Cast On
Cast On began on Monday, 31 October, 2005, founded on nothing more than the desire to talk about knitting to people who get it. Since then, the podcast has evolved to focus on finding inspiration in the ordinary, using i...
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| 10/9/26 |  215 Ease | The mirror didn’t care what I thought should be there. Steroids, weight, a body that changed without permission — none of that was the real difficulty. The difficulty was the gap: the distance between what the mirror showed and what I expected to see by now. That gap is where getting dressed stops being getting dressed and starts being negotiation.Lakyn Carlton calls it expertise — knowing to the millimetre what hides and what shows, and choosing. The fitted answer is the Leo from Bella Loves Patterns, cut in a red cross-grain pinstripe cotton lawn from SR Harris: stand collar, full placket, a shirt that reads as authority. Narrow shoulders shift the armscye out of place — Sandra Betzina’s Fast Fit fixes it at the shoulder line. One alteration. Everything else follows.The unfitted answer is the Jenna in autumn-coloured linen — volume as architecture, not surrender. Three trousers handle the lower half: the Mitchell for the long line, the Billy in grey crinkle linen from Misan for the days that want movement, the Pegs from episode two, nearly finished, for the proof of concept. On top, the Olya from Paper Theory in mustard geometric — the coordination layer. Big Love, the teal cardigan, tones with everything. The charcoal sweater’s replacement is coming; knitters do that.Knowing exactly what you need is not denial — it’s craft applied to the specific problem of getting dressed in a body that changed.MUSIC* Evergreen — Instrumental, by UPPLAND* Is What It Is, by Judah & the Lion This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit brendadayne.substack.com/subscribe | 24m 24s | ||||||
| 10/2/26 |  214 Enough | Stash Acquired Beyond Life Expectancy. It’s a joke until you do the maths. Eight complete sweaters-worths of yarn in DK and fingering weight alone, not counting the oddballs, the luxury fibre, or the container of 2-ply jumper weight — one 25g ball of every single colour Jamieson & Smith make. (Shut up. That was for research.)The stash stopped being weight when it got a job. Three questions — what do I need, what do I want to wear, what do I want to make — and a capsule of twenty garments across five categories. Ghost in the Apple Orchard, the red tweed vest from Episode 1, is done. Big Love, the soft teal cardigan, needs its bind off. Gilliatt is on the last ball. The next knit — a December-not-Christmas jumper in claret Shepherd’s Wool Worsted — came from the stash, not the shop, because the plan said claret and the stash had claret.Enough is not a number. It’s a relationship between what you have and what you’re making.To Be of Use, the audio piece from A Knitter’s Manifesto, is what a garment’s full life sounds like — from the making through the wearing to the mending. Sound design by Dr Felicity Ford.FURTHER READING* Max Weber on consumerism / acquisition as virtue* Glenn Adamson, Fewer, Better Things* Moral licensing as the mechanism by which an ethical act becomes permission for more consumption* Yanagi / mingei and the beauty of useMUSIC* Drop of Rain (Acoustic) — Instrumental by sød ven* Fly by Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit brendadayne.substack.com/subscribe | 27m 57s | ||||||
| 9/25/26 |  213 Fit | The quest for trousers that actually fit involved eBay-stalking vintage pattern drafting books - Flat Pattern Cutting and Modelling for Fashion (Helen Stanley, 1972), Pattern Drafting and Dressmaking (Dorothy Moore, 1971), Dress Pattern Designing (Natalie Bray, 1961) - a Craftsy class, and sixty hours of work that produced a toile so catastrophically wrong I couldn’t bend my knees to climb the stairs.Cal Patch has spent years solving this from her studio in upstate New York - flat pattern drafting that starts with the body, not the size chart. This episode is a conversation with her about where the lightbulb turns on.The other revolution arrives by YouTube: top-down-centre-out, originated by Ruth Collins and taught in Stacey Taylor’s free tutorial series, starts with the one thing every well-fitting pair of pants hangs on: the waistband.The Pegs from Merchant & Mills are the making project - 1950s cut, high waist, narrowing to a turned-up cuff. The trousers aren’t finished. The method is sound.FURTHER READING* The 1958 US commercial sizing standard* Ruth O’Brien & William Shelton’s 1941 WPA study on women’s body measurements* The finding that approximately 8% of women have the hourglass proportions commercial patterns are graded for, Joy Spanabel Emery, A History of the Paper Pattern Industry* The 2025 plus-size runway representation collapse* Butterick’s 1863 graded tissue paper pattern - the first commercial sewing patternMusic: Story of Our Lives by Tim Halperin This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit brendadayne.substack.com/subscribe | 25m 32s | ||||||
