Hi kids!  the Feb/March Issue is finally out and rarin’ to go.  Click on the pdf link below!  And remember, if you think you could do better, you’re welcome to show us what you’ve got. Submission deadlines for next issue will be March 20th.  Happy reading.

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Love DIY jewelry? You’ll love Pack Rat Magazine

Okay, admittedly, this post is not for the extremely tight budgeted. But, inspiration can come from anywhere and who knows, maybe someday you’ll buy that welding torch? In preparation for said day, check out Metal Chick, a video podcast devoted entirely to jewelry. I never wanted a workshop so badly. This episode is devoted to revamping old and somewhat tacky pieces into modern, sophisiticated bling.

In this crazy dog-eat-dog, another-day-another-dollar, working-for-the-weekend, cliché laden world of ours, multi tasking isn’t an option, its a necessity. So what do you do if you only have an hour or so to yourself? Do you get lost in a good book, or do you unwind with a crafting project? Well now you don’t have to choose, you can even multi task your hobbies with CraftLit, “a podcast for crafters who love books.” A crafter who loves books? Why that’s me! And it’s probably you too! CraftLit is a fun format, hosted by Heather Ordover from Tucson, AZ in which she discusses whatever is on her mind craft wise (she seems to be primarily a knitter herself), and reviews a website, magazine, or book, she then has a chapter or two of a book read aloud. Every week there’s a new podcast, with a few more chapters until one book is done and another is started. Typically, the podcasts clock in around 1 hr a piece, so they are perfect for that Saturday R&R. Right now she is in the middle of tales of Tristam and Isolde. Ah L’amore. So anyway, clear a spot in your crafting corner and take a load off with Heather and her band of merry readers.

Greetings and salutations you wonderful readers you. Now, as you may recall from our previous conversations, er, blogs that although I appreciate knitting, nay, relish in the fruits of the knitting labor, I am not myself a knitter (yet. I’ve got a pair of 8 needles and a ball of scavenged yarn. Look out world!). I realize, however, that many of you are and far be it for me to be all selfish and withholding of information. In that vein, I present you with Cast On, what looks to be an awesome knitting podcast site. Hosted in the UK and full of wonderful accents, Cast On presents you with podcasts on such varied topics as non-profits such as Cast On for Kenya, ways to combine crochet and knitting, knitting challenged such as knitting a mobius strip and more. Or, join their Knitting Scouts program. Even I, the uninitiated, am able to appreciate the knitting merit badges Cast On offers as encouragement to the committed knitter. Things like the “MacGuyver” badge, and the “Knitting Under the Influence” badge can really stretch you to the limits (I chortled outloud at the “I’ve Knit Items With No Conceivable Practical Application” Badge and the “I’ve Been Rejected by a Knitting Publication” badge. All aforementioned badges are pictured below). Any way you slice it, Cast On seems like a knitter’s paradise. Let me know if you like it.