2 Knit Lit Chicks

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

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

Listen Book Talk starts at 36:45 This episode was recorded on November 20, 2014 Barb and Tracie were guests on the  Yarn Thing with Marly Bird  podcast on November 20th. Our  Sweater KAL/CAL  is ongoing until January 15, 2015.  We currently have over 30 sweaters completely in our  Sweater KAL FO thread .  Come on in and join us! Thank you for your iTunes Reviews! Win an autographed copy of The Bone Clocks  by  David Mitchell .  Enter to win via this  thread  on our Ravelry Forum.  Contest ends on December 1st.  Thank you to  JanaNav  for this donated prize! Win this project bag, generously donated by  Daisy50  of the  Art Institchtute of Chicago  etsy shop.  Be sure to check out her shop now for her Halloween/ Day of the Dead project bag sale! Go to our blog  to enter.  This contest will end on December 1, 2014. Barb recommends 3 podcasts: 1.  The Minerva Turkey video podcast, hosted by  minervaturkey  (Shannon).  Available on YouTube and iTunes 2.  The  Two Ew

We received this super-cute project bag from Daisy at  Art Institchtute of Chicago : Would you like to win it? 1.  Post a comment on this blog to enter. 2.  Make sure you include your RAVELRY NAME or some other way for us to contact you if you win. 3.  This contest will end on December 1, 2014. Good Luck!

Download Book Talk begins at 35:05 Recorded on October 27, 2014 Our Sweater KAL/CAL is ongoing until January 15, 2015.  Information can be found  here .  You can post pictures of your finished sweater  here . Lambtown vendors that were mentioned: Invictus Yarns Fishknits DurenDyeWorks Barb and Tracie have been asked to be on  The Yarn Thing Podcast with Marly Bird  on November 20, 2014.  If you listen live (9 am Mountain Time 11/20/14) you can participate in a live give-away! New Contest!  We are giving away a signed copy of the book,  The Bone Clocks  by David Mitchell.  Please go to our Ravelry Group and answer the question in the contest thread. Thank you to  JanaNav  for donating this book to the podcast! Barb recommends the video podcast  Undead Yarn  with  KnittyGirl  (Heidi). Barb also recommends the audio podcast  Kitchen Stitches , with  Someryarns  (Somer). Upcoming Events: Stitches West , February19 - 22, 2015 in Santa Clara, CA.  W

Download Book Talk begins at 25:42 Our Sweater KAL/CAL is continuing until January 15, 2015, so get busy!  Please check out the  chatter thread  for all the information you need to participate, and post your finished sweaters in our FOs thread for a chance to win one of our prize packages! The Northern California Knitting Retreat (NoCKRs!) will be held April 17 - 19, 2015 in San Juan Bautista, CA.  If you are interested in attending, please go  here  for all the information. $265 per person.   Tracie has finished: Mother Bear #50 - crocheted Propeller by Woolly Wormhead for her niece Lauren Her second Vitamin D by Heidi Kirrmaier Tracie has cast on: Ethan The Aviator by Gabrielle Danskknit in Cascade Bentley for little cousin Isaac Shalom Cardigan by Meghan McFarlane in Araucania Tepa in the 1788 colorway, a beautiful sky blue/green variegated She continues to work on: Canyonlands Shawl  by verybusymonkey using  Blue Heron Rayon

Download Book Talk starts at 33:55 This episode was recorded on September 30, 2014. The Northern California Knitting Retreat (NoCKRs!) will be held April 17 - 19, 2015 in San Juan Bautista, CA.  If you are interested in attending, please go  here  for all the information. Our Mother Bear KAL/CAL is over and all the prizes have been claimed. Our Sweater KAL/CAL is continuing until January 15, 2015, so get busy!  Please check out the  chatter thread  for all the information you need to participate. The winner of the Hallowe'en project bag from the  Art Institchtute  etsy shop is announced at the end of this podcast. You have until October 15th to enter the drawing for the ebook  Sock Architecture  by Lara Neel.  Go  here  to enter. Barb highly recommends the Badass Survivors  Podcast hosted by Melanie.  This is a podcast about dealing with breast cancer.  Melanie hopes to make it a gathering place for women with breast cancer, survivors of the disease