The Yarniacs Episode 367: Knitting exceptional Barbara Walker

Gail· Host0:00

[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to the Yarniacs Podcast. This is episode number 367, which we are recording on Wednesday, February 4th, 2026. I'm Gail.

Charlene· Host0:19

And I'm Charlene.

Gail· Host0:20

And we are stepping back into the past today. We're doing it old school. Where are we?

Charlene· Host0:26

We are recording on my dining table, which was where we started recording when we recorded the podcast. Stopped recording during COVID, stopped recording at my house- Mm-hmm ... during COVID, and have never really been able to go back because of various schedules of people in my household.

Gail· Host0:50

Exactly.

Charlene· Host0:51

But- It's probably been almost exactly six years since we did this last. Oh, yeah.

Gail· Host0:55

Because it's February, 2026.

Charlene· Host0:57

Oh, yeah.

Gail· Host0:57

It's literally- Oh, my gosh ... been almost six years.

Charlene· Host0:59

Yes.

Gail· Host1:00

It's crazy. It feels so good to be here. [laughs] Hoping that Nonni, the bird, says hello, and hoping that Boo reappears. I scared him when I knocked on the door. [laughs] So hoping he'll come back and remember who I am. Although, I don't have that same bag that I used to use.

Charlene· Host1:14

You don't have the felted bag anymore, no.

Gail· Host1:16

No. Boo used to like to use that as a little- A little nap ... cat bed.

Charlene· Host1:19

Yeah.

Gail· Host1:20

Yeah. But also, stepping back into the past, public service announcement about The Enchanted Skein.

Charlene· Host1:27

[laughs] We just wanted to