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009: Catching Up and Keeping Up Released June 4, 2019 In this episode, Anne needs to catch up on her Master Hand Knitting work and uses podcasts to help her catch up with the online knitting community. Winner-winner! Congratulations to Sparky136 from Ravelry for winning the Episode 8 giveaway! She won by sharing some advice for new knitters. A Good Project to Test the MHK Waters Alex's Blanket is a simple baby blanket pattern that incorporates several of the stitch patterns and skills you need to demonstrate mastery of for the Master Hand Knitter Program. If you have been thinking about going through the program yourself, cast on for this project and give it your all! Pay close attention to your tension, research ways to improve, and get a sense for whether you'd enjoy the program. If being hyper-aware of your knitting makes you feel anxious, maybe it's not the time. But if you enjoy the challenge and insight that comes from this "test," you should think about joining up! Progress on the Master Hand Knitter Program Anne doesn't want to talk about it. She does on the program, though. But, let's leave it lie for now. Oldies but Goodies While at the last few fiber festivals, Anne realized just how out of touch she got with the knitting community while she lived overseas. So, she's turned to podcasts--old podcasts--to get herself caught up. Some of them don't hold up, or have disappeared, but others are still well worth a listen. If you haven't already, check out KnitCast, Cast On, or Knit Obsession with zKnits. How often do you record your own thoughts and experiences? Don't let them disappear like so many of the knitting podcasts of the last 15 years. Little daily moments from everyday life is what historians and family come to treasure the most. Is it time for you to pick up a journal habit? Harriet's Hat Knit-along You've heard Anne talk about the Shetland MRI Scanner Appeal in previous episodes. Lately, Harriet Middleton has designed a hat to help raise funds for the appeal. The pattern has gone viral, and the Minnesota Knitter's Guild will be hosting a knit-along on their Ravelry group starting on June 8, 2019. The guild is offering a cast-on prize and a completion prize. Visit the group for details. You'll need to buy the pattern to join in, and if you need yarn, The Woolly Thistle is selling kits at a discount and donating the proceeds to the cause, or you can get a kit from Northfield Yarn. There are more details in the episode and at the Ravelry thread for the KAL. Advice for Beginners One of the ways to enter the giveaway last time was to offer advice for beginner knitters who hoped to improve their skills. Take a look at the Ravelry thread for a lot of great advice! Giveaway The giveaway for episode 9 is full of lovely things from the Massachusetts Sheep and Woolcraft Festival. This selection of items from the Massachusetts Sheep and Woolcraft Festival will be yours if you win the Episode 9 giveaway! This time, Anne tried to focus on the vendors who only sell at festivals to give you a truly unique offering. It has a set of Anne's handmade stitch markers, an anti-moth sachet, dyed wool fiber, a taster hank of yarn from Tidal Yarns, and felted acorns from Englishman Bay Trading Company. This giveaway is only open to people with a mailing address in the USA. To enter, visit @IThoughtIKnewHow on Instagram and find the post for Episode 9. Follow @IThoughtIKnewHow and like the post. Tag as many people as you'd like in the comments, but only one name per post. Each of those things will get you one entry. To get 5 entries, share the episode post to your grid or stories, and tag @IThoughtIKnewHow. The winner will be chosen with a random number generator on June 14, 2019 and announced in Episode 10 of the podcast on June 18, 2019. Featured Music The first song this week was "Things that I'll Keep" by Doug Hoyer. That was followed by "Waiting On" by I don't know who because the licensing company failed to include the proper attribution, but the lyrics were by Langston Hughes. If you are a musician who would like a song featured on the program, or if you have comments or feedback, please contact the show at anne@familypodcasts.com. Support the Show Order your laundry detergent from Dropps and support the show at no extra cost to you. Dropps is vegan, plastic-free, effective and less expensive than most of the brands in the grocery store, and it arrives at your door on a delivery schedule that works for you.

