What Yarn to Choose, Part 2

I really need to clean out my stash, I have waaaay too much yarn.  Shocking news, I know.  I was listening to DC Unraveled, the podcast of Looped Yarn Works, and Jessica was helping Colleen go through her yarn stash and match up yarns with potential projects.  Oh, I so badly need that!  But, first, I think I really need to figure out what I have and how much of it before I can figure out projects to do.  Though, knowing me, I had better figure out a few projects I want to make so that when the Metro Yarn Crawl gets here in April, I will at least buy yarn that matches with a project instead of just randomly buy yarn as I have been doing the last few years (crazy, I know!).  Oh, you ask "Phyllis, why are you buying more yarn when you already have so much?"  Now, what kind of question is that?!  It would be like asking a cat not to chase a mouse :-)

And, I'm still trying to learn more about yarn properties and how to properly match up projects and yarns.  I came across this great article by The Knitting Harpy that I thought I would share, though her starting point is that she knows what project she wants to make and is trying to figure out what kind of yarn to use.  She's got a pretty good system for narrowing down her choices.

And, speaking of podcasts, I'm still toying with the idea of starting one.  Sometimes I think it would be easier to just start talking about a topic than typing it out like this.  I could combine it with the blog by posting notes here to accompany the audio.  What do you all think?!

Theme Music

I am soooooo excited -- DeAnn's gentleman friend, a professional musician, has worked up intro theme music for my podcasts!  I haven't heard a note yet, but I know it is going to be fabulous.  It was funny, there I was verbally describing what I want (not really having any idea how to properly describe it!), and DeAnn just knew!  She really gets me, which is just sooooo nice.

So, in the mean time, the radio show is this Sunday.  I've got a 10-minute segment, and I really need to think through what I want to talk about and also "tease" for the upcoming podcast, I don't want to wing it.  I've got so much I could talk about, so this is probably the perfect time to sketch out Sunday's segment and then the next few segments of the podcast.  I had really hoped to get the podcast ready so that listeners to the show would have follow-up material to go to right away, but alas, it is not to be.  I was so proud of how I managed to create a .wav file, convert it into an MP3, and then load it to my web host.  But how to create a link from here to there is where I got stuck.  But, that too shall come I'm sure :-)  If anyone's got directions or tips on how to do it, pleeeeeeeze let me know!

Ok, tonight I think I am just going to try to clear my mind, do some laundry, and maybe just make a list of the million things that need to get done!

Today's Thought:  Aw, heck, I'm too tired to think tonight.  I promise, I will do double thinking on the next post ;-)