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Episode 82: Happy Holidays From the Chicks

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Listen Book Talk starts at 38:27 This episode was recorded on December 19, 2014. The Sweater KAL is ongoing!  Get your sweaters finished and post your FO picture  here  to be eligible to win one of three great prize packages. Our Next KAL – the Alana-Along!    You can knit any accessory or garment pattern by Alana Dakos of  Never Not Knitting , starting February 1, 2015 and finishing by April 1 (we may extend the deadline if we have lots of people knitting sweaters).    You can knit multiple NNK designs, but we will be allowing only one entry per knitter for this KAL.    Start thinking about what you’d like to make, and gathering your materials! Barb recommends the  Stitch Party Podcast  (audio), with host  flyingmuse . She also recommends the video podcast  The Knitting Den  with  Denise . Events: Barb will be attending the  South Bay Knitting Retreat  January 2-4, 2015 in San Juan Bautista. Stitches West  2015, in Santa Clara California February 19 - 22, 2015. The

Episode 81: A Podcast About a Podcast?

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Listen Book Talk starts at 48:00 Our Next KAL – the Alana-Along!   You can knit any accessory or garment pattern by Alana Dakos of Never Not Knitting , starting February 1, 2015 and finishing by April 1 (we may extend the deadline if we have lots of people knitting sweaters).   You can knit multiple NNK designs, but we will be allowing only one entry per knitter for this KAL.   Start thinking about what you’d like to make, and gathering your materials! Can’t get enough of the Serial podcast?   Check out Slate’s Serial Spoilers Specials – a podcast about a podcast! The Yarnit – coming soon to the Leading Men Fiber Arts store Barb has finished A Raspberry hat , using the 0-966 Sweet Pumpkin by DROPS design        The Irish Hiking Scarf by Adrian Bizilla using Cascade 220 worsted in a dark gray colorway        Malabrigo Hand Thingies by Anne Sahakian, using leftover Malabrigo Rios in the lotus colorway – a free pattern on Ravelry.   Theses