Welcome to the CraftyPod, a craft podcast all about making stuff.

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In this show:


- An interview with Ann Rubin and Laura Truffaut, of afghans for Afghans.

- Thoughts on using creative skills to bring comfort to people in need.


- A glimpse into what it takes to run this amazing project.

Links to many topics discussed in the interview:

- Explore the afghans for Afghans website.

- Photo galleries of Afghan people with their knitted and crocheted gifts.

- Learn more about the CURE Hospital Campaign for newborns in Kabul.

- Browse Afghan themed knitting patterns - an afghans for Afghans fundraiser.

- Participate in Heidi's knit and crochet-along for Afghanistan.

- Read How Knitting for Charity Changed My Life, by afghans for Afghans volunteer Candice Key.

- Read about Mason-Dixon Knitting's Afghanalong.

- Read Knitting for Peace, by Betty Christiansen.

- Read Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini.

- Read Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson.

- Learn a little bit of craftivism history, from the Red Cross Knitters.

Welcome to the CraftyPod, a craft podcast all about making stuff.

Click the “Play� button at the bottom of this post to listen!

In this show:


- Making stuff with pasta . . . for grownups!

- An interview with pasta-crafter extraordinaire Lancea LaPorte.


- You know you're curious . . . .

Links (Marinara or Alfredo?):

- See more of Lancea's work, pasta and otherwise.

- Check out these Pasta Lace Ornaments on How Stuff Works.

- Pasta crafting on HGTV? I kid you not.