: www.trafalgarbooks.com/produc...
Knitting with Two Colors:www.schoolhousepress.com/knit...
Four Thousand Weeks:us.macmillan.com/books/978037...
Podcasts Mentioned:
Fruity Knitting Interview with Christine LeGrow and Shirley A. Scott
• Prince Edward Island &...
PiaKnits: • Episode 22: A pinafore...
Music:
“Asanul” licensed via Music Vine: B63SDNTNVDOSSBDH
“Talisker” licensed via Music Vine: YNFNDWHFIE0GBLHR
Piano at the end played by me on my vintage Baldwin 243
Arabesque by William Gillock

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12 июл 2024

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@marcireale Год назад

Your channel is so peaceful. Thank you. I simply cannot express how lovely it is to work on my projects with you.

@SoulfulSpinning Год назад

Thank you so much for the compliment 🥰. Have fun with your projects!

@thepiaknits Год назад

Hello Lisa and a Happy New Year! I’m glad to have found your youtube Channel… it’s a joy to watch your video. You have a calm voice and relaxed style. Your new Norwegian knitting book looks fabulous… patterns to knit for years to come, I guess. Knitting a pair of mittens is on my to-do list for 2023, and I’m looking forward to it. Your piano playing is really beautiful! I can hear you pay attention to a beautifully balanced sound. Thank you so much for mentioning my RU-vid channel 🙏 … I’m not really a regular RU-vidr but when I’ve finished a new video I always mention it on my Instagram account. I wish you a lovely Sunday. Best wishes from Belgium, Marjam 🌷By the way… PiaKnits is a combination of ‘pianist’ and ‘knitting’… a great find by my children.

@SoulfulSpinning Год назад

Greetings dear Marjam. I feel the same about your channel…there is something very soothing in the sound of your voice…your creativity is very inspiring. This past year I retired from my teaching job as a secondary math teacher. I had not played the piano for many decades and am learning again, so your compliment means a lot to me. Thank you. Take care and have a lovely week. Oh yes, I just had to mention that clip of your little grandson improvising with dad was priceless. 🥰

@thepiaknits Год назад

@@SoulfulSpinning Yes, my grandson Felix improvising, that was a fantastic moment. He was improvising with my son, who is a musician. Felix, my grandson is my daughter’s son and they live in Sweden. Have a lovely week and see you in a next video.

@jessicawright1656 Год назад

I'm loving this breed study series. Thanks Lisa! I understand about seeking projects you can use vs following the trends. I use my spinning and knitting as a distraction from the stresses in my life. I don't put anything out quickly. I did try out the mitten pattern featured on the cover of the latest Spin Off magazine. I love seeing you play the piano! I should get back into playing piano.❤

@barbaragaspard1989 Год назад

Lisa dear you are a jewel. Most people only do youtube for the money. I truly love and appreciate all you share and do. Love your mitten, I too only learned to knit a few years ago at a late age. I've not tried colorwork yet but only knit things we need.

@SoulfulSpinning Год назад

You are too sweet! Thank you ☺️. Color work is not too hard at all. I just tend to knit a bit too tightly when I knit with 2 colors for some reason.

@nicolacockett7523 Год назад

How lovely to watch you playing your piano at the end there. You dont so much play, as caress the keys. As a non-musician, simply wonderful to watch and listen. xx

@doro5419 Год назад

I totally missed out on Hill Radnor. Thank you for introducing them! I love the colour of your Lopi sweater! Can't wait to watch your next video. So much inspiration! I'm in my mid thirties and I only got back to crafts three years ago. I was sewing and crocheting as a child. Now I learned spinning and needlebinding. In the next few years I will definitely give knitting another try - I dropped out of it after like three rows as a child, because I was working so tightly that I had difficulties getting the needle back into the stitch. Now I see all those patterns and fantasize about knitting legwarmers and sweaters and cardigans...

@ThePattiw Год назад

I am enjoying this Breed study very much. I decided to subscribe to one in Canada (as I live here) from Longway Homestead and then stumbled upon your podcast again. I had subscribed and watched a year or so ago. I love podcasts but really have to sift through them now as so many of them were about acquisitions and frivolous stuff and it got pretty annoying, especially with everything we are dealing with in the World. 2 very lovely podcasters that I am enjoying are Stitches and Starlight (spinner and knitter) and The Black Sheep Knitter. Watching them is like having a conversation in your home with your knitting and spinning friends. Looking forward to the next episode. Oh and I was always a monogamous knitter. I ran into trouble last year because I thought I too could have several projects on the go and of course the inevitable happed - I still have 3 projects languishing in bags waiting patiently for me. Going forward and dealing with the stash I have decided to knit for other people so that I dont end up with a huge number of cardigans and jumpers. I have been ripping back some of the ones I made about 5 years ago because they just do not fit right, but am being very careful in choosing what I want for myself now.

