Podcast - Alisa the Yarnista: Recent Episodes
Alisa the Yarnista
Alisa and Mike are married (to each other) and they own the best LYS ever, Firefly Fibers. They talk about knitting, food & whatever else comes to mind.
Julie drove all the way from Canada with her dad just to hang out at Firefly Fibers! Well, not really, but she did make the trip for a visit & we all had so much fun!
We've started a team on micro-lending site Kiva.org just in time for International Women's Day! Check it out & join the fun over here: https://www.kiva.org/team/FireflyFibers
How many stitches can you knit in 3 minutes? We want to know! Leave us a comment here if you test yourself.
Alisa was down this week, but she's not out! After closing the store for a couple of days due to illness, we're back strong with a quick show.
Get behind-the-scenes details on what it takes to set up a yarn tasting event. Also, Mike spreads #FakeKnews.
Is it an Aero Garden or a flood light?
Knitting Knews:'What Remains of Edith Finch': The Knotted Tale of Those Hand-Knit Gloves
Wool 'n' Things knitter outlasts cricket fans at one-day cricket match in Napier
'I'm going to need a bigger hook:' St. Louis woman crochets giant cozy hat for traffic ball
After some technical difficulties early on we survive to talk about Kevin the Carrot & his wife(?) Katie.
We come across a lot of words that are really hard to pronounce. "Lykke" is only one of them.
Knitting Knews:'I almost got sued for knitting a Firefly hat': The legal risks of pop-culture fan art
500-year-old knitting techniques used by Nottingham student to make £138 scarves
Green Bay Correctional flooded with donations to knit hats for kids, veterans
If you'd like to donate yarn to the inmates in Green Bay Correctional:
Green Bay Correctional Institution
Attn: MU Program Supervisor
2833 Riverside Dr.
PO Box 19033
Green Bay, WI 54307-9033
A tornado warning won't keep us from recording a show. Sure, it'll delay us a little bit, but the show must go on!
Alisa spent most of the day finishing up class planning so we're starting much later than normal.
Alisa's mom is visiting us for the weekend & it didn't take much to get her on the podcast.
The BIG secret we've been keeping is now out to the world. We talk about all of that in this episode!
Life presents us with unexpected gifts and challenges. Yesterday, life challenged us in the biggest of ways as we said goodbye to our dear Logan.
The weather is warming up, the Charger started & there are socks on the needles. Must be spring!
Michelle Tam gets her name all over this episode of the podcast...even more than usual.
Clickbait headline GO: Alisa's pet peeves about knitters will shock you! You won't believe what she says!
Everyone wants a Blue Sky Fibers Knit Kit on a String. Check out this week's episode to find out how to win one of your very own. It's so easy!
This is the first podcast available as a VIDEO! Does Alisa make it through the whole show without throwing up?
You definitely need to know how to get socks from the most remote island in the world. We'll tell you how!
This week we welcome our very first guest ever to the show, Alisa's cousin Marie from Colorado. It's pretty much the best show we've ever done.
This stupid wind is blowing all of the leaves around so I'm going to have to rake again. I hate the wind.
It's Halloween weekend, so this week we share our Top 5 Horror movies & find some amazing crocheted Halloween stuff.
Is this the most vulgar episode we've ever done? It's a cardigan, but thanks for noticing.
We have a lot to say about Extra Life and Corey Feldman which makes for the longest episode we've ever done!
Are you ready to hear about canning? Alisa has A LOT of canning to talk about! There's also some conversation about knitted umbilical clamps?
This week Alisa & Mike share their favorite books/series/authors! Yeah, it was supposed to just be Top 5 Books, but it's our show & we make the rules.
It's been a busy & relatively uneventful week, but that won't stop us from talking for 45 minutes.
This week brought us a yarn crawl, a finished KAL, and a very special wedding. It's been a great week.
We're celebrating 1 Year of the show this week! Can you believe we've done this 48 times?
Come for the pickled egg taste-test, and stay to hear Rollo almost destroy the entire production & Mike probably mispronounce "archipelago."
Alisa's allergic to allergies, but that won't stop us from recording episode 46! We've had a week off so let's talk about that, shall we?
Alisa's headed to Colorado, but first we're doing a Canyon Spells Giveaway!!! Listen to find out how to win.
We missed a week of the show due to reasons, but we're back to discuss all of the reasons.
Will Alisa & Mike live through the recording of this episode of the show? I sure hope so!
Sunday's being spent with family & we're going to see a play tonight, so it's a quick (but fun) Saturday episode!
Oh, we have knitting, but we also have Alisa's & Mike's Top 5 TV Shows of All Time!!!!!!
It's a quick one this week with several appearances by Logan & Rollo. We also manage to talk about knitting somehow.
Alisa gets into a new hobby and has to run the podcast by herself while Mike lets Rollo in from outside.
Alisa talks about some of her favorite mobile apps for knitting & there's Knitting Knews aplenty!
This week we each share our top five comedy movies and Rollo also shares a lot...of something.