Book Talk starts at 33:55

This episode was recorded on September 30, 2014.

The Northern California Knitting Retreat (NoCKRs!) will be held April 17 - 19, 2015 in San Juan Bautista, CA.  If you are interested in attending, please go here for all the information.

Our Mother Bear KAL/CAL is over and all the prizes have been claimed.

Our Sweater KAL/CAL is continuing until January 15, 2015, so get busy!  Please check out the chatter thread for all the information you need to participate.

The winner of the Hallowe'en project bag from the Art Institchtute etsy shop is announced at the end of this podcast.

You have until October 15th to enter the drawing for the ebook Sock Architecture by Lara Neel.  Go here to enter.

Barb highly recommends the Badass Survivors Podcast hosted by Melanie.  This is a podcast about dealing with breast cancer.  Melanie hopes to make it a gathering place for women with breast cancer, survivors of the disease, and those with loved ones going through the process.   Check out Melanie's blog for more information on dealing with breast cancer.  Warning:  Language!

Upcoming events:

Lambtown - October 4 & 5, 2015 in Dixon, CA.

The CogKNITive Fiber Retreat in Tehachapi, CA, October 11.

Stitches West in Santa Clara, CA, February 19-22, 2015.

KNITTING

Barb has finished:

Mother Bear #49

Rose Garden Shawl by Vera Sanon, using Cascade Yarn Ultra Pima in a teal colorway

Tracie has finished:

Mother Bear #49

Impunity Hat by Amana Schwabe, using Gnome Acres House Gnome in the Hulk Smash color way.

Barb has cast on:

Brooke's Column of Leaves scarf by Brooke Nelson, using Cascade Yarns 220 Worsted in the Mystic Purple color way.

Barb is continuing to knit:

The Hitofude cardigan by Hiroku Fakatsu, using Madelinietosh Tosh Merino Light in the Jasper colorway.

Mini-Landing Cardi by Vera Sanon, using Knit Picks Stroll Tonal in the Summer Blooms colorway.

Upstairs/Downstairs: A Cowl in Three Sizes by Paula Emons-Fuseli, using Dizzy Blonde Studios Dirty Blonde DK in the Nichole colorway.

Mystik Spiral Socks by Josh Ryks, using Desert Vista Dyeworks Viso in the Dia de los Muertos colorway.

Tracie has cast on:

Canyonlands Shawl by verybusymonkey using Blue Heron Rayon Metallic in the Deep Blue Sea colorway.

The Propeller hat by Woolly Wormhead, using The Yarns of Rhichard Devrieze 100% Merino Worsted Superwash in the Kimberley colorway.

Tracie is still working on:

A second Vitamin D cardigan by Heidi Kirrmaier, using Knitting Rose Blossom Sock in the Girl on Fire colorway.

Mystik Spiral Socks by Josh Ryks, using Invictus Yarns Master of My Feet in the Aradia Self-striping colorway.

BOOKS

Barb has finished:

A Place at the Table by Susan Rebecca White

The Qualities of Wood by Mary Vensel White

Tracie has finished:

Reality Boy by A.S. King

Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

Apple Tree Yard by Louise Doughty

Barb is currently reading:

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

Don't Look Now and Other Stories by Daphne du Maurier

Stoner by John Edward Williams

Tracie is currently reading:

The Birth Order Book: Why You are the Way You Are by Kevin Lehman

Tracie also mentions the Stuff Mom Never Told You Episode, Middle Child Syndrome

A Choir of Ill Children by Tom Piccirilli

The Shining by Stephen King

Tracie mentions the website IMDB for all things trivia related to The Shining film.  She also recommends Room 237, an exploration of various interpretations of the movie, The Shining.

Barb mentions the current IRS Phone Scam.  Please go here to the IRS page on how to deal with these pervasive phone scams.