| 9/21/26 |  212 Low Impact | Vinted used to feel like the internet version of a Naked Lady party: somebody else’s wrong thing becoming exactly what you needed, for a fiver and postage. Then the pro sellers arrived, the charity-shop stock moved online, and resale started to look less like an exit from fast fashion than another room inside it. A 2025 Yale study found the catch: people who buy second hand frequently also buy more new clothing.So low impact gets practical. Ghost in the Apple Orchard, Brenda’s red vest, is yarn on its third life. Two cream Vinted blouses become responsibility rather than regret, with Portia Lawrie’s Re:Fashion Wardrobe as permission to look harder at what is already here: one blouse pointing toward the Reed Skirt, the other rescued with £3.20 of Fyberspates Gleem and a willingness to outwit bad quality control.The larger cost is still there. Rana Plaza is not the hook, but it is the floor under the argument. Low impact is not purity, and it is not an escape route. It is attention: what do I need, what do I want to wear, what do I want to make — where did this come from, and who paid for it?FURTHER READING* Laura Edwards, Only the Clothes on Her BackMusic: Story, by Abigail Osborn This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit brendadayne.substack.com/subscribe | 26m 30s | ||||||
| 4/9/26 | memoryknitting+3 | — | red cabled vestGaia Jacket+1 | — | memoryknitting+5 | — | 21m 06s | ||
| 4/2/26 |  210 Two Bowls | Tears in the kitchen. Three bananas on the counter and a recipe I know by heart but cannot, for the life of me, turn into a sequence of actions. Seven ingredients. Too many decisions. My brain could not do seven. So I broke it down. Dry ingredients in one bowl. Wet in the other. Three and four. Manageable. The bread was good. I ate it in bed and felt unreasonably proud of myself.The locus coeruleus is the brain’s attention control room. When norepinephrine depletes, everything arrives at equal volume. A dog barking becomes as important as the eggs.An old friend helps out in the kitchen. And the moment when I realised the invisible labour I’d been doing for decades had only become visible because I could no longer do it.Music: Jude Cosmo, Queen of Angeles; Waveshaper, Our Time (Instrumental) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit brendadayne.substack.com/subscribe | 19m 41s | ||||||
| 3/28/26 |  209 Desire Paths | An Eye for an Eye - would the animals we eat, eat us? Impossible Hats. Box Hill Picnic, from Jane Austen’s Emma. Dangerous Questions, where the danger is yours, not your opponent’s. This is what insomniacs get up to at 3am while you are sleeping.Kent Berridge coined the term incentive salience. When dopamine runs hot, everything arrives pre-lit with significance. The creativity wasn’t a symptom - it was genuine creative product on the “this matters” signal.A desire path is a trail worn into the landscape by human feet. Not planned. Just walked so many times it becomes permanent. Some of mine are still here.Also: the duck question has a better answer than you think. And the horses are not going to like it.Music: Tony Anderson, One Perfect Sunset; Waveshaper, Our Time (Instrumental)If you’d like to help support the podcast, you can do so via Ko-fi or Patreon, or by spreading the word to a fellow knitter. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit brendadayne.substack.com/subscribe | 19m 59s | ||||||
| 3/20/26 |  208 Nighthawk | From the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, Nighthawk n. a recurring thought that only strikes you late at night. Mine struck every night for eight weeks.Zopiclone is a sledgehammer. Daridorexant is a key. One imposes sleep. The other removes the obstacle to it. There’s a big difference, and finding it changed everything.Also: Jasper as Big Spoon. An AI health czar who suggested I should just pour ethanol directly on my brain to save time. And the thing I found at 3am that stayed.Music: Christopher Wohrle, Dust; Waveshaper, Our Time (Instrumental)If you’d like to help support the podcast, you can do so via Ko-fi or Patreon, or by spreading the word to a fellow knitter. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit brendadayne.substack.com/subscribe | 19m 49s | ||||||
