Thursday 31 December 2015

Episode 173 ~ In Which There’s Interruptions





Show Notes:

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

On the Needles -
Dami -
~Super Secret Stripey Coffee Socks on US 1.5 (2.5mm), The Knitting Goddess UK 4ply British wool and nylon in the Asaro Self Striping colourway

~Super Secret Coffee Shawl on US 2.5 (3mm), Rainbow Heirloom Lush Light in the Killer Flamingo, Apparition, & Blue Raspberry colourways

~Super Secret Coffee Socks 2 on US 1.5 (2.5mm), Secret Pandia's Jewels Snug base yarn

~Super Secret Coffee Socks 3 on US1.5 (2.5mm), The Uncommon Thread Tough Sock in the Nutcracker 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

~Happy 2016 Socks on US1.5 (2.5mm), Knitting in France Superwash BFL et Nylon in the Trio colourway

Finished Projects -
Dami -
~None

C.C. -
~2015 Top Down Preemie Hat #52 on US6 (4mm), King Cole Merino Blend DK in the Dusky Pink colourway & Lizzie's Wool-Blend DK in the Cream colourway

~The Sparkly 12 Days of Christmas Socks on US1.5 (2.5mm), Berry Colorful Yarnings Saturated Sparkle Sock in the 12 Days of Christmas colourway

Yummies (our current favourite things) -
~Christmas

~Carrie’s Stockings


~The Diary of River Song

~2015 Recap / 2016 Goals

~GGK Crafty Photo A Day Challenge - #GGKCraftyPAD - for December here and for January here











~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 - Dami is reading/listening to

~Advent in Narnia: Reflections for the Season by Heidi Haverkamp - finished reading together as a family

~The Liturgical Year: The Spiraling Adventure of the Spiritual Life by Joan Chittister - C.C. is reading

~Magic Stars by Ilona Andrews - C.C. finished reading

~Crafting Disorder by ReGina Welling + Erin Lynn - C.C. finished reading

~Cedar Cove Series by Debbie Macomber - C.C. finished reading 16 Lighthouse Road, 204 Rosewood Lane, 311 Pelican Court, 44 Cranberry Point, + 50 Harbor Street + is reading 6 Rainier Drive

~Movies - The Hunger Games | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 | The Polar Express | Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit | Divergent | Insurgent | People Like Us | How to Train Your Dragon 2

~Supernatural - watching Season 10

~Grimm - finished watching Season 1 + watching Season 2

~The Expanse - watching Season 1

~Downton Abbey - Christmas Special (show finale)

~Call the Midwife - Christmas Special

~The Librarians - watched Season 2 (season finale)

~Doctor Who - Christmas Special (The Husbands of River Song)

December/January/February Winter Wonderland KAL + Charity KAL -


*Runs from 1-December through 29-February

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

*This is also a charity KAL. For every item you finish that you then donate to charity, you can post your FO twice in the FO thread.

*NO WIPs - Your project must be begun no earlier than 1-December and finished no later than 29-February

*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


Brei (BreiKonijn) donated 1 coupon code for $5.50 to C.C.’s Ravelry pattern store


Eileen (TwistingPurls) donated a skein of Highland Handmades Sock yarn in the Should You Need Us colorway plus the winner’s choice of a sock pattern from Ravelry $6.00 US or less


Yarn from Lola (thaliya) at Third Vault Yarns - Echo DK base in the Autumn Burst colourway


Star Trek Sheepy Badges from Julia (nimruse) at Pandia’s Jewels


GPKP goodies - tape measurer, needle stopper by Knitting in France, Star Trek Expendable Badge from Pandia’s Jewels, crochet hook keyring & stitch markers from Lesley Taylor


Sherlock Notebook from Amy’s Not Dead Yet
Photo ©Amy Crook


Crochet Hook Keyring & Stitch Markers from Lesley Taylor

*Each project you finish and post counts as 1 entry into the giveaway with the exception of an FO that you donate to charity (please add the info about where you are donating the FO to your charity entries) which counts as 2 entries into the giveaway (no limit on entries as long as each one follows the rules)

