So sorry for all the barking dogs in the background of this episode! Recorded on Monday, September 27, 2020 Book talk starts at 17:50   The 2020 2 Knit Lit Chicks Fall Sweater KAL has officially started!  You can find all the details here.  Need some ideas?  Check out our BUNDLES! ? Beginner Knitted Sweaters ? Knitted Sweaters for Adventurous Beginners to Advanced ? Crocheted Sweaters   Our Mother Bear KAL is over!  What did you win?  Listen until the end of the podcast to find out.   Virtual get-together via  Zoom on Saturdays, 12 noon  PST - Details here   If you are an American citizen, PLEASE VOTE!   Are you registered to vote?  You can check your voter registration HERE   Tracie and Barb support the Black Lives Matter movement and encourage you to add your voice to the fight for racial justice and police reform and demilitarization.  Please donate if you can:   Black Lives Matter Southern Poverty Law Center NAACP Legal Defense Fund ACLU    KNITTING Barb finished Mother Bears 228 & 229   Tracie has finished: 1. Her Duotone Cowl by Orange Flower Yarns, using Debbie Bliss Andes (baby alpaca and mulberry silk) and Mirasol Nuna (merino, silk, and bamboo)   Barb continues to work on 1.  Vanilla Socks using and set of Fibernymph Dye Works Inversibles in blue and pink  2.  Holey Comfort Cardigan by Hinterm Stern using Holst Garn Coast Uul Bomuld in the Ice Sea colorway 3.  Bautista shawl by Celia McAdam Cahill in Invictus Yarns YakLux in the NoCKRs 2020 colorway 4.  Lineate by Elizabeth Doherty, using Knit Picks Palette in the Lipstick, Cream and Fog color ways   Barb has Cast On: 1.  Multidirectional Diagonal Scarf by Karen Baumer, using a Caron Cake   Tracie continues to work on 1.  Fiddly Bits by Jane Pihota 2.  Niamh by Isabell Kraemer in Miss Babs Katahdin in Smurf & Turf  3.  Little Unicorn by Lorraine Pistorio in Alexandra The Art of Yarn Pendleton   BOOKS Barb read: 1.  How Quickly She Disapprears by Raymond Fleischman - 2 stars 2.  Growing Up at Grossinger's by Tania Grossinger - 4 stars   Tracie Read: 1.  We Were Mothers by Katie Sise - 3 stars 2.  Vince and Joy by Lisa Jewell - 3 stars 3.  Mother by S.E. Lynes - 4 Stars