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Chapter 13 of Dracula! Whoot! (Scroll to the bottom of the page for a player or grab the show on iTunes or via ). Again, many thanks to Elizabeth Klett, Barbara Edelman, and Ehren Ziegler at for our audio this week! Thank you for your support, Audible! (now you go get your free book and start your trial by following this link) Updates where you can support her in donating to Toys for Tots and blankets for the homeless. Hunter's book. Just Glue Some Gears on It (and call it Steampunk) Want to get rid of a Hat Block? Lemme know!   December Incentive! From listener Julie Temisevä! Still have some Defarge wristbands so donate if you want one. (Make sure PayPal has your address! or I can't send it to you!) is now paralleling CraftLit in real time—for Dracula only. We'll be uploading the books between Pride and Prejudice and Dracula as time and space allow. AND the is up and growing! Add what you're up to there and share your "betterness". Need a Trumpet Class for you or your kid? Consider Skype and , t

Chapter 12 of Dracula! Whoot! (Scroll to the bottom of the page for a player or grab the show on iTunes or via ). Again, many thanks to Elizabeth Klett, Arlen Donald, and Ehren Ziegler at for our audio this week! Updates is now paralleling CraftLit in real time—for Dracula only. We'll be uploading the books between Pride and Prejudice and Dracula as time and space allow. AND the is up and growing! Add what you're up to there and share your "betterness". Need a Trumpet Class for you or your kid? Consider Skype and , the marvelous master of music. Stitcher!!! Scroll down to see a . Beloved editor, artist and writer Terri Windling is in need, and we are asking for your help in a fundraising auction to assist her. This auction will combine donations from professionals and fans in an online sale to , Washington Post on the . James Parker, ; John Schwartz, Listener Arlen sent us the Four Shillings of Boise, Idaho singing a version of Fair Phyllis written by Sarah. They kindly performed at our Guy Fawkes night

Chapter 11 of Dracula!   Book talk starts immediately. You can listen to it .

Yeah, so I had no nifty ideas for a title. Sue me. (heh...) Chapter 11 of Dracula! Whoot! (Scroll to the bottom of the page for a player or grab the show on iTunes or via ). Again, many thanks to Arielle Lipshaw and Ehren Ziegler at for our audio this week! Updates is now paralleling CraftLit in real time—for Dracula only. We'll be uploading the books between Pride and Prejudice and Dracula as time and space allow. AND the is up and growing! Add what you're up to there and share your "betterness". Need a Trumpet Class for you or your kid? Consider Skype and , the marvelous master of music. Scripture mentioned in the podcast: Mark 2:18-20, John 3:26-30—also check out Luke 5:33-35. Links! open for bizness! If you have a pattern idea, send it on! Deadline for Shakespeare submissions March 1, 2012, for Chaucer August 1, 2012. This Month's Pattern Just for You! This scarf was born as an exchange gift for Patti when we met the Splendid Cardiff Knitters during the London, Bath, and Wales CraftLit/Knitty trip. Nov

Chapter 9 of Dracula! Whoot! (Scroll to the bottom of the page for a player or grab the show on iTunes or via ). Again, many thanks to Elizabeth Klett and Ehren Ziegler at , Arielle Lipshaw, and our new voices, Maurice Mengel and ! Nifty things for you! is now paralleling CraftLit in real time—for Dracula. AND the is up and growing! Add what you're up to there and share your "betterness". The links for you! is discovered, Dickens has two new biographies out, I'm loving my gorgeous Bingo prize from , and submit! Submit ideas to the !!! 11/11/11 is the deadline (!), r, , all from Juliana. This Month's Pattern Just for You! November Sponsor: Knitting Rose Yarns! Gorgeous yarns for you to view! November Incentives:   Yarn! Still have some Defarge wristbands so donate if you want one. (Make sure PayPal has your address!) I'd love to talk to someone who can make (scroll down to the 'once upon a time' entry—bottom row, center). Book talk begins at about 8 min. Listen to 230 .

Chapters 7-8 Dracula! Whoot! (Scroll to the bottom of the page for a player or grab the show on iTunes or via ). Again, many thanks to Elizabeth Klett and Ehren Ziegler at and our new voice, Barbara Edelman! Nifty things for you! is now paralleling CraftLit in real time—for Dracula only. We'll be uploading the books between Pride and Prejudice and Dracula as time and space allow. AND the is up and growing! Add what you're up to there and share your "betterness". The links for you! on , ,, , , plus AND acknowledging him as an ancestor, , and my gorgeous Bingo prize came from . This Month's Pattern Just for You! November Incentives:   Yarn! Still have some Defarge wristbands so donate if you want one. We also have some kickin' incentives! (Make sure PayPal has your address!) I'd love to talk to someone who can make (scroll down to the 'once upon a time' entry—bottom row, center). Book talk begins at 10:50. Listen to 229 .

Chapter 6 of Dracula! Whoot! (Scroll to the bottom of the page for a player or grab the show on iTunes or via ). Again, many thanks to Elizabeth Klett and Ehren Ziegler at . Nifty things for you! Donate to the show by midnight 10/31/2011 and you will get a Defarge wristband! (Make sure PayPal has your address! is now paralleling CraftLit in real time—for Dracula only. We'll be uploading the books between Pride and Prejudice and Dracula as time and space allow. Listener Joseph went to Whitby and has blog (and his blog name—Zombie Parents Guide—is thoroughly charming). Someday Whitby... someday...I smell a road trip... BJ Harrison at has done the MARVELOUSLY creepy by Bram Stoker. A little more moodiness for your season. Ehren Ziegler's Glorious Art! Defarge videos with lovely music by Mari Ajero via the Podsafe Music Network: , . If you have a sec to leave a "like" or a review on YouTube (or iTunes for the show... or Amazon for Defarge...) it would be such a help. The husband's new novel has a giveaway fo

Chapter 5 of Dracula Though is gorgeous and the people who love it are too! (But Renfield is sanguine as well... more on that soon...) Rhinebeck=blast. And blast=exhaustion, but it was all good. Blog post here so I don't bore you. Newsy bits: Heidi says: I know your a big fan of The Phantom Tollbooth so I wanted to tell you about a new documentary project and the Kickstarter campaign to help fund it. I'm making . Do you KNIT? Could you help a penguin out? ! (Not a joke) From: lahlahland I made this mini-me: Ann Shaffer came across this link to a page about a Canadian artist’s series of paintings called ”” —how perfect is that? --nice review of Defarge on p 63 Use for magazines! Zowee! New Thing for you: And on that brilliant note: MORE PATTERN SUBMISSION OPPORTUNITIES! Checkout the !!! Now we've got Defarge Vol 2 coming up as well as (drumroll) Defarge Does Chaucer and Defarge Does Shakespeare!   Karen's Patti Scarf on the iPhone this week, on here next.   Twitter/donations/scary... ! of the on Sparkly

Chapter 4 of Dracula! Whoot! (Scroll to the bottom of the page for a player or grab the show on iTunes or via ). Again, many thanks to Jon Scholes at —who seems to have been born to read this book for you (and has a ). Nifty things for you! I'm part of the fun at (Square and Player!) and I'll be at Building C, #37 (they changed our location—this one is right) most of the time. CraftLit/Rhinebeck meetup at 11:30 Sat/Sun, then we can poke over to the Ravelry Party en masse. Pick up a Defarge or bring yours for me to sign and get your very own wristband! is now paralleling CraftLit in real time—for Dracula only. We'll be uploading the books between Pride and Prejudice and Dracula as time and space allow. Nifty ! Ehren Ziegler's Glorious Art! Defarge videos with lovely music by Mari Ajero via the Podsafe Music Network: , . If you have a sec to leave a "like" or a review on YouTube (or iTunes for the show... or Amazon for Defarge...) it would be such a help. Margaret (Sneakybeaky on Rav) Rubiano's book! I lov

Chapter 3 of Dracula! Whoot! (Scroll to the bottom of the page for a player or grab the show on iTunes or via .) Nifty things for you! I'm part of the fun at (Square and Player!) and I'll be at Building C, #17 most of the time. CraftLit/Rhinebeck meetup at 11:30 Sat/Sun, then we can poke over to the Ravelry Party. Pick up a Defarge or bring yours for me to sign and get your very own wristband! If you haven't seen the book yet, you really must. Saw her and her crochet goodies at the CraftyBastards Craft Fair and she's just delightful! Defarge videos with lovely music by Mari Ajero via the Podsafe Music Network: , The husband’s new novel has a giveaway for a copy at !   Our GORGEOUS incentive for October 2011 from Marceli Botticelli's Tea Times Creations! To clarify location and peoples in Dracula somewhat:Who ARE these people Harker is going on about? Saxons—Germanic people Hungarians—also known as Magyars (pronounced mad-jar or mad-yar, from Hungarian: magyarok) Wallachia or Walachia (Romanian: Țara R

Chapter 2 of Dracula! Whoot! (Scroll to the bottom of the page for a player or grab the show on iTunes or via .) Nifty things for you! Defarge videos with lovely music by Mari Ajero via the Podsafe Music Network: , Longtime listener Barb has a new podcast with her daughter: Two Knit Lit Chicks. Lend an ear, won't you? is starting a . Katie at is making me drool. 7th Annual Podcast Awards Nominations Now Open! Nominations close @ 2359 September 30th, 2011 make sure to use hashtag #pca11 Follow the ! Follow the Founder on Twitter , or subscribe on .  —If you have a few minutes please go plug in ChopBard for Arts/Culture (http://chopbard.com) and CraftLit for People's Choice (http://craftlit.com). Gwen Steege's new book—you can join “The Knitter’s Life List” on Ravelry or the page, and of course   The husband’s new novel and his : Andrew Ordover's novel is an entertaining introduction to a fresh new detective. Jordan Greenblatt, a Long Island transplant to Atlanta, has a smart and funny Southern wife, a

Chapter 1 of Dracula! Whoot! New reader too, via Sharon (MizzAdamz on Ravelry) of the London, Bath, and Wales trip—Jon Scholes at —who seems to have been born to read this book for you. Bless you both! Nifty things for you! Defarge videos with lovely music by Mari Ajero via the Podsafe Music Network: , Longtime listener Amy S Foster (or fame) has a new podcast, . Lend an ear, won’t you? is starting a . Katie at is making me drool. 7th Annual Podcast Awards Nominations Now Open! Nominations close @ 2359 September 30th, 2011 make sure to use hashtag #pca11 Follow the ! Follow the Founder on Twitter , or subscribe on .  —If you have a few minutes please go plug in ChopBard for Arts/Culture (http://chopbard.com) and CraftLit for People’s Choice (http://craftlit.com). The husband’s new novel! Our GORGEOUS incentive for September/October 2011 from Marceli Botticelli’s Tea Times Creations! Tonia’s on how to make a using the (go leave a comment on what a genius she is. It’ll make her day). Checkout this lo

Today, we're diving headfirst into the spine-chilling classic that started it all: Dracula! So, get ready to dust off those cobwebs and join us for a blood-curdling adventure and let's sink our teeth into some undead goodness!

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) SEPT 10, 2011 — will be there, performing for you! And now, a bunch of nifty links: --you can start with this one, , , on Shepherdstown WV Kills Trees, , . Book links: see ; a great Cheat Sheet, , Article on , Who was , , Erté art: Pre 20s Gibson Girls--all that hair! Goodreads niftyness! 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 Share and ratings with CraftLit, and even join a on Goodreads.   Don’t forget your copy of Book talk begins at 15:37. Listen to 221 Book talk begins at 8:30. Listen to 222

Sections 1-3 of F. Scott Fitzgerald's story "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" here for you today, plus a bunch of nifty links: --you can start with this one,, , on Shepherdstown WV Kills Trees, , . Book links: see ; a great Cheat Sheet, , Article on ,   Who was , , Erté art: Pre 20s Gibson Girls--all that hair! Goodreads niftyness! 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 Share and ratings with CraftLit, and even join a 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   Booktalk begins at 15:37. Listen to 221  

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 , see my niece, watch a video on How Art Made the World I cringe at Feet on a Plane (a new horror film?), , and read two new books: Sock Knitting: Master Class by Anne Budd and by Vicki Stiefel and Lisa Souza 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 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 , , and . 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

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 . 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 is up and growing, new sock heel books are in the store (if you find errors or issues, please email. If you purchase via , then I can zap you an update as soon as it's posted). 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 for my little niece (who I will see this coming weekend!), have cast-on for the final bit of the book series (a sweater), found a nifty little from a page, (you have to sign up) and a , a link to , and a new affiliate program (we'll be retroactively moving the site over to them).   Making sense of our chapters: , Pits and Stalls in Opera Houses—see the rim around the Stall seats (in the US we call t

Woman in White, The Story Continued, Walter Hartright, sections i–iv! Once again, CraftLit leads the zeitgeist! Happened with , , and now . (who knew), thank you for your help with the tornado (give if you haven't but can*), , , my handspun sweater (thus far) my FINISHED Tristan socks (in muy masculine ) Sept 10th event will be . 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: How to Knit Socks (toe-up) Free via Ravelry: 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 Book talk begins at 22 min. Listen to 217             *Monson Tornado Fund c/o Monson Savings Bank 146 Main Street Monson, MA 01057