KnitWit: Rantings of a Rabid Knitter

Comment by Tekopp

May 13, 2006 @ 12:39 pm

Thanks for the stories, I really like them at least, esp the way you curse in a very natural way Keep up the good work and so on

Comment by teresa c.

May 13, 2006 @ 5:13 pm

Hi Carry! I really enjoy listening to your stories, and I really don’t mind the “f” words. As Tekopp said, you curse in a very natural way. I hope you carry on your podcast as always, and don’t mind the bad comments! I can’t imagine why your stories can offend anyone.

Comment by Lisa L.

May 14, 2006 @ 6:42 am

Hi Carry! I too really enjoy listening to your stories!
They always make me chuckle - keep up the good work!

Comment by Eva

May 14, 2006 @ 8:20 am

Hi, Carry,
still giggling about werewolf’s ear!
And know what? Why should you call a spade a spade, when it’s actually a f+++ing shovel?
podcasts are free! no expectations to fullfill!
Enjoy yourself, I definetly enjoy listening!
Eva from Germany

Comment by Holly

May 14, 2006 @ 10:23 am

I just wanted to say that I love the show. I’m not sure how you could be considered offensive unless whoever was offended were the people you’ve been talking about, like that wonderful guard. :p And even then, I’m not sure how they couldn’t laugh. You’re a great story teller, thanks for all the laughs.

Comment by Cecelia

May 14, 2006 @ 10:46 am

My what a boring world it would be if we were all the same. I enjoy your show very much. Your stories are interesting, your storytelling delightful, and the opportunity to learn and listen is very much appreciated. Don’t let the bastards get you down!

Comment by Liza NYC

May 14, 2006 @ 10:12 pm

What a lovely picture of you with the flower. You have a lot of pizzazz, Carry! Don’t let the dull conformists shake your wonderful sense of fun.

Oh dear, you sounded so shaken or sad in the first part of this podcast. What a shame that a listener needed to make you feel bad instead of taking responsibility for her/his own tastes. I just can’t stand it when people need to turn around all their bad feelings onto you.

Carry, I love your podcast just BECAUSE of your colorful stories. I grew up in the military till I was 8 and even spent some time in NC in the 50’s. The usual stuff — 3 countries, 12 houses in 8 years, 3 first grades. On top of that my father’s language was pretty blue a lot of the time.

Comment by Veronica

May 14, 2006 @ 10:29 pm

Hi Carry,
I’m sending you a big (hug). I also use very salty language as I work around a lot of surveyors and engineers. I love your stories because it brings me a different perspective and a good laugh. Pay no attention to those negative people. Their minds are closed and they live in a very sorry small world.

Comment by Liz

May 15, 2006 @ 3:20 am

We love you Carry!

Comment by Donna

May 15, 2006 @ 3:53 pm

So, I don’t get it. Did the Ipod police strap the cranky listener to a chair and force him or her to listen to your podcast? Are public funds being expended to bring us your stories and s/he doesn’t want his/her contribution spent that way?

As far as I’m concerned, it’s *your* podcast. *You* get to decide what to put in it.

Thanks for putting yourself out there every week . . .

Comment by Kurt

May 15, 2006 @ 4:45 pm

A hug from me too
I love your stories
Yours is the only podcast that i don’t delete from my ITunes library after listening
I was a bit dismayed to hear you apologize but i guess you thought it was necessary
Looking forward to the next episode

Comment by tracey in mi

May 15, 2006 @ 5:29 pm

Carry- just wanted to let you know- I’m sorry if my comment made your week that crummy. I really was looking to understand- not just to be a jerk.

I appreciated your response- and am continuing to listen.. you’re a great story teller.

ps- LOVED the pic…. that back-pack/basket is awesome!!! can you post a link for where it came from? flower was great too- wish I could have gone to MD!

Finally- I appreciate your candor- each of us are different- and are supposed to be— including our tastes— besides if we were all the same— what would the yarn makers and shops do? Same yarn… same colors… BLAH- they’d be bored to death!

thnx again- ts

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It was not YOU!!  It was the anonymous review and comment that hurt.  I understood your questions and concern. Thank you for writing and don’t worry.  Open dialog is good.  Name calling behind masks is bad.

The basket was specially made and sized for me to fit my height by a friend of mine.  The flower came from A.C. Moore.  I had a hard time deciding between the orange that goes with my name (Autumn Breeze) and the purple that is my favorite color.  I went with orange thinking it would stand out.

Thanks again.  Carry.

Comment by JulieB

May 15, 2006 @ 7:08 pm

I love your podcast! You have a very “British/Australian” sense of humour. We are generally very dry. I can understand how some Americans just don’t get it, but they can always choose not to listen.

As for me, you are on my must listen to as soon as you publish list

Comment by Kathy Gormley

May 16, 2006 @ 6:10 am

Carry
I don’t normally leave comments but I just listened to your latest podcast in which you explain about some nasty “anonymous” remarks you received after a podcast. I don’t want ever to hear you apologize for anything you say. As others have also noted it’s your podcast - no one is forcing “anonymous” to download it. You alone control the content. Please realize that there will always be someone who doesn’t appreciate your point of view. I know it’s hard but don’t take their comments to heart. Consider where these remarks are coming from–people who are too juvenile to sign their own names. Hiding behind “anonymous” is snarky and why should you care what they think? Just remember that for every one of those anonymous commenters there are a few of us who are usually just too lazy to write. Best wishes. K

Comment by Anne

May 16, 2006 @ 11:14 am

Hi Carry

I just laughed and laughed at your last podcast and the picture, well I can now see what you mean walking about at the show.
The reason I laughed so much is that I was given a Nano for mothers day last, and although I have not had any trouble with it, I have a mac genius in the house who is about 12 and could just imagine what it would be like in the store with him. Thank you for reminding me that a very good antidote to genius geek behaviour is simply to knit in public.
Thanks to him though I have the technology to listen to you.

Comment by Laura

May 16, 2006 @ 1:10 pm

Hey Sis!
Too bad about the bad week. It seems to me that that “person” has never spent any time with chickens. When he says, “Looky here ladies, see what I found just for you!” Even us non-feathered animals understand what that rooster is up to. I fear that you story has brought a tear to my eye. I’m trying so hard not to LOL in the office. Contiue telling your tall and not to tall stories, that’s an order from your big sis. If they don’t like it, too bad for them, it’s the rest of us that counts. Much Love to you. Laura

Comment by cyn

May 17, 2006 @ 8:28 am

Hi Carry,

I always get a huge kick out of your podcast. Please don’t listen to the naysayers! Those who are offended can choose not to listen. The rest of us will continue to enjoy your stories and dry sense of humor. Thanks for doing this podcast!

All the best,
cyn

Comment by Lissa

May 17, 2006 @ 3:27 pm

Please keep it up. I enjoy hearing you stories, you have a gift! you and I share a love for a well placed ‘f’ word as well as a sense of humour. You add to my week, and i would miss you if you weren’t here.

Comment by Lisa

May 17, 2006 @ 5:29 pm

Like everyone else who has commented this week - I love your podcast! I think your stories are great. I don’t find you cursing offensive, and if I did, I would be pretty stupid to download a podcast marked “explicit” now, wouldn’t I?? Why let yourself be upset by someone THAT STUPID?? Don’t apologize - offer to give anyone who’s offended their money back.

Keep up the hilarious work, Carry. Your podcasts make me laugh, smile, and nod in agreement most of the time. I am also particular with details (”A Slight Rant”) and get huffy when people get huffy with me (”F#$%$ing Guard”). And I have a very dry sense of humor and get yours completely. Podcast on!

Comment by Dawn

May 18, 2006 @ 5:40 am

I live in the UK, and they are always going on about how the American’s have not sense of Irony or enjoy dry humor! I get so agravated because America is so big there are all kinds of people who have good dry ironic senses of humor. I have to say that I really enjoyed your come back to your boyfriend about the hair in your ear! That was so clever!!!! I need to use that for my hubby, he has a bit of that Britsh hairness. You know eyebrows that you could come into his hair if he was losing it….etc. Fortunatley, he cuts it!

Anyway, now that you know too much about me! Keep up the good work, I’ve been listening since the beginning and really enjoy your stories!

Comment by Judy

May 18, 2006 @ 10:00 am

I LOVE the show. I looked for you at Sheep & Wool but I guess we were there at different times.

btw - I TOTALLY got the joke about the full moon & the ear hair. I was giggling at work.

Comment by Jal J

May 18, 2006 @ 1:19 pm

Thanks for the tip on how to get directions to your destination from a police officer! I sadly missed the giant flower at MD$&W - I definitely would have stopped and said HELLO to you. Your podcast is unique and may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but I enjoy it and look forward to new episodes. Keep doing what you do… YOUR way!

Comment by Marion

May 19, 2006 @ 2:28 am

Hi Carry,
I love listen to each of your shows and really love your stories and your sense of humor. Thank you so much for it - and don’t mind the (mindless) critics.
Marion from Germany

Comment by Debra

May 19, 2006 @ 3:50 pm

I’ve been listening since the first podcast, and although I’m tardy with my comments, I LOVE your bone-dry sense of humor, and although I’m not a fan of gratuitous profanity, I’ve been known to pepper my vocabulary when nothing else will do. As far as I’m concerned, your profanity never seems gratuitous! And by the way, in our house, we have learned that dyslexia is just another word for “picture thinking”, and the picture thinkers in our house tend to have brains that work faster — and way more creatively — than average. It’s slowing down for the words that f–ks them up! Love the podcast and the stories; thanks for have the courage and grace to share them with the rest of us!

Comment by Lynn

May 19, 2006 @ 4:41 pm

Hey Carry…
As a late Carry fan, I haven’t had the opportunity to hear all your pod casts yet..but will. Have loved the ones I had time to listen to..keep up the good stories!! Will go to the shearing one next..love sheep stories!!
Take Care,
Lynn

Comment by Jen

May 21, 2006 @ 4:12 pm

I just wanted to say that I LOVE your podcast — the stories are always funny and interesting and often make me laugh out loud. Never apologize for being yourself! And remember, some people are offended by *everything*.

Comment by Syne Mitchell

May 22, 2006 @ 12:41 pm

Dear Carry (aka Autumn Breeze),

Your podcast is one of my favorites. Thank you for all the wonderful and real stories. I’m eagerly awaiting more.

The full moon joke == brilliant!

I just took a velvet-weaving workshop from a women with dyslexia, and she was brilliant, creative, and a whole lot of fun. (And yes, we did have to be a bit more flexible with language, but it was worth it!)

You’ve got an explicit tag on your show, so with regards to complaints about your language: What the fuck?

–Syne

Comment by Syne Mitchell

May 22, 2006 @ 12:42 pm

P.S. It makes me giggle everytime I see your explicit tag, BTW. I love that there’s an explicit knitting podcast, makes me feel like a rebel. ;>

Comment by Mac Genius

May 23, 2006 @ 3:47 pm

Carry,

I just wanted to let you know it was a pleasure meeting you and your son at our Mac store (I mean your boyfriend Wayne right- Wayne call me we can talk more about your Mac Mini problem- you’ve got my number). Your podcast was entertaining to say the least, it was f—ing halarious to say the most. Keep your chin up, the only thing that matters is that you enjoy your podcasting. If the rest of the world can’t handle it let them move to somewhere where there is no right to free speech. On that subject just remember that the same rights that protect your freedoms also protect the “anonymous” user. Kind of funny that people do hide and we only get to confront our accusers in a court of law.

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Editorial note:  This is from one of Wayne’s friends.  I did tell the real “Mac Genius” about the podcast yesterday, when I got my iPod from the repair shop.  Maybe some day I will be honored with a visit from the real McCoy.

Thanks Doug, for the laugh.  Love.  Carry.

Comment by Sandra

May 30, 2006 @ 11:53 am

PLEASE please please don’t apologize or explain for what you are, why you speak like you do! Of course you don’t try to “convert” people with your stories. Unfortunately, the religious right (can’t think of a more accurate term) does not give everyone else that benefit. Just picture a cute little duck, and the way the water runs off its back. Try to let the negativisms of a few work the same way on you.
I love your refreshing, unique take on things!

Comment by Arlene

April 24, 2007 @ 7:49 pm

*snerk* son *snerk* full moon *snerk* In case it’s not clear, those little *snerks* are me snorting with laughter.

Your ‘just confused’ story reminds me of something similar that happened to another friend. He was taking another friend home & mistook the bus pull-off lane for the turn lane marking the entrance to her apartment complex. He, almost, immediately noticed his error & pulled back into his lane.

Soon afterward he noticed the pretty colored lights in his rearview mirror. When the police officer asked, ‘how much have you had to drink, sir?’ My friend blurted (the truth), ‘none.’ The policeman responded, ‘Would that be none-one, none-two..?’

And hon, remember, just as you have the right to speak, they have the right to not listen. Heck, I exercise the right all the time. I’d much rather be listening to your stories than some of the &%$^$ on the airwaves.