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Brenda Dayne

You knit. I'll talk.

  • 53 minutes 10 seconds
    Cast On Classic: A Snow Day

    In which an American Thanksgiving is celebrated in the UK, albeit a day late and a pumpkin pie short.

    One of the first pieces of writing I recorded for Cast On in 2005, this has become one of my most popular podcasts. This particular version was rerecorded in 2011 for A Knitter’s Manifesto, and features sound design by artist, Felicity Ford.

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    28 November 2024, 10:53 am
  • 33 minutes 11 seconds
    201 Knitting through sorrow

    It’s autumn. Time for finishing projects, knitting socks and celebrating the impending winter by taking the sweaters out of storage. This one is all knitting, and I make no apologies.

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    27 October 2024, 12:00 am
  • 32 minutes 2 seconds
    200 Work as written

    In this episode: Off the needles and on; Tour de Fleece wrap up; notes from the production line; a new bag; a new spindle; good materials; and Bennet’s Boiled Potatoes.

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    18 August 2024, 12:00 am
  • 30 minutes 32 seconds
    199 The system

    Knitting the slowest sock in the history of sock knitting. Tour de Fleece. The merits of taking small steps vaguely in the direction a goal. I’m thinking about style again, and looking for systems.

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    21 July 2024, 12:00 am
  • 32 minutes 18 seconds
    198 Picking up the threads

    House projects have broken me; the summer of socks continues; the red that bled; Tour de Fleece; and a return to Clifford Byway. 

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    23 June 2024, 12:01 am
  • 27 minutes 9 seconds
    197 Gradual Stiffening

    The weather. Men in shorts. The run down. Ta Da moments. And the moments just before a plan comes together.

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    26 May 2024, 12:00 am
  • 32 minutes 2 seconds
    196 A wide variety of displacement activities

    In this episode: The party dress; picking up threads; a project round up; and the big idea, spoken aloud.

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    10 February 2024, 12:00 am
  • 35 minutes 48 seconds
    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.

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    16 December 2023, 12:00 am
  • 38 minutes 30 seconds
    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.

    This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit brendadayne.substack.com
    21 October 2023, 12:00 am
  • 38 minutes 44 seconds
    193 The waiting phase

    I have more projects on the needles at one time than EVER BEFORE. Plus, we're buying a cottage!

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    13 July 2023, 8:17 am
  • 32 minutes 40 seconds
    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. 

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    10 June 2023, 12:00 am
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