Tutorial Times & things I have made #crochettutorial #crochetstitch #knittingtutorial #crochetstitchSams Yarn Basket2025-05-07 | Info video, no voice over, music only. Check out the schedule for all my upcoming weekly tutorials, both crochet and knit.
I've also thrown together some pictures of items I have made in the past 4-5 years.
Thanks.Operation Platypus: Time to Plump Him Up!Sams Yarn Basket2026-09-25 | 🧶 Operation Platypus: Time to Plump Him Up! | Live for 45
Our platypus adventure continues! 🦆🦫💜
Last time we made more progress on our little fellow, but now we’ve reached a rather important question...
Just how fat should our platypus be? 😂
In this episode of Live for 45, I’ll be spending another 45 minutes working on our platypus while we figure out his shape, proportions and just how delightfully plump he ought to become.
Remember, Live for 45 isn’t about finishing a project in 45 minutes. The rule is simply that this project is worked on only during these 45-minute lives, completely on screen with you. When the 45 minutes are up, down go the hook and yarn until the next episode!
So grab your knitting, crochet or whatever crafty project you’re working on, settle in, and keep me company for 45 minutes. And I definitely want your opinion...
Too slim? Just right? A little chubby? Or gloriously round? 🤣🧶
Maggie and Joey will, of course, be supervising proceedings. Whether either of them is qualified to judge appropriate platypus dimensions remains highly questionable. 🐾
Thank you for watching, chatting, liking, subscribing and simply being part of our little yarny corner of the world. Whether you’re working along with me or just stopping by for company, you’re always welcome in the Basket. 🧺🧶
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Welcome back to Hook & Sip, our weekly get-together where we grab our crochet hooks, something nice to sip, and spend some time learning, chatting and crocheting together. 💜
This week we’re adding another stitch to our growing collection of crochet techniques: the beautiful Close Shells Stitch.
This is a wonderfully textured stitch made from groups of double crochets separated by single crochets. Once you understand where those stitches are placed, the pattern settles into a lovely rhythm and is quite easy to remember.
Make yourself a small practice swatch, experiment with different yarns and colours, or make a larger piece to add to your freeform crochet sampler blanket. Remember, our swatches don’t have to be wasted—we can eventually join all these different textures, shapes and techniques together into something completely unique. 🧶
As always, crochet along with me, ask questions in the chat, and most importantly—enjoy yourself. There are no crochet police here! 😁
🧶 CLOSE SHELLS STITCH PATTERN
Multiple of 6 sts, plus 1 for the foundation chain.
Row 1: 2dc in 4th ch from hook, skip 2ch, 1sc in next ch. *Skip 2ch, 4dc in next ch, skip 2ch, 1sc in next ch; rep from * to end, turn.
Row 2: Ch3, 2dc in first sc, skip 2dc, *1sc between 2nd and 3rd dc of next group, skip 2dc, 4dc in next sc, skip 2dc; rep from * ending 1sc in sp between last dc and ch-3, turn.
Thank you so much for spending part of your day with me. Whether you're following along with the Close Shells tutorial, working on your sampler blanket, or simply sitting with us while you work on something completely different, you're always welcome in the Basket. 🧺💜
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This week Fibre Facts Club is doing something a little different!
Instead of me simply sharing the research while you sit back and listen, this episode is going to be a discussion, and I want YOU to be part of it. I’ll also be joined by special guests as we take a closer look at yarn bombing and ask whether this colourful form of fibre art is harmless fun... or whether there are some problems hiding underneath all those beautiful stitches.
🌳 BEFORE we begin, you'll get to vote:
Are you FOR yarn bombing, AGAINST it, or UNSURE?
Then tell us WHY!
During our discussion we'll look at some of the big questions surrounding yarn bombing:
🧶 Does yarn bombing actually hurt trees? 🚲 What if we're covering something that isn't alive, such as a fence, bench, lamppost or old bicycle? 🌎 What happens to yarn when it's left outside in the weather? 🐦 Could loose or deteriorating yarn cause problems for wildlife? ♻️ Does using acrylic yarn create an environmental problem? 💰 Is yarn bombing simply a waste of perfectly good yarn? 🎨 Is it public art, decoration... or something else? 🌳 Can yarn bombing be done responsibly?
We'll look at beautiful, freshly created yarn bombing as well as installations that have been left outside to fade, deteriorate and fall apart.
And importantly, we're going to separate some of the things that are often said about yarn bombing from what the available evidence actually tells us.
Then, after we've heard the facts, discussed the arguments and listened to each other's opinions, we're voting AGAIN.
Will you still be FOR, AGAINST or UNSURE?
Or will something you hear during Fibre Facts Club actually change your mind?
☕ Grab your hook, needles and current project and come join the conversation. There isn't a “correct” side you have to take. Bring your opinion, tell us why you think that way, listen to what everyone else has to say and let's see where the discussion takes us!
Thank you for watching, chatting, sharing your thoughts and being part of Sam's Yarn Basket. Whether you agree, disagree or haven't made your mind up yet, respectful discussion is always welcome here.
After all, Fibre Facts Club isn't just about collecting facts. Sometimes the interesting part is discovering what we think after we've heard them. 🧶🌳
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Welcome back to Stitch & Sip, where we grab our needles, pour something lovely into our cups, and add another stitch to our growing knitting toolbox!
This week we’re learning Diagonal Tweed, a wonderfully textured 6-row stitch pattern that creates those lovely diagonal lines across the fabric. It looks far more complicated than it actually is, which is exactly the sort of stitch I enjoy! 😁
As always, the idea isn’t that we need to turn today’s swatch into a finished project. We’re experimenting, learning and building our skills one stitch at a time. Keep those swatches because eventually they can become part of our wonderfully scrappy, completely unique Stitch & Sip freeform sampler blanket.
Bring along your yarn, needles, current project or simply come for the company. 💜
🧶 DIAGONAL TWEED STITCH PATTERN
Row 1 (RS): K1, *k1, slip the next 3 sts with the yarn in front, k2; repeat from the * across, ending with k1.
Row 2: P1, *p3, slip the next 3 sts with the yarn in back; repeat from the * across, ending with p1.
Row 3: K1, *slip the next 2 sts with the yarn in front, k3, slip the next st with the yarn in front; repeat from the * across, ending with k1.
Row 4: P1, *slip the next 2 sts with the yarn in back, p3, slip the next st with the yarn in back; repeat from the * across, ending with p1.
Row 5: K1, *k3, slip the next 3 sts with the yarn in front; repeat from the * across, ending with k1.
Row 6: P1, *p1, slip the next 3 sts with the yarn in back, p2; repeat from the * across, ending with p1.
Repeat Rows 1–6 for the pattern.
💡 Abbreviations: K = knit P = purl St/sts = stitch/stitches RS = right side
Whether you knit along with me, work on something entirely different, or simply settle in for a chat, you’re very welcome here. After all, Stitch & Sip is as much about the company as it is about the stitches. ☕🧶
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In this episode of Fibre Facts Club, we’re following the fascinating evolution of hand spinning. 🧶
We’ll start with the humble drop spindle, then follow the changes that gave us the Great Wheel, the development of the flyer and bobbin, treadle wheels, Saxony-style wheels, modern castle wheels and finally the electric spinner.
But this isn’t quite a story of one invention simply replacing another. Some of these spinning tools continued to be used alongside newer inventions for centuries, and amazingly, people are still happily spinning with drop spindles today.
And yes, we are deliberately walking straight past the Industrial Revolution this time! 😂 This episode is about the tools used by hand spinners, how they changed, and what each new idea made easier.
So grab your knitting, crochet, spinning or whatever is keeping your hands busy, settle in and join me for another trip down the fibre-history rabbit hole.
💬 I’d love to know: If you could try just one method of spinning, which would you choose? A drop spindle, Great Wheel, traditional treadle wheel or a modern electric spinner?
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#FibreFactsClub #SpinningYarn #SpinningWheel #DropSpindle #HandSpinning #YarnHistory #FiberArts #Knitting #Crochet #SamsYarnBasketA normal week for Maggie and JoeySams Yarn Basket2026-09-19 | Welcome to Sam’s Yarn Basket! 🧶💜
If you love knitting, crochet, learning new stitches, trying new techniques, discovering fascinating fibre facts, tackling new projects and spending time with a friendly yarn-loving community, you’ve found the right basket!
I’m Sam, and here we believe in “all for yarn and yarn for all.” Whether you’ve been knitting and crocheting for decades or you’ve only just picked up your first hook or pair of needles, you are very welcome here.
Of course, as this little film reveals, I may not actually be the one running things around here. 😂
Meet Maggie and Joey, the real management team behind Sam’s Yarn Basket.
Maggie takes her supervisory responsibilities very seriously.
Joey... has an emotional-support ball of purple yarn.