| 3/13/26 |  207 Too Much World | Trimethoprim for a UTI. Seven days. By day three, everything was hysterically funny. By day five, I could hear things that weren’t there. By week two, I couldn’t track yarn overs in garter stitch. Garter stitch.The projects on my needles when my brain broke Bradford Road, Dark Days, Ghost in the Orchard were beyond me for the next four months. The only thing that still worked was drop spindling. Hands remembered what the brain forgot. So I made yarn. The weird pantry. Lexical-gustatory synaesthesia from folate antagonism - undocumented, as far as I can tell. There might be a paper in it. Hit me up if you want to write it. I documented everything. This is the first episode of Your Brain on Knitting - five short episodes, designed to be listened to back to back. One broken brain. Four neurotransmitters. And the knitting woven through it all. Music: Hannah Parrott, The Feeling; Waveshaper, Our Time (Instrumental)If you’d like to help support the podcast, you can do so via Ko-fi or Patreon, or by spreading the word to a fellow knitter. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit brendadayne.substack.com/subscribe | 18m 21s | ||||||
| 12/10/25 |  206 Quality | Zabava Shorties disasters. The signs were there. Sometimes, you need to break up with a sock pattern. “It’s not you, it’s me. I don’t like you anymore.” Meanwhile, the Peppermint Pocket Skirt delivers enormous pockets perfect for sock projects, and Ruth Collins’ Top Down Centre Out method might revolutionize trouser fitting.The Bradford Road wrap progresses through garter rectangles. Big Love Cardigan waits for cooler weather. But sewing succeeded where knitting failed—the Peppermint Pocket Skirt (free collaboration between Peppermint Magazine and Paper Theory) paired beautifully with the Block Tee, with right angle sewing tutorial making construction straightforward.The revelation: Ruth Collins’ Top Down Centre Out trouser fitting method. Begin with fitted waistband, construct single-leg toile, achieve proper fit without body-shaming adjustments. Demonstrated through Stacey Taylor’s free YouTube series at The Crooked Hem.Beyond practical successes and failures: Robert Pirsig’s concept of Quality from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Through memories of 4-H sewing club and Claire Schaeffer’s couture techniques, we consider how sustained attention gets woven into handmade items’ structure. What happens when we show up fully present—whether adjusting carburetors or setting sleeves.Music: Jim Fidler, Merrigan’s Reel; The Wilder Road, The Light the Heat; The National Parks, Who Knows This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit brendadayne.substack.com/subscribe | 40m 46s | ||||||
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| 7/5/25 |  205 Big love and secret pajamas | It's been a week of finishes and new beginnings. Off the needles, I've completed a Malabrigo hat and love the color pooling. You don’t hear me say that very often.I've finally finished my Amande socks—though I must say I rather hated working both the nupps and wrapped stitches techniques. Sometimes you have to try things to understand what you decidedly do not enjoy.My new obsession is Big Love by ANKESTRIK, a top-down cardigan with fascinating construction that I'm knitting in gorgeous Gilliat yarn. The pattern begins with a provisional cast-on at the shawl collar, and I minimised the inevitable ribbing alignment issues by using a Turkish cast-on and knitting across the first row rather than working the ribbing pattern.For the shoulders, I chose Chinese Waitress cast-on, which creates a lovely firm yet stretchy edge perfect for shoulder seams. The Ravelry community provided essential modifications—working the fronts two inches longer than the back prevents the sleeves from rotating forward due to the unusual construction.Many knitters went up a size or two for the sleeves, so I did my own spot-checking for sleeve pickup. Remember: Your measurement x gauge (stitches per inch) = Number of stitches you need for your desired size.This sweater connects to larger work I'm doing on a capsule collection based on my Changing Clothes manifesto. I've been thinking more intentionally about getting dressed—not for others' gazes but for my own comfort in what I call "Secret Pyjamas." The goal is creating sustainable, perfectly fitting garments made by hand, including finally tackling my Everest of well-fitted trousers.Behind the scenes, I've moved podcast hosting to Substack after twenty years with Libsyn. Yes indeed, I’ve been podcasting since 2005. Where has the time gone?Music: "Who Knows" by The National ParksIf you’d like to help support the podcast, you can do so via Ko-fi or Patreon, or by spreading the word to a fellow knitter. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit brendadayne.substack.com/subscribe | 31m 14s | ||||||
