<p>Hi Pomcats! This episode we’re having a chat with the fabulous knitwear designer <a href="https://www.mamasteddybear.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ainur Berkimbayeva</a>.</p><br><p>We were delighted to get to know Ainur better, after admiring her designs in issues of Pom Pom for a while! You’ll know her patterns Dayspring from <a href="https://pompommag.com/collections/magazines/products/issue-36-spring-2021" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Issue 36</a>, the Alatau hat design from <a href="https://pompommag.com/collections/magazines/products/issue-31-winter-2019" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Issue 31</a>, and Astragal from <a href="https://pompommag.com/collections/magazines/products/issue-30-autumn-2019" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Issue 30</a>.</p><br><p>We talk about the many hats she wears as a knitwear designer, spiritual sustainability and social media, and her love of garter stitch. Plus she also drops hints about the construction of her design in our forthcoming Issue 41! </p><br><p>Thanks so much Ainur! You can keep up to date with her designs via Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mamasteddybear/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mamasteddybear</a> and on her website <a href="https://www.mamasteddybear.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><br><p>Remember you can keep in touch with us and other Pomcast listeners via <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/pom-pom/2883046/901-925#913" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">our Ravelry forum</a>, and you can send us your musings via email at <a href="mailto:[email protected]" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[email protected]</a>. To be kept informed with all the latest updates, delightful titbits, and treats, we recommend signing up to our weekly <a href="https://pompommag.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=d9bb033bedeac80e1fb23a8e0&id=fc15f0bb7c" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">newsletter</a>! </p><br><p>This episode is sponsored by knitwear designer, plant dyer and yarn shop owner Lotta H Löthgren. Lotta lives and works in the forest of southern Sweden where her unlikely little yarn shop <a href="http://www.elkmarketyarn.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Elk Market Yarn</a> is located in a small wooden cottage from the early 20th century. Lotta dyes yarn with both foraged local plants and those growing in warmer climates, and her knitwear designs are inspired by her nearest surroundings - the forest, the changing seasons, the lakes, and the starlit night sky. As a Pomcast listener, you now get 10% off your next order at <a href="http://www.elkmarketyarn.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">elkmarketyarn.com</a> with the code<strong> POMCASTAPRIL</strong>. Lotta can’t wait to welcome you to the forest!</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
