2 Knit Lit Chicks

So sorry for all the barking dogs in the background of this episode!

Recorded on Monday, September 27, 2020

Book talk starts at 17:50

 

The 2020 2 Knit Lit Chicks Fall Sweater KAL has officially started!  You can find all the details here.  Need some ideas?  Check out our BUNDLES!

👉 Beginner Knitted Sweaters

👉 Knitted Sweaters for Adventurous Beginners to Advanced

👉 Crocheted Sweaters

 

Our Mother Bear KAL is over!  What did you win?  Listen until the end of the podcast to find out.

 

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

 

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Tracie and Barb support the Black Lives Matter movement and encourage you to add your voice to the fight for racial justice and police reform and demilitarization.  Please donate if you can:

 

Black Lives Matter

Southern Poverty Law Center

NAACP Legal Defense Fund

ACLU 

 

KNITTING

Barb finished

Mother Bears 228 & 229

 

Tracie has finished:

1. Her Duotone Cowl by Orange Flower Yarns, using Debbie Bliss Andes (baby alpaca and mulberry silk) and Mirasol Nuna (merino, silk, and bamboo)


 
Barb continues to work on

1.  Vanilla Socks using and set of Fibernymph Dye Works Inversibles in blue and pink 

2.  Holey Comfort Cardigan by Hinterm Stern using Holst Garn Coast Uul Bomuld in the Ice Sea colorway

3.  Bautista shawl by Celia McAdam Cahill in Invictus Yarns YakLux in the NoCKRs 2020 colorway

4.  Lineate by Elizabeth Doherty, using Knit Picks Palette in the Lipstick, Cream and Fog color ways

 

Barb has Cast On:

1.  Multidirectional Diagonal Scarf by Karen Baumer, using a Caron Cake

 

Tracie continues to work on

1.  Fiddly Bits by Jane Pihota

2.  Niamh by Isabell Kraemer in Miss Babs Katahdin in Smurf & Turf 

3.  Little Unicorn by Lorraine Pistorio in Alexandra The Art of Yarn Pendleton

 

BOOKS

Barb read:

1.  How Quickly She Disapprears by Raymond Fleischman - 2 stars

2.  Growing Up at Grossinger's by Tania Grossinger - 4 stars

 

Tracie Read:

1.  We Were Mothers by Katie Sise - 3 stars

2.  Vince and Joy by Lisa Jewell - 3 stars

3.  Mother by S.E. Lynes - 4 Stars

 

 

Direct download: Episode_211_-_9_30_20_10.30_AM.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:40am PDT

Recorded on September 15, 2020

Book Talk starts at 28:05

The 2020 2 Knit Lit Chicks Fall Sweater KAL has officially started!  You can find all the details here.  Need some ideas?  Check out our BUNDLES!

👉 Beginner Knitted Sweaters

👉 Knitted Sweaters for Adventurous Beginners to Advanced

👉 Crocheted Sweaters

 

Our Mother Bear KAL is over!  Prizes will be announced in Episode 211.

 

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

 

Tracie and Barb support the Black Lives Matter movement and encourage you to add your voice to the fight for racial justice and police reform and demilitarization.  Please donate if you can:

Black Lives Matter

Southern Poverty Law Center

NAACP Legal Defense Fund

ACLU 

 

KNITTING

Barb finished

Mother Bears 225 through 228

Tracie has finished:
Ciara Shawl by Fredi Baker in Emma’s Yarn Super Silky (kit from Rumpelstiltskin) in Freshly Cut, Happily Ever After and Whisper
 
 

Barb continues to work on

1.  Vanilla Socks using and set of Fibernymph Dye Works Inversibles in blue and pink 

2.  Holey Comfort Cardigan by Hinterm Stern using Holst Garn Coast Uul Bomuld in the Ice Sea colorway

3.  Bautista shawl by Celia McAdam Cahill in Invictus Yarns YakLux in the NoCKRs 2020 colorway

 

Barb has Cast On:

1.  Mother Bear #229

2.  Lineate by Elizabeth Doherty, using Knit Picks Palette in the Lipstick, Cream and Fog color ways

 

Tracie continues to work on

1.  Fiddly Bits by Jane Pihota

2.  Niamh by Isabell Kraemer in Miss Babs Katahdin in Smurf & Turf 

 

Tracie has Cast-On:

1.  Duotone Cowl by Orange Flower Yarn in Debbie Bliss Andes and Mirasol Nuna

2.  Little Unicorn by Lorraine Pistorio in Alexandra The Art of Yarn Pendleton

 

BOOKS

Barb read:

1.  American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins - 5 stars

2.  Death Sentence: The Inside Story of the John List Murders by Joe Sharkey - 3 stars

 

Tracie Read:

1.  Euphoria by Lily King - 3 stars

2.  The Bling Ring: How a Gang of Fame-Obsessed Teens Ripped Off Hollywood and Shocked the World by Nancy J. Sales - 4 stars

3.  Squirm by Carl Hiaasen - 3 stars

4.  Sourdough by Robin Sloan - 4 stars

5.  Beautiful on the Outside by Adam Rippon - 5 stars

Direct download: Episode_210_-_9_19_20_11.11_AM.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:35am PDT

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