Y KNIT -- genetically speaking

Mon, 9 June 2008

Episode 9: Hot for Harlot (featuring Stephanie Pearl-McPhee)

Does Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, The Yarn Harlot, need an introduction? Author of five books (so far). Founder of the Knitting Olympics and Tricoteuses Sans Frontières/Knitters Without Borders (who have raised over $430,000 for Médecins Sans Frontières/ Doctors Without Borders since 2004). And, perhaps the most-read of the knitting bloggerati. If you don't already know her, stop reading this right now and run over to yarnharlot.ca to catch up. We'll wait here.

Lucky for you, dear listeners, we have, not one, but two conversations with Stephanie. In April, she and Stephen sat down on the last night of BMFA's sock camp to talk about (what else?) knitting. More recently, she gave Mike and Stephen an exclusive and very exciting announcement.

Contest
We have two signed copies of the Harlot's latest book, Things I Learned from Knitting (Whether I Wanted To or Not). Tell us what you're doing on Worldwide Knit In Public Day, June 14. (It's also Stephanie's 40th birthday!) From the submissions, we'll randomly choose two winners.

Y Knit? C'est fantastique!

We use snippets of the following songs in this episode:

"Lover" Richard Marino and his Orchestra from The Magic Beat (Liberty, 1960)
"Nine to Five" Player Piano from Player Piano - Country Hits (Tandem Music Group, 1993)
"Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" The Ink Spots from Swing High! Swing Low! (Past Perfect / Finetunes, 1998)
"Stephanie" The Partridge Family from Come on Get Happy! The Very Best of the Partridge Family (Arista, 2005)
"Nitty Gritty" Jocelyne from Jocelyne (Polydor, 1965)

Direct download: YKNT009.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 10:53 AM

Once again, a great podcast!
I'll be working a double on KIP day, but I'll put my knitting on display for people to see when they come in and hopefully, they'll ask about knitting!

posted by: Lori on Mon, 6/9 01:17 PM EDT

Okay...how come you didn't post the link to Michael's new web adventure?

posted by: QueerJoe on Mon, 6/9 01:49 PM EDT

On KIP day I will knit with a bunch of knitters on a boat while we are having a guided canaltour through the beautiful canals of Amsterdam.

If you want to join (the more , the better!):
Departure of the boat is at 13.00 hrs from the jetty Prins Hendrikkade 33a van Canal Cruises – Holland International oppposite Centraal Station.
After the trip we go to the yarnshop: De Afstap and than we take the small ferry behind the railwaystation which brings us to Amsterdam North were we will join the local SnB Group and we will drink, knit, chat and eat the reat of the day in a grear Cafe

And: tomorrow I will listen to episode 9 while going to work by train (with a big Cappucino) and I am really loooking forward because I am addicted to Y-knit

posted by: DutchJan on Mon, 6/9 02:44 PM EDT

Thanks for the podcasts! On WWKIP day, I'm planning on knitting with the Knit One One people in Oakland. Maybe I'll see one or both of you there!

posted by: Jennifer P - Orange on Ravelry on Mon, 6/9 06:27 PM EDT

I'll be going to sit for the 1000 Knitters photo project and joining the Harlot's birthday celebrations at Lettuce Knit in Toronto. I also resolve to knit as much on public transportation as possible.

posted by: brella on Mon, 6/9 10:16 PM EDT

I will take the bus (eco-friendly!) downtown and sit with other knitters on the lawn of the Texas State Capitol in my lawn chair. Sadly, that's not a place where they serve beer.

posted by: Elizabeth on Mon, 6/9 10:35 PM EDT

I'll be knitting at three different locations in Polanco, a neighborhood in Mexico City, then blogging about it. Fun!

posted by: Cami on Tue, 6/10 12:19 AM EDT

I am knitting in public at a dance recital at a shinto shrine in Kamakura, Japan

posted by: Kathleen on Tue, 6/10 01:08 AM EDT

I'll be knitting at the Kimball Art Museum in Fort Worth,Tx. Then sadly I will have to work that night and plan to Knit at work...

posted by: Mary on Tue, 6/10 02:19 AM EDT

Great podcast as always!

