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Wool n" Spinning Radio

Rachel Smith, Rebecca Osborn

Rachel & Rebecca sit down to talk about all things handspinning, yarn, fibre, and community. Join them to deepen the conversation in the Wool n" Spinning community.

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01:16:06

The Continued Mystery of Textured Yarns

Wool n" Spinning Radio ·

2025/12/01

Today. On WnS Radio. Dionne, Rebecca and I got together with Crystal hesser of @spin_up_girl to discuss all things art and textured yarns. Crystal spins a myriad of art yarns that she often sells in her booths at various fibre events around her area. A prolific spinner, Crystal has written for PLY magazine, as well as other publications, and she teaches how to make these yarns to eager students. Some of the topics we got into today around art and textured yarns are nuanced, multi factorial and

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01:16:00

Wool Porosity w/ Melissa Goulet (MellyKnits)

Wool n" Spinning Radio ·

2025/11/01

Dear Spinning Circle,Today. On Wool n’ Spinning Radio. Dionne, Rebecca and Rachel were joined by Melissa Goulet of MellyKnits to discuss the nuances of wool processing and blending. There is an idea out there that if we blend and blend and blend, that fibres will just go together and combine. It’s not widely discussed that some fibres just won’t blend together, no matter what we do with them and no matter how many times we put them through a carder or comb on combs. Often fibres like silk and alpaca

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01:03:14

Knit City 2025 Recap & Porosity of Wool

Wool n" Spinning Radio ·

2025/10/04

Dear Spinning Circle,Today. On Wool n' Spinning Radio. Dionne sat Rebecca & Rachel down to quiz them about Knit City Vancouver 2025. Rebecca & Rachel had spent the weekend exploring the marketplace, meeting with everyone in our community & of course, shopping. We share some of the trends we noticed emerge this year, including maching knitting, crochet (yay!) and more. Lots of fleece talk this month - we fell into a bit of a rabbit hole at the end of the show about a property of wool that Melissa

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01:01:42

Art vs. Textured Yarns

Wool n" Spinning Radio ·

2025/09/01

Dear Spinning Circle,Today. On Wool n' Spinning Radio, Dionne, Rebecca and Rachel attempted to sow dissent and debate the merits of calling those handspun yarns that are not conventionally spun as 'novelty', 'art' or 'textured'. Increasingly, we are seeing people describe their textured or art yarns as what they actually are, be it 'corespun' or 'supercoils' or any other number of yarn structures that we know and celebrate on a regular basis. It's important to celebrate those in our wider

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00:56:59

Post Tour de Fleece 2025 Recap

Wool n" Spinning Radio ·

2025/08/01

Dear Spinning Circle,Today. On Wool n’ Spinning Radio. We sat down together to discuss how Tour de Fleece went for each of us, what we accomplished and what went well. We each had some finished spins and Rebecca shares spinning while travelling again this summer, focusing mostly on her supported spindles. Dionne spun an incredible amount of fibre and shares her favourites. Thank you for joining us in another episode!I hope you enjoy our conversation. If this is your first time tuning into Wool n’

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01:06:09

Interior Designing with Dionne Carter

Wool n" Spinning Radio ·

2025/07/01

Dear Spinning Circle,Today. On Wool n’ Spinning Radio. Rebecca and Rachel sat down with Dionne Carter, a long-time pillar of the Wool n’ Spinning Community. Dionne joined the community in 2021 and became an integral member right from the get-go. Her colour sense, experimentation and fearlessness with her spinning, and support and encouragement of others has helped innumerable people in our community feel more confident approaching their yarns, ideas and projects. Always trying something new, Dionne

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00:55:11

When the Going gets Tough: Blending Boards & More!

Wool n" Spinning Radio ·

2025/06/01

Dear Spinning Circle,Today. On Wool n’ Spinning Radio. Debbie Held is a freelance journalist that I had the immense pleasure meeting in person in 2022, after following each other online for many years. Debbie’s love of blending boards started in 2015 when she began playing with this humble fibre preparation tool and began pushing it to its limit. While our conversation covered many topics about how Debbie began her spinning journey with a spindle from a friend in a time of need, to writing her book,

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01:14:37

A Room of One's Own

Wool n" Spinning Radio ·

2025/05/07

Dear Spinning Circle,Today. On Wool n' Spinning Radio. Rebecca and I were so pleased to be able to record this episode with Lisa Schweitzer, a pillar and leader in our community. For those who haven't met Lisa yet, she is a weaver, handspinner, knitter and maker, long-time member of the Wool n' Spinning community and lives in a remote area of Iowa, USA. Lisa is an eloquant speaker and I hope you enjoy our conversation about making in remote locations. Both Rebecca and Lisa live in remote areas,

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01:04:48

Works in Progress, Stash Age & More!

