All posts in: Series 06 – Knitting to Extremes

08 Jun 2008

Episode 64: The Best Thing Ever

It’s almost like being there… SeaSocks 08 – My flickr photos, and other people’s flickr photos. Was there anyone on the boat who didn’t have one of these? Breaking with tradition, an actual image of Today’s Sweater may be found at Weave’zine.com. Knit your own Today’s Sweater in Bambu yarn, from Cotton Clouds. I used…

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28 Apr 2008

Episode 63: Moving Mountains

Say howdy to NEW! Cast On Sponsor, Simply Socks Yarn Company! Go there. Then come back. It’s a jam-packed Death March of Fun this week, with special thanks to contributing writer, Becky Miller (also a frequent Librivox contributor) and my guest, Marti Moreno, of Taos Sunflower Yarns and Fibers. Keep an eye on Syne Mitchell’s…

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29 Mar 2008

Episode 62: Heads Up

In this podcast we are all about the hats – ancient hats, modern hats, music about hats and books with hats in them. We’re turning knitting on it’s side, and finishing on its head, and I have no idea how it will all turn out, but something tells me it’ll all come right in the…

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29 Feb 2008

Episode 61: The ‘Zine Scene

This week we begin, as all good British meetings do, with apologies for past transgressions, after which we come right round, and make all well again with knitting. Contributing writer, Amy Foster treats to us to a scarf, by royal invitation, and we find that queens are much better than princesses (and have better manners)…

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25 Jan 2008

Episode 60: Little Ripples

Many thanks this week to contributing writer, Elizabeth Green Musselman, and to my guest, writer and hand knit designer, Annie (Rae) Modesitt. I talked about these things: Stephanie Pearl Mcphee’s One Row ScarfFetching Twilley’s Freedom SpiritFloraLeather soles for clogs Sock Wars in the Wall Street Journal Amy Weber’s Scribblecast Rent “Norma Rae“! It’s a good…

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