2 Knit Lit Chicks

Recorded on April 13, 2017

Book Talk starts at 26:50

Our Colorwork KAL started March 1 and will go until May 1.  Challenge yourself!  The FOs thread is open.  You still have time!

The 2 Knit Lit Chicks Spring Fling Swap has started!  You should have received your swap partner by now.  If you are participating, be sure and check the Swap thread a couple of times a week to keep up.

 

KNITTING

Tracie has finished:

*  Fiddly Bits cowl by Jana Pihota, using leftovers from stash!

*  3 Knitted Knockers

Barb has finished: 

Smorgasbord Cowl by Cindy Garland, using a kit bought at the Stunning String Studio booth at Stitches West (pictured above

*  5 Knitted Knockers

Barb has cast on:

*  Edin cardigan by Bonne Marie Burns, using Raven Frog Sheepless in the Captain's Blue colorway

*  Fiddly Bits Cowl by Jana Pihota, using fingering weight scraps

Barb is working on:

*  Beagle pullover sweater by Norah Gaughan, using Berroco Vintage in the Forest Floor colorway

*  Wing Span by maylin Tri-Coterie Designs using Crystal Palace Mini Mochi in a green/blue/purple colorway

*  Test knit - Scallop Shell Shawl by Kimberly Gintar (the Giving Flower) using 2 skeins of Candy Skein Yummy Fingering in the Blue Bubblegum and Boysenberry Jam colorways. 

*  Skew socks by Lana Holden using Desert Vista Dyeworks Viso in the Asphalt Jungle colorway


Tracie has cast on:

*  Retreat Bath Mitt by Elizabeth Doherty, using Quince & Co Sparrow 

Tracie is working on:

* Vanilla socks in Wisdom Yarns Saki Bamboo in the Garnet Ridge  colorway

* Test knit: Peer Pressure Shawlette by Celia McAdam Cahill in Invictus Yarns Desert Dream in the Deep colorway

Iðunn by Ragga Eiríksdóttir in Istex Lettlopi

* Her Allegra tank top by Svetlana Volkova in Euro Baby Kid Cotton has come out of hibernation


Tracie has frogged:  Coloring cardigan by Katrin Schneider, using  Anzula Nebula in the Lottie colorway


Discussion of the Magic Knot (Double Knot):

Jane Richmond - The Double Knot YouTube Video

How to Remember the Double Knot by Paula Emons-Fuesle YouTube video


BOOKS

Tracie has finished:

Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh

Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple

 Barb has finished:

Breaking Wild by Diane les Becquets

Tracie is currently reading:

*  The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple by Jeff Guinn

*  Mommy Deadliest by Michael Benson

Barb is currently reading:

*  The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

 
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