Episode 315: Consider This Your July Episode
2 Knit Lit Chicks
Recorded Sunday, August 2, 2026 Book talk starts at 13:45 Please excuse all Tracie’s sniffling around 3 1/2 minutes in! Our Charity KAL is ongoing. Knit or crochet anything for any charity Post pictures in the for a chance to win a prize through September 1, 2026. We will be at the 2nd Annual 2 Knit Lit Chicks Get-Together - September 24-27 2026 in Zephyr Cove, Nevada. KNITTING Barb finished #3 by Stephanie Pearl-McFee using a Caron Cake Mother Bear 301 Tracie finished: Bears 348 and 349 by Rebecca Clow in mystery rayon worsted...
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Episode 314: A Mid-Project Block is Never a Bad Idea
2 Knit Lit Chicks
Recorded on Tuesday, June 16, 2026 Book Talk starts at 20:05 Our Charity KAL has begun! Knit or crochet anything for any charity Post pictures in the FO thread for a chance to win a prize. June 1, 2026 - September 1, 2026 EVENTS The 2nd Annual 2 Knit Lit Chicks Get-Together - September 24-27 2026 in Zephyr Cove, Nevada. There is one more spot open for someone willing to have a roommate. For more information, please check out . KNITTING Barb has finished: 1. using Caron Upside Down Cake in the Peanut Butter colorway 2....
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Episode 313: I Didn't Want to - I Felt Compelled to
2 Knit Lit Chicks
Recorded Thursday, May 20 2026 Book talk starts at 19:20 Our One-Skein KAL is over - Please listen to the end to find out if you won a prize! Next KAL - our Charity KAL! Knit or crochet anything for any charity! Post pictures in the FO thread for a chance to win a prize. June 1, 2026 - September 1, 2026 EVENTS Fiber Frolic - Saturday May 30th, 2026 10am - 2pm at Shadelands Ranch - 2662 Ygnacio Valley Rd. in Walnut Creek, CA KNITTING Barb has finished: by Susie Gourlay, using Malabrigo Rios...
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Episode 312: I Should Be Knocking Out Some Knockers
2 Knit Lit Chicks
Recorded Thursday, April 16, 2026 Book talk starts at 28:00 Our spring KAL is the One-Skein KAL! Find that beautiful skein of yarn you've been saving for someday and knit it up into whatever you want - a hat, a cowl, mitts or socks. The only rules are that your project must use at least 100 yards of yarn and be all from a single skein of yarn. We cast on for this KAL starting February 1 and go through May 15. EVENTS Tracie and Barb will be attending NoCKRs - April 23-26, 2026 in San Juan Bautista KNITTING Barb has finished: 2 Knitted Knockers ...
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Episode 312: I Should Be Knocking Out Some Knockers
2 Knit Lit Chicks
Recorded Thursday, April 16, 2026 Book talk starts at 28:00 Our spring KAL is the One-Skein KAL! Find that beautiful skein of yarn you've been saving for someday and knit it up into whatever you want - a hat, a cowl, mitts or socks. The only rules are that your project must use at least 100 yards of yarn and be all from a single skein of yarn. We cast on for this KAL starting February 1 and go through May 15. EVENTS Tracie and Barb will be attending NoCKRs - April 23-26, 2026 in San Juan Bautista KNITTING Barb has finished: 2 Knitted Knockers ...
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Episode 311: He'll Crank Your Socks
2 Knit Lit Chicks
Recorded on March 19, 2026 Book talk starts at 16:40 EVENTS Tracie and Barb will be attending NoCKRs - April 23-26, 2026 in San Juan Bautista Our spring KAL is the One-Skein KAL! Find that beautiful skein of yarn you've been saving for someday and knit it up into whatever you want - a hat, a cowl, mitts or socks. The only rules are that your project must use at least 100 yards of yarn and be all from a single skein of yarn. We will cast on for this KAL starting February 1 and go through May 15. KNITTING Barb has finished: 8 Barb is still...
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Episode 310: Who Picked That?
2 Knit Lit Chicks
Recorded on January 15, 2026 Book talk starts at 24:45 EVENTS Tracie and Barb will be attending NoCKRs - April 23-26, 2026 in San Juan Bautista. Our Sweater KAL has ended and prize winners will be announced at the end of this podcast. Thank you to everyone who participated! Our spring KAL will be the One-Skein KAL! Find that beauitful skein of yarn you've been saving for someday and knit it up into whatever you want - a hat, a cowl, mitts or socks. The only rules are that your project must use at least 100 yards of yarn and be all from a single skein of yarn. We...
