I recently got an IPod and have spent the past several weeks familiarizing myself with podcasts. Perhaps it’s not surprising, but I find myself downloading and listening to knitting podcasts at a greater frequency than other podcasts and music choices. Because I seem to be listening to knitting podcasts everyday during my work commutes, I thought it would be fun to share my favorite podcasts to date:
- KnitPicks: The KnitPicks yarn, needles and book online company now has a great knitting podcast. I’ve listened to all of the podcasts to date and find them extremely relaxing and interesting. I especially like the "Knitter who Loved Books" segment of each podcast because it really makes me consider picking up books that I previously disregarded because of their titles, covers, laziness or other silly reason.
- Cast On: LOVE this podcast. Brenda Dayne is really fun, interesting and has great discussions about knitting, Wales and life. This might be my favorite podcast to date.
- KCRW’s Good Food: One of my former L.A.-based friends who is a total foodie highly recommended this podcast. I finally downloaded it a few weeks ago, and although it is pretty regionally-focused on Southern California, there are just a lot of great general discussions about food that make this podcast valuable to any lover of good food. I’ve already learned that I should stew my own chickpeas to make hummus instead of using canned chickpeas (it’s a recipe I hope to try soon) and the evolution of wine drinking in America.
I have checked out a few more podcasts, but these three are definitely my favorites. I hope you check them out, and I also hope that folks will send me their top podcast recommendations.
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