Episode 230: Live from Montana!

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Recorded on August 8, 2021

Book talk starts at 26:30

Our annual Mother Bear KAL is on!  Any Mother Bear that you have knit or crocheted in 2021 is eligible to post in our FO Thread.  One post per bear please.  Please see all the rules and participate in the Chatter Thread. #2021MBKAL2KL

Virtual get-together via Zoom on Saturdays, 12 noon  PST - Details here

We are giving away 3 copies of Fredi Baker’s Let’s Shawl-a-Brate! pattern.  Leave a comment on the prize thread telling us how you feel about putting colors together - love it, get intimidated, or always buy the kit?  Thread will close August 15.

Joining us on this podcast is our friend, Eileen, better known on Ravelry as Redsknits!  Eileen is a very accomplished knitter, spinner, quilter and wood turner.  

KNITTING

Barb finished:

• Mother Bear #244 & #245

Barb continues to work on:

• Vanilla socks using Western Sky Knits Aspen Sock in the Concrete Sunset colorway
• That's My Jam by Steven Fegert, using a kit bought from Learning Men Fiber Arts, using their MCN blend Show Stealer.
• Another Bankhead Hat by Susie Gourlay, using leftover worsted weight yarn.
• My Oasis pullover by Ririko, using Neighborhood Fiber Co. Rustic Fingering in the Conton colorway and Neighborhood Fiber Co. Rustic Fingering Gradients in Shades of Emerald
  

Barb has Cast On:

• Mimosa by Boo Knits, using Hazel Knits Artisan Sock in the Giddy Up colorway
  
• Architexture Cowl by Jennifer Weismann, using Leading Men Fiber Arts Box Office in the Blue Ink colorway
  

Eileen has finished:

• Wildberry Shawl by Andrea Mowry and Annie Rowden, using Western Sky Knits Merino 17 Worsted

Eileen  is working on:

• Stripes! by Andrea Mowry, using Jameson & Smith and Jameson and a Rowan yarn.
  
• A beret modeled on the motifs from her Forestland pullover by Jennifer Steingass

Tracie has finished:

• 3 Mother Bears, #259 - #261
• Calyx pullover by Elizabeth Doherty, using Cloudborn Fibers Pima Cotton DK in the Spring Green colorway

Tracie is working on:

• Vanilla Socks in Lollipop Quintessential Gripes Still Crazy
• Fiddly Bits Cowl by Jana Pihota, using Tracie's handspun from fiber by Woolgatherings Polwarth/silk

We discussed the our friend Shelley's cardigan.  This is her Desert Sunset using the Stripes Forever pattern by Heidimarie Kaiser.  Such a beautiful sweater, with an interesting shoulder detail, and Shelley added afterthought pockets.  Shelley is Sequoiashelley on Ravelry.  The sweater and pictures are below:

BOOKS:

Tracie and Barb both read:

• PEEPS by Erin Gordon.  4 stars from Tracie, 5 stars from Barb!

Eileen read:

• My 25 Years in Provance by Peter Maille - 4-5 stars
  
• Because of Miss Bridgerton by Julia Quinn - 3.5 - 4 stars
  
• Trustee from the Toolroom by Nevil Schute - 5 stars (but she didn't like the narrator of the Audible version!).
• A Dangerous Fortune by Ken Follet - Eileen does NOT recommend it.
  

Tracie read:

• The War Between the Tates by Alison Lurie - 3.5 stars
  
• The Argument by Victoria Jenkins - 3 stars
  

Barb, Tracie and Eileen talked about their trip to The Farmer's Daughter Fibers in Craig, Montana.  Here we are with a few purchases....left to right, Eileen, Barb, Tracie and Shelley!