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Episode 79: Mini-Thumbs Down Is the Theme of the Day

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Download Book Talk begins at 35:05 Recorded on October 27, 2014 Our Sweater KAL/CAL is ongoing until January 15, 2015.  Information can be found  here .  You can post pictures of your finished sweater  here . Lambtown vendors that were mentioned: Invictus Yarns Fishknits DurenDyeWorks Barb and Tracie have been asked to be on  The Yarn Thing Podcast with Marly Bird  on November 20, 2014.  If you listen live (9 am Mountain Time 11/20/14) you can participate in a live give-away! New Contest!  We are giving away a signed copy of the book,  The Bone Clocks  by David Mitchell.  Please go to our Ravelry Group and answer the question in the contest thread. Thank you to  JanaNav  for donating this book to the podcast! Barb recommends the video podcast  Undead Yarn  with  KnittyGirl  (Heidi). Barb also recommends the audio podcast  Kitchen Stitches , with  Someryarns  (Somer). Upcoming Events: Stitches West , February19 - 22, 2015 in Santa Clara, CA.  W

Episode 78: She's So Fancy!

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Download Book Talk begins at 25:42 Our Sweater KAL/CAL is continuing until January 15, 2015, so get busy!  Please check out the  chatter thread  for all the information you need to participate, and post your finished sweaters in our FOs thread for a chance to win one of our prize packages! The Northern California Knitting Retreat (NoCKRs!) will be held April 17 - 19, 2015 in San Juan Bautista, CA.  If you are interested in attending, please go  here  for all the information. $265 per person.   Tracie has finished: Mother Bear #50 - crocheted Propeller by Woolly Wormhead for her niece Lauren Her second Vitamin D by Heidi Kirrmaier Tracie has cast on: Ethan The Aviator by Gabrielle Danskknit in Cascade Bentley for little cousin Isaac Shalom Cardigan by Meghan McFarlane in Araucania Tepa in the 1788 colorway, a beautiful sky blue/green variegated She continues to work on: Canyonlands Shawl  by verybusymonkey using  Blue Heron Rayon

Episode 77: I Might Do Math, OMG

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Download Book Talk starts at 33:55 This episode was recorded on September 30, 2014. The Northern California Knitting Retreat (NoCKRs!) will be held April 17 - 19, 2015 in San Juan Bautista, CA.  If you are interested in attending, please go  here  for all the information. Our Mother Bear KAL/CAL is over and all the prizes have been claimed. Our Sweater KAL/CAL is continuing until January 15, 2015, so get busy!  Please check out the  chatter thread  for all the information you need to participate. The winner of the Hallowe'en project bag from the  Art Institchtute  etsy shop is announced at the end of this podcast. You have until October 15th to enter the drawing for the ebook  Sock Architecture  by Lara Neel.  Go  here  to enter. Barb highly recommends the Badass Survivors  Podcast hosted by Melanie.  This is a podcast about dealing with breast cancer.  Melanie hopes to make it a gathering place for women with breast cancer, survivors of the disease