Jackie at Wild and WoollyOn todays show I feature an interview with Jackie of Wild and Woolly. Today’s show was broadcast live and it was a lot of fun, I hope that people join me as I try this again next Saturday, time is going to be TBD.
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This is a test of the It’s a Purl, Man broadcast system. Had this been a real emergency you would be directed directly to your LYS for more yarn.
If you happen to be around tonight or tomorrow morning you may see me testing this little plug in or actually pushing out the live show. If this is not working for you you can also try the YAHOO! LIVE CHANNEL
A friend of mine who was traveling the country recently, go Daria in ‘08, let me know that there was a lot of fury around an article in the January 2nd Philadelphia Weekly about kniters. (I do not want to link there, read on).
The article reads very strangely, it starts off expressing that it’s annoying when people are so nit picky and defensive about location and then it goes on to say that there is a new wave of defensive nit picky freaks, the knitters. (OK) Then the article complains about the lame assumption that knitting is punk and uses to books to prove their argument (sorta) and then just thrashes knitting and all people who enjoy knitting and crocheting (I guess crafters) in general.
OK, I don’t want to link to the site because I do not want to be responcible for giving this crap any more due than it deserves. Readers are exactly what they want, so if you go to the website and read this article you are in giving this persons article more popularity and I don’t really want to suggest that you go read this, it’s not a very good article in general, let alone what you think about knitting/crocheting/punk/hipness/motherhood… etc.
Here is my thought though, why get defensive at all. The author of this piece seems to be angry about something, but I don’t know what? Is it really that offensive that knitters feel cool or punk? Is it really that hard to believe that cool people and punks knit? Has this person been tied to a tree by knitters and been giving a bad sweater to wear? I don’t get it?
What is it about knitting/crocheting that threatens other people?
Anyhow, just thought I would let you all know about this if it is of interest to you. Sadly, people did write in and were very defensive about this article… But I think I am totally missing the point of the article… I read it as … knitters are very defensive, and I will go ahead and make fun of them, and what give them the right to think that they are punk in the first place.
Saturday, March 1st, 11:00am eastern standard time, http://live.yahoo.com/itsapurlman
I have no idea what live thing I will do, but I will put on a regular show and record what come of the liveness for the regular podcast feed.
I was thinking that I would try recording th next episode Live on Saturday morning using the following:
http://live.yahoo.com/itsapurlman
Anyone interested in this? I Don’t know how this will work exactly, but I thought trying this out might be fun… Discuss…
Me, knitting mittens magic loop style with Cashmere Island on Red Line from downtown to Harvard.
You, some guy knitting on grey straights (I assume size 
with some lovely orangey stuff (I assume malibrigo). You were practicing seed stitch.
I gave you my podcast card and told you about the knitting group for guys.
So… did I have bad breath or am I weird to think that perhaps you would actually want to talk. Was I too forward by sitting down next to you. I did give you the straight man’s seat buffer.
I guess I am not used to knitters who don’t like to talk. Not that I excpect a whole lot, but most people will be cordial enough to inquire about my project after I ask about theres. And you are the first guy I ever met who seemed even more weirded out when there was another guy knitting in the area. I thought it was kinda funny that two guys were knitting on the subway at around 8:00pm.
Oh well… good luck with your knitting.
Next weeks show will feature an interview with Jackie, the shop owner of Wild and Woolly in Lexington, MA. Jackie is an awesome force of nature who has been running her shop for for over 30 years. She has a lot of opinions and stories… and you will get to hear them next week.
This week I have to finish two projects, put in extra hours at work, pack for my weekend trip to Washington D.C. and eat well.
On today’s show:
I yarn-a-lot about my current projects and 2008. I play a recording by Queer Joe and share info about the Men’s Knitting Retreat. Then I sit down and talk with Betsy of A Loom With A View in Newburyport, MA. Finally I rant a little about my Fat Nano and stuff.
Here is the Powerful weaved bag that Betsy talks about on the show, love the colorway. Here is a link to the Hemlock Ring Blanket project and the KAL at WEBS. Here is a link to the Mostly Merino site where I made the Very Simple Shawl project. This was a great first shawl project, so fast, so easy, so pretty…
I have a new. simpler email address for you to send me your thought, podcast@itsapurlman.com. I have also updated my flikr account.
The server is giving me some trouble. While I have a new interview recorded I need to get the server working correctly prior to posting the new show. Perhaps tonight will work.
In the mean time, check out this awesome collection of images from the Library of Congress at Flickr.
Also, I have updated my flikr images to include some Team Chuppah goodness.
