Episode 266: The Acidity of our Bitter Tears

Recorded on April 5, 2023

Book Talk starts at 19:25

Come join us knitting or crocheting your projects with CABLES! That's right, cables.  Come on over to the Cables KAL Chatter Thread to check out the rules and chat about your plans.  Dates are now until 5/15/23.  

Virtual Knitting Group via Zoom

EVENTS

Tracie and Barb will be at:

• The Northern California Knitting Retreat (NoCKRs) - April 27-30, 2023 at the St Francis Retreat Center in San Juan Bautista, California.  The retreat is now full, but we generally have spots that will open as we get close to the dates.  If you would like to be on the waiting list,  message Tracie at [e-mail] for info and the registration form.
• Fiber Frolic - Saturday, May 27, 2023, 10 am – 4 pm at Soul Food Farm in Vacaville, CA.  There will be no food vendors, so bring your own lunch and a chair.  The entry fee is $10 per person, and parking will be in a field and not limited.
• The TKGA Retreat 2023 - November 2-5, 2023 at the Hilton Charlotte University Place Hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina

 

KNITTING

Tracie finished:

• Tiny Dancer top by Laura Dean in Shaggy Bear Farms SW Merino & Tussah Silk Fingering for Lexi
• 2 Knitted Knockers

Barb finished

• Low-key Cowl by Elizabeth Smith, using Cascade 220 in the green colorway (very old stash)
• Ilha pullover by Orlane Sucche, using Greenwood Fiber Indulgence (merino, cashmere and silk).
• 3  Knockers

Tracie has cast on:

• Summer Sorrel by Wood & Pine in Despondent Dyes OMG Glitter! in the Even My Attorney Says “Let It Go” colorway

And continues to work on:

• Donner by Elizabeth Doherty in Cloudborn Fibers Pima Cotton DK in Spring 

Barb is working on:

• Low-key Cowl by Elizabeth Smith, using Cascade 220 in the green colorway (very old stash)
• Knitted Knockers
• WYS Vanilla Socks, using West Yorkshire Spinners Signature 4-ply Self-Striping in the Peacock colorway
• Razzle Dazzle Scarf in Leading Men Fiber Arts Show Stopper Gradient Set in the Razzle Dazzle #22 colorway

And has cast on:

• Rock It Tee by Tanis Lavalee, using Anzula Breeze in the Fern and Gravity colorways

 

BOOKS

Barb read:

• Fatty Fatty Boom Boom: A Memoir of Food, Fat and Family by Rabia Chaudry - 5 stars
• Mothered by Zoje Stage - 3.5 stars
• The Substitution Order by Martin Clark - 3.5 stars
• Last Seen (Detective Bernadette Noel #1) by Joy Kluver - 3 stars

Tracie read:

• One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey - 4.5 stars
• Snap by Belinda Bauer - 4.5 stars
• Kellynch: The Sequel to Jane Austen’s Persuasion - 2.5 stars