It’s a Purl, Man

This weekend I am going fishing with my dad and my brother in the wilds of Maine. We have been planning this for months and I can’t wait. We are novice fly fishermen. We look forward to sitting around mostly, and if we are lucky we will catch the big one. Even if I don’t catch the big one, this trip will give me time to work on the big one… the big chuppah that is. I hope to finish off a leaf or two more over the weekend.

I have been really busy with both work, Boston Knit Out, and podcasting stuff recently. I am looking forward to the little trip and the possibility of having nothing to do. It should be a lot of fun.

So until you hear from me next, I will be knee deep in a river somewhere.

Happy fourth of July everyone…

On todays show ,Omly Omly does the Yarn-a-lot. I share a little about how much I love Tom Bihn and his little pouches. My friends are traveling around the world, if you are in Sol Korea and are willing to show Lucy around, please drop me a line. Susan is going to be touring in Italy with the Dedham Choral. Check out a new video knitting blog by Charles.
Todays interviews are with Kristin Nicholas and Julia Nicholas.

Music: One Everything

I have been getting some vvoicemails, but for some reason they are all cut off. So please try calling the voice mail line again 206-888-4187.

Next show the Sunday after next and then a very special Harry Potter Round table..

 

 iapm37:Brightly Colored [34:33m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

1. I was running around a Borders Books near where I work when I noticed that the new Yarn Harlot book had been chosen by a staff member for the staff pick wall. I read the description, all positive, and then noticed something peculiar… the staff members name was Bill… Is their a Bill in Boston who works at the Borders who I don’t know… I must search this guy out and compliment him on comming out, as a knitter so publicly…
2. I saw this article online. It is about a shop I like, and an owner who I think is really sweet. But I can’t help but wonder if they could have refrained from the grandma intro and perhaps they could have taken a photo where the owner was smiling??Full disclosure: I know one of the writers for the BostonNOW paper and expect more from it in general, and especially when it comes to knitting
3. Tommorrow night I will record… (notice how I sneaked that in…)

Let me introduce you to my new bag, thanks to the lovely Darcy at Tom Bihn
So this is a new knitting bag that they are going to release at the end of the week. They have sent me this sample to check out because they know I have real knitting bag issues (notice the lack of floral patterns… nice). Darcy told me about this like a year ago, so I have a long build up for this and am ready to gush about it all.

They have not come up with a name for the new bag, so I will refer to my new bag as Sam. Me and Sam have not had a lot of time yet to see if we get a long, but I will be posting progress reports as we become friends. Sam showed up with some friends that made me squee with joy… (I know this is not the experience thatDarcy was looking for, but like a child who recieves a gift and plays with the box, I was a little distracted)

Sam’s little friends are as follows:

Mark (as in holds stitch Markers) is ever so transparent and tiny, perfect for my colorful little friends.

Natalie (the notions holder) is an awesome way to hol many notions and needles

Jiles (my everything bag) is now going to be joining me on many trips, with all the things I need… I can seem them.. it’s awesome

OK… so this is the gang… I don’t know what to do with these guys yet, but I am sure that I will find something fun to do…

So I am really excited about all these things that they sent me. The clear plastic bags with the clips are ohh so useful. I can’t wait to attach them to my normal gear and stuff. I will be ptting these toys through some Boston trauma and get back to you all about how they stand up.

There you have it, knitters in public.

From the left to the right Guido, Emily/Omly(thanks for the pic), Alexis, Susan(loves to fly fish), ?friend or Ariel?,Ariel(rabid sock knitter), Tab, Ariana.

So after hanging around the outdoor spot for half an hour, I moved to the indoor spot where I found Emily and Tab. Soon more knitters showed up, which is pretty sweet, considering I was pretty sure I was going alone. Emily and Ariel are two knitters who I met last year at WWKIP, so it was kind of fun to have them back again.

It was a nice time out… I love hanging out knitting, but you already know that. Sorry Suzanne didn’t find us (we were still there).
If you did a WWKIP, please let me know how it went.

