Episode 3
Submitted by ninaclock on December 21, 2007 - 2:38pm. KnitteratiKnit in public, knit in private, with your friends, or by yourself. This month, Knitterati focuses on knitting together in our knitting groups and discusses some ways to stay connected in the virtual world. Knitting doesn't require company, but it sure can be fun when it does!
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Episode 3 - "Knitting Together"
[30 minutes]
Synopsis
In this episode of Knitterati, three knitters discuss their knitting groups. We learn about a great video pod-catcher I recently discovered. I demonstrate how to make your own unique point protectors. I share a way that we knitters can share our unwanted knitting books. And finally, Knitterati presents its first ever music video.
Credits
Special thanks to Lynn, Carol and Jean for taking the time to share about their knitting groups.
"Make New Friends" by John McCloy was provided courtesy of the Podsafe Music Network.
"Happy" by Rinaldi Sings was provided courtesy of the Podsafe Music Network.
All production by Nina Casey.
This episode was filmed at various locations in the Washington DC/Northern Virginia area, including Nature's Yarns in Fairfax, VA.
Many of the photos used in the opening sequence were made available on flickr. Please click on the images for more information about them.
This Videocast is Liscensed: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Deveritive Works 3.0
Notes and Links
To find out more information about Miro, the free video podcatcher program, visit getmiro.com.
You can buy Sculpey's Bake & Bend Clay
Stitch Corkers were the inspiration for my flat disc point protectors.
New copies of Knitting into the Mystery
Visit bookmooch.com to become part of this book swapping community. After a little further investigation, it appears that I may has mis-spoke in calling Bookmooch a not-for-profit. However, using bookmooch is still entirely free in every aspect. You can find me on bookmooch as ninaclock.
The "Notice Me" music video was created using stop-motion animation. This was my very first attempt at stop-motion and I'm very pleased with the results. I used this simple tutorial as my guide. "Notice Me" will be released by itself as a mini episode in the New Year; so watch for it and other minisodes.
Contribute to Knitterati
Let's continue this conversation. Leave a comment below and tell me about your knitting group. Where does it meet? What kind of people attend? What makes it important to you?
Do you belong to a knitting group in the DC metro area? I am searching for knitters and groups of knitters interested in being interviewed for Knitterati. Please contact me at ninaclock [at] ninaclock.com.
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Love the vodcast
Hi Nina
I'm really enjoying your new video podcast. The calipers are a brilliant idea - I never would have thought of that. I don't belong to a knitting group at the moment, but I'm now inspired to join one - sounds like a lot of fun.
Cheers
Sue
Silly girl...
Hi...I love your video-cast. You had mentioned that there is a tiny viewing window for videos in iTunes....BUT....if you click on that window, a separate video window comes up and you can make the video as large as your monitor screen. Just thought I'd let you know since you seem to not know that feature.
I see!
I was not aware that you could get a bigger picture in itunes. Thanks for sharing the info.
I think I'm going to stick with Miro, though. It takes a lot of clicks to get to the big screen mode in itunes and I'm an impatient gal. Most importantly, though, Miro allows users to tell the program how much space on the hard drive it can use for downloads and deletes things automatically 5 days after they have been watched (unless they are saved). Editing Knitterati requires a ton of hard drive space and things can get pretty tight, so this feature is especially important to me.
HI!
Hi Nina! I jsut got a new video ip[od for christmas and had heard of your videocast on a couple of other podcasts. I've watched all 3 episodes and really enjoyed them. I'm going to have to make some of those point protectors! super cute, why did I never think to blend the colors of the bake and bend!? DUH!
I have a few friends I knit with, we often meet the LYS(one of my knitting friends works there a couple days a week) or Caribou Coffee or Panera bread. We have a very fun time. There is often only 3 of us but sometimes up to 6 or 8. Our youngest knitter is a 5ht grader, and just turned 11, and we go up from there!
Enjoying your videocast!
I just found your videocast last month and have watched all 3 episodes. They're very creative and I have enjoyed viewing each one.
I am part of a knitting group that meets one evening a week at our LYS. I love our group and look forward to our weekly gatherings. We have all ages and levels of experience and it's a way to relax, learn, share and enjoy our shared love of knitting.
Christine/cpurl17