Eleventh Day of CraftLit - 2024
CraftLit - Serialized Classic Literature for Busy Book Lovers
Release Date: 12/24/2024
CraftLit - Serialized Classic Literature for Busy Book Lovers
Ep. 690: Cranford | Chapter 12 Book talk begins at 15:55 Peter may be lost to the mists of time (or possibly crowned the llama of Tibet, if Miss Pole is to be believed) but it’s Lady Glenmire who’s dropped the real bombshell in this week’s chapter. --------------------------------------------------------------- 0:00 Episode start 02.00 - This week’s Tea - Bookshop Blend white • Erin has a free Book Tracker quilt pattern that you might be interested in. It’s also an FPP (Foundation Paper Piecing) pattern and can be found here: • 03:55 - Foundation Paper Piecing patterns...
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Ep. 689: Cranford | Chapter 11 Book talk begins at 13:40 Who’s really behind the name Signor Brunoni? And could Aga Jenkyns be…? --------------------------------------------------------------- 0:00 Episode start • Plum Deluxe Tea-CraftLit's Discount Code! • Erin has a free Book Tracker quilt pattern that you might be interested in. It’s also an FPP (Foundation Paper Piecing) pattern and can be found here: • • Stephanie Canada Make Do for Victory • ANTIQUE PATTERN LIBRARY! 13:40 START BOOK TALK Miscellaneous BOOK/WATCH PARTIES coming up in 2025: Last...
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Ep. 688: Cranford | Chapter 10 Book talk begins at 14:11 Robbers, suspicion, and just when things couldn't get more tragic (or absurd), Mrs. Jamieson’s dog dies—and she mourns harder than she did her own husband. --------------------------------------------------------------- 0:00 Episode start • Plum Deluxe Tea-CraftLit's Discount Code! • Erin has a free Book Tracker quilt pattern that you might be interested in. It’s also an FPP (Foundation Paper Piecing) pattern and can be found here: • • • • • 13:10 Support BJ Harrison here: For a subscription of...
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Ep. 687: Cranford | Chapter 9 Book talk begins at 20:20 This week we bring the razzle-dazzle of Signor Brunoni’s magic act—and the unstoppable commentary of Miss Pole. 😆 --------------------------------------------------------------- 0:00 Episode start • Plum Deluxe Tea-CraftLit's Discount Code! • Erin has a free Book Tracker quilt pattern that you might be interested in. It’s also an FPP (Foundation Paper Piecing) pattern and can be found here: • Support BJ Harrison here: • CIDER in Jim Thorpe - Cidery and Elderberry - WHAT IS? 20:20 START BOOK TALK •...
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Ep. 686: Cranford | Chapter 8 Book talk begins at 15:54 Lady Glenmire (a real baron’s widow!) is in town, and the Cranford ladies can’t decide whether to curtsey or completely ignore her—Mrs. Jamieson prefers the latter. --------------------------------------------------------------- 00:00 Episode start 1:55 - MAY RAFFLE - from Rebecca S (Of Book it with Becca) 2:25 - Send your crafty videos: 4:45 - Plum Deluxe Tea-CraftLit's Discount Code! 5:05 - , 5:35 - 8:01 - ELSIE BLOUSE on WEARING HISTORY 8:50 - . Hope that helps! 10:40 - And from Donna Schmidt 13:48-Anya’s voice mail...
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Ep. 685: Cranford | Chapter 7 Book talk begins at 17:04 This week, we’re invited to one of the most exclusive tea-and-card parties in all of Cranford. The guest list? Curated with surgical precision. The food? Shockingly abundant. The social stakes? Sky-high—especially when THE Mrs. Jamieson dozes off mid-soirée and then drops a bombshell: her sister-in-law, Lady Glenmire, is coming to town! Cue the wardrobe panic. --------------------------------------------------------------- 00:00 Episode start 5:09 - Plum Deluxe Tea-CraftLit’s Discount Code! Send your crafty videos: Also, MAY...
