I’ve been pretty sick this weekend – partly my own fault – and playing host to interstate friends, so knitting and photographing of knitting has been on hold. Thanks to Manda of Knitting Psychos, I’ve been trying out a few new podcasts and have other blog fodder to offer:

Christa Knits
Good podcast. Not too long. A little bit talk-heavy – could do with some breaking up into segments by inserting either music or just a little ‘subtitle’ soundbite like those in Sleepy Eyes Knits. Christa is venturing into the world of designing knitwear, which is the most interesting bit of the podcast. She’s keen on including interviews, but hampered by being new at the podcasting thing. In the first show she interviews herself, which was fun. In the second there’s an interview by another (non-knitting) podcaster with a woman who sounds like she’d rather be doing anything else. But the interview on the third show, despite it being between non-knitting podcasters, is fun.

Moonlight Stitches
Lots of promise. Suffers from the opposite problem to Christa Knits in that it’s music-heavy. The talk just starts to get interesting when she stops for another song. This was extra painful on the St Patrick’s day episode. But it has potential, and I can skip songs, so I’ll keep listening.

Fluffalicious
After starting with a slightly snarky comment about other podcasts, this one then gets…well… boring. It’s recorded over the phone. Badly. I didn’t get through the first episode. Which means I didn’t stick to my four-episode-before-rejecting rule. I’ll probably try another episode in that case.

SSK
Two knitters living thousands of miles away from each other, getting to know each other and talking craft via phone calls. Could have been awful, but works because the quality of the recording is good – doesn’t have that horrible recorded phone call tinniness – and the knitters are charming and fun. They keep it to around half an hour, which suits the format. My only critism is the sound levels are a bit uneven, but I’m sure they’ll sort that out in time.

So, a new format (phone calls) and much potential. Give ’em a try. (Even Fluffalicious – you may like it!)