The Savvy Girls are back together again… sort of.
Melanie is in Ontario doing her Fringe show, while Deborah and her trusty new wheel are spinning their way through the Tour de Fleece.

When Melanie was recently Fringing her way ’round London (the Canadian one), she was fortunate enough to cross paths with several fellow crafters. Each of them offered different advice on how to deal with a certain Savvy someone’s new non-knitting hobby… listen to find out what they said.

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It’s finally time for Deborah’s solo podcast!

Deborah bought herself some presents: A new Schacht Matchless spinning wheel and a Pat Greene drum carder.
Her decisions were made much easier because of the assistance provided by Maggy Casey (author of Start Spinning), from the shop Shuttles, Spindles and Skeins was a big help.

Want to learn more about the Tour de Fleece? Want to participate?

Deborah reviews the book Spin to Knit by Shannon Okey, discusses the patterns Traveling Woman (by Liz Abinate) and the Oaklet Shawl (by Megan Goodacre), and talks about the yarns Socks that Rock by Blue Moon Fiber Arts and Merisock by Punta Yarns.

What’s an episode of The Savvy Girls podcast without a little enabling? Romi Hill has a new 7 Small Shawls e-book coming out. Check out her website here.

The BarknKnit podcast featured a piece written by Deborah. Give Gnat’s Episode 52 a listen to hear what Deborah submitted.

While she was in Edmonton, Alberta, Deborah got to visit the lovely local yarn shop, River City Yarns.
Once she returned to Bogota, she explored the LYS scene there: The Stitch is interesting, but she definitely recommends Casa Rosada.
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