Recorded on August 15, 2018

Book Talk starts a 30:50

2 Knit Lit Chicks Summer Swap!

Important Dates 

July 30th: Partner Assignments Sent, check-in #1 

August 15th: Check-In #2 

August 31st: Check-In #3 

September 14th check in #4 

September 28th: final check in 

October 5th: Mail-By Date

We are hosting our annual Mother Bear KAL, and it’s almost done!  Any bears you have knit or crocheted in 2018 are eligible to be entered for prizes. If you want more information about the Mother Bear Project, please go here.  Our FO thread is here - please post a separate photo for each bear you make by the end of the day on August 31!  And thank you to our wonderful listeners and vendor friends for donating prizes for the KAL.

Barb will be in Paris September 11-19.  Tracie will be in the Munich area September 26-October 4.  If you are in either of those areas and want to meet up, PM us on Ravelry!

Congratulations to Sequoiashelley for 3 blue ribbons at the Nevada County Fair! 

The Tracie’s Cakeride by Undead Yarn giveaway thread has closed - we will pick a winner on the next episode.

KNITTING

Tracie has finished

Mother Bears 146, 147, 148 and HSU bear for Allyn

Barb has finished:

Mystik Spiral Socks by Josh Ryks, using Matte Sock by Valkryie Fibers in the Baby in a Trenchcoat colorway

Juniata Park Cowl by Erika Flory, using a Craftsy kit.

 

Tracie has cast on:

zoe cardi by Cheri Christian in Tahki Cotton Classic in Spruce

for my swap partner: Glam Cowl by Jacqui Harding in Fiberspates Scrumptious Lace in the Jen S Green colorway

test knit: One Perfect Skein by frediknits in Dragonfly Fibers Pixie in the Low Tide colorway

 

And she continues working on:

Fiddly Bits #6 by Jane Pihota

Bellora Tee by Samantha Kirby, using Knit Picks Lindy Chain in the Thicket and Harbor colorways

Welcome Blanket in 3 colors of Cascade Bentley - welcomeblanket.org

 

Barb continues to work on:

Archer by Elizabeth Doherty, using Forbidden Woolery Fortitude in the Pixie Hollow colorway, and The Farmer’s Daughter Squish Fingering in the Are You Sure Hank done it That Way? colorway.

Vertical Drop Stitch Scarf by Churchmouse Yarns and Tea, using Blue Sky Alpacas Skinny Cotton in the 305 (a very pale blush pink) colorway

Bear And a Bunny Suit by Susan B. Anderson, using Plymouth Encore Worsted Solids In the Neon Green and Oatmeal color ways

 

And she has cast on:

Thank You Sarah socks by Heidi Nick, using Leading Men Fiber Arts Showstealer (MCN) in the London Fog colorway.

Mother Bear #145

Secret project for swap partner 

BOOKS

Tracie finished reading:

The Twelve Mile Straight by Eleanor Henderson

In-Between Days by Andrew Porter

The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith (JK Rowling)

Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler

Under Cover of the Night: a True Story of Sex, Greed & Murder by Diane Fanning - narrated by John Miller

 

Barb has finished

The Surgeon’s Wife by Kieran Crowley

Born Trump: Inside America’s First Family by Emily Jane Fox

Testimony by Anita Shreve

Force of Nature by Jane Harper (Aaron Falk #2)

 

Tracie is reading:

Homesick for Another World by Ottessa Moshfegh

The Twilight Wife by AJ Banner

 

Barb is reading:

Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery

The Outsider by Stephen King  

A Case of Need by Michael Crichton (written as Jeffrey Hudson in 1968)  

 

Thumbs Up: Life Below Zero - Netflix