Between them they oversee research, knitting, crochet, quality control, staff wellness, live-show preparation and, apparently, the occasional disappearance of my craft supplies. 🐾🧶
Around the channel you’ll find Stitch & Sip, Hook & Sip, Fibre Facts Club, Live for 45, Twisted Fiber Friends, Southern Sisters, the Sock/Hat Challenge, tutorials, projects, community fun and plenty more from the wonderful world of yarn and fibre.
So pull up a chair, grab your current project and come spend some time with us.
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You've come to the right place for everything Southern! Join us as we chat about yarn, hooks, knitting needles, and all our favourite crafting tools. We'll share CALs, patterns, project inspiration, delicious Southern recipes, and, of course, the best sweet tea you'll ever sip!
So grab your latest project, settle into your favourite chair, and come spend some time with us as we share our love of crafting, friendship, and Southern living.
We'd love to have you join us each week! Be sure to subscribe to all of our channels so you never miss an episode of Southern Sisters.
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Our little platypus is slowly starting to look like an actual platypus! 😂💙
Join me for another Live for 45, where we spend 45 minutes crocheting, chatting, laughing, and seeing just how much progress we can make before the clock runs out.
This week I’m continuing work on our crocheted platypus, and the goal is to add the front legs. Will I actually manage to get both of them attached in 45 minutes? There’s only one way to find out! ⏰🧶
The whole idea behind Live for 45 is simple: whatever project I’m working on is worked on only during these 45-minute lives. No sneaky rows between episodes! So you really are watching this project grow along with me, one live at a time.
Bring along whatever is on your hook or needles, grab your favourite drink, settle in and spend 45 minutes with the Basketeers. You certainly don’t have to be making a platypus to join us. 💜
🌸 This week: Continuing our crochet platypus 🦆 The mission: Front legs! ⏰ The challenge: How much can we accomplish in 45 minutes?
I’d love to hear what you’re working on in the chat!
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#LiveFor45 #SamsYarnBasket #CrochetAlong #CrochetPlatypus #Amigurumi #CrochetLive #CrochetWithMe #CrochetCommunity #YarnCommunity #BasketeersOnly Knits & Purls, So Much Texture! | Learn the Hurdle StitchSams Yarn Basket2026-09-15 | 🧶 Stitch & Sip — Learn the Hurdle Stitch With Me!
Welcome back to Stitch & Sip! ☕🧶
This week we’re adding another lovely stitch to our growing collection of knitting skills — the Hurdle Stitch.
The Hurdle Stitch is wonderfully simple but creates a beautiful textured fabric using only knit and purl stitches. That makes it a great choice for newer knitters who want to move beyond basic garter and stocking stitch, while still being interesting enough for experienced knitters to enjoy.
And remember, our Stitch & Sip swatches don’t have to end up forgotten in a drawer! We’re building our collection of different stitches, textures and shapes that can eventually become part of our freeform scrappy sampler blanket. There are no strict rules — we’re learning, experimenting and seeing where our knitting takes us. 💜
So grab your needles, some yarn, your favourite drink and come knit with me!
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Welcome back to Fibre Facts Club at Sam’s Yarn Basket, where we settle in with our yarn and explore the fascinating people, stories and history behind the crafts we love.
Today we're travelling back to a time when knitting wasn't simply something people did to relax. Knitting was work. It was a skilled trade, and for many people it was a way of earning a living.
We'll explore the forgotten world of professional knitting and discover how men, women and children used their needles to help support themselves and their families.
We'll talk about some of the earliest surviving evidence of knitting, the rise of professional knitting in Europe, knitting guilds and the extraordinary skills expected of a master knitter. We'll also discover just how important the stocking trade became, why the English government once cared about whether people wore woollen caps, and how William Lee's invention of the stocking frame helped change knitting forever.
And yes — men knitted professionally too! 🧶
So how did knitting travel from profession to hobby? And when did our modern picture of knitting begin to emerge?
Grab your knitting or crochet, make yourself comfortable and join me for another trip through fibre history.
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And what piece of knitting history would you like us to investigate next on Fibre Facts Club?
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Today we have a tutorial for the 'knotted HDC', which is Sam's stitch choice for our CAL's third panel.
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It’s time for another Live for 45, and our wonderfully quirky platypus is back on the hook!
The special rule of Live for 45 is that this project is made entirely during our live time together. I don’t sneak in a few rows afterwards, finish a tricky bit off camera, or work ahead between episodes. When the 45 minutes are up, the hook goes down until the next Live for 45!
Our platypus is certainly beginning to take shape, but there’s still work to be done. Come and see just how much progress we can make in another 45 minutes. Will everything go according to plan... or will our platypus have ideas of its own? 😂
Bring along your own WIP, grab your hook, needles and a cuppa, and spend 45 relaxed, yarny minutes with me and the Basketeers. Whether you crochet, knit, spin, stitch or simply want some company, you’re very welcome. 🧶💜
And, of course, Maggie and Joey are never very far away! 🐾🐾
⏱️ 45 minutes. One project. No working on it between lives. Let’s see what we can make together!
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#LiveFor45 #SamsYarnBasket #CrochetPlatypus #CrochetAlong #Amigurumi #CrochetLive #CrochetWIP #YarnCommunity #CrochetWithMe #BasketeersDon’t Throw Away Your Crochet Swatches! 🧶 We’re Making THIS!Sams Yarn Basket2026-09-11 | 🧶 HOOK & SIP — What Do We Do With All Those Crochet Swatches?
What happens to all those little crochet stitch swatches once we’ve learned the stitch?
We turn them into something wonderful! 🧶💜
For this episode of Hook & Sip, I want to return to the original purpose behind this series: learning together and building our crochet skills by exploring a huge variety of stitches, techniques, textures and shapes of crocheted fabric.
Hook & Sip is our opportunity to experiment. We can begin with simple stitches and gradually work our way through beautiful textures, lace, clusters, shells, cables, bobbles and all sorts of interesting techniques.
But that leaves us with one rather important question...
What do we DO with all those swatches?
Well, I have an idea! 😁
Instead of making dozens of identical squares for a traditional sampler blanket, we're going to embrace the chaos and allow our Hook & Sip swatches to become a completely free-form crochet creation.
Our swatches don't even have to be squares!
We can make long rectangles, short rectangles, circles, triangles, granny-style pieces, flowers and all sorts of unusual shapes as we explore different crochet techniques.
And when two pieces don't quite fit together?
That's part of the adventure!
We might crochet an extra border around one piece. We could add a few rows to another. We might create a completely new little shape to fill an awkward gap or crochet directly onto an existing swatch to make everything fit.
There are no perfect rows, no identical blocks and absolutely no requirement for symmetry.
In fact, the more wonderfully mismatched it becomes, the better!
As the weeks and months pass, all those individual experiments will gradually become something much bigger—a free-form Hook & Sip stitch sampler blanket that tells the story of our crochet journey.
We'll be able to look back at the simpler stitches from the beginning and see how our skills developed as we tackled more interesting textures, beautiful lace, unusual construction methods and increasingly challenging techniques.
Eventually, we won't just have a blanket.
We'll have a record of everything we've learned together. ❤️
So start rummaging through those yarn baskets!
Choose one yarn weight for your project. I'm likely to use 3 weight / 8 ply / DK yarn, but you could choose something finer—or heavier if that's what you enjoy. Pick a crochet hook that works nicely with your chosen yarn and then use all those leftovers, odd balls and scraps you've been saving.
Bright colours? Absolutely!
Muted tones? Beautiful!
A carefully chosen colour palette? Go for it!
Every colour of the rainbow thrown together with absolutely no plan whatsoever?
Now you're speaking my language! 😂
But I don't want another blanket!
Who said it has to be a blanket?
Imagine turning this idea into the most wonderfully chaotic crochet cardigan or jumper!
Different stitches, different shapes and different colours could all come together to create a completely unique garment. You could even design it as you go, adding pieces until eventually you realise...
I've made a cardigan!
That's what I want Hook & Sip to become.
Not simply a collection of individual tutorials, but a long-term creative adventure where everything we learn has the opportunity to become part of something bigger.
A masterpiece.
An heirloom.
Or perhaps the craziest cardigan you've ever worn. 😂🧶
☕ So make yourself something nice to sip, grab your hook and your basket of scrap yarn, and join me for Hook & Sip.
All for yarn and yarn for all! 🧶💜
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It’s time for our first Halloween Sock Challenge, and things are about to get a little spooky! 👻🧙♀️🧶
Join Jenn, Katie and Sam as we cast on a brand-new pair of Halloween socks and spend the challenge knitting, learning, laughing and sharing our progress together.
🕷️ WHAT IS THE HALLOWEEN SOCK CHALLENGE?
The idea is simple — make a pair of Halloween socks!
Make them for yourself, for someone who LOVES Halloween, for your kids or grandkids, or for somebody who would get a kick out of having their very own pair of spooky handmade socks. 🎃
We already have our patterns picked out, and during the show we'll show you where you can find them so you can knit along with us.