| 5/17/25 |  204 Cart before the workhorse | Finishing socks, saving the yarn, new projects from old, planning the perfect colourwork sweater, plus a bit of theoretical physics to prove what knitters already know: knitting is magic.Links and references:* Admiral Hanf yarn by Schoppel Wolle* Lang Jawoll sock yarn* Chessmaster, by Christian Mattausch* Amande, by Josephine and the Seeds* Sophie Shawl by PetiteKnit* Bradford Road Wrap, by Kristen Kapur* Fox Paws, by Xandy Peters* Soft Spot sweater by Elina Maaria* ke21’s Soft Spot on Ravelry is one of the good ones* Knitogami: Mechanics of knitted fabric as a curved surface (PNAS, April 2024)* Dynamic Folding Knits: An exploration into self-folding and self-forming textiles, by Victoria Salmon* Characterizing and predicting the self-folding behavior of weft-knit fabrics* Handmade Lampshades, by Natalia Price-CabreraMusic in this episode:* Merrigan’s Reel – Jim Fidler* That Thing That You Do – Cody FryIf you’d like to help support the podcast, you can do so via Ko-fi or Patreon, or by spreading the word to a fellow knitter. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit brendadayne.substack.com/subscribe | 31m 38s | ||||||
| 5/3/25 |  203 Looking in | We travel from Iron Age fire-pits to mid-century homemaking manuals, consider the joys of stash organisation, and muse on the performative aspects of home decorating. There’s a deep dive into the ancient tradition of human-centred design through textiles, from spindle whorls to soft furnishings, a detour through the joys of vacuum bags and organza, a nod to Swedish Death Cleaning, and a look inside the Granny Cranny.Books & Patterns* Bojagi: Design and Techniques in Korean Textile Art by Sara CookA richly illustrated exploration of Korean wrapping cloths (bojagi), covering both traditional and contemporary piecing techniques used to create these beautifully translucent textiles.* Knitting Fabric Rugs by Karen TiedeA practical guide to turning old clothing and fabric into sturdy, beautiful knitted rugs.* Döstädning: The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning by Margareta MagnussonA wise and witty guide to decluttering, legacy, and letting go.* Sophie Shawl by PetitKnitA minimalist garter stitch wrap that’s elegant, meditative, and endlessly wearable.* Bradford Road Wrap by Louise TilbrookA cozy rectangular colour block shawl.* Homerun Hat by Jonathon SuttonA clever design knit from the reclaimed yarn of a single baseball.Check out Suzygirl’s Homerun Hat Huge thanks to her for allowing me to use her images.Elsewhere* Flash your stash in the comments, or tag me on BlueSky* Granny Cranny Thread on Reddit This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit brendadayne.substack.com/subscribe | 32m 41s | ||||||
| 4/5/25 |  202 A gentle pastime | Replenishing the sock drawer with Priory Socks (project page).My Secret Circles, below.Porthos (project page), below.I moved my decreases to the back of the heel, and the result is similar to Basic Biarritz and the Kite Heel, yet is uniquely mine and oh, is it ever sexy. The joy of a well-fitting heel cannot be overstated. The short row method used in Zabava Shorties is still, hands down, the best method I have found for toes. You'll find the method for Jeny's Square Peg Heel here. Cat Bordhi's gusset lessons may be found in her book, New Pathways for Sock Knitters.You can read my notes on Kiba Light on my project page.Knit to The Dress Diary of Miss Ann Sykes, by Kate Strasdin (Bsky)Music in this podcast:* Merrigan's Reel, Jim Fidler* Coming Home, Dalton Day This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit brendadayne.substack.com/subscribe | 29m 55s | ||||||
| 11/28/24 |  Cast On Classic: A Snow Day | In which an American Thanksgiving is celebrated in the UK, albeit a day late and a pumpkin pie short.One of the first pieces of writing I recorded for Cast On in 2005, this has become one of my most popular podcasts. This particular version was rerecorded in 2011 for A Knitter’s Manifesto, and features sound design by artist, Felicity Ford. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit brendadayne.substack.com/subscribe | 7m 04s | ||||||
