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Recorded on April 13, 2017 Book Talk starts at 26:50 Our Colorwork KAL started March 1 and will go until May 1.  Challenge yourself!  The FOs thread is open.  You still have time! The 2 Knit Lit Chicks Spring Fling Swap has started!  You should have received your swap partner by now.  If you are participating, be sure and check the Swap thread a couple of times a week to keep up.   KNITTING Tracie has finished: *  Fiddly Bits cowl by Jana Pihota, using leftovers from stash! *  3 Knitted Knockers Barb has finished:  * Smorgasbord Cowl by Cindy Garland, using a kit bought at the Stunning String Studio booth at Stitches West (pictured above *  5 Knitted Knockers * Mother Bear #104 Barb has cast on: *  Edin cardigan by Bonne Marie Burns, using Raven Frog Sheepless in the Captain's Blue colorway *  Fiddly Bits Cowl by Jana Pihota, using fingering weight scraps Barb is working on: *  Beagle pullover sweater by Norah Gaughan, using Berroco Vintage in the Forest Floor colorway *  Wing Span by maylin Tri-Coterie Designs using Crystal Palace Mini Mochi in a green/blue/purple colorway *  Test knit - Scallop Shell Shawl by Kimberly Gintar (the Giving Flower) using 2 skeins of Candy Skein Yummy Fingering in the Blue Bubblegum and Boysenberry Jam colorways.  *  Skew socks by Lana Holden using Desert Vista Dyeworks Viso in the Asphalt Jungle colorway Tracie has cast on: *  Retreat Bath Mitt by Elizabeth Doherty, using Quince a Co Sparrow  Tracie is working on: * Vanilla socks in Wisdom Yarns Saki Bamboo in the Garnet Ridge  colorway * Test knit: Peer Pressure Shawlette by Celia McAdam Cahill in Invictus Yarns Desert Dream in the Deep colorway * Iðunn by Ragga Eiríksdóttir in Istex Lettlopi * Her Allegra tank top by Svetlana Volkova in Euro Baby Kid Cotton has come out of hibernation Tracie has frogged:  Coloring cardigan by Katrin Schneider, using  Anzula Nebula in the Lottie colorway Discussion of the Magic Knot (Double Knot): Jane Richmond - The Double Knot YouTube Video How to Remember the Double Knot by Paula Emons-Fuesle YouTube video BOOKS Tracie has finished: * Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh * Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple  Barb has finished: Breaking Wild by Diane les Becquets Tracie is currently reading: *  The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple by Jeff Guinn *  Mommy Deadliest by Michael Benson Barb is currently reading: *  American Heiress:  The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst by Jeffrey Toobin *  The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead