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I must confess I am definitively not a podcast lover. In my present state of mind – a bit nervous and melancholic – watching what others are knitting right now, are going to knit or what they are dreaming to knit in the future is not overly fascinating. Perhaps the podcasts I came across were not too interesting, but on the other hand I didn’t have free time to spend it otherwise than knitting. However, some time ago I was so exhausted that I sat down and watched a couple of different podcast episodes. It made me feel better and I found that „The Fruitty Knitting” podcast is definitely worth watching more or less regularly. When I watch a new episode, my hubby looks over my shoulder and says in disbelief something like „this man is knitting again”. In every other way he is of great help, being something of my PR specialist, although he consistently refuses to learn to knit. I accept that, as he is not the first one of that kind in my family. My grandpa Antoni was not too talented as...

While I was in the kitchen this morning, I heard that back in old Times it was well seen among decent people to found enterprises or public institutions, e.g. nurseries, schools etc. The man in the podcast – relating his long and interesting life – as he could not build anything else, decided to donate his large and carefully collected library to students.  At the moment I am not planning to kick the bucket. But I have found that if I am going to donate something to others it is not a library. Ideed, we have loads of books at home, as we need them for work and school, and their number is still growing. However, I generalny do not collect scientific publications and if I do, I try to pass them on to other people. At my home, in my family and in my life the amount of yarn and textile is still growing.     ( this Jamieson's stash is waiting for a new project) These include knitted garments and accessories, carefully designed, sketched an...