Dear Kay,
A good podcast is like a hangout with people you really enjoy. I’ve plugged in recently to the mighty women of Pom Pom Quarterly, whose Pomcast is a groove of rambling-in-a-charming-way conversation with interesting folks in the knitting world.
Recently, Lydia Gluck and Sophie Scott corralled Tom van Deijnen, whose site Tom of Holland has been a favorite rabbit hole of mine for a while. Visible mending, darning, making things last by taking care of them. Tom is the sort of guy who will knit an old-school gansey on size 1 needles, just to see how it goes.
(Here’s a classic Tom post about a brilliant weaver and dyer, Ethel Mairet.)
Most thrilling is the fact that I got to hear Tom say his last name: it’s van dinin’. Man, did I have that wrong.
Listen up:
Breaking news revealed in this Pomcast: Pom Pom co-founder Meghan Fernandes recently had a baby, Sabine. We met Meghan at the yarn show in Washington in June, and I have to say I was pretty sure she was expecting something. Sending joyful congratulations to Meghan and family on creating a new target for tiny little handknits. Sleep later! Babies are babies only for a minute.
Love,
Ann
One of my favorite podcasts! Yes they’re silly sometimes, but I usually come away learning about something. Their “Knitter’s you should know” segment is brilliant and I happen to really enjoy the magazine as well!
Audio and video podcasts are a huge part of my crafting (and other) entertainment. I probably spend about 20-40 hours per week keeping up with them, going back and forth between audio books and podcasts. Sometimes I wish my commute to work was longer!
I love Pom Pom! Both magazine and podcast. They are a pleasure in every way.
Ann and Kay, I really enjoy your daily posts. Thanks for the great bits of news. I’ll be checking out the Pomcast today.
I wanted to comment on the Chartreuse posts of the last couple of days. I was watching Guys and Dolls last night and noticed there was a whole lot of Chartreuse going on in the Technicolor goodness of that movie. There seemed to be a pop of Chartreuse in every scene. Check it out!
Oh, Guys and Dolls, one of the all time great movies. Now I’ll have to watch it tonight. I’m guessing Nicely Nicely has some chartreuse action….
As I recall there is also a lot of brown and maroon and red. Delightful!