Sun, 13 December 2015
Book Talk Begins at 57:30 Recorded on Wednesday, December 9, 2015 Our Sweater KAL is ongoing! You have until January 15, 2016 to complete an adult sweater and be eligible a great prize package that will include:
Tracie and Barb will be at Stitches West - February 18-21, 2016 in Santa Clara, California. Come join us in the bar on Saturday afternoon for our meet-up with the Yarniacs and lots of other fun people! Tracie and Barb will also be at 2 NoCKRs - the 2016 Northern California Knitting Retreat - registration is full. KNITTING Barb has finished: * Baa-ble Hat #1 and #2 (pictured here), using Plymouth Yarns Galway Worsted in various colors. * Zigzagular Socks by Susie White, using Desert Vista Dyeworks Viso in the Zombody Loves the 2 Knit Lit Chicks colorway. * Rachel's Rollers (Rose City Rollers socks) by Susie White, using GnomeAcres Fancy Gnome in the Aurora Gnomealis color way Tracie has finished: * Tri-Peak hat by Woolly Wormed, using Classic Elite Yarns Waterlily in the 1938 colorway. * Two Little Hats - no patterns and she has no idea what the yarns are. * Perpendicular Cowl by Brenda Castiel using Cascade Elysian in the 08 colorway and Jojoland Splatter Dash in the 002 colorway.
Barb is working on: * The Grandpa Cardigan by Joji Locatelli, using Cascade Yarns Cash Vero DK in a royal blue colorway (this yarn is discontinued). * Etched Rio Wrap by Sarah Smuland, usingCascade 220 Sport in the Charcoal Gray colorway. Tracie is working on: * The Starshower cowl by Hilary Smith Callis, using La Bien Aimee MCN Light in the Jon Snow colorway. * The Meditate cowl by Elizabeth Doherty, using Redfish Dyeworks Silk Sock. * Leap! fingerless gloves by Brooke Ramos in Fishknits Boot Strap in the Fat Tuesday colorway. * The Longstreet shawl by Nancy Totten using Abstract Fibers Temptation in The Gorge colorway. BOOKS
Barb has finished: * Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology, and My Harrowing Escape by Jenna Miscavige Hill - Barb recommends this book! * Forsaken by Andrew Van Wey - Barb was very "meh" about this one.
Tracie has finished: * Ferris Beach by Jill McCorkle - Tracie highly recommends this book! * The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine by Alexander McCall Smith - recommended.
Barb is currently reading: * The Far End of Happy by Kathryn Craft * The Admissions by Meg Mitchell Moore
Barb Did Not Finish: * The Alphabet of Birds by S.J. Naude. She just couldn't do it.
Tracie is currently reading: * The Family by Marissa Kennerson * Double Life: The Shaterring Affair between Chief Judge Sol Wachtler and Socialite Joy Silverman by Linda Wolfe * The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson Tracie's Thumbs Up was Carrie Fisher - check her out in this great interview! Carrie's dog now has his own Instagram account! He's @garyfisher - the Chicks are following him now - you should too!
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