Fiber at the Winery at Retzlaff Winery 
Retzlaff Winery 
Tracie’s Vitamin D Cardigan 
Knit Picks Cotlin 
Cascade Ultra Pima 
Nashua Creative Focus Cotton DK 
Barb’s Helena Baby Sweater 
Barb’s Lydia Crescent Shawl 
Becoming Art Agave Fingering 
Knit Picks Felici Sock Yarn 
Blue Heron Rayon Metallic 
Hit by a Farm by Catherine Friend 
Dog Ear Audio 
Defending Jacob by William Landay 
Island of the Sequined Love Nun by Christopher Moore 
Mother Bear Project 
Black Diamond Alpacas 
Shaggy Bear Farms is not online  
Nebo Rock Textiles

Book Talk begins at 37:24

Book Talk begins at 25:25

Mother Bear Project

Tess Designer Yarns Supersock and Baby

Annelena Mattison Designs KAL

Bubbles Shawl 

Wollmeise

The Yarniacs Podcast

The Yarn Tamer

Tracie’s 2nd Socks

Frog Tree Pediboo

Pemberley Slippers from Jane Austen Knits

madelinetosh DK

Tracie’s Molly Beret

Dale Baby Ull

Katia Luna

Tracie’s Lurleen the Laundry Room Monster

Caron Simply Soft Paints

Rowan Calmer

Irving the Ice Box Monster

Sunnyside Cardigan from Tanis Fiber Arts

Panel Jacket by Carol Lapin

Berocco Vintage

Tess Designer Yarns Superwash Merino

Vitamin D by Heidi Kirrmaier in

Wagtail Yarns 5-ply

The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde

What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

Rachel with Big Time Rush on the best day of her life

 

Ellen’s Wooly Wonders
Becoming Art
Alana Dakos – Never Not Knitting
Blue Heron Yarns
A Verb For Keeping Warm
Alpenglow Yarn
The Yarn Boutique
The Knitmore Girls
Miss Babs
Miss Purl
Knitting Iceland Knitting Tours
Tess Designer Yarn
Kollage Yarn
Erin Lane Bags
Blue Moon Fiber Arts
Knit Picks Classic Lines Cardigan
Lopi yarn
Malabrigo Silky Merino
Fix-a-Stitch
CogKNITive Podcast
Chic-A
WEBS
Charts Made Simple by JC Briar
Stitch Red
Halos of Hope
Warn Up America
Knitting for Peace
Lotus Bag by Jennifer Tallapeneni from Stitch and Bitch Superstar Knitting
Berroco Boboli
Dodgson cardigan
Knit Swirl by Sandra McIver
Knit Knit Cafe

Mommy Needs Yarn 

Knittin’ On the Fly 

Books on the Nightstand 

Wexford Knits Video Podcast 

The Yarniacs 

Stitches West 

We will be collecting Mother Bears at
Stitches West at Booth 941 - Ellen’s Woolly Wonders - thanks,
Ellen!  Limit 5 bears per person, $3 per bear – bags and envelopes
will be there for you to use.  

CogKNITive 

Knit Naturally 

SockBunny Knit & Fit 

Knitabulls 

Knit Me Happy 

The Yarn-Tamer 

Barb’s Quixote Scarf 

Tracie’s Escargot by Veronica Parsons 

Trendsetter Victory Yarns 

Barb’s Serrated Shawl by Megan William (justrunknit) 

Dyelot Yarns BAM! 

Piper’s Journey by Paula Emons-Fuessle 

Rowan Tapestry 

Stockinette Zombies 

Stitch Markers by MSotherdenArtGlass - Coupon Code for our Listeners: YARNLOVER

Designs by jessyz 

Yarn Cozies by Buffy Anne Designs 

Getting Started Knitting Socks by Ann Budd 

Sock Innovation by Cookie A 

2-At-A-Time Socks by Melissa Morgan Oaks 

Frog Tree Pediboo 

Florida Roadkill by Tim Dorsey 

The Monkeys’ Raincoat (Elvis Cole #1) by Robert Crais 

Downton Abbey

Barb’s LaPorte Ave Tote

Free Range Kids website & book 

Book Talk Begins at 30:35

Stitches West

Correction –  The price of Shepherd’s Wool at the Yarn Boutique in Lafayette, CA is $13.50, NOT $15! 