I LOVE podcasts. They are the absolute perfect way to learn or be entertained while you do boring or mundane stuff. I listen to quite a few podcasts and I'm always recommending specific episodes to friends. Today I want to share my favorite with you!  I'll cover my favorite podcasts for your business, for parenting (especially fostering and adopting), and just general fun stuff. This week I'm sharing some of my favorite podcasts. I have been listening to podcasts since 2006! My husband bought me an ipod shuffle (no screen!) for Valentine's Day in 2006 because I was listening to podcasts on my computer (we only had a desktop, no laptop, and obviously we only had flip phones. FLIP PHONES!). Those first podcasts I loved (you can still go back and listen!) - KnitCast, which may have been the first podcast about knitting, CastOn with Brenda Dayne, which inspired the direction of my yarn company, and CraftyPod with Diane Gilleland, who I stalked on Twitter until we became real-life friends and collaborators. (I took her class on podcast years before I started this show and anything good in this podcast I learned from her.) The landscape of podcasting has changed QUITE a bit since 2006! For starters, you likely know what they are now, and you probably didn't back then. Many of you don’t even listening Explore Your Enthusiasm as an audio podcast, you watch it on YouTube. When I first started this show back in 2014, I had to explain to interested students what podcasts were and how to actually get them. If you are reading this, did you know you can get it delivered to your phone automatically? If you have an iphone, just go to the Podcast app, search for "explore your enthusiasm" and hit the "subscribe" button! It'll come to your phone every Wednesday morning. If you use a different phone, look in your app store for a podcast app, and subscribe in the same way. Before we get into my faves, let's talk about listening to podcasts for a minute - there are some podcasts I listen to every week, but MOST shows, I tend to save up and then binge on. I may spend a whole week listening to one show, and then not listen again for a month. I may completely forget about a show for 3 months, and then it becomes one of my favorites. So when I recommend these shows, I'm not just recommending the most recent episodes, I'm recommending them overall, because I've learned something from them over the years. And now that I've told you how I listen to podcasts, you don't need to apologize to ME for not hearing my most recent episode, when you meet me in person or send me a DM I get it! And if you want to hear MY best podcast episodes, check out the episode 234! In it I share the most popular episodes and you can find them linked up at the show notes: https://taraswiger.com/podcast234/ My favorite podcasts for your biz: I'll be honest, I don't listen to a lot of business podcasts regularly, because I find they distract me from what I need to be working on! I don't need more ideas, I just need to do the work! However, when I do need ideas or inspiration, I listen to these: Hashtag Authentic - I met Sarah Tasker when she was a student in my Craft Your Marketing workshop in Manchester, England. And then I was blown away when I realized that she is an Instagram superstar and writes an amazing blog. Her podcast Hashtag Authentic is SO good and has amazing interviews with people you don't hear anywhere else. And! Her book Hashtag Authentic just came out and is the best thing ever. The Goal Digger Podcast - Jenna Kutcher, who has a giant business and started out as a photographer and went viral on Instagram, shares some amazing lessons in this show. She switches between teaching episodes (kinda like my show usually is) with interviews with a really random collection of people. To be honest, I usually skip the interviews because she's had some reality stars on which is...odd, but also some great conversations about diversity in the Instagram world. I tend to pick and choose. My favorite episodes have been about concrete topics like growing Instagram or Pinterest. Online Marketing Made Easy with Amy Porterfield - I haven't listened to this show in about a year because I would end up taking copious notes on each episode and learning so much...and I've been in a place of implementing (and healing!), instead of learning. But when I need to uplevel some aspect of my business, I search her archives and listen to the episodes that relate to what I need. That said, a few years ago I listened every single week and  acted on so much of what she taught I think it directly correlated to my business hitting six figures. (No, I haven't taken her classes, but they look great!) Hol:Fit Talks - Ange Petersen has a multimillion dollar business and is one of the top sellers in doTERRA and she believes it is all about mindset. Her episodes