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Episode 200 Part 1: Ask Us Anything - At Last!

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Listen Recorded Wednesday, June 24, 2020 Our Mother Bear KAL is ongoing until September 1, 2020!  Check out   2020 Mother Bear KAL Chatter Thread  to find out everything you need to know. Virtual get-together via Zoom on Saturdays, 12 noon  PST - Details  here We are giving away 3 copies of Fredi Baker’s new pattern, the Ciara Shawl!  Enter to win here  by July 1, 2020.   You can buy  Ciara Kits  at Rumplestilskin Yarn Shop in Sacramento.

Episode 206: Just Because I Can Doesn't Mean I Should!

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Listen Recorded on June 10, 2020 Book Talk starts at 40:25 Tracie and Barb support the Black Lives Matter movement and encourage you to add your voice to the fight for racial justice and police reform and demilitarization.  Please donate if you can: Black Lives Matter Southern Poverty Law Center NAACP Legal Defense Fund ACLU Our Mother Bear KAL is starting on June 1, 2020!  I have started a  2020 Mother Bear KAL Chatter Thread  and you can find everything you need to know over there. Spring Swap - mail-out-by deadline is June 15 - check  2020 Swap Thread  for details Virtual get-together via Zoom on Saturdays, 12 noon  PST - Details  here We are giving away 3 copies of Fredi Baker’s new pattern, the Ciara Shawl!  I interviewed Fredi about her designs as well as her work as a life coach.  I apologize for the fact that my voice is difficult to hear on the interview! You can buy  Ciara Kits...

Episode 205: Everybody Needed Enemas?

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Listen Recorded on May 28, 2020 Book Talk starts at 22:34 One of Barb's bears with a forever friend! Our Mother Bear KAL is starting on June 1, 2020!  I have started a  2020 Mother Bear KAL Chatter Thread  and you can find everything you need to know over there. Spring Swap - If you are participating, please visit the  2020 Swap Thread  to keep up with questions at least once a week. Virtual get-together via Zoom on Saturdays, 12 noon  PST - Details  here For fans of the My Favorite Murder Podcast only!  We announce the winners of the 3  Stay Out of the Forest  hat patterns by the fabulous  Jennifer Lassonde .   Tracie made an announcement about the 2020 NoCKRs Retreat swag and refunds. KNITTING Barb has finished: 1.  Mother Bears  #208  and  #209 Tracie has finished: 1.  Mother Bears  #213 ,  #214  and  #215 2.   Gnome de Plum...

Episode 204: Turkeys Observe Social Distance

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Listen Recorded on May 15, 2020 Book Talk Starts at 29:00 Our Poncho Knit Along is done!  Prize winners are announced at the end of this episode Spring Swap - If you are participating, please visit the 2020 Swap Thread  to keep up with questions at least once a week. Virtual get-together via Zoom on Saturdays, 1pm PST - Details here For fans of the My Favorite Murder Podcast only!  We are giving away 3  Stay Out of the Forest  hat patterns by the fabulous  Jennifer Lassonde .  Please comment in the thread in Ravelry.  This contest will end on May 20, 2020. Tracie’s son Will made a film about Tracie, her fiber addiction, her mom, the podcast, etc for his documentary film class.  There are two cuts, because Will’s professor liked the Knitted Knockers cut better but Tracie and Barb like the Mother Bear cut better.  Hopefully he got a good grade on it! The Mother Bear Cut The Knitted Knockers Cut ...

Episode 203: Some People Can't Handle It

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Listen Book Talk starts at: 29.15 Recorded on April 21, 2020 Our Poncho Knit Along is humming right along!  Join the  Chatter thread  and post your finished poncho in the  FOs thread .   This KAL will run until May 1, 2020. We have 2 new giveaways! 1.  Our own  Dinaripper  has made 25 knitting-themed face masks!  They will be given away to the first 25 people that comment on the giveaway thread that will go up on APRIL 28, 2020.   2.  For fans of the My Favorite Murder Podcast only!  We are giving away 3  Stay Out of the Forest  hat patterns by the fabulous  Jennifer Lassonde .  Please comment in the thread in Ravelry.  This contest will end on May 20, 2020. Jennifer Lassonde's Stay Out of the Forest hat pattern! Spring Swap - If you are participating, please visit the 2020 Swap Thread  to keep up with questions at least once a week. KNITTING: Barb ha...