So, I abandoned my clown car entrelac Tunisian crochet and am about to start on my fifth attempt at finding a good colorway for my cardigan. In the process of also starting a new ball of Yarnsmith Lagoon I got the prettiest yarn barf I've ever seen. Choosing to consider this a sign. 🧶
November 23, 2024 at 4:16 PM
So, I abandoned my clown car entrelac Tunisian crochet and am about to start on my fifth attempt at finding a good colorway for my cardigan. In the process of also starting a new ball of Yarnsmith Lagoon I got the prettiest yarn barf I've ever seen. Choosing to consider this a sign. 🧶
Brainstorming, as one does. Thinking B&W Tunisian crochet entrelac cardi, a bit longer than the current one, with just one colorful row (and maybe one on just one sleeve) and colorful ribbing around. Thoughts? Opinions? Utter disdain? Whatwhatwhat? If yes, which for the color, the Lagoon or Noro? 🧶
December 28, 2024 at 12:07 AM
Brainstorming, as one does. Thinking B&W Tunisian crochet entrelac cardi, a bit longer than the current one, with just one colorful row (and maybe one on just one sleeve) and colorful ribbing around. Thoughts? Opinions? Utter disdain? Whatwhatwhat? If yes, which for the color, the Lagoon or Noro? 🧶
Furiously trying to complete Christmas presents so I can get on with other projects. I’m making two of these blankets (and they have been my life!).
Lovely Flora and Fauna pattern by Rosina Plane in Yarnsmith Create DK. *Just* a border to finish on the other blanket.
#Crochet
Lovely Flora and Fauna pattern by Rosina Plane in Yarnsmith Create DK. *Just* a border to finish on the other blanket.
#Crochet
November 13, 2024 at 10:27 PM
Furiously trying to complete Christmas presents so I can get on with other projects. I’m making two of these blankets (and they have been my life!).
Lovely Flora and Fauna pattern by Rosina Plane in Yarnsmith Create DK. *Just* a border to finish on the other blanket.
#Crochet
Lovely Flora and Fauna pattern by Rosina Plane in Yarnsmith Create DK. *Just* a border to finish on the other blanket.
#Crochet
I finished this shawl in a short to 2-ish weeks. I love its spring vibes. The pattern called for a picot border and I said NOPE! 🙂↔️ There are other things I prefer more.
#ravelry (user:Apollo1975) #knitting #menwhoknit #lgbtqknitter #gayknitter #yarn #craft #IMadeThis #fiberarts
#ravelry (user:Apollo1975) #knitting #menwhoknit #lgbtqknitter #gayknitter #yarn #craft #IMadeThis #fiberarts
April 16, 2026 at 1:53 PM
I finished this shawl in a short to 2-ish weeks. I love its spring vibes. The pattern called for a picot border and I said NOPE! 🙂↔️ There are other things I prefer more.
#ravelry (user:Apollo1975) #knitting #menwhoknit #lgbtqknitter #gayknitter #yarn #craft #IMadeThis #fiberarts
#ravelry (user:Apollo1975) #knitting #menwhoknit #lgbtqknitter #gayknitter #yarn #craft #IMadeThis #fiberarts
Highways and Byways by Jimmy Barnes review – compassionate collection from a master yarnsmith
Highways and Byways by Jimmy Barnes review – compassionate collection from a master yarnsmith
Reflective memories and short stories from the Cold Chisel singer show he has lost none of his raconteur’s flair
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After two years spent living in scummy hostels, Jimmy Barnes’s parents found a brick house on Heytesbury Road in the Adelaide suburb of Elizabeth West. They promised the kids a garden, perhaps a veggie patch, but like the marriage, that garden went to seed. His parents “found friends just like the ones they’d had back in Scotland” and the drinking and violence escalated.
Barnes’s life, six decades later, is a charmed one, and – against all odds – he’s learned to relax. He does pilates. He gardens. He has a book club. But although his latest collection of stories, Highways and Byways, contains many a rip-roarin’ tale, what also comes across loud and clear is a constant vigilance. Just like his garden, Barnes keeps his psyche well tended.
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October 28, 2024 at 9:54 PM
Highways and Byways by Jimmy Barnes review – compassionate collection from a master yarnsmith
Rae-yarnsmith. Happy to have found you here!
November 16, 2024 at 10:59 PM
Rae-yarnsmith. Happy to have found you here!
It’s a dark Friday in December.
Get your manservant to light the fire and pour you a brandy; then listen to a master yarnsmith (me) recite his latest festive fright-fest.
Bring Me Flesh!
#christmashorror #horrorcomedy #horrorwriters #podcast #dulcettones
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Get your manservant to light the fire and pour you a brandy; then listen to a master yarnsmith (me) recite his latest festive fright-fest.
Bring Me Flesh!
