Knit Along Archives - Shinybees

Episode 93 – Alpaca Love

Jo Milmine — Tue, 10 May 2016 20:17:10 +0000

Listen Here Intro These hot temperatures are having some side effects, I need to open my windows for survival. That means the choice between some potential atmospheric background noise or an unconscious host. I’ve soldiered on in the belief that I’m pretty pivotal to this podcast and chosen the former. As summer approaches we are...

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Episode 82: Commit

migrationuser2 — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 17:42:37 +0000

Listen Here Intro The podcast is brought to you this week from Daan Saaf, still with Real Ale though, obviously. This week I’m taking the time to point you in the direction of two of my latest little hobbies, Anchor and Snapchat. I like Anchor because its audio messaging and I have a face for...

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Episode 81: Re-Rewind

migrationuser2 — Thu, 18 Feb 2016 14:25:08 +0000

Listen Here Intro This week I follow on from last weeks sing-along with a bit of Craig David, including a quick biograghy (for those who missed that 15 minutes of the noughties in the UK) and an eyebrow homage… The original… David does Bieber… Merrion does David… I am also giving a gentle reminder to...

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Episode 80: Relax

migrationuser2 — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 14:30:42 +0000

Listen Here Intro This week I am back to something resembling my old bouncy self and am using this platform to impart wise words about not biting off more than you can chew and ‘caning it’. Oh and chatting very enthusiastically about Zoolander. Blue Steel! Zoolander KAL anyone?? It’s all a bit sing-songy this week...

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Episode 77: Knitting Goals

migrationuser2 — Sun, 17 Jan 2016 16:20:59 +0000

Listen Here Intro This week’s episode follows on from the excitement of preparing for the knitty events of the year to looking at what you want to achieve in your knitting this year. Lots of people are cracking out new planners and diaries, so it’s a great time to think about how to get to...

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Episode 75: Joyeux Noel

migrationuser2 — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 16:00:29 +0000

Image Details: ‘Esprit de Noël’ by Christophe Pinard, via Flickr. Listen Here Intro This week it’s a fairly pensive and reflective mini-essay to start the podcast, prompted by an email from Marguerite in Australia (who drives the biggest trains in the world – amazing!) who reminded me about the time in Africa when the power...

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Episode 73: The Three Little Pigs

migrationuser2 — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 13:41:51 +0000

Listen Here Intro This week we’re having a bit of a crafty catch up and a few laughs along with it. Come and be lightly enabled and hear a bit of knitted spud banter. It’s back to the usual tangential humour after a crazy couple of weeks at Casa Shiny. Enablers’ Corner Come and be...

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Episode 70: An Interview With Boo Knits

migrationuser2 — Mon, 16 Nov 2015 13:37:27 +0000

Listen Here Intro This week I am delighted to bring Bev aka Boo Knits onto the show for an interview! After knitting her Out of Darkness pattern – known to listeners of the show as the ‘Shawl of Awesome’- I was keen to chat to her and hear about her journey into designing and what...

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Episode 69: Man Socks

migrationuser2 — Wed, 11 Nov 2015 20:44:05 +0000

Listen Here Intro Hello and welcome to episode 69 of the podcast, from a new location, in England! This week, there’s a bit of chatter about moving house – again – and the calamities that come with that. Jo catchup complete, there is a plan afoot to visit Countess Ablaze at her studio on Swinton...

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Episode 66 – The Diamond Fibre

migrationuser2 — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 12:43:13 +0000

Image Details: ‘Angora Goat’ by noricum, via Flickr. Listen Here Intro Hello and welcome to another rip-roaring episode of the Shinybees podcast. Today we have the return of Enablers’ Corner, some chat about mohair – the diamond fibre – and its properties, particularly in sock knitting. Following that, we round up with a rundown of...

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