Show 179: Interview with Claudia Segal and Kirsten Hipsky Talks New Valley Yarns Patterns
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Our weaving catalog is now available online. Flip through it today!
Yarns
- St. Denis Boreale (check out Nordique too!)
- Berroco Blackstone Tweed Chunky
- Berroco Vintage Chunky
- Berroco Campus
- Berroco Borealis
- Regia Galaxy Saturn & Jupiter Closeouts
Guest: Claudia Segal, co-founder of Weavolution.com. Weavolution is celebrating its one year anniversary. It is a social network for handweavers. It is a great site where weavers can meet and discuss successes, challenges, projects, and more. Claudia discusses the exciting changes that have occurred on Weavolution over the past year. Weavolution will be at Convergence in Albuquerque this year! If you’re headed down to Convergence, check them out at booth 329.
We are doing a contest with Weavolution in honor of their anniversary! We will have two gift baskets. One will go to new sign-ups of Weavolution. Head over to weavolution.com and sign up and leave a comment that you signed up. If you’re already a member of Weavolution, leave a comment here. For each group, new members, and existing members, we’ll have a drawing for a gift basket filled with WEBS weaving and Weavolution goodies.
Guest: Kirsten Hipsky, our Valley Yarns designer extraordinaire! Kirsten chats with Kathy about how she became the designer at WEBS. She also talks about some of the new designs debuting in our Valley Yarns catalog, out in a few weeks.
EDIT – WE HAVE OUR WINNERS:
Hi Everyone
I am excited to announce the winners of our contest with our friends from Weavolution!
The winner from my blog & existing Weavolution member is DorothyS. from Scotland!
The winner for signing up for Weavolution is Melissa Weaver Dunning!
I will need both winners to email me at kathy DOT elkins AT yarn DOT com with your mailing information. (Please note that the “DOT” and “AT” should be symbols in my email address – I just spell them out here on the blog to preventing spamming of my inbox.)
Thanks to everyone for taking the time to enter the contest and for listting to Ready, Set, Knit!
Enjoy!
Kathy
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Tags: weaving
June 7th, 2010 at 10:27 pm
I signed up at weavolution. It looks pretty interesting. Thanks for pointing it out
June 8th, 2010 at 7:41 am
I just signed up for Weavolution a couple of days ago.
June 8th, 2010 at 8:20 am
Thanks to Weavolution for the great community and thanks to Webs for telling even more weavers about it!
June 8th, 2010 at 8:21 am
Happy Anniversary Weavolution – can it really be a year already? And thanks to WEBS for sponsoring the contest 🙂
June 8th, 2010 at 11:47 am
I am also a member of Weavolution, since the beginning, and I have enjoyed doing business with Webs for a great many years. This is a nice contest to celebrate the importance of both to the weaving community.
June 8th, 2010 at 12:15 pm
Hi. I am a member at weavolution too. New to weaving, so contests are awesome!
June 8th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
I listened to your podcast saturday and commented, but do not see my comment, so I am commenting again. THANKS! What great advertisement.
My weavolution name is Cathy, and I have been a member since June 8, 2009
June 8th, 2010 at 6:35 pm
Happy Anniversary Weavolution! I've been a member for a few months and have learned so much. Thanks for a great weaving site, and thanks for the contest Webs.
June 8th, 2010 at 11:58 pm
I am so glad weavolution is out there! I signed up the day it opened to the public, and have enjoyed the focused weaving conversations.
June 9th, 2010 at 6:37 am
I signed up at Weavolution when it first started up. Sign me up for the contest. Thanks
June 9th, 2010 at 9:41 am
I'm a member of Weavolution and also a regular listener to your podcast, which is great. Thanks for all the good information and encouragement.
June 9th, 2010 at 10:27 am
Congratulations to Weavolution on its first anniversary! Here's to many more!
June 9th, 2010 at 12:56 pm
I am a member of Weavolution. Please enter my name in contest.
June 9th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
Hi there – I listen to the Ready, Set, Knit podcast whilst I am weaving over here in Scotland !
It was great to have a weaving related show and to hear Claudia talking about the first anniversary of Weavolution. Many congratulations to all concerned.
Dorothy Stewart
June 9th, 2010 at 9:07 pm
I met Claudia at the MD Sheep and Wool Festival in 2009 and learned of the soon to be Weavolution web site in the pouring rain that day. I checked the site every day and joined as soon as the site became official. It has become an important place for me to stay in touch with other weavers. Happy Anniversary!
Charlotte
June 9th, 2010 at 10:06 pm
I just signed up. Now I need to try to remember the manufacturer of my nearly 50-yr-old loom. The site looks great. Thanks for the tip!
June 10th, 2010 at 8:47 am
Already a member of Weavolution and would like to enter the contest
June 10th, 2010 at 10:39 am
Wonderful that you interviewed Claudia again! I've been a member almost since the very beginning 🙂 Well I signed up on the first day but wasn't a beta tester 🙂
June 10th, 2010 at 11:19 am
Hi,
Is this where I post to register for the (continued, monthly) Della Q giveaway? I'd LOVE one!
June 10th, 2010 at 11:52 am
I am new to Weavolution (just signed up) but have been using WEBS for most of my yarn needs. I would like to enter the contest.
Weavolution is a great site,, exciting projects and very inspiring artists!
Nbilenkin
June 10th, 2010 at 11:52 am
I am new to Weavolution (just signed up) but have been using WEBS for most of my yarn needs. I would like to enter the contest.
Weavolution is a great site,, exciting projects and very inspiring artists!
Nbilenkin
June 10th, 2010 at 9:55 pm
I'm a weavolution member and enjoyed the podcast. I'd like to be part of the contest drawing as well – who wouldn't ?? 🙂 Just was at WEBS yesterday buying some new yarns for new projects.
Thanks – SCZM (that's my weavolution user id.)
June 11th, 2010 at 3:12 am
I'm a brand new Weavolution member and would love to be entered into the contest! Great podcast, too!!!
conchita15 (on Weavolution)
June 11th, 2010 at 7:19 am
I've been on weavolution for a year despite not really weaving much (pennys) and I just added an inkle to my life so I expect there will be lots more weavolution in my life. 🙂
June 11th, 2010 at 10:04 am
Hi, current Weavolution member, and WEBS customer! Please enter me in the contest
Susan Johnson, Avalanche Looms
June 11th, 2010 at 10:04 am
I don't see my comment below. I posted it days ago. Oh well, here goes again.
I have been a member of Weavolution from day one, and love it.
Thanks for interviewing Claudia.
June 11th, 2010 at 11:20 am
Just signed up for Weavolution! Thanks for your podcast, great products and customer service.
June 11th, 2010 at 12:50 pm
I am already a member of weavolution.I would like to enter contest Thanks
June 11th, 2010 at 1:12 pm
Weavolution is a terrific resource! Lots of inspiration and reasons to use WEBS products!
Thanks
June 11th, 2010 at 1:13 pm
I signed up. I've been interested in weaving for a while now… it's great to have such a resource for beginners.
June 11th, 2010 at 1:30 pm
Hi! Existing member of Weavolution…. sign me up for the drawing!
June 11th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
Love the Valley Cottonlin yarns–made some great overshot table linens with it. I am an existing Weavolution member and would like to enter the contest.
June 11th, 2010 at 3:53 pm
Hi I´m Weavolution member since August 2009. I `ve listen to this interview with Claudia here in Germany, and it was very nice to get a voice to the picture. Thank you for that.I´d like to enter the contest.
Kristina
June 11th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
I am currently a member of Weavolution. Thanks for having this contest, and having Claudia on to tell us about upcoming features!
June 11th, 2010 at 10:42 pm
Probably too late for the contest but here I am! Yay for Webs and Weavo! Welcome to all the new weavers, may you have MANY more looms and a huge SABLE accumulation. Deb Mc
SABLE – Stash Accumulation Beyond Life Expectancy
June 11th, 2010 at 10:46 pm
i have been a member of weavolution and would like to enter the contest
June 12th, 2010 at 10:11 am
Happy Anniversary, Weavolution! I've been a member of Weavolution since 7/3/2009 and would like to enter the contest.
Best,
Renee C.
spinningalpaca @ Weavolution
June 12th, 2010 at 10:35 am
I'm a member of Weavolution and would like to enter your contest.
June 12th, 2010 at 1:47 pm
I am an existing member of Weavolution! Congratulations on the one-year anniversary!
June 12th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
I signed up as a new member of Weavolution and would like to enter the contest if it's not too late.
June 12th, 2010 at 8:01 pm
Cool! Weavolution member wishing to enter…how could I have missed that you have a podcast for so long!