Download Episode Eighteen ( 128Kbps MP3 - Length 11:49 - File size 10.9 MB) ( To download: PC Peoples use Right-click + Save [ Target | Link ] As... / Mac Peoples use Alt-Click ) 64Kbps MP3 (smaller than 128Kbps MP3 but lower audio quality) & Ogg Vorbis format (please check your player for compatibility) audio files available on Internet Archive Shownotes: Our Lady of the Knit and Purl delivers up a little divine inspiration in this week's episode of Purl Diving. Diane Schoemperlen's book Our Lady of the Lost and Found (Toronto: HarperFlamingoCanada, 2001) provides not one, but two knitting references, and it's all courtesy of The Knitting Curmudgeon and the Knitterguy. Sometimes you just never know when the BVM is going to show up in your knitting podcast. Audio: Sound samples used in this episode: Water/wave sample under intro created by pushtobreak from The Freesound Project Turning the pages of the book of Ruth in the Bible created by Charel Sytze from The Freesound Project Music featured in this episode: Download "Mary Loves The People" (mp3) from "Anabelle" by Hangman's Daughter Global Recording Artists Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at eMusic Buy at Napster Buy at Rhapsody Stream from Rhapsody More On This Album

Download Episode Seventeen ( 128Kbps MP3 - Length 7:53 - File size 7.23 MB) ( To download: PC Peoples use Right-click + Save [ Target | Link ] As... / Mac Peoples use Alt-Click ) 64Kbps MP3 (smaller than 128Kbps MP3 but lower audio quality) & Ogg Vorbis format (please check your player for compatibility) audio files available on Internet Archive Shownotes: Mama Purl goes to the Winter 2007/2008 TNNA Trade show, and shares some thoughts on knitting and the seasons. Turn, turn, turn... And for those of you who work on the Fahrenheit scale, a "30+ degree Celsius heatwave" translates to 86+ degrees... Listen to the episode to find out more. The Dyana Afghan Women's Fund is a Canadian charitable organization founded by Nelofer Pazira, an Afghan-Canadian journalist, writer and film-maker. DAWF provides assistance to local groups that provide education and training to Afghan women. DAWF has been my charity of choice for a couple of years now, as I truly believe that the most powerful change that can happen in a community is to make sure that women have the means and skills to look after themselves and their families. I am proud that the small bit of talent I have (in coming up with something as trivial as a t-shirt design) will go to help benefit someone and provide them with the means to learn how to support and better themselves. And if you are interested in learning more about Nelofer Pazira's experiences in Afghanistan, you might want to read her most excellent book, A Bed of Red Flowers (Toronto: Random House, 2005) Audio: Sound samples used in this episode: Water/wave sample under intro created by pushtobreak from The Freesound Project Winter wind sample layered with synthesized sounds created by pushtobreak from The Freesound Project Music featured in this episode: "California Dreaming" by The Mamas and The Papas, recorded at the Monterey International Pop Festival; courtesy Podsafe Music Network

Download Episode Sixteen ( 128Kbps MP3 - Length 9:41 - File size 8.9 MB) ( To download: PC Peoples use Right-click + Save [ Target | Link ] As... / Mac Peoples use Alt-Click ) 64Kbps MP3 (smaller than 128Kbps MP3 but lower audio quality) & Ogg Vorbis format (please check your player for compatibility) audio files available on Internet Archive Shownotes: What the Dickens? Listen as Purl Diving spins a tale of the sea. Audio: Sound samples used in this episode: Water/wave sample under intro created by pushtobreak from The Freesound Project Marseille crickets & waterfront sounds sample created by philippe b from The Freesound Project Music featured in this episode: "Pais oceano (Ocean Country)" by Anamar on her album Transfado from Magnatune.com