*You can donate your FO’s to any charity you choose, a group in your area, a national charity, or if you’d like, you can post them to us and we’ll make a big donation to Knit For Peace after that KAL ends

*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 Winter Wonderland KAL ~ FO Pics Only (No Chatter) & tag your project page with the following tag GGKWWK

*Thread will be locked the morning of 1-March 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 -
Taryn (tmariechickadee) from Oregon asks:
I have a question regarding what to do with left over worsted weight yarn. I am currently working a Bee Keeper’s Quilt, like Damaris, and it has been great to use up left over fingering weight skeins, but I’m at a loss for the small amount of worsted weight that I always seem to have. The amounts that I currently have are enough to that it would be terrible to even think about throwing them away, but not enough to make a stand alone project. Does anyone have any ideas on scrappy projects for worsted weight yarn? I definitely wanting to use every last bit of the beautiful yarn that I have.

We mention:
Charity Hats: Top Down Preemie Hat by C.C. Almon | Scrap-happy Celebration Hat by Cosette Cornelius-Bates | Ellen's Knit Hat by Ellen Harpin
Blankets: Frankie Brown’s Ten Stitch Collection | Bee In A Bonnet Scrap Afghan by Krystal Nadrutach | Learn to Knit a Log Cabin Blanket by Staci Perry

Misc. -

~Reminder - Morgan (morg235) of One Hook Double Stitch http://OneHookDoubleStitch.etsy.com sent a skein of her yarn in the Unicorn Tail colourway. To enter to win, visit Morgan’s shop and then come back to this thread and tell us which colourway of yarn is your favourite. In addition, Morgan gave us a coupon code, GEEKY10, for 10% off until the end of January. We’ll keep this thread open for 3 weeks (since it’s over the holidays) and will announce the winner in Episode 174.


~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 damaris-abitweird
~ on Twitter as d_isabitgroovy
~ on Fitbit as user 2Y8TJC
~ on Instagram as d_isabitgroovy

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 173 ~ In Which There’s Interruptions (iTunes)

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

Episode 173 is live with RIVER SONG!!!!!, 2015 recap / 2016 goals, interruptions, and much, much more! Enjoy + Happy Knitting!

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

Tuesday 29 December 2015

January 2016 Crafty Photo A Day Challenge

2016? Yep, already! We're excited to carry on our tradition of the monthly photo a day challenge into 2016. Let's see what January's GGKCRAFTYPAD has in store.



What does ______ mean?
WIP = Work In Progress
#WIDN = What I'm Doing Now
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 d_isabitgroovy 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 d_isabitgroovy.

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 d_isabitgroovy and/or on Twitter as cc_almon and on Twitter as d_isabitgroovy 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 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!

Thursday 24 December 2015

Episode 172 ~ In Which Oh Boy! It’s Christmas Karaoke!





Show Notes:

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

On the Needles -
Damaris -
~Super Secret Stripey Coffee Socks on US 1.5 (2.5mm), The Knitting Goddess UK 4ply British wool and nylon in the Asaro Self Striping colourway

~Super Secret Coffee Shawl on US 2.5 (3mm), Rainbow Heirloom Lush Light in the Killer Flamingo, Apparition, & Blue Raspberry colourways

~Super Secret Coffee Socks 2 on US 1.5 (2.5mm), Secret Pandia's Jewels Snug base yarn

~Super Secret Coffee Socks 3 on US1.5 (2.5mm), The Uncommon Thread Tough Sock in the Nutcracker 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

~The Sparkly 12 Days of Christmas Socks on US1.5 (2.5mm), Berry Colorful Yarnings Saturated Sparkle Sock in the 12 Days of Christmas colourway

Finished Projects -
Damaris -
~None

C.C. -
~2015 Top Down Preemie Hat #51 on US6 (4mm), Cascade 220 in the Christmas Red colourway & King Cole Merino Blend Aran in the Fern colourway

