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The Sock Museum at the Sock Summit Podcast

Neil — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:39:44 +0000

Our penultimate podcast from the sock summit 2009 in which Gretl takes you on a tour of the sock museum and the market, and manages to snag a little yarn along the way.

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Sock Summit Podcast – Classes and Registration

Neil — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:55:22 +0000

Here’s Gretl’s podcast of part of the Sock Summit 2009 proceedings. She describes the registration process and how she helped to crash the servers – then she describes a couple of the workshops that she attended.

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Carson Demers – KnittersRX. By day, Carson is a physical therapist who runs an ergonomic program for a San Francisco Bay Area medical center. Every other moment, he’s knitting, spinning, designing, or otherwise up to some fiber fun with a watchful eye toward ergonomics. His passion and experience in fiber arts combine with his expertise in physical therapy and ergonomics to create a unique skill set that he eagerly shares with the fiber community to keep us all creating healthfully ever after.

In KnittersRX Carson teaches us that knitting is not a “no pain, no gain” activity. Yet many of us take better care of our favorite stash fiber than we do the fibers that allow us to knit—our bodies. Tired muscles, sore joints, and aching backs and necks needlessly plague too many knitters. Listen in to hear what Gretl had to say about this workshop.

Also, hear about Lucy Neatby’s, “Discover the Sock Toe Chimney!”. Where Gretl learned to understand stitches and how to graft joyously without needing to refer to a book. This method of grafting (a.k.a. Kitchener Stitch) involves no loose stitches and gives two neat corners regardless of your style of knitting.

We’re looking forward to the next Sock Summit.

Journey’s End – Sock Summit Arrival

Neil — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:54:54 +0000

We’ve traveled from Chicago to Portland over three days to attend the Sock Summit. Four people, one SUV, a trailer and plenty of high spirits.

This is the final episode of our journey podcast, where we unwind a little before the sock summit proper starts.

If anyone can explain the Michael Jackson comment, please enlighten us!

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Tabouli and Scones at Sock Summit

Neil — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 12:51:59 +0000

Last time you heard how we “Left in High Spirits” and made our way from Chicagoland to Laramie, Wyoming. Our final destination is Portland, Oregon where we will attend the Sock Summit and in this episode you’ll hear the story of our second day of travel when we cover another 1000 miles into the state of Oregon. Press the arrow to play.

For more entertainment about the Sock Summit visit our podcast pages.

Playlist:

Sleep. Shelby Lynne. Album – Suit Yourself.
Alone. Bogdan Bacanu. Album – Marimba D’Amore.

East to West In Search of Socks

Neil — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 14:05:20 +0000

In August 2009 we traveled to Portland Oregon to participate in the Sock Summit 2009.

This is the story of part of this trip.

Enjoy!

Playlist

Sleep by Phish. Album: Farmhouse.
Stand By Me by Playing For Change. Album: Songs Around the World.

PS Support Playing for Change for Peace through Music.