I would like to report on the wonderful weekend I had at the Men’s Spring Knitting Retreat at Easton Mountain, but I find myself at a loss for words.
Everything went as well as expected, even though Alasdair couldn’t make it up. The guys were nice, the food was good, and the fiber was plentiful.
I did some recording, so there will be a show that shares some of this stuff. For now just enjoy the photo. It really says a thousand words about how the weekend unfolded.
Today’s show is all about the Massachusetts Sheep and Woolcraft Show. My three Guest will be participating in the event which happens over memorial day weekend in Cummington, MA. It’s a great show and if you are in the new england or New York area it is a great way to spend the day. My punkin and I had such a great time last year that I offered to help promote the show this year. I am glad I did, it has made for a great chance to meet some new people and catch up with friends. I hope you enjoy the podcast and come out to Cummington to check out the sheep show.
In this episode I speak with Gale Zucker one of the authors of Shear Spirit
My second guest, Andrea Colyer, is one of the owners of Greenwood Hill Farm. You may remember Andrea from episode 33. We catch up a little and talk about the MA Sheep show. I also gush about how much I love the Merino yarn that she makes on her farm.
My final guest, Louise Walsh, of Evergreen Farm shares her stories about being in the small and fuzzy business. She is a crafty and powerful force in the bunny business and has a lot to tell us about how wonderful the community at the MA sheep and wool is.
Thanks to all the vendors who were willing to be on the show. I hope that we get to visit in the future in person.
hey… you… you with the teeth. You still reading/listening to this blog. Well… It’s good to see that you are still there. Sometimes I forget you are there because I get wrapped up in work and life and blah… blah… blah… you get the idea.
Anyhow, I wanted to let you know that this here podcaster is not taking a break and that there are more shows on the way. It has just been a while since I had time to rub together to put a show out.
This weekend my mother is coming up for our pseudo annual trip to NH Sheep and Wool. I look forward to showing her all the progress I have made on her sweater, it’s only taken three years.
We will put together a show with interviews that I did at NENA last week.
Next week I am going to put out a second episode in the middle of the week about the MA Sheep and Wool. I really enjoy going to that show with my pumkin wife and am going to try and share with you a little pre-show goodness.
I haven’t forgotten about you and I am not podfagding (please it’s been less than a month).
Also, if I owe you an email… sorry… can’t get to it.. I will catch up in June, I promise… 
I’m proud of the recent consistancy to the show. But I need a week off.
Soon I will be winding down a bit for the summer, perhaps an every other week schedule will come into play again. we’ll see.
In the mean time… I am starting a summer hope chest knit along… so if any of you artsy people in the crowd feel like making some badges please post them on your blog and let me know about them in the comment notes.
First, many thanks to my special guest/co-host Susan B. Anderson. She is the wonderful author of Itty Bitty Hats and Itty Bitty Nursery. She is also one of the first people in the knitting world to trust me with a book review, even after listening to the show. I love her books and can’t get enough of them.
Susan joins me via phone/skype and Alasdair mans the sound board for me. (My apologize for the sound, but I tried my best…) Alasdair also is the voice of the chat room who joined durring the live… live… live… recording.
Other things that came up during the show:
Viking Chicken Hat
Lucinda Guy
Roo Designs
Debbie Bliss
Elizabeth Zimmerman
Susan’s Booties
Saartje Booties
Candi Jensen
Erika Knight
The Knitted Farmyard
World of Knitted toys
Finally I would also like to thank Hapto for turning me onto her sister’s new CD, go and check it out. I played The Bird Song and C’est Noye from her new album Chameleon by Victoria Vox, Hapto’s sister.
one more thing… I am going to start a summer hope chest knit a long, I will put up some notes on this in the coming weeks
FYI episode 50 live, went well. I am running behind in putting the show up because I have had some passover events the last couple of nights. I will get the show up ASAP. It’s really good and my guest Susan B. Anderson was awesome.
OK… so I like the live show format. Really, I just like having you all around while I put the show together. It makes it a hell of a lot more fun. Also, I like chatting with people in the music breaks.
With all that said I want to remind everyone that I will be having another live show for:
EPISODE 50
SUNDAY APRIL 20TH
11:00AM EST
HTTP://LIVE.YAHOO.COM/ITSAPURLMAN
This show will be co-hosted by my super cool guest about a topic I think many of you know is comming (listen to my last show for more info). There will be a live drawing for people who are a part of the audience as well as a 50th episode drawing for people who have either google mapped their LYS (see last two shows) or sent in suggestions for a clips show (which is on hold because it’s even herder to piece together than I thought.
In the future I think I will start to do live shows every tenth episode. If we are lucky I will be able to do a live show with an actual live audience some day, which will mean total mayhem.
Looking forward to another 50 epsodes with all of you, if I get to 100 we will have to have a part in Boston which includes a massive fiber crawl. I can’t wait… can you…
On today’s show I sit down with Annissa at Stitch House Dorchester. Her store is the newest kid on the block in Boston. It’s a great space and a lot closer than I thought.
The song I played is Don’t Loose Touch by Against Me.
Finally, I am working with others on starting a Friday night knitting guild in Boston and we need space… if you work at a local college or large corporation near a T stop and can provide some space, please email me at podcast at itsapurlman dot com.
This episode is about Google Maps and Martha’s Vineyard Fiber Farm. Susan, from Martha’s Vineyard Fiber Farm, explains how a sheep CSA works and tells us about the vibrant agricultural community on the Vineyard. Also,
Go to the Inaugural:
Martha’s Vineyard Fiber Fest
April 19, 2008
at the New Ag Hall in W. Tisbury
The event will run from 10:00 a.m. to 5 p.m.
If you are doing a day trip from Boston or other points in Massachusetts my friend Alanna is organizing a trip. There is also a weekend package if you are interested that can be found on the fiber festival website.
I am still collecting entries for the 50 episode drawing which will now include fun toys donated by my friend Hapto, some books, and some fiber…. To add yourself to the entries please comment on this episode letting me know when you have added a review to Google Maps for your LYS (I will believe you because fiber people are an honorable sort, right). If you would like to learn more about how to do the Google map edit thing please check out the Google Tutorial(it’s not as cool as my demo, but it will do).
Finally, if you would like to record an intro for my 50th episode, or record your version of the purl man song I would be happy to play it on the 50th episode. Please send it to me at podcast[at]itsapurlman[dot]com.
oh yeah…
LIVE…LIVE…LIVE
EPISODE 50
APRIL 20TH
11:00AM EST
http://live.yahoo.com/itsapurlman
SUPER SPECIAL SECRET GUEST (VIA PHONE)
There will be a live drawing for some good stuff that was not included in the big drawing.
Todays episode is a little bit of rambling on my part about Pawsox stitch and pitch and wecansolveit.org.
Tink and Wink sit down to talk about there shop Yarn’s in the Farms.
Music today was provided by Dust Rhinos (Jedi Drinking Test)
more show notes later.