~2016 Birthday Socks for Izzy on US1.5 (2.5mm), Pandia's Jewels Hand Dyed Yarn & Fiber Snug in the It's Them Aliens! colourway

~Doctor Who Baby Blanket - Take 2 on US6 (4mm), West Yorkshire Spinners Aire Valley Aran in the Charcoal, Light Brown, Forest Green, Rust, + Plum colourways + West Yorkshire Spinners Aire Valley DK in the White, Grey, Blue, Cardamom, + Nutmeg colourways

Yummies (our current favourite things) -
~SPOILER ALERT - Star Wars: The Force Awakens

~Birthday Tea at the Balmoral

~Wibbly Wobbly Cowly WOWly


~GGK Crafty Photo A Day Challenge - #GGKCraftyPAD - for December 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

~Advent in Narnia: Reflections for the Season by Heidi Haverkamp - reading together as a family

~Out of Sorts: Making Peace with an Evolving Faith by Sarah Bessey - C.C. finished reading

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

~The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins - C.C. finished rereading The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, + Mockingjay

~Movies - Star Wars 6, The Wiz Live!, Snow White and the Huntsman, The World's End, Paranoia, Now You See Me, Life of Pi

~Supernatural - watching Season 10

~Grimm - watching Season 1

~Supergirl - watching Season 1 - watching Season 1

~The Expanse - watching Season 1

~NCIS - watching Season 13

~NCIS:NO - watching Season 2

~The Big Bang Theory - watching Season 9

~Elementary - watching Season 4

~Haven - watched final 2 episodes

~Childhood’s End - watched 3 episode mini-series

~The Librarians - watching Season 2

~Welcome to Night Vale ~ Episode 80: A New Sheriff in Town

December/January/February Winter Wonderland KAL + Charity KAL -


*Runs from 1-December through 29-February

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

*This is also a charity KAL. For every item you finish that you then donate to charity, you can post your FO twice in the FO thread.

*NO WIPs - Your project must be begun no earlier than 1-December and finished no later than 29-February

*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


Brei (BreiKonijn) donated 1 coupon code for $5.50 to C.C.’s Ravelry pattern store


Eileen (TwistingPurls) donated a skein of Highland Handmades Sock yarn in the Should You Need Us colorway plus the winner’s choice of a sock pattern from Ravelry $6.00 US or less


Yarn from Lola (thaliya) at Third Vault Yarns - Echo DK base in the Autumn Burst colourway


Star Trek Sheepy Badges from Julia (nimruse) at Pandia’s Jewels


GPKP goodies - tape measurer, needle stopper by Knitting in France, Star Trek Expendable Badge from Pandia’s Jewels, crochet hook keyring & stitch markers from Lesley Taylor


Sherlock Notebook from Amy’s Not Dead Yet
Photo ©Amy Crook


Crochet Hook Keyring & Stitch Markers from Lesley Taylor

*Each project you finish and post counts as 1 entry into the giveaway with the exception of an FO that you donate to charity (please add the info about where you are donating the FO to your charity entries) which counts as 2 entries into the giveaway (no limit on entries as long as each one follows the rules)

*You can donate your FO’s to any charity you choose, a group in your area, a national charity, or if you’d like, you can post them to us and we’ll make a big donation to Knit For Peace after that KAL ends

*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 Winter Wonderland KAL ~ FO Pics Only (No Chatter) & tag your project page with the following tag GGKWWK

*Thread will be locked the morning of 1-March 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 -
Anthony (SuperMunchkin) from the UK asks:
As a fairly new knitter I’ve managed to do two large projects so far which strongly I find easier to do as it’s pretty straight forward. I’m wanting to make some smaller knits like hats etc, how would I go about learning the skills for this?