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Ep. 684: Cranford | Chapter 6 Book talk begins at 15:15 Oh, you’re not ready for this one. This week, Miss Matty lets us in on a long-held family secret—and you know when the ladies of Cranford whisper, it's worth leaning in. --------------------------------------------------------------- 00:00 Episode start 01:45 Plum Deluxe Also, MAY RAFFLE - Sir Walter Scott Cross stitch from Rebecca S (Of Book it with Becca, who wrote the wonderful post: 03:30 Parkrose Permaculture video on Then I found that I’d watched several of her videos on the subject of Individualism: Rugged...
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Ep. 683: Cranford | Chapter 5 Book talk begins at 9:31 A mysterious stranger arrives in town, and you just know the ladies of Cranford are ready to investigate... politely, of course. --------------------------------------------------------------- 00:00 Episode start 01:28 2:42 Plum Deluxe . Plum Deluxe’s CraftLit tea collection is here: Also, MAY RAFFLE - Sir Walter Scott Cross stitch from Rebecca S (Of Book it with Becca, who wrote the wonderful post: 04:25 Gardening! 09:30 - START BOOK TALK: Last week, the lovely Mr Holbrook and his very sad passing. 12:06 Joint- Stock bank: > A...
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Ep. 682: Cranford | Chapter 4 Book talk begins at 10:00 A mysterious stranger stirs up gossip, secrets slip out over tea, and Miss Matty’s world gets just a little more complicated. --------------------------------------------------------------- 00:00 Episode start 01:56 MAY RAFFLE - Sir Walter Scott Cross stitch from Rebecca S (Of Book it with Becca, who wrote the wonderful post: 2:42 The dimensions of the cross-stitch are 9”x11” (23cmx30cm) Also, Plum Deluxe’s CraftLit tea collection is here: 03:55 - and and 06:12 07:18 - Thin Man Movie Watch Party, May 24, 2025. If you...
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Ep. 681: Cranford | Chapter 3 Book talk begins at 15:00 A mysterious gentleman caller? A missed dinner invite gone socially sideways? Things are getting awkwardly entertaining in the most delightfully proper way. --------------------------------------------------------------- 00:00 Episode start 03:00 Knitting Comfortably: The ergonomics of knitting by Carson Demers “Wuv. TWOO Wuv…” 04:16 BOOK PARTY WAS Thursday, April 24th, for The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett - the Watch party will be May 29th. If you need to level-up to join us 05:00 trailer 05:36 Plum Deluxe Herbal--I found out...
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All of CraftLit's Christmas episodes can be found at craftlit.com/12-days-2024
LINK TO DAY 1 of the Twelve Days of CraftLit—
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/Lba-HdvqxZ8
AUDIO ONLY: https://craftlit.com/1st-day-2024/
If you missed the other days, here's a quick directory:
DAY 1: https://craftlit.libsyn.com/first-day-of-craftlit-2024
DAY 2: https://craftlit.libsyn.com/second-day-of-craftlit-2024
DAY 3: https://craftlit.libsyn.com/third-day-of-craftlit-2024
DAY 4: https://craftlit.libsyn.com/fourth-day-of-craftlit-2024
DAY 5: https://craftlit.libsyn.com/fifth-day-of-craftlit-2024
DAY 6: https://craftlit.libsyn.com/sixth-day-of-craftlit-2024
DAY 7: https://craftlit.libsyn.com/seventh-day-of-craftlit-2024
DAY 8: https://craftlit.libsyn.com/eighth-day-of-craftlit-2024
DAY 9: https://craftlit.libsyn.com/ninth-day-of-craftlit-2024
DAY 10: https://craftlit.libsyn.com/tenth-day-of-craftlit-2024
DAY ELEVEN
A Rhyme for Christmas (Publication delayed by the author's determined, but futile attempt to find the rhyme) (1911)
- By: John Challing (Radcyffe Hall) - https://librivox.org/author/2477
- From: The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII - https://librivox.org/christmas-short-works-collection-2007/
- eText: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/19325/19325-h/19325-h.htm#Page_1290
- Read by: Alan Davis Drake - https://librivox.org/reader/254