Knitting Blogcast – Lisa’s (jamlknitter) weekly blog

Knit Me Happy  with Rachel (TinyGeekCrafter)

Watcha Swatchin with Emily (oohfancypants)

Tracie’s Baby Jester Hat by Wooly Wormhead

Tracie’s Jester Hat by Wooly Wormhead

Tracie’s Frontier Blues Jacket by Wendy Bernard

Tracie’s Mother Bear

Cascade Heritage 150 Sock Yarn 

Knit Picks Chroma Fingering (Mix Tape colorway)

Barb’s 3-Hour-Cowl by Ijeoma Oluo

Barb’s Quixote Scarf by Brenda Castiel

Barb’s Stock Socks

Swans Island Certified Organic Fingering

No More Tears - All proceeds from the sale of this pattern (less fees) will be donated to Autism Speaks in conjunction with the designer’s family’s annual participation in Walk Now for Autism Speaks.

BMFA Socks that Rock lightweight – Clare de Lune colorway

Online Craftsy course with Donna Drucanas

Cria by Ysolda Teague

Madelinetosh Pashmina in the Oxblood colorway

Pipers Journey Shawl by Paula of Knitting Pipeline available soon!

Knitting Pipeline KAL

Stitch Light from Buffy Ann Designs

Knit Light

Tracie Recommends

 

• One Mississippi by Mark Childress
• BossyPants by Tina Fey

Getting Stoned With Savages by J. Maarten Troost

Skinny Dip by Carl Hiassen

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Barb does not recommend The Killing Edge by Heather Graham

At Home: a Short History of a Private Life by Bill Bryson

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot.  Non-fiction.

Polio: an American Story by David Ochinsky

The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story by Richard Preston

Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated by Alison Arngrim

Try-it-on Tubing by Machine Knitting to Dye For

Lily Chin Park Avenue

Book Talk Begins at 29:55

 

Stitches West is just 5 weeks away!  Let us know if you’re going to be there – we’d love to meet you!

We will be collecting Mother Bears at Stitches West at Booth 941 - Ellen’s Woolly Wonders - thanks, Ellen!  Limit 5 bears per person, $3 per bear – bags and envelopes will be there for you to use.  

Vote for our first Chicks Book Club selection.  The poll will close February 1st, and we will begin reading/discussing February 15.

Cast-On Podcast

There
is still plenty of time to join the Spectra KAL!!  We will begin on February 1st.

 

Exclusive For Our Listeners: 20% Desert Vista Dyeworks!

 

• Coupon code 2KNITLIT20 
• Valid January 7 – February 7

Contest: What Would You Do With 500 Yards of Shepherd’s Wool?  Sponsored by The Yarn Boutique in Lafayette, CA.   Contest will end on 2/1 – thread will be
locked.  Must be a member of the
group.

Tracie’s Sweater for Ryan

Tracie’s Twist and Flounce by Sharon Dreifuss

Quinn Cabled Bag by Yvonne Kao

Cascade Ultra Pima

Frontier Blues Jacket by Wendy Bernard

Knit Picks Simply Cotton Worsted

Barb’s Shalom by Meghan McFarlane

Barb’s Lava Flow Cowl by Dixie Norton

Barb’s BonBons mitts by Susanna IC

Barb’s Bedsocks for Nanny

Socks for the Wolfe Farms Knit Together

Deborah Norville Premier Yarns Serenity Garden

Knitting Book Review: The Knitter’s Book of Wool by Clara Parkes

Tracie
does not recommend: Dexter in the Dark by Jeff Lindsay (Dexter #3 – but she
does recommend #1, #2 & #5 in the series)

One Mississippi by Mark Childress

 

 

Zodiac: the Shocking True Story of the Nation’s most Bizarre Mass Murderer – by Robert Graysmith

 

 

Barb
does not recommend: The Man Who Invented Christmas: How Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits by Les Standiford

The Killing Edge by Heather Graham

The Rope by Nevada Barr!  First chapter available now on Audible – FREE!

The Sweet Potato Queens books by Jill Connor Browne

The Sweet Potato Queen’s Official Website

BuffyAnn Designs

The Yarn Tamer 

Book Talk Starts at 33:40

Mother Bear  

Stitches West 2012  

Vonica by Bonne Marie Burns
– Thanks, thumperina! 

Magrathea by Martina Behm – Thanks, fibernymph!

Walnut Grove Shawlette by Karrie Steinmetz – Thanks, knitpurlgurl!

Radiance Shawl by Helen Stewart – Thanks, hellsbells!

Seaside Shawlette by WendyKnits – Thanks, fibernymph!

