Show Notes:
On the Needles -
Damaris - ~Dr. Joan H. Watson's Jumper on US4 (3.5mm), Berroco Vintage in the Oats colorway - on sleeve #2!
C.C. -~All Washed Up Washcloths for Scotland Fundraiser - Set 1 on US 6 (4.0mm), in I Love This Cotton! Ombres & Prints in the Pale Denim colorway
~Doctor Who Baby Blanket on US 6 (4.0mm), in I Love This Yarn! in White & Royal and Vanna’s Choice in Silver Heather ~ currently working on the Don't Blink, Adipose, & Bowties Are Cool squares all modified from dishcloth patterns
Finished Projects -
Damaris -~None
C.C. -~Mock Cable Baby Hat & Mock Cable Baby Socks on US 5 (3.75mm), US 6 (4.0mm) & US 8 (5.0mm), in Universal Yarn Patchwork in the Island Breeze colorway
~All Washed Up Washcloths for Me on US 6 (4.0mm), in I Love This Cotton! Ombres & Prints in the Camelot colorway
Yummies (our current favorite things) -
~Geeky Girls Knit Buttons from tinypeachbuttons - $1.50 in the US shipping cost, outside the US - contact for price, email geekygirlsknit@thealmons.com or PM me on Ravelry JavaPurl - first 28 paid receive them, then we’ll order more
~MSkiKnits (Mel) of the SingleHandedKnits podcast gifted me her new pattern, The Old Man and the Sea & gave us 2 copies to give to 2 of yall. Winners announced on the podcast.
~patterns from iggystar (Vicky) - Zuzu’s Petals by Carina Spencer & Dandy Sir Cephalopod by Susan Claudino
~Stitch Markers that I won from knittynatterzena (Zena) of the KnittyNatter podcast
~Wolfe Farms order
~Knitting Kit with Ana of Toil and Trouble - Doctor Who Starry Socks - Yarn and Pattern ~ Enter to win a kit at http://www.yarnonthehouse.blogspot.com/2013/05/giveaway-111.html
~Scotland update - Edinburgh ~ Fundraiser on our website with prize giveaways - http://scotland.thealmons.com
What We're Reading & Watching -
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!
~Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
~Moonblood (Tales of Goldstone Wood Book #3) by Anne Elisabeth Stengl (planning to read the rest of the series including Starflower (Tales of Goldstone Wood Book #4) sent to us by Angie (Sundaisy920)
~Arrow - 1.23 Sacrifice (Season Finale)
~Psych - 7.12 Dead Air - Next is 7.13 Nip and Suck It on 22/05/13
~Elementary - 1.23 The Woman & 1.24 Heroine (2 hour Season Finale)
~Merlin - 5.11 The Drawing of the Dark - Next is 5.12 The Diamond of the Day: Part One on 24/05/13 (Series Finale on 31/05/13)
~Defiance - 1.7 Brothers in Arms - Next is 1.8 Goodbye Blue Sky on 03/06/13
~Revolution - 1.18 Clue - Next is 1.19 Children of Men on 27/05/13 (Season Finale 03/06/13)
~Warehouse 13 - 4.14 The Sky's the Limit - Next is 4.15 Instinct on 03/06/13
~Doctor Who - 7.14 The Name of the Doctor (Series 7 Finale) - Next is 50th Anniversary Special on 23/11/13
May Geeky KAL -
*Runs from May 1st through May 31st
*Any project counts as long as it pertains to any fandom, TV show, movie, book, video game, web comic, etc. - if you can convince us it’s geeky, it counts!
*Your project can have been begun before May 1st as long as you actually work on it and complete it in the month of May
*Feel free to double-dip in other KALs as long as it fits in with other rules
*At least 1 prize will be awarded, maybe more depending on how many participants we have
*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 (if you’re not on Ravelry, contact me & we’ll make other arrangements)
*Must post a finished photo of each finished project in the Ravelry thread for May Geeky KAL ~ FO Pics Only (No Chatter) (if you’re not on Ravelry, contact me & we’ll make other arrangements) & tag your project page with the following tag GGK2013MayGeekyKAL
*Thread will be locked the morning of 1st June and winner drawn on the next podcast following that.
*There will also be an May Geeky KAL Chatter Thread on Ravelry so we can encourage each other along the way.
Misc. -
~coming next - June Color KAL
~200 member prize draw coming soon
~Geeky Girls Knit Virtual Knit Night (VKN)
*Friday night at 6pm (central time)
*Tuesday afternoon at 1pm (central time)
*watch Plurk, Twitter, Facebook, & Ravelry for the link
~From Cristy Ray - I am the Superintendent for the Children's Tent at the Estes Park Wool Market on June 8-9. I took over this position last year, and am working very hard to have hands-on activities to introduce children to our wonderful fiber world. I am looking for donations of fiber and yarns for the demonstrations and the take home crafting activities. The consumable materials go quickly, and with Spring Cleaning around the corner, I thought that maybe some of your viewers might have some old acrylic, or old funky colors of wool that they might like to find a home for. People can reach me at shescrafty123@yahoo.com or by private message - cristyray on Plurk and Ravelry.
~We are open to receiving products for review (yarn, project bags, needles, patterns, books, etc.) and/or hosting giveaways on our podcast. We're also open to having show sponsors. If you and/or your company are interested, please either email us at geekygirlsknit@thealmons.com or contact C.C. on Ravelry via private message.
Find Us Online -
C.C. -~ on Ravelry as JavaPurl
~ C.C.'s Knitting Designs on Ravelry
~ on Twitter as cc_almon
~ on Instagram as cc_almon
~ her blog ~ I'm On My Way ~ my journey as a Christ follower, wife, Mamma, knitter, & fibromyalgia fighter
Damaris - ~ on Ravelry as damaris-abitweird
~ on Twitter as d_isabitweird
~ on Tumblr
~ her vlog ~ The Adventures of Moving to Scotland
Geeky Girls Knit -~ our Ravelry group ~ Geeky Girls Knit Podcast
~ on Twitter as geekygirlsknit
~ our Facebook page
~ email us: geekygirlsknit@thealmons.com
~ on iTunes
~ on YouTube
Until next time,
Happy Knitting!