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Episode 309: Most of the Ranunculi
2 Knit Lit Chicks
Recorded on January 15, 2026 Book talk starts at 21:26 EVENTS 1. Tracie and Barb will be attending NoCKRs - April 23-26, 2026 in San Juan Bautista. Our Sweater KAL has ended and prize winners will be announced during the February podcast. Thank you to everyone who participated! Our spring KAL will be the One-Skein KAL! Find that beauitful skein of yarn you've been saving for someday and knit it up into whatever you want - a hat, a cowl, mitts or socks. The only rules are that your project must use at least 100 yards of yarn and be all from a single skein...
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Episode 308: If You're a Gnomer
2 Knit Lit Chicks
Recorded on December 23, 2025 Book talk starts at 21:50 Sweater KAL - You have a few weeks to get that sweater finished and posted in our . The deadline is January 15, 2026 EVENTS Tracie and Barb will be attending: 1. New Year Fiber Retreat - January 1 - 4, 2026 in San Juan Bautista 2. NoCKRs - April 23-26, 2026 in San Juan Bautista. KNITTING Barb has finished: by Jeanne Stevenson, using Plymouth Encore Tweed in the Red Brick colorwway Tracie has finished: 1. hats #7, 8 and 9 by Susie Gourley 2. by Susan...
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Episode 307: Not Pictured
2 Knit Lit Chicks
We are so sorry the audio file was corrupted for this episode. We will be back with another episode including Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down from our family when we have Christmas Dinner later this month. And in the meantime, for additional thoughts of the books you won't be hearing us talk about in this particular doomed episode, please go to https://2knitlitchicks.blogspot.com.
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Our Summer Tops KAL has begun and goes until to June 1, 2024. To enter your top in our prize thread, it must be an adult-sized top that you consider to be appropriate for use in the summer, and we will leave 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!
Every Saturday at noon Pacific time - Virtual Knitting Group via Zoom
EVENTS
Tracie and Barb will be at:
- Treadles to Threads Spinning Guild's Fiber Frolic - June 1 at the Soul Food Farm outside Vacaville, CA
KNITTING
Barb Finished:
- 2 Knockers
- Rock It Tee #2 by Tanis Lavalee, using Knit Picks Lindy Chain, in the colors Clarity, Rouge, and U Blue
- Mother Bear #291
Tracie finished:
- Knitted Knockers - 10 f0r 2024
- 3 Mother Bears
- Posie Doll by Manon Lemaire in worsted weight from stash
- Scraps Chaps Pig by Barbara Prime in Plymouth Encore in Peach
- Rachel #3 by Josée Paquin in white Juniper Moon Farms Zooey and other assorted bits of cotton/linen/silk
Barb working on:
- Knitted Knockers
- Pinnacles Hat by Nancy Bates, from the Knitting the National Parks by Nancy Bates, using a kit
Barb has frogged:
- Tresoro Cardigan by Isabel Kraemer, using Knit Picks Hawthorne in the Bare colorway
Barb has cast On:
- Gardengate by Jennifer Steingass, using Cloudborn Merino Superwash Sock Twist in the Graphite Heather colorway and Cloudborn Fibers Highland Fingering in the Petal colorway
- Bankhead hat #28 by Susie Gourley
Tracie continues to work on:
Fiddly Bits cowl #11 by Jana Pihota
Elorie by Elizabeth Doherty in Berroco Remix in Artichoke
BOOKS
Barb read:
The Last Dive: A Father and Son’s Fatal Descent into the Ocean’s Depths by Bernie Chowdury - 5 stars
Red Zone: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of the San Francisco Dog Mauling by Aphrodite Jones - 4 stars
Calypso by David Sedaris - 5 stars
Tracie read:
Butcher on the Moor by Ric Brady - 3 stars
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and Iggie’s House by Judy Blume - 4 stars
Every Vow You Break by Peter Swanson - 4 stars
Ms. Demeanor by Elinor Lipman - 4 stars
While She Slept: A Husband, A Wife, A Brutal Murder by Marion Collins - 4 stars