Retirement....getting used to it....is more of a challenge than I thought it would be. When times are tough, the tough buy yarn. My stash has expanded....and I am further from its' center. Oh well.
Watching knitting blogs...and spending time on Instagram...has been tremendously inspiring. Learning new things has been a joy...that moment when the new technique works.....
YouTube podcasts to see:
- A Lovely Yarn
- Wool, Needles, Hands
- Danish Musings
- Colorado Knitter
- Nerdy Knitter
The list above shows my current favorites. I have learned a lot from watching podcasts. Knitting ideas, resources, and techniques are the best take aways. Being able to hear about what other people are doing is interesting as is seeing their work. The wonders of our age! Not kidding.....YouTube has been such a resource!
What is also interesting for me, arising from part of my educational past, is how I evaluate the presentation quality of the podcast. Some presenters -particularly Tayler Earl of Wool, Needles, Hands - are engaging and draw me in even when what is being presented is not something in which I am particularly interested. Others.....some I turn off with a few minutes. Yet more I will watch an episode or two but realize that I dislike the program even to skip over any further offerings. The first time I watched a particular podcast the presenter spent much of the time complaining about dog sitting. Hoping it was an off day, I watched another episode. Hmmm. My first impression was not wrong. Fortunately there are so many other choices.
Craftsy and Domestika are two course sites that feature many good classes....knitting and many other topics. Before I retired, I bought classes on sale. Now, I have the time to do the classes. I am slowly working through my list. Being able to play....and replay...sections of the videos has been great. So many things to learn!
Now that I have time.....I can do this. This is a great opportunity and I am grateful for the time and the space.
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