Welcome to The Crochet Circle Podcast and the show notes for Episode 26 – CALathon.
 
In this episode, I cover: Quick news beats; Old dog, new tricks;  FOs; WIPs; DIPs; Feeding the habit, Review of Making Winter book; Big Up and What's good?
 
This podcast is sponsored by my online crafting company, Provenance Craft Co. 


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1 - Quick news beats
Global Hook Up – Are you all ready to join in the first-ever Global Hook Up?  Here are the joining details: 
 
Hi there,
Fay Dashper-Hughes is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: 1st Global Hook Up with The Crochet Circle Podcast Group
Time: Feb 3, 2018 7:00 PM London
Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/4750475819
The meeting ID number is 475-047-5819 and you will need to join via Zoom which you can do here:  https://www.zoom.us/join
I have set it up so that everyone is on mute to begin with and then I can unmute you.  The meeting will start when I join in at 7pm (GMT) on Saturday 3rd February.  It will run for an hour and then we can take a call on whether it works and we want longer sessions.
 
The next session will be on 24th of February and may have a later start time so that it is more accessible from the Eastern time zones too.
You may need to bear with me whilst I get to grips with the technology.  If you are on Instagram, then please get involved by using #GlobalHookUp and following that hashtag.  That way I can see what you are all up to and comment on your projects.     
 
I will also release the meeting code on Instagram about an hour before it starts on Saturday night (GMT).
One Skein Wonderland CAL – By the time this podcast is out the CAL will have closed.  We will announce prizes shortly afterwards.
There have been so many great projects.  Even if you haven’t managed to join the CAL, I encourage you to look at the Finished Objects thread in the Love Charlie Podcast group on Ravelry and #OneSkeinWonderlandCAL on Instagram to see some fabulous projects.
Different Designer CAL – This will start on 1st March and run until 8th April.  The premise is that you go to the ‘Different Designer CAL’ Ravelry thread and tell everyone who your favourite designer is.  You share why you love their designs and which your favourite one is.  You then get to look through all the suggestions or come up with your own. You HAVE to try out a new designer, that’s the only rule. 
Other Crochet Circle CALs –
4th May to 30th June – Summer tops CAL
13th July – 31st August – Vintage Along (using either vintage yarn or a vintage pattern - 20+ years old) 
14th September – 26th October – Sock Along
24th December – 31st January – One Skein Wonderland CAL
Apart from the Different Designer CAL, I am going to add a new twist which is that you can enter WIPs so long as they fit the brief.
#FridayIsDyeDay – It’s great to see people taking part in this on the last Friday of every month.  There was some amazing speckled yarn by Lyndsay (andthentherewasmorgan on IG), Gemma (curlygem92 on IG) dyed up four fab bright colourways and started almost straight away to crochet a hat with one of them.  Haylie (fireweedfibres in IG) dyed up two colourways and Jo (dancing_goat_crafts on IG) dyed up some wool tops ready for spinning.   I managed to do some from my weekend accommodation.  I dyed a shop-bought pair of cashmere gloves a bright turquoise and over-dyed some orange yarn that I had previously dyed and not loved.  It has already been crocheted up into a cowl which you can see in FOs. 
I also made my Mum dye up a skein which you can see below.  It’s and 80% Merino/20% silk mix and she wants me to knit her a pair of socks with it.
 

 
Unravel Festival – I am heading to Unr