All-Natural Lip Balm by Wolfe Farms 
Shorty’s Sutures 
Snappy Stitches 
The Mother Bear Project 
Please check out our Mother Bear KAL sponsors:

Ravelympics Team Sasquatch

Brenda Castiel contest

Tracie’s Rainbow Summer Bear

Tracie’s Vitamin D Cardigan

Tracie’s Lydia Crescent Lace Shawl

Aegean Mitts by Amy Polcyn

Milk Run Shawl by Cat Wong

Madelinetosh Vintage

Tracie’s Tote

Signature circular needles

Chinook Scarf by Ali Green ay

Kollage Milky Whey

Defending Jacob Read-Along

Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum

The Rope by Nevada Barr

The Volunteer by Barbara Taylor Sissel

Book Rooster – free books for the Kindle if you write a review on Amazon

The Killer of Little Shepherds: A True Crime Story and the Birth of Forensic Science by 
Douglas Starr

Barb recommends: 
• 11-22-63 by Stephen King 
• The Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O’Farrell

Tracie recommends Island of the Sequinned Love Nun by Christopher Moore

Tracie does not recommend Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James

This week’s Drawing is sponsored by Alpenglow Yarns – thanks, Carrie!

Eugenia’s Mittens by Mollie Woodworth

Quince & Co. Lark

Barb’s My Wish Shawl

Barb’s Dancing Batty Shawl

BeeKeepers Quilt by Tiny Owl Knits

Tracie’s Bunny Blanket Buddy

Tracie’s Hippo from Itty Bitty Toys by Susan B. Anderson

Tracie’s Shawl Collared Cowl by Alana Dakos

Araucania Liwen

Tracie’s Oh Delilah scarf  by She-Knits

Blue Heron Rayon Metallic

Rustling Leaves Beret from Coastal Knits by Alana Dakos

Cascade Heritage Sock Yarn

Baby Doll Set from Itty Bitty Toys by Susan B. Anderson

Cascade Pacific

Barb recommends Ice Cold by Tess Gerritsen

A Thousand Lives by Julia Scheeres

The Knitter’s Life List by Gwen Steege

Hard Truth by Nevada Barr

It Looked Different On the Model by Laurie Notaro 

Tracie & Barb Recommend: 

State of Wonder by Ann Patchett 

and Davis Sedaris

David Sedaris: “Six to Eight Black Men”

David Sedaris: “Stadium Pal”

Daily Special on Craftsy.com

Great Deals at The Dizzy Sheep

Arctic Lace: Knitting
Projects and Stories Inspired by Alaska’s Native Knitters by Donna
Druchunas

Estelle by Melissa LeBarre

A Verb for Keeping Warm in Oakland, CA

Little Red in the City by Ysolde Teague

Knit Picks Bare Fingering Weight

Barb’s Indigo Dyed Yarn

Tracie’s Oh Delilah scarf 

Autumnal Mitts by Jo Bangle

Tracie’s Autumnal Mitts

Plymouth Select Worsted Merino Superwash

Tracie’s 2nd Baby Doll Set from Itty Bitty Toys by Susan B. Anderson

Barb’s Dreaming of Spring Mitts from More Last-Minute Knitted Gifts by Joelle Hoverson

Barb’s Kat Monsters by Rebecca Danger

Cria Sweater from Little Red in the City by Ysolde Teague

Madeleine Tosh Pashmina

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, narrated by Tim Robbins

Tracie Recommends: Connivance by Helen Baker

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, narrated by Sissy Spacek

Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

The Language of Secrets by Dianne Dixon

Cool for Cats by Andrew Ordover

Pam of Babylon by Suzanne Jenkins (uzo on Ravelry)

Bedbugs by Ben Winters

Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko

The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak

Artichoke’s Heart by Suzanne Supplee

Speak by Laurie Halse-Anderson

Shelf Discoveries: The Teen Classics We Never Stopped Reading by Lizzie Skurnick

Knitting Green by Anne Budd

A Yarn Less Raveled in Danville, CA

The Yarn Boutique in Lafayette, Calfornia

Tracie’s 2nd Baby Doll Set from Itty Bitty Toys by Susan B.
Anderson

Sustainable Bamboo Scarf from Knitting Green by Ann Budd

Autumnal Mitts by Jo Bangle

V Neck-Down Pullover for Men by Knitting Pure & Simple 

Tracie’s Rustling Leaves Beret by Alana Dakos from Coastal Knits

Craftsy Daily Deals

Barb’s Sweet Fern Mitts by Clara Parkes

Barb’s Multnomah by Kate

Barb’s Molly Hat

Tracie Recommends:

The Shark Net by Robert Drewe

Barb Recommends:

At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson

The Most Dangerous Thing by Laura Lippman

Handmade Jewelry by Dragonfly Charm

Book Talk Starts at 33:40

Mother Bear  

Stitches West 2012  

Vonica by Bonne Marie Burns
– Thanks, thumperina! 

