11 November 2025
Cast On

Cast On has moved

After twenty years of hosting Cast On on WordPress, the podcast has found a new home on Substack. Find new episodes here: https://brendadayne.substack.com This domain remains active – I’ve paid for another year of hosting and I’m keeping brendadayne.com for what comes next. But Cast On itself no longer lives here.…
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18 May 2025
Cast On

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: Music in this episode 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.
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I’m a serial maker of podcasts, and many things that are not podcasts. I love playing with yarn, fibre and cloth. I will never accept that furniture in my living room only goes two ways. Almost every night, I dream about houses.

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4 May 2025
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203 Looking in

We travel from Iron Age firepits 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…
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6 April 2025
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202 A gentle pastime

In this episode: Rediscovering the simple pleasures of knit and purl stitches whilst filling the sock drawer; the best damned sock heel ever; a vexatious pattern; and where the hell…
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22 August 2024
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200 Work as written

In this episode: 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.…
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