Cast On
Cast On
Brenda Dayne
Cast On began on Monday, 31 October, 2005, founded on nothing more than the desire to talk about knitting to people who get it. All the other stuff, about how memories, thoughts, hopes and dreams are knit into the fabric we create, and so become part of the fabric of our lives; about how life and knitting intertwine, and how sometimes you simply cannot tell where one part leaves off the other begins; about how the only thing wrong with the world today is that there is not enough knitting in it, all that came later, over time. Since 2005 the podcast has evolved to focus on finding inspiration in the ordinary, using it to kick start the process of making stuff, and finding ways to carve out the creative time and space that allows you to work your ass off on the projects that matter most to you. Like knitting a sweater. Or saving the world.
195 You can't keep everything
IN THIS EPISODE: Stash enhancement; hat boxes of joy; the rug of sorrow; knitting memory lane, letting it go. Repeat after me: It is okay to rest.
Dec 15, 2023
35 min
194 What I did last summer
Undone by Cosmo/Cosmo undone; colour blocking that didn’t; a summer romance; a bounty of beautiful sock yarn; packing projects for a journey with no end date; and the view from Stone Cottage.
Oct 20, 2023
38 min
193 The waiting phase
I have more projects on the needles at one time than EVER BEFORE. Plus, we're buying a cottage!
Jul 13, 2023
38 min
192 The dam busters
The Great Airing of the Stash 2023; hibernating projects emerge, blinking, into the light, revisiting Paint Pan, Against all Odds, and the Red Edge, plus a veritable torrent of knitting projects. 
Jun 9, 2023
32 min
191 amazing technicolour dream shirts
The production line; tiny arms; fussy cutting; the trouble with Esther; another one of thoseprojects; beautifully visible mending; and a chat with Kim Werker, about finding creativity.
May 20, 2023
45 min
190 Talisman
In this episode: The style goddess; I Can Make Shoes; the button makes the knitwear (I have always said this); a return to form; Esther; and The Talisman.
May 5, 2023
29 min
189 I want to do it this way
In this episode: Bias binding; finished objects; crafting chaos; plum blossoms; works in progress; and palette decisions. Lilly's retro-vibe pinnies are finished! Several knitsibs have expressed an interest in an adult-sized version. I'm still looking, but if you know of something similar, drop a comment at the website, please. The pattern is Bias Trimmed Apron from Little Things to Sew, by Oliver & S, in lightweight linen fabric with bias binding in designer fabrics purchased from this UK eBay seller. The Sock is not at a very interesting place, but there has been a bit of a progress in this WIP. The yarn I'm using is Coop Knits, Socks, Yeah! in the colour Labrodorite. Lastly, Gene Marshall is a rabbit hole. You have been warned.
Mar 16, 2023
30 min
188 The Road Trip
Flat socks, knit purl patterns, iteration, procrastination, and Kvetching.
Mar 10, 2023
38 min
187 Fine work
Bra sewing. Yes, again. You say bojagi, I say pojagi. The work of a lifetime. A return of the light.  
Mar 2, 2023
36 min
186 Square one
Falling down, playing in the knitting adjacent zone, beginnings, One Block Wonders, over under over under over under, and a new series!
Feb 3, 2023
24 min
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