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Episode 293: Red Hot Lambtown

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Listen Recorded Sunday, October 6, 2024 Book talk begins at 32:20 Our 2024 Fall Sweater KAL is continuing.   You have until January 15, 2025 to complete an adult sweater.   It must have some type of sleeves - short sleeves are fine! Our Zoom group is continuing.   Please join us on Saturdays, 12 noon Pacific time.   All the info you need is the Info in our Ravelry group! KNITTING Tracie has finished: 4 2-6 Dream in Blue Cardigan by DROPS Design in Universal Uptown DK, mint green and lavender Karina Headband #2 by mariana Mel   (no need to Panic Sweater by Casapinka in Jody Long Summer Delight in the Tomato colorway Fiddly Bits Cowl #11 by Jana Photo in fingering scraps Never Not Gnoming 28 and 29 by Sarah Schira in fingering scraps Barb has finished: Peony Top by Minimi Knit Design using Berroco Remix Light in the Peony colorway Tracie has cast on: Davis #5 by Pam Allen in Western Sky Knits Merino 17 Worsted- Nightfall colony Scraps Chaps by Barbara Prime #6 -“Chihuahua” in Encore

Episode 292: Is She all Green and Fuzzy and Mossy?

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Listen Recorded Thursday, September 12, 2024 Book talk begins at 30:30 Our annual Mother Bear KAL has ended, and we will announce the prize winners at the end of this episode.   Our Fall Sweater KAL is starting!  You have until January 15 to finish an adult-sized sweater with some kind of sleeves.  WIPs less than 50% complete are fine.  Come join our sweater discussion thread , and check out our pattern bundles . Virtual Knitting Group via Zoom Tracie is teaching a class on making knitted toys at Rumpelstiltskin in Sacramento, and it has been rescheduled to September 28 and November 2.  See the class listing  here  for details! Events - We will be at Lambtown at the Dixon May Fairgrounds in Dixon, California on Saturday, October 5. Barb's 300th Bear! KNITTING Barb finished: Mother Bears #299 - 301 Water is Life hat by Lavanya Patricella, using Mary Maxim worsted Bankhead hat #31 by Susie Gorley Spinwheel Beanie by Benjamin Matthews using 2 colors of Plymouth Encore Tracie finis

Episode 291: Live from the Bunkhouse, It's the Chicks and Friends!

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Our view from the bunkhouse deck Listen Recorded  Friday, August 16, 2024 Book talk starts at 10:10 Studio 49 Retreat - October 18-20, 2024 at Tuolomne Trails outside Groveland, CA.  Enrollment is still open! This episode is NOT brought to you by Alaska Airlines , but we are all big fans. Knitting  Eileen is working on the Habitation Throw by Helen Stewart in scrap yarn and is getting back into her Zephyr Mark II by Celia McAdam Cahill in Quince & Co. Chickadee Shelley is working on the Misurina tee by Caitlin Hunter in two different silk yarns Susan is working on a Luminos Tee from a kit from Yarn Snob for her niece  Barb finished her Gardengate by Jennifer Steingass and is working on a  Mother Bear, a new tee, and a hat Tracie finished needlepoint project after 15 years!  She continues to slog through her Dawning Top by Ainur Berkimbayeva in Sea Change Fibers by The Dye Project Bayshore Fingering in Pink Frock Books Barb read Internal Combustion: The Tru

Episode 290: It's Just Gonna be Puckery

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Listen Recorded July 22, 2024 Book talk begins at 30:19 Our annual Mother Bear KAL has begun and will run until August 31.  To find out all about this wonderful charity, please go to the  Mother Bear Project website .  Talk bears with us in the  Mother Bear Chatter thread  and post your finished bears in the  FOs thread .  Any bears you have knit in 2024 are eligible! Every Saturday at noon Pacific time -  Virtual Knitting Group via Zoom Tracie is teaching a class on making knitted toys at Rumpelstiltskin in Sacramento, and it has been rescheduled to September 28 and November 2 .  See the class listing  here  for details! KNITTING Barb finished: Mother Bear #296 - 298 Tracie finished: Mother Bears 328, 329 and one that I sent to my uncle Davis #4 by Pam Allen in Knit Picks Snuggle Puff in Hatchling (pale mint green) Scraps Chaps by Barbara Prime:           Rabbit in Sea Change Fibers by The Dye Project Ecola Worsted in Mushroom Hunter            Cat in Plymouth Yar