Wool n" Spinning Radio ·

2025/04/01

Dear Spinning Circle,This month on Wool n' Spinning Radio, Rebecca and I sat down to 'try on' some segments that will be a regular part of the Radio show going forward: From what we're working on while recording to things we've aquired (and moved on) to events in our lives that are bringing us joy. So much to cozy up to this month: We hope you enjoy the show!Previous Episodes are available hereIf you have questions about what we discussed in today’s episode, please post them in the community, either

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00:52:09

Imaginary Inspirational Yarns & Garments

Wool n" Spinning Radio ·

2025/03/01

Dear Spinning Circle,Today. Rebecca and Rachel sat down to have a fun chat about those imaginary yarns and garments we would love to spend time making but just don’t get a chance to do it. It’s not that they’re yarns we’re particularly motivated to actually make, it’s more that they are yarns we dream about. Think frivolity and fun. Just messing around with possibilities – what would happen if I did this to create that? I hope you enjoy our conversation!Projects talked inthe episode {Ravelry Project

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01:06:56

The Mammoth of Fibre Preparation

Wool n" Spinning Radio ·

2025/02/07

Dear Spinning Circle,Today. On Wool n’ Spinning Radio. Rebecca and Rachel sat down to chat about a mammoth in the room, which is fibre preparation. It has become such a major focus of what we talk about in this community and other handspinning communities, that we wanted to talk about it. While fibre preparation is a huge source of excitement and motivation to pull things out and prepare fibres, including those amazing fleeces many of us have in our stashes, it is also a time consuming and often

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00:40:22

Meaghan of Bramble Ridge Hand Dyed Yarns

Wool n" Spinning Radio ·

2025/01/01

Dear Spinning Circle,Today. On Wool n’ Spinning Radio. Rebecca and Rachel sat down with Meaghan of Bramble Ridge Hand Dyed Yarns, based out of Mission, British Columbia, Canada. Meaghan has been dyeing up a storm in the background, creating our next iteration of Breed Blends and Colour Study fibre for us to spin & create with! Thank you to Meaghan for this opportunity to work with you, support your small business and create with the community at large!Meaghan has generously offered a discount code

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01:07:48

The Whys & Hows of Big Projects

Wool n" Spinning Radio ·

2024/12/01

Dear Spinning Circle,Welcome back to another Radio episode! This month, Rebecca sat Rachel down to quiz her about working through longer projects. It came from a discussion back in August at Knit City Calgary 2024. For context, let's set the table: Back in 2019, you were struggling with the idea of how to justify the time and effort to put into a really big spinning project to weave an heirloom piece. Do you remember that feeling? What is the Biggest Project you’ve ever completed? How long did it

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01:05:35

Spinning Certificates with Rebecka Roy

Wool n" Spinning Radio ·

2024/11/01

Dear Spinning Circle,Rebecca sat down with long-time active community member, Rebecka Roy, known as Becca and @bethy40 on Slack. Becca has been working on her Spinning Certificate of Achievement, from the Association of Spinners, Weavers and Dyers, throughout the past four years. With the recent discussions within the Wool n’ Spinning community about Spinning Certification programs, we thought it would a great opportunity to sit down and hear about Becca’s experience.I hope you enjoy our

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01:13:38

Origins, Spindle Spinning & More with Maxwell Stein

Wool n" Spinning Radio ·

2024/10/01

Dear Spinning Circle,Rebecca and I had the pleasure of sitting down with Maxwell Stein of @maxwillspin (IG) over the past month. We chatted about his origin story, spindle spinning and teaching, as well as how his music influences his making. I hope you enjoy our conversation - I would love to have Max back on the show. If you have any questions you'd like to ask him, please post them below so that I can address them next time he appears!Wool n' Spinning Radio (previous episodes) hereWool n’

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01:32:55

Festival Prep, Carding & Wool with MellyKnits (Part II)

Wool n" Spinning Radio ·

2024/08/01

Dear Spinning Circle,This month is the follow-up to last month's episode with Melissa Goulet of MellyKnits. We refer back to that episode a few times so be sure to follow the links below to listen to that episode as well.Episode 107 | Putting Wool back in the Limelight with MellyKnits hereI hope you enjoy our dive into wool, getting started with first-time drum carding and beginning to delve into sheep breeds. For those new to spinning wool, remember that there are roughly four classifications of

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00:43:23

Exploring Sheep & Fleece Barns

Wool n" Spinning Radio ·

2024/06/01

Dear Spinning Circle,Today on the Radio show, Rebecca and I sat down to talk about the sheep and breeds that she came across at Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival recently. We chat a little bit about getting fibre preparation done, some of the road blocks to getting things started and more.Patreon Post hereThis was a stream-of-consciousness at 6am Pacific time - I hope you enjoy this off-the-cuff episode!For more on Spinning Sheep Breeds and getting further down the rabbit hole of various

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01:18:43

Putting Wool Back in the Limelight with MellyKnits

Wool n" Spinning Radio ·

2024/06/01

Dear Spinning Circle,This episode of Wool n' Spinning Radio has been a long time coming - Melissa and I have been trying to connect for a while, seeing each other at our local Knots & Hops each month, bumping into each other at Knit City and Fibres West throughout the years and so much more. It was a pleasure to sit down with her and chat about her business and love of wool - her enthusiasm is unbelievably infectious. You can't help but feel sucked in by her love of the process from her favourite

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00:26:49

Preparing to Travel

Wool n" Spinning Radio ·

2024/05/01

Dear Spinning Circle,This month, on Wool n' Spinning Radio, Rebecca answered a bunch of questions from myself about preparing for a long trip. As many of you know, Rebecca and her family will be on Sabbatical from their work in Nunavut for 5 months. I wanted to understand more about how she prepared for the making she would be doing while away!Patreon Link hereHere are the rough questions I asked Rebecca about her preparations to travel:1. What were you thinking about when you were first preparing

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01:09:12

Journeying to Intentional Spinning

Wool n" Spinning Radio ·

2024/04/01

Dear Spinning Circle,This month, Rebecca and I sat down to discuss a slightly different topic that we don't often explore, which is about our journey to intentional spinning. Rebecca asked some incredibly thoughtful questions to ground our discussion and I would love to hear some of your thoughts - please leave your comments here!Link to Patreon post hereThe Journey of Intentional Spinning:1. Can you describe your journey toward becoming an intentional spinner? What was your spinning like when you

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