But you absolutely DO NOT have to use the same pattern!
Already have a Halloween sock pattern you've been itching to make? Use it! This challenge isn't about everybody making identical socks. It's about having fun, trying something new, sharing our progress and perhaps learning a few new tricks along the way.
🧙♀️ SOCK 2 — EPISODE 1
Today we're kicking everything off!
We'll talk about our chosen patterns, what we're planning, what you'll need to get started and how you can join in.
And, of course, we have some learning to do...
🧶 TODAY'S TUTORIAL: A NEW SOCK CUFF!
I'll take you through a different cuff technique that you might like to add to your sock-knitting toolbox. Even if you decide not to use it for your Halloween socks, it's another technique you'll have ready for a future pair.
Most importantly, this challenge is about FUN, FRIENDSHIP, LEARNING and COMMUNITY. ❤️
Show us your yarn. Show us your pattern. Show us your progress. Ask questions. Share your victories — and yes, share those moments when the knitting doesn't quite go according to plan too! 😂
Grab your needles, choose your spookiest yarn and come knit some Halloween socks with us! 🎃🧦🕸️
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🎃 Come for the socks. Stay for the fun. And let's see what wonderfully wicked creations we can make! 🧦👻🧶
#SockChallenge #HalloweenSocks #SockKnitting #KnittingChallenge #HalloweenKnitting #KnittingTutorial #KnittingCommunity #HandKnitSocks #SockKnitters #KnittingTogetherFrom Swatches to Heirlooms 🧶 Let’s Build Something Beautiful!Sams Yarn Basket2026-09-08 | What happens to all those little stitch swatches once we’ve learned the stitch? We turn them into something wonderful! 🧶💜
For this episode of Stitch & Sip, I want to return to the original purpose behind this series: learning together and building our knitting skills by exploring a huge variety of stitches, techniques and shapes of knitted fabric.
When Stitch & Sip began, I wanted it to be a place where we could try everything—from the simplest beginner stitches to beautiful textures, fascinating construction techniques, stunning lace and, eventually, those wonderfully captivating cables.
But there’s always been one question...
What do we DO with all those swatches?
Well, I have an idea! 😁
Rather than making perfectly identical squares and carefully arranging them into a traditional sampler blanket, I want us to embrace the chaos and create a completely free-form Stitch & Sip sampler blanket.
Imagine long rectangular swatches sitting alongside little squares. Circles meeting oddly shaped pieces. One swatch might be too short, another too long, and two pieces we desperately want beside each other might not fit together at all.
That’s where the fun begins!
We may need to knit an extra edge. We might create a tiny free-form shape just to fill a gap. We could pick up stitches along one piece to make it meet another. Sometimes we'll have to invent a solution as we go.
There are no perfect rows, no identical blocks and no requirement for symmetry.
Over time, all those seemingly unrelated pieces will slowly become one wonderfully chaotic creation—a blanket that tells the story of our knitting journey.
The early sections will remind us of the simpler stitches we learned. Later we'll see our confidence growing as textures become more interesting, lace becomes more intricate and cables begin twisting their way through our fabric.
Eventually, we won't just have a stitch sampler.
We'll have a record of how our knitting skills developed. ❤️
So grab that basket of scrap yarn! Choose one yarn weight—perhaps 3 weight / 8 ply / DK like me, or something finer if that's what you enjoy. Choose one set of needles appropriate for your yarn, and let's see where this adventure takes us.
And eventually?
We may just have created a masterpiece. An heirloom. Something completely unique that we'll cherish forever.
But I don't want another blanket!
EVEN BETTER! 😂
Why not take exactly the same idea and turn those swatches into a completely chaotic cardigan or jumper?
Go wild with bright colours and scraps from dozens of projects, or choose a beautiful collection of muted tones for something more subtle. Imagine wearing a garment where every section represents a stitch you learned along the way!
There are no rules here. That's rather the point.
☕ So make yourself something nice to sip, grab your needles and your scrap basket, and join me for Stitch & Sip.
All for yarn and yarn for all! 🧶
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Welcome back to Fibre Film Club — where we watch, learn, chat and, of course, usually have some yarn in our hands! 🧶🎬
This week we're doing something a little different and going behind the scenes of Fibre Film Club.
Putting together these episodes isn't quite as simple as finding an interesting film and pressing play. There are copyright rules to consider, research to do, images and footage to find, scripts and commentary to prepare — and sometimes an idea that sounds wonderful at first has to be completely rethought because of what I can and cannot legally show.
So today we're chatting about:
🎬 Copyright and Fibre Film Club — what are some of the issues I have to think about? ⚖️ What's allowed and what isn't? 🔎 Finding photographs, film clips and other material that I can actually use 📝 The research and planning that happens before you ever see an episode 💡 How I turn an idea into a Fibre Film Club topic 🧶 And some of the ideas I'd love to explore with you in future episodes.
But that's not our only challenge today...
🧦 THE SOCK CHALLENGE!
You may recognise my gloriously bright pink and orange sock — but there's a problem.
It needs a partner!
So the question is:
Can I finish knitting the SECOND SOCK before Thursday at 9:30am Eastern US time?
The clock is ticking, the yarn is waiting, and I'm not entirely convinced I've left myself enough time. 😂
Come and keep me company while we talk copyright, Fibre Film Club, future ideas, knitting and everything else that inevitably finds its way into the conversation.
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All for yarn and yarn for all! ❤️
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Welcome back to another Live for 45 at Sam’s Yarn Basket!
Our little platypus is slowly coming together, and this week we’re moving on to those rather unusual platypus limbs! 😂
Today we’ll be working on the legs and those wonderfully strange flipper-like “hands.”
As with the rest of this project, we’re figuring things out together as we go. The aim has always been to create our platypus right here on camera, stitch by stitch, so nobody misses part of the process. That means there may be a little experimenting, a little frogging, and probably a few moments of “Well... that didn’t quite work!” — but that’s all part of the fun!
🧶 THIS WEEK WE’LL BE:
• Working out the shape and size of our platypus legs • Creating those distinctive webbed/flipper-style “hands” • Looking at how they should sit against the body • Making adjustments as we go • Chatting, crocheting and enjoying 45 minutes of yarny company together!
If you’re making your own platypus alongside me, grab your hook and yarn and join in. And if you’re simply here for the company, pop the kettle on, bring whatever is currently on your hook or needles and settle in with the Basketeers. ☕🧶
There’s absolutely no rush with this project. Live for 45 is about enjoying the process, learning together and seeing where our yarn takes us.
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See you in the Yarn Basket! 🧺🧶
#SamsYarnBasket #LiveFor45 #CrochetPlatypus #CrochetAlong #CrochetAmigurumi #CrochetWithMe #CrochetLive #Amigurumi #CrochetCommunity #YarnCommunity #BasketeersYarn room clean up, wips found!Sams Yarn Basket2026-09-04 | 🧶 What’s On My Hook & Needles? | WIP Update + Star Sock Toe Tutorial LIVE!
Come and join me for a relaxed, yarny catch-up as we take a look inside my WIP bags and see exactly what’s currently on my hook and needles!
Like most knitters and crocheters, apparently I have decided that one project at a time simply isn’t enough! 😂 Today I have five Works in Progress to share with you — some knitting, some crochet, some nearly finished... and perhaps some that still have quite a journey ahead of them!
🧦 A Pair of Socks – We’ll check in on my latest pair of socks, and this WIP comes with a little something extra! I’ll be giving you a tutorial for the Star Sock Toe, showing you how this interesting toe is worked so you can give it a try on your own socks.
⭐ STAR SOCK TOE TUTORIAL – If you’re here specifically for the tutorial, don’t worry! As always, I’ll add timestamps so you can jump directly to the tutorial and follow it without having to search through the live.
👚 My Summer Top – Let’s see how the crochet summer top is progressing, where I’m up to and what still needs to be done.
🦆 Our Platypus – Our wonderfully weird little Australian friend is still hanging around in the WIP pile! We’ll take a look at how our platypus is progressing and what comes next.
🧶 The Subscribers Blanket – Time for an update on the knitted scrap blanket that has been growing along with the Sam’s Yarn Basket community.
🧢 A Winter Hat – And finally, we’ll take a peek at another project currently on my needles — a cosy winter hat.
This live is all about Works in Progress, catching up and crafting together, with our Star Sock Toe tutorial thrown into the mix.
So grab one of your own WIPs, make yourself a cuppa and settle into your favourite chair. And be sure to tell me in the chat...
How many WIPs do YOU currently have hiding around the house? 😂🧶
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Welcome back to Stitch and Sip, where we grab our needles, pour ourselves something nice to drink, and enjoy a little knitting together. ☕🧶
This week we're starting a gorgeous knitted quilted baby blanket made from individual soft, puffy knitted squares.
