Episode 4 True Yarns

Happy Thanksgiving!

My four days with the 4 Women of Design learning lots of lovely sewing techniques, viewing beautiful pieces of wearable art, and visiting lots and lots of fabric stores.

A review of Viggo Mortensen's photography and poetry book, A Coincidence of Memory and his CD with Buckethead, THIS THAT AND THE OTHER.

 A few more thoughts about the Vogue Stitchionary and my old Mon Tricot stitch book.

The latest Interweave knits issue. An excellent review can be found at http://www.knittingcurmudgeon.com/

The new James Bond movie. Oh my.

Music by:

Leo's Leeway - Kissing the Sky

Enter the Haggis - Another Round

Uncle Seth - My Eyes

Martin Ekman - Hanging On

Episode 3

Where I plead for forgiveness for taking so long between episodes.

Topics include:

Joining Secret Pal 9. What a lot of fun! I review my first present, The Vogue Stitchionary Vol. 1 Knit and Purl. (I'm still lusting after Vol.'s 2 and 3.)

Sewing vs Knitting. I'm attempting to whip out three pair of pants to wear to a four day knitting event in Sacramento, Ca this coming weekend. Wish me luck!

I give in and join the Red Sweater KAL (but I won't cast on till Jan. - honest).

What's on my needles and other creative pursuits.

What I plan to talk about on future podcasts.

Music by:

Ekho "Nocture" (background to introduction)

Dave Keegan "Even Now"

Scott Fisher "Nothing"

Anytown "Feeling Older"

Where I talk about the 12th Annual Sebastopol Celtic Music Festival and the long drive there.

The movie, "Capote" and a review of two books, "In Cold Blood" and "A Certain Slant of Light".

I also read a poem to the Yarn Harlot. Plus what's on my needles.

Music by:

Cordafonia: Dreaming (background to introduction)

Syd: Back home

Ray O'Hara: Hole in my pocket

beat and path: Goodby beautiful day

Introduction to my very first podcast! Wow, at last.

I talk about:

*What's on my needles

*A poetry contest (later cancelled but hopefully it will happen in 2007)

*My review of the Quilts of Gee's Bend at the new de Young museum in San Francisco, CA

*A quote from Gandhi

*Going to see the Yarn Harlot in Los Altos, CA

Music by:

Martin Ekman - It's always a beginning when something ends

Samatha Tobey - Eleven Shades of Red