2 Knit Lit Chicks

Download  | Duration: 00:41:08 Book Talk starts at 24:37 We are staying at a condo within walking distance of the  Punalu'u Black Sand Beach on the Big Island of Hawaii . It is a "resting spot" for Hawaiian Green Sea Turtles, and you are able to see many of them during the course of a day spent at the Black Sand Beach. Congratulations to Ravelry on now having 3 MILLION members! Congratulations to  Jenny  of the  Stash and Burn  Podcast on the birth of her daughter, Matilda Jane! The 2KLC Kardigan KAL/CAL continues until May 1, 2013.  There will be 3 prize packages that will include: a skein of fingering weight yarn from either  Alpenglow ,  Fishknits ,  or  Knitting Rose . a  book stitch marker from Knit Cubby a pattern of your choice from  Brenda Castiel . a pack of  Yarn Cozies from BuffyAnn Designs . a 2 Knit Lit Chicks measuring tape for the your notions bag Podcas...

Download  | Duration: 01:06:44 No Book Talk this episode Artful Color, Mindful Knits: The Definitive Guide to Working with Hand-dyed Yarn  by Laura Bryant Melissa Leapman Cookie A Blue Moon Fiber Arts Woobu Retreating Sweater by Samantha Kirby The Giving Flower podcast with Kimberlolly Awareness in Ribbons & Lace shawl by Kimberly Gintar  - All proceeds from this pattern go to the Dana-Fabar Cancer Institute Becoming Art Imaginknit Malabrigo Silky Merino in "Bahia" colorway Knitting Rose Yarns Knitting Rose Blossom Sock Knitting Rose Silk Petals laceweight WEBS Berocco Lodge Twin Leaf Loop Featherweight Cardigan Tosh Merino Light in Stargazing colorway Malabrigo Rios Lisa Souza Dyeworks Lisa Souza Hardtwist Petite in "Flahriddah" colorway Botanical Knits by Alana Dakos  Knit One Below by Elise Duvekot Myra Wood Elizabeth Doherty, Blue Bee Studio Greenwillow cowl by Elizabeth Doherty Christine Bylsma Knitting...

Download  | Duration: 01:15:33 Book Talk starts at 53:37 2KLC Kardigan KAL 2KLC Read-Along Choice: Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter.   We begin March 1 Tracie’s Honey Cowl Tracie’s Mother Bear #27 Jade Cashmere One-Skein Shawl by Michelle Miller (Fickle Knitter) Sweet Georgia CashSilk lace Hand Paints Donegal Sock Agatha Cardigan by Snowden Becker Knit Picks Andean Treasure Bittersweet Cowl by Meghan Goodacre Diamond Galway Worsted Artfibers Houdini Burdock cardigan by Maura Kirk Knit Picks Full Circle Worsted Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks That Rock Botanical Knits – Twelve Designs Inspired by  Trees and Foliage by Alana Dakos   - to win a copy of the ebook, comment here !  ONE POST per person please!! Oak Trail Classic Elite Yarns Waterlily The Newlyweds by Nell Freudenberger The Silent Girl by Tess Gerritson To the Power of Three by Laura Lippman Get Out of My Life, But First Could You Drive Me and C...

The knitting world is all abuzz with the news that Alana Dakos ' new book of designs, Botanical Knits: Twelve Designs Inspired by Trees and Foliage , is available!   Although you won't be able to hold the softcover book in your hands until May, you can still get started knitting these beautiful patterns by getting the ebook now. The book is lovely.  It reflects Alana's signature style with soft, feminine aspects.  The graphic design is done by Mary Joy Gumaygay , who worked with Alana and  Hannah Fettig  on their book Coastal Knits .  It is illustrated by  Neesha Hudson , who also did the illustrations in one of Alana's previous books,  Annie and the Swiss Cheese Scarf . Let's take a look at the patterns!  Many of these are already in our Ravelry queues.  The book is divided into two sections of patterns - Sweaters and Accessories. SWEATERS The first sweater is also pictured on the cover - it's the  Autumn's End :...

Download   | Duration: 01:13:19 book talk starts at 39:35 Our Kardigan KAL is on! RAL: Voting for our book selection is open till Feb 9. RAL will begin March 1 st and go for a month, with a new thread for the next section of the book starting each week.   Threads will remain open as long as there is discussion! Mother Bear KAL/CAL on CogKNITive Mother Bear will be at Stitches West – you may bring up to 3 bears to the booth.   Remembering Remy KAL/CAL with Knitting Brooklyn – starting 2/23 and going until 5/29 – to honor the 95 days of Remy’s life in the NICU Stitches West Feb 21-24 T racie’s Finished Objects: Toe-Up Socks with a Difference by Wendy Knits Latte Maren (Top-Down Icelandic Sweater) Mother Bear #26 Colorful Mitts by Sue Brady Barb’s Finished Objects: Bittersweet Cowl by Megan Goodacre                                 ...

 On July 26, 2011, I started this afghan - the  Textured Knots Afghan by Norah Gaughan .  I knit it out of  Plymouth Encore Worsted  in the Cream colorway.  This yarn is a durable acrylic/wool blend that washes and dries very well.  It is well-suited to children's clothes and items that take a lot of abuse, such as afghans. So, I have basically worked on this afghan off and on for about 1 1/2 years.  When it outgrew the "take-along project" size, it lived permanently next to my chair in the family room.  Although the pattern has a complicated cable pattern, I found I could keep up with it pretty well by enlarging the chart, and color-coding the different types of cables:                                   So.  What began as THIS:                           ...

Download  | Duration: 01:03:11 Book Talk starts at 37.35 Mary, Barb, Sharlene, Pat and Gayle at the Swift Stitch in Santa Cruz Goodbye, Foodie Knitter Podcast Teen Knitter Queen Podcast   New Years Knitting Retreat 2KLC Kardigan KAL Our Third Read-Along - Vote for the book you want to read! Stitches West Feb 21-24 .   Only a month away!!! Tracie’sGarden Effects Fingerless Mitts by Chris Shearer Barb’s   Color Affection Barb’s Mother Bear #26 Clapotis  by Kate Gilbert Malabrigo Rios Reversible Scarf by Bruce Weinstein Tosh Merino Light A Life in Stitches: Knitting My Way Through Love, Loss and Laughter by Rachael Herron People Who Eat Darkness: The Fate of Lucie Blackman by Richard Lloyd Parry Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs The Silent Girl by Tess Gerritson 14 by Peter Clines Bowling Avenue by Ann Shayne Kaia Fit Blooming Knitter (Knitting Blooms P...