Sun, 30 October 2022
Book Talk starts at 22:00 Recorded on October 28, 2022 Sweater KAL - 9/1/22 - 1/15/23! Sweater KAL Chatter - rules are at the top of each page 2 New Giveaways! 1. The Little Pine Tree's Wish by Diane M. Howard (dinaripper on Ravelry) - a lovely children's book about a little pine tree who's wish is to become a Christmas tree! If you have a special child in your life that would enjoy this book, enter our giveaway to win an autographed copy. If you don't want to wait for the giveaway, you can order the Little Pine Tree's Wish through Amazon, Barnes and Noble or BookBaby! The winner will be announced when we record on U.S. Thanksgiving! 2. Tracie's Handspun! I have 3 skeins of my handspun to give away:
Please leave a comment in the appropriate thread on our Ravelry page to enter either of these drawings!
KNITTING Barb finished: 1. Mother Bears 268, 269, and 270 2. Helix Hat #11 by Jessica Rose, using leftover Plymouth Encore yarns Tracie finished: 1. Archer in Blue by Elizabeth Doherty, having redone the bottom in Lisa Souza Deluxe Sock! in Cornflower 2. Mother Bear #300, using Tracie's very first handspun! 3. Kaiya Mei hat for Emily, in gray and yellow acrylic Barb is working on: 1, Irish Hiking Scarf by Adrian Bazilia, using Plymouth Encore Tweed in Red 2. Socks for Will, using Berroco Comfort Sock in the Party Time colorway
And has cast on: 1. Zephyr Mark ll by Celia McAdam Cahill (pattern not released to the public yet!) using Blue Sky Fibers Woolstok in the Red Rock colorway
Tracie continues to work on: 1. Vanilla Sock in Canon Hand Dyes William Merino in Waterworld Sock Set 2. Moon of My Life by Nadia Crétin-Léchenne adapted by Celia McAdam Cahill for a man in worsted weight yarn - in Universal Yarns Uptown Worsted in Granite and Berroco Vintage in Cotton Candy
BOOKS Barb has finished: 1. These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant - 3.5 stars 2. The Big Lie: Election Chaos, Political Opportunism, and the State of American Politics after 2020 by Jonathan Lemire - 5 stars Tracie read: 1. If I Die Tonight by Alison Gaylin - 4 stars 2. The Trespasser (Dublin Murder Squad #6) by Tana French - 4 stars 3. A Family Business: A Chilling Tale of Greed as One Family Commits Unspeakable Crimes Agains the Dead by Ken England - 3 stars |
Thu, 13 October 2022
Recorded Wednesday, 12, 2022 Book talk begins at 25:30 Sweater KAL - 9/1/22 - 1/15/23! Sweater KAL Chatter - rules are at the top of each page
KNITTING Barb finished: Choose Your Gnome Adventure by Sarah Schira Cristollo by Knitting for Breakfast
Tracie finished: Choose Your Gnome Adventure by Sarah Schira Davis Sweater by Pam Allen
Barb is working on: Irish Hiking Scarf by Adrian Bazilia, using Plymouth Encore Tweed in Red Socks for Will, using Berroco Comfort Sock in the Party Time colorway
And has cast on: Stashbusting Helix Hat by Jessica Rose in the same yarns (all Plymouth Encore) I used for my Choose Your Gnome Adventure Mother Bear #268
Tracie once again started working on: Archer by Elizabeth Doherty - redoing the bottom in Lisa Souza Deluxe Sock! in Cornflower
She continues to work on: Vanilla Sock in Canon Hand Dyes William Merino in Waterworld Sock Set Moon of My Life by Nadia Crétin-Léchenne adapted by Celia McAdam Cahill for a man in worsted weight yarn - in Universal Yarns Uptown Worsted in Granite and Berroco Vintage in Cotton Candy Cinna Top by Ksenia Naidyon, in 5 colors of Alchemy Silken Straw
BOOKS Barb read: On a Quiet Street by Seraphina Nova Glass - 4 stars Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout - 5 stars Fly Girl by Ann Hood - 4 stars Mishap or Murder?: True tales of mysterious deaths and disappearances by Eileen Ormsby - 3 stars
Tracie read: A Taste for Murder by Burl Barer and Frank C. Garadot - 3 stars The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith - 4 stars
Tracie recommends the Murdaugh Murders Podcast
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