What I particularly love about this project is that it can be made almost entirely from scrap yarn. 🌈 There is no need to buy a whole new collection of yarns. Dig through your stash, find all those little leftover balls from previous projects, and turn them into colourful puffy squares.
And the best part? The squares can be joined as you go! So rather than knitting a mountain of squares and facing a huge sewing job at the end, we can gradually watch our quilt grow as we make it.
This makes it a wonderful stash-busting project and something you can keep beside your favourite knitting chair. Whenever you finish a project and have some yarn left over, make another square and add it to your quilt.
💛 And why stop at a baby blanket?
Keep going and you could make a cot blanket, lap quilt, throw, single-bed quilt or even a full-sized quilt for your own bed. Imagine snuggling underneath a thick, squishy, hand-knitted quilt made from memories of all the projects you've knitted over the years. It would be absolutely perfect for winter!
As always, I'll include timestamps so you can jump directly to the full, uninterrupted tutorial for making the puffy square. That way, once you've watched the episode and understand how everything works, you can return whenever you need a refresher without having to search through the entire video.
So grab your needles, raid that scrap-yarn basket and come Stitch and Sip with me! ☕🧶💕
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You've come to the right place for everything Southern! Join us as we chat about yarn, hooks, knitting needles, and all our favourite crafting tools. We'll share CALs, patterns, project inspiration, delicious Southern recipes, and, of course, the best sweet tea you'll ever sip!
So grab your latest project, settle into your favourite chair, and come spend some time with us as we share our love of crafting, friendship, and Southern living.
We'd love to have you join us each week! Be sure to subscribe to all of our channels so you never miss an episode of Southern Sisters.
Bring your latest project, pour yourself a glass of sweet tea (or enjoy your favourite ice cream!), and spend some relaxing time crafting and chatting with us. We can't wait to see you in the live chat!Eyes, Legs and Nostrils, oh my!Sams Yarn Basket2026-08-29 | 🦆 LIVE for 45 – Platypus! Week 4 🧶
Welcome back to LIVE for 45! 💜
This week, we’re continuing our slightly weird, wonderfully wonky amigurumi platypus adventure, and our little friend is really starting to come to life!
It’s Week 4, and today we’re concentrating on some of those details that can completely change the personality of our platypus.
👀 EYE SELECTION & ATTACHMENT We’ll be choosing the eyes for our platypus and deciding exactly where they should go before we commit to attaching them. Eye placement can make a surprisingly big difference to an amigurumi’s expression!
🦆 THE THREE LEGS – SHOULD I WORK THEM OFFLINE? We’ll have a chat about whether I should work the three legs separately, offline, rather than trying to complete every single part while we’re live. There’s always a balance between keeping everything on camera so nobody misses a stitch and making sure the project actually progresses!
👃 LET'S TALK NOSTRILS! A platypus bill needs nostrils — but how should we represent them in crochet? We’ll discuss the options and decide exactly how we're going to portray those little details on our platypus's bill.
As always, this isn't about racing to the finish. We're taking our time, figuring things out together, chatting, laughing, and hopefully creating a rather fabulous little weird, rare and wonderful platypus along the way. 💜
☕ Grab your yarn, your favourite beverage and come spend 45 minutes of yarny fun with me!
Thank you for spending part of your day with me. Whether you're crocheting along, working on your own WIP, or simply keeping me company while I figure out exactly how we're going to make this peculiar little platypus work — I'm so glad you're here!
Weird. Rare. Wonderful. 💜
#LiveFor45 #SamsYarnBasket #Amigurumi #CrochetPlatypus #CrochetAlong #CrochetWithMe #AmigurumiCrochet #CrochetCommunity #CrochetTutorial #YarnCraft #CrochetWIPA Lightweight Summer TopSams Yarn Basket2026-08-28 | Hook and Sip — Week One: A Cotton Top for Summer 🧶☕🌸
Welcome back to Hook and Sip! This week we’re starting something a little different — I’m going to begin creating my own crocheted summer top design in 100% cotton, and you’re coming along for the entire design process!
For Week One, we’re concentrating on two very important things: getting the sizing right for the person the top is being made for, and becoming familiar with the stitch I’ve designed and chosen for this project.
This is the same stitch I previously designed for the sleeve of my Mrs Weasley Cardigan, so I’ll be showing you how that stitch is created and getting you familiar with how it works before we start building the top.
If everything goes according to plan, we should be able to get our starting chain and first row completed during this episode. From there, we’ll build the design week by week and see where this little experiment takes us!
🧶 Make It Your Way
One of the things I love about designing your own crochet is that you get to make the choices.
Although I’m designing this version in 100% cotton as a summer top, you don't have to use cotton if that's not what you want.
You can use any yarn you like, together with the appropriate hook size for that yarn.
Want something lightweight and cool for summer? Go for it!
Want to make the design heavier and thicker so it works for autumn? That's completely up to you!
The idea is to create a design that can be adapted to your yarn, your recipient and your preferences.
📐 The Pattern
Once I have finished the complete item and tested the design, the written pattern will be made available through my Ravelry patterns for a small charge.
That way, we're able to work through the design process together first, and I can make sure the finished pattern works properly before making it available.
So grab your yarn, your hook, your favourite drink and come and Hook and Sip with me! ☕🧶
Come and join the Sam's Yarn Basket community on Facebook, share what you're making, ask questions and yarn along with us!
Remember: No pressure, no perfection — just yarn, creativity, good company and a little bit of experimenting.
Grab your hook, grab your yarn and your favourite beverage...
Let's Hook and Sip! 🧶☕💜
#HookAndSip #SamsYarnBasket #Crochet #CrochetDesign #CrochetTop #CottonCrochet #CrochetSummerTop #CrochetAlong #CrochetWithMe #Handmade #CrochetCommunityMid-way, Mid-Week, Show us your Socks!Sams Yarn Basket2026-08-28 | 🧦🧶 SOCK CHALLENGE – ATYPICAL MID-WEEK | EPISODE 2 🧶🧦
Welcome back to Atypical Mid-Week and our very first Sock Challenge!
We’ve made it to the halfway point of our first Sock Challenge, so this episode is all about checking in, showing our progress, and seeing how those socks are coming along!
Join Froggy Went A Knitting and Sam’s Yarn Basket as we continue our sock journey, with plenty of knitting, chatting, learning, laughing — and hopefully not too much frogging! 🐸😂
🧦 THIS WEEK: THE BAND HEEL!
This week we’ll be demonstrating the Band Heel in a step-by-step tutorial.
Whether you’re following along with our challenge or simply wanting to learn another way of constructing a knitted sock heel, we’ll take you through the process and show you exactly what we’re doing.
We’ll also be showing our progress so far, comparing where we are in the challenge and talking about how our socks are developing.
The Sock Challenge isn't about racing to the finish line — it’s about learning, trying something new, sharing our progress and, most importantly, having fun with our yarny friends! ❤️
So grab your needles, grab your sock project, pour yourself something lovely and come join us for some Atypical Mid-Week socky fun!
🧶 LET'S LEARN, KNIT, LAUGH & WIN! 🧦
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🧦 Happy knitting, everyone!
🧶 All for Yarn, Yarn for All! ❤️Fluffy Blue IZZY Doll Cat, lets finish this!Sams Yarn Basket2026-08-25 | 🧶 Stitch and Sip – Let’s Finish Our Knitted Blue Cat! 🐱💙
Welcome back to Stitch and Sip! ☕🧶
Today we’re putting the finishing touches on our knitted blue cat, and our main lesson is all about one of those wonderfully useful knitting skills: the Kitchener Stitch!
The Kitchener Stitch is a grafting technique that creates a virtually seamless finish, making it perfect for closing the final opening on our little knitted friend. We’ll take it slowly and work through the technique together so you can see exactly what’s happening with every step.
Today we’ll: 🧶 Learn and practise the Kitchener Stitch 🐱 Use it to finish our knitted blue cat 🪡 Talk about creating a neat, seamless finish ☕ Knit, chat and enjoy some Stitch and Sip time together!
Whether you’re completely new to Kitchener Stitch or just need a little refresher, grab your needles, some yarn and your favourite cuppa and join me.
And, as always, nobody gets left behind — we learn together, one stitch at a time! ❤️
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Here at Sam’s Yarn Basket, we celebrate all things yarn — knitting, crochet, history, tutorials, challenges, lives, yarny adventures and plenty of good old-fashioned crafty chat.
So grab your yarn, settle in and let’s make something wonderful together!
All for Yarn, Yarn for All. 🧶❤️
#StitchAndSip #SamsYarnBasket #Knitting #KitchenerStitch #KnittingTutorial #KnittedCat #KnittingForBeginners #YarnCraft #KnittingCommunity #LearnToKnit #KnittingLiveHow much should a skein of 100% wool cost?Sams Yarn Basket2026-08-23 | 🎬 Fibre Film Club: The Yarn Manufacturing Process – Is the Cost of Wool Valid?
