Yarns and Tales

After taking a few tries to get this podcast in motion, the 4th one was a success.  Just like many yarn projects, the first attempts just don’t pan out.  In this 50th episode of YaT, I ramble on about crazy weather, miserable shopping, WIP completions, and surprising FOs.  I also pose two questions to y’all.  […]

This 49th episode of Yarns and Tales cast on without a hitch and a day ahead of normal.  Today, I chatted about adding beads to our knitting then moved on to tastier endeavors, like making home-made cornbread dressing, cheater’s gravy, and my sweet brine marinade for meat (boneless chicken breast in this case).  Make yourself […]

Episode 48 of Yarns and Tales casts on with chatter about roller derby comparisons and leads into the impromptu project involving a button.  From there, I share a great story about cats and treadmills.  It doesn’t sound like much but don’t be fooled.  Oh, did I mention the recycling ideas?  Hmm, sounds like you may […]

Yes, here it is, episode 47, casting on with the giggles.  Curious about what could be funny enough to begin the podcast this way?  Magic circles and rusty fingers coming together for the first time.  That’s what.  The video link is below to understand the humor if you don’t know what a “magic circle” is. […]

Casting off episode 46 was easy.  I had two gripes.  I’ll give you two hints: “wrong” and “cheaper”.  Sometimes societal conditioning just makes me nuts!  After the fussing and venting, we get on with talking about the latest (successful) wine hat revision and its accidental dual purpose.  Have I left you a tad bit confused?  […]

This 45th episode of Yarns and Tales cast on without a snag, sending us straight into the world of prototyping, programming, Warcraft, and rutabagas.  The body of the red cowl was finished, only lacking buttons.  A few statistics from the hubby led to a brainstorm of pattern ideas that, of course, needed fleshing out (more […]

Well, howdy y’all!  It’s episode 44, and as promised, we’re starting my cowl project this time.  I chat about my prototype cowl that I made to figure out what I would make with “the good stuff” this week.  It gets started but gets paused somewhere along the way as I go to talking with my […]

Howdy y’all!  Episode 43 casts on with a search for a quick and beautiful cowl pattern.  You get to ride shotgun as I use my google-fu to window shop the many images of free cowl patterns found on the internet.  Afterward, I chat about room arranging and my plans for Saturday.  Are you curious?  Then […]

With episode 42, I am recuperating from one of those out-of-nowhere and for-no-reason “bugs”.  As I ball up the remnants of a used skein, I talk about my birthday, finishing last week’s free-form knitted wine bottle sleeve, finishing my daughter’s funky green scarf, and the awesome arrival of a red box from Norway.  Come on […]

After remembering to turn the mic on, the second intro of episode 41 cast on without any other problems.  I share a few of my shopping encounters before launching into my impromptu wine sleeve pattern using some leftovers by Lion Brand and Red Heart.  While attempting to stay focused on the knitting, I share a […]