a podcast about knitting
In this episode: We wander from leaking walls, to the effect of modernism on hand made things in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, compared and contrasted with today. I am both angry and sad at 11/11, and find that the stop-and-look moment at the end of a project, and knitting, to be good…
In this episode: A wee P3 roundup; a happy ending for the worst yarn in my stash, proving that dreams do come true, or there are no bad yarns, only bad knitters or some such tosh; a return to weekly podcasting; Guy Fawkes, not just for spotty geeks with too much time on their hands;…
For several months now Tonia’s been nagging incessantly gently suggesting that we put together a little video about the process of recording and producing A Knitter’s Manifesto. I knew she was right. Truthfully, though, it’s a task that has not been high on my priority list. I have never felt comfortable in front of a…
Thanks this week to my guest, Amy Singer; to Peter Ffrench, an amazing tour guide and talented voice actor who got it in one take; and to sound artist Felicity Ford. In this episode: A badly behaving yarn is quieted with onion skins. Lifting the curse from felted slippers. Getting your lace on, with Amy…
In this episode: The thing that must not be mentioned, which we will never speak of again. Two stacks of knitting, both alike in dignity, in fair Llanteg, where we lay our scene. A summation of knitting triumphs and tragedies from the past several months. Data about the data. What’s next for Cast On. Tragedies:…