@sararassner Год назад

I’ve just started going through your winter breed study videos that I’d saved to my Watch Later list and I just wanted to say how much I am enjoying them. Also it doesn’t matter when you learned to knit as you are clearly very accompolished by now, if those gorgeous mittens are anything to go by. I think many new knitters don’t realise that you don’t have to know all the techniques and that even very experienced knitters are going to have areas that they are very comfortable with and areas that they don’t know that much about. I’m much more comfortable with knitting socks and lace, than jumpers and colourwork, but have knitting friends that are the complete opposite.

@kayebaker-schwanz1041 Год назад

So much fun to not only learn about the different breeds, but to see each spun and worked to a lovely useable swatch. I don't think you have much catch up to do, your knitting is fabulous, lovely even stitches and I think you are more than a great knitter. Thank you so much for sharing your time with us.

@carolpepper2424 Год назад

I so enjoy your channel - and love your encouragement of trying different fibers and spinning techniques. You are a wonderful knitter as well!

@colleenconlan5227 Год назад

I want to thank you for choosing not to monetize your channel. You're very generous with your time and expertise, and are always advocating for other makers, and only do this for connection and community. It's so nice to be able to watch without the interruption of ads every 6 or 7 minutes, or whatever, even though I understand that some have the need or desire to be compensated for their efforts. If you ever decide to do Kofi or Patreon I would happily support:) Thanks so much!

@SoulfulSpinning Год назад

Thank you. I am in a fortunate place that I don’t need extra income from the channel, but I get the need of other makers to earn something for their efforts and to support their business. No judgement meant.

@Jane-js2nl Год назад

Your podcasts are lovely and peaceful. As a fairly new spinner, I am enjoying the breed study. I think a thoughtful approach to making is important. Now and then I have to step back from all the social media and consider what I want from my knitting and spinning.

@ailienrhijnsburger5178 Год назад

I am so happy you are back to uploading regular videos. Like you, I really loved spinning with Hill Radnor. It is another one of the surprising finds of doing a breed study. Definitely one of my favourites, and as I was spinning my sample, I promised myself I would once order enough of it, so I could spin and knit a sweater with it. Oh and you lucky thing! What a beautiful yarn bowl!

@saragreenfield1648 Год назад

As a new spinner, I so appreciate this breed study! So informative! Thank you!!

@nikkieknits7544 Год назад

I have been a long time viewer and I always enjoy you channel! I was extra excited when I saw that you were knitting from a book written by some people I have knit with before ! The saltwater knits books! The two author and I would frequent the same knitting shops and knit knits. They are lovely! And the patterns in these books are wonderful! And yes still used today here in Newfoundland where I was born and raised and still live!. And yes you pronounce Newfoundland correctly, a lot of people do not. I am enjoying your winter breed study very much!. I mostly spin corriadale. That is the same fibre Briggs and little iyarn is spun with if I am not mistaken , in fact it is from Briggs and little the fibre I buy.( I buy it from a shop who gets it from them ) also the spinning you have done for the mitts are perfect! ❤

@SoulfulSpinning Год назад

So super cool Nikkie! I am glad I got the pronunciation correct. I had to look it up. Those 2 ladies are so lovely and have written 4 beautiful books. I have the latest 2 on my wish list. I am loving my thick handspun in my first pair of mittens from the book. It won’t be my last! Thanks for coming back to visit. See you soon!

@jacquelinesalem2776 Год назад

Agree. Not enough time to do all the things. I had a friend who use to say, "life's to short, to do it right".

@tae.ella.mae.8186 Год назад

What a great idea for a series of videos! Thank you for doing this breed study. It's been fascinating. On the topic of ethical consumption; I definitely struggle with it myself. When I first started spinning I just collected any and every batt just because I wanted to support people. Now that I know more about the craft, I've realized I'm more of an intentional spinner and I've learned to buy fiber for what I want to make instead of just randomly. Instagram and social media can definitely be a trap.

@SoulfulSpinning Год назад

Yes, sometimes I think social media as a blessing and a curse!

@128titanic9 Год назад

Dear Lisa, Welcome! Hello, Nice to meet you soon, I'm Sokwon kim and I always thank you for your videos and spindles! Dear Lisa!💚!❤!

