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Thanks:

• Many thanks to Wendy from Wendy’s Modest Dress for sending me my first podcaster pressie, which I am obviously very chuffed about.  I received four gorgeous skeins of hand dyed yarn in the colourway “Antony and Cleopatra” - beautiful purples and aqua’s.
• Wendy sells custom handmade sock bags as well as fibre…check it out here.
• Thanks also to Andrea and Cindy who have joined me in the Pay It Forward Swap…some time in the next 6 months you will recieve…a mystery something.  There is still one place left  - you just have to sign up on my personal blog  - Changelingthings
• Thanks to Yan Tan Tethera from Ravelry for sharing her instructions for the boarder of her pinwheeel baby blanket.
• A long overdue thank you to those of you who have left reviews on itunes - it’s very much appreciated.
• Thanks to those who have left comments on the site or contacted me through Ravelry to let me know you enjoy the show or make friends.  It’s great fun to see where you are all from, and really helps encourage me to keep going with this.

• There are two new podcasts… Miss Flipp Knits and Pomcow.

• I am still working on the TAST Challenge, whilst others are working on the TIF challenge.
• These challenges are kindly set up by Sharon b from In a Minute ago
• I did a little sampler/picture using Basque Stitch

• I finally did some Jelly Crystal yarn dyeing.
• I used the instructions in Yarn Magazine - issue one.
• I called the resulting yarn…”Butterfly Garden”

• My not so secret hidey hole was infiltrated the last time I visited and so I had to visit the competition.  Hear what happened in the podcast…

• Ever had a bad day at work and retreated to the yarn store to ground yourself? 
• You might like Selina’s story….

• This weeks inspiration is a movie review by an anonymous mother.
• It is for the movie Smart People.
• Scroll down to the bottom of the “what you say” collumn to take a look.

• All music in this episode was from the Podsafe Music Network
• We listened to “Love is Like  a Butterfly” by Deana Carter
• and  “Flutterby Butterfly”  by Josh Woodward.

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• The number of knitting podcasts continues to grow - Here are three new ones to try.
• Belle of the Ball
• Diva knitting
• Knit Obsession with zknits.

• My stash of yarn is pretty small but my stash of love overflows  - this is a tale of how Valentine’s day was celebrated at my place.
• At the moment my favourite stash yarn is Madil Kid seta in a beautiful cornflower blue.

• Someone left a comment on an earlier episode with a link to Amazon sale pages.  I decided to link to some online yarn store sale pages:
• The knittery
• OZEyarns
• Yarns online
• The wool Shack
• Wool Baa
• The Knitting loft
• Also…I though I’d just mention The Wool Inn at Penrith, NSW.  It has a pay as you knit system going where they hold yarn for 2 months so you can buy it a bit a t a time - good for all us thrifty knitters…not that I live close enough to make use of it - what a shame.
• THE PAY IT FORWARD SWAP - I have joined this swap but no-one has joined me.  If you think you might be interested check out my personal blog for the guidelines.

• Yay!  It’s a new Segment!  I hope you enjoy it.
• I hang out at Starbucks a fair bit because they leave me alone while I’m knitting or embroidering.  I’m going to collect some stories as I sit there…and bring them to you.
• In this episode you’ll hear the first installment about my encounter with a very young and novice stitcher…and her Mum.

• I’ve recently attended a couple of Rubi and Lana Knitting group meet-ups. Everyone has been absolutely delightful.  But that didn’t stop me from being nervous and so I wrote “Ellen’s visit”
• This is an entirely fictional account.

• I couldn’t go past Kevin Rudd’s apology speech to the indigenous people of Australia in the inspiration stakes.
• Here’s a link to some information about it.

• I also mentioned that Autumn has come to Australia, NSW.  It’s good and inspiring knitting weather.

• In this episode we heard:
• “Extremely Old With You” by Paul and Storm
• “The Swimming Song” by Blue Dew
• All music from today’s podcast was from the Podsafe Music Network

• Hello to everyone and happy 2008! 

• There have been quite a few new podcasts popping up, such as
• Gwendolen’s Gifts
• Knitting at night and
• Stitch it.
• Also check out Knitterati - a cool videocast.
• And if you’re in Orange, NSW - you could pop by a shop called Caboodle, on Ansen St.

• In this podcast I tell a story about my ineffectual knitted Christams gift -  that I will have fond memories of even though the recipient may never remember it and the gift may already be sitting in a bin somewhere.

• In this episode I mention  a phenonomen that I’ve noticed since I’ve begun to tell people about my crafty ways - people will give you supplies.  I call it “scouting”, as in, others will scout out things for you…anyone know of a cheap spinning wheel?????
• An in my own “scouting” I have found that Eco Yarns are having a sale on soysilk and bamboo fibre - it’s discounted by %75 and there’s only a small amount left - good luck.

• This weeks character was inspired by my own visit to Dubbo in NSW, over the Christmas period.  I have visited the country before, of course, but this time I’d primed my husband to stop at any open and interesting yarn stores…problem was… I couldn’t find any???????

• Inspiration is such a personal thing and yet I try to define it once again.
• I have found some inspiration in a park
• on a blog:  Her Eyes Shone like Emeralds Of The Deepest Hue - (Don’t you just love the title?)
• and in the Australian magazine Textile

• All music from this podcast can be found at the Podsafe Music Network
• I played:  “Land of Misfit Toys” by A Sunken Ship Irony    and
• “Share” by Leerone

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THANKS

• Thanks to those listeners who have joined the $1 challenge over the last month or so and left comments on the site to share their treasure.
• Thanks also to those who have dropped by and said “Hi” on Ravellry.  Unsuprisingly I am listed as “changeling” with the same image as for the show.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• There are two new podcasts to announce - The Crochet Side - hosted by Brianna and Knit Sibs - hosted by  sisters Valerie, Gloria and Julianne.

THE ANNECDOTE - The Perils of Public Knitting

• In this podcast I regale you with a knitting travel story - brought to you by State Rail.
• My current knitting project, now accidentally sprayed with Coke (-a cola), is the Notre Dame de Grace jumper by Veronik Avery.

THE THRIFTY KNITTER

• Through looking through a number of webrings I recently found a free pattern for “The Changeling Shawl” by Linda S Davis from The Tail Spinner.
• I wondered what other free fairy patterns I might find.
• I consulted Aimee from Fairie Knits podcast and she suggested the Candle Flame Shawl from KnitPicks.
• I also found the following free “fairy” patterns:

 The Jesters Hat and Hexed Hat  by Wooly Wormhead ( directions to both hats on same page)

 Lace up Opera Gloves by Ysolda

Minature Felted Pumkin by Wool Winder from Wool Windings

Elf stitchette embroidery pattterns by Hillary Lang from Wee Wonderfuls

Brooke’s Collumn of Leaves Scarf

As well as about 20 other patterns that I will link to on a separate page on this site - please check them out.  If you know of a free fairy pattern please comment or email me and let me know and we’ll see what we can do about building up this list

VISITS TO THE YARN STORE

• In this episode we met the character of Simone.
• Simone has bought some roving, or maybe a Spindle.

INSPIRATIONS

• A former student of mine produces a ZINE called Branches with Leaves wich features her phototgraphy.
• The fact that other people are motivated enough to produce their own creative work for it’s own sake is very inspiring to me.

MUSIC

• This episode feature the song “Travel” by The Wyrd Sisters  and music entitled “Fairy Tale” by Catya Mare
• All music from today’s podcast came from The Podsafe Music Network.

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THANKS

Thank you to everyone who has come back to listen to the podcast - I know I’ve only been getting one out every month or so.   My hat goes off to all those other podcasters who manage to write an essay a week!  I can’t seem to do it.  But I do thank everyone who’s stuck it out with me.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• There are a couple of new podcast on the airwaves.  Please check out Sweaters For Dragons  and A Very Palpable Knit

THE ANECDOTE - A GIFT

• In this episode we explore buying a gift for my mother’s birthday. 
• Will it be a store bought or handmade gift?
• Will a case of shopping centre weirdness interfere?

THE THIFTY KNITTER

• After some positve experiences in a variety of thrift stores I’m putting out a $1 challenge - just for fun, ’cause I’m not really that competitive.
• What have you found for $1?  Leave the results of your challenge in the comments section!

VISITS TO THE YARN STORE

• Today we listen to the results of Poppy’s visit to the yarn store. 
• Have you ever tried to indoctrinate someone into the ways of yarn…or were you the indoctrinated party?
• I think there’s been a little bit of Poppy in me at times.

INSPIRATIONS

• OK…I may be yearning for better days but today I found a protest to be most inspiring.  People care.  It’s good to know this, whether or not we all share the same views.
• The APEC conference is here and there are protests organised for Friday, which has been declared a public holiday for those working in the city…the question remains…once a public holiday has been introduced , can it be withdrawn the following year.  Will the Australian public stand for this?
• There are lots of links for the Apec Protests - try this one or this one or this one.  There are lots more as well as links to other protests all over the world.  I’m hopeful that these will be peaceful protests.

MUSIC

• We listened to  “Shopping High” by Jamelopoeia
• and  “Secrets” by Jenny Dalton
• All music from this episode can be found a the podsafe music network

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THANKS

• Thanks to all listeners who have patiently waited for this episode.  I was struck down with podcaster’s block.  I’m hopeful that it has disapeared now.
• Thanks to those who left comments or sent emails - you  helped me beat the aforementioned block

ANNOUCEMENTS

• Socks in the city is a not so new podcast you may like to listen too, particularly if you like socks. 
• In the podcast we re-capped information on Virginia Farm Woolworks.  As this is a small home run business please ring them if you intend to vist to ensure they will be home.
• Petlins is a fibre/yarn co. in Rhodes that a listener, Roceal, mentioned in the comments for the last show.

THE ANNECDOTE

• An interview with Theresa for her podcast Knitting Time Together made me consider the importance of a jumper that my Aunt knitted me. 

THE THRIFTY CRAFTER/KNITTER

• I’ve been a little dry on ideas for this so if you find anything new let me know!
• I looked thorugh all my workbaskets to discover what household utensils I had co-opted for a knitting purpose.

VISITS TO THE YARN STORE

• Meet a slightly darker character, Amber.
• What is Amber planning?

INSPIRATIONS

• I found The Arts of Islam Exhibition at the Art Gallery of NSW to be very inspirational.
• One of my listners has a beautiful blog called Folk and Fairy - take a look…

MUSIC

• This podcast featured “Twlight Run” by Al Stravinsky  and
• “The Mermaid” by Great Big Sea.
• Music is from the Podsafe Music Network

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THANKS AND APOLOGIES

• Firstly, thanks to those listeners who have left comments.  I know I write this every week but I am sincere in my thanks.  Now I know what other podcasters mean when they say it’s the comments that keep them going.
• A big thank you to the SES (State Emergency Service) for helping get the tree off our roof ….in amongst the countless other tasks they had to complete.
• Apologies for leaving it so long between episodes.  Life got a little interesting with gale force winds, power blackouts and a tree on our house…and then I stuffed it all up and deleted my first recording of this episode.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• I’ve decided to put a new segment in for announcements as I’ve had some to make over the last two episodes.
• If you are in need to new podcasts try switching your country on the itunes istore page.  Not all the knitting podcasts are listed on each country and I found quite a few more by pretending that I was in the UK or Ireland. 
• I found The Continental on Ireland’s page and My Electic Mess and Purl Diving on the US page.
• Marly from The Yarn Thing podcast is running a Summer KAL-CAL.  There’s still time to join up so check out the link for more details.

THE ANNECDOTE

• I’m still continuing with the TAST challenge.
• In the last few weeks I worked on cross stitch and designed “The Blue Lady”.
• Listen to the episode to find out more.
• As promised here is the picture.  Is she deserving of a bullet?

THE THRIFTY CRAFTER

• In this episode we hear about my first adventures in spinning, made a lot easier by some beautiful products.
• Naturally, as  a thrifty crafter I’m not quite up to purchasing a spinning wheel - so I bought a beautiful Spindle from The Spindlemaker.
• I also purchsed some very beautiful and reasonable merino tops from Virginia Farm Woolworks.

VISITS TO THE YARN STORE

• In this episode we hear about Vivian’s latest visit to the yarn store..and what did Vivian do next?

INSPIRATION

• Naturally at this time the SES volunteers are incredibly inspirational.
• Also inspirational was a chance meeting with a stranger who talked to me about art and encouraged my work.
• We bumped into eachother at the cafe in Sappho Books in Glebe - they do a really good Chai.

MUSIC

• All songs can be found on the podsafe music network.
• In this episode I played She Dreams in Blue by Josh Woodward

and

• How the wind must feel by Amy Kuney

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Thanks

• Thanks to those who have commented on the site or emailed me. 
• Thanks also to those who have left reviews on itunes - I don’t seem to be able to access them but Shannon from SSK kindly read them out to me.

New Podcast

• There is another new podcast out called Knit Science.  I hope you enjoyed the promo for this and will give her a listen.

The Annecdote

• Today I mentioned my lovely friend’s reaction to some of my “experimental pieces”.  The ones I was considering selling at the markets.
• She had some interesting suggestions… and I will take some of them on board.
• Needless to say: I’m still experimenting

The Thrifty Crafter

• In this episode I mentioned one of my favourite cheap book stores, Basement Books at Central Station, Sydney.
• I mentioned  a few of the books I have purchased there including:
• Cosy Crochet by Melissa Leapman  and
• Needlepoint by Kate Tully (I couldn’t find a site with pictures for this one)
• Currently Basement books has Family Album by Kaffe Fasset and Zoe Hunt in stock and selling for $5.95.  I think I saw about 15 copies on the table.
• I mentioned that I’d be most happy for listeners to leave details of their own favourite thrifty craft book store …so…please do leave a comment and info for everyone else.  But please note that obviously I can’t check them all out and so do not take responsibility for any dodgy directions.