#christmashorror #horrorcomedy #horrorwriters #podcast #dulcettones
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Sir Desmond Stirling’s Bring Me Flesh!
Podcast Episode · The Gospel According to Sir Desmond Stirling · 09/12/2025 · 28m
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December 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
It’s a dark Friday in December.
Get your manservant to light the fire and pour you a brandy; then listen to a master yarnsmith (me) recite his latest festive fright-fest.
Bring Me Flesh!
#christmashorror #horrorcomedy #horrorwriters #podcast #dulcettones
tinyurl.com/2s3m58z3
Get your manservant to light the fire and pour you a brandy; then listen to a master yarnsmith (me) recite his latest festive fright-fest.
Bring Me Flesh!
#christmashorror #horrorcomedy #horrorwriters #podcast #dulcettones
tinyurl.com/2s3m58z3
I love that moment I start something new .
I'm using #Yarnsmith, #pebblehazeprints
#crochet
#crochetthreads
I'm using #Yarnsmith, #pebblehazeprints
#crochet
#crochetthreads
December 2, 2024 at 11:42 AM
I love that moment I start something new .
I'm using #Yarnsmith, #pebblehazeprints
#crochet
#crochetthreads
I'm using #Yarnsmith, #pebblehazeprints
#crochet
#crochetthreads
I recently discovered Yarnsmith and love it. Their Create DK is just as good as Stylecraft Special DK, IMO.
November 29, 2024 at 1:17 PM
I recently discovered Yarnsmith and love it. Their Create DK is just as good as Stylecraft Special DK, IMO.
Satan’s Claws Are ComingTo Town
The book on which Mary Whitehouse performed a live exorcism on Pebble Mill At One…
Episode 1 here
#horrorwriting #podcast #christmasghoststory #horrorwriterschat
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The book on which Mary Whitehouse performed a live exorcism on Pebble Mill At One…
Episode 1 here
#horrorwriting #podcast #christmasghoststory #horrorwriterschat
tinyurl.com/a4r8menr
Satan's Claws Are Coming To Town episode 1 by The Gospel According to Sir Desmond Stirling
The latest frightful Yuletide chiller from the master yarnsmith, Sir Desmond Stirling.
Listen to the opening chapter as Simon, Viscount de Bourbon a Bisquit, sets off on what he thinks will be a relax...
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December 5, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Satan’s Claws Are ComingTo Town
The book on which Mary Whitehouse performed a live exorcism on Pebble Mill At One…
Episode 1 here
#horrorwriting #podcast #christmasghoststory #horrorwriterschat
tinyurl.com/a4r8menr
The book on which Mary Whitehouse performed a live exorcism on Pebble Mill At One…
Episode 1 here
#horrorwriting #podcast #christmasghoststory #horrorwriterschat
tinyurl.com/a4r8menr
We’re approaching the season when writers enjoy literary piss-ups, but if you don’t wake up the next day in Helsinki with no trousers, you’re not doing it properly
What say we restart the tradition, eh JK Ewing? Lanky cove from that quiz thing on the box?
#HorrorWritersChat
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What say we restart the tradition, eh JK Ewing? Lanky cove from that quiz thing on the box?
#HorrorWritersChat
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While Writers Drank Their Plonk By Night… by The Gospel According to Sir Desmond Stirling
Sir Desmond Stirling - acclaimed yarnsmith - reminisces about literary Christmas parties in days of yore.
Warning: contains anecdotes about disgraceful behaviour. If you are affected by any of the iss...
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December 2, 2024 at 12:10 AM
We’re approaching the season when writers enjoy literary piss-ups, but if you don’t wake up the next day in Helsinki with no trousers, you’re not doing it properly
What say we restart the tradition, eh JK Ewing? Lanky cove from that quiz thing on the box?
#HorrorWritersChat
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What say we restart the tradition, eh JK Ewing? Lanky cove from that quiz thing on the box?
#HorrorWritersChat
tinyurl.com/3fj5637c
Okay i looked at yarnsmith glowing in the dark. Looks like they were made on the same Chinese factory cos yarn looks exactly the same. Btw if you gonna buy it - gotta warn you it splits af
November 30, 2024 at 2:37 AM
Okay i looked at yarnsmith glowing in the dark. Looks like they were made on the same Chinese factory cos yarn looks exactly the same. Btw if you gonna buy it - gotta warn you it splits af
Speculation: more men would crochet if it had a butched-up rebrand. Something like “Kraft Hook”, spelled with a “K” like a rare microbrew issue, or a Nordic metal band. I have yet to try “Kraft Hook” myself, but it is a logical next step after learning to knit, er, “YarnSmith”. Heh heh.
March 31, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Speculation: more men would crochet if it had a butched-up rebrand. Something like “Kraft Hook”, spelled with a “K” like a rare microbrew issue, or a Nordic metal band. I have yet to try “Kraft Hook” myself, but it is a logical next step after learning to knit, er, “YarnSmith”. Heh heh.
