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Episode 272: Tracie is Having Sweater Issues

2 Knit Lit Chicks

Release Date: 08/19/2023

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Recorded on May 20, 2025 Book talk starts at 22:15 Our Colorwork KAL is over!  There were 111 FOs...YAY!!  Stay tuned to the end of this episode to find out if you've won a prize... Our new knit along is a CHARITY KAL!   Do you regularly knit or crochet for a charity? Have you been making plans to knit or crochet for a charity?  Well, this knit-along is for you!   DATES - May 15, 2025 until September 1, 2025 Rules: 1. Post pictures of your completed projects in the FO thread. Along with the picture(s), please tell us what charity you are knitting for and a link...

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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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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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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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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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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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Recorded Wednesday, August 16, 2023

Book talk begins at 23:04

Our annual Mother Bear KAL is ending soon!  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

EVENTS

Tracie and Barb will be at:

  • Lambtown - October 7-8, 2023 at the Dixon May Fairgrounds in Dixon, CA
  • The TKGA Retreat 2023 - November 2-5, 2023 at the Hilton Charlotte University Place Hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina

 

KNITTING

Barb finished

  • Mother Bears 278-283
  • 6600K (Striped Hoodie) by Barry Klein, using 4 colors of Lana Grossa Ecopuno Degrade
  • Carley by Elizabeth Smith, using Berroco Remix Light in the Mist colorway

 

Tracie finished:

  • Mother Bear 314
  • Rock It Tee by Tanis Lavallee in Alchemy: Yarns of Transformation Silken Straw in 6 different color ways

 

Barb is working on:

 

And has cast on:

 

Tracie has cast on:

 

And continues working on:

 

BOOKS

Barb read:

 

Tracie read: