The Peahen's Ponderings: Recent Episodes
TJ King
This is the Peahen's Ponderings - a podcast for fiber artists! Topics include updates about the fiber arts tool maker, the Spanish Peacock; upcoming events; hand spinning and knitting; interviews; and news items of interest to the fiber arts community.
Summary: In episode 16 of The Peahen’s Ponderings, Mike and I review the roller coaster known as “2021”, which had a significant number of challenges and thankfully is now over. We also share our hopes and dreams for 2022, namely that it look nothing like 2021! You can find the video version of this podcast […]
Summary: I’m always on the hunt for beautiful supported spinning tools to add to my repertoire. Bonus points if the new tools match any of my existing spindles and / or fiber! Recently a member of the Spanish Peacock Flock Facebook group shared a new potential source for spinning bowls and I just had to […]
Summary: That’s right … we did it. In this episode of the Peahen’s Ponderings, Mike and I recounted some of the Spanish Peacock highlights from 2020, and dared to speculate on what 2021 might hold! We also provide a very important public service announcement about how Spanish Peacock handles notifications about shop updates. We also […]
Summary: In this episode of the Peahen’s Ponderings, Mike and I discuss a subject we are very passionate about: what makes a hand spindle wobble, from design to manufacturing process to transport and storage. (We may have also played with the special effects on the audio mixer, namely the “elf voice” that appeared in our […]
Summary: Honestly, I could have talked for several hours on the subjects of gratitude, its importance, and all the things I feel grateful for, despite how f’d up 2020 has turned out to be. The actual start date of COVID-19 “quarantine” for our family was March 13, 2020 (incorrectly stated as the 15th in the […]
Summary: In this episode of the Peahen’s Ponderings, Mike joins me to review Spanish Peacock highlights from 2019 and discuss what’s in store for 2020. This is my least edited podcast to date, so expect the content to be, um, a bit more dynamic and fluid than in previous episodes! Music Credits: The music track […]
Summary: In this episode of The Peahen’s Ponderings, I share some of my experiences and reflections on my first year as a self-employed craft vendor. I also provide some updates on my supported spinning adventures. Additionally this is my first podcast with actual music. How did I do? Leave a comment and let me know! […]
Summary: Now that we’ve survived the last Spanish Peacock show for 2019, I share some thoughts and takeaways from Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival. Yes, that is a very short summary, but it’s also a very short episode! Here is the spindle design which was the subject of the “Name the Spindle Design” contest we held […]
Summary: In episode 8 of The Peahen’s Ponderings, I provide some insight into my experience with this year’s Tour de Fleece. Since I had not spun with a team in many years, it was like participating for the first time. Being the Information Technology geek that I am, I used a best practice called “Lessons […]
Summary: In episode 7 of The Peahen’s Ponderings, I share some Spanish Peacock news and updates, and the outtakes from my interview with Mike King. It’s a short episode, but I hope it brings a smile to your face. Because if there is one thing we all need more of, it’s laughter and smiles! Websites […]