Contest: What Would You Do With 500 Yards of Shepherd’s Wool?  Sponsored byThe Yarn Boutique in Lafayette, CA

Quixote Scarf by Brenda Castiel

A Yarn Less Raveled in Danville, CA

Audible Contest

Tracie’s Sustainable Bamboo Scarf

Tracie’s Rustling Leaves Beret by Alana Dakos

Tracie’s Enthusiastic socks 

Tracie’s 2nd Set of Autumnal Mitts by Jo Bangle

Tracie’s Darkside Cowl by Sarah Fama

Barb’s Tuck Shawl

A Verb For Keeping Warm Creating Fingering

Barb’s Lintella by Martina Behm 

Barb’s Twist & Flounce by She-Knits

Fiberspates Scrumptious Solid

Barb’s Watermelon Socks

Abi Grasso Self-Striping Watermelon with Seeds Fingering Weight

Barb’s Girl Bear for Jayla

Barb’s Molly Hat by Alana Dakos

Baby Jester Hat by Wooly Wormhead 

Caron Simply Soft 

Simple Baby Hat with a Touch of Lace by Ginny Schelling

Brown Sheep Nature Soft Sport

Cascade Venezia

Basket Hand Rib Towel by Traci Heiner

Lion Brand Cotton Ease

Cabled Hobo Bag by Amanda Reed

Quinn Cabled Bag By Yvonne Kao 

Lavender Messenger Bag from One Ball Knits: Purses by Fatema Habibur-Rahman, Khadija Habibur-Rahman, and Hajera Habibur-Rahman 

Lava Flow Cowl by Dixie Norton 

Malabrigo Silky Merino 

BonBons Fingerless Mitts by Susanna IC 

1^st Official 2
Knit Lit Chicks KAL!  We are doing
the Spectra Shawl by Stephen West and will begin February 1. You will need:

 

• Color A: 420 yds of
  fingering (solid color)
• Color B: 230 yds of fingering (variegated, self-striping, etc)

 

 

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Double Whammy by Carl Hiaasen

Tracie Recommends the book
AND movie adaptations of

• Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larson

Dexter in the Dark

Zodiac: The Shocking True Story of the Nation’s Most Bizarre Mass Murderer by Robert Graysmith

The Man Who Invented Christmas: How Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits by Les Standiford

At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson

 1^st Official 2
Knit Lit Chicks Read-Along!  We
will be deciding by poll (you can vote here) from the following three books:

 

• The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
• The Paris Wife: A Novel by Paula McLain
• Fair & Tender Ladies by Lee Smith

Fresh Produce clothes 

Tracie’s 2nd Baby Doll Set from Itty Bitty Toys by Susan B.
Anderson

Sustainable Bamboo Scarf from Knitting Green by Ann Budd

Autumnal Mitts by Jo Bangle

V Neck-Down Pullover for Men by Knitting Pure & Simple 

Tracie’s Rustling Leaves Beret by Alana Dakos from Coastal Knits

Craftsy Daily Deals

Barb’s Sweet Fern Mitts by Clara Parkes

Barb’s Multnomah by Kate

Barb’s Molly Hat

Tracie Recommends:

 

• Connivance by Helen Baker
• The Sex Lives of Cannibals by J. Maarten Troost
• Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace by Ayelet
  Waldman
• Skin Tight by Carl Hiaasen

The Shark Net by Robert Drewe

Barb Recommends:

 

• Pam of Babylon by Suzanne Jenkins
• Bedbugs by Ben Winters
• The Saturday Big Tent Wedding by Alexander McCall Smith
• The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough

At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson

The Most Dangerous Thing by Laura Lippman

Handmade Jewelry by Dragonfly Charm

This week’s Drawing is sponsored by Alpenglow Yarns – thanks, Carrie!

Eugenia’s Mittens by Mollie Woodworth

Quince & Co. Lark

Barb’s My Wish Shawl

Barb’s Dancing Batty Shawl

BeeKeepers Quilt by Tiny Owl Knits

Tracie’s Bunny Blanket Buddy

Tracie’s Hippo from Itty Bitty Toys by Susan B. Anderson

Tracie’s Shawl Collared Cowl by Alana Dakos

Araucania Liwen

Tracie’s Oh Delilah scarf  by She-Knits

Blue Heron Rayon Metallic

Rustling Leaves Beret from Coastal Knits by Alana Dakos

Cascade Heritage Sock Yarn

Baby Doll Set from Itty Bitty Toys by Susan B. Anderson

Cascade Pacific

Barb recommends Ice Cold by Tess Gerritsen

 

A Thousand Lives by Julia Scheeres

 

The Knitter’s Life List by Gwen Steege

 

Hard Truth by Nevada Barr

 

It Looked Different On the Model by Laurie Notaro 

 

Tracie & Barb Recommend: 

State of Wonder by Ann Patchett 

and Davis Sedaris

David Sedaris: “Six to Eight Black Men”

 

David Sedaris: “Stadium Pal”

 

Daily Special on Craftsy.com

 

Great Deals at The Dizzy Sheep

 

Arctic Lace: Knitting
Projects and Stories Inspired by Alaska’s Native Knitters by Donna
Druchunas

Cogknitive Fiber Retreat

Lambtown Dixon

Knitting World Record!

