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Episode 215: I Gave It Five Stars

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Listen Recorded on November 29, 2020 Book Talk starts at 32:41 The 2020 2 Knit Lit Chicks Fall Sweater KAL is ongoing until January 15, 2021.  You can find all the details  here .  Need some ideas?  Check out our BUNDLES! 👉   Beginner Knitted Sweaters 👉   Knitted Sweaters for Adventurous Beginners to Advanced 👉   Crocheted Sweaters Virtual get-together via  Zoom on Saturdays, 12 noon  PST - Details  here New Giveaway - Tracie wants to send you a skein of her handspun!  She will be giving out these skeins to three lucky winners: 149 yds Twisted Sunshine 50% Silk/50% Merino in bright coral 210 yds Malabrigo Nube 100% Pure Merino Wool in jade greens 252 yds Living Dreams Yarn 70% Merino/30% Tussah Silk in Midnight in Paris (periwinkle) Leave a comment  here  to be entered to win.  The contest thread will close December 15, 2020. KNITTING Barb has finished: Granito  pullover by Joji Locatelli, using  Western ...

Episode 214: Like a Duck on a Junebug!

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Listen Recorded on November 11, 2020 Book Talk starts at 32:45 The 2020 2 Knit Lit Chicks Fall Sweater KAL is ongoing until January 15, 2021.  You can find all the details  here .  Need some ideas?  Check out our BUNDLES! 👉   Beginner Knitted Sweaters 👉   Knitted Sweaters for Adventurous Beginners to Advanced 👉   Crocheted Sweaters Virtual get-together via  Zoom on Saturdays, 12 noon  PST - Details  here New Giveaway - Tracie wants to send you a skein of her handspun!  She will be giving out these skeins to three lucky winners: 149 yds Twisted Sunshine 50% Silk/50% Merino in bright coral 210 yds Malabrigo Nube 100% Pure Merino Wool in jade greens 252 yds Living Dreams Yarn 70% Merino/30% Tussah Silk in Midnight in Paris (periwinkle) Leave a comment here to be entered to win.  The contest thread will close December 15, 2020. KNITTING Barb has finished Union Table Runner by Joan Beebe, using Knit Picks Swis...

Episode 213: A Special Box for Organizing Headbands

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Listen Recorded on October 29, 2020 Book Talk starts at 32:00  The 2020 2 Knit Lit Chicks Fall Sweater KAL has officially started!  You can find all the details  here .  Need some ideas?  Check out our BUNDLES! 👉   Beginner Knitted Sweaters 👉   Knitted Sweaters for Adventurous Beginners to Advanced 👉   Crocheted Sweaters Virtual get-together via  Zoom on Saturdays, 12 noon  PST - Details  here Our friend Dinaripper is making wonderful 3D masks with adjustable elastic ear-loops!  They come in lots of fun prints and are really comfortable and well-made.  Check them out here .  For free shipping on masks and anything else you order from her online store until Christmas, use coupon code 2KLCSHIP. KNITTING Barb finished Bautista shawl by Celia McAdam Cahill, using Invictus Yarns YakLux in the Nockers 2020 colorway Multidirectional Scarf #9 , using a Caron Cake Bear and a Bunny Suit by Susan B. Anderson, u...

Episode 212: I Want to Keep My Knuckle!

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Listen   Thursday, October 15, 2020 If you are an American citizen, PLEASE VOTE!   Are you registered to vote?  You can check your voter registration  HERE .   The 2020 2 Knit Lit Chicks Fall Sweater KAL has officially started!  You can find all the details  here .  Need some ideas?  Check out our BUNDLES! 👉   Beginner Knitted Sweaters 👉   Knitted Sweaters for Adventurous Beginners to Advanced 👉   Crocheted Sweaters Virtual get-together via  Zoom on Saturdays, 12 noon  PST - Details  here Our friend Dinaripper is making wonderful 3D masks with adjustable elastic ear-loops!  They come in lots of fun prints and are really comfortable and well-made.  Check them out here . Want a giggle and some fabulous yarn?  Check out Despondent Dyes , a duo of dyers whose tagline is "We Set Our Colors with the Acidity of our Bitter Tears..."  Their colorway names are hilarious, and their yarns a...

Episode 211: Then You're Just Hanging Out With People You Don't Like

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Listen So sorry for all the barking dogs in the background of this episode! Recorded on Monday, September 27, 2020 Book talk starts at 17:50 The 2020 2 Knit Lit Chicks Fall Sweater KAL has officially started!  You can find all the details  here .  Need some ideas?  Check out our BUNDLES! 👉  Beginner Knitted Sweaters 👉  Knitted Sweaters for Adventurous Beginners to Advanced 👉  Crocheted Sweaters Our Mother Bear KAL is over!  What did you win?  Listen until the end of the podcast to find out. Virtual get-together via  Zoom on Saturdays, 12 noon  PST - Details  here If you are an American citizen, PLEASE VOTE!   Are you registered to vote?  You can check your voter registration  HERE 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 L...

Episode 210: It Just Rolls Off My Tongue

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Listen Recorded on September 15, 2020 Book Talk starts at 28:05 The 2020 2 Knit Lit Chicks Fall Sweater KAL has officially started!  You can find all the details  here .  Need some ideas?  Check out our BUNDLES! 👉 Beginner Knitted Sweaters 👉  Knitted Sweaters for Adventurous Beginners to Advanced 👉  Crocheted Sweaters Our Mother Bear KAL is over!  Prizes will be announced in Episode 211. Virtual get-together via  Zoom on Saturdays, 12 noon  PST - Details  here 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   KNITTING Barb finished Mother Bears 225 through 228 Tracie has finished: Ciara Shawl  by Fredi Baker in  Emma’s Yarn Super Silky  (kit from Rumpelstiltskin) in Freshly Cut, Happily Ever Af...