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Episode One Hundred forty-nine: You HAVE GOT to be Kidding! O so many things to link to! Here are some links to...gluten free flour mix, the Jean Reno movie Les Visiteurs, iPhone app info!, Flatland needs readers (text in left sidebar of link). More iPhone app information will come as I know it. Those of you who indulge, I'll try to make sure the launch isn't TOO bumpy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | And Now For Something Completely Different Well, not completely different. Weâll still be working our way through a bookâ Iâm still on the fence about doing the Prologue to Canterbury Talesâmostly because finding a translation I like in the public domain is gonna kill me. (I got spoiled using that sterling one when writing curriculum.) Regardless the Chaucer drama, there will be Flatland! O yes. There will be. Narrated by my very own Dad. Ainât he a trooper. He also has a lovely baritone, so I think youâll find it soothin ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One hundred forty-eight: Be True! Be True! And...CUT! Today we end The Scarlet Letter. It's sad. I'm just sayin'. Oh...gules! Listen for the extended deadline for the 2009 Challenge! Whoopie! Book Talk starts around 19min. But, on the happy side of things: Amy S. Foster's new book (a signed copy of) is our October Incentive! Donate and get your name put into the hat. And I forgot to say, I'm counting donations to Kickstarter as well as to CraftLit directly. Penny rugs! Also, if you're looking for a rollicking good time, check ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One hundred forty-six: The Final Shoe Listening to Jeeves. Rolling around laughing while listening. And while we're at it, Evelyn Waugh's Decline and Fall made me laugh in the most horrible way. 2009 Challenge! GET THEM IN PRONTO! And a New Challenge! iPhone App Patterns! Listen for details. October Incentive! A signed copy of Amy S. Foster's new novel When Autumn Leaves! Did I mention it was signed? Because she loves CraftLit and therefore, loves you too. Only a few seats left on the CraftLit/Knitty trip. Get 'em while you ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One hundred forty-six: Oy! Oy vey! Can't wait to find a headache remedy! (One more week...) Or learn more Yiddish. That might take my mind off the pain. But here are some links for you: Michelle Malone's new album Debris is one to check out if you like jazzy, Southern Rock (you'll be able to tell she came up in Atlanta at the same time as the Indigo Girls--you can listen to some songs from the site), our winners for the September Incentives are Penelope, Erica, and Donna! Yay! A nice site if you need to learn how t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One hundred forty-five: A Conundrum Inside an Enigma Wrapped in a Kumquat Episode One hundred forty-five: A Conundrum Inside an Enigma Wrapped in a Kumquat What was it the ER docs couldn't diagnose? A Migraine. Some conundrum, eh? Where was House when I needed him? So, today...reminder of the September Incentives: Mission Falls 136 Duet Catalog, and the Falls Catalog. Gaze at the beauty that may be your incentive. Don't forget to visit the link above for the Craftlit 2009 Challenge Rules. Time's-a-wastin'!! Fabricate! AND Joi Lynn's bookmark and stitch marke ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One hundred forty-four: I'm SooOo Tired... A Little Funny for you, a little Mission Falls 136 Duet Catalog, and the Falls Catalog. Gaze at the beauty that is your incentive. Don't forget to visit the link above for the Craftlit 2009 Challenge Rules. Time's-a-wastin'! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One hundred forty-three: Is It Over Yet? What a DAY! Brutal coming back from a nice weekend, but this was a little nutty, even by my standards. Here I sit, laptop in front of me, candle and matches next to me. Kinda a Laura Ingalls Wilder sorta night. Regardless, I was able to sketch a little on the trip. Hereâs some Newport Beach for you. We also got a copy of the VERY LOVELY Amy S. Fosterâs new novel âWhen Autumn Leavesâ (clever, sure, but what else do you expect from a CraftLit listener?!). I read the back and am alrea ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One hundred forty-two: Yes, But Is It Aaaht? A few quick things: What I did Saturday (and part of why I didn't post on Thursday), a new Etsy store by long-time listener, a new Crafty mag that inspired me, And Mason Dixon from Knitting Out Loud, Moccasin sock in all it's reinforced-soled glory, and the numbers are a-growin' at Holiday Travel! Sign up NOW for the email announcements! Reservations open Sept 30th at the 800 number, and Dianne (last I checked Ravelry) is working on an International solution as well! WHOOPIE! We're go ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One hundred forty-one: Ow Not much to post today. Checkout Mission Falls, though. The September incentive people! Whoopie! And don't forget about the 2009 CraftLit challenge...like I keep forgetting to mention it on the 'Cast... tra la la... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One hundred forty: Reaching the Summit To say we are all exhausted is such an understatement I'm just going to take it as read that you know that, and move on. [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="375" caption="Sock Summit '09 Book"][/caption] It was great! Amazing! (Did I mention I'm tired?) I'm going to put as many pictures and links in here as I can because I know I'll forget to mention someone's gorgeous yarns or wares...I'll try to catch up on the next 'Cast, though! OH! But checkout The Blue Ridge Soap Shed esp. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One hundred thirty-nine: Tick Tock Book talk for chapter 15 starts at 27min or so... Studio magazine Mixed Mania (love those ladies! For all my success in this arenaâshould there be anyâI blame Cheryl.) What the monsoons should look like. What they look like instead. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One hundred thirty-eight: Can You Hear Me NOW? Feed's back. Site's back. Ability to sleep's back. All is well with the world. Here are some sites for your fun and frolicking: Blogher--a site for bloggin' chicks DailyLit--Maybe you'll eventually even be able to hear an interview...if our planets ever align... GoodGuide--This is the beta site/clearing house of all things Good SmallSteps.gov--Health and Human Service site...get some action out of your tax dollars Mikki Knudsen's book The Dragon of Trelian (and and interview with ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One hundred thirty-seven: It Is Finished! (not TSL, the Novel!) Okay, I'm done with the 91,000 word novel. WOOF! Now I can get back to living...o wait...now I have to send it out...unsolicited. MORE FUN! 101 Wire Earrings rocks! Denise Peck did a great job. Love it! We have a BookGlutton group! Come! Join us! Check out Dr. Gemma at CogKNITive! And...here's the divorce article. See what you think. Then post comments at Drop.io/craftlit (pwd: craftlit). Hmmmm...wonder what you'll have to say... Don't forget about the Challenge! Chapter 13--Bo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One hundred thirty-six: Galloping Galapagos! Today Thing 1 leaves for the Galapagos Islands with his grandparents and I receive that horrible weepy phone call every parent dreads. Thing 2 and I get another crafty weekend and I share video of his first dance recital. Tonight, watching a splashy dance number he announces that all he wants to do is be on TV. Have we created a monster or was he doomed from the start? ' Thing Two's First Dance Recital Kewl pics from Burton's Alice in Wonderland (oooh, ahhhh...or eeek! ugh!); fave sock h ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One hundred thirty-five: Time! Where Hast Thou Gone? I run out of time, out of technology to fix audio, and wine. But you didn't hear about that last part on the 'cast. here are some links for you: Funny online movie starring Jaleel White and Leyna Weber. It's a new webseries Road to the Alter. Full disclosure, I was only able to stream the first minute plus (that's the technology part above) but what I saw was funny. I'm going to guess that it might not be PG though. Just a headsup. Also, don't forget to check out KnittingDaily.com and B ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | One Hundred thirty-four: Free to Be Crafty Well, I knew I was having issues when I uploaded this file, but didn't expect an entire post to disappear.Check for shownotes at craftlit.com. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One hundred thirty-three: Eek! A Leech! Now, now...didn't mean to frighten you there...Leech was just a old fashioned way of saying "Doctor." Which makes me wonder why ANYONE would ever go to the Doctor?! Huge thanks to Penelope for reading this week!!!! YAY CRAFTLIT LISTENERS!!! Camille sent this picture she found. Feel the drama? News from Interweave: Quilting Arts Gives Away Free eBook of 7 Quilted Bag Patterns eBook giveaway celebrates launch of the new Quilting Arts website and online community, www.quiltingarts.com ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One hundred thirty-two: Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes? For all of you (ahem, all of us) who don't speak Latin...you know...just in general...that would be a title for the Governor in our little book--in English: Who Watches the Watchmen? This week, Chapters 7 and 8 of The Scarlet Letter. Some quick links for your merriment: Checkout Scrivener if you have a Mac and write stories, lookee at News Knitter, Interesting idea...LifeHacks, another way to organize your days, quick and dirty (really) mosquito trap, how to read more books this year, how ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One hundred thirty-one: Pearls Before Swine...Flu? Not much for you this episode. Maryland Sheep and Wool was great. Jennie the Potter and Dawn and Amy were spectacular (a year since the cruise! Who knew?!). And now I'm heading out to NYC. Ping me if you are there and want to hook up. Whoo hoo! Next week will likely NOT have a 'cast, but the week after, you know it! And don't forget the challenge! Lots of Scarlet Letter yarn went at MSW. It really is a great scarlet color--and a wool silk blend. mmmmmmmmm yummy... Perhaps we need a S ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One hundred thirty: But I Hate Embroidery! Hester embroiders! Puritans are explained! My new site is nearly done! AND MSW UPDATE: After Party that Guido (It'sAPurlMan) and Alanna (TactileTravel) and Jess (Ravelry) have put togetherâIt's Saturday night in Columbia and we'll have food and some door prizes and hopefully a ton of fun.  