Have you ever picked up a beautiful skein of wool yarn, looked at the price and thought, “How can wool possibly cost THAT much?” 🐑💰
In this episode of Fibre Film Club, we’re following wool on its incredible journey from sheep to skein and taking a closer look at everything that goes into producing the yarn we love to knit and crochet with.
We’ll look at the process step by step, including:
🐑 Shearing – where it all begins, and why the quality of the fleece matters.
🧺 Sorting & Grading – separating the fleece according to fibre quality, length, colour and suitability.
🫧 Scouring & Cleaning – removing lanolin, dirt, vegetable matter and other material from the raw wool.
🪮 Carding – opening and aligning those fibres and preparing them for the next stage.
🧶 Combing & Preparation – depending on the type of yarn being produced, fibres may be further aligned and prepared to create the desired characteristics.
🌀 Spinning – transforming loose fibres into actual yarn, including the decisions that affect thickness, strength and texture.
➰ Plying – combining spun strands to create the final yarn structure and influence its strength, appearance and behaviour.
🌈 Dyeing – exploring when and how colour enters the process, and the additional work involved in producing those gorgeous shades we all love.
🧵 Winding & Finishing – turning the manufactured yarn into the balls, hanks or skeins that eventually make their way to our local yarn shops.
🔍 Quality Control & Packaging – the final checks before that yarn can be labelled, packaged and sent out into the world.
And then comes the BIG question:
💰 Is the cost of wool actually valid?
Are we paying too much for our yarn?
Or, when we consider the sheep, the farmers, shearing, transportation, processing, machinery, energy, labour, dyeing, quality control, packaging, distribution and everything else involved, does that expensive-looking skein suddenly make a lot more sense?
We’ll follow the wool all the way through the manufacturing process and see just how much work, time and expertise is hidden inside that ball of yarn.
So grab your favourite project, settle in with a cuppa ☕ and join me for another Fibre Film Club!
Because before we complain about the price of the yarn...
maybe we need to find out what we're actually paying for! 🐑🧶
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#FibreFilmClub #SamsYarnBasket #Wool #YarnManufacturing #WoolYarn #Yarn #Knitting #Crochet #WoolProcessing #FromSheepToSkein #YarnHistory #WoolMill #FiberArtsPlaty-gurumi-pusSams Yarn Basket2026-08-21 | LIVE FOR 45 – WEEK 3 🦆🧶 Building Our Weird Little Platypus!
Welcome back to Live for 45 at Sam’s Yarn Basket! 🧶☕
It’s Week 3 of our Platypus adventure, and yes… we’re progressing slowly — but that’s exactly the plan! 😂
We’re determined to do all of the work on camera, stitch by stitch, so that nobody misses anything along the way. There’s no rushing ahead, no secret finished pieces hiding off-camera — we’re figuring this strange little fellow out together!
This week we’ll continue working on our platypus while chatting, laughing, enjoying each other’s company and, of course, having plenty of yarn talk. 🧶☕❤️
We’re also working out exactly how we want to shape our weird little friend — because a platypus is definitely not your everyday amigurumi! There are some interesting shapes and construction decisions to make, and we’re figuring them out as we go.
So grab your project, your favourite drink and come spend 45 minutes of yarny friendship with us!
🧶 Chat & Catch Up 🧶 Project Progress ☕ Yarn Talk ❤️ A little time to relax, laugh and create
And remember — it doesn't matter how fast we get there. We’re enjoying the journey!
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🧶 ABOUT SAM’S YARN BASKET
A place for crochet, knitting, yarny history, unusual projects, plenty of laughs and a whole lot of yarn!
Whether you’re an experienced stitcher or just picking up your hook or needles for the first time, you’re always welcome here.
All for Yarn, Yarn for All! ❤️🧶
Don’t forget to like, subscribe and leave a comment — and tell me what you think our weird little platypus needs next!
#LiveFor45 #SamsYarnBasket #Crochet #Amigurumi #Platypus #CrochetAlong #AmigurumiPlatypus #CrochetWithMe #YarnTalk #CrochetCommunity #Week3The Original Granny Square?Sams Yarn Basket2026-08-21 | 🧶 Hook and Sip: Can I Re-Create the First Known Granny Square?
Welcome to another Hook and Sip! ☕🧶
This week, we're stepping back into crochet history and taking on a rather fascinating challenge:
Can I recreate the very first known published Granny Square — using nothing but the original image?
Long before we called them Granny Squares, this design was described as an “afghan square” for a “crazy” afghan. The design was created by Mrs Phelps and was published circa 1885, making it one of the earliest known published examples of what we now recognise as the Granny Square.
But here's the challenge…
👉 There is no modern pattern for me to follow. 👉 I'm working from the historical image of the square alone. 👉 I'm going to see if I can work out the construction, stitches and techniques for myself!
Will I manage to recreate it?
Will I get completely lost somewhere in the middle?
Or will this little piece of crochet history reveal its secrets?
Come along, grab your favourite drink and some yarn, and let's find out together!
This is crochet, history and a little bit of detective work — all rolled into one. 🧶🔎
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All for Yarn, Yarn for All! 💜🧶☕Build Your Knitting Skills with a Mini CatSams Yarn Basket2026-08-18 | 🧶☕ STITCH AND SIP – STRIPY ALL-IN-ONE MINI CAT ☕🧶
Welcome back to Stitch and Sip from Sam's Yarn Basket!
Every week we get together to learn new knitting skills, work on a new project, have a chat and, of course, enjoy a little something to sip along the way! ☕🧶
This week we're making a Stripy, All-in-One Mini Cat! 🐱🧶
⏱️ THIS WEEK'S TIMESTAMPS
The timestamps for this episode are listed in the pinned comment for quick and easy access.
🌱 Beginner knitter? The Skills Required section is demonstrated at a nice, slow and steady pace so you can follow along, pause the video and replay anything you need to practice.
🧶 Experienced knitter? Already know all the stitches and techniques we'll be using? Simply skip the Skills Required section and jump straight to Materials Needed, followed by This Week's Project.
Learn at your own pace and use the timestamps to make Stitch and Sip work for YOU!
🧶 THIS WEEK'S PROJECT
Project: Stripy, All-in-One Mini Cat 🐱
This week we'll be learning how to make a cute little striped cat knitted as an all-in-one project.
Rather than knitting lots of separate pieces and sewing them together, we'll be using the skills we learn during the episode to create our mini cat.
It's a fun little project that gives us a chance to practice some useful knitting techniques while creating something cute and colourful along the way!
And, as always, you can choose your own favourite colours to make your cat completely your own. 🧶❤️
📚 SKILLS REQUIRED
In this episode we'll be using:
• Pinhole Cast On • KFB – Knit Front and Back
Don't worry if you've never tried these before!
I'll demonstrate each skill slowly and clearly so beginners can follow along and practice before we put those skills into our project.
These are useful techniques to have in your knitting toolbox, and you'll see how they work together to create the shape of our little cat.
🧶 MATERIALS NEEDED
For this week's project you'll need:
• Yarn: Yarn suitable for your chosen project and colours • Needles: Appropriate knitting needles for your yarn • Other materials: A tapestry needle and stuffing
Choose your favourite colours and have fun creating your own stripy cat! 🐱🧶
👀 LAST WEEK'S PROJECT
Before we start this week's project, we'll take a look at last week's Stitch and Sip project!
We'll have a look at the finished project and see how it turned out before grabbing our needles and getting started on something new.
And then it's time to grab our needles and get started on something new!
💬 WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEARN?
Have you always wanted to learn how to make something?
Tell me in the comments!
Your suggestions really do help me decide what projects, techniques and skills to bring to the channel. If there's something you'd love to learn, ask!
Your suggestion could become a future Stitch and Sip project!
So if there's a particular garment, accessory, stitch, technique or project you'd like me to teach, let me know. 🧶❤️
☕ JOIN ME EVERY WEEK
Come back every week for:
🧶 A look at the finished project from the previous week 📚 New knitting skills and techniques ☕ A new project to work on together 💬 Plenty of chatting and crafting ❤️ And, of course, a good old Stitch and Sip!
Whether you're a complete beginner, returning to knitting after years away, or an experienced knitter looking for a new project, there's always something new to learn.
So grab your yarn, your needles and your favourite drink...
☕🧶 Sit back, relax and let's Stitch and Sip!
❤️ SUPPORT SAM'S YARN BASKET
If you enjoy my videos and would like to support the channel, there are several ways you can help:
🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 streamyard.com/pal/d/6033043276431360The Golden FleeceSams Yarn Basket2026-08-17 | Fiber Film Club: Vicuna Yarn – The Golden Fleece
Join me for a fascinating episode of Fiber Film Club as we travel high into the Andes to discover one of the rarest, finest and most luxurious animal fibres in the world — vicuna!