| 10/27/24 |  201 Knitting through sorrow | It’s autumn. Time for finishing projects, knitting socks and celebrating the impending winter by taking the sweaters out of storage. This one is all knitting, and I make no apologies.I'm channelling my grief in the time-honoured tradition: by knitting all the things.I am filling the sock drawer starting with a riff on Winter's Gift, by Amy Snell, using Autumn Leaves and Tarmac colours and a traditional Scandinavian motif. Followed by Follow the Fleet, by Don Yarmon; and Priory Socks, by Louise Tilbrook.Riff Socks, by Lise Brackbill and Toe-up Socks with Fleegle Heel, by Nitro Knitters, are waiting in the wings. Yes, that's a lot of socks on the go, but they're all necessary.It's time to add twin stitch and triple stitch to your bag of knitting tricks. (The method is also known as Shadow Wrap Short rows.) Here's how you make twin stitches on the knit side and on the purl side.There is still time this year to knit your own Clapotis '24 and participate in the massive ClapotisFest Contest (which I somehow forgot to mention while recording). I'm knitting my latest in handspun Shetland yarn made from Fellview Fibres gradient rolags.My Kiba Waistcoat is on the back burner while I hunt for another skein of the discontinued yarn or choose an alternative in which to work the side panels. Do check out the project gallery. I wasn't kidding when I said this garment looks great on everybody.Lastly, my new main project is Ghost in the Orchard by Thea Colman. I used Tillybuddy cast on for this one, and I'll have much to say about that in the next podcast. Once it became my main project, I worked this vest to the underarms in about a week. The yarn is Donegal Tweed, which was many other things before it became this vest.Music in this podcast:Jim Fidler, Merrigan’s ReelLayup, Who You Share it With This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit brendadayne.substack.com/subscribe | 33m 10s | ||||||
| 8/18/24 |  200 Work as written | Off the needles and on; Tour de Fleece wrap up; notes from the production line; a new bag; a new spindle; good materials; and Bennet’s Boiled Potatoes.Compared to some, mine was a paltry Tour de fleece output, still... I made time for fibre, and it did kickstart my spinning, which had been dormant since the move. I talked about Fellview Fibre rolags and my new spalted Beech drop spindle from Raven's Flight UK (the shop is empty at present, but the seller is worth a follow); rolags and batts from Etsy seller ReaderArts (currently on holiday); a half a bobbin's worth of Llanwenog; Cheers! You'll find Scintillation and Christmas Lights on Ravelry.Noodlehead bags are awesome. I'm using the Making Backpack pattern, but they're all good, according to my sister, Pam. And Pam knows.When I'm done with the backpack, I get to paint my kitchen in Farrow and Ball Dorset Cream. I'm looking forward to it.Get your own Bennet Family Excellent Boiled Potatoes Tote Music in this podcast by:Jim Fidler, Merrigan's ReelSofia, Good Times This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit brendadayne.substack.com/subscribe | 32m 01s | ||||||
| 7/21/24 |  199 The system | Knitting the slowest sock in the history of sock knitting. Tour de Fleece. The merits of taking small steps vaguely in the direction a goal. I’m thinking about style again, and looking for systems.David Kibbe’s Metamorphosis: Discover Your Image Identity and Dazzle as Only You Can is one of the worst titles ever. And, yes, the price of this book is insane. Fortunately, there’s not long to wait until his book comes out. The publication date is 7 January 2025.If you can’t wait to start your style journey, you can download a scanned copy of Metamorphasis here.Obstinate, headstrong girls can get their Tees from The Spark CompanyMusic in this podcast:Merrigan’s Reel, Jim FidlerRight Where I Belong, Atlantic Runway This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit brendadayne.substack.com/subscribe | 30m 32s | ||||||
| 6/23/24 |  198 Picking up the threads | House projects have broken me; the summer of socks continues; the red that bled; Tour de Fleece; and a return to Clifford Byway. My new obsession for shorties led me to Zabava Socks. They fit very well, and work up quickly. The pattern is easy to follow and the results are moreish.The Tour de Fleece Facebook Group is here.The Holy Texts of Tour de Fleece: Fleece and Fibre Sourcebook, by Deb Robson, and The Spinner's Book of Yarn Designs, by Sarah AndersonVacillate is officially in the queue!You owe it to yourself to check out Wild and Wooly's mailing list.Music in this podcast:Jim Fidler, Merrigan's ReelVoyageur, My Only LoveJamie Drake, Beginnings This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit brendadayne.substack.com/subscribe | 32m 18s | ||||||
| 5/26/24 |  197 Gradual Stiffening | The weather. Men in shorts. The run down. Ta Da moments. And the moments just before a plan comes together.The Red Edge is complete!The chart for Red Edge was designed by Anna-Lisa Mannheimer Lunndown, and is from the book Poems of Colour, by Wendy Keele. I used the top down set-in sleeve method pioneered by Elizabeth Doherty. I talked about this method at length in 153 I, Curator.My Summer(s) of Socks2022: Ipomoea, Lunaria and the gradient-dyed pair of Syncopation socks that set Jeny Staiman on a path towards Polar Arc.2023: Weekend Shorties, and Pan.2024 Plans: Weekend Shorties redux, Footprint, Zabava, plus August Argyle's, once I have learned intarsia in the round. I have tons of sock leftovers (courtesy of my KBFF) and I'm having a blast playing with all the colours.Read more about Gradual Stiffening, pattern 207 in A Pattern Language, by Chris Alexander, here.Music in this podcast: Merrigan's Reel, by Jim Fidler; and I'm Back! by Royal Deluxe. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit brendadayne.substack.com/subscribe | 27m 08s | ||||||
