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Episode 280: Ain't Nobody Got Time for That

Release Date: 01/28/2024

2 Knit Lit Chicks

Recorded on October 15, 2025 Book talk begins at 31:56 After 14 years and over 300 episodes, we have made the decision to wind down the podcast over the next year and finish in September 2026, our fifteenth anniversary. We have loved making the podcast and all of the people it has brought into our lives! We want to assure you that this decision wasn't made because of any kind of health reasons - we are simply both feeling that it's time to bring the project to a close. What we don't want to see end is our wonderful community - we will continue to see you on our Ravelry boards,...

Episode 305: It Sounds Like a Great System

2 Knit Lit Chicks

Recorded on Wednesday, September 17, 2025, right before Tracie and Barb leave for the 2 Knit Lit Chicks Meet-up! Book talk begins at 29:20 Our Charity KAL is over. Prizes will be announced during the October Episode 306 Our 2025-2026 Fall Sweater KAL has started and will go until January 15, 2026. You must be a member of this group to enter You must make an adult size sweater. If you have a sweater that is 50% finished or less, you can finish that sweater during our KAL Need some inspiration? We have bundles! Coming Events: Lambtown - October...

Episode 304: Cancelled Due to Decorum

2 Knit Lit Chicks

Recorded Friday, August 1, 2025 at the Bearly There Bunkhouse in Canyon Creek Montana KNTTING Barb is working on charity hats, x4 by Alison Shuman, and Bankhead Hat #34 (by Susie Gorlay) Eileen has been working on by Tin Can Knits, fingerless mitts in Black Wolf fiber and by Heidi Kirrmaier in Urth Monokrom Worsted Susan has made 4 The Knitted Rib Watch Caps by the American Red Cross for charity and is making the by Natasha Childers Kate is making the by Stephen West and by Kate Salomon Tracie has been very...

Episode 303: I Should Be British

2 Knit Lit Chicks

Recorded Sunday July 27, 2025 Book talk begins at 21:21 Our ongoing 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: 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 to their website if possible. Post a separate post for each item. You must be a member of our Ravelry group to enter a...

Episode 302: Why Do We Still Call them Albums?

2 Knit Lit Chicks

Recorded on June 18, 2025 Book talk starts at 21:50 Our ongoing 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: 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 to their website if possible. Post a separate post for each item. You must be a member of our Ravelry group to enter a project...

Episode 301: I Did Not Notice That But Okay

2 Knit Lit Chicks

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...

Episode Whoo Hoo! Episode 300!!

2 Knit Lit Chicks

Listen Recorded Thursday, April 24, 2025 Colorwork KAL info - you'll find it Come join our Virtual Knitting Group - all the info is EVENTS Tracie and Barb will be at: - September 18-21, 2025 at Zephyr Point Presbyterian Centre on Zephyr Cove, Nevada - Saturday, June 7, 2025 at Soul Food Farms in Vacaville, CA. Treadles to Threads Spinning Guild. From the flier: By popular demand, we have new food vendors this year! Boots Bakes Sweets will dazzle us with cookies and other yummy desert items. Check out her Instagram @bootsbakessweets...

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 ...

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,...

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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Recorded on January 24, 2024

Book Talk starts at 19:28

Our Fall Sweater KAL has ended! Please stayed tuned to the end of the episode to find out if you won a prize. We had 107 completed sweaters - way to go!

Our Summer Tops KAL will run February 1 to June 1, 2024. It needs to be an adult-sized top that you consider to be appropriate for use in the summer, and we will the parameters of that to you. Come chat with us about summer tops on our KAL thread, and check out our Summer Tops bundle for pattern ideas!

Events

Tracie and Barb will

NoCKRs - April 25-28, 2024 at the St Francis Retreat Center in San Juan Bautista, CA. The retreat is full but you can still get on the waiting list!

KNITTING

Barb Finished:

Bankhead Hat #27 by Susie Gourley

Tracie finished:

Socks to match my Archer in Dizzy Blonde Studios Dizzy Color in Delete and Lisa Souza Dyeworks Deluxe Sock in Cornflower

Barb working on:

Colourwheel DK 1 Ball Scarf by Sirdar, using a Sirdar Colourwheel in the Follow the Rainbow Colorway

Cheeky Cables Socks by Mary Lukas using Universal Yarns Zesty Sock in the Pearl colorway

Velvet Pullover by Claudia Quintinilla/Ewe Knit Toronto, using Serendipidye Kings Mountain Fingering in the Piccadilly colorway, Invictus Yarn Adventure in the Don't Look Under the Lilacs colorway, Invictus Yarns Master of my Feet in the Adagio and the Bobby color ways

Barb has cast on:

Bankhead Hat #28

CAPROCK tee by Yamagata using Araucania Ollagua

Tracie has cast on:

Beginner’s Rainbow Rabbit by Claire Garland in periwinkle Tahki Linguine from the NYFR destash

She continues to work 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

Fresh Favorite Tee by Christen Clement Designs in Queen City Yarn Coleman in the Maple colorway

Fiddly Bits Cowl by Jana Pihota using fingering scraps

BOOKS

Barb read:

Impossible Things Before Breakfast: Adventures in the Ordinary by Rebecca Front - 4 stars