christine perry

This week is our full account of our experience at the Nashville Rock N Pod Expo 2023! We, once again, played a little game at the Rock N Pod Expo with the brightest podcasters and artists. If you’ve listened to the show before, you know this is called WILD CARD… although this year we added a visual twist. If you want to play along at home visit our socials and look for the RnP banner picture!

What is it that we do here at InObscuria? Well, we exhume obscure Rock n' Punk n' Metal. We were super-stoked to go to the Rock N Pod in Nashville, TN again this year! What is it you ask??? Rock N Pod is a unique annual event bringing together rock fans, artists, podcasters, and vendors for events that celebrate the past, promote the present, and look to the future of rock n’ roll. This episode focuses on our ongoing game series called; WILD CARD! See if this amazing roster of artists and podcasters can guess these obscure rock n’ roll gems! Hope we turn you on to something new…

Songs this week include:

1. D’Molls – “Rally Baby” from D’Molls (1988) with Brad Rusthoven & Mighty K
2. Bloody Hammers – “Stoke The Fire” from Lovely Sort Of Death (2016) with Brad Rusthoven & Mighty K
3. Twelve Foot Ninja – “Beneath The Smile” from New Dawn (2008) with Tonya LeeAnne from Lydia’s Castle
4. Zodiac – “A Bit Of Devil” from A Bit Of Devil (2012) with Tonya LeeAnne from Lydia’s Castle
5. EZO – “Love Junkie” from Fire Fire (1989) with Tom & Kenny from Lost Circus
6. The Babys – “Rodeo” from The Babys (1976) with Tom & Kenny from Lost Circus
7. Shotgun Messiah – “Don’t Care ‘Bout Nothin’” from Shotgun Messiah (1989) with Steven Michael & Chris Czynszak
8. Vandenberg – “Dressed To Kill” from Alibi (1985) with Bill Elam & Steven Michael
9. Manic Eden – “Crossing The Line” from Manic Eden (1994) with Bill Elam, Steven Michael & Sonny Pooni
10. Infectious Grooves – “Slo-Motion Slam” from Sarsippius’ Ark (1993) with Bakko & LC
11. Babylon A.D. – “Hammer Swings Down” from Babylon A.D. (1989) with Bakko & LC
12. Danko Jones – “Magic Snake” from Below The Belt (2010) with Bakko & LC
13. Type O Negative – “Highway Star” from The Best Of Type O Negative (2006) with Bakko & LC

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Hello and welcome to Episode 50 of Making Stitches and the last episode in this series. As it's the end of the current series, I thought I'd reconnect with a couple of friends of the podcast and catch up with their latest news. My guests for this episode are Sock Knitting Champion; Christine Perry or Winwick Mum as she's known online and Juey from Juey Jumbo Craft Tools who I met at Yarndale in September last year.

When I first met Juey, I was stopped in my tracks as I walked past her stall at Yarndale 2021 (you can hear our first meeting Episode 32) . She was crocheting with the biggest Tunisian crochet hook I have ever seen. At the time I spoke to her for the podcast about her business and how it all got started. This time, she went into more detail about how her father first made her a pair of giant knitting needles using a broom handle and how things progressed from there.

I first spoke to Christine Perry last year when she featured in Episode 31 speaking about her mission to teach the world to knit socks (Christine can now lay claim to more than 15,000 pairs of socks being knitted around the world using her patterns). Since that first chat, we have been able to meet in person a few times and on our most recent catch up, I took my microphone along to hear all about her latest sock news - her 'Happy Feet' project with West Yorkshire Spinners.

Guest links:
Juey Jumbo Craft Tools website
Winwick Mum website
West Yorkshire Spinners Happy Feet Pattern Book

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For full show notes for this episode, please visit the Making Stitches website.
The music featured in this episode is Make You Smile by RGMusic from Melody Loops.
The Making Stitches logo was designed by Neil Warburton at iamunknown.

You can support Making Stitches Podcast with running costs through Ko-fi.
Making Stitches  Podcast is supported by the Making Stitches Shop which offers Making Stitches Podcast merchandise for sale as well as Up the Garden Path crochet patterns created by me & illustrated by Emma Jackson.

If you would like to buy a PDF crochet pattern for Sophia the Sunflower, (£5 from the sale of every pattern will be donated to the UNHCR Refugee aid effort supporting Ukrainian refugees) you can find the link here.

Making Stitches Podcast is presented, recorded and edited by Lindsay Weston.