Often called the “Golden Fleece” or the “Fibre of the Gods,” vicuna has been treasured for thousands of years. During the time of the Inca Empire, it was so highly prized that vicuna garments were reserved for royalty.
But what makes this little wild camelid's fleece so extraordinary?
In this episode, we'll explore:
🦙 What exactly is a vicuna? Where these beautiful animals come from and how they live in the high Andes.
✨ Why is vicuna fibre so special? We'll look at its incredible fineness, softness, warmth and unique characteristics — and compare it with other luxury fibres such as cashmere.
✂️ How is vicuna fibre harvested? We'll discover the traditional chaccu, where wild vicunas are carefully rounded up, shorn and released. Modern sustainable harvesting allows the animals to remain alive while providing an important source of income for Andean communities.
💰 Why does vicuna cost so much? A single animal produces only a tiny amount of usable fibre, and the processing is incredibly labour-intensive. The fibre must be carefully sorted and dehaired before it can become luxurious yarn or fabric.
🧶 What can you make with vicuna? From exquisite yarn and knitted garments to scarves, shawls and luxury cloth, we'll look at how this precious fibre is transformed.
🌎 The conservation story Vicunas were once hunted almost to extinction, but international protection and carefully managed harvesting have helped their populations recover. We'll look at how fibre production can actually contribute to conservation — and why ethical sourcing matters.
💎 And, of course… just how expensive is vicuna today? We'll take a look at the fascinating world of vicuna fibre, yarn and luxury textiles and ask whether this really is the ultimate fibre for fibre lovers!
So grab your favourite project, make yourself a cuppa and settle in for another Fiber Film Club journey into the wonderful world of fibre!
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Don't forget to like, subscribe and share if you enjoy travelling through the fascinating world of fibre with me.
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🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 streamyard.com/pal/d/6033043276431360Celebrating the Granny Square & Learning How to Chart Your OwnSams Yarn Basket2026-08-17 | 🧶 Welcome to Twisted Fibre Friends! 🧶
You’ve come to the right place for everything fibrelicious, including yarn chit-chat, hooks and other tools, CALs, patterns, crafty adventures, and much more!
Every Sunday we rotate between our four channels, so be sure to subscribe to all of us:
✨ Froggy at FroggyWentAKnitting @Froggywentaknitting
✨ Coco at Cocktails and Crochet with Coco @CocktailsCrochet
✨ Maureen at My Crochet Story @mycrochetstory7169
✨ Sam at Sam’s Yarn Basket @SamsYarnBasket
🛍️ We also have Twisted Fibre Friends merch!
📧 Contact the group directly: TwistedFiberFriends@gmail.com
💙 Join our Facebook group: / twistedfiberfriends
🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 streamyard.com/pal/d/6033043276431360Sock Challenge: Learn, Share, Laugh and WinSams Yarn Basket2026-08-16 | ...Platypus: Did someone say blue?Sams Yarn Basket2026-08-15 | It's time for another Live for 45, where creativity takes centre stage!
This week we're continuing to make our very own amigurumi Platypus from the ground up—but before we pick up a hook, we'll get to know one of Australia's most wonderfully weird animals.
We'll chat about the platypus' fascinating features, including: 🦆 Why it's one of the world's only egg-laying mammals 🦆 Its incredible duck bill and beaver-like tail 🦆 The venomous spurs on the males 🦆 Its waterproof fur and amazing underwater hunting abilities 🦆 And plenty more fun platypus facts!
Then it's over to you!
Together we'll decide exactly what sort of platypus we're going to create: 🧶 A realistic, true-to-life platypus? 🧸 A soft, cuddly, huggable friend? 😆 A delightfully weird or hilariously cursed creation? 🎨 Or perhaps something completely unexpected!
During the stream we'll: ✨ Brainstorm ideas together ✨ Choose colours, yarns and hook sizes ✨ Discuss the best materials for the project ✨ Sketch out our design ✨ Plan construction and shaping ✨ And if time allows... we'll even crochet the very first stitches!
This is your chance to help shape an original pattern from the very beginning. Whether you're an experienced amigurumi maker or you've never designed anything before, come along and be part of the creative process.
Grab your favourite yarn, a notebook, and a cuppa—we're going platypus hunting!
👍 If you enjoyed this episode, please consider: ❤️ Like the stream 💬 Leave a comment 📢 Share with your knitting friends 🔔 Subscribe and turn on notifications so you never miss a Live for 45!
Welcome to Atypical Mid-Week – The Sock Challenge! 🧦🧶
This is a fun, ongoing sock-knitting challenge where Sam’s Yarn Basket and Froggywentaknitting take turns hosting and we see just how many different socks we can create!
Each month, we'll be using our Sock Challenge flip books to create our socks. The books contain 20 different cuffs, 20 legs, 20 heels and 20 toes, and the fun begins when we let the “Wheel of Future Socks” randomly decide which combinations we'll use!
Will we get a beautiful combination? Will the choices work together? Will we absolutely love it… or wonder what on earth the wheel has done to us? 😂
We'll find out together!
🎡 How Does the Sock Challenge Work?
At the beginning of each month's challenge, the chat gets involved!
We'll:
🧦 Choose between Book 1 or Book 2 – the chat gets to decide!
🎡 Spin the Wheel of Future Socks to randomly select our cuff, leg, heel and toe combinations.
📖 Reveal what our finished sock should look like using the flip books.
💬 Discuss the choices with everyone watching – do you like it, love it or hate it?
🧶 Work through the challenge together and share our progress along the way.
And don't worry if you don't have the same flip books! You absolutely do not need to make the same sock as us. The books may be difficult to find, so you can join the challenge using a sock pattern of your own choice and share your progress with us.
🏆 The Sock Challenge Leaderboard
This isn't just about finishing socks – it's about taking part, learning, sharing and having fun!
We'll have a Sock Challenge Leaderboard, with points awarded for different achievements throughout the challenge.
We'll regularly share the leaderboard during the livestream and in our Facebook group so you can see how everyone is progressing.
At the end of each season, the overall points leader will receive a free sock pattern! 🎁
And because we want everyone to have a chance to win, the overall challenge prize can only be won once per year.
But that's not all…
A random participant who has shared their sock progress in our Facebook group will also be selected to receive an additional sock-pattern prize! 🎉
📸 Join Our Facebook Group
Our Facebook group is an important part of the Sock Challenge!
This is where participants can share:
🧶 Photos of their sock progress 🧦 Finished socks 🎨 Their yarn and colour choices 📸 Their challenge creations
We'll feature photographs from the group during our livestreams, award points and update the leaderboard.
Facebook Group: 👉 [ADD FACEBOOK GROUP LINK HERE]
🧦 What's Happening During This Episode?
Each challenge episode will include a combination of:
• Sock Challenge updates • Our own progress and what we're making • The good, the bad and the things we're struggling with! • Your questions about socks, patterns and techniques • Your Facebook photos and challenge progress • Points and leaderboard updates • A sock-knitting tutorial
As part of the challenge, we'll regularly teach one of three major sock sections:
🧶 Cuffs & Bind-Offs 🧦 Heels 👣 Toes
So whether you're a seasoned sock knitter or someone who has always wanted to try knitting socks, there's something here for you!
💬 Come Join Us!
Grab your needles, choose your yarn, settle in and knit along with us!
You don't have to be making the same sock. You don't have to be an expert. And you definitely don't have to be perfect!
Just bring your knitting and join the challenge. 🧦❤️
Don't forget to share your progress in the Facebook group so we can cheer you on, feature your socks during the livestream and add your points to the leaderboard!
The Sock Challenge currently alternates between our two channels, so make sure you're subscribed to both and have notifications turned on so you don't miss the next challenge!A Hat Made With Love 💗 | Soft Crochet Chemo Hat for Comfort & SupportSams Yarn Basket2026-08-12 | 💗 Hook and Sip – A Supporting Gift | Full Tutorial
Today’s Hook and Sip is a very special project, made with love, kindness and support in mind. 💗
In this full crochet tutorial, we’re making a soft, lightweight chemo-friendly hat that can be given as a thoughtful gift to someone who is going through cancer treatment, has lost their hair, or simply needs a little extra warmth and comfort during a difficult time.
This hat is made using lightweight 4-ply yarn, which is equivalent to US #1 / fingering / sock-weight yarn. The result is a beautifully soft and lightweight hat that is cool and comfortable to wear, making it particularly suitable for someone who may find heavier hats too warm or uncomfortable.
But this hat isn't only about cancer treatment. ❤️
It can also be made simply as a gift of support for someone you love — a way of saying “I'm thinking of you, I'm here for you, and you're not alone.”
The pink ribbon is a symbol of support and can be adapted or changed to suit the person you're making it for. You could make the hat in their favourite colour, add a different colour ribbon, or leave the ribbon off completely.
