Purl Diving Podcast

WIP: Swallowtail shawl (continued)

The Swallotail Shawl Sage continues...

Thursday afternoon:

And Friday at 13:15, just after casting off:

I'd hoped to get it blocked yesterday, but I just ran out of steam -- I'll probably do it tomorrow (off to a birthday party this afternoon) or Monday, then I'll post some details on it when it's completely blocked and finished.

WIP: Swallowtail Shawl

Just a couple of photos of what I'm up to this week:

Yes, it's a Swallowtail Shawl.  Started May 18th, that's the progress as of yesterday, though last night I did make it part-way up the second Lily of the Valley chart.  It doesn't look like much now, but it'll look fabulous after blocking.  Though I wish the colour in the photos really was the colour, it's got a lot more yellow in it.

Episode Twenty-Eight: Xtreeeme Knitting

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Shownotes:

What happens when you take cricket, Bollywood, Marlon Brando and combine them with a little Xtreeeme Knitting?  Listen to this episode of Purl Diving to find out.

Links:

The Kolkata Knight Riders video that inspired it all.

The anthem ("Korbo Lorbo Jeetbo" AKA "2 Hot 2 Cool") is on CD, and available at Nehaflix, fine purveyor of all that is Bollywood.

"The Detonator" is the name of this year's Sock Wars Pattern.  Go.  Knit.  Feel a frisson of glory.

John Meadows read the excerpt from the Reuters news article.   His excellent podcast, On the Log, is all about, as he says, "looking at the future through the rear-view mirror", and is one I eagerly await each Saturday morning.

Bruce Murray *will* return to The Zedcast (I've been lighting candles, it will happen), and if you've never listened, it's worth starting at number one and working your way through his wonderful stories.  And if you're a runner, you can find him on his weekly call-in running podcast, The Running Shoe.

The Tech Guy occasionally hangs out at his blog, Unconventional Wisdom.

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Audio:

Water/wave sample under intro created by pushtobreak  from The Freesound Project

Music featured in this episode:

"Keep On Fighting" by Pralay (from the Podsafe Music Network)

look, ma, i'm famous!

Well, no, not really, but I am thrilled to be the stand-in host for the latest episode of Bob Goyetche's most excellent podcast, "Mostly Tunes".

The irony in this was that this was part of an effort to help get Bob to 50 episodes before Podcasters Across Borders last spring -- and I ended up being episode 42, which tickles me to no end.

Most of all, I'm just glad "Mostly Tunes" is back, because I'd really missed it.

I'll be back in the next few days with a new episode of Purl Diving...