Because the Journée du gros pull originated in the Flemish part of Belgium, it's actually known as the "Dikke-truiendag", and because this year February 16th falls on a Saturday, the action will actually happen on Friday, February 15th. Get out your woollies! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Audio: Water/wave sample under intro created by pushtobreak from The Freesound Project Music featured in this episode: American Baroque: Vivaldi -- "Concerto No.4 in g minor RV 297 :WINTER: - Allegro non molto" (from Magnatune.com) "Warm Up My Life" by Winters Longing (from the Podsafe Music Network - music.podshow.com)

Today on Purl Diving we delve into the wonders of nana-technology with Shreddies Knitting Nanas. Darryl Cognito hides from the robots in the basement of the internet, where he produces the podcast Atomic Suburbia (As Darryl says, "Not just Calgary's best podcast, but also the most consistent!") I hope he doesn't mind me nicking his theme music, but as soon as I saw the bit where the nanas defeat the robots, I just knew I had to use it. Warning to Canadian listeners: earworm alert --> Good, good, whole wheat Shreddies! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Audio: Water/wave sample under intro created by pushtobreak from The Freesound Project Music featured in this episode: "Replaced By Robots" by Lejeune (from the Podsafe Music Network)

In this episode, the Universe hands me the gift of a great idea, and some good people to help me make that idea a reality. This episode was a true Christmas miracle for me. I searched high and low for music for it, and I stumbled across The Perfect Version of "We Three Kings" by Derek K. Miller on the Podsafe Music Network. As soon as I heard it, I knew it was perfect. It was the first time I'd dared to create an audio play, and I'm grateful to Sage Tyrtle of the Quirky Nomads podcast, and Bruce Murray of The Zedcast, who immediately agreed to provide the voices for Madame Sofronie and Jim; and to my Tech Guy, who agreed to narrate the story, even though he usually prefers to stay behind the scenes. For that alone, he merits the gift of handknits. Audio: Water/wave sample under intro created by pushtobreak from The Freesound Project Musicbox Silent Night recording by bilwiss from The Freesound Project Music featured in this episode: "Just Stockings On" by [munk] (from the Podsafe Music Network — music.podshow.com) "We Three Kings" by Derek K. Miller (from the Podsafe Music Network — music.podshow.com) Links and attributions can be found at www.purldiving.com

In this episode, Purl Diving discovers what happens when the Universe smacks you upside the head with the Christmas Knitting Crazy Stick. Yes, I had to inflict the parody song on you Again This Year. What good is a holiday if you can't trot out all the Olde Chestnuts? Oh, okay, the Maine Mittens can be found by visiting the page for Clara Parkes's book, The Knitter's Review of Yarn. (I don't yet have a copy of Clara's book, but I've thumbed through it at the local yarn shop, and I think any knitter would be happy to find a copy of this under the tree.) Audio: Water/wave sample under intro created by pushtobreak from The Freesound Project Musical top recording by NoiseCollector from The Freesound Project Music featured in this episode: "Santa Will Find You" by Mindy Smith (from the Podsafe Music Network — music.podshow.com) All links and attributions found at www.purldiving.com

In this episode Purl Diving discovers knitting and manning a polling station don't mix, and mulls over the problem of voter apathy. Audio: Water/wave sample under intro created by pushtobreak from The Freesound Project Music featured in this episode: "I'm Henry the Eighth" performed by Harry Champion, from the Internet Archive

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