Podcasting for Machine Knitters

Well I said be ready and I am.  So much is changing in the machine knitting world and its all kind of surprising. 

On the demise of Knitwords.  Very glad I am not recording a podcast you’d hear how I really feel about this.  When I heard the news I literally sat down with my head in my hands and cried.  I’d let my subscription lapse when I moved with the intention of resubscribing as soon as we got settled with a permanent home.  I’ve seen some very positive things posted and I hope Mary Anne feels our love and support in what ever comes next for her.   Knitwords has been a super high quality machine knitting publication and will be sorely missed.  

New things happening for BT Yarns is now Knit it Now where yarns and webinar education will be provided.  Its a really great way to meet the need for MK education so I lift my coffee mug in Sue’s general direction and wish her well.  I’ve perused some of the available educative events and it looks excellent!

Changes in my life…. oh yeah we got em.  We’ve MOVED to a permanent home at long last.  Our exhaustive search resulted in the perfect home for my husband and I.  Of course our requirements included space for my knittery.  Space we have in spades!  I will now be located in a finished basement with lots of perks.  Humidity control will be a concern for this space but all the equipment is in place to keep this in check.  There is also a wood stove in the space to create cozy warmth should the need arise in winter.  The carpet is UGLY… U G L Y  but will be acceptable for the time being.   Windows have always been important to me in a knitting or any work area.  Natural light is a wonderful thing.  I have wonderful windows in the main knitting area as well as a private no stair entrance.  This will make it easier to take machines in and out as well as mass quantities of yarn!  

I set up the first machine Monday  and had it up and knitting just fine I know that is quite shocking.  This weekend the rest of my equipment will be re-acquired from storage.   I am glad my items were only in storage short term.   So the next steeps will be organizing and setting up the space to allow optimal machine use in a space that is a pleasure to be in.  I will probably be taking pictures and video as I get organized down there.  Here is a picture of the space BEFORE I took over.

I’ll be posting again soon as I progress with my invasion.

Well, well well, here we go another month has passed since I’ve posted.  I’ve gone crazy and don’t think I’ll be back.  Luckily I can blog from Crazy town. 

Challenges in life happen to everyone and I really try not to whine.  All I really want these days is a Knit Zone with all my machines, toys, tools, and of course yarn neatly (ha ha) organized.  I keep turning to my available bins and turning away saying I know I had some of that!  Oh and I do, its just 300 miles away.   I miss being able to look at all of my yarn and gain inspiration from whatever color grabs me as I walk in the door.  I am sick of having knitting machines (yup 2 set up and functioning) in my living room.  Don’t get me wrong, I love the machines.  We all need to get away from what we love periodically.

Two problems have been happening with podcast recordings.  One the temporary living quarters are in very close proximity to a small airport.  I am glad its a small airport.  Cute little airplanes go up and do fun things in the sky.  We’ve seen all sorts of planes even some really old models that you rarely see except at airshows.  There is no set schedule for these planes though and while they aren’t jets they are very noisy.  I close all the windows and sit down to record and nnnnnnnnnnnnneeeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr there goes a plane.  You can’t edit that out!  So I go back to re-record that portion and move on.  Once really into a topic I tune everything out so after I record I listen.  I edit out sneezes and any uhms errs or aaahs that occur.  I am going along listening to myself saying something really profound and weeeee oooooo weeeeeee oooooo weeeee ooooooo ambulance passing drowns me out.  If this were my HOUSE I’d do a little sound proofing and move on.  Here can’t do much so, I’ve thrown up my hands and won’t try to record a podcast here.  MK World students are getting extra time in their sessions based on the number of ambulances and airplanes that go by during sessions.    For the time being?  I can do what I can do,  keeping notes of topics I want to talk about, writing and knitting.   So if anyone wants to record a little podcast?  Bring it on!  I’d love to have contributing podcasters I can even help with how-to info.

What comes next… I don’t know.  I am sure I am not even ready for what comes next.  I do know that I am open to whatever comes next….