First I want to make a disclaimer that I have nothing against knitting podcasts. If you look at my blog roll, you will see a bunch of knitting podcasts listed, and many of these I listen to whenever I can find the time. I enjoy them; I really do. But….I know that I would also enjoy podcasts on crochet and/or other types of crafting.

Now before everyone starts to tell me that there are other types of craft podcasts out on the Internet, I know that there are, but there aren’t very many (compared to knitting ones) and some of them are ancient and haven’t been updated in months, sometimes years. Face it: knitters are on the ball when it comes to podcasting. The rest of the crafting world is lagging way behind.

Because of this gap in the crafting podcast world, of course it has crossed my mind to do one of my own. It would be handy even for my teaching to be able to record a quality podcast. As it happens, I make a number of videos for my classes using Power Point combined with audio; however, I receive technical help to make these through the school’s e-learning department. I make up the Power Points myself, write the scripts, and go to a sound room where I read the scripts and move through each slide. Then the techie guys magically put the two together for me. If I goof while talking…and of course I do…they can often edit it out for me so it doesn’t sound too bad.

But given all of that, here’s why I don’t just podcast myself:

• First, I want to listen and enjoy them. Listening to myself talk is not the same at all. It sort of reminds me of when I used to sell my jewelry at art shows and people would say, “Oh, that sounds like fun. I love to go to art shows.” Yes, well, when you work at one, you don’t actually get to wander around casually and enjoy yourself.
• Another issue I have with it is that I hate to hear a recording of my own voice, and I do make mistakes. It would take a heck of a lot of editing to make it sound half way decent.
• Then there is the fact that one of my favorite types of podcasts is when there are two people doing one such as The Knit Girllls and Yarn Craft. I listen to solo ones too, but having two people talking is much more of a conversation to me.
• Finally, another major reason is that while I am sure, given time, I could figure out all the techie stuff necessary to create and post a podcast, I can think of many other things I would rather spend my time on.

If you know of any good non-kitting podcasts that actually get updated regularly, feel free to post the URL as a comment, or better yet, what is stopping you from picking up a microphone and doing a podcast yourself?