Thursday 30 June 2016

Episode 199 ~ In Which C.C. Gets Tattooed (Again!)





Show Notes:

Intro -
~Welcome new members who've introduced themselves in our Ravelry Group

On the Needles -
Dami -
~[incredibly clever name coming soon] on US 4 (3.5 mm), See project page for colourways used

~french vanilla sample on US 1.5 (2.5 mm), Knitting in France Sparkles in the Something about C.C. colourway + Ripples Crafts Hand Dyed Yarn Suilven in the Pikkewyn colourway

C.C. -
~When you think I'll zig, I'll zag. Then when you think I'm gonna zag, I do zag, just to mess you up for the next time, when I might zig Blanket on US4 (3.5mm), See project page for colourways used

~Super Summer Socks on US1.5 (2.5mm), The Yarn Sanctuary Sock Blank in the Pink/Orange/Yellow/White colourway

~Stripey Purly Pullover on US 4 (3.5mm), Regia World College Color 6-ply in the Exam colourway

~Knit Night With Beads on US5 (3.75mm), Toil and Trouble Sonnet in the Patagonicus colourway

Finished Projects -
Dami -
~super secret schuyler sisters sock (werk!) on US1.5 (2.5mm), secret Berry Colorful Yarnings
***Pre-orders on Sunday, 24-July-16***

C.C. -
~136.5 m - Wyatt's 2016 Birthday Hat on US6 (4.0 mm) & US8 (5.0 mm), Nerd Girl Yarns Audacious in the Spoilers colourway

~140.6 m - Waylon's 2016 Birthday Hat on US6 (4.0 mm) & US8 (5.0 mm), Nerd Girl Yarns Audacious in the Spoilers colourway

~71.8 m - 2016 Preemie Hat #26 on US6 (4mm), Eden Cottage Yarns Whitfell DK in the Fuschia colourway & Unknown Blue and Purple Yarn




Yummies (our current favourite things) -
~New tattoo



~Museum of Edinburgh & Museum of Childhood - stay tuned for pics after the credits

~GGK Crafty Photo A Day Challenge - #GGKCraftyPAD - details for June here and for July here












~Upcoming Events We'll Be Attending

~Yarnporium in London - Saturday, 5-November-2016, & Sunday, 6-November-2016


~Geeky Puffin Knit Palooza website
Farnham, UK, from Thursday, 10-November-2016, through Sunday, 13-November-2016

What We're Watching, Reading, + Listening To -
Please be aware that we do discuss recent tv show episodes that have aired in the last week or so. This is your spoiler warning!


A Summer of Austen
“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
June 19-30 ~ read Persuasion - C.C. & Dami are reading
July 1-20 ~ read Emma
July 21-31 ~ read Northanger Abbey
August 1-16 ~ read Sense & Sensibility
August 17-31 ~ read Mansfield Park
#summerofausten

~Out of the House of Bread: Satisfying Your Hunger for God with the Spiritual Disciplines by Preston Yancey - C.C. is reading

~A Shade of Vampire Series by Bella Forrest - C.C. finished reading Books 6-11 & is reading Book 12

~The Secret Stitch: Unraveling, Book One by C. Jane Reid - C.C. finished reading

~Movies - The Martian

~Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - rewatching Season 7

~Star Trek: Voyager - rewatching Season 5

~Pride and Prejudice (1995)

~Arrow - watching Season 4

~The Flash - finished watching Season 2

~Grantchester - watching Series 1

~Rizzoli and Isles - watching Season 7 (final season)

~Person of Interest - Series finale!

~Bones - watching Season 11

~Outlander - watching Season 2

June/July/August Summertime & the Living is Easy KAL -


*Runs from 1-June through 31-August

*Details - any project you knit/crochet/weave/spin that you can convince us that it relates to summertime

*No WIPS - Your project must be begun no earlier than 1-June and finished no later than 31-August

*Feel free to poly-dip in other KALs as long as it fits in with other rules

*Prizes: If you’d like to donate one, PM JavaPurl or Email us at geekygirlsknit@gmail.com


from Kelly (kellychron) - a skein of Gnome Acres House Gnome in the Stars Hollow colourway


from Kelly (kellychron) - a That Semifero Grrl Wonder Woman project bag


from Bogga (bogga) of Knitting in France - 3 sets of stitch markers (apples, pink biscuits, & blue tulips)


from Katherin (kekskruemelchen) - her 9 pattern Siebengebirge Collection


from Julia (nimruse) of Pandia's Jewels - a set of Outlander stitch markers


from Julia (nimruse) of Pandia's Jewels - her Gypsy Moss shawl pattern


from Danielle (Gothika101) of Gothika Yarnz - a set of Mahogany Obsidian stitch markers


from Danielle (Gothika101) of Gothika Yarnz - a skein of yarn in the Bonfire Night colourway & a set of Autumn Magic stitch markers


from Danielle (Gothika101) of Gothika Yarnz - a skein of yarn in the Fantasea colourway & a set of Blue Seas stitch markers


from us - Exploding Kittens game


from us - a skein of Zwerger Garn Opal Smile yarn in the Entzücken colourway (“Entzücken” is German for “delight”)

