Episode 195: If This Is Your Jam

Recorded on December 21, 2019

Book talk begins at 35:50

Our annual 2 Knit Lit Chicks Fall Sweater KAL is ongoing!  It runs September 15 until January 15 wo we're getting very close to the finish line.  Post your completed sweaters in the FO thread to be eligible for one of our very excellent prizes.

Our next KAL will be a Poncho Knit Along!  Start thinking about what you want to knit or crochet now.  We have a Poncho Bundle already!  Dates to be announced later.  

Knitting

Barb has finished:

1.  4  Never Not Gnoming Gnomes by Sarah Schira using fingering scraps

2.  Mother Bears #188m #189 & #190

3.  Jayla's Black Cherry Be Kind Hat by Megan Williams using Berocco Vintage Worsted in the Black Cherry color way

4.  December DVD Frankensocks - YAY!  Barb finished all 12 months of The Fifth Annual Desert Vista Dyeworks Monthly Sock Club!!

 

Tracie has finished:

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

2.  Seed Stitch scarf in Tess Designer yarns Superwash merino Worsted in tonal charcoal grey

3.  Rain Down Hat by Robyn Devine in Universal Yarns Uptown Worsted.

4.  Chld's Chevron Beanie by Lammie Knits

5.  Tracie's Kaiya Mei #2 by Jamie Hoffman

6.  Tracie's 7 Tiny Sweaters by Malia Mae, using DK yarn scraps

Barb contines to work on:

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

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

3.  The Great British Baking Shawl MKAL by Lyricalknits using Duren Dyeworks My Precious Fingering in the Fern colorway, Bella Hand Dyed Yarn Mendocino in the Imperial colorway, Auraucania Ranco Solid fingering in the 124Red colorway, and Western Sky Knits Magnolia Sock in the Wisp colorway

And has cast on:

1.  Bankhead Hat #9 by Susie Gorlay using Berocco Vintage in the Caribbean Sea colorway

Tracie has continues to work on:

1.  Plaidaptation by Aunt Ninny in Plymouth Select Worsted Merino Superwash and Malabrigos Rios

Tracie has frogged:

1.  My Oasis by Ririko in UnDead Yarn Vamphyri in Tracie’s Cakeride, Western Sky Knits Magnolia Sock and Western Sky Knits Willow Superwash Sport

 

And has cast on:

1.  Bellefluer Cardigan in Mdelinetosh Silk/Merino in the Mill Pond color way

2.  Rikke Hat by Sarah Young

3.  Vanilla Socks in West Yorkshire Spinners Signature 4-ply in the Rum Paradise colorway

BOOKS

Barb has finished:

1.  The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery - Barb says "thumbs up" if you're a real history buff, or are very curious about American Slavery

2.  Just Between Us by Rebecca Drake - thumbs up

3.  Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime and Obsession by Rachel Drake

Tracie has finished and recommends:

 1.  Sports Fans Aren't All Crazy: Lessons From Forty Years of Sports Madness by Ryan Bezerra 

2.  Early Graves by Thomas H. Cooke 

3.  The Day that Never Comes (The Dublin Trilogy #2) by Caimh McDonall 

4.  Colors of All the Cattle (No.1 Ladies Detective Agency #19) by Alexander McCall

5.  Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

 

 

 

 

Tracie and Barb both finished and talked about:

Buried Deep by Margot Hunt - thumbs up