Episode 7: What Was in the Basement & Other Horrors

~It’s flashback time~Welcome back to Procrastiknitting with Elyssa and Lydia!This week we are bringing you an episode we recorded back in the spring. In this episode we discuss the origin of the pod and also how we each got into knitting.Lydia is babysitting and has just put the baby to bed which reminds Elyssa of an episode of Euphoria. Elyssa is having trouble with her Sophie Hood. Some day Lydia will convince her to use stitch markers…The gals sing the praises of their pod mentor, Victoria. Hi, Victoria!E and L discuss the origin story of the podcast and a serendipitous exchange that occurred at the Showplace Tag Sale.Elyssa explains how she learned to knit from her grandma. Also, eyelash yarn - What is it, anyway? And what was that thing Elyssa’s sister found in the basement?Teenage Lydia taught herself how to knit using this exact booklet.Have you ever noticed how characters knit on tv?Lydia shares a couple of crafting horror stories. Skip this part if you’re squeamish.💀Elyssa mentions her fave ceramicist; Menlo Mud (but please be careful with that metal straw!!).Elyssa had a tender waxing experience and might know how to pronounce "hirsute".Don’t you just love a fancy grocery store? Del Deli delivers.Elyssa opines about the coffee ice cream sodas from Friendly's and is figuring out how to replicate them at home.And that’s all for this week! We hope you enjoyed it. Procrastiknitting releases a new episode every Monday.Find us on Instagram here and on YouTube here.XO!