It has been just about forever since my last post. I am going to blame that on a horrible incident with a cat, and another yesterday with a deer, both involving my car. Luckily everyone except the cat (which was bad enough) escaped without too much harm done. Then again, let's not discount the psychological toll of having two suicidal creatures run in front of your car in a two-week time span. Although it did help commiserating with my father in law -- in the past he has been dubbed the Duck Killer by his children and still vividly remembers that family of ducks crossing the road on a trip to Europe.
I am taking a break at work and was thinking about all of the wonderful knitting podcasts that I have had the pleasure of listening to during my commute to work. I will review two of them here, and will be posting additional podcast reviews in the not-too-distant future.
The Math 4 Knitters podcast, hosted by Lara Neel, is one that I have been listening to a lot lately. It's fairly low-tech (no music or anything fancy) but the sound quality is good, and Lara is a lot of fun to listen to. She discusses the applications of math to knitting in a very approachable and easy to understand manner. Having tutored math myself, I understand the hesitation that so many people feel about math, and Lara does an excellent job breaking everything down into small steps and making it less intimidating. She also does occasional book reviews and other extras. The podcast website is http://www.math4knitters.blogspot.com/.
KnitWit: Rantings of a Rabit Knitter, hosted by Carry, is described by the host as a "storytelling podcast with occasional knit bits". Although I started listening to this one for its knitting content, I have stayed for Carry's stories. She is a wonderful storyteller, and her tales often leave me laughing out loud. She seems to alternate between knitting and non-knitting episodes, and I have to say I like both equally. An older episode that I didn't get the chance to listen to until recently dealt with Carry's experience getting a mammogram, and then finding out that she had several masses that had to be checked out (everything seems to have turned out OK). Carry managed to tell the story with a dose of her signature humor, and she provided great info for other women dreading going through the same. Definitely check this one out. The website is http://autumnbreezedesigns.com/blog/.
