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Episode 53: A Highball Before Lunch

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Download  | Duration: 01:05:58 Book Talk starts at 31:14 Our Sweater KAL is ongoing – join the discussion in our chatter thread and check out the early birds in our FOs thread Thank you to Brenda Castiel, who is donating 3 of her patterns as prizes in our Sweater KAL.   Go to her blog to win 1 of 4 copies of The Unofficial Harry Potter Knits .   The We Love Jane Austen mini contest has ended - listen to the end of the episode to find out if you are the winner!  And if you'd like to read a fun Jane-related book, check out Jane Austen in Boca Raton by Paula Marantz Cohen . Barb will be meeting up with podcast listeners at Looped Yarn Works in Washington DC on Wednesday, September 25 at 11 a.m. and visiting   the yarn store in Rehobeth Beach, DE on September 30.   PM her (knittybarb) if you can join her at either location. Tracie will be at Lambtown in Dixon, CA on Sunday, October 6 We are also attending: Cogkn...

Episode 52: Happy Podiversary! The Chicks Are 2 Years Old

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Download  Duration: 01:04:51 Book Talk starts at 34:10 Come join our  SWEATER KAL/CAL !!  You have until December 1, 2013 to create something wonderful for you or another adult. The Click for Babies KAL/CAL has started with  Katie (jetgirl1313) of the Knittin' on the Fly Videocast .  Please go  here  to find out all about it.  This is a wonderful  charity program  that gives out handmade purple baby hats to parents of newborns to promote the education of normal crying patterns for babies. Our Mother Bear KAL/CAL is over!  We had over 160 bears completed.  Please go to the end of this thread to see the winners of our fabulous prizes!  Thank you to everyone who participated.  Make sure you send the completed bears to the  Mother Bear Organization  so they can find a child to love... Barb will be in Washington DC 9/23 - 9/27.  She will be at  Looped Yarn Works  with...

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...