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Episode 305: It Sounds Like a Great System

2 Knit Lit Chicks

Release Date: 10/01/2025

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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,...

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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...

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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!

Beginner Sweaters Bundle 

Adventurous Beginners to Advanced Sweater Bundle

Crochet Sweaters Bundle

 

Coming Events:

Lambtown - October 4&5 in Dixon May Fairgrounds CA

TKGA retreat - November 6-9 in San Francisco, CA

NoCKRs retreat April 10-13 in San Juan Batista, CA

 

KNITTING

Barb has finished:

*A Hat Called Hudson #4

*Bankhead Hat #34


Tracie has finished:

*Mother Bears #343 - 345

*Dunedrifter pullover by Wool and Pine in Trendsetter Yarns Transition in Sunrise Red, Orange and Yellow

*Summer Sky Tee By Comfort Zone Knits in Juniper Moon Farms Zooey Spray in Palma Carnival.

*Davis #6 by Pam Allen with Tracies addendum in Juniper Moon Farm Cumulus Dappled in Cape Town - skeins split up and knit alternating every row 

Tracie has Cast On:

*Astro Pop pullover in 2 colors of Juniper Moon Farm Zooey and Berocco Remix Light in Ocean

*Carnegie Vest by James Magee (Stitching in the Stacks) in Neighborhood Fiber Company Studio Sport in Sheridan Circle

*Brooklyn Raglan Light* by Tori You in Mod Yarn Fingering 101 in Angelyne

 

Barb has Cast On:

*Barley Hat Worsted #8 by Tin Can Knits, using Color Notes Willow Glen Worsted in a blue-green color

*One Row Handspun scarf using a Caron Cake

*Flax Sock pullover by Tin Can Knits, using Wonderland Dyeworks Smitten in the Deep Lilac colorway

Barb continues to work on:

Colorwork Dip pullover by Suvi Knits, using 2 colors of Berocco Light in the Mist and the Peony colorway

 

BOOKS

Barb has finished:

*Camino Winds #2 by John Grisham - 3 stars

*The Lazarus Files: A Cold Case by Matthew McGough - 3.5 stars

*The Hiking Trip by Jenny Blackhurst - 2.5 stars

*Little Miss Diagnosed: A Surgeon's Guide to Breaking Bones and Bending Rules by Erin Nance - 4 stars

 

Tracie has finished:

*Death of an Angel: A True Story of a Vicious Triple-Murder the Broke the Heart of a Town by Don Davis - 4.5 stars

*The Cutting Place & the Close (Maeve Kerrigan series) by Jane Casey - 4 stars

*The Unquiet Grave (Cormac Reilly #4) by Dervla McTiernan - 3.5 stars

*The Officer's Wife: A True Story of Unspeakable Betrayal and Cold-Blooded Murder bay Michael Fleeman - 3.5 stars

*The Ice House by JJRichards - 3 stars

*The Facts of Life and Death by Belinda Bauer - 4 stars

*The Whole Truth (DI Fawley #5) by Cara Hunter - 4 stars

 

Barb and Tracie recommend the The Glider Swift by Alpenglow Industries and their excellent customer service!