Wednesday 29 January 2014

Episode 74 ~ In Which We Demand Your Snow



Show Notes:

Intro -

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

~Huge thank you to AngieAnn (Angie) + may-g (Gloria) for their donations to help with shipping prizes

On the Needles/Spindle -
Damaris -
~some super secret socks apparently on US1.5 (2.5mm), Spunky Eclectic Superwash Wool/Nylon fingering weight sock in the Poison colorway

~Spinning - 50g (1.8oz) of Hand blended British BFL (Blue Faced Leicester), Merino Roving from hilltopcloud on Etsy

C.C. -
~Casu Cowl on US7 (4.5mm), New Lanark Donegal Silk Tweed DK in the Dark Graphite colorway

~Super super super super super super secret project

~Spinning - 35 grams of Merino (British Shetland Batt) from hilltopcloud on Etsy

Finished Projects -
Damaris -
~None

C.C. -
~Urban Necessity Gloves on US4 (3.5mm), New Lanark Donegal Silk Tweed DK in the Dark Graphite colorway

Yummies (our current favorite things) -

~extra Firefly shirt

~tiny crochet hook / jewelry stuff + yarn

~ball winder

~GGK Crafty Photo A Day Challenge - #GGKCraftyPAD - more details for January here + for February here



We're picking our own favorite each week plus 3 of your pictures each week that our favorites.






~Scotland

*weekly on Mondays (we attend as often as possible) - Town Mouse Knitting Club - knitting group in Edinburgh

*15-February-2014 - Edinburgh Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers

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!

~Grounded by Heather Ordover - Damaris is currently reading

~In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed by Carl Honore - C.C. is reading

~Divergent Series: Divergent, Insurgent, + Allegiant by Veronica Roth - C.C. finished Insurgent + Allegiant

~Outlander by Diana Gabaldon - C.C. finished reading

~Criminal Minds - watching Season 4

~Leverage - finished Season 2 + watching Season 3

~The West Wing - finished Season 5 + watching Season 6

~Intelligence - 1.3 Mei Chen Returns, next is 1.4 Secrets of the Secret Service on 27-January-2014 + 1.5 The Rescue on 3-February-2014

~Revolution - 2.12 Captain Trips, next is 2.13 Happy Endings on 29-January-2014

~Psych - 8.3 Remake A.K.A. Cloudy... With A Chance Of Improvement, next is 8.4 Someone's Got a Woody on 29-January-2014

~Arrow - 2.11 Blind Spot, next is 2.12 Tremors on 29-January-2014

~Call the Midwife - 3.2, next is 3.3 on 2-February-2014

~The Musketeers - 1.2 Sleight of Hand, next is 1.3 Commodities on 2-February-2014

~How I Met Your Mother - watching Season 9

December/January Winter Wonderland KAL -

*Runs from December 1st through January 31st

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

*Your project must be begun no earlier than December 1st and finished no later than January 31st

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

*At least 1 prize will be awarded, probably more depending on how many participants we have
~Prize #1 - a Ravelry giftable pattern up to $7 donated by LindaMNoble (Linda)
~Prize #2 - a knitting project bag from the Etsy shop of Louleigh (Leigh) - https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Shoplouleigh

*Each project you finish and post counts as 1 entry into the giveaway (no limit on entries as long as each one follows the rules)

*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 photo of your finished project in the Ravelry thread for December/January 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 GGKWWKAL

*Thread will be locked the morning of 1st February and winner 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!

*There is a December/January Winter Wonderland KAL Chatter Thread on Ravelry so we can encourage each other along the way.

2014 Ravellenics ~ Team Geeky Girls Knit -

*We are planning to have quite a few prizes for our team for the games. Here are the ways you can earn entries in the prize giveaways:
1 entry - being a member of Team Geeky Girls Knit
1 entry - posting in the Team Geeky Girls Knit chatter thread (max of 1 entry per day from 7-Feb to 23-Feb for a total of 17 possible entries per team member but no limit to how much you can chat LOL!)
5 entries - finishing a project for Team Geeky Girls Knit
2 entries - being awarded a medal for a Team Geeky Girls Knit project (2 entries per medal)
8 entries - member of Team Geeky Girls Knit who completes the most projects for Team Geeky Girls Knit
8 entries - member of Team Geeky Girls Knit who earns the most medals for Team Geeky Girls Knit
8 entries - member of Team Geeky Girls Knit who completes the most events (unique - each event will count only once per person no matter how many projects you actually complete per event) for Team Geeky Girls Knit)

*If you'd like to donate to help with the cost of shipping out the prizes, there is a donate button on the right hand side of our website --->

*And here are the rules for our team:

*Only one prize will be awarded per participant (i.e. you can only win once)

*For every 50 entries, we’ll add another prize to the pool (up to the total number of prizes we have available and/or the total number of members we have on Team Geeky Girls Knit).

*You must declare yourself a member of Team Geeky Girls Knit to participate

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

*Unless the Ravellenic Games rules state otherwise (such as for the WIPs event), projects may not be begun before Friday 7-February during the Opening Ceremonies (exact time to come as soon as it’s known) and must be completed by 23:59 Moscow Time Sunday 23-February

*Must post a picture of your finished project along with information about what medals you earned for the project in the Ravellenics 2014 ~ FO Pics Only (No Chatter) thread which will be opened on Friday 7-February We will be keeping a running spreadsheet of each team member’s entries into the prize drawings and will do our best to update the team at least every other day with how many entries each person has

*Your project must follow the Ravellenic Games rules for whatever event(s) you are entering it into

*Feel free to double-dip in other KALs as long as it fits in with other rules (however, as per the Ravellenic Games rules, each project you complete for a particular Ravellenic Team can count for one and only one team)

*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 -

~knitgal2 who is Pam from Illinois asks:
When you knit stripey socks do they need to match for you? If yes how do you make sure they match?

~If you have a question you'd like us to answer, please post it in the Ask the Geeky Girls thread in our Ravelry Group

Misc. -


~Geeky Girls Knit Buttons - if you're interested, email geekygirlsknit@thealmons.com or PM C.C. on Ravelry JavaPurl or meet us at any of the upcoming events we're attending

~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.

~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
~ 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
~ on Instagram as d_isabitweird
~ her blog ~ Damaris Is A Bit Crafty

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!

Episode 74 ~ In Which We Demand Your Snow (iTunes)

Geeky Girls Knit ~ a Mamma/Daughter video podcast for fans of all things knitting & geeky ~*~ Show Notes and Find out more on our website http://geekygirlsknit.blogspot.com/

Monday 27 January 2014

February 2014 Crafty Photo A Day Challenge

Without further ado, here are the prompts for February 2014:


So, how can you participate???? Well, there are actually several ways:
INSTAGRAM - Honestly, Instagram will be 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 & Damaris is on Instagram as d_isabitweird so make sure to friend them if you haven't already.

RAVELRY - In our Ravelry group ~ Geeky Girls Knit Podcast, there will be a monthly thread where you can share your photos.

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 geekygirlsknit.

FACEBOOK - Feel free to share with your friends on your own Facebook profile page or on the Geeky Girls Knit Facebook page.

OTHER PLACES - Feel free to share your photos other places like your own blog, 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 d_isabitweird and/or on Twitter as geekygirlsknit as we'll be posting the prompt for that day at some point during the day.

What do the prompts mean???? Well, most of them are self explanatory and/or open to your own interpretation. Here's what some of the abbreviations mean though:
FO - Finished Object
WIP - Work In Progress
If you have questions about any of the specific prompts, feel free to comment on this post or contact us via Ravelry, email, Twitter, Instagram, etc. and we'll be glad to guide you in the direction we were thinking.

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 3 favorite 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!

Wednesday 22 January 2014

Episode 73 ~ In Which We Cry, “Where Has All the Pink Yarn Gone?”



Show Notes:

Intro -

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

~Blip.tv issue again!!!!

On the Needles/Spindle -
Damaris -
~some super secret socks apparently on US1.5 (2.5mm), Spunky Eclectic Superwash Wool/Nylon fingering weight sock in the Poison colorway

~Spinning - 50g (1.8oz) of Hand blended British BFL (Blue Faced Leicester), Merino Roving from hilltopcloud on Etsy

C.C. -
~Urban Necessity Gloves on US4 (3.5mm), New Lanark Donegal Silk Tweed DK in the Dark Graphite colorway

~Spinning - 35 grams of Merino (British Shetland Batt) from hilltopcloud on Etsy

Finished Projects -
Damaris -
~None

C.C. -
~True Love Socks on US1.5 (2.5mm), Wendy Happy in the Mars colorway

Yummies (our current favorite things) -

~Good Earth Tea :-) + lunch/playdate with Katy/Noah

~Sherlock shirt from Qwertee

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


We're picking our own favorite each week plus 3 of your pictures each week that our favorites.






