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Episode Thirty Two - Sewing for Party Season

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Despite sealing her knitwear in airtight bags, a host discovers moths have eaten holes in her precious cashmere and merino sweaters.

Episode 32 is already in clean-up mode. The hosts explain that it is listed as 31 because there were two 29s, then try to make the count make sense while laughing at the mess. They have been away for a bit, but not because they did not record. They did. The file corrupted while it was being sent around, and the loss still stings. Naturally, the vanished episode gets remembered as maybe their best one, which feels exactly like the kind of tiny shop disaster they can make funny without squeezing it too hard. Pfaff takes the sponsor slot first. The hosts point listeners toward overlockers, cover stitch machines, and air-threading models for anyone who loves the idea of an overlocker but hates the threading bit. Then the episode gets much more domestic, and much itchier. Wool has gone into the freezer after moth trouble, so the chat becomes a practical worry spiral: what survives, what needs hoovering, and whether washing actually helps. Nobody sounds especially soothed by the answers. Larvae, holes, suspended life, and the thought that frozen moth trouble might simply become unfrozen moth trouble all get their turn. The useful part is the salvage plan. Damaged or tired wool pieces might be cut up for Marigold, partly because baby merino tops are expensive and partly because old handmade clothes do not have to be done just because they are no longer working as adult clothes. The cashmere turtleneck may get rescued. Other pieces sound destined for little tops, although the host is honest enough to admit the project may or may not happen. That is the nice thing here: the sewing advice comes through freezer logistics, baby clothes, moth dread, and stash economics. The close turns back to shop business. Higher-priced fabrics are on sale until Sunday at midnight for real-time listeners, with the discount meant to show up automatically at checkout. They finish with a dry review appeal: if not-great reviews are appearing, happy listeners are gently encouraged to balance them out with five stars, possibly for reading aloud next time.

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A practical sewing catch-up about moths, merino, and making old clothes useful.

It opens on the loss of a recording, then settles into a plainspoken sewing-room catch-up about moth damage, old knits, and the question of what is worth keeping when fabric is too good to throw away.

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For a chatty return that turns moth damage, old knits, and fabric sorting into practical sewing decisions.

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