Bluesky's open, quote one art to promote yourself!
October 18, 2024 at 1:31 AM
Bluesky's open, quote one art to promote yourself!
Evil - yay or nay?
In which I solve a knotty problem which has foxed many mighty brains in history.
podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ant...
In which I solve a knotty problem which has foxed many mighty brains in history.
podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ant...
Sir Desmond Stirling: Evil - Yay or Nay? by The Gospel According to Sir Desmond Stirling
Sir Desmond Stirling: Evil - Yay or Nay?
Acclaimed yarnsmith of Satanic chillers, Sir Desmond Stirling, ponders the existence of evil.
Sir Desmond Stirling is written and performed by Anthony Keetch...
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October 14, 2024 at 9:16 PM
Evil - yay or nay?
In which I solve a knotty problem which has foxed many mighty brains in history.
podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ant...
In which I solve a knotty problem which has foxed many mighty brains in history.
podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ant...
Another Father Christmas has kicked the chimney…
Who is doing this and why? Is it simply revenge for not getting that coveted train set when a child? Or is there a more infernal reason…?
And who is Stan really…?
Blood on Stan’s Claw, a fearsome festive frolic.
Who is doing this and why? Is it simply revenge for not getting that coveted train set when a child? Or is there a more infernal reason…?
And who is Stan really…?
Blood on Stan’s Claw, a fearsome festive frolic.
Blood on Stan's Claw episode 2 by The Gospel According to Sir Desmond Stirling
Another Santa is dead! World-renowned adventurer and spooky yarnsmith Sir Desmond Stirling investigates... but are those sleighbells or the clanging chimes of doom?
And who or what is Stan?
Written a...
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December 16, 2024 at 8:25 PM
Another Father Christmas has kicked the chimney…
Who is doing this and why? Is it simply revenge for not getting that coveted train set when a child? Or is there a more infernal reason…?
And who is Stan really…?
Blood on Stan’s Claw, a fearsome festive frolic.
Who is doing this and why? Is it simply revenge for not getting that coveted train set when a child? Or is there a more infernal reason…?
And who is Stan really…?
Blood on Stan’s Claw, a fearsome festive frolic.
Why not spend the spookiest night of the year in the company of the spookiest writer? Get your manservant to light the fire and pour you a brandy; then listen to a master yarnsmith* at work…
Happy Hallowe’en!
*Yours truly
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Happy Hallowe’en!
*Yours truly
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The Gospel According to Sir Desmond Stirling • A podcast on Spotify for Podcasters
Patriot, author of best-selling Satanic chillers, proud nudist, and upstanding subject of Her Majesty. What the uncouth call a 'blog,' I like to think of as an epistle to my apostles
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October 31, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Why not spend the spookiest night of the year in the company of the spookiest writer? Get your manservant to light the fire and pour you a brandy; then listen to a master yarnsmith* at work…
Happy Hallowe’en!
*Yours truly
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Happy Hallowe’en!
*Yours truly
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I buy glowing yarn from aliexpress. Dunno what is yarnsmith, probably something American. Here it’s on aliexpress
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a.aliexpress.com/_EuOuMrL
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November 23, 2024 at 10:42 PM
I buy glowing yarn from aliexpress. Dunno what is yarnsmith, probably something American. Here it’s on aliexpress
a.aliexpress.com/_EuOuMrL
a.aliexpress.com/_EuOuMrL
I’m not a writer. I’m a yarnsmith.
January 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I’m not a writer. I’m a yarnsmith.
Thank you! ❤️ Yarnsmith is a new brand developed by Wool Warehouse (a UK supplier of many, many Yarns 🤣). I get most of my yarn from there now ❤️
November 28, 2024 at 10:23 AM
Thank you! ❤️ Yarnsmith is a new brand developed by Wool Warehouse (a UK supplier of many, many Yarns 🤣). I get most of my yarn from there now ❤️
We are nearly full for our story teller night on 5th November - The Yarnsmith of Norwich will be returning to Blackfriars Tavern to tell stories of intrigue and treachery!. There are a couple of seats free, but you'll need to be quick.
www.blackfriarstavern.co.uk/november-5th...
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November 4, 2025 at 10:54 PM
We are nearly full for our story teller night on 5th November - The Yarnsmith of Norwich will be returning to Blackfriars Tavern to tell stories of intrigue and treachery!. There are a couple of seats free, but you'll need to be quick.
www.blackfriarstavern.co.uk/november-5th...
www.blackfriarstavern.co.uk/november-5th...
New yarn delivery
From Yarnsmith
Tell the fun time commence
From Yarnsmith
Tell the fun time commence
January 16, 2025 at 12:36 AM
New yarn delivery
From Yarnsmith
Tell the fun time commence
From Yarnsmith
Tell the fun time commence