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This week Today’s Sweater, The Red Edge, and essays by Sacramento writer, Melanie Hamilton, and… me!
Modern Quilt – Victorian Lace Today – Spiral Yoke Sweater
The Minnesota Knitters host a Knit Out. KnitML takes another step forward. (Yes, I do know it’s a language, and not a program.)
Music for the podcast was provided by, and used with the permission of these artists:
Welsh for Rainbow - After eleven years the beauty of Wales has settled into my heart, and my knitting. Now some of my favorite places in Wales are yours to knit, in a new collection of patterns and stories inspired by the beauty of the Welsh landscape.
A Knitter's Manifesto CD - A journey through stitches and the turning of the seasons, A Knitter's Manifesto features the stories you've loved from the first five years of Cast On, remixed and mastered with original music and collected ambient sounds of Wales.
What Would Madame Defarge Knit? - Edited by Craftlit's Heather Ordover, this unique book features stories and patterns for knit and crochet projects, inspired by classic literature's best-loved characters.
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Brenda – I finally caught up with all your podcasts from the beginning. At first I wasn’t so sure about them, but then you hit your groove, or “got your Knit on” and now your podcast is one of my favorites. I even save some of the episodes to shuffle around and listen to later, which I don’t do for very many. They are very review-worthy! I hope you’ll be returning soon to podcasting and got that dress done.
One thing of note – I saw on Knitty’s 2008 calendar, that they featured your Mrs. Beatons on the front! Congrats on that. I’ll make a pair eventually but here in Minnesota, we go from shorts & t-shirts to parkas in a matter of days or hours. The need for very warm mittens beats out wrist warmers especially because the snow has begun.
Keep warm, and keep on podcasting.
Julie
Great episode, Brenda! I sew a bit. I’m still learning. I am very lucky to have an old fashioned fully stocked fabric store here in Oklahoma City. They also do custom wedding gowns there, so all supplies needed are available. Not that I’d ever make a gown of any sort, however.
I also have that book, Traditonal Country Crafts. I found it at a garage sale for a dollar. I love to look through it. I pulled mine off the shelf after your podcast and flipped through it again.
Take care.
Brenda, I can’t tell you enough how much I love your podcasts! Though I’ve been knitting for a few years and have read about you, I only recently acquired broadband. Now, I’m listening to you like crazy, in chronilogical order, because I’m methodical that way. I’m only on #12, so it’ll be a few weeks before I catch up.
Anyway, I just want to thank you for sharing. I look forward to many more hours of great listening. You have a witty gift of gab, and I love evenings when I can pop you onto my mp3 player, while I work on our favorite hobby. You make me laugh, shock me, turn me on to new music, while I knit, knit like the wind….
XOXOXO
Mei
Thanks for an unexpected connection. Got to bond briefly with Franklin over the podcast. And there are still people asking about my grandmother, students doing research. You are a beautiful country that invites the immigration of hearts from all over the world. Thank you for the gift of you and poetry of your attention.
This episode really brought back a lot of memories of my recent graduation gift of a two week trip to England with my native born grandmother. Her father was a cobbler and she remembers chasing the bodgers through the woods. It was wonderful to hear about the crafts that her parents did. Her mother was made to use wooden needles for the garments she knitted for stores. They lived in a small village outside of High Wycombe called Speen.
I enjoy your podcasts. This is my second or third time listening to them end to end. I find that letting several episodes pile up and then listening to hours and hours of you and your wonderful stories great knitting time.
Thank you for all of the time that you’ve spent with all of us.
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