Download Episode Fifteen ( 128Kbps MP3 - Length 9:36 - File size 8.9 MB) ( To download: PC Peoples use Right-click + Save [ Target | Link ] As... / Mac Peoples use Alt-Click ) 64Kbps MP3 (smaller than 128Kbps MP3 but lower audio quality) & Ogg Vorbis format (please check your player for compatibility) audio files available on Internet Archive Shownotes: White coral bells upon a slender stalk Lilies-of-the valley deck my garden walk Oh don't you wish that you could hear them ring? That will only happen when the fairies sing. The prodigal podcaster returns with thoughts of springtime, Paris, and the May flowers brought forth by April showers. Audio: Sound samples used in this episode: Water/wave sample under intro created by pushtobreak from The Freesound Project Music featured in this episode: "Ce Moys de May" (15th century song in Old French by Guillaume Dufay) performed by Shira Kammen on her album The Almanac from Magnatune.com Additional Links: Maiglöckchen – Variationen eines traditionellen Strickmusters. ISBN 3-8334-1337-9. (Scroll down the page to find the link to the book -- there is English language information on Dorothea Fischer's site. I ordered my copy through amazon.de P.S. I see a "Heidetuch" in my knitting future...

Download Episode Fourteen ( 128Kbps MP3 - Length 15:07 - File size 13.9 MB) ( To download: PC Peoples use Right-click + Save [ Target | Link ] As... / Mac Peoples use Alt-Click ) 64Kbps MP3 (smaller than 128Kbps MP3 but lower audio quality) & Ogg Vorbis format (please check your player for compatibility) audio files available on Internet Archive Shownotes: "Who are you waiting for? I'm right here..." So begins the title song for the Bollywood film, "Main Hoon Na". Today's Purl Diving is an all singing, all dancing, all knitting extravaganza! Audio: Sound samples used in this episode: Water/wave sample under intro created by pushtobreak from The Freesound Project All film clips are from "Main Hoon Na" -- India, 2004. Directed by Farah Khan. (I've used these under the terms of "fair dealing", and if you're curious to see the film, it's available on DVD from Amazon.com) Music featured in this episode: "You" by the Indian rock band Pralay (via the Podsafe Music Network) Additional Links: A Canadian Bollywood movie: "Bollywood/Hollywood" -- Canada, 2002. Directed by Deepa Mehta.

Download Episode Thirteen ( 128Kbps MP3 - Length 11:46 - File size 10.8 MB) ( To download: PC Peoples use Right-click + Save [ Target | Link ] As... / Mac Peoples use Alt-Click ) 64Kbps MP3 (smaller than 128Kbps MP3 but lower audio quality) & Ogg Vorbis format (please check your player for compatibility) audio files available on Internet Archive Shownotes: In this episode of Purl Diving, we go where no knitter has gone before; we leap tall stereotypes with a single bound; we -- we -- well, we feel good. Pretty Good, in fact. So good that we had to come up with yet another knitting acronym -- the PGK. Listen to the episode to find out more... Audio: Sound samples used in this episode: Water/wave sample under intro created by pushtobreak from The Freesound Project Waves on a beach sample created by gadzooks from The Freesound Project Music featured in this episode: "Ovelha Negra (Black sheep)" by Anamar, provided courtesy Magnatune (the "We are not evil" people).

Download Episode Twelve ( 128Kbps MP3 - Length 12:00 - File size 11.0 MB) ( To download: PC Peoples use Right-click + Save [ Target | Link ] As... / Mac Peoples use Alt-Click ) 64Kbps MP3 (smaller than 128Kbps MP3 but lower audio quality) & Ogg Vorbis format (please check your player for compatibility) audio files available on Internet Archive Shownotes: Episode 12 is a kind of knitting sound-scape. Of a sorts. Kind of. Purl Diving knits at the Oscars. Audio: Sound samples used in this episode: Water/wave sample under intro created by pushtobreak from The Freesound Project Cinema projector sample looped under soundscape created by jlozano from The Freesound Project Music featured in this episode: "Only in the Movies" by Caroline Hetherton on Podsafe Music Network. Additional Links: The Stig