@deborahspins2909 Год назад

I love to watch you. It’s so calming and peaceful while I spin and the piano music is beautiful. Thank you for the breed studies. I’m going to try some myself. I’m very much enjoying Black welsh mountain right now.

@valeriebishop561 Год назад

My library has the Four Thousand Weeks audio too!!! Yay! thank you.

@therepublicofme Год назад

Dear Lisa, When you were talking about the feel of the fiber and that it feels like "old world" I know exactly what you mean... I don't know why but I usually refer to those fibers as "honest". You have also touched on something that I've been thinking for a while.... consumerism and also how we choose to spend our time. It is indeed a very deep topic, but lately I have been also asking myself "How many jumpers do I really need, or want for that matter?" Thank you for the ending... it is very special to hear you play. And that yarn bowl.... so beautiful. Kisses. Ivana ❤

@SoulfulSpinning Год назад

Thank you Ivana! Let’s catch up soon. 😘

@theshooglystitch Год назад

I’m a new viewer to your channel but so far I’m loving how peaceful it is. Totally empathize with needing an empty house to do any kind of filming, not sure why but I feel silly if someone walks in on me recording anything 😂

@tracys.5143 Год назад

Another lovely podcast. Really enjoyed your piano playing at the end, too. Best wishes!

@kathincacameron5235 Год назад

I find YOUR podcasts very calming and peaceful and I look forward to them. I always learn something too. So the Norwegian book that you recently received is one that my husband gave to me last year. I have knitted the sweater that you think looks quite easy. It definitely is a great knit but because the wool is fine it was lots of knitting. The finished product was for a wonderful friend and it looks great!

@SoulfulSpinning Год назад

What a lucky friend she has in you! Many thanks. 🥰

@newdorogallagher2882 Год назад

Calming, meditative, versatile, informative… I watch videos over and over, I always learn something even from old episodes. Now, we, subscribers, do not have to share you with the high school students. Suddenly the retirement sounds good 😊

@SoulfulSpinning Год назад

Retirement is so good. You will love it and never be bored. 😘

@kellybodie6022 Год назад

Funny that you talked about knitting so long you don’t remember learning. I have been knitting since I was 7 or 8 and now I am 60, my first Lopi sweater I knit when I was 12 for my brother! It is as part of me now and my kids won’t recognize me with needles in my hands! Thanks so much for your excellent spinning information as I am new to this art.

@Snowcrystalsfalling Год назад

I'm so pleased that you are sharing again. Your content is always inspiring, interesting and very motivational, thank you .🧶🦙💐🐏🐑

@SoulfulSpinning Год назад

Thank you so much!

@carolgarner5971 Год назад

Totally enjoy your breed studies and others studies. Thank you

@pathowes32 Год назад

Hi Lisa, wish we were neighbors. You are so inspiring. Love your breed studies

@apippin774 Год назад

It’s a Sarah is a great podcast to watch!

@SoulfulSpinning Год назад

She’s adorable!

@suze6288 Год назад

I like your taste in fiber. You do beautiful work. I too like the “primitive” yarns they are more soulful.❤

@SoulfulSpinning Год назад

I totally agree! I love a fine wool too but for spinning my heart is with the rustic.

@debbiesykes1389 Год назад

I have the Saltwater book as well. My mother is from Newfoundland and I have a lot of family still there. I went when I was 6 and have vague memories of the beauty. My mother was not a crafter but her mother and grandmother were. So I am honoring their traditions. I haven't decided which mitts to make yet.

@christinebrown6154 Год назад

I totally agree about needing & wanting to knit everything. I loved the book you recommended as it makes sense we have a limited time in our lives. Thank you for a lovely relaxing vlog. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@timothychandler1725 Год назад

Lisa is the name of my sister. You have spin up butteiful yarn and knit up nice squares ⬛️ . I have family from Wales and from Scotland and England 🇬🇧.. I can't wait to see about the next bread of sheep and the type of wool.

@dianapulido1807 Год назад

I just watched your video and you reminded me of something. My mother would draw the sweater she was making in a notebook and write down the measurements and then she would make it. I remember her taking my measurements and writing them down next to the drawing. She made me the most beautiful turtle neck sweater. I also remember her frogging one of my father's cardigans and making him a new one. I would love to make a shawl pattern I purchased years ago with heritage breeds (it calls for six different yarns) but I don't spin. I have bought a drop spindle but have not chance to use it.

