What? you ask...on Earth are Snow Peas and a Hook?
Podcasting.
I'm currently in Texas, away from the distractions of family and work. Well, I'm working - but spending quiet evenings in my hotel room, knitting and contemplating world affairs.
Things like voting (I'm still on that wagon, yes) and I met a Pagan today. I was scared, then realized grotesque phallic things didn't spew forth from his mouth when he talked to me. I rather enjoyed our time visiting....(ok, I was still a little scared. I'm getting over it) And podcasting. I LOVE podcasts. Lime&Violet. Cast-on. Sticks and String. KnitPicks. I love them. I love iTunes. I am ashamed of the day, almost a year ago, when I yelled at my hubby for spending $XXX.XX on an iPod and accessories. I love my iPod Nano. I want a *beeeggggerrrr* iPod. Videos. Games. gooooooodddddd......
I digress. I think I could do a podcast. Why? Because while my spontaneous, artsyfartsy, total entertainment side of me enjoys the shallow banter of Lime-n-Violet, and the philosophical essays of Sticks-n-Strings and the music of Cast-On, my "oh, please-oh-puh-leeeze teach me something" side of the brain yearns to really take something away from podcasts. I was inspired by a recent - OK, I don't know how old - I'm still hit and miss on which episode downloads from iTunes - a recent episode of Cast On. I was on the plane. I had finished a dishcloth, and everyone knows that Peaches'n'Cream always leaves a little left over after the cloth is done. Well. Brenda was talking about how knitting transcends all languages and she had the wonderful fortune of learning a new stitch pattern from an Italian lady - all based on watching, trying, correcting, watching, and finally accomplishing an inspiring knit stitch. She narrated on the 'cast the stitches. I whipped out my leftovers (disrupting the snoozing gentleman next to me) and needles - cast on an even number of stitches - rewound to the beginning of the narration - and knit along while she talked the instructions! SQUEE!!! I LOVED learning a new stitch pattern! Dudes. It totally rocks to knit to a voice and not know how it's going to turn out. I think I want to do that in a podcast. It's like a KAL. But only, say, 10 minutes and POOF you have another stitch pattern to add to your notebook.
I've been scouring the net, emailing podcasters, stalking in Ravelry, looking for information on how to get started. I think all I need is a host. I have everything else already. Totally.
So. I'm still thinking. It's so totally in my nature to say, "Hey, look! Blown glass! I can do that! Let's go down to the beach, get some sand, stoke a fire, melt the sand, find a pipe, blow the glob. I can totally do that!" Then the buckets of sand and length of pipe sit in the garage as hubby patiently walks over them again and again. And again. Then, 9.5 months later, after the 37th time tripping over the bucket, I decide I really wasn't ready to do that so chuck the whole thing away. I don't want to do that with this idea. If I'm gonna do it, it must be a long term committment. Like marriage.
OK. NOT like marriage. Maybe - like taking a series of antibiotics. yeah. That kind of committment. That kind I can handle.
Oh yeah. Knitting? Doofuses - of course knitting! I found an uber-wonderful knitting store in Wichita Falls, TX. (local yarnies - catch this!) It's called the Yarn Palette! HA! I hafta tell you - they know about *our* YP. They're rather miffed the URL is spoken for and even made a passing comment that we should give up the name first - they were there first. HEE. It was fun. The owners are totally cool. I only spent $5X.XX something on yarn. It was all off the sale shelf - so it was a good deal. I'm putting together complimentary yarns - eyelash, ribbons, mohair, fun fur, cotton, wool into a wrap with a fringe. I hope it turns out OK.
Not like I didn't already have 5 more balls of p'n'c to make more dishcloths. I'm such a schmutz. Weak, sniveling, yarn ho'in' schmutz. And I don't even know if I'm gonna keep this shrug. I promise, if I do have a podcast, I will NOT be an enabler. Too many of those already....
stashymama. My eye stashymama.
2 comments:
I think you would be fabu at podcasting I could be your first guest speaker victim as you wish.lol carol might have ideas about how to do this she is deep into it and loves it listening to lime and violet etc... hope you are coming tomorrow to starbucks in palmdale miss seeing you at our gatherings:( do you feel guilty yet? he he miss ya buddy.Huggers Darcy p.s. working on a Dream Swatch in tea leaf bamboo from alchemy come see;)
AWESOME. Glad to see you're posting again. And what do you mean you need a host? You wouldn't host for yourself?
As for pagans, well, that's a soapbox issue for me. But i'll try to reign myself in as i comment. i think it's WRONG the way some churches (consciously and unconsciously) encourage Xians to separate their lives from non-Xians. It misses the point of Jesus' example. Yes Xians are called to live a holy life, apart from the world, but the point is to be "set apart" or distinguishable from within the throngs of PEOPLE on earth. Otherwise, how can Xians show GOD's love to the PEOPLE - note: not just other Xians. It must be the actions inspired by the Hope and Faith that set Xians apart. Not living like monks and keeping all their "holiness" to themselves.
Jesus ate with the sinners and tax collectors. He saved hanging out with Believers for times of fellowship.
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