Recorded on July 7, 2021 Book Talk starts at 29:55 Our annual Mother Bear KAL is on!  Any Mother Bear that you have knit or crocheted in 2021 is eligible to post in our FO Thread.  One post per bear please.  Please see all the rules and participate in the Chatter Thread. #2021MBKAL2KL Virtual get-together via Zoom on Saturdays, 12 noon  PST - Details here We are giving away 3 copies of Fredi Baker’s Let’s Shawl-a-Brate! pattern.  Leave a comment on the prize thread telling us how you feel about putting colors together - love it, get intimidated, or always buy the kit?  Thread will close August 15.   KNITTING Tracie finished: Let’s Shawl-a-brate by Fredi Baker in  Leading Men Fiber Arts Diva in Blue Steel, Serendipidye Kings Mountain Sock in California, and Marianated Scrumptious HT in Sunset on Tatooine Fiddly Bits cowl by Jana Pihota in blues and greens 4 Mother Bears 252-255 Barb finished: Mother Bears 241 & 242 Pioneer Braid Scarf #7 by Catherine Ryan, using Elegant Yarns Kaleidoscope in the 27 colorway Anker’s Summer Shirt by PetiteKnits - using Berroco Remix in the Pool colorway Bankhead Hat #16 - random worsted scraps Tracie cast on: Cowl Shell by Myrna Batten in Araucania Caña Ruca, color #213 Vanilla Socks in Lollipop Quintessential Gripes Still Crazy And continues working on: Snake River Poncho by Katy H. Carroll in Aspen Silk 600 in the Downtown Colorway Calyx pullover by Elizabeth Doherty, using Cloudborn Fibers Pima Cotton DK in the Spring Green colorway Barb continues to work on: The Capitol hat by Hinterm Stein, using Baah Platinum in the Misty colorway Vanilla socks using Western Sky Knits Aspen Sock in the Concrete Sunset colorway That's My Jam by Steven Fegert, using a kit bought from Learning Men Fiber Arts She has cast on: Koko Bean Hat by JudithMarieKnits in some rando blue yarn that I found in my bear yarn.  I think it’s Red Heart Super Saver that I probably picked up from a destash table.   BOOKS  Tracie read: Still Learning by India Oxenberg - 2.5 stars A Thousand Naked Strangers: A Paramedic’s Wild Ride to the Edge and Back by Kevin Hazzard - 2.5 stars Barb read: Bittersweet by Colleen McCullough - 4 stars Fatal Charm by Carlton Smith - 3 stars   Barb recommends the K2 Savage Mountain episodes of the Against the Odds podcast