The Errors of Santa Claus (1917)
- By: Stephen Butler Leacock - https://librivox.org/author/1193
- From: https://librivox.org/librivox-2006-christmas-short-works-collection/
- eText: Frenzied Fiction - http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8457
- Read by: William Coon - https://librivox.org/reader/286
To An Old Fogey (Who Contends that Christmas is Played Out)
- By: Owen Seaman - https://librivox.org/author/8189
- From: https://librivox.org/christmas-short-works-collection-2007/
- Etext: Modern British Poetry (1920) - http://www.bartleby.com/103/39.html
- Read by: Cori Samuel - https://librivox.org/reader/92
Vera's First Christmas Adventure (1907)
- By: Arnold Bennett - https://librivox.org/author/263
- From: The Grim Smile of the Five Towns - https://librivox.org/christmas-short-works-collection-2007/
- eText: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/4734
- Read by: Andy Minter - https://librivox.org/reader/152
What Christmas Is As We Grow Older
- Charles Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's most memorable fictional characters and is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period. During his life, his works enjoyed unprecedented fame, and by the twentieth century his literary genius was broadly acknowledged by critics and scholars. His novels and short stories continue to be widely popular. Born in Portsmouth, England, Dickens left school to work in a factory after his father was thrown into debtors' prison. Although he had little formal education, his early impoverishment drove him to succeed. Over his career he edited a weekly journal for 20 years, wrote 15 novels, 5 novellas and hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles, lectured and performed extensively, was an indefatigable letter writer, and campaigned vigorously for children's rights, education, and other social reforms.
- Read by: Bob Neufeld
St. Nicholas 05:02 (fireside) http://www.archive.org/download/firesidechristmasstories_1312_librivox/firesidechristmas_09_stnicholas_algerjr_ccs_128kb.mp3
- Horatio Alger, Jr. (January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author, best known for his many formulaic juvenile novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty.
- Read by: Claudia Salto
The House of the Seven Santas (1908)
- John Kendrick Bangs (May 27, 1862 – January 21, 1922) was an American author, editor and satirist.
- Read by: David Wales
Christmas Sermon
- Robert Louis Stephenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
- Read by: ACBowgus (17:18)
The Night After Christmas (1907)
- By: Ann P.L.Field - https://librivox.org/author/8095
- From: https://librivox.org/christmas-short-works-collection-2007/
- eText: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18908
- Read by: Jan MacGillivray - https://librivox.org/reader/1752
Her Birthday Dream (1916)
- By: Nellie C. King - https://librivox.org/author/10170
- From: https://librivox.org/fireside-christmas-short-stories/
- eText: Christmas Stories And Legends by Phebe A. Curtiss - http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17770
- Read by: Angela (BookAngel7) - https://librivox.org/reader/4323
A Letter from Santa Claus
- By: Samuel Clemens
- From: http://article.wn.com/view/2015/05/05/New_Mark_Twain_letters_found_c/
- eText: bit.ly/twain-santa
- Read by: Andrew Ordover
The Philanthropist's Christmas (1913)
- By: James Weber Linn - https://librivox.org/author/3123
- From: The Children's Book of Christmas Stories by Asa Don Dickinson and Ada M. Skinner https://librivox.org/christmas-short-works-collection-2007/
- eText: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/5061
- Read by: Kehinde - https://librivox.org/reader/1851
T’was the Night before Christmas: A Visit from St. Nicholas (1823)
- By: Clement Clarke Moore - https://librivox.org/author/275
- eText: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17135
- Read by: Jon Scholes
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