Episode 254: Barb Will Not be Skydiving or Bungee Jumping

Recorded Wednesday, 12, 2022

Book talk begins at 25:30

Sweater KAL - 9/1/22 - 1/15/23!

Sweater KAL Chatter - rules are at the top of each page

12 in 22 Chatter Thread

Virtual get-together Zoom

 

KNITTING

Barb finished:

Mother Bear #267

Choose Your Gnome Adventure by Sarah Schira

Cristollo by Knitting for Breakfast

 

Tracie finished:

Choose Your Gnome Adventure by Sarah Schira

Davis Sweater by Pam Allen

Mother Bears 298 and 299

 

Barb is working on:

Irish Hiking Scarf by Adrian Bazilia, using Plymouth Encore Tweed in Red

Socks for Will, using Berroco Comfort Sock in the Party Time colorway 

 

And has cast on:

Stashbusting Helix Hat by Jessica Rose in the same yarns (all Plymouth Encore) I used for my Choose Your Gnome Adventure

Mother Bear #268

 

Tracie once again started working on:

Archer by Elizabeth Doherty - redoing the bottom in Lisa Souza Deluxe Sock! in Cornflower

 

She continues to work on:

Vanilla Sock in Canon Hand Dyes William Merino in Waterworld Sock Set

Moon of My Life by Nadia Crétin-Léchenne adapted by Celia McAdam Cahill for a man in worsted weight yarn - in Universal Yarns Uptown Worsted in Granite and Berroco Vintage in Cotton Candy

Cinna Top by Ksenia Naidyon, in 5 colors of Alchemy Silken Straw

 

 

BOOKS

Barb read:

On a Quiet Street by Seraphina Nova Glass - 4 stars

Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout - 5 stars

Fly Girl by Ann Hood - 4 stars

Mishap or Murder?: True tales of mysterious deaths and disappearances by Eileen Ormsby - 3 stars

 

Tracie read:

A Taste for Murder by Burl Barer and Frank C. Garadot - 3 stars

The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith - 4 stars

 

Tracie recommends the Murdaugh Murders Podcast