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Episode 270: A Colorful Cast of Characters at the Bunkhouse

2 Knit Lit Chicks

Release Date: 07/09/2023

Episode 299: We're Kinda Loosey Goosey show art Episode 299: We're Kinda Loosey Goosey

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Recorded Tuesday, March 25, 2025 Book talk begins at 28:40 Colorwork KAL info - you'll find it Come join our Virtual Knitting Group - all the info is EVENTS Tracie and Barb will be at: NoCKRs - April 10-13, 2025 in San Juan Bautista, CA.  - Saturday, June 7, 2025 at Soul Food Farms in Vacaville, CA.  Bring a chair and lunch!  Presented by Treadles to Threads Spinning Guild  - September 18-21, 2025 at Zephyr Point Presbyterian Centre on Zephyr Cove, Nevada   KNITTING Barb has finished: 2 Knit Knockers Bankhead hat #33 using Lion Brand Mandala Ombre ...

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Episode 298: Tracie Wears a Nerf Football show art Episode 298: Tracie Wears a Nerf Football

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Recorded Saturday, February 22, 2025   Barb and Tracie are both appalled at what has been happening since the Trump inauguration.  What can we do? Call your representatives Sign up at - STOP THE TRUMP-MUSK COUP February 28 - Economic Blackout - no purchases in person or online.  is planning a series of boycott days - I will post the link and all of the dates in the show notes   Please join our  Colorwork KAL!  Here are the details:   Starts 2/1/25, ends on 5/1/25   Any project with colorwork - could be stranded, fair-isle, stripes, mosaic, intarsia,...

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Episode 297: We Might Look Askance at You show art Episode 297: We Might Look Askance at You

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Recorded Wednesday, January 22, 2025 Book talk starts at 33:50   Our Sweater KAL has ended!  Did you win a prize?  Please listen until the end of the episode to find out.   Please join us for our next knit-along - our second Colorwork KAL!  Here are the details: 1.  Starts 2/1/25, ends  5/1/25   2.  Any project with colorwork - could be stranded, fairisle, stripes, mosaic, intarsia, etc.   3.  Your project can be a hat, mitts, mittens, gloves, anything around the neck, a toy - but it must be larger than a dishcloth!  You might want to...

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Episode 296: A Dead Little Black Thing show art Episode 296: A Dead Little Black Thing

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Recorded on December 21, 2024 Book talk starts at 30:30   Our 2024 Fall Sweater KAL is continuing.  You have until January 15, 2025 to complete an adult sweater and post a photo in our .  It must be adult size and have some type of sleeves - short sleeves are fine!  Check out our for inspiration and join the discussion on our  thread!   Our Zoom group is continuing.  Please join us on Saturdays, 12 noon Pacific time.    EVENTS We will be at the New Years Fiber Retreat at the St Francis Retreat Center in San Juan...

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Episode 295: I'm In a Bubble of Yarn show art Episode 295: I'm In a Bubble of Yarn

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Recorded on November 28, 2024 Book talk starts at 29:40   Our 2024 Fall Sweater KAL is continuing.  You have until January 15, 2025 to complete an adult sweater and post a photo in our .  It must have some type of sleeves - short sleeves are fine!  Check out our for inspiration and join the discussion on our  thread!   Our Zoom group is continuing.  Please join us on Saturdays, 12 noon Pacific time.     EVENTS We will be at the New Years Fiber Retreat at the St Francis Retreat Center in San Juan Bautista, CA...

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Episode 294: If It's Not Real Estate, It's Nothing show art Episode 294: If It's Not Real Estate, It's Nothing

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Recorded Friday, November 1, 2024 Book talk begins at 19:20   Our 2024 Fall Sweater KAL is continuing.  You have until January 15, 2025 to complete an adult sweater and post a photo in our .  It must have some type of sleeves - short sleeves are fine!  Check out our for inspiration and join the discussion on our thread!   Our Zoom group is continuing.  Please join us on Saturdays, 12 noon Pacific time.    EVENTS We will be at the New Years Fiber Retreat at the St Francis Retreat Center in San Juan Bautista, CA in January. Dates for NoCKRs will be...

