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Sections 1-3 of F. Scott Fitzgerald's story "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" here for you in Episode 221. These shownotes also count for Episode 222: Are We There Yet? which ends the story (sections 4–6) JOIN ME IN NEW YORK SEPT 10, 2011 (tix here)—Ehren Ziegler will be there, performing for you! And now, a bunch of nifty links: Defarge videos--you can start with this one,Homemade Milano Cookies, McSweeny's Huck Finn, Clara Castelar's video on Shepherdstown WV Kills Trees, a nice review of the sock book my Finnish socks adorn, Neat Kickstarter Book Becky Miller sent in. Book links: see Bernice Original Sat Evening Post artwork; a great Midnight in Paris Cheat Sheet, Audible link to the latest version of Hemingway's Moveable Feast, Article on this version of Moveable Feast, Who was Annie Fellows Johnston, article on Women's Hairstyles, Erté art: Pre 20s Gibson Girls--all that hair! PDF of what to do in an EarthQuake! (Thank you Renee!) Goodreads niftyness! CraftLit 20 members A place to share about the books covered on CraftLit (or ones that should be) as well as "What Would... Books we've read View this group on Goodreads »Share book reviews and ratings with CraftLit, and even join a book club on Goodreads. Don't forget your copy of WWMDfK? Shop Indie Bookstores Book talk begins at 15:37. Listen to 221 audio Book talk begins at 8:30. Listen to 222 audio

Sections 1-3 of F. Scott Fitzgerald's story "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" here for you today, plus a bunch of nifty links: Defarge videos--you can start with this one,Homemade Milano Cookies, McSweeny's Huck Finn, Clara Castelar's video on Shepherdstown WV Kills Trees, a nice review of the sock book my Finnish socks adorn, Neat Kickstarter Book Becky Miller sent in. Book links: see Bernice Original Sat Evening Post artwork; a great Midnight in Paris Cheat Sheet, Audible link to the latest version of Hemingway's Moveable Feast, Article on this version of Moveable Feast, Who was Annie Fellows Johnston, article on Women's Hairstyles, Erté art: Pre 20s Gibson Girls--all that hair! Goodreads niftyness! CraftLit 20 members A place to share about the books covered on CraftLit (or ones that should be) as well as "What Would... Books we've read View this group on Goodreads »Share book reviews and ratings with CraftLit, and even join a book club on Goodreads. Donate between now and August 31st and you will be put into the drawing for Knitting Out Loud's The Secret Language of Knitters!!!! Don't forget your copy of WWMDfK? Shop Indie Bookstores Booktalk begins at 15:37. Listen to 221 audio

Part of my new policy in trying to make the titles more useful on iPods and such things, the title is more descriptive than poetic—I'll do that for starts and ends now. This week I knit some moccasin socks, see my niece, watch a video on How Art Made the World book version video version I cringe at Feet on a Plane (a new horror film?), mourn the passing of my friend's 110 year old grandma, and read two new books: Sock Knitting: Master Class by Anne Budd indie bookstore link Sock Knitting Master Class—via Amazon and 10 Secrets of the Laid Back Knitters: A Guide to Holistic Knitting, Yarn, and Life by Vicki Stiefel and Lisa Souza indie bookstore link 10 Secrets of the LaidBack Knitters—via Amazon Donate between now and August 31st and you will be put into the drawing for Knitting Out Loud's The Secret Language of Knitters!!!! Don't forget your copy of WWMDfK? Shop Indie Bookstores Book talk begins at 31 min.

This week, FOSCO! Fosco's narrative signals the penultimate chapter of The Woman in White! Amazon link is still there—not throwing the baby out with the bathwater (plus, you might need Kindle Books!) but still happy to be supporting I've done some more knitting, but mostly more shopkeeping, blogging, and videotaping. July Incentive! Our winnah is Christina of MA! Donate between now and August 31st and you will be put into the drawing for Knitting Out Loud's The Secret Language of Knitters!!!! Don't forget your copy of WWMDfK? Shop Indie Books

Today The Woman in White, Walter Hartright's narrative, the story continued, sections v–vii. This week, I don't sleep. But then, neither did Penny. Does misery love company? Yes. Yes it does. Too tired to be bummed about missing Sock Summit. Sleepless at home is better than sleepless in an hotel. ish. The new shop is up and growing, new sock heel books are in the Rav store (if you find errors or issues, please email. If you purchase via Ravelry, then I can zap you an update as soon as it's posted). September 10th event is growing. More as I know it. I am nearly done with my handspun in-the-round-all-the-way-up-cuff-steeked-sweater, have started a baby surprise jacket for my little niece (who I will see this coming weekend!), have cast-on for the final bit of the Around the World book series (a sweater), found a nifty little paper doll pattern from a ZenTangle page, Moleskine Do Not Disturb signs (you have to sign up) and a Moleskine App(!), a link to Switch by Chip and Dan Heath, and a new affiliate program (we'll be retroactively moving the site over to them). Making sense of our chapters: Italian Secret Societies, Pits and Stalls in Opera Houses—see the rim around the Stall seats (in the US we call them Orchestra seats). I think that must have been what Pesca climbed up on so he could see. Fosco would have been in a box. Stall seats back in the day: You can just barely see the rim around the pit seats: See the rim at the back of the stall seats? And, from the episode before, the gloriousness that would have been the London's Great Exhibition—and the reason for so many "foreigners" in town. July Incentive! Donate between now and July 31st and you will be put into the drawing for your own copy of the new Chop Bard book, Devouring Shakespeare; Five Simple Tools, personally autographed for you by Mr. Ehren Ziegler! Don't forget your copy of WWMDfK? Shop Indie Bookstores Book talk begins at 20 min.

