Episode 268: That Hat is Very Bad

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Recorded Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Book talk begins at 25:55

Our Cables KAL has ended.  Please listen until the end of the podcast to hear whether you’ve won a prize, and thanks to everyone for participating!

Our next KAL will be our annual Mother Bear KAL!  It will officially start on June 1, 2023, but any bears you have knit or crocheted in 2023 are eligible as entries for prizes.  To find out all about this wonderful charity, please go to Mother Bear Project website.  More info to come...

Virtual Knitting Group via Zoom

EVENTS

Tracie and Barb will be at:

• Fiber Frolic - Saturday, May 27, 2023, 10 am – 4 pm at Soul Food Farm in Vacaville, CA.  There will be no food vendors, so bring your own lunch and a chair.  The entry fee is $10 per person, and parking will be in a field and not limited.
• Lambtown - October 7-8, 2023 at the Dixon May Fairgrounds in Dixon, CA
• The TKGA Retreat 2023 - November 2-5, 2023 at the Hilton Charlotte University Place Hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina

 

KNITTING

Barb finished

• 1 Knocker
• Twisty Taper Cap by Shelby NichKnit Designs, using Plymouth Encore Tweed in the Red Brick colorway

Tracie finished:

Mother Bears 304-306

Barb is working on:

• Rock It Tee by Tanis Lavalee, using Anzula Breeze in the Fern and Gravity colorways
• WYS Vanilla Socks, using West Yorkshire Spinners Signature 4-ply Self-Striping in the Peacock colorway
• Razzle Dazzle Scarf in Leading Men Fiber Arts Show Stopper Gradient Set in the Razzle Dazzle #22 colorway

 

Barb has Cast On

• 6600K (Striped Hoodie) by Barry Klein, using 4 colors of Lana Grossa Ecopuna Degradé
• Mother Bear 271

Cast On:

• Marklee DK by Elizabeth Doherty in Knit Picks Comfy in Planetarium
• Socks in madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light Glitter in T’Challa colorway

Working On:

Summer Sorrel by Wood & Pine in Despondent Dyes OMG Glitter! in the Even My Attorney Says “Let It Go” colorway

 

BOOKS

Barb read:

Verity by Colleen Hoover - 2 stars

All That is Mine I Carry with Me - 4 stars

Tracie read:

Blubber by Judy Blume - 5 stars

Unmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries by Rick Emerson - 5 stars

Go Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks - 4 stars

Frog and Toad Are Doing Their Best: Bedtime Stories for Trying Times (A Parody) written by and illustrated by Ellie Hajdu - 4 stars

The Patient by Tim Sullivan - 4 stars