089: Spinning up a Storm with Spincycle Yarns

The SweetGeorgia Show

This week, Felicia is chatting with Rachel Price and Kate Burge of Spincycle Yarns. Spincycle Yarns is a very unique yarn company as they create small batch mill-spun yarn, spun from fibre that they hand dye so the yarns look and feel like handspun! You have probably seen Spincycle Yarns featured in such designs like Andrea Mowry's The Shiftcowl and Nightshift shawl among many others. Join Felicia, Rachel, and Kate as they chat about all things colour and spinning!

"...the first time we ever hung out it was Easter Sunday and we went to my... house... and we had... a pound of fibre and we're like 'Alright, let's go crazy and dye it' and we did and it was like so much fun and we just... I don't know like as opposed to crafting by yourself, when you find your crafting soulmate to work with it's so much more fun." - Kate Burge on meeting her best friend (and future business partner) Rachel Price

In this episode, we talk about:

• 1:21 Rachel and Kate introduce themselves
• 3:05 Rachel and Kate chat about how they started spinning yarn
• 4:32 What made Rachel and Kate make the decision to go into business together?
• 7:03 How do you go from selling handspun yarn to production dyeing and spinning?
• 9:33 Sport Weight vs Fingering Weight: What's the difference and does it really matter?
• 11:43 Where Spincycle Yarns sources its fibre from and how they choose what fibre goes into their millspun yarns
• 15:30 Can yarn construction techniques be experimented with when you have your own mill?
• 17:34 How many colourways is Spincycle Yarns producing right now?
• 20:32 How do Rachel and Kate draw the boundaries between work and play when running a yarn business?
• 26:36 Felicia asks Rachel about how she learned how to weave in Harrisville
• 30:07 Do Rachel and Kate teach textile arts to the public?
• 32:35 What changes have Rachel and Kate seen in the knitting world over the years? And the fun of collaborating with Andrea Mowry
• 40:10 Where to find Rachel and Kate online! Also you can find Spincycle Yarns at Knit City in Vancouverthis year at the Starlight Knitting Society booth!
• 43:32 Felicia's Final Notes and Giveaway!

Here's Where You Can Find Spincycle Yarns:

Website: www.spincycleyarns.com

Instagram: @spincycle_yarns

Enter the Giveaway for 2 Free Skeins of Spincycle Yarns:

If you want to get your hands on Rachel and Kate's beautiful yarn, enter our contest to win 2 free skeins of their brand new colourway: Castaway! Thank you so much to Rachel, Kate, and the hardworking Spincycle gang for making this giveaway possible!

Click here to enter the giveaway »

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Music Credits:

Playbook of Happiness – by RimskyMusic

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