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Episode 51: It's so Anne Tyler

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Download Mother Bear KAL/CAL  ends on August 31, 2013.  Get your finished bear pictures posted in the  FO thread  to be eligible to win some great prizes!  Don't forget the following shop coupon codes that are good until August 31st also: Cattail Knits  - 10% off anything in her shop with the coupon code KNITLIT Sweet Serendipity 37  - 10% off anything in her shop for those who post in the Mother Bear FO thread!  Use the coupon code KnitLit. Knit along with us in our  Sweater KAL/CAL !  You have plenty of time since it goes until December 1, 2013.  You know you want to...thank you to  Katie (jetgirl1313 on Ravelry)  for her prize donation of  a Shawl Gem from the Tix Trinkets Etsy Shop , and to  Lori (lemtaz on Ravelry)  for her prize donation of the book, Cardigans  by Louise Harding. Congratulations to  Suzanne Jenkins (UZO on Ravelry)  on the birth of her beautiful new granddaughte...

Episode 50: Visiting the Frog Pond

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Download Come join our Mother Bear KAL/CAL !  You can purchase the pattern from  Mother Bear , and knit or crochet a bear to be eligible to win some fabulous prizes.  You have until August 31st to complete and post a picture of your finished bear.  We have a new prize donation: tmkr  is donating $20 in Ravelry patterns or an ebook available from Ravelry for one lucky listener! Start making plans for our upcoming  Sweater KAL/CAL !  Any adult-size sweater (cardigan or pullover) - starting on August 15th and will end on December 1st.  Get a jump on winter. Give the  Knotty Girls Knit Cast  (an audio podcast) a listen. Knitting Talk Barb's finished projects:  -  Elly's Colvert Cowl  knitted out of  Arucania Pomair  in a lovely purple colorway  -  Babushka Cable Socks  out of  Desert Vista Dyeworks Viso  in the Babuska colorway  -  Jayla's Hulk Sm...

Episode 49: Multiple Personalities?

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Download Our Mother Bear KAL Sweet Serendipity 37 Etsy shop Cattail Knits promo code -KNITLIT – good through August 31 Tracie’s FOs Crosswords at the Coffee Shop shawl by Karrie Steinmetz Customisable Gadget Case by Coranda Berry Bunny Blanket Buddy by Lion Brand Holden Shawl by Mindy Wilke s Barb’s FO’s Daybreak by Stephen West Mother Bear #30  (and friends!) Secret project! Featherweight Cardigan by Hannah Fettig madedeline tosh Merino Light Charleston Tea by Thea Coleman Blue Moon Fiber Arts Woobu REVIEW: Stitching In the Stacks: Librarian-Inspired Knits   -  Edited by Sarah Barbour, published by Cooperative Press Sybil Exposed by Debbie Nathan The Rope by Nevada Barr The Postmistress by Sarah Blake The Wife by Meg Wolitzer The Family Business by Eric Pete and Carl Weber Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple Escaping the Arroyo by Joyce Nance

Episode 48: Are the Chicks on the Government Watch List?

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Download  | Duration: 01:14:42 Book Talk starts at 40:53 Our Mother Bear KAL – Post your finished bears in the FO’s thread July 1-August 31 to be entered in our drawing. Thank you so much to our sponsors! Kristy of Leila Caroline Design Susan of Desert Vista Dyeworks Leslie Gordon (lgordon555) Frenny from This Is Sew In The Bag on Etsy, Rachel from Cattail Knits Amanda from Gnome Acres AnneLena Mattison Sheila O’Brien Buffy from Buffy Ann Designs CK (CozyCouch) Also, check out Cattail Knits promo code KNITLIT through August 31 That Clever Clementine Nancy Drew bag The Lost Geek podcast Tapgurl on the Go– CJ to CJ Professionally Speaking episode – an interview with an audiobook narrator CJ Critt Tracie’s crocheted Mother Bear #30: Gibby’s Friend.    The bear looks a little inbred, but Gibby loves him anyway Tracie’s Old Man and the Sea cardigan Tracie’s TGV Highspeed Knitting shawlette Barb’s Auro...

Episode 47: The Chicks Talk Sticks

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Download Rachel's High School Graduation in Davis, California.  It was the hottest day of the year, but she got it done anyway! The Mother Bear KAL/CAL thread for chatter and FO's will run 7/1 - 8/31/13.  Get your pattern  here  and start your bears!  You may post ANY BEARS YOU HAVE FINISHED IN 2013 in the FO thread to be eligible to win a prize. Tracie would love to meet up with UK listener Chicks when she travels to the UK this summer.  All the details and dates are  here , so let her know if you want to meet up. Barb will be in the Washington DC area 9/23 - 9/27/13 and would also like to arrange to meet any listener Chicks at that time.  Share any ideas you might have! Episode 30  of the Literary Disco podcast - listen to it if you would enjoy a humerous discussion on V.C. Andrews Flowers in the Attic .  Warning:  language! Podcast Shout Outs: Tapgurl On the Go podcast Ellys knit (in')sanity podcast K...

Episode 46: The Chicks Have Opinions

Download  | Duration: 01:17:33 Book Talk starts at 28:02 Please post pictures of any project made from Desert Vista Dyeworks yarn in the DVD Ravelry forum for a chance to win stitch markers or a skein of yarn - drawing every Tuesday! That Clever Clementine Coupon Code ( 2KnitLitChicks ) continues until 6/18.  Enter here to win a TCC until June 30 th . Please leave iTunes Reviews for all your favorite podcasts! Tracie’s Marin Shawl Belgique Cowl/Infinity Scarf by Brenda Lavell Shaggy Bear Farms Blue Faced Liecester Sport Weight in Teal Aurora Bourealis socks by SockBunny (test knit) Gnome Acres Merino Nylon Fingering The Old Man and the Sea by Mel Ski Blue Moon fiber Arts Woobu Universal Yarns Pace Step Holden Shawl by Mindy Wilkes Malabrigo Silkpaca Lace The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith Bitch In a Bonnet: Reclaiming Jane Austen From the Stiffs, the Snobs, the Simps and the Saps, Volume 1 by Robert Rod...

Episode 45: I Want to Learn to Play Vaccination

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Download  | Duration: 01:08:01 We have 1700 members in our  Ravelry Group ! Check out  That Clever Clementine  Etsy Shop!   She has project bags, project bowls and so much more.  She is offering a coupon code for 2 Knit Lit Chicks listeners for 10% off any purchase over $20.  The code is 2KnitLitChicks and is good 5/18/13 - 6/18/13. And that's not all!  Enter to win this project bag featuring Nancy Drew fabric: Answer the question on the "Win a Project Bag" thread on our Ravelry Forum.  The contest will be over on June 30, 2013. Mother Bear  KAL/CAL will have an FO thread starting on 7/1/13.  You may enter any bears completed in 2013 to be eligible for prizes. Spinning at the Winery  will take place on 5/25/13, 10am - 4pm.  Be sure to bring: a chair your knitting or spinning $5 for parking sunscreen hat  water potluck dish to share Barb met up with Missy ( marynvoigt ) at  A Verb Fo...