331-- Chapter 1 -- North & South [Start of Book]

331--Sorry Mister Jakes! With apologies to John Jakes, we are reading Elizabeth Gaskell's , chapter 1, with many thanks to our reader, . Book talk begins at 16 minutes. If the iTunes feed ever goes down, please head over to the . February Giveaway You have until February 28th to win a copy of Crochet Wraps Every Which Wayby Joanna Johnson. December winner was Lisa P. is still available (and free!). If you have recipes to add, please . Grounded ALL eight of the—are now in ! . To keep on top of new socks, shawls, and sock puppet theater (you heard me) join the (very infrequently used) ! . . . . | | | — current subscriber book, Charles Dickens' (not so) and the first chunk of is (it'll be a bit between chunks—looong book).   Literary Links of Interest for this chapter: Margaret mentions The New Forest which is located in the counties of Hampshire and Dorset, between the major cities of Christchurch to the west and Southampton to the east. You can see why Margaret would have liked it. Our Sponsors:   Crafty News: Podcaster Throwdown Not a knitter? Don't have time to make a hat? will be equal to 1 hat contributed to their chosen team. All monies raised through this initiative will help us to ship the 2,000+ hats that we hope are received through this campaign. $5 ships 16 hats to a center in need. New KALs happening right now. . General News: I'll be presenting this Sunday at 10am Eastern at the The has been going great guns. To find out why knitting and crocheting and doodling is good for your brain, take a look. There's a new for CraftLit! Scary Mary Zentagling Now in the , many audiobooks with benefits which were originally available only to : , , , , and .   is also there. If you want to subscribe to support the show, you can or . Same content, either way. Want a button?