Dream a while with me, as we pause in the space just before the old year gives way to the new. This week on Cast On, contributing writer Becky Annison shares a Secret Life. What’s a Callenig? Heather Ordover, of the Craftlit Podcast delivers one, unawares. Many thanks to Heather’s husband, Andrew, for playing along.
- I talked about these things:
- Felted clogs
- Pomotomus stitch pattern
- Posh Yarn
- Modern Quilt Wrap
- Knitting Daily LYS Yarn-Spree
- First Knit Out in 2008, hosted by I Knit London
- Mari Lwyd
- Callenig
- Hogmaney
- I played KniTunes from these artists:
- Sarah Spade – Winter
- Wil Maring – The Calling
- The Gentle Good – Hueldro Haf
- Friction Bailey – Auld Lang Syne
- A Band Called Quinn – Snowbus
Say it with skulls… This frightening thing is the Mari Lwyd, a Welsh custom used to bring good luck on New Years Eve.
Hamo Neys, Knitsibs! Tell me your dreams. What do you want to make happen in 2008?
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Greetings from Tennessee, Brenda! I’ve been a listener for about a year and I absolutely love your work. You have a way of transporting me from my rush-hour traffic jam to beautiful places like Italy and a wonderful abandoned barn atop a hill in Wales. I had never heard the phrase “start as you mean to go on” but that has become a touchstone for me. Thanks for your beautiful work. God bless!
Thank you for for taking the time to publish CastOn – I discovered your podcasts and the online knitting community 6 months ago having been a lapsed/embarrassed knitter for many years, and it’s changed my world. None of my friends knit (though a couple would now like to learn) and connecting with like-minded people has been so much fun. Your archive has provoked thought, created nostalgia (I went to university in Wales not that many years ago) and given me huge amounts of pleasure, and never fails to send me haring to the web page to look up a link you’ve mentioned or to check out a photo. Here’s to many more entertaining anecdotes in 2008
I’m new to your podcasts. How do I fast forward thru the music? I prefer listening to things having to do with knitting only. Including the music simply takes too much time.
Thanks.
May this year bring you the barn of your dreams. Listening to your description of “your barn” and how you love it so resonated strongly. All my life I’ve longed for such a vista from a home high on a hill overlooking a view that just makes my heart sing. I could see in my mind’s eye what you see. What a dream home it will be…and it will be a reality for you one day.
Living in California it’s hard to find that picturesque British langdscape but for a time I came close. For ten years we rented a tiny cottage in an area that had spots where I could climb high and almost think I was in England. Those were lovely times that seem to fill a tiny spot of my soul’s longing for misty mornings, rolling green hills and clear bright sunshine.
Now we’ve move away from that lovely spot, to my “hometown” with my dear family nearby. While I miss my rambling walks at our old home, now I’ve replaced it with frequent gatherings of loved ones and watching my son grow and thrive surrounded by the love of many. Each day I try to make this new home somehow like my “dream” home in my mind’s eye. That comfy, cosy cottage in the country. For a few moments listening to you describe your dream barn – I was there.
Thank you Brenda.
Hi Brenda, just finished listening to the latest podcast. I don’t think it could have come at a better time. Something it about it touched me very deeply which only leads me find what I must start on and I will go on. . . thanks for sharing your dreams with us.
Just wanted to let you know that we plugged you in the most recent episode of ‘The Secret Frequency”.
It’s a political podcast, but knitting came up and I just had to give you a mention.
This episode brought tears to my eyes. It was beautiful in every way and makes me wish that all of our dearest dreams come true…. that we make it so.
Best podcast ever. Like Leanne, I also had tears in my eyes. I could see the barn and the stream through your voice. An the haunting rendition of Auld Lang Syne really put me over the edge. Thanks for a lovely show.
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