Many apologies for the
loud page-turning noise during our review
segment!
Book Talk starts at
54:27
Recorded on April 27,
2016

Our Vest KAL/CAL is continuing
until May 15, 2016.  Please see the Chatter
thread for more
information...

If you are participating in
the 2
Knit Lit Chicks Swap, you should have received your package.
 Thank you again to SandraMaz for
organizing and moderating the swap.

Tracie
will be at Spinning
at the Winery on
Saturday,  June 4 at the Retzlaff Winery in Livermore, CA.
 Barb may be there too!  This is a fun, relaxed fiber
event with a vendor fair, raffle, wine and a great potluck lunch.
 Come and join us!
Tracie recommends a new podcast, Destined2Knit with
Marcy and Kim.  Give it a listen! 
KNITTING
Barb has finished:
*  Really
Fits Top Down Cardigan for All Seasons by Kathy Cairns
Hendershott, using Cascade
Yarns Ultra Pima in the Periwinkle colorway.
*  2 Knitted
Knockers
*  Mother Bears
#73
*  Blossom
Gradient Socks, using Knitting
Rose Yarns Blossom Sock in a purple gradient
colorway.
 
Tracie has finished:
*  Her Longstreet shawl
by Nancy Totten, using Abstract
Fiber Temptation in The Gorge colorway.
*  Vanilla socks using the
Fish Lips Kiss Heel, using Canon
Hand Dyes Charles Merino Sport  You can see
them here.
Barb is working on:
* NoCKRs
2016 Frankensocks, using Knit
Picks Strol Kettle Dyed Sock in a navy color for the
cuffs, heels and toes.  The body of the sock is being knit in
mini-skeins traded for at the 2016 NoCKRs retreat.  You can
see the Clasp Weft Join she is using for the
mini-skeins here.
*  Vanilla Socks for
grandson Will, using Berroco
Comfort Sock in a Gray and White colorway.
*  The Crackerjack cowl
by Stacy Simpson Duke, using 4 colors of Plymouth
Yarn DK Merino Superwash.
*  Forest
Foliage shawl by Alana Dakos, using Madelinetosh
Tosh Merino Light in the Jasper colorway.
*  Schknit
Happens Scratch Cap #3 by Myra Wood, using leftover
Fishknits Warm Heart 2-ply in the Cadillac colorway.
Tracie is working on:
*  Sedona
Baby Dress by Erin Harper in Knit
Picks Brava Sport in the Freesia colorway.
*  The Crooked
Ewe Cowl by Paula Emons-Fuessie, using Quare
Fibers Gradient Sock in the Iced Melon
colorway.
*  The Atoll Cowl by Jenn Emerson,
using Knitting
Rose Yarns Silk Petals in the Belle colorway.
*  The Ecuador cardigan
by Joji Locatelli, using Oasis
Yarn Aussi Sock in the Sage colorway.
*  Tracie has put
the Rodeo
Drive Poncho into hibernation.
Tracie and Barb reviewed the
following books by Joanna
Johnson and illustrated by her husband, Eric
Johnson:
*  Phoebe's
Sweater
*  Freddie's
Blanket
*  Henry's
Hat
*  Phoebe's
Birthday
Tracie and Barb also reviewed
Joanna's book, Green
Gables Knits. 
To win one of these children's
books, please go to our Phoebe's
Sweater thread.    The Green Gables
Knits book will be offered as a prize in our upcoming Mother Bear
KAL/CAL.
BOOKS
Barb has finished:

Miss Tonks Turns to Crime by Marion Chesney.  Barb
recommends it, and the entire "Poor Relations" series.

Disappearing in Plain Sight by Francis Guenette.  It
was...OK...
Tracie has finished:
*  After
Anna by Alex Lake - Tracie recommends it
*  A
Dirty Job by Christopher Moore - Tracie recommends
it
*  Dumplin' by
Julie Murphy - it wasn't her favorite...
Barb is currently
reading:
*  The
Obituary Writer by Ann Hood
*  Two
in the Far North by Margaret E. Murie
 
Tracie is currently
reading:
*  Longbourn by
Jo Baker
*  One
Step Too Far by Tina Seskadis