The Bad and The Exciting
A crummy day at the farmer’s market yesterday. A good sized crowd, cool but no rain, but nobody was buying. 5 hours later we had earned $56. Payed for the booth space, but not for the time we put into getting ready, loading and later unloading. Bah.. We’ll take a couple of weeks off and try again when we have more flowering plants. We *really* need to open the nusery to visitors, as all this traveling with plants is rarely worth the effort. I did get to work on the toe up sock though and completed about 15 rounds. Better than twiddling my thumbs.
I just got off the phone with a Producer for Australian Radio in Perth to set up an interview for tomorrow evening. The interview will focus on how I got started and the rise of the visibility of knitting men and will be broadcast in conjunction with an annual knitathon fundraiser in June. Excited and a bit scared. I’m not completely sure why they chose me, but it seems they’ve been visiting my MenWhoKnit webring. More tomorrow evening.
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janet wrote:
Let us know how the interview goes and when it will be broadcast. Good luck.
Posted on 31-May-05 at 8:34 am | Permalink
Mom (aka Judy) wrote:
Very cool! You go!
By the way, would love one of those black iris when they’re ready next year!
Posted on 31-May-05 at 11:14 am | Permalink
Beatrice wrote:
Hi Jerry
I live in Perth may I ask which radio station as I would love to hear you on the air waives.
Oh wow how cool is that…
By the way great photo re The ARAN. You really did a great job.
Posted on 31-May-05 at 5:34 pm | Permalink
Sara wrote:
Oh Wow How Cool Is That? Famous as a Manly Knitter. What fun! Really, it should be fun. I keep trying to tell the Docs I work with that men invented knitting really and that women just embellished it. One of them tried knitting last Christmas so that he could teach his daughter but he just didn’t have the fortitude to stick with it. Got his Mom to teach his daughter. What a weanie. Guess I should congratulate him for making an effort though.
Wish I could hear the broadcast. How did you get started in knitting?
Posted on 31-May-05 at 6:33 pm | Permalink
Jerry wrote:
Now I’m getting *real* nervous..
I just got off the phone with the producer and it seems they’ll be broadcasting live from the Governor’s building with lot’s of local Perth residents at a Knit-in and I’m the American Male representive.
More later..
Posted on 31-May-05 at 7:37 pm | Permalink