Woman in White, The Story Continued, Walter Hartright, sections i–iv! Once again, CraftLit leads the zeitgeist! Happened with Frankenstein, Flatland, and now Wilkie Collins (via the New Yorker). Austen again (too)! (who knew), thank you for your help with the tornado (give if you haven't but can*), Uniquities fiber fair, make your own folding stand-up desk, my handspun sweater (thus far) my FINISHED Tristan socks (in muy masculine Wildfoote) Sept 10th event will be here. Donde esta Cumberland? Here: Sock Heel books up and ready for you. New store coming asap. How to Knit Socks (top down) Free via Ravelry: download now How to Knit Socks (toe-up) Free via Ravelry: download now How to Knit a Dutch Heel–any yarn, any pattern July Incentive! Donate between now and July 31st and you will be put into the drawing for your own copy of the new Chop Bard book, Devouring Shakespeare; Five Simple Tools, personally autographed for you by Mr. Ehren Ziegler! Don't forget your copy of WWMDfK? Book talk begins at 22 min. Listen to 217 audio *Monson Tornado Fund c/o Monson Savings Bank 146 Main Street Monson, MA 01057

Today Woman in White, Third Epoch, Walter Hartright's eleventh section--with a guest appearance from Missus Catherick! Doofus del Fuego Lives this week on the app, next week on the show! I show up and sign books in Vienna, VA, July 23rd, 2011. Neville Lives! As does his Sweater! Fish hats are cool, working on my skirt, Tristan socks STILL nearly done, WWMDfK? pix now up on Rav, Facebook and the website (finally!), swatching for a sweater design DONE. Nifty FiberFiction KAL for you (that's the Rav link, here's the main page) and the Fraser Valley Kitting Guild's yarn crawl on September 24th. Knitting Goodness from Me for You! How to Knit Socks (top down) Free via Ravelry: download now How to Knit Socks (toe-up) Free via Ravelry: download now How to Knit a Dutch Heel--any yarn, any pattern July Incentive! Donate between now and July 31st and you will be put into the drawing for your own copy of the new Chop Bard book, Devouring Shakespeare; Five Simple Tools, personally autographed for you by Mr. Ehren Ziegler! Don't forget your copy of WWMDfK? Book talk begins 18:50.

Today Woman in White, Third Epoch, Walter Hartright's tenth section! No Doofus del Fuego this week, though! Maybe next. They're nearly done. Fish hats (I'm late to the game, I know, but they're awesome and easy!), easy small shawl, Xmas headbands, Tristan socks nearly done, WWMDfK? pix now up on Rav, Facebook and the website (finally!), swatching for a sweater design DONE. Nifty FiberFiction KAL for you (that's the Rav link, here's the main page)--KALs for WWMDfK? soon! July Incentive! Donate between now and July 31st and you will be put into the drawing for your own copy of the new Chop Bard book, Devouring Shakespeare; Five Simple Tools, personally autographed for you by Mr. Ehren Ziegler! Don't forget your copy of WWMDfK? Book talk begins 21:45.

I have shelves! You have Walter Hartright reading the Third Epoch, sections viii-ix. If you can or want to help fellow listeners hit by a tornado in Mass, please send donations to Monson Tornado Fund c/o Monson Savings Bank 146 Main Street Monson, MA 01057 Easy A and Midnight in Paris, loads of fun! Switch the book my DH is reading, Persuasion comment all about the Navy, no more Doofus this week, but soon! Book talk begins at 25 min. .

Today, the Third Epoch (Walter's narrative), sections v-vii of the Woman in White. Good to be back and start to feel "normal" ish. New and old friends surround me, as does humidity, heat, mosquitoes, and lightening bugs. Also lemonade and whiskey. What's not to love? Looking for a good pattern for a knitted A-line skirt. Anyone? Anyone? I'm sure you know the new Knitty is out, but did you know that the Double Heelix sock is there? It's soooooo kewl! Madame Defarge appears on blogs and in Ravelry queues! A good sign! Some newsy ideas: make your own laundry soap (save some ducats) and make your own wool dryer balls (there are some lovely argyle ones on Etsy). Why, you ask, would you want a dryer ball? To stop static cling and dry your clothes faster, thus cutting down on expensive dryer time and eliminating the need for dryer sheets! OTN: Spindle-spun Handknit socks My niece's baby kimono (LOVE that Mason/Dixon pattern!) Bro-in-Law's Xmas 2010 socks (Yes, I know); using the Tristan pattern from WWMDfK? this pic is lousy color, the left is closer to real. Wildfoote yarn. July Incentive! Donate between now and July 31st and you will be put into the drawing for your own copy of the new Chop Bard book, Devouring Shakespeare; Five Simple Tools, personally autographed for you by Mr. Ehren Ziegler! Don't forget your copy of WWMDfK? Book talk starts at 16:30. ok talk begins at 16:30. Listen to 213 audio

Still unpacking, but... If you're a teacher, ChopBard has a new book out for you (see incentive below). Really, seriously, the man's a goldmine. If you're a spinner, check out Cotton Spinning with the Takli, a DVD by Joan Ruane. She is a member of my old guild in Tucson and a wonderful teacher. Everyone loves her because she's incredibly loveable. I've not seen her DVD myself--I spent my time watching her in person--but the review in Spring 2011's Spin-Off is glowing. The Quayside sock book I designed for (Knitting Socks from Around the World) is coming out July 1, 2011. I'm now working on a sweater for the same series... we'll see if this can be pulled off. It's going to be a doozy. In moving news (um, physically moving, not necessarily emotionally moving), If you're in the Northern Virginia area, please don't hesitate to contact me. I'm going to need babysitters and the 411 on local yarn stores etc. Already found (and love) Uniquities in Vienna, VA. LOVE that place! Am learning how to live on no income—or more accurately—to seriously live on seriously one income. I'm also loving Farmer's Markets and local strawberries. And the color green. It's green here. If you want to see pics and stories of what happened (or didn't) on our trip, you can click on the "Road Trip" link in the sidebar of the shownotes. And that Punk bar I mention? That's the Triple Rock Social Club. Must go if you're in Minneapolis/St Paul. Ask if the knitters are there (ha!). Don't forget, there are a few seats left for the Road to Rhinebeck. As fun as the relocation road trip was, Rhinebeck will be even more better. And, in fact, it looks like my husband and sons will be meeting us in Rhinebeck--along with Ehren Ziegler and many many friends. Not to be missed! I also have an apology. I realized I've been living under a rock. Not having a job meant never buying anything. Avoiding buying things—meant no stores, no shopping, and no magazines (those suckers get expensive). This means no data in. So my data out has been… um… limited. As I left on the trip I got a heartfelt Tweet and Rav message from a listener in Norway who had some—I thought—important criticisms of where the show has been going over the last eight months. I think writing the book, starting a business, teaching while being a temporarily single mom, and moving all really sucked it out of me. But the podcast sincerely is like home to me. I've missed podcasting, I miss hearing from y'all, and I miss the way things used to be, too. So, my promise to you is this: I will try to do better. So many new and exciting things are coming, but much of it will have to wait until the boys are back in school (because right now they're in "Camp Mom" and there's only so much of me to go around). OH And I learned that antiperspirant does a pretty decent job of cutting the bitterness of a mosquito bite. Seriously. July Incentive! Donate between now and July 31st and you will be put into the drawing for your own copy of the new Chop Bard book, Devouring Shakespeare; Five Simple Tools, personally autographed for you by Mr. Ehren Ziegler! Don't forget your copy of WWMDfK? It's getting great buzz, and I, personally, am knitting my way through it right now. Loving it! A few images of patterns you'll find in the bookey wook: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Jane's Ubiquitous Shawl edging"][/caption] [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Berthas Mad Mysterious Möbius"][/caption] [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Madame Defarge's Stole"][/caption] [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Van Tassel Mittens"][/caption] [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Hyde's Hooded Sweater"][/caption] [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Frankenhood (with light-up neckbolt instructions!)"][/caption] [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Isolde socks"][/caption] Book talk begins at 33:33 Listen to 212 audio