Magrathea by Martina Behm – Thanks, fibernymph!

Walnut Grove Shawlette by Karrie Steinmetz – Thanks, knitpurlgurl!

Radiance Shawl by Helen Stewart – Thanks, hellsbells!

Seaside Shawlette by WendyKnits – Thanks, fibernymph!

Contest: What Would You Do With 500 Yards of Shepherd’s Wool?  Sponsored byThe Yarn Boutique in Lafayette, CA

Quixote Scarf by Brenda Castiel

A Yarn Less Raveled in Danville, CA

Audible Contest

Tracie’s Sustainable Bamboo Scarf

Tracie’s Rustling Leaves Beret by Alana Dakos

Tracie’s Enthusiastic socks 

Tracie’s 2nd Set of Autumnal Mitts by Jo Bangle

Tracie’s Darkside Cowl by Sarah Fama

Barb’s Tuck Shawl

A Verb For Keeping Warm Creating Fingering

Barb’s Lintella by Martina Behm 

Barb’s Twist & Flounce by She-Knits

Fiberspates Scrumptious Solid

Barb’s Watermelon Socks

Abi Grasso Self-Striping Watermelon with Seeds Fingering Weight

Barb’s Girl Bear for Jayla

Barb’s Molly Hat by Alana Dakos

Baby Jester Hat by Wooly Wormhead 

Caron Simply Soft 

Simple Baby Hat with a Touch of Lace by Ginny Schelling

Brown Sheep Nature Soft Sport

Cascade Venezia

Basket Hand Rib Towel by Traci Heiner

Lion Brand Cotton Ease

Cabled Hobo Bag by Amanda Reed

Quinn Cabled Bag By Yvonne Kao 

Lavender Messenger Bag from One Ball Knits: Purses by Fatema Habibur-Rahman, Khadija Habibur-Rahman, and Hajera Habibur-Rahman 

Lava Flow Cowl by Dixie Norton 

Malabrigo Silky Merino 

BonBons Fingerless Mitts by Susanna IC 

1st Official 2
Knit Lit Chicks KAL!  We are doing
the Spectra Shawl by Stephen West and will begin February 1. You will need:

Double Whammy by Carl Hiaasen

Tracie Recommends the book
AND movie adaptations of

Dexter in the Dark

Zodiac: The Shocking True Story of the Nation’s Most Bizarre Mass Murderer by Robert Graysmith

The Man Who Invented Christmas: How Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits by Les Standiford

At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson

 1st Official 2
Knit Lit Chicks Read-Along!  We
will be deciding by poll (you can vote here) from the following three books:

Fresh Produce clothes 

Book Talk Begins at 29:55

Stitches West is just 5 weeks away!  Let us know if you’re going to be there – we’d love to meet you!

We will be collecting Mother Bears at Stitches West at Booth 941 - Ellen’s Woolly Wonders - thanks, Ellen!  Limit 5 bears per person, $3 per bear – bags and envelopes will be there for you to use.  

Vote for our first Chicks Book Club selection.  The poll will close February 1st, and we will begin reading/discussing February 15.

Cast-On Podcast

There
is still plenty of time to join the Spectra KAL!!  We will begin on February 1st.

Exclusive For Our Listeners: 20% Desert Vista Dyeworks!

Contest: What Would You Do With 500 Yards of Shepherd’s Wool?  Sponsored by The Yarn Boutique in Lafayette, CA.   Contest will end on 2/1 – thread will be
locked.  Must be a member of the
group.

Tracie’s Sweater for Ryan

Tracie’s Twist and Flounce by Sharon Dreifuss

Quinn Cabled Bag by Yvonne Kao

Cascade Ultra Pima

Frontier Blues Jacket by Wendy Bernard

Knit Picks Simply Cotton Worsted

Barb’s Shalom by Meghan McFarlane

Barb’s Lava Flow Cowl by Dixie Norton

Barb’s BonBons mitts by Susanna IC

Barb’s Bedsocks for Nanny

Socks for the Wolfe Farms Knit Together

Deborah Norville Premier Yarns Serenity Garden

Knitting Book Review: The Knitter’s Book of Wool by Clara Parkes

Tracie
does not recommend: Dexter in the Dark by Jeff Lindsay (Dexter #3 – but she
does recommend #1, #2 & #5 in the series)

One Mississippi by Mark Childress

Zodiac: the Shocking True Story of the Nation’s most Bizarre Mass Murderer – by Robert Graysmith

Barb
does not recommend: The Man Who Invented Christmas: How Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits by Les Standiford

The Killing Edge by Heather Graham

The Rope by Nevada Barr!  First chapter available now on Audible – FREE!

The Sweet Potato Queens books by Jill Connor Browne

The Sweet Potato Queen’s Official Website

BuffyAnn Designs

The Yarn Tamer