*Each project you finish and post counts as 1 entry into the giveaway

*Must be a member of the Geeky Girls Knit Podcast group on Ravelry to participate

*Must post a photo of your finished project in the Ravelry thread for Summertime & the Living is Easy KAL ~ FO Pics Only (No Chatter) & tag your project page with the following tag GGKSummertime16

*Thread will be locked the morning of 1-September and winner(s) drawn on the next podcast following that

*For any and all giveaways, prizes, competitions, KALs, etc. that we host, the winner(s) have 30 days from the date of announcement (the date the podcast episode in which the winner was announced goes live) to contact us to claim their prize or it will be forfeited. If this occurs, the prize will be used for another giveaway at our discretion. Thanks for understanding!

Ask the Geeky Girls -
Druanna (druanna) from New York asks:
You may have answered this previously… but is that all the stash you have that is in the shelf behind you or on your needles??? I have crazy amounts so I am curious! Hope you are having a fantastic stellar day!

Review -

The Secret Stitch: Unraveling, Book One by C. Jane Reid


The Secret Stitch, A Crochet Companion by Laurinda Reddig - also on Ravelry

Misc. -
~Next week is Episode 200!!!!


~Reminder - 52 Weeks of Charity KAL - all the details in the Ravelry group and the 2nd podcast of every month


~Support the Podcast, Become A Patron


~Want another way to help support our podcast? Throughout our website, links to books, tv shows, movies, etc. are Amazon Affiliate Links. We receive a portion of what you spend when you click through our website to shop on Amazon. What we receive helps us with the costs associated with producing this podcast as well as with prizes & shipping for giveaways. Thanks in advance for your support!

If you are in the UK, please click this link, Amazon.co.uk, or the banner below to shop:


~For any and all giveaways, prizes, competitions, KALs, etc. that we host, the winner(s) have 30 days from the date of announcement (the date the podcast episode in which the winner was announced goes live) to contact us to claim their prize or it will be forfeited. If this occurs, the prize will be used for another giveaway at our discretion. Thanks for understanding!

Find Us Online -
C.C. -
~ on Ravelry as JavaPurl
~ C.C.'s Knitting Designs on Ravelry & her JavaPurl Designs website
~ on Twitter as cc_almon
~ on Fitbit as user 2F8K2V
~ on Instagram as cc_almon

Dami -
~ on Ravelry as damisdoodles
~ on Twitter as damisdoodles
~ on Fitbit as user 2Y8TJC
~ on Instagram as damisdoodles

Geeky Girls Knit -
~ our Ravelry group ~ Geeky Girls Knit Podcast
~ our Facebook page
~ email us: geekygirlsknit@gmail.com
~ on iTunes
~ on YouTube
~ Support the Podcast, Become a Patron

Until next time,
Happy Knitting!

Episode 199 ~ In Which C.C. Gets Tattooed (Again!) (iTunes)

Geeky Girls Knit ~ a Mamma/Daughter video podcast for fans of all things knitting & geeky

Episode 199 is live on location at Blackford Pond with birds galore, a historical fiction book review, and much, much more! Enjoy + Happy Knitting!

~*~ Show Notes + Find out more on our website GeekyGirlsKnit.com

Tuesday 28 June 2016

July 2016 Crafty Photo A Day Challenge

Are you ready for July + all the fun picture taking opportunities? Join us for the July edition of #GGKCRAFTYPAD! We're so excited to see what you come up with! Here's the prompts list for July 2016 Geeky Girls Knit Crafty Photo A Day Challenge.



What does ______ mean?
WIP = Work In Progress
#WIDN = What I'm Doing Now
KIP = Knitting In Public
FO = Finished Object

So, how can you participate???? Well, there are actually several ways:
INSTAGRAM - Instagram is the primary arena for participating in this challenge. Simply take your photo, add a caption to it, tag it with the hashtag #GGKCraftyPAD and share it. By adding the hashtag #GGKCraftyPAD , others who are participating will be able to see the pictures that have been shared for the daily prompts. C.C. is on Instagram as cc_almon & Dami is on Instagram as damisdoodles so make sure to follow them if you haven't already.

TWITTER - You can also share on Twitter by taking a photo and uploading it to Twitter along with the hashtag #GGKCraftyPAD . Follow us on Twitter as cc_almon and damisdoodles.

FACEBOOK - Feel free to share with your friends on your own Facebook profile page or on our Facebook page.

OTHER PLACES - Feel free to share your photos other places like your own blog, Ravelry, Tumblr, Flickr, etc. Be creative and then tell us about it! :-)

How will you remember what the daily prompts are???? Again, there are several ways:
~Save the image above to your phone or your computer and check it daily. Maybe even make it your wallpaper.
~Bookmark this post in your web browser and come back daily for the next prompt.
~Save this monthly Google Calendar as a bookmark in your web browser or even add the Google Calendar to your own Google Calendars.
~Follow us on Instagram as cc_almon, on Instagram as damisdoodles and/or on Twitter as cc_almon and on Twitter as damisdoodles as we'll be posting the prompt for that day at some point during the day.

Most of all, we just want to encourage you to be creative. We hope this is as fun for yall as it is for us!!! Can't wait to see your photos!

And don't forget, each week, we will choose our 5 favourite photos from Instagram and they will be shared in the podcast and show notes for the podcast following that prompt. There are so many great photos and we can't pick all of them, but we love looking at everyone's!

Until next time,
Happy Knitting!

Thursday 23 June 2016

Episode 198 ~ In Which Geeky Girls Knit is a Tongue Twister





Show Notes:

Intro -
~Welcome new members who've introduced themselves in our Ravelry Group

On the Needles -
Dami -
~super secret schuyler sisters sock (werk!) on US1.5 (2.5mm), secret Berry Colorful Yarnings

~[incredibly clever name coming soon] on US 4 (3.5 mm), See project page for colourways used

C.C. -
~When you think I'll zig, I'll zag. Then when you think I'm gonna zag, I do zag, just to mess you up for the next time, when I might zig Blanket on US4 (3.5mm), See project page for colourways used

~Super Summer Socks on US1.5 (2.5mm), The Yarn Sanctuary Sock Blank in the Pink/Orange/Yellow/White colourway

~Waiting for pom pom - Wyatt's 2016 Birthday Hat on US6 (4.0 mm) & US8 (5.0 mm), Nerd Girl Yarns Audacious in the Spoilers colourway

~Waylon's 2016 Birthday Hat on US6 (4.0 mm) & US8 (5.0 mm), Nerd Girl Yarns Audacious in the Spoilers colourway

~Stripey Purly Pullover on US 4 (3.5mm), Regia World College Color 6-ply in the Exam colourway

Finished Projects -
Dami -
~elementasquee socks on US 1.5 (2.5 mm) + US 2 (2.75 mm), Knit Picks Hawthorne Fingering in the St. Johns colourway

C.C. -
~185.9 m - Noah is 5! Socks on US2 (2.75mm), Knit Picks Stroll Tweed in the North Pole Heather colourway

~35.0 m - Heisterbach Headband on US10.5 (6.5mm), Woolyknit Lofty in the Coal colourway

~27.9 m - 2016 Preemie Hat #25 on US6 (4mm), Eden Cottage Yarns Whitfell DK in the Fuschia colourway & Wendy Aran in the Island colourway




Yummies (our current favourite things) -
~Libra ring from Curious Owl Shop on Etsy

~Edinburgh Zoo - pics/videos after the credits

~Anton Yelchin (not yummy at all :( )


~Pop-Up Theatre

~GGK Crafty Photo A Day Challenge - #GGKCraftyPAD - details for June here









~Upcoming Events We'll Be Attending

~Yarnporium in London - Saturday, 5-November-2016, & Sunday, 6-November-2016


~Geeky Puffin Knit Palooza website
Farnham, UK, from Thursday, 10-November-2016, through Sunday, 13-November-2016

What We're Watching, Reading, + Listening To -
Please be aware that we do discuss recent tv show episodes that have aired in the last week or so. This is your spoiler warning!


A Summer of Austen
“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
June 1-18 ~ read Pride & Prejudice - C.C. & Dami finished reading
June 19-30 ~ read Persuasion - C.C. & Dami are reading
July 1-20 ~ read Emma
July 21-31 ~ read Northanger Abbey
August 1-16 ~ read Sense & Sensibility
August 17-31 ~ read Mansfield Park
#summerofausten

~Out of the House of Bread: Satisfying Your Hunger for God with the Spiritual Disciplines by Preston Yancey - C.C. is reading

~A Shade of Vampire Series by Bella Forrest - C.C. finished reading Books 1-5

~The Secret Stitch: Unraveling, Book One by C. Jane Reid - C.C. is reading (review next week)

~Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - rewatching Season 7

~Star Trek: Voyager - rewatching Season 5

~Arrow - watching Season 4

~How to Get Away With Murder - finished watching Season 2

~The Flash - watching Season 2

~Person of Interest - watching Season 5

~Bones - watching Season 11

~Outlander - watching Season 2

June/July/August Summertime & the Living is Easy KAL -


*Runs from 1-June through 31-August

*Details - any project you knit/crochet/weave/spin that you can convince us that it relates to summertime

*No WIPS - Your project must be begun no earlier than 1-June and finished no later than 31-August

*Feel free to poly-dip in other KALs as long as it fits in with other rules

*Prizes: If you’d like to donate one, PM JavaPurl or Email us at geekygirlsknit@gmail.com


from Kelly (kellychron) - a skein of Gnome Acres House Gnome in the Stars Hollow colourway


from Kelly (kellychron) - a That Semifero Grrl Wonder Woman project bag


from Bogga (bogga) of Knitting in France - 3 sets of stitch markers (apples, pink biscuits, & blue tulips)


from Katherin (kekskruemelchen) - her 9 pattern Siebengebirge Collection


from Julia (nimruse) of Pandia's Jewels - a set of Outlander stitch markers


from Danielle (Gothika101) of Gothika Yarnz - a set of Mahogany Obsidian stitch markers


from Danielle (Gothika101) of Gothika Yarnz - a skein of yarn in the Bonfire Night colourway & a set of Autumn Magic stitch markers


from Danielle (Gothika101) of Gothika Yarnz - a skein of yarn in the Fantasea colourway & a set of Blue Seas stitch markers


from us - Exploding Kittens game


from us - a skein of Zwerger Garn Opal Smile yarn in the Entzücken colourway (“Entzücken” is German for “delight”)

*Each project you finish and post counts as 1 entry into the giveaway

*Must be a member of the Geeky Girls Knit Podcast group on Ravelry to participate

*Must post a photo of your finished project in the Ravelry thread for Summertime & the Living is Easy KAL ~ FO Pics Only (No Chatter) & tag your project page with the following tag GGKSummertime16

*Thread will be locked the morning of 1-September and winner(s) drawn on the next podcast following that

*For any and all giveaways, prizes, competitions, KALs, etc. that we host, the winner(s) have 30 days from the date of announcement (the date the podcast episode in which the winner was announced goes live) to contact us to claim their prize or it will be forfeited. If this occurs, the prize will be used for another giveaway at our discretion. Thanks for understanding!

Ask the Geeky Girls -
Becky (grandmabecky) from Oregon asks:
Do you knit for The Hubs? Or does he have fiber sensitivities?

Review -

Katherin (kekskruemelchen) of LuCookie Designs has released Part 2 of 9 pattern Siebengebirge Collection, final 3 on 20-July
Katherin has a new podcast called LuCookie Knits

Misc. -

~Reminder - 52 Weeks of Charity KAL - all the details in the Ravelry group and the 2nd podcast of every month


~Support the Podcast, Become A Patron


~Want another way to help support our podcast? Throughout our website, links to books, tv shows, movies, etc. are Amazon Affiliate Links. We receive a portion of what you spend when you click through our website to shop on Amazon. What we receive helps us with the costs associated with producing this podcast as well as with prizes & shipping for giveaways. Thanks in advance for your support!

If you are in the UK, please click this link, Amazon.co.uk, or the banner below to shop:


~For any and all giveaways, prizes, competitions, KALs, etc. that we host, the winner(s) have 30 days from the date of announcement (the date the podcast episode in which the winner was announced goes live) to contact us to claim their prize or it will be forfeited. If this occurs, the prize will be used for another giveaway at our discretion. Thanks for understanding!

Find Us Online -
C.C. -
~ on Ravelry as JavaPurl
~ C.C.'s Knitting Designs on Ravelry & her JavaPurl Designs website
~ on Twitter as cc_almon
~ on Fitbit as user 2F8K2V
~ on Instagram as cc_almon

Dami -
~ on Ravelry as damisdoodles
~ on Twitter as damisdoodles
~ on Fitbit as user 2Y8TJC
~ on Instagram as damisdoodles

Geeky Girls Knit -
~ our Ravelry group ~ Geeky Girls Knit Podcast
~ our Facebook page
~ email us: geekygirlsknit@gmail.com
~ on iTunes
~ on YouTube
~ Support the Podcast, Become a Patron

Until next time,
Happy Knitting!