Very little to report and very little time to do it in. Tucker's Walk Winery, Kentwell Hall's Tudor historical reenactment niftyness (go Lorna!). See below for my traveling podcasts. I'll have these shownotes serve for 208 "Bubbly", 209 (available 5/27, "The Shipping News"), 210 (available 6/3, "¿Donde Esta?"), and maybe even 211 (on 6/11, "Homecoming"). Book talk will start super soon on all, so don't bother to fast forward. We depart May 27th and will visit: Fri 5/27--Grand Canyon; stay at Grand Canyon Sun 5/29--Old Faithful; stay at Sheridan or Gillette Mon 5/30--visit Devil's Tower and Custer Battlefield Tues 5/31--backtrack and Teach at Wild Purls, Billings MT; stay over in Deadwood, SD Wed 6/1—visit Mt Rushmore, Wall Drug; stay over at Tucker's Walk Winery Thurs 6/2—Visit Minn/St Paul, MN, eat at Triple Rock Social Club (venue of a WWMDfK? designer) Fri 6/3—drop by Yellow Dog Knitting at 8am to meet, greet, and sign; stay in Evanston Sat 6/4—Chi-Town (hope to visit Loopy Yarns) stay in Oak Park Sun 6/5—say bye to Chicago; skulk about in Indiana, (hope to visit Mass Ave knit shop) Tues 6/7—visit Cooperative Press Wednesday 6/8—McLean VA and the fambly will be reunited! Listen to 208 audio And this widget might actually work to stream on-the-fly podcasts from my phone. Sing with me now: "On the Road Again... Just cain't wait to get On the Road Again..." Where's my John Denver CD...?

210 - Epoch 2 - Marian Very little to report and very little time to do it in. Tucker's Walk Winery, Kentwell Hall's Tudor historical reenactment niftyness (go Lorna!) and a video of the same. I'll have these shownotes serve for 208 "Bubbly", 209 (available 5/27, "The Shipping News"), 210 (available 6/3, "¿Donde Esta?"), and maybe even 211 (on 6/11, "Homecoming"). Book talk will start super soon on all, so don't bother to fast forward. We depart May 27th and will visit: Fri 5/27--Grand Canyon; stay at Grand Canyon Sun 5/29--Old Faithful; stay at Sheridan or Gillette Mon 5/30--visit Devil's Tower and Custer Battlefield Tues 5/31--backtrack and Teach at Wild Purls, Billings MT; stay over in Deadwood, SD Wed 6/1—visit Mt Rushmore, Wall Drug; stay over at Tucker's Walk Winery Thurs 6/2—Stay Minn/St Paul, MN Fri 6/3—drop by Yellow Dog Knitting; stay in Evanston Sat 6/4—Chi-Town (hope to visit Loopy Yarns) stay in Oak Park Sun 6/5—skulk about in Indiana, (hope to visit Mass Ave knit shop) Tues 6/7—visit Cooperative Press Wednesday 6/8—McLean VA and the fambly will be reunited! Listen to 208 audio 209 audio 210 audio 211 audio Sing with me now: "On the Road Again... Just cain't wait to get On the Road Again..." Where's my John Denver CD...?

I'm shipping everything that wont fit in the car. Seriously. I should have stock in UPS and USPS. Fun. Very little to report and very little time to do it in. Tucker's Walk Winery, Kentwell Hall's Tudor historical reenactment niftyness(go Lorna!) and a video of the same. I'll have these shownotes serve for 208, 209, 210 and maybe even 211. Book talk will start super soon, so don't bother to fast forward. We depart May 27th and will visit: Fri 5/27--Grand Canyon; stay at Grand Canyon Sun 5/29--Old Faithful; stay at Sheridan or Gillette Mon 5/30--visit Devil's Tower and Custer Battlefield Tues 5/31--backtrack and Teach at Wild Purls, Billings MT; stay over in Deadwood, SD Wed 6/1—visit Mt Rushmore, Wall Drug; stay over at Tucker's Walk Winery Thurs 6/2—Stay Minn/St Paul, MN Fri 6/3—drop by Yellow Dog Knitting; stay in Evanston Sat 6/4—Chi-Town (hope to visit Loopy Yarns) stay in Oak Park Sun 6/5—skulk about in Indiana, (hope to visit Mass Ave knit shop) Tues 6/7—visit Cooperative Press Wednesday 6/8—McLean VA and the fambly will be reunited! Listen to 208 audio And this widget might actually work to stream on-the-fly podcasts from my phone. Sing with me now: "On the Road Again... Just cain't wait to get On the Road Again..." Where's my John Denver CD...?

Very little to report and very little time to do it in. Tucker's Walk Winery, Kentwell Hall's Tudor historical reenactment niftyness(go Lorna!) and a video of the same. I'll have these shownotes serve for 208, 209, 210 and maybe even 211. Book talk will start super soon, so don't bother to fast forward. We depart May 27th and will visit: Fri 5/27--Grand Canyon; stay at Grand Canyon Sun 5/29--Old Faithful; stay at Sheridan or Gillette Mon 5/30--visit Devil's Tower and Custer Battlefield Tues 5/31--backtrack and Teach at Wild Purls, Billings MT; stay over in Deadwood, SD Wed 6/1—visit Mt Rushmore, Wall Drug; stay over at Tucker's Walk Winery Thurs 6/2—Stay Minn/St Paul, MN Fri 6/3—drop by Yellow Dog Knitting; stay in Evanston Sat 6/4—Chi-Town (hope to visit Loopy Yarns) stay in Oak Park Sun 6/5—skulk about in Indiana, (hope to visit Mass Ave knit shop) Tues 6/7—visit Cooperative Press Wednesday 6/8—McLean VA and the fambly will be reunited!

Happy Birthday-ness to CraftLit and me! The only news that isn't isn't in the show is that I found a foster mommy for our dogs while we try to find them a permanent home. Aside from that... carry on! Book talk starts around 5min. Listen to 207 audio

Jennie the Potter's show schedule (where you can get Briar Rose yarn and WWMDfK? patterns!), a reminder about the new Troubleshooter site for issues with the CraftLit App (iPhone, iTouch, Droid), and still crowing about the sock book for which my wee bitty socks grace the cover. Lookee! Please be sure to ask your LYS to stock the book. You SHOULD be able to see an Amazon widget right below this (unless you have some sort of ad-blocker as a Firefox add-on—working on a fix for that). It's one of the ways you can support CraftLit. By starting your Amazon shopping from this point, CraftLitwill receive a portion of the profit from Amazon. Pretty nifty. If you can't see the widget, let me know and let me know which system/browser you're on. Amazon.com Widgets Book talk begins around 10 minutes. Listen to 206 audio.

Just a few linky bits for you: my lovelycousin Amy's blog, Paul Riser's lovely essay, the Troubleshooter site for issues with the CraftLit App (iPhone, iTouch, Droid), help build an AT-AT to make America great again (giggle), and the sock book of which my wee bitty socks grace the cover. Lookee! Please be sure to ask your LYS to stock the book. You SHOULD be able to see an Amazon widget right below this. It's one of the ways you can support CraftLit. By starting your Amazon shopping from this point, CraftLit will receive a portion of the profit from Amazon. Pretty nifty. If you can't see the widget, let me know and let me know which system/browser you're on. Book talk begins around 15 minutes. Listen to 205 audio.

NOTE: Trouble with the feed? Try re-subscribing. Some rogue code broke it on 203. Also, for those of you on the Droid/iPhone app, there's now a "library" iisting for you as a SHOW extra. This lets you know which episodes go with which book. I'm strapped by Strep, but make it to the mic for you! Couple of links: Happy Catholic (book linked to from below widget) congrats to Julie Davis of Forgotten Classics podcast. WHOOT! And don't forget, there's a free how-to-knit-a-sock eBook for you in the sidebar! Book talk starts around 11 minutes.

Just a few bits and pieces: Road Trip info, things for sale plus dog info, a contract wafer John Bull wiki, Stockholm Syndrome wiki, Flatworld Knowledge's nifty online textbook plan, save the world by blogging, Cooperative Press' Kickstarter Campaign, and a new free eBook for you from me! Some advice for men April Incentive The Elemental Journal! Donate to CraftLit in the month of April and your name will be put in the hat to win this book. Book talk begins around 15 min. Listen to 203 audio

Just a few things for 201— (um...not two THOUSAND one)...Judith Martin's book "Common Courtesy" on Jefferson's "problem" linked to in the widget below, How To Be Aliterate article, Road Trip 2011--This Time It's East, and that's about it. Some extra info for 202, "Still Breaking"—This is a concertina, this is what they mean by "copy book" and some 411 on Chatterton (who is mentioned disparagingly). That's about it. Amazon.com WidgetsBook talk begins around 9 min for 201, almost immediately on 202.

Just a few things for 201— (um...not two THOUSAND one)...Judith Martin's book "Common Courtesy" on Jefferson's "problem" linked to in the widget below, How To Be Aliterate article, Road Trip 2011--This Time It's East, and that's about it. Some extra info for 202, "Still Breaking"—This is a concertina, this is what they mean by "copy book" and some 411 on Chatterton (who is mentioned disparagingly). That's about it. Amazon.com WidgetsBook talk begins around 9 min for 201, almost immediately on 202.

Nearly five years since we started, we hit the big two-oh-oh. Whoot! Thank you to the 70 or so of you who participated in Thing 1's Science Fair. He's a very happy scientist with a dumpster load of data. Little more for you here in the shownotes, just a couple of goofy links. This just in--build a Roman Aqueduct with yarn, Molskein-friendly fountain pens, Jane Eyre in the Times, new Jasper Fforde One of Our Thursday's Is Missing, nifty travel printer, money podcast, climate-friendly meat, a Spite House in VA, wormholes are real (maybe), the REAL King's Speech, and a lego brick... of yarn. A Raveler takes the Cratchette and extends it to Cratchettens! LOVE IT! And today, we hear the voice of Marion, herself. First Epoch, Marion i-ii. Amazon.com WidgetsBook talk begins around 9 min. Listen to 200 audio .

Not to be confused with Dueling Banjos. Forgot to give you this link info last episode—Is there an oligarchy in the dark underbelly of knitting? This just in--build a Roman Aqueduct with yarn! And today, more important information from Mister Vincent Gilmore, solicitor. Amazon.com Widgets Book talk begins around 10 min. Listen to 199 audio .

OH, so many links for you! It's like they all waited until today. Thing one's Science Fair Post, iffin you're up to watching some goofy videos and answering two questions. Penny at PennywiseConsulting.com saved our comments (and so much more). Episode 198!!!! Did you hear that? One-ninety-EIGHT! Resurgence of Knitting "ON POINT" from NPR--with FRANKLIN HABIT!!! (and Susan Strawn, Jenna Woginrich, and Street Color). Is there an oligarchy in the world of knitting? Scrapbooks on the Go is great! Go checkitout! Fun "i.e., e.g." grammar info. Ahab's ship--found! GF Scones that look REALLY good, GF Pizza crust, GF Biscuits, GF Sandwich bread, other uses for cupcake makers (who knew there was such a thing). Urban Gardenshare.org GREAT idea for city-dwellers who are gardenarily inclined. Parent's Guide to Student Success. Reading test for six-year-olds in UK to include non-words. And in the world of our book! Mister Vincent Gilmore of Chancery Lane, solicitor (Mister Lorry, anyone?) introduces you to some new subtext and some family past information you may find useful. He also mentions a game called Whist. Apparently, a game is called a "rubber" and you can play it online here. Wiki has a picture of the scoring board. Amazon.com Widgets Book talk begins around 17 min. Listen to 198 audio .

Not much to report this week, in fact, not much time to report much of anything. So. Congrats to Cynthia of Yucaipa, CA! She's the winner of the Gorgeous Yarn from Neighborhood Fiber Co. Amazon.com Widgets Book talk begins around 5 min. Listen to 197 audio.

WWMDfK in pre-orders, Briar Rose Yarns, Jennie the Potter's Schedule, Chop Bard's Tempest, Daisy Yellow—A Vivid Life With Kids, Tree Octopus (really, you have to read this), the Tolkein audio, Syracuse U's Folk Art Initiative (and more), the Drawing Lab book, and the AWESOME (I've read it now) Scrapbooks on the Go (see below). Amazon.com WidgetsAmazon.com WidgetsScripture about dreams that Anne Catherick refers to in her letter can be found below. Book talk begins around 20 min. Listen to 194 audio. 8 And they said to him, "We each have had a dream, and there is no interpreter of it." So Joseph said to them, "Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell them to me, please." (Genesis 40:8, New King James Version) 25 Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, "The dreams of Pharaoh are one; God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do: (Genesis 41:25, New King James Version) 18 "This dream I, King Nebuchadnezzar, have seen. Now you, Belteshazzar, declare its interpretation, since all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known to me the interpretation; but you are able, for the Spirit of the Holy God is in you." 19 Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonished for a time, and his thoughts troubled him. So the king spoke, and said, "Belteshazzar, do not let the dream or its interpretation trouble you." Belteshazzar answered and said, "My lord, may the dream concern those who hate you, and its interpretation concern your enemies! 20 "The tree that you saw, which grew and became strong, whose height reached to the heavens and which could be seen by all the earth, 21 whose leaves were lovely and its fruit abundant, in which was food for all, under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and in whose branches the birds of the heaven had their home— 22 it is you, O king, who have grown and become strong; for your greatness has grown and reaches to the heavens, and your dominion to the end of the earth. 23 "And inasmuch as the king saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying, 'Chop down the tree and destroy it, but leave its stump and roots in the earth, bound with a band of iron and bronze in the tender grass of the field; let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let him graze with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him'; 24 this is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the Most High, which has come upon my lord the king: 25 They shall drive you from men, your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make you eat grass like oxen. They shall wet you with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over you, till you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He chooses. (Daniel 4:18-25, New King James Version)

Amy Singer blogged about our Fall 2011 CraftLit/Detjen trip, yay! Though we're sorry she (The Singer) wont be with us this year. A new group (or new-to-me) Essayist Media of Writing in Public is tweeting some nice, community-building things in the writing world. And I, once again, lose myself in ChopBard (this time I'm in love with Hamlet. David Tennant, anyone?). Hwaet is the coolest sock around. WWMDfK? gears up for pre-orders on Chuck's birthday, 7 Feb 2011. Don't forget! Donate to the show between now and 14 Feb 2011 and be entered to win five skeins from Neighborhood Fiber Co, 100% Superwash Merino, 98 yards each, 2oz, 4.5-5 sts/inch on US 6–8 in colorway Grant Circle. I'll draw an incentive winner from a hat. (It's a little more pink than the pic..) Book talk starts around 21 minutes.

Some goodies. Wilkie Collins George Elliot London to Cumberland (not a short trip) View Larger Map Listen to 194 audio

Not a lot in the way of shownotes. We have a nifty Monthly Incentive though, and I'll be doing the drawing on the 14th of Feb because Fabulous Listener Jill sent in GORGEOUS Valentines Day yarn—five skeins from Neighborhood Fiber Co, 100% Superwash Merino, 98 yards each, 2oz, 4.5-5 sts/inch on US 6–8 in colorway Grant Circle. Donate up through February 14th and it could be yours! I'll draw an incentive winner from a hat. (It's a little more pink than the pic...) Aside from that, we begin at the beginning of the groundbreaking novel The Woman In White. Our episodes will be a little long while we do this book due to the way the Librivox recordings have been organized. For the first few, we are graced by the voice of Tim Bulkeley of BigBible.org reading the part of Walter Hartwright. If you would like a copy of the book so you can follow along, you're welcome to use the link below. By starting here when you go shopping at Amazon a portion of their profits from your purchase goes to helping keep CraftLit on the air. null

SO So so many things are happening, I know I'll forget more than a few. But for now, here's some links for you: Holiday Vacations will be getting us the new brochures pronto so you can get all the info on the CraftLit Tour 2011 with Heather Ordover and Amy Detjen to Boston and all bookish/fibery things in MA... right over to the Rhinebeck Fairgrounds for the NY Sheep and Wool Festival! Look for the logo to appear soon in the upper right corner of this page! oh SHOOT! I forgot to tell you--the Droid App is out!!!! It was a big glitchy at first--if that happens to you or to you on the iPhone app PLEASE be sure to use the little "report a problem" link within the app. That goes straight to the tech guys and (as one listener let me know) they're very fast. Also good to let me know so I can follow up! http://garterstitch100.posterous.com/ garterstitch100 | International Women's Day 100 | 100 million Stitches for 100 million Women 100 Events for 100th International Women's Day Dear Ladies and Gentlemen Tuesday March 8th 2011 is the Centenary of International Womens' Day We are coming together for International Women's Day to celebrate and look to women for solutions, for stories and for inspiration. We are bringing together 100 events will be hosted at Glasgow's Tramway and Hidden Gardens on Tuesday 8th March, including: speakers, story tellers, visual art, dance, music, film, and a massive amount of knitting. We are trying to provoke Scotland into asking questions regarding women in 2011 by collectively knitting between 60 and 100 million stitches to exhibit as a backdrop to this event. That, my friend, is a 21km scarf... or one massive blanket. Why the big blanket? Demographer's have shown that there are between 60 million and 100 million females missing from today's global population. Sheryl WuDunn's book "Half the Sky" investigates the oppression of women globally. Her stories shock. Only when women in developing countries have equal access to education and economic opportunity will we be using all our human resources. We are asking you to get involved. Here's how: Knit a square and send it to us! Jetson and Janssen garterstitch100 c/o Tramway 25 Albert Drive Glasgow G41 2PE Make a Boob: Make a Boob is a community art project about breast cancer by award winning quilt artist Nina Lise Moen from Norway. She is collecting symbolic fabric boobs from all over the world which will be decorated at workshops and made into Make a Boob Art. Make a Boob provides art therapy for breast cancer patients, and raises awareness and involvement through making boobs for the project and exhibition of Make a Boob Art. Art pieces will be donated to hospitals and organizations who work with breast cancer and –patients. If you would like to contribute you can make boobs and send them to Nina Lise. You will find the step-by-step directions, mail address etc. on the Make a Boob blog, http://makeaboob.blogspot.com. Nina Lise Some boob's... New podcasts: Clothed in the Lamb Debra's CraftPatience—http://craftpatience.com— listed in iTunes and on Podcast Alley, both are linked to from the website. Arizona update: I recorded and was poised to post just about when the shootings happened. The incident was a mile or so from our house and (not surprisingly) rather unnerving. We knew one of the victims and are still wrapping our heads around the event, the move, and everything. I'll podcast with chapter one as soon as I possibly can.

You're in for a delightful surprise today, so grab your coziest blanket, a cup of your favorite beverage, and get ready to be captivated by the timeless tale of The Woman in White! Hidden identities, love triangles, nefarious plots, and a grand Victorian mansion with its fair share of eerie secrets. Oh, and did I mention a formidable villain who's as cunning as a fox? Cue gasps and giggles!

This set of shownotes, such as they are, cover episodes 189–191—all of A Christmas Carol. 189: Smokin' Bishop! 190: A Present? For me! 191: Have a Dickens of a Christmas! Here is the compendium of useful links. In this episode I point you towards the CraftLit episodes that cover A Tale of Two Cities, and two other books: Flash Flash Amazon.com Widgets I also spoke of the various file formats you can use to listen to these episodes--please let me know in the sidebar if you are able to watch these versions. Viewing options mini-video podcasts you can watch here (see below) a video podcast you can put in your iTunes or on your iPod/iTouch/iPhone (right click for 189here, 190 here, and 191 here)--for these special episodes these will ALSO go out on the RSS feed, with the letter "v" after the episode number or the regular old audio file that can be played on any computer or mp3 player and which will come through the feed just like always—right click here–> 189auido">, 190 auidio, and 191 audio A Christmas Carol—in prose, being a ghost story of Christmas by Charles Dickens Staves 1-2 Read by Glen Halstrom for Librivox A Christmas Carol—in prose, being a ghost story of Christmas by Charles Dickens Stave 3 A Christmas Carol—in prose, being a ghost story of Christmas by Charles Dickens Staves 4-5 Don't forget to checkout the Dickens Blog Hop and if you are so inclined, please celebrate with me the soon-to-be-released CraftLit app for the Droid! Don't forget the rest of the Dickens of a Christmas blog hopping fun! Please follow the linky-links above to food, festivities, and more.

This set of shownotes, such as they are, cover episodes 189–191—all of A Christmas Carol. 189: Smokin' Bishop! 190: A Present? For me! 191: Have a Dickens of a Christmas! Here is the compendium of useful links. In these episode I point you towards the CraftLit episodes that cover A Tale of Two Cities, and two other books: Amazon.com Widgets I also spoke of the various file formats you can use to listen to these episodes--please let me know in the sidebar if you are able to watch these versions. Viewing options mini-video podcasts you can watch here (see below) a video podcast you can put in your iTunes or on your iPod/iTouch/iPhone (right click for 189here and 190 here)--for these special episodes these will ALSO go out on the RSS feed, with the letter "v" after the episode number or the regular old audio file that can be played on any computer or mp3 player and which will come through the feed just like always—right click here–> 189auido"> and 190 auidio A Christmas Carol—in prose, being a ghost story of Christmas by Charles Dickens Staves 1-2 Read by Glen Halstrom for Librivox A Christmas Carol—in prose, being a ghost story of Christmas by Charles Dickens Stave 3 Don't forget to checkout the Dickens Blog Hop and if you are so inclined, please celebrate with me the soon-to-be-released CraftLit app for the Droid!

This set of shownotes, such as they are, cover episodes 189–191—all of A Christmas Carol. 189: Smokin' Bishop! 190: A Present? For me! 191: Have a Dickens of a Christmas! Here is the compendium of useful links. In these episode I point you towards the CraftLit episodes that cover A Tale of Two Cities, and two other books: Amazon.com Widgets I also spoke of the various file formats you can use to listen to these episodes--please let me know in the sidebar if you are able to watch these versions. Viewing options mini-video podcasts you can watch here (see below) a video podcast you can put in your iTunes or on your iPod/iTouch/iPhone (right click for 189here and 190 here)--for these special episodes these will ALSO go out on the RSS feed, with the letter "v" after the episode number or the regular old audio file that can be played on any computer or mp3 player and which will come through the feed just like always—right click here–> 189auido"> and 190 auidio A Christmas Carol—in prose, being a ghost story of Christmas by Charles Dickens Staves 1-2 Read by Glen Halstrom for Librivox A Christmas Carol—in prose, being a ghost story of Christmas by Charles Dickens Stave 3 Don't forget to checkout the Dickens Blog Hop and if you are so inclined, please celebrate with me the soon-to-be-released CraftLit app for the Droid!

