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
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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.
info_outlineRecorded 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 Mother Bear Project website. Talk bears with us in the Mother Bear Chatter thread and post your finished bears in the FOs thread. Any bears you have knit in 2024 are eligible!
Every Saturday at noon Pacific time - Virtual Knitting Group via Zoom
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 here for details!
KNITTING
Barb finished:
Mother Bear #296 - 298
Tracie finished:
- Mother Bears 328, 329 and one that I sent to my uncle
- Davis #4 by Pam Allen in Knit Picks Snuggle Puff in Hatchling (pale mint green)
- Scraps Chaps by Barbara Prime:
- Rabbit in Sea Change Fibers by The Dye Project Ecola Worsted in Mushroom Hunter
- Cat in Plymouth Yarn Worsted Merino Superwash Solids in Caraway Heather
Barb continues to work 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
And has cast on:
Mother Bear #299
Spinwheel Beanie by Benjamin Matthews, using a mystery gray yarn
Tracie cast on:
42-6 Dream in Blue Cardigan by DROPS design in Universal Uptown DK in Baby Blue and Paintbox Yarns Simply DK in Banana Cream
Dawning Top by Ainur Berkimbayeva in Sea Change Fibers by The Dye Project Bayshore Fingering in Pink Frock
And continues to work on:
Just Float by Stephanie Lotven (TellyBean Knits) in Apple Fiber Studio Sparkling Cider in Malachite and Life in the Long Grass Silk/Merino Sock in Autumn
Fiddly Bits cowl #11 by Jana Pihota
Digital Citizens stuffed toys
BOOKS
Barb read:
Cook County ICU: 30 Years of Unforgettable Patients and Odd Cases - 3 stars. Written in 2016 - he headed the ICU 1970s thru the 1990s
Bitter Blood: a True Story of Southern Family Pride, Madness, and Multiple Murder by Jerry Bledsoe - 5 stars.
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach - 4 stars
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote - 5 stars
Tracie read:
Inside Out by Demi Moore - 4.5 stars
Before He Wakes by Jerry Bledsoe - 4.5 stars
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles - 3 stars
Blind Rage: A True Story of Sin, Sex, and Murder in a Small Arkansas Town by Anita Paddock - 2.5 stars