Our Colorwork KAL is over!  There were 111 FOs...YAY!!  Stay tuned to the end of this episode to find out if you've won a prize... Our new knit along is a CHARITY KAL!   Do you regularly knit or crochet for a charity? Have you been making plans to knit or crochet for a charity?  Well, this knit-along is for you!   DATES May 15, 2025 until September 1, 2025 Rules: 1. Post pictures of your completed projects in the FO thread. Along with the picture(s), please tell us what charity you are knitting for and a link to their website if possible. 2. Post a separate post for each item. 3. You must be a member of our Ravelry group to enter a project for a prize.  4.  Need some inspiration or looking for a charity? Check out our  Charity KAL Chatter thread! Come join our Virtual Knitting Group - all the info is HERE   EVENTS Tracie and Barb will be at: 2 Knit Lit Chicks Get Together - September 18-21, 2025 at Zephyr Point Presbyterian Centre on Zephyr Cove, Nevada Fiber Frolic - Saturday, June 7, 2025 at Soul Food Farms in Vacaville, CA.  Treadles to Threads Spinning Guild.            From the flier: By popular demand, we have new food vendors this year!   Boots Bakes Sweets will dazzle us with cookies and other yummy desert items. Check out her Instagram @bootsbakessweets  Edward from Italian Brothers Pizza will be baking us fresh wood fired pizza on site! His creations can be seen @italianbrotherspizza  And our new coffee vendor, High Flier Coffee will be providing fresh roasted craft coffee all day. View their Instagram at @highfliercoffee And a great vendor market with: Harvey Farms Pan’s Garden Yarn & Fibers Wonderland Dyeworks Back Porch Fiber Co Red Creek Farm Invictus Yarns Art Fiber Frenzy Blue Thistle Fiberarts Duren Dyeworks Meridian Jacobs Integrity Alpacas & Fiber Valley Oak Wool Mill Ewe and Me 2 Ranch Siren Song Fleece Works Spin Glitz Treadles to Threads - Used Equipment sale KNITTING Barb has finished: 4 Knitted Knockers Tracie finished: 2 Knitted Knockers Mother Bear 334 and 335 Bear for Baby Boy Colorwork Dip by SuviKnits in The Farmer’s Daughter Fibers Juicy in Sunday Mimosa and The Sapphire Empress Chemo cap #1- Rialto Baby Beanie by Haley Waxberg in Sirdar Snuggly Crofter Baby Fair Isle Effect DK Barb is still working on: Navelli pullover by Caitlin Hunter, using Cloudborn Fibers Highland Fingering in the Caribbean colorway, and 2 skeins of Greenwood Fiberworks Indulgence, one in the Black colorway and 1 in the Natural colorway Barb has cast on: Hudson Bay Hat by Allison Shuman, using 3 colors of Berroco Lanas Worsted - Cream, Forest Green and Gold Tracie cast on: Pampas Tee  by Samantha in CasaSol Bambu M in Rosa Coral Everyday Attitude by Susanne Sommer n Juniper Moon Farm Zooey in Rigging and Wool and the Gang The One Cotton in Azure Blue She continues to work on: 4th Rachel by Josée Paquin in Carpool Artisan Fibers 100% Cotton Vanilla socks in Knitting Fever Cashmere Indulgence   BOOKS Barb read: The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters - 4 stars The Reunion Party vy Penny Batchelor - 2 stars Never Alone by Woniya Dawn Thibeault - 5 stars   Tracie read: Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver - 4.5 stars Frankie by Graham Norton - 3.5 stars One of Us by Craig DiLouie - 4 stars The Texas 7: A True Story of Murder and a Daring Escape by Gary C. King - 4 stars Deenie by Judy Blume - 3 stars