~Scotland

*weekly on Mondays (we attend as often as possible) - Town Mouse Knitting Club - knitting group in Edinburgh

*15-February-2014 - Edinburgh Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers

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!

~Grounded by Heather Ordover - Damaris is currently reading

~Almost Amish: One Woman's Quest for a Slower, Simpler, More Sustainable Life by Nancy Sleeth - C.C. finished reading

~In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed by Carl Honore - C.C. is reading

~The Parasol Protectorate Series: Soulless, Changeless, Blameless, Heartless and Timeless by Gail Carriger - C.C. finished reading the rest of the series

~Rose Gardner Mysteries: Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes, Twenty-Nine and a Half Reasons, Thirty and a Half Excuses, and Falling to Pieces by Denise Groyer Swank - C.C. finished reading

~Divergent Series: Divergent, Insurgent, + Allegiant by Veronica Roth - C.C. finished reading Divergent + is reading Insurgent

~Criminal Minds - finished watching Season 3 + watching Season 4

~Leverage - watching Season 2

~The West Wing - finished watching Season 4 + watching Season 5

~Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - 1.12 Seeds, next is 1.13 T.R.A.C.K.S. on 4-February-2014

~NCIS - 11.13 Double Back, 11.14 Monsters and Men on 4-February-2014

~NCIS:LA - watching Season 5

~Person of Interest - 3.13 4C, 3.14 Provenance on 4-February-2014

~Revolution - 2.11 Mis Dos Padres, 2.12 Captain Trips on 22-January-2014

~Psych - 8.2 S.E.I.Z.E. the Day, 8.3 Remake A.K.A. Cloudy... With A Chance Of Improvement on 22-January-2014

~Helix - got the axe by us

~Call the Midwife - 3.1, next is 3.2 on 26-January-2014

~The Musketeers - 1.1 Friends and Enemies, next is 1.2 Sleight of Hand on 26-January-2014

~How I Met Your Mother - watching Season 9

~Castle - 6.13 Limelight, next is 6.14 Dressed to Kill on 27-January-2014

December/January Winter Wonderland KAL -

*Runs from December 1st through January 31st

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

*Your project must be begun no earlier than December 1st and finished no later than January 31st

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

*At least 1 prize will be awarded, probably more depending on how many participants we have
~Prize #1 - a Ravelry giftable pattern up to $7 donated by LindaMNoble (Linda)
~Prize #2 - a knitting project bag from the Etsy shop of Louleigh (Leigh) - https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Shoplouleigh

*Each project you finish and post counts as 1 entry into the giveaway (no limit on entries as long as each one follows the rules)

*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 photo of your finished project in the Ravelry thread for December/January 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 GGKWWKAL

*Thread will be locked the morning of 1st February and winner 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!

*There is a December/January Winter Wonderland KAL Chatter Thread on Ravelry so we can encourage each other along the way.

2014 Ravellenics ~ Team Geeky Girls Knit -

*We are planning to have quite a few prizes for our team for the games. Here are the ways you can earn entries in the prize giveaways:
1 entry - being a member of Team Geeky Girls Knit
1 entry - posting in the Team Geeky Girls Knit chatter thread (max of 1 entry per day from 7-Feb to 23-Feb for a total of 17 possible entries per team member but no limit to how much you can chat LOL!)
5 entries - finishing a project for Team Geeky Girls Knit
2 entries - being awarded a medal for a Team Geeky Girls Knit project (2 entries per medal)
8 entries - member of Team Geeky Girls Knit who completes the most projects for Team Geeky Girls Knit
8 entries - member of Team Geeky Girls Knit who earns the most medals for Team Geeky Girls Knit
8 entries - member of Team Geeky Girls Knit who completes the most events (unique - each event will count only once per person no matter how many projects you actually complete per event) for Team Geeky Girls Knit)

*If you'd like to donate to help with the cost of shipping out the prizes, there is a donate button on the right hand side of our website --->

*And here are the rules for our team:

*Only one prize will be awarded per participant (i.e. you can only win once)

*For every 50 entries, we’ll add another prize to the pool (up to the total number of prizes we have available and/or the total number of members we have on Team Geeky Girls Knit).

*You must declare yourself a member of Team Geeky Girls Knit to participate

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

*Unless the Ravellenic Games rules state otherwise (such as for the WIPs event), projects may not be begun before Friday 7-February during the Opening Ceremonies (exact time to come as soon as it’s known) and must be completed by 23:59 Moscow Time Sunday 23-February

*Must post a picture of your finished project along with information about what medals you earned for the project in the Ravellenics 2014 ~ FO Pics Only (No Chatter) thread which will be opened on Friday 7-February We will be keeping a running spreadsheet of each team member’s entries into the prize drawings and will do our best to update the team at least every other day with how many entries each person has

*Your project must follow the Ravellenic Games rules for whatever event(s) you are entering it into

*Feel free to double-dip in other KALs as long as it fits in with other rules (however, as per the Ravellenic Games rules, each project you complete for a particular Ravellenic Team can count for one and only one team)

*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 -

~heatherj818 who is Heather from Ohio asks:
If all the pink yarn in the world disappeared, what would you knit with?

~If you have a question you'd like us to answer, please post it in the Ask the Geeky Girls thread in our Ravelry Group

Misc. -


~Geeky Girls Knit Buttons - if you're interested, email geekygirlsknit@thealmons.com or PM C.C. on Ravelry JavaPurl or meet us at any of the upcoming events we're attending

~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.

~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
~ 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
~ on Instagram as d_isabitweird
~ her blog ~ Damaris Is A Bit Crafty

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!

Episode 73 ~ In Which We Cry, “Where Has All the Pink Yarn Gone?” (iTunes)

Geeky Girls Knit ~ a Mamma/Daughter video podcast for fans of all things knitting & geeky ~*~ Show Notes and Find out more on our website http://geekygirlsknit.blogspot.com/

Wednesday 15 January 2014

Episode 72 ~ In Which We Ask, “What Have You Done, Sherlock?”



Show Notes:

On the Needles/Spindle -
Damaris -
~some super secret socks apparently on US1.5 (2.5mm), Spunky Eclectic Superwash Wool/Nylon fingering weight sock in the Poison colorway

C.C. -

~True Love Socks on US1.5 (2.5mm), Wendy Happy in the Mars colorway

~Spinning - 35 grams of Merino (British Shetland Batt) from hilltopcloud on Etsy

Finished Projects -
Damaris -
~None

C.C. -
~Take A Bow Hat on US8 (5.0mm), Robin Chunky in the Silver colorway

Yummies (our current favorite things) -

~Doctor Who Time Lord Timelines http://www.doctorwho.tv/infographic/time-lord-timelines

~new wool + needles from our LYS, Ginger Twist Studio

~new Firefly shirt from Qwertee

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


We're picking our own favorite each week plus 3 of your pictures each week that our favorites.






~Scotland

*weekly on Mondays (we attend as often as possible) - Town Mouse Knitting Club - knitting group in Edinburgh

*18-January-2014 - Edinburgh Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers

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!

~Grounded by Heather Ordover - Damaris is currently reading

~Almost Amish: One Woman's Quest for a Slower, Simpler, More Sustainable Life by Nancy Sleeth - C.C. is currently reading

~The Parasol Protectorate Series: Soulless, Changeless, Blameless, Heartless and Timeless by Gail Carriger - C.C. finished reading Soulless, Changeless, + Blameless + is currently reading Timeless

~Criminal Minds - watching Season 3

~Leverage - finished watching Season 1 + watching Season 2

~The West Wing - watching Season 4

~Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - 1.11 The Magical Place, next is 1.12 Seeds on 14-January-2014

~NCIS - 11.12 Kill Chain, 11.13 Double Back on 14-January-2014

~Intelligence - 1.1 Pilot + 1.2 Red X, next is 1.3 Mei Chen Returns on 20-January-2014

~Person of Interest - 3.12 Aletheia, 3.13 4C on 14-January-2014

~New Girl - watching Season 3

~Revolution - 2.10 The Three Amigos, 2.11 Mis Dos Padres on 15-January-2014

~Psych - 8.1 Lock, Stock, Some Smoking Barrels and Burton Guster's Goblet of Fire, 8.2 S.E.I.Z.E. the Day on 15-January-2014

~Elementary - 2.13 All in the Family, next is 2.14 Dead Clade Walking on 30-January-2014

~The Big Bang Theory - watching Season 7

~Helix - 1.1 Pilot + 1.2 Vector, next is 1.3 274 on 17-January-2014

~How I Met Your Mother - watching Season 9

~Castle - 6.12 Deep Cover, next is 6.13 Limelight on 20-January-2014

~Sherlock - 3.3 His Last Vow

December/January Winter Wonderland KAL -

*Runs from December 1st through January 31st

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

*Your project must be begun no earlier than December 1st and finished no later than January 31st

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

*At least 1 prize will be awarded, probably more depending on how many participants we have
~Prize #1 - a Ravelry giftable pattern up to $7 donated by LindaMNoble (Linda)
~Prize #2 - a knitting project bag from the Etsy shop of Louleigh (Leigh) - https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Shoplouleigh

*Each project you finish and post counts as 1 entry into the giveaway (no limit on entries as long as each one follows the rules)

*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 photo of your finished project in the Ravelry thread for December/January 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 GGKWWKAL

*Thread will be locked the morning of 1st February and winner 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!

*There is a December/January Winter Wonderland KAL Chatter Thread on Ravelry so we can encourage each other along the way.

2014 Ravellenics ~ Team Geeky Girls Knit -

*We are planning to have quite a few prizes for our team for the games. Here are the ways you can earn entries in the prize giveaways:
1 entry - being a member of Team Geeky Girls Knit
1 entry - posting in the Team Geeky Girls Knit chatter thread (max of 1 entry per day from 7-Feb to 23-Feb for a total of 17 possible entries per team member but no limit to how much you can chat LOL!)
5 entries - finishing a project for Team Geeky Girls Knit
2 entries - being awarded a medal for a Team Geeky Girls Knit project (2 entries per medal)
8 entries - member of Team Geeky Girls Knit who completes the most projects for Team Geeky Girls Knit
8 entries - member of Team Geeky Girls Knit who earns the most medals for Team Geeky Girls Knit
8 entries - member of Team Geeky Girls Knit who completes the most events (unique - each event will count only once per person no matter how many projects you actually complete per event) for Team Geeky Girls Knit)

*If you'd like to donate to help with the cost of shipping out the prizes, there is a donate button on the right hand side of our website --->

*And here are the rules for our team:

*Only one prize will be awarded per participant (i.e. you can only win once)

*For every 50 entries, we’ll add another prize to the pool (up to the total number of prizes we have available and/or the total number of members we have on Team Geeky Girls Knit).

*You must declare yourself a member of Team Geeky Girls Knit to participate

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

*Unless the Ravellenic Games rules state otherwise (such as for the WIPs event), projects may not be begun before Friday 7-February during the Opening Ceremonies (exact time to come as soon as it’s known) and must be completed by 23:59 Moscow Time Sunday 23-February

*Must post a picture of your finished project along with information about what medals you earned for the project in the Ravellenics 2014 ~ FO Pics Only (No Chatter) thread which will be opened on Friday 7-February We will be keeping a running spreadsheet of each team member’s entries into the prize drawings and will do our best to update the team at least every other day with how many entries each person has

*Your project must follow the Ravellenic Games rules for whatever event(s) you are entering it into

*Feel free to double-dip in other KALs as long as it fits in with other rules (however, as per the Ravellenic Games rules, each project you complete for a particular Ravellenic Team can count for one and only one team)

*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 -

~MaggieTN who is Florence from Tennessee says:
How hard has it been to adjust to live in Scotland? Language, meaning of words, food?

~If you have a question you'd like us to answer, please post it in the Ask the Geeky Girls thread in our Ravelry Group

Misc. -


~300 member drawing!!!!

~Geeky Girls Knit Buttons - if you're interested, email geekygirlsknit@thealmons.com or PM C.C. on Ravelry JavaPurl or meet us at any of the upcoming events we're attending

~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.

~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
~ 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
~ on Instagram as d_isabitweird
~ her blog ~ Damaris Is A Bit Crafty

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!