I am going to start winding down for the summer. I need to take a little time off for some RR and chuppah knitting.
Here is the release schedule for the near future episodes:

Next week: Kristin Nicholas shares her story about getting into the knitting business

Week After: A very special episode, I will go full blown This Life in this episode (imitation is the best complement)

July: Harry Potter is coming, I gather some of the smartest knitting minds to discuss what to expect in the final book

August: I will return to a normal schedule with some summer lovin and a Boston Knit Out preview

So that is the plan… But please keep sending the email and using the voicemail 206-888-4187

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WWKIP 2007 Boston - The Plan

So this is the plan (with google map).

If it is nice:

• Go to Copley Square (area 1 on map) at noon
• Knit
• Meet some new people
• Scare the general public with our knitting powers
• Perhaps take a peek at the parade (it’s a block away)
• Go to Newbury Yarns and fondle yarn

if it’s not nice (which is what they are saying):

• Go to the food court in Copley Square mall (entrance is in area 2 on map) at noon
• Knit
• Meet some new people
• Eat some Japaneses food, use chopsticks for knitting demo
• Scare the general public with our knitting powers
• Go to borders books and scoof at there knitting book collection

I will be easily identifiable with my black peeps T-Shirt (you’ll see) and my huge purple/mauve Chuppah knitting project.

Can’t wait to see you there… If enough people show up and there is an interest I am happy to break down around 3:00pm to go on a yarn downtown yarn crawl. There are three shops within fifteen minute walk.

On today’s show, I get a little yarn-a-lot assist from Kris, I plug Knitters Uncensored (love it), and I do an interview with Carol Martin of farm house yarn. The Music at the end is Apple Sauce verses Sour Cream by the Levees
Also, WWKIP in Copley on Saturday… I can’t wait to be all out in public for pride weekend.

Also, thanks Sonia for pointing out this video.

Also, Shannon has a podcast over here.

 

 iapm36:Dyeing on the Farm [31:30m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

so… I am having some issues with my recording software… I will try again tonight to get the show up. Sorry for the delay

So I have not found a whole hell of a lot of time to do much knitting recently. I can’t believe how many groups I have missed in the last couple months. I long for my knitting groups in the same way that other people long for dinners with the family.
What I have been doing is being sick and working. Lucky for me I have stopped being sick. So the thing I do most these days is work, which is not so bad. The new job is great, the people are nice, the hours are flexible. You think I would think this would be enough. Sadly, I think do to my previous job I have become too jumpy about work, making me a huge stress ball all the time, for no good reason.

So at my last job I had a real communication issue. People would not really let me know how I was doing, except through the grapevine. This made me crazy and extremely self conscious. I worry about what people think and always fear that people were not being straight with me. It’s a horrible feeling. in the end, I am glad my last job ended when it did because I realized after the fact that I had all this fear and anger built up inside of me and I was not dealing with it very well. So now I need to start to let go of it. It’s a hard task that will take many days of yarn overs, like my chuppah.

My knitting groups became the place where I would unwind and join the rest of my knitting family. And now that I am missing groups and being crazy… I miss my groups all the more.

There is no substitute for group, I have been to two sheep and wools in the last month, not the same…

So… if you are still with me a couple of quick notes:

• The Boston Knit Out & Crochet Too 2007 is coming and we are looking for sponsors and contributors. I am again helping out with the event, feel free to contact me or go to the website for more info at bostonknitout.com
• I am still looking for people to share what is on there needles, I will be lurking in the yarn shops this weekend, but would love it if you called in to let me know what you are working on. 206-888-4187
• I still need to contact my drawing winners, I have not forgotten you…
• This weeks show will feature and interview with Carol Martin at Farmhouse Yarns
• I am thinking about taking some time off soon and re-launching the website with some pretty graphics and a release schedule, if you have some ideas about how to improve the site or show please drop me a line at 2skiens@itsapurlman.com