Celebrate the creativity of knitters, crocheters, and artisans with Liz & Zontee. As the holiday season approaches, we think of beautiful gifts to purchase, as well as inspiration for gifts that we can make on our own. Support handmade with today’s episode when we give shout-outs to makers of all kinds of yarn-related goods.
Zontee also interviews Tony Ford, EVP/COO of Artfire.com, an online marketplace for handmade artisans, suppliers, and more. Tony shares just how easy it is to get started selling on ArtFire for free. Check out Arfire.com/LionBrand.
Links discussed include:
- Peacecat Handcrafts
- Flying Pear Designs
- Beautiful Bridget
- October’s Child
- Rock Creek Creations
- Eli’s Crochet Creations
- Beansprout Creations
- Planet June
- Jellee Beenees
Stash This: Ideas for Your Crafting Life — Liz & Zontee look ahead to the upcoming holidays and give a couple of fun and festive decor ideas that you can start now! Patterns discussed include:
- Thanksgiving Wreath
- Fall Foliage Felted Wreath
- Harvest Bowl
- Bountiful Napkin Rings
- Adorable Acorn Accents
- Tom Turkey
- Thanksgiving Cornucopia and Veggies
- Pumpkins
- Festive Tree Skirt
- Home for the Holidays Afghan
- Holiday Throw
- Inspiration for Toilet Paper Tube Dolls
The next episode is about holiday gift ideas, so tell us what you’re making for your loved ones. To share your comments and thoughts, post a message on the blog, email to yarncraft [at] lionbrand [dot] com! You can also call in at 774-452-YARN–that’s 774-452-9276.
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Theme music is “Boy with a Coin” by Iron and Wine, from the PodSafe Music Network.
Show Notes:
00:14 Intro & welcome
01:24 Hooks & Needles
05:47 ArtFire Artisans
17:27 Interview with Tony Ford
30:35 Stash This: Ideas for Your Crafting Life
38:48 Thanks to our guests
November 6th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
I love the podcast as usual, and thank you for the answer to my prayers. A free site that I can list my products. I already checked out artfire.com and I love it and I’ll be registering with them. This will give me a great headstart in selling my crafts.
Thanks YarnCraft.
Liz & Zontee and the Lion Brand company and staff-keep up the good work.
November 9th, 2009 at 6:42 am
Thanks so much for mentioning my amigurumi patterns in the podcast! I just noticed that there’s a typo in your link to my ArtFire store - it should read http://www.artfire.com/users/planetjune
YarnCraft says: Hi June, thanks for pointing that out! We’ve fixed it!