Episode 291: Live from the Bunkhouse, It's the Chicks and Friends!
Release Date: 08/23/2024
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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Book talk starts at 10:10
Studio 49 Retreat - October 18-20, 2024 at Tuolomne Trails outside Groveland, CA. Enrollment is still open!
This episode is NOT brought to you by Alaska Airlines, but we are all big fans.
Knitting
Eileen is working on the Habitation Throw by Helen Stewart in scrap yarn and is getting back into her Zephyr Mark II by Celia McAdam Cahill in Quince & Co. Chickadee
Shelley is working on the Misurina tee by Caitlin Hunter in two different silk yarns
Susan is working on a Luminos Tee from a kit from Yarn Snob for her niece
Barb finished her Gardengate by Jennifer Steingass and is working on a Mother Bear, a new tee, and a hat
Tracie finished turtles needlepoint project after 15 years! She continues to slog through her Dawning Top by Ainur Berkimbayeva in Sea Change Fibers by The Dye Project Bayshore Fingering in Pink Frock
Books
Barb read Internal Combustion: The True Story of a Marriage and a Murder by Joyce Maynard
Eileen is reading Alfie and Me: What Owls Know, What Humans Believe by Carl Safina and Broken Harbor by Tana French, and catching up on some favorite series by Jacqueline Winspear, Dana Stabenow, CJ Box and Tony Hillerman
Tracie read Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel - 4 stars
Shelley is looking forward to reading Becoming Little Shell: A Landless Indian’s Journey Home by Chris La Tray
Susan recommends Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide by Rupert Holmes