Tayler Earl | Wool Needles Hands

Join my SIL Jessica and me for a cozy chat about first sweaters, being a new knitter, and how to navigate self-doubt as a maker. Ir's a good one and I'm so happy we had the opportunity to do it!

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Tayler Earl | Wool Needles Hands

My sister (in law) Jessica joins me this week on the couch for a sit and chat where we discuss first sweaters, knitting jitters, self-doubt as a maker, and what it means to be a knitter (and who’s “earned” the right to call themselves one…spoiler alert: who are we to say?) We’ll also be filming an after show follow up for the Patreon! It was such a memorable experience for me and truly an honor. Can’t wait to share it with you.

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1 day ago | [YT] | 135

Tayler Earl | Wool Needles Hands

Apparently a tiny bird kit from the 1960s has now opened a portal in my brain and I would like to formally request that everyone send me photo/documentation of their:

* vintage craft kits
* strange hobby objects
* unfinished projects
* oddly sincere little leisure artifacts
* stories about quietly making things at kitchen tables

Along with any anecdotes, experiences, touching memories you’d like to include, etc.

Thank you for your cooperation during this important time.

❤️
Tayler

woolneedleshands@gmail.com

PS: I may include your story and photos in an upcoming video. Please let me know in your email if you’d like me to use your name, social handle, both, or if you would like to remain anonymous.

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Tayler Earl | Wool Needles Hands

A special thank you to fiber artist and researcher Emily Robison of The Woven World / Sea Silk Project for her years of work researching and documenting modern sea silk and byssus fiber production.

Several of the images featured in my recent sea silk video belong to Emily and are now properly credited in the video description. Her research was originally published in Ply Magazine’s “Place” Issue #41 (Summer 2023) and later expanded through support from the Center for Craft.

If you were fascinated by the topic and want to learn more directly from someone actively preserving and experimenting with this rare craft tradition, I highly encourage you to explore her work here:
www.seasilkproject.com/

I’m very grateful for the thoughtful conversation that came out of this, and I’m excited to continue exploring material culture and textile history with even greater care and collaboration moving forward.

❤️
Tayler

6 days ago (edited) | [YT] | 23

Tayler Earl | Wool Needles Hands

“The bird doesn’t care” may be one of the most important realizations I’ve had about hobbies in a very long time.

New video coming tomorrow.

1 week ago | [YT] | 119

Tayler Earl | Wool Needles Hands

Come listen to me babble about...purling? Flow state? Why repetitive motion feels like a warm cuppa on a cold day? How mosh pits can lull you into a trance...? All of that? Who's to say. 😏

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 18

Tayler Earl | Wool Needles Hands

Trying something new over on the Patreon: Studio Sessions.

These are long, mostly uncut stretches of real studio work with all the normal sounds left in. No talking, no tutorials, no text on screen, no sped-up montages. Just the actual rhythm of the studio and whatever music happens to be playing while I work.

In this first session, I’m packaging up some final orders from the last Fiber for the People update before moving into prep for the next collection, Wind Season, coming May 9th. There’s dye prep, yarn dyeing, general studio milling around, and all the little in-between tasks that make up a workday over here at Fiber for the People...and also Pepper 🐕‍🦺.

Basically: ambient creative company for knitting, cleaning, editing, reading, working, or staring at your own project while pretending you’re about to start it.

First session is live now over on the WNH Patreon, a great place to go to support the free content here on YouTube: www.patreon.com/posts/studio-sessions-157478452?ut…

Thank you for your support! Hope you enjoy.
❤️
Tayler

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 137

Tayler Earl | Wool Needles Hands

New video tomorrow morning (May 5th at 9am).


This one’s based on a viewer submission… and it ended up being less about what to make, and more about why some things are so hard to use in the first place...and also what to make. 😊

See you then.

❤️
Tayler

4 weeks ago | [YT] | 134

Tayler Earl | Wool Needles Hands

Quick note in case anyone was watching the most recent video and it suddenly disappeared on you yesterday…

I was noticing some audio issues after it went up (something very fixable in editing), so I pulled the video down, cleaned it up, and reuploaded it.

It’s back up now and should be good to go 👍

Tayler

What I’ve Learned About Building Color Palettes
https://youtu.be/TK31g4dt-No

1 month ago | [YT] | 7

Tayler Earl | Wool Needles Hands

This week’s video started with a viewer email and a very detailed knitting pattern page.

I thought it was going to be a simple “look at this cool thing” kind of video. It was not. It turned into a much bigger conversation about what we are really paying for in a knitting pattern and whether “above and beyond” should ever become the standard. It’s up now.

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Tayler

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