Book Talk starts at 33:45
Recorded on July 22, 2015
Our Cardi, Tank or Tee-Along is almost over – get those last few items off the needles and up on our FOs thread by August 1.
 
Mother Bear KAL – Any bear knit in 2015 will qualify!  We have 220 bears in the FOs thread – wow!!  Let us know if you would like to donate a prize.
 
Tracie and Barb will be at the CogKnitive Fiber Retreat – Oct 10, 2015 – La Quinta Inn, Tehachapi
 
Tracie has finished Mother Bears 56, 57, 58 and 59, (all crocheted), and her Gilda by Twisted Sisters in Fiesta Yarns Linnette in the Clematis colorway. 
 
Barb got a lot done on her Alaska trip!  She finished:
Mother Bear #58, #59, #60, #61, #62, #63, #64. #65, #66
Radiance Shawl by Helen Stewart using Highland Handmades Mountain Laurel Lace in the White Brook colorway
Autism Awareness Socks using Undead Yarn Vampyre in the Autism Awareness colorway
 
Tracie is still working on:
se[ven]circle by Kristin Johnstone in Universal Yarn Classic Shades Sequins Lite
 
Longstreet by Nancy Totten (of Front Range Bags) in Abstract Fiber Temptations in The Gorge colorway
 
Endearment (not Enchantment!) by Hanna Maciejewska in Jill Draper Makes Stuff Esopus in the Sapphire Colorway
 
Wanda Estelle by Debbi Stone in Kollage Yarns Fantastic in Slate Green
 
Two pairs of vanilla socks – one in Lisa Souza Dyeworks Deluxe Sock in the Flahriddah colorway, and one for Will in Berocco Sox
 
Barb is working on:
Crackerjack Cowl by Stacy Simpson Duke – using Plymouth Select Merino DK in orange, black, white and gray.
 Woodfords Cardigan by Elizabeth Doherty using Cascade Heritage Sock in a camel brown colorway
Classic Cardigan by Sandi Prosser, using Noro Maiko (a silk, wool and mohair blend that feels like a cotton/linen blend) in a crème color.
 
And she has cast on:
Last Frost Scarf by Julia Trice, using BeeMiceElf in the Apple a Day colorway
Socks using Fishknits Strong Heart yarn in the Kitty Whiskers colorway
Rose City Rollers by Mara Catherine Bryner using leftover Undead Yarn Vampyre sock in the Autism Awareness colorway.
 
 
REVIEW: Top Down: Reimagining Set-In Sleeve Design by Elizabeth Doherty 
 
Enter to Win a Copy here
 
Tracie recommends:
Nutcracker: Money, Madness, Murder: A Family Album by Shana Alexander
 
Barb recommends
 A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler
Fire and Ice by Dana Stabenow
They Never Came Home by Lois Duncan
 The Hollow Ground by Natalie Harnett
A Man Called Ove by Frederik Bakman
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Manson:  The Life and Times of Charles Manson by Jeff Guinn
The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson
 
Barb does not recommend Second Glance by Jodi Piccoult
 
Tracie thought the following books were decent, not great:
Keep Your Friends Close by Paula Daly
A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
 
Tracie is reading
Norman Bray in the Performance of His Life by Trevor Cole
Bitter Almonds: The True Story of Mothers, Daughters, and the Seattle Cyanide Murders by Gregg Olsen
 
Barb is reading:
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
A Cold Day for Murder by Dana Stabenow
The All -Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg