Episode 13: Heroes & Legends
We’re going back a few thousand years in search of fairytales, heroes and pagans. As you do. Plus I tackle a creature of mythical proportions and we bid farewell to a modern day legend. Fortunately the...
View ArticleEpisode 14: Mad Dogs & Englishmen
This week London has been sweltering in the heat. Noel Coward had a point and we’ve all been out in the midday sun a little too much lately. So it’s time for Britain’s favourite pastime, as we talk...
View ArticleEpisode 15: One & Other
This week the Sheep comes over all artistic, looking at Anthony Gormley’s One And Other art project for the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square. Plus there’s a competition, a handmade film review and a...
View ArticleEpisode 16: Tea & Sympathy
This week we’re talking about the nation’s favourite drink. Plus we find out who’s won the plinth competition and some lovely Koigu yarn, and the comedy delights to be found in town, in podcasts and in...
View ArticleEnglish Tale, American Twist
I’m heading off to Dorset tomorrow for Camp Bestival and so won’t be able to post a new episode of Electric Sheep this weekend. However, events on Monday inspired me to write and I thought I would...
View ArticleEpisode 17: A Song & Dance
This week I report back from Camp Bestival, plus there’s the latest issue of Interweave Knits, a great craft/home site, and some fabulous furniture. Hedgehogs Beardyman Interweave Knits Swing Patrol...
View ArticleEpisode 19: Hoxton & The Handmade
This week Electric Sheep goes back to its roots with a show all about the knitting and the handmade. With a knitting hero, a warning to anyone planning some Christmas gift knitting, the new issue of...
View ArticleEpisode 20: Magic & Mayhem
This week, by popular demand, we return to the Hoxton Handmade film review, with a look over that magical TV mini-series, Merlin. Plus some impressive ukulele action has been going on at the Proms;...
View ArticleEpisode 21: Inspiration
The Sheep is back. Kicking off Series II with a look at inspiration; a rundown of some fab knitting podcasts; the highs (and lows) of Interweave Knits Weekend and a new yarn from Rowan. Plus we learn...
View ArticleEpisode 22: Creation
This week there’s a look at a few of the more unusual paths to spiritual enlightenment; a round-up of the patterns in Jared Flood’s Made In Brooklyn; a very special knitter in California; and the...
View ArticleEpisode 23: Elves
This week is in aid of Christmas Knitting Elves everywhere, as we run down the list of ways to help you finish all those gifts in time. Plus there are some handy gift patterns over at Let’s Knit...
View ArticleEpisode 24: Playground
Playground politics this week, as I make my own small defence of the National Health Service. Plus a whole new playground of knitting, with a brilliant way to add a little random surprise to your...
View ArticleEpisode 25: Fifteen
This week the Sheep goes mobile, reporting back from a special knitting workshop at the Fifteen restaurant. Plus there’s a quick look at some online knitting patterns and for those of you looking for...
View ArticleEpisode 27: Halloween
Halloween being more of an American event than a British one, this is only a semi-spooky episode. There’s the Electric Sheep film review of a movie that’s scary in places – though not necessarily...
View ArticleEpisode 28: Bonfire
It’s Guy Fawkes Night in the UK, so we take a look at the history of this unusual celebration. There’s also a rundown of what’s on the needles round Hoxton way; some patterns heading up the charts on...
View ArticleEpisode 29: Gift
If you can’t face any more Christmas knitting, then this week’s episode may help, as we take a look at knitting kits so your friends can knit their own gifts. Plus there are more podcasts for you to...
View ArticleEpisode 30: Thieves
I have a cunning plan…. Join me and a secret gang of rebel knitters as we demonstrate why London museums may have good reason to ban knitters from taking their needles into an exhibit. Plus there’s the...
View ArticleElectric Sheep Survey!
If you listen to the podcast I’d be really grateful if you could take a moment to complete this short survey. Shouldn’t take you more than 5 minutes and it would be very helpful to get a better idea of...
View ArticleEpisode 31: DIY
Do It Yourself and the perils of self-assembly furniture this week, plus a look at the latest issue of Interweave Knits and a fabulous handmade shopping site for those tricky Christmas gifts. And if...
View ArticleEpisode 32: Survey
In which I report back on what you’ve been telling me in the Electric Sheep survey, and I start to worry about who I’m talking to… Plus we take a look at the latest knitting patterns from Kim...
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