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CREATIVE PODCASTS

I once took my knitting project to the cinema. Trouble is, I can’t knit without looking at my hands, nor in the dark, so had to abandon that plan despite being desperate to finish my project. For those of us who want to be entertained while we’re crafting (without the fear of dropping stitches or sewing seams up the wrong way), podcasts are the answer. We can remain engrossed in what our hands are doing while still able to enjoy a storyline or just listen to the audio adventures of fellow sewists. At the last count, there were over 850,000 podcasts producing over 30 million episodes, in over 100 languages. Some reports suggest that podcasts are on the verge of overtaking music downloads, and over half of the US population are regular podcast listeners.

Which is all well and good. But with so much choice out

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