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Recorded on May 28, 2024

Book talk begins at 22:55

ANNOUNCEMENTS and NEWS:

Our Summer Tops KAL is almost over, going until to June 1, 2024.  Prizes winners will be announced in Episode 288!

Our next KAL will be our annual Mother Bear KAL.  

DATES:  6/1/24 - 8/31/24

To find out all about this wonderful charity, please go to Mother Bear Project website.  Talk bears with us in the Mother Bear Chatter thread and post your finished bears in the FOs thread.  

Tracie and Barb had a discussion about the excellent YouTube video that Susan B. Anderson made showing how she embroiders faces on toys:

 Every Saturday at noon Pacific time - Virtual Knitting Group via Zoom

 

EVENTS

Tracie will be at:

• Treadles to Threads Spinning Guild's Fiber Frolic - June 1 at the Soul Food Farm outside Vacaville, CA

 

KNITTING

Barb Finished:

• Mother Bears # 292 & #293
• Bankhead Hats #28 & #29

Tracie finished:

Mother Bears #321 - 323

• Dream in Blue Cardigan by Drops Design in pink and mint acrylic scraps
• Elorie by Elizabeth Doherty, using Berroco ReMix in the Artichoke colorway 

Barb is working on:

• Gardengate by Jennifer Steingass, using Cloudborn Merino Superwash Sock Twist in the Graphite Heather colorway and Cloudborn Fibers Highland Fingering in the Petal colorway

Barb has cast On:

• Bankhead hat #30 by Susie Gourlay using Knit Picks City Tweed HW in the Marsh Colorway

Tracie continues to work on:

• Fiddly Bits cowl #11 by Jana Pihota

Tracie has cast on:

• Staycation pullover by Susanne Sommer, using Zealana Performa KIWI fingering in the Rococo colorway
• Eisinberg Jacket by Guri Pederson in Paintbox Yarns Simply DK in the Spearmint Green and Blush Pink color ways

BOOKS

Barb read:

• The Rip by Holly Craig - 3 stars
• The Light of Farallon Island by Jen Wheeler - 4 stars

 

Tracie read:

• The Harbor by Katrine Engberg - 3.5 stars
• Shanghai Girls by Lisa See - 4.5 stars
• The Vanishing Class of 3B by Jackie Kabler - 3.5 stars
• Saint Maybe by Anne Tyler - 5 stars

 

Tracie recommends these two videos about what organizing is NOT:

Jordan Theresa: The Cult of Organisation & The Celebrity Kitchen Complex

Hannah Alonzo: The unhinged consumerism of “restock” influencers, so unrealistic!