Recorded Thursday, July 22, 2021

Book talk begins at 25:06

Our annual Mother Bear KAL is on!  Any Mother Bear that you have knit or crocheted in 2021 is eligible to post in our FO Thread.  One post per bear please.  Please see all the rules and participate in the Chatter Thread. #2021MBKAL2KL

Virtual get-together via Zoom on Saturdays, 12 noon  PST - Details here

We are giving away 3 copies of Fredi Baker’s Let’s Shawl-a-Brate! pattern.  Leave a comment on the prize thread telling us how you feel about putting colors together - love it, get intimidated, or always buy the kit?  Thread will close August 15.

KNITTING

Tracie finished:

• Cowl Shell by Myrna Batten in Araucania Caña Ruca, color #213
• 3 Mother Bears - 256-258
• Snake River Poncho by Katy H. Carroll in Aspen Silk 600 in the Downtown Colorway

Barb finished:

• Mother Bear #243
• Koko Bean Hat #2 by JudithMarieKnits
• The Capitol hat by Hinterm Stein, using Baah Yarn Platinum in the Misty colorway
  
  

• Fiddly Bits Cowl by Jana Pihota, using Tracie's handspun from fiber by Woolgatherings Polwarth/silk

And continues working on:

• Vanilla Socks in Lollipop Quintessential Gripes Still Crazy
• Calyx pullover by Elizabeth Doherty, using Cloudborn Fibers Pima Cotton DK in the Spring Green colorway

Barb continues to work on

• Vanilla socks using Western Sky Knits Aspen Sock in the Concrete Sunset colorway
• That's My Jam by Steven Fegert, using a kit bought from Learning Men Fiber Arts

She has cast on:

• Another Bankhead Hat by Susie Gourlay, using leftover worsted weight yarn.
• My Oasis pullover by Ririko, using Neighborhood Fiber Co. Rustic Fingering in the Conton colorway and Neighborhood Fiber Co. Rustic Fingering Gradients in Shades of Emerald
  

BOOKS 

Tracie read:

• First Degree Rage: The True Story of "The Assassin", an Obsession, and Murder  by Paula May - 3 stars
  
• Minor Dramas and Other Catastrophes by Kathleen West - 4 stars
  
• The Fourth Child by Jessica Winter - 4 stars
  

Barb read:

Leave the World Behind - 4 stars

Recorded on July 7, 2021

Book Talk starts at 29:55

Our annual Mother Bear KAL is on!  Any Mother Bear that you have knit or crocheted in 2021 is eligible to post in our FO Thread.  One post per bear please.  Please see all the rules and participate in the Chatter Thread. #2021MBKAL2KL

Virtual get-together via Zoom on Saturdays, 12 noon  PST - Details here

We are giving away 3 copies of Fredi Baker’s Let’s Shawl-a-Brate! pattern.  Leave a comment on the prize thread telling us how you feel about putting colors together - love it, get intimidated, or always buy the kit?  Thread will close August 15.

KNITTING

Tracie finished:

• Let’s Shawl-a-brate by Fredi Baker in  Leading Men Fiber Arts Diva in Blue Steel, Serendipidye Kings Mountain Sock in California, and Marianated Scrumptious HT in Sunset on Tatooine
• Fiddly Bits cowl by Jana Pihota in blues and greens
• 4 Mother Bears 252-255

Barb finished:

• Mother Bears 241 & 242
• Pioneer Braid Scarf #7 by Catherine Ryan, using Elegant Yarns Kaleidoscope in the 27 colorway
• Anker’s Summer Shirt by PetiteKnits - using Berroco Remix in the Pool colorway
• Bankhead Hat #16 - random worsted scraps

Tracie cast on:

• Cowl Shell by Myrna Batten in Araucania Caña Ruca, color #213
• Vanilla Socks in Lollipop Quintessential Gripes Still Crazy

And continues working on:

• Snake River Poncho by Katy H. Carroll in Aspen Silk 600 in the Downtown Colorway
• Calyx pullover by Elizabeth Doherty, using Cloudborn Fibers Pima Cotton DK in the Spring Green colorway

Barb continues to work on:

• The Capitol hat by Hinterm Stein, using Baah Platinum in the Misty colorway
• Vanilla socks using Western Sky Knits Aspen Sock in the Concrete Sunset colorway
• That's My Jam by Steven Fegert, using a kit bought from Learning Men Fiber Arts

She has cast on:

Koko Bean Hat by JudithMarieKnits in some rando blue yarn that I found in my bear yarn.  I think it’s Red Heart Super Saver that I probably picked up from a destash table.

BOOKS 

Tracie read:

Still Learning by India Oxenberg - 2.5 stars

A Thousand Naked Strangers: A Paramedic’s Wild Ride to the Edge and Back by Kevin Hazzard - 2.5 stars

Barb read:

Bittersweet by Colleen McCullough - 4 stars

Fatal Charm by Carlton Smith - 3 stars

Barb recommends the K2 Savage Mountain episodes of the Against the Odds podcast