are so encouraging and enlightening, no matter what business you're in. All Rise Up with Allison Nichols - If you have doTERRA business, you need to be listening to this podcast. I am telling you that it is REQUIRED listening. If you have a different business, you're going to love her interviews and learn a lot about how to be a bold salesperson. Allison is another of the top sellers in doTERRA and I love how unapologetic she is about her ambition and how hard you need to work. Honorable Mention:  I used to listen to both The Tim Ferriss Show and School of Greatness weekly, but I haven't listened in a few years. I became tired of the interview format. The School of Greatness, does have a more diverse line-up (Tim's show tends to be all white dudes who have giant business, many of which are "intellectual dark web" people). I also have listened to and loved The Life Coach School show, Sounds Like Bliss, Manifestation Babe. There are two mental health related podcasts that I think are just great: Jen Gotch is Ok… Sometimes - The first several episodes are required listening if you think you may be dealing with mental health issues. Jen Gotch is the founder of Band.Do, which means she's a super smart businesswoman...and she has bipolar disorder and anxiety disorder. Hearing her story in the first few episodes was really what I needed this summer. The Hilarious World of Depression - This is the podcast I didn't know I needed. Each week the host interviews a different funny person and they talk about their experience with depression, how they got treatment and what works for them. It is always heartwarming and sometimes heartbreaking and is what you need if you feel alone. Honorable Mention: Oprah's Supersoul Conversation. I don't think it needs an explanation. It's Oprah and some great guests and some kooky guests. Parenting podcasts: Real Mom Podcast - a foster and adoptive mom interviews moms from all backgrounds and although this show is aimed at Christian moms, I think all moms can relate to the stories shared and the real conversations. Slate's Mom and Dad are Fighting - this is a panel show with 3 parents who answer listener questions and share their own "triumphs and fails" each week. Sometimes they talk about older kids, sometimes toddlers, I always enjoy it and usually listen while washing dishes. The Empowered Parent Podcast - this is usually a conversation with two parents and is based on the concepts in Karyn Purvis' work and the Connect Child book. If you are parenting a kid with trauma or you're feeling disconnected, there's lots of good foundational stuff with examples in this show (I mostly download old shows and listen about a specific topic, like tantrums, or reunification) Honorable Mention: The Adoption Connection. Random podcasts that got me through hard times: By the Book - In this podcast two friends read and live by a self-help book for 2 weeks. They choose different kinds of books and share the results. This is a professionally produced show and yet manages to be hilarious and warm, like listening to two friends. When I'm traveling and can't sleep, I sometimes put this on with the sleep timer and I drift off. (Not because it's boring but because I need some friends around) Dear Hank And John - John Green (author of Fault in Our Stars and a million other very good novels) and his brother Hank Green (author of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing and the creator and business brains of tons of huge YouTube things, like Crash Course) have a weekly YT show called VlogBrothers, which is one of the first vlog-type things I ever watched. Now they have a podcast where they give dubious advice to listener's questions and it is always hilarious and uplifting. This is one I listen to every week within a few days of it coming out, often when I'm in the car with my foster kiddos. Honorable Mention: I was listening to Layla Saad's Wild Mystic Woman podcast for conversations about anti-racist work, but she recently changed it up and has the new Good Ancestor Podcast which I just downloaded. There are a lot of other shows I listen to now and again, all of these have been listened to recently: Nerdette, Slate's The Waves, Decoder Ring, Reading Glasses, Reply All, NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour, Beautiful Writers Podcast, Rants and Randomness with Luvvie, NPR's Code Switch. Now that I've put all these shows in one place I can see some things I'd like to change about my own habits - I'm glad to see I am listening to a lot of shows by women, which is something I purposefully sought to change a few years ago. But I recognize that among those women there isn't a lot of diversity. This year I'd like to change that a bit, so I'm  listening to and learning from people who are different from me.   Listen in at TaraSwiger.com/podcast248

MLee Meredith of Leethal Knits tells me about any gauge knits, why you should make a game of your knitting and trying to make a wedding dress over 24 hours. Read the Show Notes at www.knitcast.com, email feedback@knitcast.com.

MLee Meredith of Leethal Knits tells me about any gauge knits, why you should make a game of your knitting and trying to make a wedding dress over 24 hours. Read the Show Notes at www.knitcast.com, email feedback@knitcast.com.

Mags Kandis tells me about her new book and why she loves making stuff, especially gifts that come from the heart. Win a copy of her new book at www.knitcast.com. Read the Show Notes at www.knitcast.com, email feedback@knitcast.com.

Mags Kandis tells me about her new book and why she loves making stuff, especially gifts that come from the heart. Win a copy of her new book at www.knitcast.com. Read the Show Notes at www.knitcast.com, email feedback@knitcast.com.

Lucinda Guy tells me about her new book Northern Knits. Plus colourwork, folk art, ancient knitting techniques and Vivienne Westwood's socks. Read the Show Notes at www.knitcast.com, email feedback@knitcast.com.

Lucinda Guy tells me about her new book Northern Knits. Plus colourwork, folk art, ancient knitting techniques and Vivienne Westwood's socks. Read the Show Notes at www.knitcast.com, email feedback@knitcast.com.

Writer Rachael Herron tells me "How To Knit a Love Song". We talk writing, knitting, blogging and also reminisce. Get the show notes from www.knitcast.com for more information.

Writer Rachael Herron tells me "How To Knit a Love Song". We talk writing, knitting, blogging and also reminisce. Get the show notes from www.knitcast.com for more information.

KnitCast Returns in March 2010! Go to www.knitcast.com for more information.

KnitCast Returns in March 2010! Go to www.knitcast.com for more information.

The return of KnitCast!

The return of KnitCast!

The long delayed interview with Shannon Okey author of Knitgrrl 2. And go to knitcast.com to find out how you could win a copy of Knitgrrl 2!.

The long delayed interview with Shannon Okey author of Knitgrrl 2. And go to knitcast.com to find out how you could win a copy of Knitgrrl 2!.

CrochetCast - An Introduction ( click to listen)Oh my gosh. Well, I guess I've gone and done it again -- jumped in and started a new venture. Pretty much spur of the moment (so what else is new?), I've decided to start a crochet podcast since there seem to be none out there (according to Brenda Dayne's most recent episode of Cast-On). And well, we just can't have that.Since I really have no idea what I'm doing with the techie side of podcasting, I pray you'll forgive me for being the amatuer that I am and for all audio imperfections. I promise to try to learn the software associated with audio editing and the like prior to the next episode.Please let me know what you'd like to hear in this podcast. Music? Yes or no? And if so, what kind? What kind of "stuff" do you want to hear while you crochet? Do you like interviews? Essays? Knock-knock jokes? Do tell!Here are the show notes for episode 1 CrochetCast:Cast On - www.cast-on.comPointy Sticks Podcast - www.PointySticks.orgMy personal blog - www.DancesWithYarn.comSexy Knitters Club - www.SexyKnittersClub.comKnitCast - http://scifiville.typepad.com/knitcast/Debbie Stoller's The Happy HookerThreadteds - www.threadteds.comMonster Crochet - www.MonsterCrochet.comCrocheted Spiral ScarfSome of my crocheted felted bags Some of my threadbears (to see more click here)Please let me know if I've left any links that I mentioned in the podcast out of the show notes, and thanks for checking out CrochetCast.

KnitCast goes to Toronto where I met up with Amy Singer, editor of Knitty, and Denny McMillian, knitter extraordinaire and employee of The Naked Sheep.

KnitCast goes to Toronto where I met up with Amy Singer, editor of Knitty, and Denny McMillian, knitter extraordinaire and employee of The Naked Sheep.

I meet Ann Budd, former editor of Interweave Knits and talk about her projects, Grand Plan patterns, and KnitScene magazine.

I meet Ann Budd, former editor of Interweave Knits and talk about her projects, Grand Plan patterns, and KnitScene magazine.