@SoulfulSpinning Год назад

I think what your mom did was very common in the past. They were so smart! Thanks for sharing your story. I hope you get acquainted with your drop spindle. 💕

@crystalwalvoord2084 Год назад

I am enjoying the breed study and only wish my spindle spinning was as lovely as yours. I have the Norwegian book (the bonus one) and it is hard cover and in English which I must have bought somewhere in the 60's. I have always enjoyed looking at it. Apparently, it is antique--as am I!

@The-Vintage-Needlecrafter Год назад

Lisa, that mitten is beautiful 😍 Now I know what I could use my Black Welsh Mountain wool for.😊🐏

@leslieambailey Год назад

PS You have true musicality 🎶🎹🎵

@christinaczarnecki625 Год назад

hallo Lisa, thank you for your videos- I enjoy your company very much while knitting. I also like" Fiberchats" with Irina .Wishing you a very happy and creative new year !

@leslieambailey Год назад

PPS. Forgot to share a new channel I’m enjoying - also a Belgian spinner and knitter!! youtube.com/@MijnWolden

@SoulfulSpinning Год назад

Off to check it out! Thank you. 🥰

@leslieambailey Год назад

@@SoulfulSpinning she’s adorable

@tracyaa1081 Год назад

The podcast “a knitters soul” is one that I enjoy. Elo has a soft and calming voice and is an very talented knitter.

@SoulfulSpinning Год назад

Thank you Tracy. I’ll check her out!

@alicesulzer1412 Год назад

Thank you Lisa, enjoying your breed study !

@christineborgatti3760 Год назад

After your last video I got an IST Crafts Turkish spindle, what a dream. I have the mitten book and I will now get Meg's book. I do donate my old knitted items so there is no problem with knitting more.

@SoulfulSpinning Год назад

Oh are not Ian’s spindles dreamy. He is an original and such a wonderful craftsman. Have fun with your wee one 🥰

@YarnNYarns Год назад

My friends gifted me a Hill Radnor fleece last summer, it was my first time trying to process a fleece with lots of kemp so it was definitely an interesting experience. I have so far only made a small spun sample of yarn but I absolutely loved knitting with it and hope to have the time to spin up the rest of the fibre soon.

@SoulfulSpinning Год назад

Hi Angela! hope you’re feeling better and having some R & R time as you come off the holidays and extra work obligations. As I was spinning the samples I thought of you there in your beautiful part of the world. I love following your creative journey and am interested in seeing your fleeces. Since I retired (the perks of being older) I have a lot more time, but even so still doesn’t feel like enough to do all I want to.

@lindaholmes1920 Год назад

Beautiful playing at the end of the video! Time features in my new year resolutions this year, and the decision to say ‘no’ more to what I feel might be unreasonable demands on my time. As you say, we all have only limited time, and it’s important to prioritise what needs to be done with it. I’m looking forward to seeing your swatch blanket finished. It’s looking good so far.

@SoulfulSpinning Год назад

Thank you Linda! We don’t have time to do absolutely everything so it’s good to prioritize, or even shuffle priorities letting some things go so others can get done. Thanks for the compliment on the squares. It’s along term project for sure. Take care and have a great week!

@leslieambailey Год назад

Lovely podcast, Lisa, and happy Epiphany. I love your breed studies. I took my daughter to visit Newfoundland a few summers ago - before the pandemic - and we drove all the way around the island trying to spot icebergs and marveling over the many lakes and “ponds.“ Maybe because it was summer, but I did not see any evidence of fiber arts while I was there, which now I find regretful. But the mummers parade is a very interesting thing and I encourage you to look into that more deeply. Lovely people up there ❤ Love your mittens!! And also have several Hearthside Fibers combed tops! Keep on keepin’ on 🧶🐑

@knittysixx5106 Год назад

I know how you feel about knitting all the things. I love finishing projects and I definitely prefer knitting for me, but at some point I’m going to be overrun by sweaters

@kathybal6236 Год назад

Growing up in a wash and wear polyester world, I need to learn how to care for all these natural fibers. Would you consider a few vlogs which would include how to care for these garments? Hopefully other than dry cleaning. I've bought that square pattern and should begin by the end of the year :-D

@Museintheordinary Год назад

Great video! I got the Fleece and Fibre Sourcebook for Christmas and I'm very excited to dive deeper into various breeds. Happy New Year!

@SoulfulSpinning Год назад

It’s a book I go back to again and again. It’s a great one to own. Thanks for stopping by!

