Recorded July 22, 2024

Book talk begins at 30:19

Our annual Mother Bear KAL has begun and will run until August 31. To find out all about this wonderful charity, please go to the Mother Bear Project website. Talk bears with us in the Mother Bear Chatter thread and post your finished bears in the FOs thread. Any bears you have knit in 2024 are eligible!

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

Tracie is teaching a class on making knitted toys at Rumpelstiltskin in Sacramento, and it has been rescheduled to September 28 and November 2 . See the class listing here for details!

KNITTING

Barb finished:

Mother Bear #296 - 298

Tracie finished:

• Mother Bears 328, 329 and one that I sent to my uncle
• Davis #4 by Pam Allen in Knit Picks Snuggle Puff in Hatchling (pale mint green)
• Scraps Chaps by Barbara Prime:

1. Rabbit in Sea Change Fibers by The Dye Project Ecola Worsted in Mushroom Hunter
2. Cat in Plymouth Yarn Worsted Merino Superwash Solids in Caraway Heather

Barb continues to work 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

And has cast on:

Mother Bear #299

Spinwheel Beanie by Benjamin Matthews, using a mystery gray yarn

Tracie cast on:

42-6 Dream in Blue Cardigan by DROPS design in Universal Uptown DK in Baby Blue and Paintbox Yarns Simply DK in Banana Cream

Dawning Top by Ainur Berkimbayeva in Sea Change Fibers by The Dye Project Bayshore Fingering in Pink Frock

And continues to work on:

Just Float by Stephanie Lotven (TellyBean Knits) in Apple Fiber Studio Sparkling Cider in Malachite and Life in the Long Grass Silk/Merino Sock in Autumn

Fiddly Bits cowl #11 by Jana Pihota

Digital Citizens stuffed toys

BOOKS

Barb read:

Cook County ICU: 30 Years of Unforgettable Patients and Odd Cases - 3 stars. Written in 2016 - he headed the ICU 1970s thru the 1990s

Bitter Blood: a True Story of Southern Family Pride, Madness, and Multiple Murder by Jerry Bledsoe - 5 stars.

Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach - 4 stars

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote - 5 stars

Tracie read:

Inside Out by Demi Moore - 4.5 stars

Before He Wakes by Jerry Bledsoe - 4.5 stars

The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles - 3 stars

Blind Rage: A True Story of Sin, Sex, and Murder in a Small Arkansas Town by Anita Paddock - 2.5 stars