In this episode, we wrap up our meet-the-hosts re-introductions with Kristen answering the 10 Questions. Have you rated and reviewed us on Apple Podcasts yet?

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Episode 127 - Meet the Hosts: Part 2

With our new name and format, we're re-introducing ourselves to you through our 10 questions. Jess is up first! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, pretty please.

Episode 126 - Meet the Hosts: Part 1

Previously known as WWKD Podcast, this is our first episode as Crafty Stitches! We're joined by our friend Anne and you should listen. Please rate & review on Apple Podcasts and thanks in advance! :) 

Episode 125 - Mowing Lawns, Mirrored-Walls, and Crafts with Kids

J & K are both traveling this week, so we're bringing your our Instagram Live where we talk new directions for this podcast, just in case you missed it. Cheers! Please rate & review on Apple Podcasts. :) 

Episode 124 - IG Live from 6.28.2021

Episode 123! We have a guest today - Nicole! J is having a Lemon-Lime Gatorade Zero, Nicole is having a pomegranate cherry seltzer water from Canada Dry, and K is having a Angelene Vineyard's Pinot Noir from California. Then Nicole tells us about her hobby of beekeeping. Topics include, making beer and meade, learning how to keep bees, queen bees, bees in the cold, bees in your car, royal jelly, queen cage, and bears and bees, plus she answers our 10 questions for crafters! K is stuffing Knitted Knockers, Nicole is making some blankets and Christmas gifts, and J has been commissioned to make a project for family and made a strawberry pie. K's excited to volunteer at the Zoo, Nicole happy for her sister's education and job prospects, and J is glad she's stuck with learning her German on Duolingo. Be a good human! Cheers! Be sure to head to our IG TV to catch our IG Live from 6/28. There's a pretty big announcement there!

Episode 123 - Bees?

Episode 122! K's enjoying a Belgian Wheat Ale, a Trappist beer from Spencer, MA and J's having Müller Thurgau White Wine, which is an Italian wine with a German name. This week we're discussing our vacation horror stories. Topics include: illness/injuries on vacation, flight cancellations and rebookings, forgetting important travel documents, a terrible Air BnB experience, and lost luggage. J's working on a project for her great Aunt and ended up buying a bunch of yarn at Michaels and K is making scrunchies with fun yarn. K got to monitor the animal section at a work event and J is happy for being a functional adult. Be a good human! Cheers! Join us for an IG live on 6/28 at 7pm! We have an important announcement!

Episode 122 - Vacation Horror Stories

Episode 121! We recorded together, in person for the first time in OVER A YEAR! We're having a French wine from Bordeaux, a red blend that is mostly cabernet sauvignon. This week we're talking about healthcare issues. Topics include: lots of doctor appointments, awkward health issues, getting prescriptions filled and prescription costs, healthcare costs, lack of communication, your body not being what it used to be, googling conditions, insurance companies, and med students doing procedures. K's working on a headband and J's making flowers for her Mickey Ears AND we give each other the stuff we've been collecting for each other. We're celebrating lifting of restrictions (gradually) and getting to see people! Be a good human! Cheers! Email us comments/questions/feedback to wwkdpod@gmail.com! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts!

Episode 121 - Together Again (and We're Falling Apart)

Episode 120! We're hearing from you all this week! K's having a reject mead from her mom, Havoc Mead Root of All Evil Ginger Mead, and J's having more of her Matua Sauvingnon Blanc. Your listener topics include: feedback on our shoes episode, first-time home buying, getting a new position at work, and dealing with cat-timing when you need to get up. K is excited that one of our listeners is in organizing/storage mode, another listener crocheted some cool blankets, K is working on a market bag, and J is making crocheted butterflies. Our listeners are happy for growing families and supportive partners, K is excited about making @phoenix.and.peacock a reality, and J is excited for her niece to graduate from high school. Stay cool! Get vaccinated! Be a good human! Cheers! You can always send us a listener whine! Email us at wwkdpod@gmail.com or fill out the google form found in our IG and FB profiles. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts!

Episode 120 - Listener Episode #12

Episode 119! Happy Pride month everybody! This week we're joined by Chad and David from @bittersweetsoapworks. David is drinking Apothic Red red blend (a personal favorite!), Chad is having a black cherry TRULY, J is having Matua Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand with a chilled indicator on it, and K is having 90+ Cellars Rosé from France. Our topic this week is finding out what it's like to own a soap-making small business during COVID. Topics include: not being able to go to shows for business, buying soap for cleaning and/or self-care, sourcing materials in a pandemic, moving into a new space, sustainable practices, inadvertently becoming a TikTok creator, supporting the LGBTQ+ community, and they answer our 10-questions for creators! K finished her never-ending baby blanket and made an infinity scarf to go with it as well as making more scrunchies, J's still working on her summer top and started learning German again, and Chad and David have some NEW PRODUCTS that they're telling our listeners about before everyone else! K is glad for feel-good TV helping her get through the week, David is glad for the cat massaging a sheep video on Instagram, Chad is glad for the rain, J is happy for her husband who had some good news this week. Get vaccinated! Be a good human! Cheers! Check out and order some soap from Bittersweet Soap Works! www.bittersweetsoapworks.etsy.com. We need your listener whines/comments/questions/good news! Email wwkdpod@gmail.com or fill out our Google Form: https://forms.gle/yke4UWpmMEb2XFS99 Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts!

Episode 119 - The Dancing Soap Maker with Bittersweet Soap Works!

Episode 118! We're getting ready for summer this episode. J's still drinking the Pinot Grigio de la Venice she had last week and K is having a Portugese red wine, De la Force, which is barrel aged for 12 months. We're doing a summer-themed would you rather this week. Topics include: bouncy houses vs. drive in movie theaters; pet dolphin vs. manatee; tree house vs. houseboat; mosquito vs. bee immunity...and more! K finished J's other scrunchie and is looking forward to a new baby blanket pattern and J is still working on her summer top and made some banana muffins. J's good news is that it's SUMMER, BABY! and K is excited for a visit from Christine sometime this summer. Get vaccinated! Be a good human! Cheers! Only TWO episodes until our listener episode! We want to hear from you! Email us at wwkdpod@gmail.com or fill out our google form: https://forms.gle/yke4UWpmMEb2XFS99 ! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts!

Episode 118 - Vaxxed Girl Summer: A Manatee in Your Pool

Episode 117! J's drinking Grigio Luna, a Pinot Grigio Rosé from Italy and K's drinking a Rueda white wine from Spain. This week we're talking about the inconvenience of having credit cards and other important money information hacked. Topics include cards not working, data breaches, having to wait for a new card to arrive, remembering all of the autopayments you have set up, traveling and using your credit card, and the scariness of so much information being available via digital means. J's started a new summer top crochet project, and K is making scrunchies for J and for her (one day in the future) shop and she finished Christine's DIY macrame plant hanger. K got new shoes that are sandals and comfy and J had a good time at work and got to have lunch with K's mom! Be a good human! Get vaccinated! Cheers! We need your thoughts/whines/comments/questions or projects for our next listener episode! Email us at wwkdpod@gmail.com or submit through our listener form  https://forms.gle/yke4UWpmMEb2XFS99 ! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts!

Episode 117 - Breaches, Fraud, and Other Credit Woes

Episode 116! This week, we chat with returning guest, Ben! In a surprising turn of events, we're all drinking red wine - Ben's having a Spanish red wine, La Sonriente Garnacha,from Trader Joe's, J's having Encosta das Perditzes, a Portuguese red wine, and K is having a Super Tuscan Italian red wine, made from a non-Italian grape. This week we're talking about what it's been like working on an urban college campus during COVID. Topics include: exhaustion, planning and replanning events, following school-imposed COVID protocols, questioning one's vocation, institutions in survival mode rather than being driven by mission, social injustices uncovered by the pandemic, administration ideals vs. daily realities, and Ben's awesome IG story shares. Ben got to go to tap dance classes in studio recently and is taking piano lessons, K is testing out a DIY Macrame kit from our friend Christine, and J finished her crochet Mickey ears and made matching mask lanyards and made a bear sweater! J is happy Jen got her cat sweater, Ben is excited for a former student, Qualeasha Wood, whose work is going to be on the cover of Art in America magazine, and K is celebrating healthy boundary-setting! Get vaccinated! Be a good human! Cheers! We need your thoughts/whines/comments/questions or projects for our next listener episode! Email us at wwkdpod@gmail.com or submit through our listener form! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts!

Episode 116 - COVID on Campus

Episode 115! J's enjoying Tilia Malbec from Mendoza, Argentina, which is a sustainably sourced wine, and K's having Truro Vineyards Cape Blush, a rosé that comes in a lighthouse-shaped bottle. This week we're talking about work wear and not knowing how to wear shoes anymore. Topics include: comfortable work clothes, functional but cute dress shoes, heels are the devil, work dress codes, challenging foot shapes, the renewed sense of wonder in getting ready for work again, and what sandals K should buy. K is working on a new baby blanket for her friend Emily and J finished K's sweater and has moved on to a Disney-themed project. J's happy that stressful work things are done and for in-person visits, and K saw a baby bunny! Get vaccinated! Be a good human! Cheers! We've got another listener episode coming up! Send us your whines, comments, projects, or good news to wwkdpod@gmail.com or through our Google Form: https://forms.gle/yke4UWpmMEb2XFS99 Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts!

Episode 115 - OMG, Shoes

Episode 114! K's enjoying a German Riesling from Gerd Anselmann from the Pfalz Dornfelder region and J's having Mezzacorona estate bottled Pinot Grigio, which is Italian and sustainably certified. Today we're talking about the growing pains of resuming "normal" life as we ease out of the pandemic (slowly). Topics include: respecting time boundaries, doing work on "non work" days, feeling like everything needs to be done right now, complications in communication and planning in-person events, readjusting to being in public spaces, and maintaining connections. J's been working on K's cat sweater and K's working on a baby blanket, finished her market bag, and made a scrunchie. J is happy to be moving forward toward ordination and not having big things looming over her and K is happy that her secret project for another podcast was successful! Get vaccinated if you can! Be a good human! Cheers!Send us a listener whine/comment/project to wwkdpod@gmail.com or through this form: https://forms.gle/yke4UWpmMEb2XFS99Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts!

Episode 114 - Getting Back to "Normal"

Episode 113! J's having a Marlborough Sauvingnon Blanc from New Zealand and K's having a gin martini with a twist. This week we delve into another This or That wedding-themed (even though we've both been married for awhile). Topics include: fainting during your ceremony or having red wine spilled on your dress, having your exes or your partner's exes brought up in speeches, having your parents plan your wedding or losing your voice, our opinions on group dances, and the challenge of using the bathroom once you're in your dress. J finished the CAT SWEATER (pattern by @alaskacrochet) and K made another headband and is working on another market bag with new yarn from WEBS. K's good news is that her husband got good news and gets to go to TX and J is happy to have heard from her CPE pals. Get vaccinated! Keep wearing your masks! Be a good human! Cheers!Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts!Send us a listener whine or a project you're working on to wwkdpod@gmail.com or through our listener feedback form (link in bio)!

Episode 113 - This or That: Wedding Edition

WWKD = Wine, Whine, and Knit Day. Two 30-something ladies talking wine, venting about life’s annoyances, and crafting (but let’s be honest, mostly knitting).