Recorded on January 15, 2026

Book talk starts at 24:45

EVENTS

Tracie and Barb will be attending NoCKRs - April 23-26, 2026 in San Juan Bautista.

Our Sweater KAL has ended and prize winners will be announced at the end of this podcast. Thank you to everyone who participated!

Our spring KAL will be the One-Skein KAL! Find that beauitful skein of yarn you've been saving for someday and knit it up into whatever you want - a hat, a cowl, mitts or socks. The only rules are that your project must use at least 100 yards of yarn and be all from a single skein of yarn. We will cast on for this KAL starting February 1 and go through May 15.

KNITTING

Barb has finished:

Bankhead #37

Barb has Cast On:

1. Effortless Cardigan by Zabeth, using Knit Picks Wool of the Andes worsted, in the Dove Heather colorway

2. Stephanie's One-Row Scarf by Stephanie-Pearl McPhee, using a Caron Upside Down Cake in the Peanut Butter colorway

Tracie has finished:

1. Felix Pullover by Amy Christophers from her combo spin

2. Vanilla socks with FLK heel in Dreaming of Hue 75% SW Merino/25% Nylon in Unicorn Tails

3. Melt The Ice Hat by Paul S. Nearly in Psych Ward Yarns Hecka Fingering and Queensland Collection Sugar Rush Solids held together

4. Melt the Ice Badge - #3D version by Hasani, in Malabrigo Rios

Tracie has Cast-on

1. Zephyr Mark II By Celia Cahill in Invictus Yarns Tenacity in Wicked Guitar Riffs

2. The Simple Thing by Melina Brell in WoolFolk Fär in color 28

Tracie has frogged/ put into Hibernation:

Chicory Pullover by Susan Moskwa using Malabrigo Washted in the Pascal colorway

BOOKS Barb has Finished: 1. Motherland by Julia Ioffe - 2 stars 2. The Correspondent - 5 stars 3. The Writing Retreat - 3 stars Tracie has finished: 1. James by Percival Everett- 3.5 stars 2. Poisoned Love Carlton Smith - 4 stars 3. What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall - 2.5 stars 4. North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell - 4 stars 5. Broken Ground (Karen Pirie #5) by Val McDermid - 4 stars