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The Two Ewes continue to shine a spotlight on Front Range Bags by Nancy Totten.\xa0 Nancy has generously offered a project bag from her shop to a lucky Two Ewes listener.\xa0 Kelly has one of her bags in SF Giants fabric and it's great!\xa0 High quality, nice and roomy, and lots of handy features. It was the perfect bag for the Crackerjack Cowl project during baseball season. To enter, take a look in the Front Range Bags shop and report back to the contest thread in the Ravelry group.\xa0 Tell us which bag you like best (exclusive of the custom orders) and let us know about your favorite features in the project bags you use. A winner will randomly selected during our podcast episode 30.\xa0 Thank you Nancy!\xa0 We appreciate the opportunity to spotlight your bags and your shop!

This week Marsha and Kelly record separately due to busy schedules.\xa0 Marsha has finished her Crochet-Along project, the Virus Shawl.\xa0 Marsha also finished her son's Tricolor Socks made of her handspun from last winter.\xa0 He turned 18 earlier this month so she finished the socks for his birthday.\xa0 He bought himself a birthday present that is every mother's nightmare!\xa0 A motorcycle, which he is using to transport his bicycle!

Marsha is currently working on a scarf for her brother from the Stonehedge Fiber Mill Crazy that she bought in Portland.\xa0 She is also using the yarn that she created at Yarnia in Portland.\xa0 She is making the Stripe Study Shawl by Vera Valimaki.

Kelly has no finished projects and very little knit or crochet progress. The one project that got some time was the crochet hippo that she is making for our Crochet-Along.\xa0 She has been doing lots of fiber work, though.\xa0 She is spinning Wensleydale for her Aunt's vest.\xa0 She is finally able to spin on the Salish Spinner and has been using it to spin a bulky yarn from the CVM fleece.\xa0 She is also carding a very old, gray fleece of medium weight from a sheep named Charlotte.\xa0 All of this fiber activity is a result of cleaning up and organizing her large fleece stash.\xa0\xa0

At the end of the episode we talk BOOKS!\xa0 Marsha reviews three books that she has added to her fiber reference library.\xa0 The Fleece and Fiber Sourcebook and the Field Guide to Fleece, both by Carol Ekarius and Deborah Robson and Hand Dyeing Yarn and Fleece by Gail Callahan.

Kelly reviews a book that was generously sent to her by Interweave/F+W.\xa0
Simple Woven Garments: 20+ Projects to Weave & Wear (Interweave/F+W; $26.99; May 2015).\xa0 "This book is a pattern and idea book for creating uncomplicated woven shapes and turning them into highly wearable, everyday fashions."