Thu, 26 May 2016
Book Talk Starts at 38:55 Recorded on May 25, 2016
Book Talk starts at: Our Mother Bear KAL/CAL starts on June 1! Any Mother Bears that you have knit or crocheted in 2016 are eligible for prizes in our KAL. Please go to the Mother Bear Project Homepage to request your pattern, under the tab "How to Help". We hope you will join us!
We want to thank SSKnits (Joan) for her prize donation for the Mother Bear KAL. She is donating a pattern of the winner's choice from her Ravelry Store and Knit Figures, her newly designed knitting app!
Tracie and Barb will be at Spinning at the Winery on Saturday, June 4 at the Retzlaff Winery in Livermore, CA. This is a fun, relaxed fiber event with a vendor fair, raffle, wine and a great potluck lunch. The cost is $5 person. Don't forget: * sunscreen and a hat * a potluck dish to share * Whatever you would like to drink (wine is available for purchase) Come and join us!
Tracie has finished: * Drizzle hat by MelSki, using her own handspan * Mother Bears # 73, 74 & 75.
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Barb and Tracie reviewed Annetarsia Knits: a New Link to Intarsia by Anne Berk. It is a beautiful book featuring a new technique invented by Anne for easy intarsia knitting in the round.
To win an autographed hardbound copy of Annetarsia Knits: a New Link to Intarsia, please go to our Ravelry Group thread, "Win Annetarsia Knits" and tell us about any type of colorwork that you have done in the past. This contest will close on June 31st. You must be a member of the group to win.
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Sun, 15 May 2016
Recorded on May 11, 2016 Book Talk starts at 39:30 Our Vest-Along ends today. If you posted an FO in the FOs thread, please listen to the end of the podcast to find out if you won a prize!
If anyone would like to donate a prize for the Mother Bear KAL/CAL (July-August 2016), please let us know! Our donors so far are: LGordon555 is donating a copy of her novel Heads or Tails, and a pattern of the winner’s choice Stephanie, aka TheHappyBuffalo on etsy – 2 skeins of yarn - and she puts them in jars with a hole in the lid for the yarn to go through - so cute! Paula Emmons-Fuessle – 3 copies of her Crooked Ewe pattern WendyWhalen of Knitty Kitty Bags has started dying yarn and is giving away 2 skeins of yarn of the winner’s choice Joanna Johnson’s Green Gables Knits, reviewed by the Chicks in Episode 112
Phoebe’s Sweater Contest: To win one of Joanna Johnson’s children's books, please go to our Phoebe's Sweater thread and tell us about the little ones you love to knit for! The contest will close May 31.
Tracie will be at Spinning at the Winery on Saturday, June 4 at the Retzlaff Winery in Livermore, CA. Barb may be there too! This is a fun, relaxed fiber event with a vendor fair, raffle, wine and a great potluck lunch. Come and join us!
Tracie’s FOs Atoll Cowl by Jenn Emerson in Knitting Rose Yarns Silk Petals Sedona Baby Dress by Erin Harper (strawberie blonde) in Knit Picks Brava Sport in the Freesia colorway Crooked Ewe Cowl by Paula Emons-Fuessle in Quaere Fibre Gradient Sock in Iced Melon
Barb’s FOs Zuzu’s Petals by Carina Spencer, using Freia Flux Sport in the Vertigo colorway NoCKRS 2016 Frankensocks, using Knit Picks Stroll in a Navy colorway and all the mini-skeins I traded for at the retreat
Tracie’s Cast-Ons: Drizzle hat by Mel Ski in my handspun silk/merino Vanilla socks in Araucania Ranco Multy
Tracie’s Current Projects: The Ecuador cardigan by Joji Locatelli, using Oasis Yarn Aussi Sock in the Sage colorway. She obviously needs to cast on more! :-)
Barb’s Current Knitting Projects: Vanilla Socks for Will using Berroco Comfort Sock in a gray and white self-striping colorway. Crackerjack Cowl by Stacie Simpson Duke in 4 colors of Plymouth Merino Select DK Forest Foliage by Alana Dakos from the Botanical Knits 2 Book, using Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light in the Jasper colorway. Schknit Happens #3 using Fishknits Warm Heart 2-ply in the Cadillac colorway
Barb’s Cast-Ons Wee Wildflower by Alana Dakos, using Knit Picks Shine Sport in the Crocus colorway Crooked Ewe Cowl by Paula Emons-Fuessle in Fish Knits Divine
Barb Finished Reading The Obituary Writer by Ann Hood
Tracie Finished Reading: One Step Too Far by Tina Seskis Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
Barb is reading: Two in the Far North by Margaret Mudie Descent by Tim Johnston The Perfect Son by Barbara Claypole White
Reading: Longbourn by Jo Baker Something Missing by Matthew Dicks
Barb says thumbs up to Happy Valley, a British procedural drama on Netflix Tracie and Barb both say thumbs up to Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill!
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