Tomorrow with Tosh

Tomorrow I'm doing Instagram Live with Laura, the owner of Madelinetosh. I'm all about chatting with people in person (I'm a definite extrovert), but I can't remember the last time I was on video, or live streaming. I think last year for three seconds in my friend Chevas' video podcast... in my pajamas. And I'm unsure what people like prefer when watching live streams, as I'm not too familiar with them. So if you watch Instagram Live or Facebook Live streams and enjoy them, please do tell me in the comments what makes you connect with them- seeing/hearing people, seeing yarn or shop tours or things like that. Maybe I'll do more in the future. I think this is just an informal back-and-forth Q&A, so if there are questions you'd like included in it, please let me know in the comments. Questions for me to ask Laura (she purchased the company last fall) or me, or Madelinetosh in general.

And tell me which set up of these you would prefer- the first that's more a close up of my face.... yes mom, I'll wear makeup and I know if I make that face it could stick that way.

Or the more far off shot that shows the shop a bit more (and our vast Tosh collection). Yes, I'm making faces. I'm self conscious. Especially in front of a camera. This is a leap out of my comfort zone. Someone send vodka.

Please do join us. I believe we are going live tomorrow, Wednesday at 4pm EST. And please do leave me a comment with advice or any kind of encouragement. Tell me if you think you can watch too! If you follow Simply Socks Yarn Co or Madelinetosh, a notification should just show up on top of your feed that we are doing a live stream. I think.

Comments

[Barb]

Madelintosh has such beautiful colors!
Have fun on the podcast.
You look great in either format however, more yarn is ALWAYS better!

[Denise]

Hi Allison - I will try and join tomorrow. Just have to be sure my IT guy is around. You look like you are in a garden of yarn!

[Jennifer Miller]

option two so wee can look at all the yarn while you talk!

[Jessica]

I hope to watch you! I prefer the format that allows us to see you better. There's a lot to be said for seeing a person's facial expressions and eyes when they speak. So much communication is non-verbal. Maybe you can hold yarn up for a close-up view?

I've been on TV a few times. Once, I won a shopping trip to Target with the local tv news crew. It was for school supplies. I'm glad they focused more on my kids than me, LOL! I was on the same channel about 8 years before that for a segment on curb shopping/dumpster diving!! And waaaaaaaaaay before that, I was on tv in grade school for a rural community project.

[Carol]

I don't watch podcasts, so I won't be tuning in.

As to the setting, closer is definitely better, because the farther back view doesn't show appreciably any more yarn than the closer one. In either case, it would be nice, if possible, to shift the view downward just a bit so that there's more you and yarn and less of the ceiling!

[Coby Hanna-Butler]

I agree with the above poster - closer and less ceiling - actually even closer would be better! That way when you show off yarn, we can see it clearly.

I'd love to hear about the different bases and why chose one over another for a project.

Oh and how do they name the different colorways? With yarn based on a movie or TV show, like Arya or Danaerys for example...did they know the colors they wanted to use first? or see the end product and then match to characters?

Sorry, those are kind of specific but I've always wondered? Good luck and remember we don't care if you mess up!! : )

[Donna T]

So sorry to have missed it. I was at the ophthalmologist at 2:00 EDT For an hour & she dilated my eyes so I couldn’t see very well for several hours after - didn’t get home until about 4:30 EDT. It was at least another 3 hours before I could see clearly.