Episode 280: Ain't Nobody Got Time for That 2 Knit Lit Chicks

Recorded on January 24, 2024
Book Talk starts at 19:28
Our Fall Sweater KAL has ended!  Please stayed tuned to the end of the episode to find out if you won a prize.  We had 107 completed sweaters - way to go!
Our Summer Tops KAL will run February 1 to June 1, 2024.  It needs to be an adult-sized top that you consider to be appropriate for use in the summer, and we will the parameters of that to you.  Come chat with us about summer tops on our KAL thread, and check out our Summer Tops bundle for pattern ideas!
 
Events
Tracie and Barb will 
NoCKRs - April 25-28, 2024 at the St Francis Retreat Center in San Juan Bautista, CA.  The retreat is full but you can still get on the waiting list!
 
KNITTING
Barb Finished:
Bankhead Hat #27 by Susie Gourley
 
Tracie finished:
Socks to match my Archer in Dizzy Blonde Studios Dizzy Color in Delete and Lisa Souza Dyeworks Deluxe Sock in Cornflower
 
Barb working on:
Colourwheel DK 1 Ball Scarf by Sirdar, using a Sirdar Colourwheel in the Follow the Rainbow Colorway
Cheeky Cables Socks  by Mary Lukas using Universal Yarns Zesty Sock in the Pearl colorway
Velvet Pullover by Claudia Quintinilla/Ewe Knit Toronto, using  Serendipidye Kings Mountain Fingering in the Piccadilly colorway, Invictus Yarn Adventure in the Don't Look Under the Lilacs colorway, Invictus Yarns Master of my Feet in the Adagio and the Bobby color ways
 
Barb has cast on:
Bankhead Hat #28
CAPROCK tee by Yamagata using Araucania Ollagua
 
Tracie has cast on:
Beginner’s Rainbow Rabbit by Claire Garland in periwinkle Tahki Linguine from the NYFR destash
 
She continues to work on:
Jen by Josée Paquin in Marianated Yarns Scrumptious HT in Sea of Glass and Indigo Bunting, Laneras Barefoot in Coral and Invictus Yarns Unconquerable Sole BFL in the Powerful colorway
Fresh Favorite Tee by Christen Clement Designs in Queen City Yarn Coleman in the Maple colorway
Fiddly Bits Cowl by Jana Pihota using fingering scraps
 
BOOKS
Barb read:
Impossible Things Before Breakfast: Adventures in the Ordinary by Rebecca Front - 4 stars
56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard - 3 stars
Prom Mom - by Laura Lipman - 5 stars
Last Dance, Last Chance and Other True Cases (Crime Files #8) by Ann Rule - 4 stars
High Country (Anna Pigeon #12) by Nevada Barr - 5 stars
 
Tracie read:
Wham! George Michael and Me by Andrew Ridgeley - 4.5 stars
Wrecker by Carl Hiaasen - 3 stars
13 1/2 by Nevada Barr - 3 stars
Bunny by Mona Awad - 3 stars
Deadly Pretender: the Double Life of David Miller by Karen Kingsbury
 
Tracie recommends the TV show Jury Duty on Prime Video/FreeVee