| 2/10/24 |  196 A wide variety of displacement activities | In this episode: The party dress; picking up threads; a project round up; and the big idea, spoken aloud.The High School Art Teacher Dress by Vogue [(V1410)](https://simplicity.com/vogue-patterns/v1410) I can highly recommend the following books by David Page Coffin: [Making Trousers for Men and Women](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Making-Trousers-Men-Women-Multimedia/dp/1589234499/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2FUKFXA8S92IP&keywords=making+trousers+for+me+and+women&qid=1707313032&sprefix=making+trousers+for+me+and%2Caps%2C1168&sr=8-1) [Shirt Making: Developing skills for fine sewing](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shirtmaking-Developing-Skills-Fine-Sewing/dp/1561580155/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2RNHMZFPAOVDC&keywords=david+page+coffin&qid=1707315304&sprefix=david+page+coffin%2Caps%2C278&sr=8-2) Project Round Up [Elm](https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/elm-3) socks [Esther](https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/esther-18) [Mirabelle Slippers](https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/mirabelle-slippers) Music in this episode: Jim Fidler, Merrigan's Reel [Bobby Saint](https://www.musicbed.com/artists/bobby-saint/43928), Feelin' Good This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit brendadayne.substack.com/subscribe | 32m 01s | ||||||
| 12/16/23 |  195 You can't keep everything | In this episode: Stash enhancement; hat boxes of joy; the rug of sorrow; knitting memory lane, letting it go. Repeat after me: It is okay to rest.Thank you, past Brenda, for setting up [Esther](https://www.ravelry.com/projects/Brenda/esther-2) (by Camilla Vad) and [Boreal](https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/boreal-2) (by Kate Davies). Leftovers from Esther will become [Winter's Fern](https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/winters-fern) hats. My [Elm](https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/elm-3) socks, , by Cookie A, in Admiral Hanf.The Red Edge is for Season 3 of [Lupin](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2531336/), which I am hoping to watch next week, by the fire, with a cat on my lap. Busting out hats using the [Two by Two](https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/two-by-two-2) pattern. Meet [onion](https://www.wildandwoollyshop.co.uk/shop/yarn/nettle-sock-yarn/), a truly sustainable sock yarn in oodles of colours. If you like looking at very pretty old dresses, the [John Singer Sargent Exhibition at the Tate Britain](https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/sargent-and-fashion) is for you. Read more about Madame X and listen to experts discuss the painting [here(https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/20012492). Genius Loci is my new favourite newsletter. [Get it here.](https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/) Music: [Perfect Holiday, by Cassette Deck](https://www.musicbed.com/songs/perfect-holiday/45838) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit brendadayne.substack.com/subscribe | 35m 48s | ||||||
| 10/21/23 |  194 What I did last summer | In this episode: Undone by Cosmo/Cosmo undone; colour blocking that didn’t stitck; a summer romance; a bounty of beautiful sock yarn; packing projects for a journey with no end date; and the view from the Stone Cottage!The sweater that was [Cosmo](https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/cosmo-cardigan) is no longer pining for the fjords. We are both happier for it. The colour blocking that I thought might be the answer to knitting a longer Schneke did not work for me. Might have been the yarn. I’m still swooning over the spiral lace pattern. Full marks for [Schneke](https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/schnecke-3).If you need a yarn just like the discontinued yarn you're running out of, [Yarnsub](https://yarnsub.com/) is your friend.My affaire de couer with shortie socks includes:[Pan](https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/pan-8) (which looks better on the foot than off).[Weekend Shorty Socks](https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/weekend-shorty-socks). I had a blast choosing the colours of these and took many, many, many pics.Next in the queue, [Zabava](https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/zabava-2), on sale through 31 October. I also plan to try out some new heel constructions this winter, starting with [Biarritz](https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/basic-biarritz-socks). It's also on sale through 31 October.It's finally sweater season! Up first, the sweater of my long time dreams, [Esther](https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/esther-18), soon to be followed by [Boreal](https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/boreal-2). If I can complete these two AND finish the Red Edge, it'll be a very good winter.Music in this podcast: Merrigan's Reel, [Jim Fidler](http://www.jimfidler.com/) [Boxes](https://www.musicbed.com/songs/boxes/33111), [Ben Rector](https://www.musicbed.com/artists/ben-rector/69) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit brendadayne.substack.com/subscribe | 38m 29s | ||||||
| 7/13/23 |  193 The waiting phase | In this episode: I have more projects on the needles at one time than ever before, and I talk about all of them. Also, we're buying a cottage, and trying very hard to remain detached until the contracts have been signed. The Schneke Shawl spiral has been a little bit addictive. Now that I've reached the back and forth section of the first rectangular end, it's less so. Not feeling the love for 24 Days Socks knit from the toe up. Time to call time out. The August Argyle Socks are still just yarn and an idea at this point. It occurs to me that perhaps a swatch in the round of simpler intarsia shapes, like a square on one side, and a triangle on the other, might be a good practice piece.Against All Odds is off the needles, and the fit is much more relaxed than anticipated. I don't hate it, it's just something to be aware of when you knit with linen. The Cosmo Cardigan goaded me into nearly completing the yoke in about a week. I'm slowing down now, and saving this project for when I need a break from all the lace and fingering weight yarn. [The Red Edge](https://www.ravelry.com/projects/Brenda/the-red-edge-cardigan-poc) details make all the difference. I just love this project. Never gonna give it up. Never gonna let it down. Knit to this: Tonia and I have been amusing ourselves with these fine podcasts, hosted by Danny Robins, from BBC sounds: The Uncanny Podcast is great fun. [Start here.](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0010wp9) The Battersea Poltergeist is also creepy and very weird. But our favourite was The Witch Farm, because it takes place in Wales. Music in this podcast: Jim Fidler, Merrigan’s Reel and [Hanna Trigwell, Never Gonna Give You Up](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSDOcLfwM-I) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit brendadayne.substack.com/subscribe | 38m 43s | ||||||
| 6/10/23 |  192 The dam busters | The Great Airing of the Stash 2023. Hibernating projects emerge, blinking, into the light. The Red Edge gets a new button band and top-down contiguous sleeve cap. Made progress on Against All Odds - closer to done than I remember. Love that. The butterflies from Paint Pan will be knit into stripes using the 24 Days Sock Pattern.Then, after taking care to continue work on old projects, I went a little nutzy starting new things. Schnenke (really fun knit, clever and interesting shape). Gilet Parodia destined to become my new favourite Grandpa sweater. And my first ever Argyle socks from Anne Berk’s Diamonds Are Forever knit to the length of August Argyles. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit brendadayne.substack.com/subscribe | 32m 39s | ||||||
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Chart history for Cast On
Peaked at #1 in CL, top 10 in 15 of 27 tracked markets, currently #1 in CL.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CL | — | #1 | #1 | — |
| AT | — | #2 | #2 | — |
| HU | — | #3 | #3 | — |
| United States | — | #4 | #4 | — |
| Australia | — | #4 | #4 | — |
| PT | — | #4 | #4 | — |
| Canada | — | #6 | #6 | — |
| Finland | — | #6 | #6 | — |
| United Kingdom | — | #7 | #7 | — |
| BE | — | #7 | #7 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #8 | #8 | — |
| Italy | — | #8 | #8 | — |
| Brazil | — | #8 | #8 | — |
| Ireland | — | #9 | #9 | — |
| Spain | — | #10 | #10 | — |
| Norway | — | #13 | #13 | — |
| Denmark | — | #15 | #15 | — |
| Germany | — | #16 | #16 | — |
| Netherlands | — | #21 | #21 | — |
| Sweden | — | #23 | #23 | — |
Chart Positions
27 placements across 24 markets.
Chart Positions
27 placements across 24 markets.