Episode 192: Spent the Summer Not Building the Shelves

Recorded on October 23, 2019

Book Talk starts at 29:00

It's time for our annual 2 Knit Lit Chicks Fall Sweater KAL!  It is running September 15 all the way to January 15 to give you plenty of time to finish a garment.  Join the Chatter Thread, and check out our sweater bundles.  Challenge yourself!

 

KNITTING

 

Barb has finished:

Multidirectional Scarf #5 by Karen Baumer, using Caron Cake in the Faerie Cakes Colorway

3 Never Not Gnoming Gnomes by Sarah Schira using fingering scraps

 

Tracie has finished

Knitables Cow by Sarah Gasson in Plymouth Select DK Merino

 

Barb contines to work on:

Sunnydale Cowl by Katy H. Carroll (Katinka Designs), using Malabrigo Yarn Arroyo in the Anniversario colorway

Trail Hoodie by Marly Bird, using Western Sky Knits Magnolia Sock in the Wisp color way

Another Multidirectional Diagnoal Scarf by Karen Baumer using a Caron Cake 

October Cheeky Cables Socks by Mary Lukas, using Desert Visa Dyeworks Viso in the Donkeys and Elephants colorway

Here We Gnome Again by Sarah Shira using Plymouth Galway Dark Coral Rose

 

And has cast on:

Mother Bear #185

 

Tracie has cast on:

Tutti Frutti by Miriam Pike in Rising Moon Farm in the Irish Splash colorway

Keepsies by Hunter Hammersen in Manos del Uruguay Alegria in Locura Fluo

 

She continues to work on:

Bulky Top Down Pullover for Men by Knitting Pure and Simple

ZickZack Scarf by Christy Kamm, using Louisa Harding Amitola in the Hook and the Dawn colorways

Gridlines by Susanne Sommer in Cloudborn Fibers Merino Superwash Sock Twist in the Caribbean colorway

One Festive Skein by Fredi Baker, using Fiber Lady Midori in the New Southwest colorway

 

BOOKS

 

Barb finished:

Stillhouse Lake by Rachel Caine

 

Tracie finished: 

Rage: The True Story of a Sibling Murder by Jerry Langton

Failure is an Option: An Attempted Memoir by H. Jon Benjamen

The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly by Stephanie Oakes

 

Barb is  reading:

The Guest Book by Sarah Blake

The Hypnotist’s Love Story by Liane Moriarty

 

Tracie is reading:

A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay