Episode 299: We're Kinda Loosey Goosey
2 Knit Lit Chicks
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
2 Knit Lit Chicks
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
2 Knit Lit Chicks
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
2 Knit Lit Chicks
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
2 Knit Lit Chicks
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
2 Knit Lit Chicks
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
2 Knit Lit Chicks
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?
2 Knit Lit Chicks
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!
2 Knit Lit Chicks
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
2 Knit Lit Chicks
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...
info_outlineRecorded on Saturday, December 23, 2023
Book Talk starts at 28:11
Our annual Fall Sweater KAL has started! Knit or crochet a sweater for yourself or another adult.
Here are the rules:
- Dates - 9/1/2023 - 1/15/24. That’s 4 months…plenty of time to knit or crochet an adult-size sweater…or two!
- We have bundles for inspiration! Beginner sweaters are here.
- Adventurous Beginners to Advanced sweaters are here
- Crocheters! Your sweaters are here
- ANYONE can add sweaters to the bundles!
- There will be prizes - just post a picture of your lovely finished sweater in our FOs thread.
- Do you have some sweaters in progress? WIPs count as long as the sweater is less than 50% done on September 1st. Less than 50% done is your call. We don’t have to “approve” your project.
- It must be an adult-sized sweater, and it must have sleeves. Short sleeves are fine.
- You must be a member of our Ravelry group to win a prize.
Virtual Knitting Group via Zoom
EVENTS
Tracie and Barb will be at:
New Year Fiber Retreat - January 4-7 at the St. Francis Retreat Center in San Juan Bautista, CA
KNITTING
Barb Finished:
Vanilla Socks for Will, using Paton’s Kroy Socks in the Route 66 colorway
South Shore Cardigan by Kay Hopkins, using Madelinetosh Tosh DK in the Tart colorway
Tracie finished:
Bankhead Hat #6 by Susie Gourlay in Universal Yarns Uptown Worsted in grey
Simply Garter Stitch Hat by Caron Design Team (free) in Alexandra: The Art of Yarn Pendleton DK
Cumulus Blouse by Petite Knit in Countrywide Yarns Windsor 8-ply
Frog and Toad by Christina Ingrid McGowan
Barb working on:
Donner by Elizabeth Doherty. Using Knit Picks Lindy Chain in the Sage Brush colorway
Colourwheel DK 1 Ball Scarf by Sirdar, using a Sirdar Colourwheel in the Follow the Rainbow Colorway
Barb has cast on:
Bankhead Hat #25 by Susie Gourley, using Berroco Vintage in the Forest colorway
Cast on:
Jen by Josée Paquin in Marianated Yarns Scrumptious HT in Sea of Glass and Indigo Bunting, Laneras Barefoot in Coral and Invictus Yarns Unconquerable Sole BFL in the Powerful colorway
Working On:
Socks to match my Archer in Dizzy Blonde Studios Dizzy Color in Delete and Lisa Souza Dyeworks Deluxe Sock! in Cornflower
BOOKS
Barb is currently reading 4 books, but didn’t finish any since our last episode. Instead, she recommends:
Believable: The Coco Berthmann Story (podcast)
Already Gone (podcast)
Betrayal: The Perfect Husband on Hulu
Love has Won: Cult of the Mother God on Max
Tracie Read:
Prom Mom by Laura Lipman - 4.5 stars
Carrie Fisher: A Life on the Edge by Sheila Weller - 5 stars
The Best Awful by Carrie Fisher - 4 stars
Out of Bounds by Val McDermid - 4 stars
Deadly Mistress: A True Story of Marriage, Betrayal and Murder by Michael Freeman - 4 stars
My Word Against His by Lauren North - 4.5 stars