Episode 297: We Might Look Askance at You

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Recorded Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Book talk starts at 33:50


Our Sweater KAL has ended!  Did you win a prize?  Please listen to episode 297 to find out!





Please join us for our next knit-along - our second Colorwork KAL!  Here are the details:

1.  Starts 2/1/25, ends on 5/1/25  


2.  Any project with colorwork - could be stranded, fairisle, stripes, mosaic, intarsia, etc.  


3.  Your project can be a hat, mitts, mittens, gloves, anything around the neck, a toy - but it must be larger than a washcloth!  You might want to go big, like a sweater, vest, poncho, etc.


4.  If you have a colorwork project that is less than 50% done as of 2/1/2025, you may use it for this KAL.


Have fun with it.  Challenge yourself to try something new.  Chat it up in the Colorwork KAL thread here!



Our Zoom group is continuing.  Please join us on Saturdays, 12 noon Pacific time.  All the info you need is in our Ravelry group!


EVENTS

  • NoCKRs 2025 -  April 10-13, 2025 at the St Francis Retreat Center in San Juan Bautista, CA.  We still have a few spots open!  If you are interested, please contact Tracie at 2knitlitchicks@gmail.com
  • Fiber Frolic - Saturday, June 7, 2025 at Soul Food Farms in Vacaville, CA.  Bring a chair and lunch!  Presented by Treadles to Threads Spinning Guild
  • 2 Knit Lit Chicks Get Together!  Are you interested in meeting other knitters and crocheters who listen to the podcast?  Please join us at the 2 Knit Lit Chicks Get Together next September 18-21
  •  at the Zephyr Point Presbyterian Retreat Center on the shores of Lake Tahoe in Nevada.  For more information, take a look at the Get Together Thread thread on Ravelry.  Please get your registration in as soon as possible.  



KNITTING


Barb has finished:

Barb's Bankhead #32


Tracie finished:

  • Darling Darby by Jean Clement - for Modelo
  • T-shirrt from Clothing Bundle II by Barbara Prime for Scraps Chaps dog
  • 2nd Bolton Pass Hat by Espace Tricot in Sea Change Fibers by the Dye Project Ecola Worsted in Flower Fairy
  • Davis #5 by Pam Allen in Western Sky Knits Merino 17 Worsted- Nightfall colorway, Three Irish Girls SpringvaleDK in Skipjack , and a mystery off-white sport off-white from a destash
  • Darling Darby #9 by Jean Clement for Ruby in Plymouth Encore Colorspun Worsted in the Spectrum Spray colorway 
    Ruby in her newest Darling Darby sweater



Tracie's Davis sweater with the Western Sky Knits on the left and the Celia's Three Irish Girls on the right





Barb is still working on:

  • Garter Stitch Scarf, using Sirdar Colourspun


Barb has cast-on


Tracie has Cast on:

  • Socks for Rachel in Alexandra the Art of Yarn Dark Side of the Moon in Purple Haze
  • Ever After Sweater by Claire Jackson in Malabrigo Rios in the Gemini colorway


Tracie is Working On:

  • Alignment sweater by Katrine Birkenwasser in Seattle Sky Dyeworks Mismated Rhododendron

Barb has frogged

BOOKS


Barb read:



Tracie read:




Retraction/Updates:

Tracie recommended iilluminaughtii on YouTube and podcast.  iilluminaughtii was accused of bullying many other content creators on YouTube and is no longer producing content.


Tracie also recommended the Man Enough podcast - co-host Justin Baldoni is Blake Lively’s accused perpetrator and co-host Jamey Heath is one of his accused conspirators.  Their female co-host Liz Plank quit the podcast as soon as these accusations came to light, and the Man Enough podcast appears to be defunct.


Since we recorded this episode, Tracie has also read about problematic behavior on Blake Lively's part.  She has no idea who is telling the truth in this situation, but in any case, she no longer recommends either of these podcasts.

















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