Episode 232: It Boggles the Mind

Recorded on Tuesday, September 7, 2021   Announcing the start of the 2021 2 Knit Lit Chicks Fall Sweater KAL!  All the info you need to know is here on the Sweater KAL Chatter Thread.   Virtual get-together via Zoom on Saturdays, 12 noon  PST - Details here We will draw for Mother Bear prizes at the end of this episode!   KNITTING Barb finished: Mother Bear #247 From Where You were Plucked baby hat by Corrie Willard 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 Tracie finished:   Her last 4 4 Mother Bears of the summer - #262 - 265 Party of 8 by Christie Archer in Leading Men Fiber Arts Diva in Blue Steel and Rowan Fine Art in Lapwing Barb is working On: That's My Jam by Steven Fegert, using a kit bought from Learning Men Fiber Arts, using their MCN blend Show Stealer. Vanilla socks using Knit Circus Greatest of Ease in the Electric Mayhem colorway Mimosa by Boo Knits, using Hazel Knits Artisan Sock in the Giddy Up colorway Architexture Cowl by Jennifer Weismann, using Leading Men Fiber Arts Box Office in the Blue Ink colorway Vanilla socks using Knit Circus Greatest of Ease in the Electric Mayhem colorway She cast on: Be Kind Hat #7 by Melissa Simpson, using worsted scraps Tracie has cast on: Ice River Hat by Helen Stewart, using SKEINO Venice in Blue Steele, and Rowan Fine Art in the Lapwing colorway And she continues to work on: Vanilla Socks in Lollipop Quintessential Gripes Still Crazy Fiddly Bits Cowl by Jana Pihota, using Tracie's handspun from fiber by Woolgatherings Polwarth/silk Octave by Dee O'Keeffe in Invictus Yarns Adventure Double Sock Blank in Hermie Oak Segue BOOKS  Barb finished:  Marilgold: An Investigation of an American Haunting - an Audible Original podcast by Sara Gruen - 4 stars Broken (Will Trent #4) by Karin Slaughter - 4 stars I'll Never Tell by Catherine McKenzie - 3 stars Premonition: A Pandemic Story by Michael Lewis.  Barb says it is the best book she has read all year! - 5 star   Tracie Finished The Ruin (Cormac Reilly #1)  by Dervla McTiernan - 4 stars Go With Me by Castle Freeman Jr. - 2 stars Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore - 3 stars Miracle Creek by Angie Kim - 2 stars The Invited by Jennifer McMahon - 2 stars