cause & effect

This time of the year I spend an inordinate amount of time in my office / studio.  I’ve already discussed with you the cause.. red bows, small trees, preparations for all kinds of holiday installations, orders, re-doing orders, re- redoing orders for those who just can’t make up their minds, and all of the other crapola that goes along with it.   Now, let’s get onto the effect.  These activities place me in close proximity to my computer, the one with broadband.. Hallelujah!  This has given me the chance to download and listen to as many Podcasts as I have found.  I am placing a new list in my sidebar giving the links to the kniting and Fiber related Podcasts I’ve come across.  Knitcast is not new.  Marie Irshad has been broadcasting since last February.  So far, there are 17 ‘issues’ of her online knitting magazine.   Cast On started broadcasting the end of October.  Although Episode 2 has just been released, it is in name only.  Episode 1.5: A Snow Day was so beautiful that I wanted to get a glass of wine and curl up to listen to it one more time. All in all,  I count 5 broadcasts.  The newest in the fiber lineup is Fibercast.  This podcast  is broadcast from right here in New England.  I subscribed to all three in my itunes.  They download automatically to my ipod and I have been able to listen to them while I’m walking or whatever.  They all use Podsafe music.  If you haven’t checked it out, go do it.  There is a lot of music you won’t hear elsewhere; groups that aren’t known, with independent recordings, and such.

It’s all fun stuff, and it’ll get you over the hump, so to speak.  hrrummph!  That’s all folks, I’ve got another 20 bows to tie before I can sit in my chair tonight and fall asleep knit.

there’s more..

• Unraveled, Shannon’s new podcast  (I’ll have to leave this one for tomorrow)