There's more info at http://tactileafterparty.com. Interweave ROCKSâGo there NOW!!! Interweave is celebrating Earth Day by offering two free digital issues of the most current Quilting ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One hundred twenty-nine: 129 and I'm Out Of Title Ideas! Many things from this episode! Not the least of which is chapter four of TSL!!!! April Incentive book and yarn! New Interweave book! LOVE IT! Our THSG journal fundraiser full of pics of our artsy goodies from last year's challenge! Maryland Sheep and Wool! Find me at Jennie the Potter's stall with Knitty and the gang! FAST-DRYING NAIL POLISH (really...but, okay, not in that color)! Great YA book series! And SOMEONE out there, please make Wordpress speak Mac to me ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One Hundred twenty-eight: She Will Not Speak! I bait the "come-and-see-me" hook with three venues: Maryland Sheep and Wool, Sock Summit, and SFO. Come by JennieThePotter's stall at MSW if you want to be recorded for a 'Cast! Or, you know, just say hi! Don't forget about the Challenge! New Website coming! Really! Life is good and we're on Chapter 3 of The Scarlet Letter. I love this chapter... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One hundred twenty-seven:"Goodwives."Huh. Today! Chapter 2! Fun with the intolerant Puritans of the Dour Physiognomies (love that word! Also love ignominious). I knit a pair of Knucks in no time (necessity=invention. My hands are freezing), I fall in love with the KOL book Knitting Lessons (good reader!). And! A NewIncentive Fills Our Lives! ...for the first ever The March Hare loves CraftLit Design Contest! We have dyed up a brand new colorway for our very special 70/30 wool/silk blend in a very special CraftLit colo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One hundred twenty-six: Don't Forget the Roses Herin lie Episodes One hundred twenty-four, One hundred twenty-five, and One hundred twenty-six: The Party of the First Part, The Party of the Second Part, and Don't Forget the Roses. The links, as promised: The Dickens Link, the link to Frolicking Deer Lavender Farms, microtia bracelets here, books reviewed are Knitted Lace of Estonia by Nancy Bush and Boutique Knits by Laura Irwin. April Incentive: Artists' Journals and Sketchbooks by Lynne Perrella. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One hundred twenty-five: The Party of the Second Part Herin lie Episodes One hundred twenty-four, One hundred twenty-five, and One hundred twenty-six: The Party of the First Part, The Party of the Second Part, and Don't Forget the Roses. The links, as promised: The Dickens Link, the link to Frolicking Deer Lavender Farms, microtia bracelets here, books reviewed are Knitted Lace of Estonia by Nancy Bush and Boutique Knits by Laura Irwin. April Incentive: Artists' Journals and Sketchbooks by Lynne Perrella. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One hundred twenty-four: The Party of the First Part Herin lie Episodes One hundred twenty-four, One hundred twenty-five, and One hundred twenty-six: The Party of the First Part, The Party of the Second Part, and Don't Forget the Roses. The links, as promised: The Dickens Link, the link to Frolicking Deer Lavender Farms, microtia bracelets here, books reviewed are Knitted Lace of Estonia by Nancy Bush and Boutique Knits by Laura Irwin. April Incentive: Artists' Journals and Sketchbooks by Lynne Perrella. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One-hundred twenty-three: When All Is Explained Some fun for you! A Death Clock! Whoopie! (I've got some time, so we'll finish a few more books...) And check this out! A NYTimes article aggregator! I love this thing. I never close it! And for a hoot--check out friend Haynes' new venture (hint...he's an actor...). And for those of you frustrated with the economy--a little financial...can I call it levity? I don't think so...maybe 4-th Wall Realism is better. Here. And here. Jennie the Potter has done it again--if you missed it on Knitty ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One-hundred twenty-two: Where We Arrive at an Understanding Some fun for you! A Death Clock! Whoopie! (I've got some time, so we'll finish a few more books...) And check this out! A NYTimes article aggregator! I love this thing. I never close it! And for a hoot--check out friend Haynes' new venture (hint...he's an actor...). And for those of you frustrated with the economy--a little financial...can I call it levity? I don't think so...maybe 4-th Wall Realism is better. Here. And here. Jennie the Potter has done it again--if you missed it on Knitt ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One-hundred twenty-one: It Wasn't The Butler Some cool things--YAY CORALINE, Yay Graveyard Book! Yay teeny-weeny sweaters! Yay Tikabelle! Yay Getting Things Done in creative ways! Yay cables without a cable needle (there're good videos on YouTube, too). Yay Clear Scientists! (Maybe start with the CalTech lecture.) Waiting for a schematic or information on the Cardi Cozy...it may be the most frogged pattern I've ever seen on Ravelry! Sadly... Yay artists' sketchbooks online! George Orwell (love this!) Kewl Austen site (fun) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One-hundred twenty: Sorry I was HYDEing... So, today chapters 4â7 of Jekyll and Hyde, and a bunch of links for you: Meg's Victorian site, new Incentive site (Thank you, Debbi), Authonomy is questionable site, the Knit Kit, Paperworks, cool Victorian movie (Yay Johnny Depp), Knitting Daily Free Sock e-Book, Yay Neil Gaiman, Little Women spinning project, and I think that's it! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One-hundred nineteen: Utterly Utterson Definition of troglodyte. Here's a cute pic of what someone thought a troglodytic creaature might look like. Nice. Chapters 2 and 3 today. Not much else newsy except that you writerly-types should go here and checkitout: Authonomy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One-hundred eighteen: If You Be Hyde, I'll Be Seek Welcome to our first episode of Jekyll and Hyde! This episode has chapter one and many links mentioned (and many links I didn't get to, so those will be in the next episode). Here's what I spoke of: Jennie the Potter, Meg's Etsy, Becky's album for her Etsy, some REALLY good free music (spread the word), Bly's Little Book on the Human Shadow, You Suck, the article about the hats at the Daily Chum, Spin-Off (or here), and a lovely year-end tale sent in by Meg. Plus, here's what Mr. Stevens ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Craftlit: Jekyll and Hyde Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One-hundred seventeen: A Little End I'm back-to-backing the last chapters so you can finish happy over Thanksgiving. YAY! I'll be back in December with Jeckyl and Hyde...which seems odd for the Xmas Spirit thing, but...We'll have The Scarlet Letter in the new year...which actually seems oddly appropriate. These episodes contain the following:episode 116âchapters 44â46episode 117âchapter 47, the final chapter, "Harvest Time" OH! And check out Pintoid Cameras! And what they do!UPDATE 11/28/08: Error SHOULD be fixed no ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One-hundred sixteen: No! Really! 116! I'm back-to-backing the last chapters so you can finish happy over Thanksgiving. YAY! I'll be back in December with Jeckyl and Hyde...which seems odd for the Xmas Spirit thing, but...We'll have The Scarlet Letter in the new year...which actually seems oddly appropriate. These episodes contain the following:episode 116âchapters 44â46episode 117âchapter 47, the final chapter, "Harvest Time"OH! And check out Pintoid Cameras! And what they do! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One-hundred fifteen: Who Knew?! A great article on the REAL author of Frankenstein (it's what you'd hoped--better than...), some kewl artsy things to do with small boxes, and yes, I call it episode 116. It's not. And Who Knew?!Who knew we'd have a run to the emergency room on Halloween night, an election that took up WAY more time than we thought, a novel that is actually progressing, various illnesses (hello Coxsackie!) and, you know, the rest of the life stuff. Enjoy chapters 42 and 43! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One-hundred fourteen: The One That Will Make You Cry The links for you: Our October Incentive book; links to more painting; link to the Mason-Dixon book; link to fabu Artisan breadâthank you Dawnâbook (and the video you should watch first); links to More With Less (the Mennonite book), Nigella Express, How to Cook Without a Book, Fannie Farmer, Saving Dinner (low-carb, vegetarian, basics), Tightwad Gazette; and a buy local support page. The Chapter That Will Make You Cry (40) begins at 19 minutes and 57 seconds, The One That Wont Make You Cr ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One-hundred thirteen-A: The One That I Forgot This comes between 113 and 114. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One Hundred-thirteen: Ah, to be young, rich, and melancholy...in Nice! My painting (Day 1), Jennie the Potter, Dawn, October's incentive book! And chapter 37! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One-hundred twelve: Broken Hearts and Boys Today, Chapters 35-36!!! Recipe: No-Knead Bread - New York Times, a blogpost on the NY Times bread, Oatmeal Toasting Bread (?!), whole wheat beer bread (mmmm), and the original beer bread (this is what I'm eating while recording...) wish you were here! And my new fave blog: The Runcible Bin. I am in love. Followed by Plenty magazine's website. Love it! Here's some green-but-economically-friendly tips, help to find healthy produce in your area, and here's Victory Garden info. Love the gar ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One-hundred eleven: Jo! Jo! Wherefore Art Thou NOT Jo? Book #1 on Quilting, Book #2 the Mixed Media Self-Portraits, Book #3 (my fave) Mixed Mania. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One-hundred ten: Tender...Bread I return but take my own sweet time getting act and putting it together. A spectacular Tutorial sent in by our Madame Leiderhosen. A lovely bread site by someone who appears to be a lovely man and fun correspondent, and a Cranberry Liqueur page as a preemptive holiday strike. Happy New Year to those of the Tribe. May you have a sweet new year and easy fast. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One-hundred nine: Letters! Here y'are! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One Hundred-eight: Truth and... Here y'are! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One-hundred seven: The Early Coming of the Gracious Dawn You'll hear me nearly not at all for the next few. Between the UofA starting (oooooh Rhetoric!) and my son's surgery, I'm tapped out. However, my stupendously cool roomie from the cruise selflessly volunteered herself (and possibly Jennie the Potter) to speak for me. This, I thought to myself, is way, way cool. Brief updates: visit Meg's Etsy site, gear yourself up to read chapters of The Scarlet Letter. I'll be announcing a "go" time, when I'll post a thread to Ravelry and ya'll can pic ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One Hundred-six: Marital Morass So, I promised you a few things: Cake site, Cog rested site, Gawaine site and commentary, Hitchhiker's site. Today, Chapter 28 read by our own Erin! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One Hundred-five: The One Where I'm Back Things for you: Pandora Radio, Becky's Knit Sib Bracelet, Friend Meg's Etsy Shop! (forgot to mention that one) Obama=Darcy Op-Ed, How to Cook Without a Book, 15 minute movie parodies, Paris Hilton video, pain advocacy link. I think that's it!Chapters 26â27 today...and the Pandora player below on the right. Oh, and a Goeduck Geoduck clam...I think that's how it's spelled...gross, no? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One Hundred-four: In Which We Begin Not a lot to put here...don't forget to get registered with the Bone Marrow donor's site!103=Chapter 23. End of Book One.104=Chapters 24â25. Beginning of Book Two, "Good Wives." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One Hundred-three: In Which We End Not a lot to put here...don't forget to get registered with the Bone Marrow donor's site!103=Chapter 23. End of Book One.104=Chapters 24â25. Beginning of Book Two, "Good Wives." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One Hundred-two: Mischief and Merrymaking Lots-n-lots of links for you, plus chapter 21 and chapter 22 (ooooh, it rhymes!).Many thanks to Erin of Faery Knitting Podcast for the reading! Woof! First and foremost, go to the Bone Marrow site and go get registered. Ask me for information if you'd like to send Robbie a card or check here for Robbie updates. As far as cooking goes, take a look at the comments from episode 101, then also look here: Lickity-Split Meals, Meals Made Easy, Nancy's husband's blog recipes, Food Network show and ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One Hundred-one: Summoning the Will Judith's photostream, my Guyabara shirt (sans sleeve...) Photo_07.jpg Originally uploaded by hordoverOne sleeve off, one sleeve on... And not much else. Happy listening! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One Hundred: Hitting the Century Mark Wow!We made it!Elizabeth finished Herland, Caroline was last week's reader, Shannon's 12 steps, All I Want to Do Is Dance, and this week, Chapters 17 and 18! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Ninety-nine: Get Smart! I get on a rather lame soapbox about Get Smart and comedy...which I'm pretty sure I disagree with myself on today; remind you to visit Becky's store; cheat off of Elizabeth's chem--I mean cooking--notes; update you on some beading competitions and venues; give a shout out to Stash Tea; ask for help on why the letter in the tower exists at all in TofTC; provide you with a link on Child Development via Susie The Slow Knitta; and generally wax rhapsodic on Rosie the Wonderdog and her Invincibl ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Ninety-eight: How About You? This week!Chapters 13 and 14! Thanks to Bobby Darin; please purchase your version at iTunes! Banana Bread:1/2 C butter1/2 to 1 C sugar (or Splenda blend)1 egg1/2 tsp baking soda mixed with 2TBSP milk (for a good reason--check out the comments last week!)1 or 2 banannas2 C flour with 1 tsp baking powder and 1/8 or so tsp salt.350Â1 hourFun! Congrats to Tara!!!!!!! Our Winnah for May! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Ninety-seven: Badges and Bill All aboard for Camp Laurence!Chapter 12--whoo hoo! Rosie the dog is back, but still depressed (Though Thing 1 is Happy!)while I am frazzled like a snozzcumber. I belatedly thank Erin and also Judith for the everso bitchen' book. I try to escape the dreaded viral malaise that has struck my children (HA!), mourn Malabrigo's loss, and hand out a tasty recipe! AndAPOLOGIES to Brenda Dayne...who hosts CAST-ON!...For the love of Pete...THIS is how the week has gone! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Ninety-six: I'm Baaaaack! I return from the curious cruise, wax rhapsodic on our listeners, remind myself why I don't sew more often, hand out a link to Dot and Line, visit the bone marrow site, Don't forget to check out my roomie's blog and her Chum articles! Janwillem books or at least the first in the Amsterdam Cop series (BIG FUN!). Oh, and the new crochet book! Chapter 11 of Little Women and don't forget you can send audio comments via phone now! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Ninety-five: What?! MORE Dickens?! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Ninety-four: Photog! Chapter 9, Meg Goes to Vanity Faire--reminds me of sorority parties ("Photog!"). I'm sure they hated that... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episodes Ninety-three through Ninety-five Prepping so I don't leave you high and dry while on the cruise. The show notes won't change, but new episodes will appear as though by magic. How cool is that?! Checkout SpinningErin's new 'Cast: Faery Knitting. Congrats to our April Winnah Meghan from IL!!! You'll be talking to Dixie at YellowDog! Limey info for you: RECIPES THROUGH TIME [1747] "To pickel LEMONS. Take twelve Lemons, scape the with a Piece of broken Glass, then cut them cross in two, four Parts down right, but not qui ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Ninety-two: Pilgrims Who Progress Notes for you!Checkout our yahoo group! Thank you WendyMcD (find her on Ravelry!) Checkout the Knitmore Girls! Checkback for the pattern choices from Dixie! Soon, a pic of my son's new ear! Check Ravelry group for the next set of chapters that need recording. Blanc-mange is: And our own G-Nina's Meg! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Ninety-one: Eek! A Man! Ookay, lotsa links for you: FitFlops (NAYY), another online audio-lit site (I think I promised this ages ago!), a hot-button blog I forgot to tell you about, Adagio tea, Teavana, Meghan's podcast Stitch It! Here's a link to Courtney's Etsy store for our May Incentive--and here's the yarn.Yummy, no? Oh, and a few links to Pilgrim's Progress sites for you. Oh, and Bunny Jurassic Park. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Time to Post a Promo A promo for Little Women...knock yourself out! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Ninety: Cute the Chicks! Can you believe we're about to start our THIRD year??? Ai yi yi how time flies. So, I promised you a ton of links, mostly from the very patient Becky! Beading information here (Thai Silver), here (great shepherd hook ear wires), and here. Oh, and Vintaj beads and Foxy Findings (great stones)...Our listener Elizabeth's etsy store--home of the great dishcloth and so so SO much more! The Therapik--just go look. AMAZing...I'll let you know how it works for me!A great Frankenstein kids book. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Eighty-nine: Eftsoons, Grey Eyed Loon! Coleridge!Rime!Mariners! All we really needed was Chip...Alas... If you want to hear it without me bugging you, checkitout here: Librivox. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Eighty-eight: Falling Down I'm off to a funeral but I've left you this podcast. No time for links on the show notes right now. I'll update them this weekend. MANY thanks to Becky who read so nicely for us today! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Eighty-seven: Odyssey in my Mind SO many things to link to! Cool pins, the knit map of my dreams, a successful fundraiser for a Friend of Craftlit, fun vocab site, a swift made from a fan, congrats to Elizabeth of Tucson for her mug, and Barbara of Illinois for the caramels, AND a spectacular new March incentive--Jewelry from Becky (which looks something like this! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Eighty-six: Mele Kalikimaka Is the Thing to Say I head off to the balmy island breezes and leave you with...miserable and cold northern climes and, you know...Victor being a putz... Don't forget to show some love to our February Incentive-Giver, Jennie Lanners of ceramicist fame. Checkout Interweave's Beading Daily as well as their new book, Simply Modern Jewelry: Designs from the Editor of Stringing Magazine, by Danielle Fox. And most importantly! Congrats to Alicia of Stone Mountain, GA! Yay you! Yay CheekyRedHead! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Eighty-five: All Is Well... Updates on the surgery can be found on the MamaOKnits blog. Thank you SO much for all your support! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Eighty-four: Make Me a Woman Now it's gotten ridiculous. Pneumonia! Off to surgery for us for surgery. More as I know it. Kippot pictures just didn't work out. I'm bummed because I've already delivered them to the Synagogue. I do, however, have Broadstreet mitten pics for you. These are in "Metamorphic" Socks That Rock. This is in "Sherbet". Chapters 16-17 today! Whoo hoo! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Eighty-three: Requiem for a Friend I lose a friend with whom I simply did not get to spend enough time, we listen to chapters 14-15, I link you to a weave-a-licious blog post of Dawn's, I continue to wrap wire, look for reeds, and read, and thus I give you a quote from Ms. Shelley: Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purposeâa point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye. Nice. Incentive Muggage! Donate in January for your very own! Looms. The rigid heddle has--for reasons unknown t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Eighty-two: Winter With Me in the Alps... Today, we stay with the Creature's narrative about his life with the De Lacey family during chapters 12 and 13. I announce the final winnah of the Jen Minnis Craftlit Charm! (Yay Barbara of IL! Yay Jen of Serious Talent!) Knitting Out Loud has some new books to listen to (Huzzah the Rutt!) and Interweave announces it's latest fÃte, Crafty TV. The New Yorker talks medical ethics (I love good timing). I get to hang with Enchanting Juno, get an assist from Becky, and you--you lucky things--can ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Eighty-two: Winter With Me in the Alps... Today, we stay with the Creature's narrative about his life with the De Lacey family during chapters 12 and 13. I announce the final winnah of the Jen Minnis Craftlit Charm! (Yay Barbara of IL! Yay Jen of Serious Talent!) Knitting Out Loud has some new books to listen to (Huzzah the Rutt!) and Interweave announces it's latest fÃte, Crafty TV. The New Yorker talks medical ethics (I love good timing). I get to hang with Enchanting Juno, get an assist from Becky, and you--you lucky things--can ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Eighty-one: Cross Examination Today we begin the real trial for Victor as the Creature speaks (that miserable wrench...uh...wench...er...wretch!)! As does former student Anahad O'Connor! (Buy his book!) SHOES! Chapter 11 for this episode; my voice won't hold up for more. Some interesting bits of history sent on by Guru of the IT world, Tonia--many thanks! Don't watch this part unless you don't mind spoilers: Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Eighty: Elevate Me! Today, once again, I reference Young Frankenstein, blather about Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Seventy-nine: O The Weather Outside Is... Actually, fifty eight degrees and sunny...but I'm watching the news with all sorts of weather advisories for my old haunts in NY and...I know I'm nuts...I miss the snow. I don't miss the grey or the slush, but I do miss snow. Ah well...grass...greener...you get the picture. The one link I mention in this cast is: Jeanie at Knitty.com. Checkitout! Today, Chapters 6-7...there will be more monster...O Yes...there will be... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Seventy-eight: Cue the Monster! Not much in the way of show notes this week. Chapters 3-5...which includes the awakening of said monster. oooooooooooooooooooooh! Enjoy! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Seventy-seven: Just Breathe You can thank (blame?) Dawn for this.A spinning wheel too far.The song I've been living by lately ("Just Breathe (2am)" by Anna Nalik). Perhaps you should download a copy too, from iTunes (to make up for me using the song on the 'Cast...)?A competition you should take part in so you can be featured like my bud Lyn.Some amazing tapestry sites to look at: Barbara Heller's (look at Gallery One and see the 9/11 tapestry and the Afghani woman...yeesh! Tapestry never looked so amazing t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Seventy-six: Back in the Saddle Well, I'm not 100% but I can talk for chunks of time now so that's a step in the right direction.Kaylea of Chicago is our new Charm Winner for the Month of October. Debbie Brunner is the dyer responsible for these spectacular socks, and there was something else to put up here but I cannot for the life of me remember what it was.See?Still mushy in the brain.OH!Come see me on Facebook. I made a little group for us there and am trying to get a podcast player onto the apps page. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | O Dear I have laryngitis. I've had it since Tuesday. I have no idea what this will mean for all of us...but...My fingers are crossed that I'll be able to record tomorrow. Think happy thoughts... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode 75: Isn't it Romantic Today I chat with Madame Professor Elizabeth Klett about Romantic Poetry (that's capital R, not romantic--ain't nothing lovey-dovey about our poems today). You'll hear from Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, and Keats. Not bad for a night's work, eh? Many thanks to Sandra who sent me the box of Autumn leaves. You have no idea how much that meant to me.You can see more of my SOAR times at my other blog too. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode 74: SOARing in Michigan Disclaimer:I tried my best to eliminate the background noise in the interviews you'll hear. I found it easier to hear on headphones on my machine.I hope it works for you too.What you'll hear about: My Bag!DeeDee's RacoonLeslie and her fiber!Janel Laidman's Class (Chameleon Color Works!)Jennie of the Lace and Upcoming Book pics pending--Blogger having troubleHandwoven, handspun bags.Enchanting Juno, FiberGal, Amy at Knitty.com and the very first pattern I ever saw on her site (love--LOVE I t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Seventy-three: A Haute Man is Good to Find First, OUR WINNERS!The September donors who will receive sock yarn from CheekyRedHead or a CraftLit charm from Jen Minnis Designs are:Beverly of CT's name was drawn to receive Sock Yarn! (YAY! General rowdiness!)andLauren of CA's name was drawn to receive the CraftLit charm! (Huzzah! Much rejoicing!)We'll be getting those things out to you asap.Today we end Tristan and Isolde (sob). We ALSO have a treat from Listener Jen Massey who recorded a retelling of Tristan and Isolde by Robin William ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Seventy-two: Just Weave-It! I score a Weavette (Weave-It...Weavit?); CheekyRedHead makes some LOVELY sock yarn for you (if you donate in the month of September);Jen has charms for the September Donation Drawing as well. This episode: Isolde floats (like small rocks or bits of wood) or doesn't burn like...not-a-witch..., Tristan finds a Fairy Dog, and then finds another Isolde!The drama!Next week is the end of ol' T&I...then on to The Romantics and Frankenstein! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Seventy-one: Sick, Sick, Sick... Some...um...interesting crochet (thank you to Dawn for sending the link); welcome to our new sponsor, Knitting Out Loud; a new LYS opens here; what's up with the Weavettes?!; a little info on the insular Celtic languages (thank you Cheeky!); and if you have Nyquil, please send it.And, of course, don't forget to donate during the last months of the year! You'll be entered in the drawing for the Jen Minnis charms (check out her website button the on the right!) and also SOCK YARN from CheekyR ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Seventy: With a Little Help From My Friends I learn more from the best source--that would be YOU.So here are the cool links: the mag that likes us, the improvement on creating knitting graph paper, Tristan's Leap, and an artist's rendition of the same, Glastonbury, it's Abbey and history, and some of the Arthurian accouterments, and I forgot to mention a blog to watch and a piece of knitting that is as spectacular as it is ingenious.And, of course, your Liminal Space. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Sixty-nine: A Diller, A Dollar... Today we learn a bit from our very own Medieval Scholar, take a look at the Tristan Stone, draw as though we know what we're doing, check out a sock calculator and learn the dimensions to create knitting graph paper on Excel (that would be column width 0.1" and row height .067").Don't forget to take a gander at the gorgeous pieces Jen created! And another good Arthur/Tristan-y book: White Raven by Diana L. Paxson. OH! And check out who's on our t-shirt heels!!And some fibery-luvvi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Sixty-eight: Okay, So...What's a Morholt? Fun music for you (lyrics too!), a crafty article for you that you simply won't believe! (Thank you to Winglake.)The next two Tristan stories (we're getting to the lovey-dovey stuff...don't worry!) for today, "The Morholt" and "The Quest for the Lady with the Hair of Gold".And, a new T-Shirt? I Want Me Some Medieval Hottie! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Sixty-seven: We Begin at the Beginning My Lords, if you would hear a high tale of love and of death, here is that of Tristan and Queen Isolde (Iseult), how to their full joy, but to their sorrow also, they loved each other and how at last they died of that love together upon one day, she by him, and he by her. By Joseph BedierTranslated by H. BelocqSome art to inspire you...And I think you'll want this information (click to expand it)...Which I'm borrowing from this lovely site that you may want to visit. Not too shabby! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Sixty-six: It Is a Far, Far Better Thing... First, once again, HUGE thanks to Julie who allowed me a much needed period of rest last week before the madness began again this week. I hope y'all scoot over to listen to Forgotten Classics too! (That Heyer woman is a hoot!) Things I rambled about: Kohlberg's Morality Stages (I mentioned this before, right? It's soooo kewl!), anaphora, Iago. And next...Tristan and Isolde! The High Drama of Chivalric Romance Will Commence!BUT WAIT!There's More!Julie, our guest host, had this to say about ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Sixty-five: Gauging the Results I'm on Vacation, but here are links Julie mentioned for y'all: Knitting Vintage Socks by Nancy Bush (yes, I said Barbara Walker and I was so very WRONG!) Cables Untangled (see the cover? THAT'S the afghan I'm knitting for Rose) LOST Reading Project: The Turn of the Screw by Henry James Meanwhile, Back in the Kitchen Forgotten Classics And...for reasons I'm not aware of...iTunes and Windows Media Player hates our Audacity file. I'll fill you in on why I can't fix it pronto this Wednes ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Sixty-four(a): A Woman of Valor part II Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Sixty-four: A Woman of Valor Not to get all Biblical on you, but Becky and I were exchanging verses. Check out Psalms 90:17 and Proverbs 31:10+.That's right! You go, Girl!A little JoanA little WhangdoodleAnd the Girl from Auntie hypotenuse thingy.And don't forget to download Episode 64a, which contains the third chapter for this 'cast--another one you would have killed me for not getting to. Never say I don't take your feelings to heart. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Moment We've All Been Waiting For The Long Awaited(and heavily edited to remove the worst of my guffaws---yes, that's how much fun they are) Interview/Conversation withTomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein,authors of Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar...Some of the books they recommended: Scott Spencer's Endless Love and Men In Black, Russell Banks' Continental Drift, and Tom and Dan's Macho Meditations (Oh go buy a copy. Make them feel better.) And don't forget to stock up on War and Peace.And, as a goofy bonus: the Fifty Best ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Sixty-three: Start the Revolution Without Me I race through and opening and a closing to bring you two huge chapters. Why? Becauseâhonestlyâif I didn't, you'd kill me...we're SO close!To stave off your appetite until next week, you can watchthis goofy movie. Before there was a Blazing Saddle...before Frankenstein was Young...there were...The Corsican Brothers. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Sixty-two: In the Clutch Here's the car with a clutch. Here's the car without.Sigh.And here's Frank's Diner. And the Aurora Forum (search for "Jefferson") thingy.And today!?ANDY MINTER!Sorry about the stereo kicking in and out. I have NO idea what's going on...but I'm working on it. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Sixty-one: You May Have to Call Me Professor A VERY BELATED congratulations to Teresa and Rachael for their Knitting Nightmares. If you're interested in a look-see, you can view the Knitty pattern Teresa used, Blaze and here's a pic of the completed...item. Looks good NOW, no? Getting close to the end of the book! Only eight more chapters! When you get on Ravelry, look up the Craftlit group and join us. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode 60: Let the Deprogramming Begin! I come back to earth after my SAWP experience, find a favorite writer, learn not to fear Lucie's hair and find that I have to read a chapter to save you from mispronunciations that were simply too too odious.Book The Third, Chapters three through five (and two of 'em from Andy)! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Fifty-nine: The End Begins Tonight we begin book three.Tomorrow I conduct a new (surprise) interview. You'll not believe who...I'm starting a blogroll of supporter/subscribers, so if you've sent in a donation and have a blog, please let me know so I can link to it!I fight (and beat?) the specter of grammar educationâand exhaust my wussy self in the process!Ooh, and go here to see a Dragoon. NICE uniform! Here's David Brin's Earth. Some wild art for you!And just a little quote to compare someone we all know with the F ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Fifty-eight: Both Over and Underwhelmed Heather has a close encounter with the OED, some frustrating times getting SAWPed, makes progress on a Clapotis, regresses on a warp, and falls in love (all over again) with Jane Eyre. Thanks to Becky (my Bastille Babe), Tikabelle, Irish Clover, Paper, Knitting2Relax, Teresa (my doppelganger), Heidi, and Julie--don't forget to swing by her Podcast!Next week--should all go according to plan--another bonus interview for you and (finally) the Knitting Disaster Essays! (There's still room for m ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Fifty-seven: Of Math and Martyrs Bach's Goldberg Variations, writers are fun to hang out with, but you're afraid of our competition, My first Odeo! Looking for a dime and trying not to be a martyr. (Now you'll have to listen. That won't make any sense otherwise!)Disclaimer for this week's episode below.Get your pattern in the Knitting Pattern-a-day Calendar* and go check out Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar... a really scary article Teresa sent in, To be or not to be? At U.S. colleges, it's increasingly 'not' :: CHICA ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Fifty-six: The Very Best Thing With love to my family and especially my sons who remind me often that they are my very best things.I get a little verklempt about Ovid as Theatre.Today, a little rambling, what I'll do with the start of my "summer vacation", the return of Andy and Chip! (Did I tell you I wrote fan mail to Chip? He didn't write back. My heart is broken.)Chapters 18, 19, and 20 of Book The Second...we're closing in on that revolution, folks! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Fifty-five: Still Knitting... And, um...weaving too.Like I needed another pastime...Begging for a knitted farm.And did I tell you about this fantastic book?!And, finally, I have to share my Sock Yarn Love from Katie's store (this is Desert Olive and Sincerity in the Juliet yarn, 75% superwash and 25% nylon...and it's so soft you'll wonder where they hid the nylon...). Yay Katie!And a belated thank you to Rachael who dyed some sock yarn for me--gorgeous Kool Aid colors! MORE SOCKS! Whoo hoo! (And Rachael, if your DH conv ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Fifty-four: Raveled Soon (I hope) I'll post an interview with Jessica of Ravelry.com--a new website for knitters and crocheters which is in Beta now. You can sign up on the waiting list, though. And, um...you'll probably want to.But don't let the definition make your head hurt--notice the odd little usage overlap below? Ow!And, because I'm still an English Teacher at heart:A little art to make you think...Debra sent in a "convergence of art, science, and craft." Really. Pics here."HoyaGirl" ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Fifty-three: But I'm too Young for REAL Memory Loss Show notes for 52 and 53 are jumbled in here.Sorry 'bout that...WWMDfK?I'll tell you what!Check this out--thank you Jenna!Don't forget to visit ShopYarnLove! New yarns coming soon! Nummy! And grab a t-shirt while you're at it!Updates on Turning Forty (yeah, it's in caps) and how much I miss The Met.Koigu!On Sale!My wonderful Daddy!Hope you caught the interview with Adina Klein from Knit1 we got in on the get-out-the-word event for their new "Green" issue (seriously, NAYY, you shou ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Fifty-Two: My How Time Flies Show notes for 52 and 53 are jumbled in here.Sorry 'bout that...WWMDfK?I'll tell you what!Check this out--thank you Jenna!Don't forget to visit ShopYarnLove! New yarns coming soon! Nummy! And grab a t-shirt while you're at it!Updates on Turning Forty (yeah, it's in caps) and how much I miss The Met.Koigu!On Sale!My wonderful Daddy!Hope you caught the interview with Adina Klein from Knit1 we got in on the get-out-the-word event for their new "Green" issue (seriously, NAYY, you shou ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Bonus Episode! Knit.1 with Adina Klein Our humble podcast has been graced by the Editor-in-Chief of SoHo Publishing's Knit.1 magazineÃïïAdina Klein (SoHo also does Vogue Knitting and Knit Simple).Aside from being awful fun to talk to, Adina is a knitter, crocheter, painter, sketcher, purveyor of fine books (new ones!), and--my fave--a Nationally Ranked Scrabble Champ.Really!How cool is that!?!We might get a chance to talk to her again later this year. I'll keep you posted.So, kick back, enjoy a peek into the secret world ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Fifty-one: Happy (fill-in-the-bank) To Me! Hey, do me a favor, wouldja? Click on that Popcurrent thingy in the right margin (here if you're looking at Libsyn).And take a look at this very useful sock page (I know...am I obsessed?).I'm freaking people out with my Hufflepuff Sock (What is that...a BADGER?!). Spinning a buncha llama, in public no less. Trying not to lose my mind when I go for a week at a time without talking to another adult. And being very sad over losing Vera.Take a look here for help on French Titles. And enjoy Book ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Fifty: Just The Chapters, Ma'am I'm about to head out to see the oral surgeon AGAIN. My mouth is still stuffed with gauze and my head is stuffed iwth Vicodan (which, sadly, ain't workin' too well).So.Today it's just the chapters. I'm sorry about that, but I'll post what tidbits I can here. And, honestly, you wouldn't be able to understand me talk about these chapters a sadder note, my friend Jeannie Townsend (of sock creating fame) who has given away literally thousands of sock patterns for free, is now supporting son and ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Forty-nine: Waiting for the Shoe And So It Goes...I recorded last night and woke up today to find that Kurt Vonnegut passed away last night. It's like my own personal Mark Twain died. So sad.I started reading Vonnegut when I was in fifth grade. My parents let me read almost all of his books (except Player Piano) and I literally wolfed them down--most of them I've reread at some point. He wrote a two page "how to write" flyer that I THINK is still in my box of "school junk". Brilliant.I'm so sorry he's n ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Forty-eight: As God Is My Witness, On You it Looks Good! We have a SHIRT!Take pics of yo' bad self in a shirt and send the pics to me! I'll post them on the blog...just don't expect one of me on that new glass walk-way over the Grand Canyon !And, please visit to support Katie who has "shirted" us.And Carrie left this note: More random information for you - the Bedlam mental hospital in London still exists - it is now a building called Salisbury House off London Wall and Finsbury Circus in central London and houses several law firms' of ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Forty-seven: How Sweet It Is I've cleaned up the craft room!Can I get an "Amen"?And I've got more Chip for you today!And I've got a lot of cooking to do! Good thing that deadline is past!We weigh in on Mdm. DeF's knitting choices, Cast on for Kenya, and generally enjoy some more Dickens!NOTE: There may be the same problem with this week's file. Try downloading again...sorry!The Kenya Info:HIV positive children in Kenya needblankets to keep them warm at night and to keep fever at bay, andalso simply to have a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Forty-six: In Praise of the OED Gotta love the old OED. If only I could afford one...In my quest for a Parisian/Dickensian map, I found this, and this, and this, but no map that would help us much.But I did find the links to two video versions: the better reviewed of the twoâGO CHRIS SARANDON (he's more than just a Humperdink!); and this one which didn't get panned, but...well...BOO Bad hair miniseries!Your challenge! WWMDK?I feel a Cafe Press T-shirt coming on...don't you?Wouldn't this be handsome?With a big:What Would M ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Forty-five: What Would Madame Defarge Knit? WWMDfK?O how I want a bumper sticker!And hey--ANDY MINTER! What a mensch, eh?I belive I promised you links to Antioch Univeristy, MicroRevolt and the KnitPro doohicky, and Heavenly Creatures.And now? Off to La Disneylandia! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Forty-four: Return of Chip O how many different ways can I bring you joy? Really, only one way:To bring Chip (Mister Sleepy Hollow to you) back as a reader.Today BOTH chapters are his.Love!Happily my husband's not even jealous...maybe because I've not told him.Hmmmm...Little else to show for myself this week, unless you want me to upload some of the curriculum I'm on deadline for?No?I have no idea why!Erqsome (who I think has the most kickin' email address I've seen) sent some great Dickensian links for us to enjoy.A ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Forty-three: In Which Our Tale Begins... You'll need to know a few things, like...What's a blunderbuss?This, this is a blunderbuss.This is Chuck.Who was Mrs. Southcott?She was an English spiritualist.What was the Cock-Lane Ghost?One of the first ever psychic scams. Read about it. You'll find MANY different versions on the web.This is the issue of Spin-Off that I need two bloody pages from...here's the Sock thing from Stasia which I thought was very helpful. Check out Pandora and Last.fmAnd in both the "any publicity is good p ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Forty-two: The Last of the Regionalists...Vive la Revolution! A shout out to SyrenMuse who sent me the link to the Little House on the Praire DVD! Who knew! ABC was such a punk when I asked them nicely if they'd be releasing it. I had no idea they listened to me! Maybe your library will have it...This week we end with our American Regional writers, Sarah Orne Jewett, 1849-1909, though we won't be listening to her best-known book, The Country of the Pointed Firs. Instead we'll hear her short story, "The White Heron" written in 1886-ish.And ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Forty-one: A Regional Twain Regionalism!America!"oooooooh beautiful, for spacious skies..."(I can't think of that without hearing Fozzy Bear say "patriotism swells in the heart of the American Bear!" as he does after singing that song on The Muppet Movie soundtrack.)Twain --boy do I love him--who is an appropriate precursor to our next novellist (I think).Teresa in Scotland (Go Clan MacPhearson!) wanted me to pass on these links to you:first, two mosquito attacking SAFE products. She recommends a l ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Forty: Meet Calamity...Doris? Having finished with Henry James, I thought we needed a REAL woman to freshen our pallette...Calamity Jane.Not so much Doris.Don't know if you've watched Deadwood (NOT for sensitive ears!), but it at least started out close to accurate as far as I can tell. My son and I got to see Wild Bill and Jane's graves when we drove through there in early August. We ate where Bill was killed by Jack McCall--which sounds more morbid than it is...he was killed in the poker room of a saloon. They stage r ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Thirty-nine: As Far As The Screw Can Turn Some things you didn't hear me talk about; some things you did. And the end of the book!The Librarian's Lament (don't you loathe hearing, "yeah, that's just your opinion..." when someone says something like, "the world isn't flat!"), and a killer library. Some things to do in the spring to help make the world a less polluted place...why can't they just make a kit!?!A Manifesto I can get behind.Freaky shark!Buy yarn here for the rest of January (in case you hadn't seen th ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Thirty-eight: The Neverending Cableq First: Chapters 18-19-20!Second: Stephanie Pearl McPhee's SOAR interview.Whoo hoo!And the rest: Sock Darning.Nuff said.And worth mentioning again--the best Toe-Up cast-on in the WORLD! in my deeply biased opinion...Here's the article on the Ladies in Phoenix, knitting for the good of others...and themselves.And, from Julie: The Sci Phi Show--another philosophy podcast. Predictably enough the podcaster uses science fiction to launch each subject discussion. And Julie also wrote: since you've ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Thirty-seven: Unfair! Protest! Today, Chapters 15, 16 AND 17!WHOO HOO!Today I have some fun silkworm links, some pretty pics of the Pysanky eggs by Jen (who is very, very, very prolific while listening), some pics of intersting historical spindles, and some lip from Julie!Tee hee!Julie absolutely rightfully called me on the carpet for my anti-governess bias, so here's my rec. Go listen to the last episode, last chapter, with a different ear (that would be at roughly 47 minutes into episode 36). Then keep listening to tod ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Thirty-six: Toe Woes Today's theme is "Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense" which comes to us from a (probably apocryphal) story about King Edward III and the Order of the Garter. A rough translation is "Shame to him who thinks ill of it" but my AP English teacher used it as "Evil will be seen by those who look for it." Actually he may have had a different famous French quote, but I took Spanish so I wouldn't recognize a the real quote if it walked up and shook my hand.ANYway...Today we have ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Thirty-five: Ennui and Normandy Well, we're having the first winter storm of the season. The mountains are capped with snow, the sky is grey, it's 39 (I hear you..."Hey! It's the DESERT! What's with the snow and temperature?!"), and the day is bleeding ennui.Not least because my husband is here and I'm here (though it's much greyer today).But Ennui and Turn of the Screw go well together so no complaints...much.Today, chapters 10-11. You won't BELIEVE what happens today! Ai yi yi!Charity knitting! Fixes to the B ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Thirty-four: Of Backaches and Boxes Nina sent this very helpful, eminently bookmarkable link to help me with mosquito bites. There's actually a lot of great info here...and this site has a very interesting looking hand/foot/everything cream. Lotions just don't work on me. If it doesn't say "cream" I don't buy it. Well, I bought it and thank you Nina!And, here's my attempt to rekindle a love of Weird Al...Yoda!Many thanks to Nikolle Doolin for her SEXY reading of Henry James' Turn of the Screw. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Thirty-three: The Kindness of Strangers This week--Chapters 6-7!Okay, and you're not really strangers but y'all sure are kind!Some fun with You Tube and DanteJulie's socks (whoo hoo!) and 1400 A.D. knit pic More Organic info from Dawn (worth a look-see)! Seventh Generation and Land Stewardship ProjectJanet's pomo fun And then--That Darn Governess and her latent class and boy issues!!!BTW: we didnt' have time for these which I got off of a Knitter's Review forum. Did you know these superstitions:** It's bad luck to leave a projec ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Thirty-two: I See Dead People... Hey Look! Which Classic Female Literary Character Are you? You're Elizabeth Bennett of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen!Take this quiz!Quizilla | Join | Make A Quiz | More Quizzes | Grab CodeWhodathunk?Then there's this one too: What Kind of Knitter Are You? You appear to be a Knitting Guru. You love knitting and do it all the time. While finishing a piece is the plan, you still love the process, and can't imagine a day going by without giving some time to your yarn. Pa ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Thirty-one: Apologies All Around... (Apologies although I blathered quite a bit anyway...)This week, chapters 2-3!More Amazing Crochet from Dawn, some victorian pruditry, more wonderful emails from y'all, how to be an ostritch rather than a governess, and a little background on our author.His dad was a Swedenborgian (say THAT three times fast) and I thought--when working through the "ghost" question--this quotation was ellucidating: Although James had rejected in the beginning of his career "spirit-rappings an ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Thirty: The Screw Turns... Cool things to check out: Crochet Sea Creatures not to be believed (Thank you Dawn!), Check out Yarn-a-go-go's site and then check into NaNoWriMo! It's not too late! Then there's The Thread Project (One World, One Cloth), and I ran out of time to talk about My Paper Crane from Heidi.I'll never do this to you.Here's Henry, by the way:I think you'll need this over the next few weeks.: Character ListAnonymous Narrator Probably represents Henry James. (Diagetic Level 1)DouglasThe one in pose ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Twenty-nine: SOARing Through California Some good blogs to check out (from SOAR attendees: Rachael Herron, Janine Bajus, and Brooke Sinnes, oh, and Stephanie...I think you know her); a really cool listener's site (Spinneret) regarding My Friend Irving; some pics (scroll down) and some detritus that I need to get out to you (below).A good Challah recipe. Heal the world through cooling!and a nice Jewish crafting guild (just in cast you thought they didn't exist!)...The Red Thread Project! How cool is this!And some stuff I found bu ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Twenty-eight: Full Disclosure I think I promised you pics of a skull jacket that I knit. I forgot to mention that my 17 hour sojurn did give me the time to finish the baby hoodie. The carpet under the jacket, just so you know, is the floor of the Samsung Comfort Room at the Dallas-Ft. Worth Airport. Very comforting, no?'Nuff said.Here's the front.Here's the back.Ain't that grand?Next week, SOAR audio (if there's a high-speed port) and after that, HENRY JAMES! The time has finally come! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Twenty-seven: An Itch You Just Can't Scratch Skeeter Syndrome, and why I hate reserchers...well...not hate...but really strongly prefer the applied sciences...Allergic reaction to mosquito bites identified for first timeâ"skeeter syndrome"MILWAUKEEâBug bites are a standard annoyance for those who spend time outside during the summer months. The consequence for most is uncomfortable swelling and itching at the site of the bite for a short period of time. However, young children, immune deficient persons and those previously u ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Twenty-six: Tarry With Me Awhile and Wait... Learn the origins of the name "Tarrytown"as youlisten to Geoffrey Crayon's Sketchbook.You should also check out Diedrich Knickerbocker's History of New York!Meet my man Irving (aka "Mr. Knickerbocker"...).And his spectacularly (self-)designed home on the Hudson.Someday plan to take advantage of the Legend.Imagine yourself as part of the Hudson River School which I had no time to talk about but will try to get to next week.And a little on the Mather Boys, Increase and Cot ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Twenty-five: Yeah, But it's a Dry Heat, Right? Don't try this at home: eye-scraping dry eye! EW!This week!Beauty and the Beast.No, not this oneOr this oneThis one! (sort of...)By the woman with the long French name (that would be Jeanne Marie Le Prince de Beaumont).And, more on Bettleheim and Kohlberg...and a world lit only by fire.And, drum roll...the Faroese as it stands now...Soon, there will be an updated pic for that too.Thanks to Tina for reading this week and Joshua Christian who is my hero.The gorgeous Allison spindle from The S ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Twenty-four: Mellow Yellow? This week we listen to "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gillman, and a little bit of "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster.Gillman (here she is) is a particular favorite of mine. She wrote Herland which I'm (slowly) reading for Librivox. Great little book!Juster is a freakin' genius. Really! I can't read nearly as much of his book as I'd like, but (here HE is)I will introduce you to this decidedly not just-for-children book.Thanks for your patience getting ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Twenty-three: Return of the Chicks Well, sorta. We have a story about a chick (I couldn't find two by women that would fit into an hour--we women seem to go ON a bit) and another by and about a chick.I like.I'm also excited because, while I'm pretty sure you've read or heard the first story (which I'll write about second), I'll bet you...um...something small...that you've never read anything by out other writer, but I'll bet you know her name.Edna Ferber.Here she is.Fascinating woman. Here's another pic of her. I think she b ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Twenty-two: The Centre Cannot Hold This week is hard for me on so many levels. I think you'll see a decided darkness to the stories. However, "dark" doesn't mean "bad." And this week, our readers are good! Whoo hoo!This week, "Second Coming," read by me! Here's Yeats Ambrose Bierce's "The Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge." Here's Ambrose (ain't he dashing? Note the rapscallian twinkle in the eye...) And Edgar Allen Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado." Here's Poe (you can tell he had ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Twenty-one: Irony Anyone? This week's stories are all about IRONY!I was famous at my school in NYC when, on 9/11, while we were standing on the southernmost tip of Manhattan, I "taught" irony to my students. We had evacuated, and were in that brief moment between the airplane crashes and the towers' collapse. I was standing on a park bench by Castle Clinton, whistling for more of our students to join me. As we stood around, trying to look calm, I had the kids look at the Statue of Liberty, then look at the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Twenty: Triumph of Love Wrapping up Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Twenty: Triumph of Love Wrapping up P&P. Saying goodbye to Jane and itching for some glorious needlework. "How odious," she thought, "to knit with a broken finger..." A little Bad JuJu for a tired Mom. But it's a dry heat...NOT!High body count knitting (and architecture)...and a hint at next week's story...or...stories!Bruno Bettelheim's book is at Amazon, if you're interested.And another entry, this one from Jen, in our gallery. Man y'all are talented!As always, Pride and Prejudice is narrated by Annie Coleman. I ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Nineteen: Tragedies and Payoffs Today, chapters 56-59; THE PAYOFF! First: The Tragedies My finger.Simple Market Farms goes out of business--buy their remaining stock.My inability to get good Wenslydale (cheese) for my Mom (click on "cheese" on the left and look for "Wallace and Gromit"). Read the Dairy's cool history while you're at it! (Scroll to the bottom and select "history".)Second: The PayoffsTucson Handspinners Guild Spin-in at Kiwi Knitting. And buy cotton here while you're at it!!!Th ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Eighteen: Accordion Girl Ahoy! Today, aside from chapters 53-55, we talk