I hope you've had a lovely Christmas! I have one last gift for you this year before the clock strikes midnight again and we begin another year. Following on from the Happy Stitchmas episode published on Christmas Eve, this is my Hogmanay offering with a celebration of some of the freedoms I was able to enjoy this year as well as hearing about peoples' crafty New Year's Resolutions for 2022.

Among my guests for this trip down Memory Lane are Crochet Sanctuary regulars Diane & Sam who I met on my visit to the Crochet Sanctuary in Cheshire in Spring. There's the hugely inspiring Sarah Corbett from the Craftivist Collective and Evie & Gemma from the Manchester Flock of Canary Craftivists which took place in the city centre in July. Former BBC Europe Correspondent, Mary Jane Baxter, spoke to me about her amazing crafty road trip around Europe and Scotland in her camper van - Bambi, plus there was my fabulous trip across the Pennines to the Yarndale Festival in Skipton in September.

You'll also be able to hear from a couple of the ladies from Black Sheep Wools in Warrington, crafter Kate Blackburn who makes beautiful handstitched cards, Christine Perry aka Winwick Mum and someone who has helped me a great deal this year; Amanada from Mrs G Makes.

My thanks to everyone who has spoken to me for Making Stitches this year and made it a year to remember for the podcast. My thanks to you too for listening! Happy New Year - I hope 2022 is a good one for you.

My guests on this episode were:
Sam & Diane who I met at The Crochet Sanctuary
Sarah Corbett from The Craftivist Collective
Evie & Gemma from the Manchester Flock of Canary Craftivists
Tracy & Lucy from Black Sheep Wools
Kate Blackburn from Katie Did This UK on Etsy & Instagram
Mary Jane Baxter author of Sew on the Go
Yvonne, one of the volunteers from the Yarndale Festival
Juey from Juey Jumbo Crarft Tools
Carole Rennison from Hooked by Design & Yarndale Festival Organiser
Christine Perry from Winwick Mum
Amanda Greenhough from Mrs G Makes Etsy Shop & Mrs G Makes You Tube Videos

For full show notes for this episode, please visit the Making Stitches website.
The music featured in this episode is Make You Smile by RGMusic from Melody Loops.
The Making Stitches logo was designed by Neil Warburton at iamunknown.

You can support Making Stitches Podcast with running costs through Ko-fi.
Making Stitches  Podcast is supported by the Making Stitches Shop which offers Making Stitches Podcast merchandise for sale as well as Up the Garden Path crochet patterns created by me & illustrated by Emma Jackson.


Making Stitches Podcast is presented, recorded and edited by Lindsay Weston.

Hello and welcome to the first episode in series four of Making Stitches Podcast. It has been a very busy summer for me researching stories and makers to share with you on the podcast as well as working on my own creative projects too. It's a real joy to be back with you!

In this episode we hear from Christine Perry, who you may know better as Winwick Mum, a champion of sock knitting who has made it her life's work to simplify the sock-knitting process so anyone can achieve success and knit their own socks. Christine's knitting journey began in earnest at the age of 18 when she saw a jumper she simply had to have and her mother told her to knit it herself. It wasn't until several years later though, that her obsession with knitting socks began.

After being told that knitting socks was too difficult too many times at a knit and natter group, Christine decided to make her own tutorial to demystify the process and published it on her blog; Winwick Mum. That was when the 'Sockalong' was born and in the six years since, over 15,000 pairs of socks have been knitted around the world using Christine's tutorials - and those are just the ones she knows about! She went on to write two books with sock patterns in and has her own YouTube channel in which she shows the process of creating socks. Christine has also designed a range of sock yarns for West Yorkshire Spinners.

Christine was a joy to talk to and her enthusiasm for her craft is truly infectious. I can imagine an awful lot of new sock projects will be cast on after listening to this! You can find Christine and her work via her blog Winwick Mum

For full show notes for this episode, please visit the Making Stitches website.
The music featured in this episode is Make You Smile by RGMusic from Melody Loops.

You can support Making Stitches Podcast with running costs through Ko-fi.
Making Stitches  Podcast is supported by the Making Stitches Shop.

Making Stitches Podcast is presented, recorded and edited by Lindsay Weston.

