{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 286: It Got a Little More into the Weeds","description":"Recorded May 9, 2024 Our Summer Tops KAL has begun and goes until to June 1, 2024.  To enter your  top in our prize thread, it must be an adult-sized top that you consider to be appropriate for use in the summer, and we will leave 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! Every Saturday at noon Pacific time - Virtual Knitting Group via Zoom EVENTS Tracie and Barb will be at: Treadles to Threads Spinning Guild's Fiber Frolic - June 1 at the Soul Food Farm outside Vacaville, CA   KNITTING Barb Finished: 2 Knockers Rock It Tee #2 by Tanis Lavalee, using Knit Picks Lindy Chain, in the colors Clarity, Rouge, and U Blue Mother Bear #291   Tracie finished: Knitted Knockers - 10 f0r 2024 3 Mother Bears Posie Doll by Manon Lemaire in worsted weight from stash Scraps Chaps Pig by Barbara Prime in Plymouth Encore in Peach Rachel #3 by Jos\u00e9e Paquin in white Juniper Moon Farms Zooey and other assorted bits of cotton\/linen\/silk   Barb working on: Knitted Knockers Pinnacles Hat by Nancy Bates, from the Knitting the National Parks by Nancy Bates, using a kit   Barb has frogged:   Tresoro Cardigan by Isabel Kraemer, using Knit Picks Hawthorne in the Bare colorway   Barb has cast On: Gardengate by Jennifer Steingass, using Cloudborn Merino Superwash Sock Twist in the Graphite Heather colorway and Cloudborn Fibers Highland Fingering in the Petal colorway Bankhead hat #28 by Susie Gourley Tracie continues to work on: Fiddly Bits cowl #11 by Jana Pihota Elorie by Elizabeth Doherty in Berroco Remix in Artichoke     BOOKS Barb read: The Last Dive: A Father and Son\u2019s Fatal Descent into the Ocean\u2019s Depths by Bernie Chowdury - 5 stars Red Zone: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of the San Francisco Dog Mauling by Aphrodite Jones - 4 stars Calypso by David Sedaris - 5 stars   Tracie read: Butcher on the Moor by Ric Brady - 3 stars Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and Iggie\u2019s House by Judy Blume - 4 stars Every Vow You Break by Peter Swanson - 4 stars Ms. Demeanor by Elinor Lipman - 4 stars While She Slept: A Husband, A Wife, A Brutal Murder by Marion Collins - 4 stars ","author_name":"2 Knit Lit Chicks","author_url":"http:\/\/2knitlitchicks.blogspot.com\/","html":"