If you haven’t discovered Marie Irshad’s Knitcast.com site yet, do check it out. Marie has been interviewing interesting knitting folks and posting it on her site. You can download it to your ipod or you can just listen to the interviews on your computer. I can’t tell you how late I was awake one night listening to one interview after another. It’s so interesting to me how different we knitters can be, and all interesting in our own way.

Marie just finished interviewing me. It was a sort of comedy of errors getting the interview… Monday we tried, and first my microphone did not work, then my internet connection kept blipping out and losing my voice, so the recording was unusable. Then Tuesday morning, our internet provider was not working, and it was not just us but a large area that I think involved more than one state.

Fortunately, Gone Wired Cybercafe came to the rescue. They have a different provider and a more dependable connection. They let me bring my microphone down there, and Marie interviewed me without a hitch. It is good to know who your friends are when push comes to shove!!!

Marie will let me know when my interview is up for you all to check out. Meanwhile, go on over there and listen to the others who were interviewed before me!

I’m still catching up on my weekend photographs! Friday night when I got home from Monroe and the machine knit workshop, I ran over to the new Aladdin’s Delight restaurant. It’s run by the same folks who run New Aladdin’s at Frandor, where I sometimes dance (when I’m lucky).

Friday, it was Nyla’s turn to dance, and at this fairly new location. For the local folks, this is in Okemos in the Target Plaza. It’s halfway between Pier One and Marshalls, next to Gags and Gifts. There was a deli in that space last year.

Brian met me there, and we had a great meal. Their food is always excellent!

I also got to see Nyla’s daughter, who was the first child I ever knit for. (It was a lace baby dress in Dale of Norway Baby Ull… unfortunately, the only photos I have of it did not come out at all.)

The child is three years old now, and really fun and smart. Three years ago, though, she was just barely over 3 lb (1.4 kilograms). I’m so thrilled to see this child so happy and healthy now!

Here’s a photo of Nyla dancing. Beautiful, wouldn’t you agree?