Visits to the Yarn Store

• In this episode we heard about Dianne’s day at the Yarn Store.
• Poor Dianne needs a hand in learning to knit.
• I learned to knit from the book Knitting Workshop by Debbie Bliss.  I will love this book forever as it was my first knitting book.  But I paid about $50 for this book!  I hadn’t discovered Basement books yet.

Inspirations

• In this episode I was able to read a poem called   “Ode to a Knitted Dishcloth” by Leigh from The Chemgrrl Chronicles

Music

• We listened to “Big Shot” by the Big George Jackson Blues Band   and
• “People Make Mistakes” by Aaron Short.
• All music can be found on the podsafe music network

Pattern A Day Calendar Competition

• If you are interested in the above competition please click HERE for information.

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Thanks

I have a few words of thanks to those who have been supportive and encouraging at the begining of this venture.

• Firstly to Brenda Dane from Cast On - for her warm and encouraging plug
• Also to David Reidy from Sticks and Strings -for his plug
• and to Theresa from Knitting Time Together and to Stitch Stud from Stitch Stud and his Bride for their welcome.
• Thanks also to all listeners who have left comments - I am excited to receive them and pleased to know that I’m not some crazy lady talking to herself and the computer. 

The Annecdote

• This week we heard the tale of my attempts to teach my Sister to knit.  Not very successful attempts, I’m afraid.  Though she did learn a bit of embroidery by the end.
• In our hunt for yarn we visited Tapestry Craft.
• In our search for a cosy but totally impractical cafe in which to teach someone to knit, we visited The Tea Centre cafe.
•  I can’t find the copy of the magazine that had the article about teaching others to knit in it.  But I will link it when and if I find it.  In the meantime you could check out issue 1 of  Yarn Magazine, for some ideas on teaching kids to knit.

The Thrify Crafter

• The tip this week was to try sourcing upholstery shops for sample books of discontinued fabric. 
• I’ve managed to score some sample books for free.  The fabric can then be used for bag linings or embroidery bases.

Visits to the Yarn Store

• In this episode we met another character from the yarn store, Rhonda.
• The person Rhonda was speaking to (who was that, exactly? Partner, husband, father…?) was going to play a game of Paintball.
• Rhonda was going to start knitting some socks - I wonder what pattern she was going to practice on?

Inspirations

• This week I found inspiration quite hard to come by until I looked up at the clouds.
• I remembered reading Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach, in my aspirational hippy days. 
• I also remembered trying to make clouds disapear with my mind. (Try Illusions - also by Richard Bach)

Music

• All music in this show is available from the podsafe music network
• We listened to “High Horses” by The Wyrd Sisters
• We also listened to “My Smorgasboard of Love” from Don’t Hug Me

DOWNLOAD THIS EPISODE - from Gcast

 Thanks to all those listeners who have returned for a second show. Apologies that the show notes were a little late - I’ve been having computer issues.  I’ve now put a link at the top of this post so that the show can be downloaded directly from the gcast site without the need for itunes or a podcatcher.  You just have to scroll down the page until you get to the episodes which have a play button and a download button next to them. 

Thanks

Thanks to Claudia and Andrea for leaving the first precious comments on this site.
Thanks as well to the podcasters below for their comments and welcome - which really says to me “There’s room for everyone to play in the sandbox”

Manda from Knitting Psychos

Shannon from SSK

Kate from Aussie Knits

Marly from Yarn Thing.

 The Anecdote

• This covered my Charity Knitting experience where my pride bubble burst.
• Please don’t let that dissuade you from taking part in Wrap With Love. (I didn’t mention this name on the podcast because I’m not 100% sure if this was the one I went to - but it was similar)
• I’m happy if others learn from my mistakes and turn up with their own pre-knitted squares to cover for the fact that they are a very slow knitter.

The Thrifty Knitter

• I talked about two sets of needles. The first was Sullivans Bamboo Straight needles for 99c at Lincraft.  Please note that I consider these needles to be cheap and cheerful.
• The second pair I talked about were Casein needles made by Swallow.  Please note that I consider these needles to be gorgeous.

Visits to the Yarn Store

• We met the character of Sally, who’s is all geared up to knit Annie Modesitt’s Twisted Float Shrug from Vogue Knitting - Fall 2005.  It’s pictured on the cover.

Inspirations

• I mentioned that The Museum of Contempory Art has purchased some new works, one of which is “Oracle Fox” by Louise Weaver.  If any of my Australian listeners take a look let me know what you think.
• I also mentioned my recent discoverey of ATC’s

Music

• The music played in this podcast was provided by the Podsafe Music Network.
• “Erf ” by Man Bites God   and
• “Life On A Beach” by Albert Forsell