Barb’s Textured Knots Afghan WIP

Traveling Sweater

Blue Moon Fiber Arts Woobu

My Wish Shawl by Laura Linneman

KnitPicks Palatte

Fibernymph Dye Works Bounce

Walk Now Socks by Irish Girlie Knits Designs

KnitPicks Stroll Glimmer

Mother Bear Project Knit In the Round Pattern Now Available!

Barb’s Maia Shawl

Tracie’s Enthusiastic Sock

Tracie’s Cardigan for Arwen WIP

Trifecta of Awesome Yarn Club

Barb Does Not Recommend Love Me If You Must or Geek Love

A Cook’s Tour by Anthony Bourdain

The Last Child by John Hart – Good book, bad narrator

The Truth-Teller’s Lie by Sophie Hannah (UK Title: Hurting Distance

Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi with Curt Gentry

Carl Hiaasen

Michaelangelo’s David aka Tracie’s new boyfriend

Catalog Choice

Nuclear is pronounced “noo-clee-ar”

The Knitter’s Guide to Hand-dyed and Variegated Yarn by Lorna Miser

Malabrigo Silky Merino

Download us on iTunes!

Barb: knittybarb on Ravelry or email – knittybarb@2knitlitchicks.com

Tracie: alittleposy on Ravelry or emai – tracie@2knitlitchicks.com

Learn to Knit a Scarf & Hat – KnitPicks

Sugar & Cream Cowl – Never Not Knitting

Wool Candy Meringue Merino Sock

She-Knits Cynthia Shawl

Studio June Cash

Chic Knits Cassidy Sweater

Cascade Venezia

Traveling Woman Shawl by Liz Abinante

Kollage Riveting

Clapotis by Kate Gilbert

Blue Heron Rayon Metallic

Cabled Carry-All by Deborah Newton

Knitting Fever King Tut

The Ruins by Scott Smith

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Jill McCorkle

Ann Rule

Laura Lippman

The Sweet Potato Queens

Keep cranking out those bears!  The Mother Bear KAL FOs thread will close September 1.  Make as many bears as possible!  Remember to post each bear in a separate comment, as each comment = 1 entr

Donated by floridakelly – a whole bunch of super nice yarn, mostly Noro, and 11 books! 

Thank you, Kelly – you are amazing!

 

We will be having another Sweater KAL/CAL to get you ready for winter!  It will run from September 15 to December 15, and it must be an adult-sized sweater with some kind of sleeves to qualify for the prize drawing.  If you’ve never knit a sweater before, this is the time to give it a try!  We will have a list of some patterns that would work well for beginners on our Sweater KAL Chat thread.

 

Tracie and Barb will be at:

Cogknitive Fiber Retreat 6 – October 11 – Tehachapi, CA

Lambtown – October 4-5 – Dixon, CA

Stitches West – February 19-22 – Santa Clara, CA

 

Barb finished her second pair of Stitch Surfers.  She loves this pattern, but is ready to be done with it for a while.

 

Tracie finished her second Infamous Hobo Bag (but still needs to line it) and her Drifting cardigan.  She also crocheted two Mother Bears, #43 and#44.

 

Barb is continuing to work on:

The Vonica cardigan by Bonne Marie Burns, using Highland Handmades Butternut DK in the Charcoal colorway.

Vanilla socks using Patons North America Kroy Socks Ragg Shades in the 1301 colorway.

The TGV (High Speed Knitting) shawl by Susan Ashcroft, using Fishknits Divine Full Grandient in the Tea Rose Hybrid colorway.

 

Tracie is excited to be casting on:

A second Vitamin D by Heidi Kirrmaier in Knitting Rose Yarns Blossom Sock in the Girl on Fire colorway

and

Mystik Spiral Socks by Josh Ryks in Invictus Yarns Master of my Feet in the Aradia Self Striping colorway.  This pattern is named for the band on the MTV series “Daria,” which just makes Tracie love it even more.

When our tires are bald, we'll still be freakin' friends...

 

She continues to work on:

Far East of Eden bag by Myra Wood using many skeins of scrap yarn!

The Ripples shawl by Annelie Wallbom, using Becoming Art Cielo Fingering in the True Love colorway.

The Cleito sleeveless top, using Nashua Handknits Creative Focus Cotton DK in yellow, and Mirasol Yarns Illaris in the 111 (Plum) colorway.

