Episode 135: She May be a Bubble off Plumb...

Recorded April 26, 2017

Book Talk Begins at 42:35

 

Our Colorwork KAL is almost finished, so get knitting and post those FOs!

 

2KLC Swap is moving along.  Please check in frequently!

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JUNE 15th: Mail-By Date

 

Tracie has finished

Retreat Bath Mitt by Elizabeth Doherty in Quince & Co Sparrow

Peer Pressure Shawlette by Celia McAdam Cahill in Invictus Yarns Desert Dream in the Deep colorway

Allegra tank top by Svetlana Volkova in Euro Baby Kid Cotton

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Barb has finished:

Skew Socks by Lana Holden using Desert Vista Dyeworks Viso in the Asphalt Jungle colorway.

 

Tracie has cast on:

Arena by Norah Gaughan in Juniper Moon Farms Zooey DK 

 

And she continues to work on:

2nd Fiddly Bits by Jane Pihota from a fingering-weight “magic cake”

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

Iðunn by Ragga Eiríksdóttir in Istex Lettlopi

 

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

Retreat Bath Mitt by Elizabeth Doherty, using Quince & Co. Sparrow in the Sans colorway

 

And cast on:

A project she can’t talk about it because it’s a project for her swap partner!

Nuvem by Martina Behm, using Wollmeise Lace-Garn in the 13 A1 colorway.

 

Win an ecopy of Framework: Ten Architectural Knits by Norah Gaughan!

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To enter the drawing, leave a comment on the contest thread, which will close May 31.

 

Tracie has finished reading

Mommy Deadliest by Michael Benson

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

 

Barb has finished:

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

American Heiress:  The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst by Jeffrey Toobin

 

Tracie is reading:

Pretty Baby by Mary Kubica

The Light of the Fireflies by Paul Pen

 

Barb is reading

The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante

Bess of Hardwick: Empire Builder by Mary S. Lovell

 

Barb recommends the Very Pink Podcast