Hello and welcome to the Yarniaks podcast.

This is episode 45, which we're recording in advance.

So we're recording on Friday, August 30th, although you won't hear it for quite a little

while after that because we have a special guest on the

podcast today and we should introduce ourselves first i'm gail and i'm shirley and our special guest

today is deb robson hello deb how are you i'm good thanks great to be here thank you we're so

excited to have you on the show. Now, I first heard of Deb

through a class on Craftsy that is a free class called Know Your Wool. And Deb is the

amazingly informative instructor of that class. And since taking the class, Deb, I have become

fascinated by different breeds of wool.

I have swatched with about six different breeds, and I am just fascinated.

That makes me very happy, and I'd like to hear more about which breeds.

Okay.

Yeah, and we're looking forward to hearing more about wool from you.

Yeah.

And just out of the strangeness of coincidences, you also just released a new book, which

Charlene and I have been talking about interviewing you for several months now, and I didn't

know you had a new book out.

So what I'd like to start with is letting our listeners know about your original,

the first book, which is the Fleece and Fiber Sourcebook, which you do refer to as a great

resource in your crafty class, and your new book. Why don't you tell us about the new book?

Okay. The new book is the field guide to fleece. And it's the book we intended to

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