Episode 312:

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Recorded Thursday, April 16, 2026

Book talk starts at 28:00

Our spring KAL is the One-Skein KAL!  Find that beautiful skein of yarn you've been saving for someday and knit it up into whatever you want - a hat, a cowl, mitts or socks.  The only rules are that your project must use at least 100 yards of yarn and be all from a single skein of yarn.  We cast on for this KAL starting February 1 and go through May 15.

EVENTS

Tracie and Barb will be attending NoCKRs - April 23-26, 2026 in San Juan Bautista  

KNITTING

Barb has finished:

2 Knitted Knockers

Tracie has finished:

1.  Sudwind Tee by Mary (Sandstrick) in Sea Change Fibers Bayshore Fingering in Pink Frock

2.  4 more Melt the ICE badge 3D Version by Hasani in Malabrigo Rios and Washted (please see picture below of Tracie and her friends all wearing their red hat badges while attending the No Kings Rally in Santa Cruz, CA!)

3.  Tiny Dancer Top by Laura Dean using Juniper MoonFarms Zooey in the Rigging colorway 

Barb is still working on:

1.  Effortless Cardigan by Zabeth, using Knit Picks Wool of the Andes worsted, in the Dove Heather colorway

2.  Stephanie's One-Row Scarf using Caron Upside Down Cake in the Peanut Butter colorway

Barb has cast on:

1.  Bankhead #39 by Susie Gourlay, using Knit Picks Felici Worsted in the Rainbow colorway

2.  Bankhead #40 by Susie Gourlay, using Malabrigo Rios in the Indicita colorway

Tracie has cast on:

1.  Hello from My Colors by Jessie Maed Designs in 5 different fingering weight yarns from stash - MC is Lisa Souza Deluxe Sock!  

2.  First Socks from a cranked tube in Desert Vista Dyeworks Viso in It's Me, Margaret

3.  Rachel by Josee Paquin, in CaMaRose Lovetånd in Brændt Orange and Havgrøn

BOOKS

Barb read:

1.  Strangers: A Memoir of a Marriage by Belle Burden - 5 stars

2.  Every Woman's Nightmare: The True Story of the Fairytale Marriage and the Brutal Murder of Lori Hacking by Steven Long - 3 stars

Tracie read:  

2 True Crime books, both by Diane Fanning. both about women killing their husbands:

1. A Poisoned Passion: A Young Mother, Her War-Hero HusbandAnd the Marriage that Ended in Murder - 4 stars

2. Her Deadly Web: The True story of a Former Nurse and the Strange and Suspicious Deaths pf Her Two Husbands - 4 stars

 

3.  For Your Own Good by Samantha Downing - 5 stars

4.  Making a Killing (DI Fawley, #7) - by Cara Hunter - 4.5 stars