 

Tracie and Barb were intimidated by the beautiful patterns in

Mystic Shawls by  Anna Dalvi

 

Cooperative Press. 

158 pages

$16.95, digital only, $26.95 for print and digital

14 designs

 

Enter to win an e-copy of this book by telling us about your most ambitious project here.

 

BOOKS:

 

Bittersweet by Nevada Barr

The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

Astonish Me by Maggie Shipstead

The Absence of Mercy by John Burley

Endless Love by Scott Spencer

Court TV Presents: Murder in Room 103 by Harriet Ryan

The Magicians by Lev Grossman

 

Our Mother Bear KAL/CAL is going until  September 1, 2014.  Any bears knit or crocheted in 2014 are eligible for great prizes!  Post a picture in our Mother Bear FO Thread to enter to win - a separate post for each bear you complete.

 

A big THANK YOU to SandraMaz for her donation of a project bag of the winner's choice up to $25 from her Etsy shop, Sweet Serendipity37.

 

Sandra is also offering 2 Knit Lit Chicks listeners a coupon code during the Mother Bear KAL/CAL to be used at her shop.  Enter the code bears10 for 10% off anything in the shop!

 

Win a copy of Knits That Breathe by Julie Turjoman!  Enter here by August 15th to win a copy of the ebook.

 

Barb recommends a non-knitting audio podcast,  the Spilled Milk Podcast.

 

Barb recommends the Knit Companion Tutorial by Tina of the Knitting Blooms Video Podcast.

 

Wild Plum Etsy Shoppe on Etsy.

 

Upcoming Events that Tracie and Barb will be attending:

Lambtown Festival in Dixon, CA, October 4,5 2014.  Please go here to find out all about it!

The CogKNITive Fiber Retreaat in Tehachapi, CA, October 11, 2014

Stitches West in Santa Clara, CA, February19 - 22, 2015.

 

KNITTING

 

Tracie has finished:

Simple Newborn Hat with a Touch of Lace by Ginny Sheller, using Cascade Cherub Baby.

Perfect Fit Baby Hat by Heidi Mikitish using "mystery acrylic" yarn.

 

Barb has finished:

Mother Bears #45 and #46.

She has almost finished Autumn Whirlpool with Earflaps Hat by Pelykh Natalie, using Knit Picks Stroll Tonal Fingering in the Blue Violet colorway.  This hat is a lot more difficult than it looks!

 

Tracie has cast-on:

Infamous Hobo Bag by Katie Rose, using Cascade Casablanca in the Peacock colorway.

Far East of Eden bag by Myra Wood using many skiens of scrap yarn!

 

Tracie is currently working on:

The Ripples shawl by Annelie Wallbom, using Becoming Art Cielo Fingering in the True Love colorway.

The Drifting cardigan by Cecily Glowik MacDonald, using Rumpelstilskin Sock-Weight Superwash merino/Yak/ Silk blend.

The Cleito sleeveless top, using Nashua Handknits Creative Focus Cotton DK in yellow, and Mirasol Yarns Illaris in the 111 (Plum) colorway.

Coachella sleeveless top by Fathom Harvill, using Tess Designer Yarns Microfiber Ribbon.

 

Barb is continuing to work on:

The Vonica cardigan by Bonne Marie Burns, using Highland Handmades Butternut DK in the Charcoal colorway.

Vanilla socks using Patons North America Kroy Socks Ragg Shades in the 1301 colorway.

The TGV (High Speed Knitting) shawl by Susan Ashcroft, using Fishknits Divine Full Grandient in the Tea Rose Hybrid colorway.

 

Stitch Surfers #2 by Louise Rovert, using GnomeAcres House Gnome Doppleganger Socks Set in the Bunny Foo-Foo colorway.

 

 

BOOKS

 

Tracie has finished:

I'm Down by Mishna Wolff

The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption and Pee by Sarah Silverman

Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

 

The Onion Field by Joseph Wambaugh

 

 

Dear Daughter by Elizabeth Little

 

 

Barb has finished:

The One I Left Behind by Jennifer McMahon

Summer House with Swimming Pool by Herman Koch

Paris Trout by Pete Dexter

 

The Lonely Polygamist by Brady Udall

 

 

Tracie is currently reading:

Court TV Presents: Murder in Room 103 by Harriet Ryan

Endless Love by Scott Spencer

 

 

Barb is currently reading:

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell through the CraftLit Podcast

Bittersweet by Nevada Barr

Astonish Me by Maggie Shipstead

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tracie's Thumbs-Down is an article in Slate Magazine about how the word "novel" is increasingly used to mean any book, fiction or non-fiction.  You can read it here.