Many thanks to contributors Rebekkah Kerner, Sage Tyrtle, Tonia Clarke, and Zabet Stewart.
Say howdy and get well soon to Amy Singer. Walking Stick Cosy contest? You betcha. Look for Felicity Ford’s podcast from 9 September 2007.
National Knitting Week in the UK – 13th-21st October
The 2007 Knitting and Stitching Show happens in Birmingham, London, Dublin, and Harrogate.
I’ll see you at I Knit London’s UK Stitch and Bitch Day.
Don’t forget to de-stash at Interim House.
The Cast On Honors for Grownups bead this week is Homecraft. Earn one for your blog by doing something “in the spirit of” or…
Be lazy and grab a fabulous Cast On Knitting Scout badge! (Or, you know, do both…)
Marty and Dame Candle company’s Wendy have a new podcast. Catch Chris, and Briar Rose Fibers in many places on the road this summer! Finally, a very cool video of Italian knitters at Pitti Filatti can be found here.
See you next week! Probably…
Music for the podcast was provided by, and used with the permission of these artists:
- Carbon Leaf – Life Less Ordinary
- Thik Orng – Road Trip
- Tim Blane – Me Being Me
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Thanks for the great podcasts. I’m a relatively new listener, but enjoy spending time listening to your show. I especially liked the Four $ Shower essay, as I am a hiker and camper and know the joys of the pay shower! Also, thank you for the link to the Interim House. I live and knit in the Philly suburbs and have contacted the organization for donation drop-off details. I plan to organize a destash party for my knitting group in order to increase the collection items. Thanks again for the wonderful entertainment…I look forward to more to come!
Hi Brenda! Fantastic episode, as always. I’m so glad you’re feeling better. I wanted to thank you for the Interim House link. After getting sober 2 1/2 years ago I discovered knitting (a year later) and now it’s a big part of my recovery program (uh, or my new addiction…anyway). I’m so glad to have a wonderful place like IH to send supplies to!
Hello! I haven’t commented in a while, but I so enjoyed this episode. The knitty bits were the usual wonderfulness, of course, but I also really like “Me Being Me” — enough that I just bought it on iTunes! This is a first for me (buying a song online) and is also one time that I didn’t FF through the music. (Usually I’m in a hurry to hear more Brenda.) Thank you for the podcast, and for introducing me to Tim Blane!
Would it be possible to do the knitting mag badges in a wider variety? I have been published in Yarn mag, a print mag in Aus (http://yarnmagazine.com.au), and there are a few other ones outside the US that people might want to represent.
The badges are great!
I’d like to see a badge that says “I know enough to get in trouble” or something like that. It would be meant for beginners who’ve just learned how to knit. You know- where you’re at that stage that you really only know the basics but you start experimenting anyway and get into all sorts of interesting messes and your family ends up with all sorts of crazy looking things. There could be multiple levels for this badge as well.
I am also in favor of the “Written an Article/Pattern†(or just “Published Knitter”?) and the “Knitting Instructor” badges mentioned above! Yay!
I’d love to see these badges as actual physical badges! I was hoping to find just that in the marketplace. It would be so fun to have the patches or pins to add to a sash…just think of all the knitters going to their respective weekly meetings looking like subversive Campfire girls;-)
I love the knitting badges! A few ideas for new ones; sock knitters badge, I’ve mastered cables badge (several levels), yarn stash badge (several levels according to size and organization?), WIP/UFO Badges (several levels – the more WIP/UFOs the higher the level?), Frogging Badge (everyone frogs, but what about those perfectionists that are just about to cast off, find a mistake at the beginning of the project and…)… Thanks!!!
Maybe physical badges will be avalible when the book comes out
I heard correctly, there will be a book…tell me there will be a book! Ohhhh, I’m so excited!!!! Maybe there could be one for “knitting helped me through the war” As someone who’s gone & has been left behind, it could be a very touching badge.
Brenda,
I must be the only person on the planet who has just discovered Podcasts. I think this is because I have my first IPod and it is so very easy.
I am really enjoying listening to your archived podcasts – especially the Campfire series. My Campfire girl name was ‘Wah-Kah-Kya Ah-pah-den-ski’ which meant Little Butterfly. (Spelling approximiated to what I remember the pronounciation of course!)
My Campfire girl story started with Blue Birds and is as follows. I came home from school one day very excited because my 2nd grade teacher announced that Brownie sign ups were to be after school the next day. I asked my mother if I could join – and my mom knew that that would mean she would have to join – and she wasn’t really a joiner. I am sure she gently told me that I could not join Brownies, because that is how she was, but what I remember was being crushed.
The next day, I went to school and I suppose my freinds were all talking about joining Brownies, I don’t remember. But I somehow came to understand that it was also Blue Bird signups. My mother did NOT tell me I could not sign up for Blue Birds – so off I went. This was probably the start of the big rebellion. My mother was quite unhappy with my independent act, but went along with it.
I talked to my mom a couple of months ago about Blue Birds and Campfire girls. We remembered some of the girls and some of the moms. In our group, our mom’s took turns being the leader, so my mom regularly got to be a full participant – which was pretty much opposite of what she was looking for. However, my mother loved the girls, loved doing projects with us and our house was one of everyones favorite because my mom lead in organized chaos. She came to love Blue Birds as much as I did.
My mom passed away about 5 weeks ago and listening to your podcast brought back the memory of the conversation we had as well as the wonderful memories we shared. Thank you for this!
BTW – My mom and I shared a love of knitting and fiber!
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