about accordions, my love of the word "odious," (isn't it great?!) and I finally take Amy up on her suggestion weeks and weeks ago!Namely: I just read and really dug To Shield The Queen, by Fiona Buckley. Actually, I didn't just read that. I read the first three books in the series.I also have finished the Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde, but my books are in boxes so I can't read you any bits from that. However, if you love books, an ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Seventeen: Greetings from the Old Pueblo I'm relegated to podcasting from my local coffeehouse again, sorry about that. The ambient noise is MUCH worse than before as this joint has tile floors--a local hazzard. Apologies. I should have DSL at my Mom's house by tonight, but I wanted to get this posted before that. I'm already mighty late by previous East Coast standards.The trip, however, was successful, and we're all here safe and sound. Though, this morning's news filled me with dread as my darling husband has to fly back to New ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Sixteen: Rhodes Trip Chapters 47-49! Next week, I hope I can find my microphone...Well, it's August 3rd, and I'm on the road! Chicago, Sioux Falls, Deadwood and on to LOVELAND COLORADO--home of Interweave Press.Well, it's August 3rd, and I'm on the road! Chicago, Sioux Falls, Deadwood and on to LOVELAND COLORADO--home of Interweave Press...How do I love thee...let me count the ways.So the title of the podcast? Because my son is a questioner...well...so am I, so...apples/trees, you get the picture.I fully expect ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Fifteen: A Leap of Lace This week, chapters 44-46! Really! A little OTN moment: I'm working on a Faroese shawl, which has only a little section of lace. I've knitted lace before, but this project...well, it was going to be hard enough; I didn't want to kill myself. This is the first project I've planned from washing, drying, and spinning the fiber, all the way to knitting. I'm going to do some funky dye thing to it when I'm done and I"m going to (God Willing and the Creeks Don't Rise) take this to SOAR for ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Fourten: Austen!? Chicklit?? Chapters 42-45! WRONG WRONG WRONG!43 was much longer than it said on the tag. This week we only have 42-44...but its an hour long episode regardles...Next week, chapters 44-??...Sorry about that!Well, I'm in the homestretch! This week and next week are the last two I'll be podcasting from Croton-on-Hudson...boy I'll need to change the intro, huh?I'll be podcasting from the road the week of August 1st, then from Tucson the next week. IF I can, I'll get my son in on the 'cast...but no guarant ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Thirteen: Out of Time This week, chapters 38-41! Next week--42-45!A brief episode because I'm behind at work, sorry about that.Today, listen for some more wonderful Collins idiocy.And as far as pride and prejudice go, Elizabeth's refusal of Darcy's proposal due to her new understanding of how she misjudged Darcy's motives knocks them both down a peg. They're on new footing nowâa lot of their assumptions about each other have been challenged and now there's room forâwellâsomething to happen.Watch for the groundwo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Twelve: Spindling and Socks This week, chapters 35-37! Next week--38-41!Have you met the free online spinning magazine, Spindlicity? Even after last week, do you fear socks? If so, check out the excellent resource page here.And the results of the sockblocker experiment from Felt Up Designs...SUCCESS!!!You can buy really nice fiber from Copper Moose and Grafton Fibers.How to make your own spindle or with a CD.Special Thanks to Lauren and Amy for their helpful suggestions. I'm fiddling with the sound this week, so let m ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Eleven: Felt That Soap! This week, Chapters 31-34 (next week 35-37) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Ten: Sockblockers and Extorting Pirates Today, chapters 27-30See the Sockblocker Key chain! See what Jeannie Townsend has done with her sockblocker key chain! See the fabu (and fake!) Extortion site, then join me in talking like a pirate on September 19th (or visit the US site and find a husband!).And the moment we've all been waiting for (at least the moment Kim was unsure if she was waiting for...):The Crazy Quilt Baby Blanket!As always, Pride and Prejudice is narrated by Annie Coleman. Intro music provided by GarageBand.com wh ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Nine: Artist or Anorak? This week, chapters 23-26!Hobby Horror...Am I an Artist or an Anorak?As always, Pride and Prejudice is narrated by Annie Coleman. Intro music provided by GarageBand.com which connected me with Joshua Christian's"Chasing Hiro." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Eight: Cluttered HistoryâThe Gauntlet is Down! The gauntlet is down! How do you control your stash! Tell me now and I'll post your ideas!Today!Chapters 20-22! No Joke! THREE chapters!Heather complains a bit, goes ON about clutter and the need for knitting histories, then drools over Darcy. (Doesn't it always end with that?)The books: ADD Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life and Outwitting Clutter: 101 Ingenious Space-Saving Tips and Ideas to Make Any House or Apartment More Livable.As always, Pride and Prejudice is narrated by Annie Cole ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Seven: Of Storage Space and Scholarships Well, Tristan and Isolde seem to be winning out as our next book. Please keep emailing me and letting me know your thoughts.Today a little personal update from me, then on to the next two chapters of P&P!And a little shout-out ot Anne Hanson, of Knitspot.com...with whom I am tangentially accquainted.As always, Pride and Prejudice is narrated by Annie Coleman. Intro music provided by GarageBand.com which connected me with Joshua Christian's "Chasing Hiro."Thank you too for your ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Six: Allergic to Yarn? Perish the Thought! SO SORRY ABOUT THE DELAY! LibSyn doesn't send out warnings when your storage space gets dangerously low, so I uploaded and it looked like it was all fine...then...not. It sort of had the file, and sort of not. Now it does. Many apologies and many thanks for your patience! So, now: 'Cast number Six!Yeee Haaaw!Chapters 14 through 17 of Pride and Prejudice? A Double Header of Annie Coleman...because I'm heading to the Dominican Republic!We don't have to fear no stinkin' Fiber allergies!Ew ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Five: Granny Clutter Cast number FIVE??? Chapters 11 through 13 of Pride and Prejudice??? Where has the time gone? Book II ideas: Tom Sawyer! Tristan & Isolde! Alice in Wonderland?!âonly if one of you record itâ Let me know your thoughts! Today we get in touch with our inner Grannyâspecifically the Summer 2005 issue of Spin-Off. And we also get into Clutter. And De-cluttering, for a move. If the spirit moves you, send your brilliance to MamaOKnits AT gmail DOT com. As always, Pride and Prejudice is nar ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Four: Crazy Kahuna That's a pic of Jane!Can you believe we're on chapters nine and ten of Pride and Prejudice? Me either!And, once again, I find myself all hot and bothered by Darcey. Ah well...Before we get to that, today I'll talk to you about some quilting (that's the crazy part) and a wonderful book on toe-up socks (that's the Kahuna part).Links to: Townsend Sock Knitting Group, Stephanie Pearl-McPhee's new book, check out Blue Moon Fiber Arts on The Fold's Site.Ready?Here we go...As always, Pride and Pre ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Three: You Knit What??? Welcome to Episode 3!In this episode I welcome you to the joys of the Jane Austen action figure (and I am Not Kidding); the belly laughs, sly smirks, or horror filled looks of You Knit What???; the adorable (in the eye of the beholder?) cats and bunnies with stuff and pancakes on their heads; and regale you with my lovely weekend at a spinning retreat in the Catskills, hosted by Claudia of CountryWool.We'll also move on to chapters seven and eight in Pride and Prejudice, narrated (as always ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode Two: Auntie Alpaca Welcome to Episode 2! In this episode I rave about The Girl From Auntie, but neglect to mention the name of the Poncho Sweater, and go on about Alpacas d'Auxvasse (not to mention Ann Mayes).   We'll also move on to chapters five and six in Pride and Prejudice, narrated by Annie Coleman. And, as always, intro music is provided by GarageBand.com who hosted Joshua Christian's "Chasing Hiro." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Episode One: Welcome to My Library Well, here we are!I wanted to welcome you all to CraftLit, a Podcast for Crafters. I imagine youâre here because you like to work with your hands, but you also like to read. If so, this is the place for you! Our program will follow a similar pattern every week. After some introductory comments, a web, magazine, or book review (This week Mason-Dixon Knittng), and perhaps a song, I will include a chapter or two from a book. We will listen to that book until weâre done with it. And because Iâm ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Time to post the promo! I just realized that no one can get the promo on iTunes, even though it's uploaded here, because I need to "publish" a page to "ping" iTunes.Hope this doens't ruin the mojo for you.Until Thursday... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache |