Thursday, 12 November 2015

Episode 166 ~ In Which Attention, mes amis! Regardez-vous le bear polar!





Show Notes:

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

On the Needles -
Damaris -
~Secret DW cowl on US 4 (3.5 mm), Shamu Makes Silver Twinkle Sprite Sparkle sock yarn

~hypothetical socks #1 on US 1.5 (2.5mm), West Yorkshire Spinners Signature 4 Ply in the Wood Pigeon colourway

C.C. -
~Fairchild (NaKniSweMo 2015) on US 6 (4mm) + US 7 (4.5mm), Excelana Luxury DK in the Ruby Red colourway

Finished Projects -
Nothing to see here, moving on...

Yummies (our current favourite things) -
~Wee glass sheep

~Disney Winnie the Pooh and Pals Tsum Tsum's

~Bear Polar

~The Indie Design Gift-A-Long is a 6 week long KAL/CAL of holiday gifts made from patterns designed by a rather extensive list of independent designers. From Thursday, November 19th at 8:00 pm US EST - Friday, November 27, 2015 at 11:59 pm US EST tons of indie designers will be discounting between 5 - 20 of their patterns 25% for this event. Use coupon code: giftalong2015


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



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~Upcoming Events We'll Be Attending

Edinburgh Yarn Festival - 18/19-March-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!

~Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink + Jeffrey Cranor - Damaris is reading/listening to

~The Dresden Files Series by Jim Butcher - C.C. finished reading Skin Game

~Sand Omnibus by Hugh Howey - C.C. finished reading

~Thirty-Five and a Half Conspiracies (Rose Gardner Mystery) by Denise Grover Swank - C.C. finished reading

~Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - rewatching Season 3

~Star Trek: Voyager - rewatching Season 1

~The Blacklist - watching Season 2

~Tru Calling - finished watching Season 1

~Supernatural - finished watching Season 7 + watching Season 8

~Haven - watching final 13 episodes of Season 5 (final season)

~The Librarians - watching Season 2 as it airs

~Supergirl - watching Season 1 as it airs

~NCIS - watching Season 13 as it airs

~NCIS:NO - watching Season 2 as it airs

~Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - watching Season 3 as it airs

~Criminal Minds - watching Season 11 as it airs

~Bones - watching Season 11 as it airs

~The Big Bang Theory - watching Season 9 as it airs

~Elementary - watching Season 4 as it airs

~Downton Abbey - watched end of final Series (there will be a Christmas special)

~Once Upon A Time - watching Season 5 as it airs

~Murdoch Mysteries - watching Series 9 as it airs

~Doctor Who - 9x08 The Zygon Inversion, next is 9x09 Sleep No More

September/October/November Artistic Autumnal KAL


*Runs from 1-September through 30-November

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

*NO WIPs - Your project must be begun no earlier than 1-September and finished no later than 30-November

*Feel free to double-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


Cristy (cristyray) donated 3 coupon codes for $5.50 to C.C.’s Ravelry pattern store


Eileen (TwistingPurls) donated a skein of Rocky Mountain Dyeworks Kicking Horse sock yarn in the Wisteria colorway


Jodi (azknitwit) donated a skein of her Sun Soaked Yarns Superwash Fingering (75% Merino - 25% Nylon) 100 grams yarn in the Scarecrow in the corn maze colourway


from us - 2 prizes each includes the Yarn in the City Great London Yarn Crawl tote bag, a pattern, and a skein of yarn


from our bag of prizes - a Yellow Bear Wares Lilac & Black knitting needle earrings

*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 the Artistic Autumnal KAL ~ FO Pics Only

*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 -
Claire (cjbullion) from the UK asks:
I have just been packing to move house and I am amazed by the number of projects that I have started and not complete (and probably never will be). How many projects do you have on the needles and hiding in project bags in hope that they will one day be finished?

Review -
Pom Pom Quarterly 15 - Winter 2015


Giveaway -
~Prize Winner - I Love You More Than Pumpkin Spice Sock Kit

~Esther Belle Shawl Pattern giveaway - Designed by Emily (chainoffools). To win a copy of the pattern, go to the thread in our Ravelry group and tell us what yarn you’d use to make your Esther Belle Shawl. We’ll keep the giveaway open for until we record Episode 168. You must be a member of the Geeky Girls Knit Ravelry group to participate.


Misc. -


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~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

Damaris -
~ on Ravelry as damaris-abitweird
~ on Twitter as d_isabitgroovy
~ on Fitbit as user 2Y8TJC
~ on Instagram as d_isabitgroovy
~ Damaris' Woman of the Week


Geeky Girls Knit -
~ our Ravelry group ~ Geeky Girls Knit Podcast
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~ email us: geekygirlsknit@gmail.com
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Until next time,
Happy Knitting!