Yes, a year ago today I posted the very first edition of KnitCast! and to celebrate that first show I assmbled a group of knitting podcasters to talk about podcasting! We recorded it last month and here is the final result! Thanks to Brenda, Daniela, Caroline, Rhonda and Whit for giving up part of their Saturday for me! www.knitcast.com

Yes, a year ago today I posted the very first edition of KnitCast! and to celebrate that first show I assmbled a group of knitting podcasters to talk about podcasting! We recorded it last month and here is the final result! Thanks to Brenda, Daniela, Caroline, Rhonda and Whit for giving up part of their Saturday for me! www.knitcast.com

In the latest KnitCast I meet the delightful Annie Modesitt. We talk Combination Knitting, getting her first Vogue Knitting cover and what's Cheaper Than Therapy. www.knitcast.com

In the latest KnitCast I meet the delightful Annie Modesitt. We talk Combination Knitting, getting her first Vogue Knitting cover and what's Cheaper Than Therapy. www.knitcast.com

In the first KnitCast of 2006 I catch up with Kerrie Allman, editor and founder of the UK-based online knitting magazine MagKnits. In addition to this Kerrie works full-time, has two children and an online business! She tells me how she fits it all in and still manages to find time to knit. www.knitcast.com

In the first KnitCast of 2006 I catch up with Kerrie Allman, editor and founder of the UK-based online knitting magazine MagKnits. In addition to this Kerrie works full-time, has two children and an online business! She tells me how she fits it all in and still manages to find time to knit. www.knitcast.com

In the last KnitCast of 2005 I catch up with the internationally renowned British designer Debbie Bliss at the Knitting and Stitching Show. Debbie tells me about her design process and what she has planned for 2006. www.knitcast.com

In the last KnitCast of 2005 I catch up with the internationally renowned British designer Debbie Bliss at the Knitting and Stitching Show. Debbie tells me about her design process and what she has planned for 2006. www.knitcast.com

Another podcast from The Knitting and Stitching Show! Knitting doctor Freddie Robins tells me how she makes pieces of work when she's too tired to make decisions, what it's like walking down the knitted aisle and how to subvert your knitting.

Another podcast from The Knitting and Stitching Show! Knitting doctor Freddie Robins tells me how she makes pieces of work when she's too tired to make decisions, what it's like walking down the knitted aisle and how to subvert your knitting.

In my second visit to the Knitting and Stitching Show I meet up with Yvonne Davies in the Relax and Knit Area. Yvonne talks about teaching people to knit and the joys of buying yarn spun from an Alpaca with the same name as a good friend. email - feedback@knitcast.com

In my second visit to the Knitting and Stitching Show I meet up with Yvonne Davies in the Relax and Knit Area. Yvonne talks about teaching people to knit and the joys of buying yarn spun from an Alpaca with the same name as a good friend. email - feedback@knitcast.com

The Knitting and Stitching Show is the largest event of its kind in the UK and a must visit for any British knitter. Andrew Salmon is Managing Director of Creative Exhibitions, the organisers of the show. He tells me about the past and future of the show and how he was once forced to knit with a pair of golf clubs!

The Knitting and Stitching Show is the largest event of its kind in the UK and a must visit for any British knitter. Andrew Salmon is Managing Director of Creative Exhibitions, the organisers of the show. He tells me about the past and future of the show and how he was once forced to knit with a pair of golf clubs!

If you're a fan of hand dyed yarn you may wonder just how much work goes into creating it. In the latest KnitCast Jeni Brown, knitter, spinner and owner of Fyberspates hand dyed yarns and fibres tells me how she does it.

If you're a fan of hand dyed yarn you may wonder just how much work goes into creating it. In the latest KnitCast Jeni Brown, knitter, spinner and owner of Fyberspates hand dyed yarns and fibres tells me how she does it.

Designer Lucy Neatby talks to me about colour, TNNA, knitting bubbles and teaching knitting over a ship's radio while at sea. Read the Show Notes at www.knitcast.com, email feedback@knitcast.com.

Designer Lucy Neatby talks to me about colour, TNNA, knitting bubbles and teaching knitting over a ship's radio while at sea. Read the Show Notes at www.knitcast.com, email feedback@knitcast.com.