Download Episode Twelve ( 128Kbps MP3 - Length 12:00 - File size 11.0 MB) ( To download: PC Peoples use Right-click + Save [ Target | Link ] As... / Mac Peoples use Alt-Click ) 64Kbps MP3 (smaller than 128Kbps MP3 but lower audio quality) & Ogg Vorbis format (please check your player for compatibility) audio files available on Internet Archive Shownotes: Episode 12 is a kind of knitting sound-scape. Of a sorts. Kind of. Purl Diving knits at the Oscars. Audio: Sound samples used in this episode: Water/wave sample under intro created by pushtobreak from The Freesound Project Cinema projector sample looped under soundscape created by jlozano from The Freesound Project Music featured in this episode: "Only in the Movies" by Caroline Hetherton on Podsafe Music Network. Additional Links: The Stig

Download Episode Eleven ( 128Kbps MP3 - Length 15:41 - File size 14.4 MB) ( To download: PC Peoples use Right-click + Save [ Target | Link ] As... / Mac Peoples use Alt-Click ) 64Kbps MP3 (smaller than 128Kbps MP3 but lower audio quality) & Ogg Vorbis format (please check your player for compatibility) audio files available on Internet Archive In this episode of Purl Diving, we experience a small blast from the past, courtesy of Marcel Proust, his tea, and most of all, his madeleine. If you have your own Knitter's Madeleine that you'd care to share in a future episode of Purl Diving, please drop me a note, either in the comments or via email. If you have a microphone connected to your computer, you can also leave me an audio message of up to 3 minutes in length using the Odeo link in the sidebar. Audio Water/wave sample under intro created by pushtobreak from The Freesound Project Music featured in this episode: "Gigue L'angloise": Suite In G Minor: Le Troisième Livre De Pieces De Viole (1711) by Marin Marais, performed by Ralph Rousseau Meulenbroeks. "Sonnerie de Ste. Geneviève du Mont de Paris"(1723) by Marin Marais, performed by Ralph Rousseau Meulenbroeks. Additional Links: Proustian references: Du Côté de Chez Swann by Marcel Proust (original French text on Project Gutenberg site) Swann's Way by Marcel Proust (English translation on Project Gutenberg site) In Search of Lost Time (À la recherche du temps perdu) article about Proust's novel (of which Swann is Volume 1) that contains the famous passage about his madeleine and the memories evoked by it. Involuntary Memory (a Proustian concept) article on Wikipedia All about madeleines: Madeleines Recipe (with a good picture of freshly baked madeleines) by Stephanie Jaworski at Joyofbaking.com Music for this episode courtesy of Magnatune

Download Episode Eleven ( 128Kbps MP3 - Length 15:41 - File size 14.4 MB) ( To download: PC Peoples use Right-click + Save [ Target | Link ] As... / Mac Peoples use Alt-Click ) 64Kbps MP3 (smaller than 128Kbps MP3 but lower audio quality) & Ogg Vorbis format (please check your player for compatibility) audio files available on Internet Archive In this episode of Purl Diving, we experience a small blast from the past, courtesy of Marcel Proust, his tea, and most of all, his madeleine. If you have your own Knitter's Madeleine that you'd care to share in a future episode of Purl Diving, please drop me a note, either in the comments or via email. If you have a microphone connected to your computer, you can also leave me an audio message of up to 3 minutes in length using the Odeo link in the sidebar. Audio Water/wave sample under intro created by pushtobreak from The Freesound Project Music featured in this episode: "Gigue L'angloise": Suite In G Minor: Le Troisième Livre De Pieces De Viole (1711) by Marin Marais, performed by Ralph Rousseau Meulenbroeks. "Sonnerie de Ste. Geneviève du Mont de Paris"(1723) by Marin Marais, performed by Ralph Rousseau Meulenbroeks. Additional Links: Proustian references: Du Côté de Chez Swann by Marcel Proust (original French text on Project Gutenberg site) Swann's Way by Marcel Proust (English translation on Project Gutenberg site) In Search of Lost Time (À la recherche du temps perdu) article about Proust's novel (of which Swann is Volume 1) that contains the famous passage about his madeleine and the memories evoked by it. Involuntary Memory (a Proustian concept) article on Wikipedia All about madeleines: Madeleines Recipe (with a good picture of freshly baked madeleines) by Stephanie Jaworski at Joyofbaking.com Music for this episode courtesy of Magnatune