Episode 188: He Thinks He Can Do Stuff

Recorded on August 28, 2019

Book Talk Begins at 27:50

 

Our annual Mother Bear KAL is finished!  If you put a picture of a finished bear on our FO thread, then you won a prize!  Prizes announced at the end of the podacast.

 

 

 

And on to our Fall Sweater KAL!  It will run September 15 all the way to January 15 to give you plenty of time to finish a garment.  Join the Chatter Thread, and check out our sweater bundles, and challenge yourself.  

 

Stitches West registration?  The Catalogue is here, registration is 9/3/2019.

 

Events

Lambtown - October 5-6 in Dixon, California

Studio 49 Retreat - October 18-19 at Tuolomne Trails family camp

 

KNITTING

Barb has finished:

*  Mother bears # 178 and 179

*  Opal Sock Yarn Bunny by Susan B. Anderson, using Regia Yarn in the Star Night color way

*. August DVD socks using DVD Viso in the Inuit Art color way.  The pattern is the Shell Cottage Socks by Helen Stewart

*  Nightshift  by Andrea Mowry using a kit from Dragonfly Fibers

Barb wearing her Nightshift Cowl by Andrea Mowry

Barb discussed the excellent face embroidering video tutorial by Susan B Anderson:

Susan B. Anderson's Face Embroidery video Tutorial

 

Tracie has finished:

*  Dare to Dream by Boo Knits in Duren Dyeworks Heavenly Fingering in Cherry Pop

Tracie's Dare to Dream by Boo Knits!

 

 

Barb continues to work on:

* ZickZack Scarf by Christy Kamm - free pattern on Ravelry - 5380 projects!  Using Lang Yarns MilleColori Baby in the 51 and52 color ways

* Sunnydale Cowl by Katy H. Carroll (Katinka Designs), using Malabrigo Yarn Arroyo in the Anniversario colorway

* Trail Hoodie by Marly Bird, using Western Sky Knits Magnolia Sock in the Wisp color way.

 

Tracie has cast on:

* Bulky Top Down Pullover for Men by Knitting Pure and Simple

 

Tracie continues to work on:

* ZickZack Scarf by Christy Kamm, using Louisa Harding Amitola in the Hook and the Dawn colorways

* Fiddly Bits #9 by Jane Pihota

* Dare to Dream by Boo Knits in Duren Dyeworks Heavenly Fingering in Cherry Pop

* Ilse Sock Set Cowl by Heather Boos (Yellow Ribbon Knits) in Invictus Yarns Reward in Olive and Greenwood Fiberworks Star Dust in Earthen Hues gradient set

* Gridlines by Susanne Sommer in Cloudborn Fibers Merino Superwash Sock Twist in the Caribbean colorwayBOOKS

 

BOOKS

Barb has finished and says thumbs up to:

*  Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep

*  The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls by Anissa Gray

*  Every Last One by Anna Quindlen

* Excellent Women by Barbara Pym

 

 

 

Tracie has finished and says thumbs up to:

*  Murder on Birchleaf Drive: The True Story of the Michelle Young Murder Case by Steven B. Epstein

*  The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific by J. Maarten Troost

 

 

Tracie did not finish:

*  Before I Met You by Lisa Jewell

 

 

Barb is reading:

*  Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea by Steven Callahan

*  Adventures in Yarn Farming: Four Seasons on a New England Fiber Farm by Barbara Parry

 

 

 

 

Tracie is reading:

*  How to Build a Girl by Caitlen Moran

*  Dead by Sunset: Perfect Husband, Perfect Killer? by Ann Rule