On KIP day I'll be knitting (frantically) my best friend's birthday present while following a 'KIP'-crawl around London landmarks (and pubs).

posted by: soo on Tue, 6/10 04:56 AM EDT

PS - and sorry I can't stop giggling at the flowers growing out of your head in the picture with the Harlot!!!!

posted by: soo on Tue, 6/10 04:57 AM EDT

Another great podcast. You make me smile during my pain-in-the-#$%^ commute. I knew knitting could save the world!
On WWKIP day I'll be knitting my way through who knows how many small children singing at my daughter's voice recital.

posted by: Debbie on Tue, 6/10 09:42 AM EDT

I will be in Jerome AZ, knitting, viewing the San Francisco Peaks and Sedona

posted by: Melly on Tue, 6/10 09:44 AM EDT

I will be KIP at Angels Stadium in Anaheim!

posted by: Anna on Tue, 6/10 11:21 AM EDT

OK, you've done it again. Humor and tears. What the Harlot said about gay knitters and people who perhaps are on the fringe is one of the smartest things I've heard. How can you look at competency in your lap and not have that transfer, little by little to yourself. BRILLIANT.

I know it seems a bit overboard, but thanks for doing this. You're amazing and I so appreciate it!

Knitting in Public Day (I don't want to be included in the contest, not that it isn't a worthy contest). I knit in public every day on the bus and train on the way into work and on the way home....trying to do my part!

Bravo again on an incredible job.

posted by: sean on Tue, 6/10 11:39 AM EDT

Stephanie and you guys made my day today!!!! Everybody in the train was staring at me when I had to laugh :-)

posted by: DutchJan on Tue, 6/10 01:45 PM EDT

Excellent podcast. Saturday is also the annual Circle Parade at University Circle in Cleveland, OH. So I will be seating at the sidewalk, watching the parade go by, and knitting. It is an awesome parade, quite international and growing every year.

Aurita

posted by: Aura Perez on Tue, 6/10 06:53 PM EDT

Great job again!!! I have a spinning guild meeting on Saturday where I'll be "spinning" and then a baby shower to go to where I'll be knitting!!! The grandma-to-be is a knitter, so I don't think I'll get into too much trouble!

posted by: Debi B on Tue, 6/10 07:54 PM EDT

Love your podcast!
On KIP day, I will knit in public here in Norfolk VA, then get on a plane to France and knit on the plane if they let me. While listening to various knitting podcasts.

Hope I win,

posted by: Brenda on Tue, 6/10 10:54 PM EDT

I have nothing on the calendar so far, but I'll be knitting in public if I can. I don't get out in public every day... would a lawn chair at the end of the driveway count?

posted by: Nicole on Wed, 6/11 12:35 AM EDT

It is tooooo danged hot to knit in public in June in Yuma. It will be 110 freakin' degrees outside! ALL OF US STAY INSIDE OUR HOUSES AND DON"T GO ANYWHERE!!! Geez, I wish I lived somewhere else! Plus I just had rotator cuff surgery and I am on a diet of donut holes, vicodin, and diet Dr. Pepper. How long until our next sock camp? You are my favorite podcast!

posted by: Nancy on Wed, 6/11 12:45 AM EDT

Oh, how did I know that whole "bush stimulus" bit was going to go there?

I'm not sure if I'll do much KIP'ing on the day or not, since I'll be coming off an overnight shift and then heading to my friend's ordination. Possibly at the post-ordination bash, though. I'll only have a week left to finish my second kilt hose, after all.

posted by: Mel on Wed, 6/11 01:40 AM EDT

For wwkip day I will be knitting my way through my daughter's soccer game, then knitting through her team photos and then gathering up a couple of knitting friends, abandoning our children to going to a cafe to knit and eat cake for the Harlot!

posted by: donna on Wed, 6/11 03:13 AM EDT

On WWKIP Day, I'm going to be joining a group at a local park.

Thanks for another great episode!

posted by: Sarah on Wed, 6/11 08:01 AM EDT

I have 2 KIP's to attend on Saturday. I'll start with one, leave and join another later in the day. Of course, I KIP everyday, but this will be quite a spectacle.

posted by: Juanita on Wed, 6/11 12:02 PM EDT

Did I mention that I'm sooo jealous... I guess twice or so.
On WWKIPD I'm going to do some train-socking (riding a train and knit socks with other knitters) and then we are going to have a knitpick in Hamburg at some canal or so and raid a LYS there.
If it will rain, we will go into some café and knit knit knit and I will hopefully be enlightend how to do intarsia...

posted by: tini on Wed, 6/11 03:50 PM EDT

Great podcast! I will be overseeing my church's annual yard sale on the knit in public day. I will definately be knitting every chance I get!

posted by: Sara on Wed, 6/11 08:30 PM EDT

I'll be knitting on the train to an event at an LYS. That ends in the afternoon, though, so I will get back on the train and continue into Philadelphia to expose more people to my scandal! :)

posted by: Sharon Rose on Thu, 6/12 08:19 AM EDT

Wow, some people are doing very exciting things for WWKIP day. I will be sitting in a lawn chair on the sidewalk outside of my LYS, Modern Yarn in Montclair New Jersey, hopefully with a bunch of other knitters.

posted by: Sheri on Thu, 6/12 01:49 PM EDT

Hmmm...I don't think I'll attempt to knit while swimming, but I'll try to join the Knit One One crowd!

posted by: helenlam on Fri, 6/13 12:42 PM EDT

Well let it be known that I would rather be knitting and knititng in public! However, unfortunately for me my little boys is graduating from Pre K tomorrow on WWKIPD! So I will be spending all morning and afternoon with him and the family. Hey its a milestone:)

posted by: Marisol on Fri, 6/13 01:05 PM EDT

On WWKIP Day I'll be at the Yarnivore in San Antonio, TX at their celebration then re-teach my 13 year old cousin to embrace her needles and that my grandmother was wrong when she said, "All you should buy is yarn under $3."

posted by: Diane on Fri, 6/13 02:55 PM EDT

Excellent episode! On WWKIP day I think I'll be hopping over to Stash, maybe buying a little laceweight...

posted by: the Lady on Sat, 6/14 03:32 AM EDT

Per my earlier comment, I DID knit on the plane to France. The flight attendant admired my scarf, and said that she was a knitter too. So I came up to the front and showed her the lacy Butterflies and Bees socks I also had with me. She loved the pattern and admired my socks profusely! I got about 10 inches of the scarf done.

Best wishes,
Brenda

posted by: Brenda on Sat, 6/14 06:41 PM EDT

A friend and I knit in the gazebo in the center of the town park.

posted by: Trudi on Sun, 6/15 06:35 PM EDT

On Knit in Public Day I worked on a sock at the Science Museum and at the Princess Diana Memorial Fountain in Hyde Park - I finished the pair over the weekend and my boy has proudly worn them to school today - he's going to be hot, but he's adamant.

posted by: Serenknitity on Mon, 6/16 04:11 AM EDT

I've heard several interviews with the Harlot and I love that this one didn't cover old, familiar topics. I had a lot of fun listening.

As for the big day, I spent much of the day teaching, so I brought my knitting to class and worked on it in front of my students while they worked on their compositions.

posted by: T2 on Tue, 6/17 05:58 PM EDT

My friend and I checked out the WWKIP @ the Bloomington Farmer's Market. It was sponsored by Kickapoo Creek Alpaca.

posted by: Holly on Wed, 6/18 04:03 PM EDT

brilliant - you guys are so clever and fun! Keep those podcasts coming our way!!! (and thanks!)

posted by: me on Fri, 6/20 11:46 PM EDT

so, maybe i missed out on the contest, but just in case... I knit in Rochester NY with a bunch of awesome people in the rain... until we moved indoors... (why did it have to rain!)
it was awesome
thanks for the podcast, I really enjoy the high quality production and the good and not-to-long interviews!
Thanks
Sharah

posted by: Sharah on Wed, 6/25 01:39 PM EDT

Man, you two are hot on the trail of everything hot going on in the Knit world! I love you guys!

Good seeing you last weekend! Missed you on Sunday, Stephen!

posted by: Leslie on Fri, 7/4 06:16 PM EDT

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