🧶 In this tutorial we'll cover: • Making the lightweight crochet hat • Working with 4-ply / fingering-weight yarn • Creating the supporting ribbon • Joining and finishing the pieces • Tips for making the hat soft, comfortable and wearable • Ideas for personalising your finished gift
Whether you're making one for a family member, friend, loved one, or someone in your community, I hope this project brings a little comfort and reminds someone that they are cared for. 💗
A small handmade gift can carry a very big message of love.
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If you enjoy crochet, knitting, yarny projects, tutorials, chats and plenty of crafty fun, make sure you subscribe to Sam's Yarn Basket and join our lovely yarny community.
And if you make one of these hats, I'd absolutely love to see it! 💗
Remember: handmade isn't just something you make — it's something you give from the heart.
Welcome back to Stitch and Sip, where we knit, learn, chat and create together!
I’ve made an exciting change to the format of Stitch and Sip to make these knitting tutorials even more useful for everyone — whether you’re picking up your needles for the very first time or you’ve been knitting for years!
🧶 NEW: TIMESTAMPS!
From now on, each episode will include timestamps in the pinned comment, making it quick and easy to jump straight to the section you need.
🌱 New to knitting? Take your time with the Skills Required section, where I demonstrate each stitch and technique at a nice, slow and steady pace. You can pause, rewind and replay any section as many times as you need until you feel comfortable with the skill.
🧶 Experienced knitter? Already know all the stitches being used? No problem! Simply skip the Skills Required section and jump straight to Materials Needed and then on to This Episode’s Project.
The aim is simple — learn at your own pace and make Stitch and Sip work for YOU!
☕ WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS WEEK?
Each week we’ll:
✨ Look at the finished project from the previous episode ✨ Introduce the new project we’ll be working on ✨ Go through the materials needed ✨ Break down the skills required ✨ Learn and practise those skills together ✨ And, of course, have a good old Stitch and Sip along the way!
Then next week, we’ll come back together to see how your projects are progressing, show off the finished project, and start something new!
💬 WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEARN?
Have you always wanted to learn how to make something?
Tell me in the comments!
Your suggestions really do help me decide what projects, techniques and skills to bring to the channel. If there’s something you’d love to learn, ask! You never know — your suggestion could become a future Stitch and Sip project.
Whether you're a complete beginner, returning to knitting after many years, or an experienced knitter looking to make something fun, there's always something new to learn.
So grab your needles, your yarn and your favourite drink...
☕🧶 Sit back, relax and let's Stitch and Sip!
🧶 SUPPORT SAM'S YARN BASKET
If you enjoy my videos and would like to support the channel, there are several ways you can help:
🧶 Ravelry: Come and join me on Ravelry for patterns, projects and our knitting and crochet community.
❤️ THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THE COMMUNITY!
Every view, like, comment, share and subscription helps Sam's Yarn Basket continue growing — and I’m so happy you're here!
Don't forget to subscribe and come back every week for a new Stitch and Sip project.
🧶 Learn a skill. Make a project. Have a sip. And most importantly… have fun! ☕❤️
#StitchAndSip #KnittingTutorial #KnittingForBeginners #LearnToKnit #Knitting #KnittingProjects #SamSYarnBasket #KnittingCommunity #BeginnerKnittingGrab a Project and Unwind.Sams Yarn Basket2026-08-10 | 🧶🎬 Fibre Film Club: The British Evolution of Knitting
Welcome to the very first episode of Fibre Film Club! 🍿🧶
For our opening feature, we’re travelling through the history of knitting in Britain — from humble beginnings and practical necessity to royal fashion, wartime knitting, the decline of the local wool shop, and the incredible resurgence of knitting we’re seeing today.
How did knitting become such an important part of British life? And how did a craft that was once considered an everyday necessity become a beloved hobby rediscovered by a whole new generation?
We’ll take a journey through some fascinating moments in British knitting history, including how a Prince helped make Fair Isle knitting fashionable, the influence of royalty and fashion on what ordinary people knitted, and the important role knitting played during times of war and hardship.
But our story doesn't end there...
After decades when knitting was sometimes dismissed as an old-fashioned pastime, yarn shops began disappearing from our high streets and fewer people were learning the craft. Yet knitting wasn't gone — it was simply waiting for its next chapter.
Today we're seeing a wonderful revival. Independent yarn shops are returning, younger generations are picking up needles, social media has created enormous knitting communities, and people are rediscovering the simple joy of sitting down with two needles and a ball of yarn.
So grab your favourite knitting project, settle into your chair, and bring your popcorn! 🍿
🎬 This is Fibre Film Club — where every week we explore the stories, history, people and fascinating facts behind the fibre crafts we love.
And remember...
Don't talk about Fibre Film Club. 🤫🧶
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If you enjoy the show and would like to support what I do, you can find me here:
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Thank you for helping me keep the yarn flowing and the stories coming! ❤️
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You've come to the right place for everything Southern! Join us as we chat about yarn, hooks, knitting needles, and all our favourite crafting tools. We'll share CALs, patterns, project inspiration, delicious Southern recipes, and, of course, the best sweet tea you'll ever sip!
So grab your latest project, settle into your favourite chair, and come spend some time with us as we share our love of crafting, friendship, and Southern living.
We'd love to have you join us each week! Be sure to subscribe to all of our channels so you never miss an episode of Southern Sisters.
Bring your latest project, pour yourself a glass of sweet tea (or enjoy your favourite ice cream!), and spend some relaxing time crafting and chatting with us. We can't wait to see you in the live chat!
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It's decision time, everyone!
Over the next few weeks we'll be crocheting an adorable platypus together, but before we make the first stitch, YOU get to decide what it will look like!
Should our platypus be: ✨ Super soft and fuzzy using chenille yarn for that extra cuddly, realistic look? OR 💜 Bright, colourful and fun in cotton yarn... perhaps even a purple platypus? After all, who says nature gets to make all the rules?
During this week's Live for 45, we'll compare the yarns, talk about the pros and cons of each, look at colours, and vote on what our community project will become. Your opinion will shape this project from the very beginning!
We'll chat about: 🧶 Chenille vs Cotton – which is best for amigurumi? 🧶 Colour choices 🧶 Durability and stitch definition 🧶 Ease of crocheting with each yarn 🧶 Which yarn will give our platypus the most personality!
So grab your favourite beverage, bring your latest WIP, and join us for 45 minutes of fun, laughs, and plenty of yarny discussion.
Will our platypus be fluffy and lifelike... or fabulously purple? The choice is yours!
🧶 Twisted Fiber Friends – Sundays 🧶 Fiber Film Club – Following Twisted Fiber Friends each week 🧶 Hook and Sip – Live crochet fun every Wednesday (Eastern US) / Thursday (Melbourne) 🧶 Stitch and Sip – Live knitting lessons 🧶 Atypical Mid-week – Special themed episodes including challenges, Craft Court and the Year Long Yarny Olympics 🧶 Live for 45 – Quick, fun yarn chats, tutorials and community projects!
👍 If you enjoy the video, don't forget to Like, Subscribe, and Ring the Bell so you never miss a stitch.
All for Yarn, Yarn for All! 🧶💜
🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 streamyard.com/pal/d/6033043276431360Mrs Weasleys Cardigan – The Grand Finale! 🎉Sams Yarn Basket2026-08-06 | 🧶 Mrs Weasley's Cardigan – The Grand Finale! 🎉 | A-Typical Wednesday
We made it! 🎉 After weeks of crocheting, joining, chatting, laughing, and sharing this journey together, Mrs Weasley's Cardigan is finally complete!
In this special final episode of A-Typical Wednesday, I'll be putting the finishing touches on the cardigan, showing you the completed garment, sharing a few things I learned along the way, and talking about what I'd do differently if I made another one.
Whether you've been crocheting alongside me from Episode 1 or you've just discovered the series, thank you so much for being part of this project. Seeing everyone's colour choices, progress photos, and finished cardigans has been an absolute joy.
🎁 FREE PATTERN NOW AVAILABLE!
The complete, final PDF version of the Mrs Weasley's Cardigan pattern is now available as a FREE download from my Ravelry account.
📥 Download your free copy here: Ravelry: ravelry.com
If you've made your own cardigan, I'd love to see it! Please upload your finished project to Ravelry and tag me so everyone can admire your amazing work.
❤️ Support the Channel
If you'd like to help support future free tutorials, patterns, and live streams, you can do so here:
Every coffee and donation helps keep the tutorials, patterns, and livestreams coming. Thank you so much for your incredible support!
🧶 What's Next?
Don't worry—there are plenty more yarn adventures ahead!
Join me every week on Sam's Yarn Basket for:
Crochet tutorials Knitting tutorials Stitch & Sip knitting lessons Hook & Sip crochet sessions A-Typical Mid-Week, Fun, games and projects Twisted Fiber Friends LIVE Fiber Film Club Plus plenty of yarny fun with Maggie and Joey!
