Finally, a podcast!

I review the sweaters from the “Inspired by Nature” chapter of Inspired Cable Knits : 20 Creative Designs for Making Sweaters and Accessories.  The top 2 images are of the two sweaters I review can be found here, thanks to Knitpicks.

Oh, and my sump pump makes a guest appearance.  And we listen to Let’s Try Goodbye by Amy Dalley, thanks to the podsafe music network.

Oh, and the episode is 13:19 minutes long – not too bad, compared to the last one!

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Okay, everyone, take a big step away from the Blog.  I am infected.
Kevin finally was like “Gail.  Please go to the doctor.  You aren’t supposed to cry when you swallow”.  So, I called my medical group and described my symptoms:

1. Very sore throat, starting Saturday night, but getting really bad in the past few days.
2. Stomped around like a baby because Dave instead of Tiffani got knifed on Top Chef.
3. Kevin said I felt “hot”, and not in a good, sexysexy kind of way.
4. I fell asleep during Seconds From Disaster, one of my all time favorite series.  It was the one about the Kobe earthquake.
5. My right ear hurt.
6. I started thinking that taking left over codeine from last year would be a rational way to control sore throat pain.
7. I was actually willing to call the annoying medical group with their 29 million options on the phone, all of which lead to the SAME PERSON.
8. I left the house with my hair in a ponytail.

They happily set me up for an appointment 15 minutes later.   I get there, and first they take my temperature – normal, although I had advil in me.  (Kevin doesn’t think advil is a fever reducer.  Why then do I stop getting all hot when I take it, hrm? )  Then they do my blood pressure, which is normal.  Which is actually a sign of something Not Right, because I usually get so anxious in doctors offices that I get to hear the “You know, you should think about your blood pressure…” lecture, no matter how many times I tell them that in the comfort of my own home, its like 117/whatever.

The doctor comes in, and looks in my ears.  He asks if they hurt.  I say, why yes, the right one.  He goes “That’s odd, because its your left ear that’s totally infected.”

Then, we do the thing I hate.  He tries using a tongue depresser, and I attempt to not puke on him.   Damn gag reflex.  Anyways, he gets enough of a look at my throat to visibly recoil.   And yes, I had brushed my teeth and put on deoderant.  Geez.   He recoiled much like those acrobats did when they had to taste Tiffani’s crab and blueberry dish.  Um, ew?  Dave wuz ROBBED.  Harold, though – so HOTT.
So, he gives me a week’s worth of antibiotics, a prescription for a week of Allegra D or whatever, and says I’ll probably feel better soon.  And that I shouldn’t feel too bad about infecting half of the Chicagoland Area with my stubborn “I’m not sick, dammit” thing I had going on.

Oh, speaking of Top Chef and how we hate Tiffani (even if she is a redhead, because there’s a big difference between being strong and owning the Bitch label, and just being really mean and rude), Violet the Rabbit/Monkey turned to the drink.  I found her passed out.

Poor Violet.  Maybe I should send her to Aimee The Sis immediately.  Aimee, are you set up for detox?

Oh, and folks waiting desperately for a podcast – I promise there will be one this weekend.  I’d do one, but you don’t want to hear me talk right now.  Really.

Yay, I’m back! I was in Colorado last weekend, which is why there wasn’t a podcast.

This week, we start on our review of Inspired Cable Knits : 20 Creative Designs for Making Sweaters and Accessories by Fiona Ellis.

Many of the sweaters in her book are displayed on these sites:

• Needle Arts Book Shop
• KnitPicks
• Random House (Free Pattern!)

Links to other things I mention:

• Widefield High School, Widefield, CO – Go Class of 93!
• Why the new standard chart is evil, by Carol at Go Knit in Your Hat.
• United Flight 585
• Top Chef

Today’s song is How Can I Be Sure, by Douglas Kay.

And, last, but not least, my grandparents and some of the family at the party! I’m the redhead in brown.

Today’s podcast is 22:14 minutes long – a bit longer than I intended!

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It’s time for Episode 7, Deconstructing Rosedale!

I mention:

• Rosedale Cardigan, by Amy Swanson
• Big Girl Knits : 25 Big, Bold Projects Shaped for Real Women with Real Curves
• Noro Kureyon
• Brown Sheep Naturespun
• Music thanks to the Podsafe Music Network!
• Celtic Reboot, by Limerick Rake (It’s used in an not entirely successful background music fancy pants kind of way.  But its a good song!)
• Let’s Talk About Love, by Dahlia Wakefield
• And a special thanks to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for a particular surprise sound.

Total length of this podcast is 11:08.

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Edit – Comments now work!  I apologize if this leads to itunes redownloading the same file. Something wonky happened that I had to fix by renaming the post slug.  Weird, huh?  Leave me comments now, pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease.

I have a brand new microphone (a Samson C01U thanks to ebay), and I hope the sound quality is better. I’m still having crazy p noises – I need to work out my homemade pop screen a bit more. But, no max headroom noises!

We talk about some great sales at Little Knits and Webs. I mention Last-Minute Knitted Gifts, Dee and Monica and the Windy City Knitting Guild. I play the Math 4 Knitters promo, and do a shout out to The Mosh Knit.
If you need even more Gail, you can listen to an essay I wrote in the latest Cast On.

This week’s song is What Might Have Been by Chris Yale, thanks to the Podsafe Music Network. Intro music is by Amy Dalley, from Friday Night.

We’re back to shorter podcasts – this one is 10:31, and only because the song is long.

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