Suzanne with Special Guest Irina Shaar

Irina Shaar is a natural born knitter with a passion for Shetland Lace. She loves test knitting and promoting the work of new and established designers. She is also the host of Fiberchats, a YouTube channel where she interviews different fiber artists from all over the world. The main goal of her channel is to build a sense of community in the fiber world, to introduce her subscribers to talented designers, yarn dyers, spinners, weavers, knitters and crochet artists. You can find Irina at her YouTube channel - Fiberchats - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnRfV9E3M4Ci3n3rBrjdUCw And on her Instagram page - @irinashaar Her email is fiberchats@gmail.com Time stamps for 9-25-21 0:51—Irina talks about her YouTube channel, FiberCrafts 3:24—how did Irina get interested in knitting and fiber arts? 8:56—why did Irina decide to conduct fiber artist interviews? 12:07—how does Irina choose her interview subjects? 17:50—when did Irina start working on setting up her YouTube channel? 19:38—Suzanne and Irina talk about editing videos for YouTube 22:17—how many YouTube views has Irina gotten so far? 25:48—what things has Irina learned about interviewing people? 30:24—what drew Irina to Shetland lace knitting? 33:37—how long did it take Irina to knit her second Shetland shawl? 34:43—do Irina’s shawls fit through a ring? 36:16—Suzanne and Irina talk about the feeling of belonging to a knitting community 41:42—Suzanne and Irina talk about how they see and describe themselves to others as