Let me know if you can see this video version at CraftLit.com's sidebar poll. This set of shownotes, such as they are, cover episodes 189–191—all of A Christmas Carol. 189: Smokin' Bishop! 190: A Present? For me! 191: Have a Dickens of a Christmas! Here is the compendium of useful links. In these episodes I point you towards the CraftLit episodes that cover A Tale of Two Cities, and two other books: Amazon.com Widgets I also spoke of the various file formats you can use to listen to these episodes--please let me know in the sidebar if you are able to watch these versions. Viewing options a mini-video podcast you can watch here (see below) a video podcast of 189 you can put in your iTunes or on your iPod/iTouch/iPhone (right click here)--for these special episodes these will ALSO go out on the RSS feed, with the letter "v" after the episode number or the regular old audio file that can be played on any computer or mp3 player and which will come through the feed just like always—right click here–>audio A Christmas Carol—in prose, being a ghost story of Christmas by Charles Dickens Staves 1-2 Read by Glen Halstrom for Librivox Don't forget to checkout the Dickens Blog Hop and if you are so inclined, please celebrate with me the soon-to-be-released CraftLit app for the Droid!

Chapters 39-44--the end of the book! Travelogues on HOLD for now, I'll let you know when I have space enough for them again. Don't forget to check out the Dickens of a Christmas blog hop—A Christmas Carol (e-text here) goes up earlier there, but the story will be repeated on CraftLit and will have the added CraftLit stuff. And your links: Tom Bihn Field Journal Bag (OH MY GOODNESS it is a thing of beauty and a joy forever), The American Frugal Housewife, Vintage Knit Patterns, Godey's Lady's Book, Sew Vintage's why-sew-vintage top ten list, Exercises in Knitting--the 1846 book, tutorial on how to make vector graphics, Some amazing 3-D drawings for you to take a gander at, The Public Domain Treasure Hunter on public domain sewing texts, don't forget to check out and submit stories and patterns to Fiber Fiction! And I would personally like to send a huge thank you to the wonderful John Greenman for giving Twain an appropriate voice and giving us his time.Amazon.com Widgets Don't forget to pick up the Lewis Creek pattern (left sidebar link at CraftLit.com) then—Go forth and knit! The Scribe Tutor site is ready for you and yours. Send us your tired, your weak, your exhausted parents longing for someone to pick up the burden of helping their kids through essay after essay. (CraftLit listeners will find they have a discount.)

Chapters 39-44--the end of the book! Travelogues on HOLD for now, I'll let you know when I have space enough for them again. Don't forget to check out the Dickens of a Christmas blog hop—A Christmas Carol (e-text here) goes up earlier there, but the story will be repeated on CraftLit and will have the added CraftLit stuff. And your links: Tom Bihn Field Journal Bag (OH MY GOODNESS it is a thing of beauty and a joy forever), The American Frugal Housewife, Vintage Knit Patterns, Godey's Lady's Book, Sew Vintage's why-sew-vintage top ten list, Exercises in Knitting--the 1846 book, tutorial on how to make vector graphics, Some amazing 3-D drawings for you to take a gander at, The Public Domain Treasure Hunter on public domain sewing texts, don't forget to check out and submit stories and patterns to Fiber Fiction! And I would personally like to send a huge thank you to the wonderful John Greenman for giving Twain an appropriate voice and giving us his time.Amazon.com Widgets Don't forget to pick up the Lewis Creek pattern (left sidebar link at CraftLit.com) then—Go forth and knit! The Scribe Tutor site is ready for you and yours. Send us your tired, your weak, your exhausted parents longing for someone to pick up the burden of helping their kids through essay after essay. (CraftLit listeners will find they have a discount.)

Today a whopping set of chapters—34-38! You'll see why. And a slew of nifty links for you! A Dickens of a Christmas blog hop—recipes and patterns and podcasts, oh my! Travelogue videos, MagicKnitter's new FiberFiction website (contribute stories/patterns now!), Jill at the Quilt Rat will amaze you with the wonderfulness of her genius, Suzanne McNeill will blow you away with her (very reasonably priced) books and website as will Sandy Steen Bartholomew. Take a look at Suzanne's video introducing her new book. Then we have the poll in the right sidebar (I reopened it with the latest additions), Gluten-free artisan bread, Jules' fab Thanksgiving fare (also GF), and my buddy at Pollywog Baby's practical solutions for infant reflux who's setting up our latest blog hop! LOVE THIS!Amazon.com WidgetsDon't forget to pick up the Lewis Creek pattern (left sidebar link) then—Go forth and knit! The Scribe Tutor site is ready for you and yours. Send us your tired, your weak, your exhausted parents longing for someone to pick up the burden of helping their kids through essay after essay. (CraftLit listeners will find they have a discount.) Listen to 187 audio Support CraftLit—please consider starting your Amazon shopping with this link:Amazon.com Widgets

Pics of The Guild pretties (below), kids and Halloween a link to my NaNoWriMo profile (you can friend me from there) and our NaNo Salon, and the Chilli Cheese recipe, and one of my mini Zentangles. This is about 1-1/2" square. Don’t forget to pick up the Lewis Creek pattern (left sidebar link) thenâ€"Go forth and knit! The Scribe Tutor site is ready for you and yours. Send us your tired, your weak, your exhausted parents longing for someone to pick up the burden of helping their kids through essay after essay. (CraftLit listeners will find they have a discount.) Listen to 186 audio Support CraftLitâ€"please consider starting your Amazon shopping with this link:

Not a ton of links, but a few: Classic Tales podcast, Twain's slam on King Leopold (wiki explaining the satire here), Gluten-free Bisquick!, and Zentangles fun, and my NaNoWriMo profile (you can friend me with the number in the URL). Plus, here's Hadrian's Wall. Just cuz. Don't forget to pick up the Lewis Creek pattern (left sidebar link) thenâ€"Go forth and knit! The Scribe TUtor site is ready for you and yours. Send us your tired, your weak, your exhausted parents longing for someone to pick up the burden of helping their kids through essay after essay. (CraftLit listeners will find they have a discount.) Listen to 185 audio Support CraftLitâ€"please consider starting your Amazon shopping with this link:

Today chapters 27 and 28! Links for you: Sew a Where the Wild Things Are hat + pattern!, Tour Flickr group, CraftLit Group page, CraftLit FAN page (!), Austen/Colin Firth article (thank you Marla), Instructables Precision Pumpkin Carving ('tis the season), Donors Choose (for a friend in NY), we get on Casting Pod, checkout King Becky and her etsy store, prepping for NaNoWriMo (as though there isn't enough going on). Leanne says: I'm writing about a young friend of mine. His name is Aidan, he is 5-years-old, and he was just diagnosed with ALL (leukemia) in September. His family is trying to raise money to help cover medical bills, and his aunt has set up an Etsy shop where she sells prints of his artwork (he LOVES to draw, mostly monsters). All of the money she makes from this goes to him. His shop is aidansmonsters.etsy.com, and he also has a blog that follows him through his journey, aidforaidan.wordpress.com (there is also a PayPal Donation button at his blog if people just want to give a few bucks.) Patti let us know that there are a bunch of kids who listen to books after school and knit. But, budgets being what they are, their program could be eliminated. Clorox is taking votes to see who gets funding. You can vote here (and get a coupon for Clorox too!) I will be releasing video travelogues of our trip, one at a time, to the iPhone app then I'll be posting them to a special page on this site the week after. Everyone will get to see them, and I emailed (again) to find out when the Blackberry and Droid apps will be out. Lovely discussion, "Power of Two," on creativity at Emory U with Emily and Don Saliers (Emily of Indigo Girls, Don of fabulous professorship). Fearless Resin Video from Cloth Paper Scissors Some future book thoughts from Nordie: "Vilette" (semi autobiographical story of what it's like to be a governess more through need than want), "The Professor" is the story of a male tutor working in a girl's school, and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" (about a single mother who escapes her dissolute rake of her husband to live under an assumed name to protect her son...only to fall for the neighbour). Don't forget to pick up the Lewis Creek pattern (left sidebar link) thenâ€"Go forth and knit! Writing-Your-Life Tutorial site is ready for you and yours. Send us your tired, your weak, your exhausted parents longing for someone to pick up the burden of helping their kids through essay after essay. (CraftLit listeners will find they have a discount.) Listen to 184 audio Support CraftLitâ€"please consider starting your Amazon shopping with this link:

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182: Impacted and 183: London Calling Chapter 23. Then Chapter 24. Lots of links and fun for you: Todd Culp's Peace of Action group on Ravelry, link to BBC Radio Wales' Roy Noble show (Sept 29, 2010! 2pm Welsh time!), don't forget to take the poll in the sidebar. And here's where I hope to be uploading updates on our travels with emergency back-up blog. Check out some Earthships! My mitts and Cora's Cloche (adjusted to adult size) from Knit Picks. Here's where we'll be and when: Knitty Amy posted about coming to the UK! London: @ I Knit London, Sunday, October 3 from 3-4pm Cardiff: @ Rummer Tavern, Wednesday, Oct 6, from 7-9pm If you can make it, please do! Amy'll have Knitty shwag and we are both really excited to meet all of you! Dont forget to submit patterns for the WWMDfK? pattern challenge. Raining Men video fun! VIDEO WORKING ON CRAFTLIT.COM SITE (Clips: Wives&Daughters 1999; Persuasion 2007; NorthAnger Abbey 2007; Amazing Grace 2006; Casanova 2005; Emma 1996; North & South 2004; Pride & Prejudice 1995, 2005; Sense & Sensibility 1996, 2008; The Shadow in the North 2007) Go! Get! Read! Golem! Agamemnon! Final Week for the Sneak Peek! Nora's Glacial Gauntlets No matter what, I always have a gap between mittens or gloves and my coat sleeve. These solve the problem--and since the color pattern deepens as it goes, it can be worn light side showing or dark. Only available through September 30, 2010. $1.50 Booklet format Simple pdf format Go forth and knit! share the love... Grab a button or get more from our link to us page

Today, chapters 21-22! A few fun links: Guerrilla Knitters in NZ, an old friend's newish site Sustainable Eats , Nickled and Dimed (a good read if a sad one), Rachel Herron's Pens Fatales, Amy's Fire in a Jar (a la my imagination) And the Instructable site. Knitty Amy divulges where to find CraftLit and Knitty in the UK, I try to find a way to get from Salisbury to Stonehenge and Avebury…all in one afternoon… I know. But I'm not there for long. And, of course, I bring you Mark Twain, read by (the superior) John Greenman. Book talk starts at 12 min or so. Don't forget our latest podcast craze! Listen to 181 audio 0:00 / 0:00Download Right-click and save as to download. Tags: London Trip, podcast, tutoring site, Twain history

Chapters 19-20! Chop Bard! An awesome Shakespeare podcast! You'll love it! Phyllis sent in this link to a Snow Farm class that incorporates a bit of the Madame Defarge love; TwirlyMama in Vancouver BC selling her crocheted wares for BP oil victims; Femke's new 88novels blog; new pics of Lyme and the Cobb; see the ACYiKAC button to the left? That's the code you want to steal for your blog. More of those buttons will be appearing on the Library page; Crazy Aunt Purl on Pride & Prejudice, do read the comments. And don't forget to visit Mom's Rising's link to congress about chemicals in our food that appear to be affecting little girl's development. Here's a link to the explanatory article from the LA Times about the problem, another article from the Journal Pediatrics, and a final one on Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families. And my goofball son's: Apollonir, Dragonoid, Altair and Upgrade, Mega Nemus, Alto Brontes, Subterra Vulcan, Subterra Clayf, Helis Pyrus (red), Worm Quake, Centepoid. Book talk starts around 41 min.

Please join me in celebrating (and purchasing) the latest, cool thing in sock knitting! Socupied from Interweave! It runs on Adobe Air, comes in Mac and PC flavors, and will knock your *ahem* socks off. (And, you know, includes content from me)! Read more about it here. Discover Simple, Private Sharing at Drop.io Chapter 18! Nuclear bomb thingNew poll in the right sidebar, and you can thank Erica for the tutorial on how to make Yogurt. Listen to Episode 179 audio