Episode 271: The Queen of Mold

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Recorded Friday, July 14, 2023

Book talk starts at 23:51

Our annual Mother Bear KAL began June 1, 2023, but any bears you have knit or crocheted in 2023 are eligible as entries for prizes.  To find out all about this wonderful charity, please go to Mother Bear Project website.  Talk bears with us in the Mother Bear Chatter thread and post your finished bears in the FOs thread.

We have a listener who has come up with 3 incentive prizes for increasing your bear count!  For more info, please check out the Mother Bear Incentive Prizes thread.

Virtual Knitting Group via ZoomEvents

Tracie and Barb will be at:

• Lambtown - October 7-8, 2023 at the Dixon May Fairgrounds in Dixon, CA
• The TKGA Retreat 2023 - November 2-5, 2023 at the Hilton Charlotte University Place Hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina

KNITTING

Tracie finished:

• Rift by Jacqueline Cieslak in Juniper Moon Farms Zooey in Rigging
• Mother Bears 311, 312 and 313

Barb finished

• Mother Bears 275, 276 & 277
• Rock It Tee by Tanis Lavalee, using Anzula Breeze lace in the Fern and Gravity colorways
• WYS Vanilla Socks, using West Yorkshire Spinners Signature 4-Ply Self Striping in the Peacock colorway

Tracie cast on:

Lightweight Raglan Pullover by Purl Soho in Leading Men Fiber Arts Show Stopper in Shantay, You Stay!

She continues to work 0n:

• Rock It Tee by Tanis Lavallee in Alchemy: Yarns of Transformation Silken Straw in 7 different color ways
• Socks in Tosh Merino Light Glitter in T’Challa colorway

Barb is working on:

• Razzle Dazzle Scarf in Leading Men Fiber Arts Show Stopper Gradient Set in the Razzle Dazzle #22 colorway
• 6600K (Striped Hoodie) by Barry Klein, using 4 colors of Lana Grossa Ecopuna Degradé6600K (Striped Hoodie) by Barry Klein, using 4 colors of Lana Grossa Ecopuno Degrade
• Mother Bear 278
• Carley by Elizabeth Smith Knits, using Berroco Remix in the Mist colorway
• Hungry Horse Hat by Aimee Alexander using Polka Dot Sheep Stumptown DK in the Aurora, Depths, Juneberry color ways

BOOKS

Tracie finished:

• Dannemora: Two Escaped Killers, Three Weeks of Terror, and the Largest Manhunt Ever in New York State by Charles A. Gardner - 4 stars
• Curse of the Spellmans (The Spellmans #2) by Lisa Lutz - 3 stars
• French Braid by Anne Tyler - 4 stars
• Hey, Hun: Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies Behind Multilevel Marketing by Emily Lynn Paulson - 5 stars
• Love Me or Else: The True Story of a Devoted Pastor, a Fatal Jealousy, and the Murder that Rocked a Small Town by Colin McEvoy and Lynn Olanoff - 4 1/2 stars
• After Everything You Did by Stephanie Sowden - 2 stars

Barb read:

• The Disappearing Act by Catherine Steadman - 4 stars
• Never Coming Home by Hannah Mary McKinnon - 4 stars
• Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six by Lisa Unger - 3 stars
• Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table by Ruth Reichl - 4.5 stars
• Arctic Homestead: the True Story of One Family’s Survival and Courage in the Alaskan Wilds by Norma Cobb
• It’s One of Us by J.T. Ellison - 4.5 stars