@LATHEANDLOOMPODCAST Год назад

I wish I had time to keep up with you on the breed study, it would fun to compare. I too am finding myself wanting to compare the raw fleece. It would be neat to have a group of spinners to split some fleeces up. Wouldn’t it be interesting to have a raw fleece square with the commercial prep square? Love the twill tape idea! I have breed and color study prep of Radnor I am planning to process with the Radnor sample month. Your review has me thinking of spinning it with the intention of weaving with it. I’m not sure what I will do with the other samples I am spinning, but you’ve inspired me to use them to learn support spindling. Thank you for another enjoyable episode! Cher 🧶

@SoulfulSpinning Год назад

Hello Cher! I think the Radnor would be great in a woven project. There are so many breeds to try. It would take a lifetime to sample them all. These little 35 gram samples are a perfect size for a support spindle spinning practice. 💕

@CheapEngineerCrafts Год назад

Thank you so much for your videos! Have you found more time or less time for making since you retired? I thought I would have much more time than I seem to find. Of course, I only planned to learning quilting after retirement and now I’m learning spinning and weaving in addition to all my other interests! Love your videos and your playing is beautiful. I have a piano but don’t have the musicality 😢 See you next week!

@virginiasattler-reimer9554 Год назад

Just wanted to let you know that you can slow down or speed up the narration on the audio books, you probably already know that, but just in case. I also really enjoyed that book, a fresh way to look at things, for sure. Thanks for your podcast!

@SoulfulSpinning Год назад

Thanks for the tip!

@barbarahudak8496 Год назад

Good Evening, Lisa; I'm really enjoying the breed study! Wondering if you could share information on options if we wanted to conduct out own breed study. Like how did you come across the samples of the breeds? Are there work study/planners out there covering the breeds and how to work through them? Regarding your knitting habits, I'm starting to stash away my finished projects for the next Christmas season; I like you don't need 50 shawls, 25 cowls, etc. etc. etc.... so I'll share my knitted goods with family and friends as gifts. I have a lot of knit worthy people in my life! 🙂 Hope you have a great week! Looking forward to your next breed! Oh! and I love the knitting books you review and share!

@SoulfulSpinning Год назад

Hi Barb! I purchased the breed sample box so it was a no brainer on what to pick for this series. The Fleece and a Fiber book is great to get an idea of what breeds yours like to try. I also liked Clara Parked Knitter’s Book of Wool which is at my local library. You can get small amounts of different breeds of Etsy as well. Take care and have a great week! 💕

@KariganRider Год назад

I'm sure it's been mentioned, but I love the Jillian Eve channel. I was lucky enough to win her spinning box, and I can't wait to make a shawl out of the spun fiber! ❤️

@SoulfulSpinning Год назад

Oh yes! Jillian is a treasure, so fun and educational to watch her videos.

@hawthorngrove3629 Год назад

My Mum taught me to knit when I was young, but I have only recently started knitting properly in my 50s. I never record a Podcast when anyone is home.

@terriluff Год назад

I wish there was an extra subscribe subscribe button to hit, you are WONDERFUL!

@SoulfulSpinning Год назад

You’re the sweetest! 💕

@intuitknit Год назад

Hi Lisa, I really enjoyed this! You are going to have a wonderful heirloom blanket by the end of your breed study. I have a question. Do you prefer 2 ply yarns? I was watching another podcaster and she was discussing 2 vs 3 ply yarns and was suggesting people try 3 ply for the roundness of the yarn. I am going to try it and see if I like the results.

@SoulfulSpinning Год назад

Hi Lori! I usually spin 2 ply, but I made a couple skeins in 3 ply and the yarn was very round and cushy in my mukluk slippers I made out of it. I’ve done some chain ply for socks once I liked it, but I feel my style of spinning woolen makes my 2 ply a bit rounder and fluffier than a worsted 2 ply. I’ll have to experiment. Let me know how you like it too if you get a chance.

@angelasouthward589 Год назад

Hi, I love the winter sheep breed study idea, I'm thinking of getting 12 balls of various british breeds. I've been searching through my Gansey knitting sourcebook (Di Gilpin) and I've chosen 12 gansey square patterns from it to knit each one in a different breed. How cool will that be? Im super excited to try and match the breeds you do but to knit a gansey square blanket :)

@SoulfulSpinning Год назад

That’s a brilliant idea. 💡 It’s so fun and informative to knit something up right away. I might think of making 3 plies to showcase the knits and purls.

@marthabieber4020 Год назад

Hi, I recoment Jente's Spinning potcast 'Mijn Wolden'. She is fun and does cool things with her weels, usually from raw fleeces. youtube.com/@MijnWolden Thank you for you're videos. :)

@SoulfulSpinning Год назад

Oh yes, that’s new one to me and so fun. Thank you!