If you enjoyed this series, please remember to:
👍 Like the video 💬 Leave a comment and tell me your favourite part of the cardigan 📤 Share it with your yarn-loving friends 🔔 Subscribe so you never miss a future project!
Thank you all for making this Crochet Along such a wonderful experience.
Until next time... Happy Hooking, Happy Knitting, and remember...
🧺 All for Yarn, Yarn for All! 🧶
🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 streamyard.com/pal/d/6033043276431360Starting 10th August 2026Sams Yarn Basket2026-08-03 | ...Use ChatGPT to check if an image is AISams Yarn Basket2026-08-01 | ...Lets Design a Platypus! Cute, Realistic... or Completely CURSED? 🧶Sams Yarn Basket2026-08-01 | It's time for another Live for 45, where creativity takes centre stage!
This week we're beginning an exciting brand-new adventure as we design our very own amigurumi Platypus from the ground up—but before we pick up a hook, we'll get to know one of Australia's most wonderfully weird animals.
We'll chat about the platypus' fascinating features, including: 🦆 Why it's one of the world's only egg-laying mammals 🦆 Its incredible duck bill and beaver-like tail 🦆 The venomous spurs on the males 🦆 Its waterproof fur and amazing underwater hunting abilities 🦆 And plenty more fun platypus facts!
Then it's over to you!
Together we'll decide exactly what sort of platypus we're going to create: 🧶 A realistic, true-to-life platypus? 🧸 A soft, cuddly, huggable friend? 😆 A delightfully weird or hilariously cursed creation? 🎨 Or perhaps something completely unexpected!
During the stream we'll: ✨ Brainstorm ideas together ✨ Choose colours, yarns and hook sizes ✨ Discuss the best materials for the project ✨ Sketch out our design ✨ Plan construction and shaping ✨ And if time allows... we'll even crochet the very first stitches!
This is your chance to help shape an original pattern from the very beginning. Whether you're an experienced amigurumi maker or you've never designed anything before, come along and be part of the creative process.
Grab your favourite yarn, a notebook, and a cuppa—we're going platypus hunting!
💬 Question of the Day: If you could design the ultimate amigurumi platypus, what would it look like? Realistic, adorable, magical... or gloriously cursed? Let us know in the live chat!
👍 If you enjoyed this episode, please consider: ❤️ Like the stream 💬 Leave a comment 📢 Share with your knitting friends 🔔 Subscribe and turn on notifications so you never miss a Live for 45!
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We're getting so close to completing the most authentic Mrs Weasley's Cardigan bell sleeves yet! In today's episode we'll continue working through the sleeve shaping, adding those final details that give these iconic sleeves their distinctive flowing look.
If you've been following along with the series, you're almost at the finish line! If you're just joining us, don't worry—you can always catch up with the previous episodes and stitch along at your own pace.
Whether you're crocheting your own Weasley-inspired cardigan or simply enjoy spending time with fellow yarn lovers, pull up a chair, grab your latest project, and let's crochet together!
💬 I'd love to hear from you! What colour are you making your cardigan? Let me know in the chat or leave a comment below!
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Weekly Live Streams Stitch and Sip – Learn new knitting techniques together. A-Typical Wednesday – Relaxed crocheting, tutorials, and works in progress. Live for 45 - a mixture of exploration, knitting and crochet. Twisted Fibre Friends – A rotating live with an amazing group of fibre-loving creators.
🧡 Twisted Fibre Friends
Join us every week as we rotate across our channels for yarn chats, games, laughs, and lots of fibre fun!
Featuring: • Sam's Yarn Basket • Froggy Went A Knitting • Cocktails & Crochet with Coco • My Crochet Story
👍 If you enjoyed today's stream, don't forget to: • Like the video • Subscribe to the channel • Share it with your knitting friends • Ring the notification bell so you never miss a live!
All for Yarn, Yarn for All. 🧶❤️
🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 streamyard.com/pal/d/6033043276431360Visual clues backgrounds swirls and copied details reveal AI imagesSams Yarn Basket2026-07-29 | ...Learn to Knit & Purl | Knit Your First Coaster LIVE!Sams Yarn Basket2026-07-28 | 🧶 Stitch & Sip ☕ | Learn to Knit & Purl | Knit Your First Coaster LIVE!
Welcome to Stitch & Sip! Grab your favourite drink, your knitting needles, and some yarn, then settle in for a relaxed beginner-friendly knitting lesson.
Today's goal is simple: learn the knit stitch, learn the purl stitch, and finish a small square that can be used as a coaster!
If you've always wanted to learn to knit but weren't sure where to start, this is the perfect lesson. We'll work slowly, explain every step, and you'll have plenty of opportunities to ask questions as we go.
In today's live we'll cover: 🧶 Holding your needles and yarn comfortably 🧶 The knit stitch 🧶 The purl stitch 🧶 Recognising the difference between knit and purl stitches 🧶 Keeping even tension 🧶 Fixing common beginner mistakes 🧶 Finishing a simple square that makes a practical coaster
This lesson is designed for complete beginners, so don't worry if you've never picked up knitting needles before!
You'll Need
🧶 Smooth DK / 8 ply / #3 Light yarn 🧶 4 mm (US 6) knitting needles 🧶 Scissors 🧶 Yarn needle for weaving in ends
☕ Don't forget to bring your favourite drink and enjoy a relaxing hour of knitting together!
👍 Like the stream 💬 Say hello in the chat 🧶 Share your progress 🔔 Subscribe so you don't miss future Stitch & Sip lessons
As always…
All for Yarn, Yarn for All! 🧶💜
🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 streamyard.com/pal/d/6033043276431360Detecting AI images and patternsSams Yarn Basket2026-07-27 | 🧶 Welcome to Twisted Fibre Friends! 🧶
You’ve come to the right place for everything fibrelicious, including yarn chit-chat, hooks and other tools, CALs, patterns, crafty adventures, and much more!
Every Sunday we rotate between our four channels, so be sure to subscribe to all of us:
✨ Froggy at FroggyWentAKnitting @Froggywentaknitting
✨ Coco at Cocktails and Crochet with Coco @CocktailsCrochet
✨ Maureen at My Crochet Story @mycrochetstory7169
✨ Sam at Sam’s Yarn Basket @SamsYarnBasket
🛍️ We also have Twisted Fibre Friends merch!
📧 Contact the group directly: TwistedFiberFriends@gmail.com
💙 Join our Facebook group: / twistedfiberfriends
🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 streamyard.com/pal/d/6033043276431360Why AI Sweaters Fail Missing Neckline and Seam LogicSams Yarn Basket2026-07-27 | ...Shetland Gossamer Lace - Can a Shawl Really Pass Through a Wedding Ring?Sams Yarn Basket2026-07-25 | 🧶 Live for 45 – Shetland Isle Gossamer Lace | Documentary Review | The World's Finest Knitted Lace
Welcome to another Live for 45 where we spend 45 minutes of all things knitting!
Today we're taking a different approach as we watch and discuss a fascinating documentary exploring the history, craftsmanship, and incredible beauty of Shetland Isle Gossamer Lace. These breathtaking lace shawls are so fine they could famously be pulled through a wedding ring, yet warm enough to protect against the harsh Shetland climate.
We'll chat about: 🧶 The history of Shetland lace knitting 🧶 Why gossamer lace became world famous 🧶 Traditional Shetland sheep and their remarkable fleece 🧶 The incredible skill of Shetland knitters 🧶 Historic lace patterns and motifs 🧶 Why these heirloom shawls are still treasured today 🧶 My thoughts on the documentary and what surprised me most
Grab your knitting, your favourite cuppa, and join me for a cosy morning of knitting, history, and great conversation!
I'd love to hear your thoughts in the chat: ✨ Have you ever knitted lace? ✨ Have you ever tried Shetland lace? ✨ What's your favourite type of knitting?
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The wait is finally over! 🎉
This week on Atypical Wednesday, we begin one of the most exciting parts of our Mrs Weasley's Cardigan journey... the iconic Bell Sleeves! These wonderfully oversized, colourful sleeves are what give the cardigan its magical, handmade charm, and today we're stitching the very first rounds together.
Whether you've been crocheting along from the beginning or you're just joining us, grab your yarn, needles and favourite cuppa as we work through the next stage of this cosy adventure one round at a time.
🧶 New Pattern Updates Every Week! Each week I'll be updating the Ravelry pattern with the newest rounds for the sleeves, so you can easily keep up no matter when you join us. Be sure to download the latest version before each episode so you always have the most up-to-date instructions.
I'd love to see your progress, so don't forget to share your photos in the Ravelry group or tag me on social media!
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Thank you so much for being part of this wonderful knitting community. I can't wait to watch everyone's Mrs Weasley's Cardigans come to life—one magical sleeve at a time! ❤️🧶