Recorded Saturday November 27, 2021

Book Talk starts at 26:25

The 2021 2 Knit Lit Chicks Fall Sweater KAL is ongoing.  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

Tracie’s handspun giveaway! 3 skeins, 4 oz each:

• Lisa Souza Dyeworks Silk Merino - Pacific
• Greenwood Fiberworks 100% Merino Superfine - Arizona
• Greenwood Fiberworks Hand Dyed Roving Merino Superwash/Stellina - Puget Sound

Giveaway thread will close December 1.

KNITTING

Barb finished

• Koko Bean Hat by JudithMarieKnits
• My Oasis Pullover by Ririko - successful sweater surgery!  

Tracie finished

• Darling Darby by Jean Clement in Scheepjes Chunky Monkey in Deep Violet and Turquoise
• Murphy Bay hat by Jenny Wiebe

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
• 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

And has cast on:

• Nagare pullover by Natsuko Iida using Valley Yarns Valley Superwash Sport in the Ice colorway 
• Tensfield hat by Martina Behm, using Elegant Yarns Kaleidoscope 

Tracie has cast on:

• Cannon Bandana by Debbi Stone & Marcy Vandale in Western Sky Knits Aspen Silk in Downtown colorway, held double
• Dancing T-Rex Sweater by Natalie V in Scheepjes Colour Crafter in Dordrecht and Bergen

And continues working on:

• Swallowtail by Jamie Hoffman (see picture at right) using Psych Ward Yarns Joy Sock in the Mrs. Peacock, Orange Sherbet and Painted Waters colorways, and Cloudborn Superwash Merino Sock Twist in the Ecru colorway
• Vanilla Socks in Psych Ward Yarns Joy Sock in Bicolor Rose

BOOKS

Barb read: 

• The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Kristi Lefteri - 4 stars

Tracie read:

• The Good Turn (Cormac Reilly #3) by Dervla McTiernan - 4.5 stars
• Someone’s Listening by Serafina Nova Glass - 2 stars

Recorded on Tuesday, November 7, 2021

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

Shaggy Bear Farms Merino/Tussah Silk - Okay, this one is too ugly to give away.  My mother has given it a good home.  I will choose a different skein of handspun to replace this one.

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 #249
• r. e. d. By Hinterm Stein, using Cloudborn Highland DK in the Silver Heather colorway

Tracie finished

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

Into Hibernation:

• Mimosa by Boo Knits, using Hazel Knits Artisan Sock in the Giddy Up colorway

And has cast on:

• Koko Bean Hat (#3) by Judithmarieknits using random worsted scraps

Barb is doing doing surgery on her My Oasis pullover.  She is lengthening the back.

Tracie cast on:

• Darling Darby dog sweater by Jean Celment, using Scheepjes Chunky Monkey in Deep Violet and Turquoise

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
• Vanilla Socks in Psych Ward Yarns Joy Sock in Bicolor Rose

BOOKS

Barb and Tracie both read:

• Invisible Girl by Lisa Jewell - Barb gave it 3 stars, Tracie has not yet rated it

Barb read:

• Sins of the Mother by Maria Eftimiades - 4 stars
• Why Cats are Assholes by Liz Miele - 3 stars
• Man with the Silver Saab (Detective Varg #3) by Alexander Smith McCall - 4 stars
• Bad Mommy by Tarryn Fisher - 3 stars

Tracie read:

When You See Me by Lisa Gardner - 4 stars

Close Her Eyes by Dorothy Simpson - 3 stars