Podcast – Episode 7: The podcast that stopped the nation

Episode 7 is now available on youtube

Recorded 1 November 2016

Podcast – Episode 6: Go West, Stephen

Episode 6 is now available on youtube:

 

Recorded 16 September

 

Segments

• Knit along
• Finished Objects

• Strata Shawl

• Works in Progress

• Socks – Marama [pattern], Toomuc Valley Sock blank in Aqua Peal
• Cardigan – Tempest [pattern] using Cascade 220
• Spinning – ixchelbunny “Rose Bunny”

• Stash Stories, featuring:

• Voolenvine yarns
• Mayhem and chaos

 

Podcast – Episode 5: Tales of woe and whoa

A short, but not sharp, episode for you today. Apologies for the huskiness.

 

Episode 5 is now available on YouTube

Recorded Sunday 2 October 2016.

Segments

• Knit-along
• On the Rack

• Waiting for rain shawl

• Finished Objects

• Baby bear hat

• Works in Progress

• Mountain Lily Scarf

• UFO – wip it or rip it

To participate in the Transitions knitalong/craft along, use the hashtags #StashAndNotions and #TransitionsKAL on Instagram, or join the Ravelry Group

 

 

Podcast – Episode 4: Knit Free or Stash Hard

Episode 4 is now available on youtube:

Recorded 17 September 2016

Segments

Finished Objects

Works in Progress, featuring

• Ixchel Bunny
• Tarndwarcoort

Stash Stories, featuring:

• Fibreific
• Shepherdess (Aus)
• Toomuc Valley Yarns
• Little Yellow Cat

Knit-along

Don’t forget if you want to participate in the  #TransitionsKal knitalong, use the hashtag on Instagram, or join the Ravelry Group

 

Happy Knitting!

#TransitionsKAL cast on party is go

Party happening now.

join us on the google hangout until 10 PM AEST on Friday 9 September 2016.

Grab some wine (and your project) and come and say hi.

Podcast – Episode 3: “You’ll have to speak up, I’m wearing a towel”

Episode three of the stash and notions podcast is now up on youtube

Recorded 3 September 2016.

Segments:

• Intro
• On the Rack
• Finished Objects
• Works in Progress
• Knit-along
• Close

A podcast Ravelry group has now been launched – feel free to add yourself to the group.

Episode 2 – Electric Boogaloop

 

Segments:

On the rack

• Hope and Harvest
• Dick and Dora

Finished Object

Works in Progress

• Waiting for rain, using Gin and Tonic yarn
• Sockhead Slouch Hat, by Kelly McClure, using Fab funky fibres – Colourway The Villa Variegated
• AfterThought Heel Socks

Stash Stories

• Candy Apple Lane
• Stray Cat Socks

Yes or No?

• The proposal

The Podcast – Episode 1

Stash and Notions Podcast Episode 1

Segments:

Welcome and Introduction – includes a little bit of my background and knitting journey
WIPS:

• Waiting for Rain, using Gin and Tonic yarn
• Hitchhiker, using Wollmeise
• Spinning project, using Yarn vs Zombies fibre

Acquisitions

• Stitch Markers
• Yarn – an unveiling

Close

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Spendigo 2016 Haul

 

My first ever vlog! I thought I’d do one to share my shopping from this year’s trip to Bendi.

Let me know what you think – I’ve never made a video before.

Time to pick up the needles, Bronwyn Bishop?

Dear Ms Bishop,

I would like to extend to you commiserations regarding your recent loss in the preselection for the seat of Mackellar. I except that it is highly unlikely that you will contest the seat as an independent, given your long standing association with the liberal party.

Given your impending retirement, I’d like to suggest that you consider taking up knitting. With the hefty pension coming your way as a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, you’ll be able to indulge in the finer yarns available, cashmere perhaps or even some wonderfully soft angora?

Here are five reasons why knitting could be a good option for you in retirement:

1. Maintain your cognitive function – there are plenty of studies about that indicate a very strong link between knitting and keeping a healthy mind in the sunset years.  The mayo clinic found that seniors who knit (or participate in other crafts) are less likely to suffer from ‘mild cognitive impairment’. Perhaps you won’t forget to repay any inappropriate expenses that are claimed during your retirement.
2. Help deal with any retirement related depression. It’s quite possible that your retirement may trigger a depressive episode. As outlined in my previous post, knitting can help to alleviate depression, another reason to pick up the needles.
3. Maintain social connections. Loneliness is a common source of depression for older people, and I expect that you won’t be invited to quite as many soirées now that you appear to be on the outer with the Liberal Party. Perhaps you could consider joining a local knitting group as a way of maintaining social connections.
4. Knitting is portable – you can take your knitting wherever you go. Should you find yourself on a helicopter flight to another fundraising function, you can take your knitting with you.
5. Knitting for reflection – once you become a proficient knitter, you can multitask, knit and think at the same time.  You can mull over the decisions you’ve made during your time in parliament, and decide once and for all if the choices you made were indeed the best choices for the people of Australia.

Take up knitting, Ms Bishop. I believe that it will bring many benefits to your life once you end your parliamentary career.

Bronwyn Bishop during happier times. Credit: Eva Rinaldi [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons

Kind regards,

Miss Redpen.

This post is part three of a series on knitting as therapy