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Episode 293: Red Hot Lambtown show art Episode 293: Red Hot Lambtown

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Recorded Sunday, October 6, 2024 Book talk begins at 32:20   Our 2024 Fall Sweater KAL is continuing.  You have until January 15, 2025 to complete an adult sweater.  It must have some type of sleeves - short sleeves are fine!   Our Zoom group is continuing.  Please join us on Saturdays, 12 noon Pacific time.  All the info you need is the Info in our Ravelry group!   KNITTING   Tracie has finished: 4 by DROPS Design in Universal Uptown DK, mint green and lavender #2 by mariana Mel  by Casapinka in JodyLong Summer Delight in the Tomato colorway by...

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Episode 292: Is She all Green and Fuzzy and Mossy? show art Episode 292: Is She all Green and Fuzzy and Mossy?

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Recorded Thursday, September 12, 2024 Book talk begins at 30:30   Our annual Mother Bear KAL has ended, and we will announce the prize winners at the end of this episode.  Our Fall Sweater KAL is starting!  You have until January 15 to finish an adult-sized sweater with some kind of sleeves.  WIPs less than 50% complete are fine.  Come join our , and check out our .   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  for...

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Episode 291: Live from the Bunkhouse, It's the Chicks and Friends! show art Episode 291: Live from the Bunkhouse, It's the Chicks and Friends!

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Friday, August 16, 2024 Book talk starts at 10:10 Studio 49 Retreat - October 18-20, 2024 at Tuolomne Trails outside Groveland, CA.  This episode is NOT brought to you by , but we are all big fans. Knitting  Eileen is working on the by Helen Stewart in scrap yarn and is getting back into her by Celia McAdam Cahill in Shelley is working on the tee by Caitlin Hunter in two different silk yarns Susan is working on a from a kit from Yarn Snob for her niece  Barb finished her by Jennifer Steingass and is working on a  Mother Bear, a new tee, and a hat Tracie finished...

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Episode 290: It's Just Gonna be Puckery show art Episode 290: It's Just Gonna be Puckery

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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 .  Talk bears with us in the  and post your finished bears in the .  Any bears you have knit in 2024 are eligible!   Every Saturday at noon Pacific time -  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  for details!   KNITTING...

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Recorded on June 28 & July 5, 2023

Our annual Mother Bear KAL began June 1, 2023, but any bears you have knit or crocheted in 2023 are eligible as entries for prizes.  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.

We have a listener who has come up with 3 incentive prizes for increasing your bear count!  For more info, please check out the Mother Bear Incentive Prizes thread.

Virtual Knitting Group via Zoom

 

The next 2 segments were recorded at Eileen's Bunkhouse in Lincoln, Montana. Eileen is RedsKnits on Ravelry

June 28:

Participants:

Tracie (alittleposy)

Barb (KnittyBarb)

Eileen (redsknits)

Celia (PinotNoir)

Eileen talked about:

1. Book - DC Smith and Kings Lake Investigation Series by Peter Grainger. "British murder mysteries with good plot lines and excellent character development over the series. And he's still writing!"

2. Knitting - starting the Davis pullover by Pam Allen, using Tracie's directions. She is knitting it 
using some vintage stash O-wool that has been dyed by Alpenglow.
 
3. Eileen talked about Alpenglow Industries, especially their Textile and Yarns Tools. Check out their cool
 
 
Celia talked about:
1. The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
 
2.  Knitting - She talked about knitting the Beneath a Summer Sky shawl by Debra Gerhard in Ritual Dyes Fae  (mohair silk) and Maiden (merino fingering) in the Taurus colorway.
 
Tracie talked about:
1.  Book - Disappearance at Devil's Rock by Paul Tremblay
 
2. Knitting - Marklee DK by Elizabeth Doherty in KnitPicks comfy in the Planetarium colorway.
 
Barb talked about:
     by Norma Cobb

2.  Knitting - Carley by Elizabeth Smith Knits, using Berroco Remix in the Mist colorway.

 
July 5
Participants:
 
Susan (suscochran)
 
Shelley (SequoiaShelley)
 
Barb and Tracie
 
Susan talked about:
 
1.  Book - The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley
 
2.  Knitting - Zephyr Mark II by Celia McAdam Cahill, using Farmer's Daughter Foxy Lady in the Harry Belafonte colorway
 
Shelley talked about:
 

2.  Knitting - she is currently working on a mitred square blanket, not following a pattern

 
Barb talked about:
Hungry Horse Hat by Aimee Alexander in Polka Dot Sheep Stumptown DK minis from a kit given to her by Susan
 
Tracie talked about:
Rock It tee by Tanis Lavallee in Alchemy: Yarns of Transformation Silken Straw in 7 different 
colorways