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Episode 219: Who are We to Say No Cashmere?
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Jan 31, 2021
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Recorded on January 28, 2021 Book Talk starts at 23:29 Virtual get-together via Zoom on Saturdays, 12 noon PST - Details here Our Fall Sweater KAL has ended - listen to the end of the episode to find out if you are a prize winner! Announcing our Anything-But-Wool KAL! From February 15 to May 15, knit or crochet a project of at least 200 yards of any yarn that does not contain wool - that means cotton, linen, cashmere, silk, soy, steel, milk, corn - even acrylic! The chatter thread has opened here. KNITTING Barb has finished: Multidirectional Scarf #10 by Karen Baumer using a Caron Cake Create Your Own Adventure shawl by Fredi Baker, using an Invictus Yarns Beyond kit bought at Stitches 2019. Tracie has finished Vanilla socks in Western Sky Knits Smooth Sock in Concrete Sunset Scintillation by Hunter Hammersen - just playing with this, making stars in different yarns and sizes Barb continues to work on: Sunset Highway pullover by Caitlin Hunter, using Brown Sheep Wildfoote Lusury Sock in the Vanilla colorway, Cloudborn Fibers Highland Superwash Sock Twist in the Magenta and the Ocean colorways Hearten Cowl by Helen Stewart, using scraps and mini-skeins from her stash Vindaloo shawl by Melissa Shaschwary, using Cloudborn Fibers Highland Worsted in the Winter Sky colorway And has cast on Tan House Brook Hat by Jennifer Lassonde, using Caron Cake leftovers for a color blocking effect. Tracie has cast on: Noble Hill by b. Woolens in Plucky Knitter Sophisticate in Sugar Ribbon Vanilla Socks in Apple Fiber Studio McIntosh in Happy Hammock And Continues to work on: Girl Cat by Julie Williams in Alexandra The Art of Yarn Pendleton and Paintbox Yarns Simply DK Table runner in my handspun (Chameleon Fiber Co Merino/Silk) Snake River Poncho by Katy H. Carroll in Western Sky Knits Aspen Silk 600 in Downtown Colorway BOOKS Barb read: Drowning with Others by Linda Keir - 3 stars A Keeper by Graham Norton - 4 stars Tracie read: Lakewood by Megan Giddings - 4 1/2 stars Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike #5) by Robert Galbraith - 4 stars To learn about the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, check out the American Scandal podcast Verizon Call Filter
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Jan 31, 2021
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Episode 197: You Did the Math?: Recorded on January 29, 2020 Book Talk starts at 33:30 Our next KAL will be a Poncho Knit Along. Start thinking about what you want to knit or crochet now. We have a already! Join the to join in on the fun of planning!!... by 2 Knit Lit Chicks