Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, chapter 36.
Our reader, Elizabeth Klett continues to rock Jane Eyre for us!

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More Heather:

• I was just interviewed about Podcasting Tips and Promotion
• This is a Squiddle (see right), a character from Homestuck. I want to sell this pattern but can't seem to get an answer re: licensing or permission from Andrew Hussie. Help?
• Recent interviews: Episode 183 of the High Fiber Diet podcast, Episode 310 of Ready Set Knit.
• Thank you to everyone who came to the Common Cod meeting and the students who took my sock heel workshop class. If you our your guild or LYS would like me to come to your area to speak about Cognitive Anchoring, knitting, and why it makes you better, all you have to do is ask.
• Subscribe to my calendar and learn more about my classes and speaking engagements here.

Crafty News:

• The second volume of the What Would Madame Defarge Knit?® series, What (else) Would Madame Defarge Knit?, is now available! The print edition is on its way. Please order your copy today! You can also join the mailing list to receive news about upcoming books in this series. Preview the patterns on the website or at Ravelry.
• Hunter Hammersen is our special guest today. You can find her marvelously named blog and her books online (and you might catch a glipse of her if you're at TNNA). Don't forget to leave a comment below if you want a chance to win a copy of her newest book Knitter's Curiosity Cabinet vol. 2—it's just gorgeous gorgeousness. YUM!

General Newsy Bits:

• London in 1927 from Tim Sparke on Vimeo (via Andrew Ordover)—YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE IT.

• The Shakespeare Alphabet Book. By Our Ehren Ziegler and What (Else) Would Madame Defarge Knit? Illustrator Shannon Sneedse Kickstarter campaign through May 29th. Please back this project!—the more that comes in the more cool stuff can come out of their brains! Plus it's a really cool book!
• Curious about Digital Humanities? Listener Henriette Roued-Cunliffe explains.
• The shop is spiffified—and holds some stand-bys: Wuthering Heights, Alice in Wonderland, Canterville Ghost, and The Great Gatsby originally available free to premium subscribers are now available for purchase. Cool for Cats is also there. And best, A Tale of Two Cities is now available! The audio has been completely reprocessed for an improved books with benefitsexperience.
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Book talk starts at 27:30 min

Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, chapter 35.
Our reader, Elizabeth Klett continues to rock Jane Eyre for us!

If the CraftLit iTunes feed ever goes down, please head over to the Libsyn site.

Please vote to support CraftLit and Just the Books at Intuit's Small Business Growing Strong Campaign! You can vote once a day through May 12th (and can also vote for Knitting Rose)! Thank you!

Survey to help pick the next book.

Details on the new Download-Only Subscription option.

Our Sponsors:

• Knit Circus
• Little Acorn Creations
• Sponsored Audiobook link: Listen to Jake Gyllenhaal narrate The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. This audiobook is only $7.49 with Audible membership! Want to add in the books with benefits experience? Purchase it now, in our shop.

Please respond to this quick 6 question survey from Libsyn, our audio host. This demographic information will help provide relevant advertising. NOTE: you can leave the email blank, all other questions must be filled out.

More Heather:

• Today, Friday May 10th, 7pm I'm speaking at Common Cod and teaching my sock heel workshop the next day. One of the heels is the same I used on my Holly Golightly pedicure socks and Count Fosco's Pret-pret-pretties in W(e)WMDfK?
• Recent interviews: Episode 183 of the High Fiber Diet podcast, Episode 310 of Ready Set Knit.
• Thank you to everyone who came to meetup on Sunday May 5th at Maryland Sheep and Wool.
• Subscribe to my calendar and learn more about my classes and speaking engagements here.

Crafty News:

• This week I interview Franklin Habit. He has a new Craftsy course, Heirloom Lace Edgings, and if you sign up through this special link you could win a spot in his (or any other) course!
• kClub is a new unique club that brings together designers, fiber artists, and you taking advantage of advances in technology to provide an interactive experience before only possible in person. It includes unique designs created exclusively for the club, KALs, Special Events, and deep-dive knitCompanion sessions. Membership is $59 and it runs April-March. It is open to anyone, knitCompanion is not required in order to enjoy many of the features and special events. If you do have kC, there is extended seminar training on using knitCompanion for the Spotlights as well as specialized kC University classes.
• Laura Ricketts, What (else) Would Madame Defarge Knit? designer, released an adult-sized (xs-3x!) version of her Comfort of a Friend Shawl as a thank-you gift for those who pre-ordered. It's now available to purchase (it's related to but not IN the book). While the knit-a-long started April 16th, please feel free to join in! Promise... I'm still on my beginning ribbing...
• The second volume of the What Would Madame Defarge Knit?® series, What (else) Would Madame Defarge Knit?, is now available! The print edition should be back from the printer soon. Please order your copy today! You can also join the mailing list to receive news about upcoming books in this series. Preview the patterns on the website or at Ravelry.

General Newsy Bits:

• The Shakespeare Alphabet Book. By Our Ehren Ziegler and What (Else) Would Madame Defarge Knit? Illustrator Shannon Sneedse Kickstarter campaign through May 29th. Please back this project!

• Curious about Digital Humanities? Listener Henriette Roued-Cunliffe explains.
• The shop is spiffified—and holds some stand-bys: Wuthering Heights, Alice in Wonderland, Canterville Ghost, and The Great Gatsby originally available free to premium subscribers are now available for purchase. Cool for Cats is also there. And best, A Tale of Two Cities is now available! The audio has been completely reprocessed for an improved books with benefitsexperience.
• If you want to subscribe to support the show, you can read all about the different options here you can choose between the simplicity of subscribing through Libsyn to CraftLit on-the-go on your iPhone/iTouch/Android's app or you can subscribe via PayPal for a Download-only plan.

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Book talk starts at 37min

Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, chapter 34.
Our reader, Elizabeth Klett continues to rock Jane Eyre for us!

If the CraftLit iTunes feed ever goes down, please head over to the Libsyn site.

Please vote to support CraftLit and Just the Books at Intuit's Small Business Growing Strong Campaign! You can vote once a day through May 12th (and can also vote for Knitting Rose)! Thank you!

Survey to help pick the next book.

Details on the new Download-Only Subscription option.

Our Sponsors:

• Knit Circus
• Little Acorn Creations

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More Heather:

• Saturday May 4th, Kathy interviews Heather on the Ready, Set, Knit Podcast! It will air Saturday May 4th at 9am on local radio station WHMP and is then also available through their website or iTunes.
• Sunday May 5th, 1pm Meet up at Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival at the Sheepdog Trials--look for the Mom with her Mom with two boys--probably with spindles--and a very bemused husband.
• Friday May 10th, 7pm I'm speaking at Common Cod and teaching my sock heel workshop the next day. One of the heels is the same I used on my Holly Golightly pedicure socks and Count Fosco's Pret-pret-pretties in W(e)WMDfK?
• I was interviewed on Episode 183 of the High Fiber Diet podcast.
• Subscribe to my calendar and learn more about my classes and speaking engagements here.

Thank you:

A shocking number of you committed time, effort, and gorgeous (sometimes handspun) yarn to make this unbelievable quilt for me. I can't actually get a camera far enough away from it to take a picture, so Penny and I pieced this montage together for all to see. I don't have names attached to some of the blocks, so please claim your blocks. I want to thank you!

And super huge thanks to Tara Wurster who spearheaded and arranged this whole thing. It is a thing of beauty and I am so thankful I have all of YOU in my life.

(You can see more photos of the blanket on the facebook album page.)

Crafty News:

• Next week I will post my interview Franklin Habit. He has a new Craftsy course, Heirloom Lace Edgings, and if you sign up through this special link you could win a spot in his (or any other) course! (Yes I said the same about the interview last week, but this week's chapter is a long one. Sorry!)
• kClub is a new unique club that brings together designers, fiber artists, and you taking advantage of advances in technology to provide an interactive experience before only possible in person. It includes unique designs created exclusively for the club, KALs, Special Events, and deep-dive knitCompanion sessions. Membership is $59 and it runs April-March. It is open to anyone, knitCompanion is not required in order to enjoy many of the features and special events. If you do have kC, there is extended seminar training on using knitCompanion for the Spotlights as well as specialized kC University classes.
• Laura Ricketts, What (else) Would Madame Defarge Knit? designer, released an adult-sized (xs-3x!) version of her Comfort of a Friend Shawl as a thank-you gift for those who pre-ordered. It's now available to purchase (it's related to but not IN the book). While the knit-a-long started April 16th, please feel free to join in! Promise... I'm still on my beginning ribbing...
• The second volume of the What Would Madame Defarge Knit?® series, What (else) Would Madame Defarge Knit?, is now available! The print edition should be back from the printer soon. Please order your copy today! You can also join the mailing list to receive news about upcoming books in this series. Preview the patterns on the website or at Ravelry.

General Newsy Bits:

• The Shakespeare Alphabet Book. By Our Ehren Ziegler and What (Else) Would Madame Defarge Knit? Illustrator Shannon Sneedse Kickstarter campaign through May 29th. Please back this project!

• The shop is spiffified—and holds some stand-bys: Wuthering Heights, Alice in Wonderland, Canterville Ghost, and The Great Gatsby originally available free to premium subscribers are now available for purchase. Cool for Cats is also there. And best, A Tale of Two Cities is now available! The audio has been completely reprocessed for an improved books with benefits experience.
• If you want to subscribe to support the show, you can read all about the different options here you can choose between the simplicity of subscribing through Libsyn to CraftLit on-the-go on your iPhone/iTouch/Android's app or you can subscribe via PayPal for a Download-only plan.

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The Big Three-oh-oh!

Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, chapter 33.
Our reader, Elizabeth Klett continues to rock Jane Eyre for us!

If the CraftLit iTunes feed ever goes down, please head over to the Libsyn site.

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Meet Heather:

• I'm speaking at the Common Cod on Friday May 10th, 2013 at 7pm and teaching my sock heel workshop the next day. Boston! MIT! My heart is with you!
• Thank you to all who came to The Knitting Loft last Saturday. The Metro Yarn Crawl is still going strong, it runs through Sunday April 28, 2013.

Crafty News:

• Next week I will post my interview Franklin Habit. He has a new Craftsy course, Heirloom Lace Edgings, and if you sign up through this special link you could win a spot in his (or any other) course! Go! Sign up! Win! RAH RAH RAH!!!
• kClub is a new unique club that brings together designers, fiber artists, and you taking advantage of advances in technology to provide an interactive experience before only possible in person. It includes unique designs created exclusively for the club, KALs, Special Events, and deep-dive knitCompanion sessions. Membership is $59 and it runs April-March. It is open to anyone, knitCompanion is not required in order to enjoy many of the features and special events. If you do have kC, there is extended seminar training on using knitCompanion for the Spotlights as well as specialized kC University classes.
• New Patterns from CraftLit listeners and designers:
  • Erica Hernandez (of many WWMDfK? patterns fame) just released a reusable grocery bag pattern. It holds quite a bit! The bag ban grocery bag is only $5 and available at Ravelry (no account required, though is helpful).
  • Christine Guest (of Tin of Tans fame) just released a new pattern in support of her local public library. A whopping $4.50 from every $5 sale will be donated to the Friends of the Attleboro Public Library. They buy the museum passes, extra books and fund programs for the children's room. Why? In Christine's words, "As a homeschool Mom, I use the library VERY heavily, so I want to keep it strong and well funded." Learn more about this pattern at Chistine's site of musings on homeschooling, Our Curious Home. A crochet version is in the works (ooh! Just released, actually!!!)! It's available for purchase and download at both Ravelry and Craftsy.
  • Brenda Dayne has a Knitty surprise that takes advantage of the beautiful gradiance of The Unique Sheep Luxe! Now in a minute Shawl
• Laura Ricketts, What (else) Would Madame Defarge Knit? designer, released an adult-sized (xs-3x!) version of her Comfort of a Friend Shawl as a thank-you gift for those who pre-ordered. It's now available to purchase (it's not included in the book). While the knit-a-long started April 16th, please feel free to join in! Promise... I'm still starting my ribbing...
• The second volume of the What Would Madame Defarge Knit?® series, What (else) Would Madame Defarge Knit?, is now available! The print edition should be back from the printer soon. Please order your copy today! You can also join the mailing list to receive news about upcoming books in this series. Preview the patterns on the website or at Ravelry.

Some fun literatures related links:

• Game Theory: Jane Austen Had It First — Jane Austen was a seminal thinker in the as-yet-unnamed science of game theory, the author Michael Chwe maintains in his new book.(via listener Sarah)

General Newsy Bits:

• CraftLit is a global podcast, Denise listens... in China! This photo is of a trip she took to Chengdu (site near the May 2008 and March 2013 earthquakes) with some friends. She lives in Beijing and listens to CraftLit while riding her bike.
• The shop is spiffified—and holds some stand-bys: Wuthering Heights, Alice in Wonderland, Canterville Ghost, and The Great Gatsby originally available free to premium subscribers are now available for purchase. Cool for Cats is also there. And best, A Tale of Two Cities will be out pronto! The audio has been completely reprocessed for an improved books with benefits experience.
• If you want to subscribe to support the show, you can read all about the different options here you can choose between the simplicity of subscribing through Libsyn to CraftLit on-the-go on your iPhone/iTouch/Android's app or you can subscribe via PayPal for a Download-only plan.

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Book talk starts at ___ minutes.

Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, chapter 32.
Our reader, Elizabeth Klett continues to rock Jane Eyre for us!

If the CraftLit iTunes feed ever goes down, please head over to the Libsyn site.

Survey to help pick the next book.

Details on the new Download-Only Subscription option.

Our Sponsors:

• Knit Circus
• Little Acorn Creations

Please respond to this quick 6 question survey from Libsyn, our audio host. This demographic information will help provide relevant advertising. NOTE: you can leave the email blank, all other questions must be filled out.

Meet Heather:

• I'll be at the The Knitting Loft This Saturday, April 20, 2013 from 1-4 with samples from the What Would Madame Defarge Knit?® series. Want to see IN PERSON The Jumble Sale Kimono for the Widow Mayhew's Daughter or Ahab's Aran Gansey or Iseult's Dress or Hester's Hope Shawl or Hunter Hammersen's Cthulhu Socks (from the first book)? I'll have them! It's also the first day of the Metro Yarn Crawl, which runs through Sunday April 28, 2013.
• I'm speaking at the Common Cod on Friday May 10th, 2013 at 7pm and teaching my sock heel workshop the next day. Boston! MIT! My heart is with you!

Crafty News:

• Lucy Neatby has a new and improved you tube channel, a great and useful website, and a 25% discount for her Craftsy class just for YOU.
• Are you missing Dracula? Vlad to Bat is an adorable pattern by Justyna Kacprzak and is available for both knit and crochet.
• Laura Ricketts, What (else) Would Madame Defarge Knit? designer, released an adult-sized (xs-3x!) version of her Comfort of a Friend Shawl as a thank-you gift for those who pre-ordered. It's now available to purchase (it's not included in the book). It will be part of a knit-a-long starting April 16th, because we all need some comfort that day! Please join us on Tuesday!
• The second volume of the What Would Madame Defarge Knit®? series, What (else) Would Madame Defarge Knit?, is now available! The print edition should be back from the printer soon. Please order your copy today! You can also join the mailing list to receive news about upcoming books in this series. Preview the patterns on the website or at Ravelry.

Some fun literatures related links:

• a Jane Eyre film and television adaptation round up by CarrieS
• The Great Gatsby as a 1987 Nintendo Game

General Newsy Bits:

• The shop is spiffified—audiobooks with benefits are now being loaded regularly. If you are looking for a book from Craftlit that we did years ago, please hang in there. We're reprocessing for better audio and cutting some of the extra stuff so it's a nice streamlined download. As those are ready we'll add them to the shop. Wuthering Heights, Alice in Wonderland, Canterville Ghost, and The Great Gatsby originally available free to premium subscribers are now available for purchase. Cool for Cats is also there. A promo for Tale of Two Cities will be available soon. The audio has been completely reprocessed for an improved books with benefits experience.
• If you want to subscribe to support the show, you can read all about the different options here you can choose between the simplicity of subscribing through Libsyn to CraftLit on-the-go on your iPhone/iTouch/Android's app or you can subscribe via PayPal for a Download-only plan.

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