Recorded Thursday, July 22, 2021 Book talk begins at 25:06 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: Cowl Shell by Myrna Batten in Araucania Caña Ruca, color #213 3 Mother Bears - 256-258 Snake River Poncho by Katy H. Carroll in Aspen Silk 600 in the Downtown Colorway   Barb finished: Mother Bear #243 Koko Bean Hat #2 by JudithMarieKnits The Capitol hat by Hinterm Stein, using Baah Yarn Platinum in the Misty colorway Tracie cast on: Fiddly Bits Cowl by Jana Pihota, using Tracie's handspun from fiber by Woolgatherings Polwarth/silk   And continues working on: Vanilla Socks in Lollipop Quintessential Gripes Still Crazy Calyx pullover by Elizabeth Doherty, using Cloudborn Fibers Pima Cotton DK in the Spring Green colorway   Barb continues to work on 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: Another Bankhead Hat by Susie Gourlay, using leftover worsted weight yarn. My Oasis pullover by Ririko, using Neighborhood Fiber Co. Rustic Fingering in the Conton colorway and Neighborhood Fiber Co. Rustic Fingering Gradients in Shades of Emerald   BOOKS  Tracie read: First Degree Rage: The True Story of "The Assassin", an Obsession, and Murder  by Paula May - 3 stars Minor Dramas and Other Catastrophes by Kathleen West - 4 stars The Fourth Child by Jessica Winter - 4 stars Barb read: Leave the World Behind - 4 stars