Episode 6: Sheep’s Head Yarn Festival – Part 2

Welcome to Episode 6!
As promised this is the second part of our visit to the Sheep's Head Yarn Festival in May. In the first part, we met the organiser, Niamh Cooper, and some of the workshop teachers.
Another aspect of the Sheep's Head Yarn Festival was the Market Hall which took place in Kilcrohane Community Hall.
The Market Hall
So, this episode brings you the chats we had with some of the vendors:

Kathleen McCarthy who was selling hand-knits
Fiona Waters of Green Elephant Hand Dyed Yarns with her husband Ciaran.
Sara Breitenfeldt of Smudge Yarns
Caroline and Johnny Niland of Life In The Long Grass

I apologise in advance for the quality of the audio in our first interview with Kathleen. We chatted with her in The Old Creamery after the meet & greet but there was a lot of background noise and I've played with it a lot but it's still quite difficult to hear. Just let it wash over you and pretend you're eavesdropping!
Also, Happy Congratulations to Sara on her recent engagement to Justin!
To wrap up the episode I chatted with Greg who is a professional beer taster and who has recently started brewing his own craft beer.
Below are some visuals and links of what was discussed the interviews.
Kathleen McCarthy
Hand-knits for sale by Kathleen McCarthy

The Yarn Festival in Skipton mentioned is Yarndale
Belinda Harris Reid
Dunmanway Library and in particular the window display featuring a bicycle

Green Elephant Hand Dyed Yarns
Fiona Waters of Green Elephant Hand Dyed Yarns with her husband, Ciaran

Green Elephant Hand Dyed Yarns Facebook page
Green Elephant Crochet Facebook page

The beautiful colours at Green Elephant Hand Dyed Yarns' stand
"Twinkle Twinkle" yarn dyed by Green Elephant Hand Dyed Yarn and "marked" by Clarabel!

Colourway "Child's Play" described by Ciaran as reminding him of a Jackson Pollock painting

Convergence by Jackson Pollock via http://www.jackson-pollock.org/
The "gorgeous Burgundy" in laceweight and the "Farraige" colourway both purchased by Dearbhla

Winnie's Craft Cafe in Booterstown
"Wibbly Wobbly Wonder" Colourway as named by Dearbhla via Instagram
"Pink Panther" Colourway

The Pink Panther with sparkles!
Smudge Yarns

Germans in Wisconsin
Sara's Kickstarter campaign as reported in Irish National Press
Link to Smudge Yarns Etsy page
"These Islands: Knits from Ireland, Britain and Scotland" book published by Anchor and Bee
Beer Ireland - professional craft brewers association
"Skibbereen" colourway purchased by Dearbhla
Smudge Yarns' range of colours is reminiscent of natural dyes
Cross-thatched Cowl designed by Sara and pattern published in "These Islands" book
Life In The Long Grass
Caroline and Life In The Long Grass yarn

Link to Life In The Long Grass online shop
LITLG was featured in Issue 13 of Pom Pom Quarterly magazine
LITLG is available in the following shops:

The Constant Knitter in Dublin
Warm and Fuzzy in Cary, North Carolina
The Celtic Knot in Silverdale, WA
The Dublin Bay Knitting Company in Portland, Oregan
Mein Woll Shop in Germany
Sockmade by Hand in Nederlands
Meadow Yarn in Suffolk, UK
YAK in Brighton, UK
A Yarn Story in Bath, UK


Dyers that LITLG are inspired by include:

Miss Babs in US
Western Sky Knits in US
Hedgehog Fibres in Cork



Colourways mentioned in the audio: Tinshed (Centre) and Turf (right)
Colourways that went home with Dearbhla (from left to right): Heathcliff, Bramble and Atlantic Moss
Beer-tasting with Greg

Umami
Beersmith App
Orange Saison Recipe from Beersmith
Raspberry Wit
DMS (or Dimethyl Sulphides)
Whitelabs Yeast
Images of a Fermenter Fridge
Images of a Belt Heater for Homebrew
Images of Immersion Heater for fermenter
Wort
Untappd Website
4 VG phenolic or 4-vinyl guaiacol (a.k.a. clove)
Esters