Recorded Wednesday October 27, 2021

Book talk starts at 27:12

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

The 2021 2 Knit Lit Chicks Fall Sweater KAL has begun!  All the info you need to know is here on the Sweater KAL Chatter Thread. Check out our Bundles for more inspiration.  

New giveaway - Tracie’s handspun! I have 3 skeins of 4 oz each to give away:

Shaggy Bear Farms Merino/Tussah Silk

Greenwood Fiberworks 100% Merino Superfine - Arizona

Greenwood Fiberworks Hand Dyed Roving Merino Superwash/Stellina - Puget Sound

Please leave a comment in the contest thread to be entered to win.  Thread will close December 1, 2021.

KNITTING

Barb finished:

• Mother Bear #248

Tracie finished

• All Work, Gnome Play MKAL by Sarah Schira in Apple Fiber Studio McIntosh, Plucky Knitter Sophisticate, and Wool Addicts Love by Lang Yarns
• Stashbusting Helix Hat by Jessica Rose
• Kaiya Mei hat #3 by Jamie Hoffman in Manos del Uruguay Maxima in Speeding Ticket and Universal Uptown Worsted in grey
• Never Not Gnoming #23 by Sarah Schira in yarns by Leading Men Fiber Arts
• 3rd Darling Darby for Ruby in Red Heart With Love Metallic in Red
• Bunny Blanket Buddy #3 by Lion Brand in Rowan Calmer
• Sea Monkey Baby Hat by Kelly McClure in Rowan Calmer

Barb continues to work on:

• That's My Jam by Steven Fegert, using a kit bought from Learning Men Fiber Arts, using their MCN blend Show Stealer.
• Vanilla socks using Knit Circus Greatest of Ease in the Electric Mayhem colorway
• Mimosa by Boo Knits, using Hazel Knits Artisan Sock in the Giddy Up colorway
• Architexture Cowl by Jennifer Weismann, using Leading Men Fiber Arts Box Office in the Blue Ink colorway
• Gnome MKAL All Work, Gnome Play, using fingering leftovers from my stash
• V-Back Tee by Jamie Hoffman, using The Farmer’s Daughter Fibers Foxy Lady in Stagecoach Mary, Heartbreak Hotel, Missoula Saturday Night, and Honky Tonkin
• r. e. d. By Hinterm Stein, using Cloudborn Highland DK in the Silver Heather colorway

And has cast on:

• Mother Bear #249

Tracie cast on:

• Vanilla Socks in Psych Ward Yarns Joy Sock in Bicolor Rose
• Rikke Hat by Sarah Young in Lazer Sheep Farms DK Superwash in Brave Sheep

And continues to work on:

• Swallowtail by Jamie Hoffman (see picture at right) using Psych Ward Yarns Joy Sock in th Mrs. Peacock, Orange Sherbet and Painted Waters colorways, and Cloudborn Superwash Merino Sock Twist in the Ecru colorway
• Punchline by Hanna Maciejewska in Forbidden Fibers Co. Pride LF in Black Emerald

BOOKS

Barb read

The Last Man on the Mountain: The Death of an American Adventurer on K2 by Jennifer Jordan - 4 stars

Raft of Stars by Andrew J. Graff - 4 stars

Tracie read

Frozen Tears: The Fort Leonard Wood MP Murders by J.B. King - 2.5 stars

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Andrea Montell - 5 stars

Behind the Horror: True Stories that Inspired Horror Movies by Lee Mellor - 4 stars

Barb recommends the Murdaugh Murders Podcast

Recorded on October 8, 2021

Book Talk starts at: 29:00

The 2021 2 Knit Lit Chicks Fall Sweater KAL has begun!  All the info you need to know is here on the Sweater KAL Chatter Thread. Check out our Bundles for more inspiration.  

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

KNITTING

Tracie finished:

Barb finished:

• Be Kind #7 by Melissa Simpson, using worsted weight scraps

Tracie cast on:

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  Swallowtail by Jamie Hoffman using Psych Ward Yarns Joy Sock in th Mrs. Peacock, Orange Sherbet and Painted Waters colorways, and Cloudborn Superwash Merino Sock Twist in the Ecru colorway
  
  
• Darling Darby #3 dog sweater for Ruby in Red Heart with Love Metallic in red

And continues to work on:

• Punchline by Hanna Maciejewska in Forbidden Fibers Co. Pride LF in Black Emerald

Barb continues to work on:

• That's My Jam by Steven Fegert, using a kit bought from Learning Men Fiber Arts, using their MCN blend Show Stealer.
• Vanilla socks using Knit Circus Greatest of Ease in the Electric Mayhem colorway
• Mimosa by Boo Knits, using Hazel Knits Artisan Sock in the Giddy Up colorway
• Architexture Cowl by Jennifer Weismann, using Leading Men Fiber Arts Box Office in the Blue Ink colorway
• Gnome MKAL All Work, Gnome Play, using fingering leftovers from my stash
• V-Back Tee by Jamie Hoffman, using The Farmer’s Daughter Fibers Foxy Lady in Stagecoach Mary, Heartbreak Hotel, Missoula Saturday Night, and Honky Tonkin
• r. e. d. By Hinterm Stein, using Cloudborn Highland DK in the Silver Heather colorway

BOOKS 

Tracie read:

• Buried in the Sky: The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2's Deadliest Day  by Peter Zuckerman - 3.5 stars
• In Cold Blood (D.I. Isabel Blood #1) by Jane Bettany - 4 stars
• Abducted (Lizzy Gardner, #1)  by T.R. Ragan - 2.5 stars
• Cease to Exist  vy Charles "Tex" Watson - 4.5 stars
• Lost and Found by Carolyn Parkhurst - 4 stars
• The Stranger's Wife by Anna-Lou Weatherley - 3 stars

Barb read:

• Men to Avoid in Art and Life by Nicole Tersigni - 4 stars
• The Last Flight by Julie Clark - 3 stars
• The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamor, and Greed  by Sara Gay Forden - 4 stars
• Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell - 4.5 stars