What is it that we do here at InObscuria? Well, we exhume obscure Rock n' Punk n' Metal. We were super-stoked to go to the Rock N Pod in Nashville, TN this year! What was it you ask??? Rock N Pod is a unique annual event bringing together rock fans, artists, podcasters, and vendors for events that celebrate the past, promote the present, and look to the future of rock n’ roll. This episode focuses on our third installment of an ongoing game series called; WILD CARD! See if this amazing roster of artists and podcasters can guess these obscure rock n’ roll gems! Hope we turn you on to something new…

Songs this week include:

1. Warrior – “Ruler” from Fighting For The Earth (1985) - with Brad Rusthoven / Slamfest Podcast
2. Spooky Tooth – “Don’t Ever Stray Away” from Witness (1973) - with ACCEPT – Christopher Williams
3. Tigertailz – “She’z Too Hot” from Young And Crazy (1987) - with ACCEPT – Martin Motnik
4. Madam X – “She’s Hot Tonight” from We Reserve The Right (1984) - with Matt Rusthoven / Slamfest Podcast
5. Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction – “Skull Spark Joker” from Tattooed Beat Messiah (1988) - with Steve Wright / Podder Than Hell
6. Eyes – “Every Single Minute” from Eyes (1990) - with Bakko & Loose Cannon / Cobras & Fire
7. Pride Tiger – “It’s Only You” from The Lucky Ones (2007) - with Bakko & Loose Cannon / Cobras & Fire
8. Icon – “Missing” from Night Of The Crime (1985) - with Bakko & Loose Cannon / Cobras & Fire
9. Budgie – “I Ain’t No Mountain” from Bandolier (1975) - with HAMMER DOWN HARD / Lonnie Hammer
10. Steve Stevens – “Soul On Ice” from Atomic Playboys (1989) - with Sonny Pooni / Growin’ Up Rock – PRC & Brad Rusthoven / Slamfest Podcast
11. Gun – “Better Days” from Taking On The World (1989) - with Sonny Pooni / Growin’ Up Rock – PRC & Brad Rusthoven / Slamfest Podcast
12. Slade – “Razzle Dazzle Man” from The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome (1983) - with Sonny Pooni / Growin’ Up Rock – PRC & Brad Rusthoven / Slamfest Podcast
13. Nutz – “I Know The Feeling” from Tightened Up! (Live in Nottingham) (1977) - with Big Al / Ages Of Rock – A2Z Radio & Bill Elam / A2Z Radio 
14. Axis – “Soldier Of Love” from It’s A Circus World (1978) - with Big Al / Ages Of Rock – A2Z Radio & Bill Elam / A2Z Radio  

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If you’d like to check out Kevin’s band THE SWEAR, take a listen on all streaming services or pick up a digital copy of their latest release here: https://theswear.bandcamp.com/

If you want to hear Robert and Kevin’s band from the late 90s – early 00s BIG JACK PNEUMATIC, check it out here: https://bigjackpnuematic.bandcamp.com/

Check out Robert’s amazing fire sculptures and metal workings here: http://flamewerx.com/

What is it that we do here at InObscuria? Well, we exhume obscure Rock n' Punk n' Metal. We were super-stoked to go to the Rock N Pod in Nashville, TN this year! What was it you ask??? Rock N Pod is a unique annual event bringing together rock fans, artists, podcasters, and vendors for events that celebrate the past, promote the present, and look to the future of rock n’ roll. This episode focuses on our re-cap and interviews. Next week will be our RnP finale with one of our favorite games!!!

Songs & Interviews this week include:

1. Vinny Appice [Black Sabbath, Dio]
2. Hollywood Monsters – “Underground” from Big Trouble(2016)
3. Christopher Williams, Martin Montnik, & Phil Shouse [Accept]
4. Accept – “Samson and Delilah” from Too Mean To Die (2021) 
5. Lonnie Hammer [Hammer Down Hard]
6. Hammer Down Hard – “Bleeding Out” from Madness Serves Me Well (2019)
7. Phil Shouse & Jeremy Asbrock [The Talismen, Ace Frehley]
8. Minefield – “My Disease” from Minefield (2021)
9. Jax Hollow & Angela Lese [Jax Hollow]
10.  Lea Vendetta [Ink Master]     

Please subscribe everywhere that you listen to podcasts!

Visit us: https://inobscuria.com/

https://www.facebook.com/InObscuria

https://twitter.com/inobscuria

https://www.instagram.com/inobscuria/

Buy cool stuff with our logo on it!: https://www.redbubble.com/people/InObscuria?asc=u

If you’d like to check out Kevin’s band THE SWEAR, take a listen on all streaming services or pick up a digital copy of their latest release here: https://theswear.bandcamp.com/

If you want to hear Robert and Kevin’s band from the late 90s – early 00s BIG JACK PNEUMATIC, check it out here: https://bigjackpnuematic.bandcamp.com/

Check out Robert’s amazing fire sculptures and metal workings here: http://flamewerx.com/