We mention:
check with your LYS for classes
the Simple Collection by Tin Can Knits
Sock Anatomy by Clare Devine

Misc. -

~Reminder - Morgan (morg235) of One Hook Double Stitch http://OneHookDoubleStitch.etsy.com sent a skein of her yarn in the Unicorn Tail colourway. To enter to win, visit Morgan’s shop and then come back to this thread and tell us which colourway of yarn is your favourite. In addition, Morgan gave us a coupon code, GEEKY10, for 10% off until the end of January. We’ll keep this thread open for 3 weeks (since it’s over the holidays) and will announce the winner in Episode 174.


~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

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
~ our Facebook page
~ email us: geekygirlsknit@gmail.com
~ on iTunes
~ on YouTube
~ Support the Podcast, Become a Patron

Until next time,
Happy Knitting!

Episode 172 ~ In Which Oh Boy! It’s Christmas Karaoke! (iTunes)

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

Episode 172 is live with loads of Christmas singing, Spoilers!, and much, much more! Enjoy + Happy Knitting!

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

Thursday 17 December 2015

Episode 171 ~ In Which It’s All About the YouTube Videos





Show Notes:

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

On the Needles -
Both -
~Doctor Who Baby Blanket - Take 2 on US6 (4mm), West Yorkshire Spinners Aire Valley Aran in the Charcoal, Light Brown, Forest Green, Rust, + Plum colourways + West Yorkshire Spinners Aire Valley DK in the White, Grey, Blue, Cardamom, + Nutmeg colourways

Damaris -
~Super Secret Stripey Coffee Socks on US 1.5 (2.5mm), The Knitting Goddess UK 4ply British wool and nylon in the Asaro Self Striping colourway

~Super Secret Coffee Shawl on US 2.5 (3mm), Rainbow Heirloom Lush Light in the Killer Flamingo, Apparition, & Blue Raspberry colourways

~Super Secret Coffee Socks 2 on US 1.5 (2.5mm), Secret Pandia's Jewels Snug base yarn

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

~2016 Birthday Socks for Izzy on US1.5 (2.5mm), Pandia's Jewels Hand Dyed Yarn & Fiber Snug in the It's Them Aliens! colourway

~The Sparkly 12 Days of Christmas Socks on US1.5 (2.5mm), Berry Colorful Yarnings Saturated Sparkle Sock in the 12 Days of Christmas colourway

Finished Projects -
Damaris -
~None

C.C. -
~2015 Top Down Preemie Hat #50 on US6 (4mm), Hayfield Bonus Chunky in the Sunflower colourway + King Cole Merino Blend Aran in the Purple colourway

~Fly Away With the Doctor on US7 (4.5mm), West Yorkshire Spinners Aire Valley Aran in the Charcoal, Light Brown, Forest Green, Rust, + Plum colourways + West Yorkshire Spinners Aire Valley DK in the White, Grey, Blue, Cardamom, + Nutmeg colourways

~Holly Berry Socks on US1.5 (2.5mm), West Yorkshire Spinners Signature 4-Ply in the Holly Berry colourway

Yummies (our current favourite things) -
~Hamilton on Jeopardy


~Street of Light

~Stitch markers from Morgan (morg235) of One Hook Double Stitch

~Dick Van Dyke’s 90th birthday flash mob


~Star Trek: Beyond Trailer


~X-Men: Apocalypse Trailer


~Independence Day: Resurgence Trailer


~Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Trailer


~Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jonathan Groff on Colbert




~Wilf Sale starts this Friday, 18-December


~Winter Camp 2016 headed up by Sarah of The Canadian Knitter Podcast, deadline to sign up is 20-Dec, runs from January to March, points based on yarn used, bonus points for colours, theme, + featured designers

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










~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

~Advent in Narnia: Reflections for the Season by Heidi Haverkamp - reading together as a family

~Out of Sorts: Making Peace with an Evolving Faith by Sarah Bessey - C.C. is reading

~The Elemental Series by Shannon Mayer - C.C finished reading Recurve, Break Water, + Fire Storm (next book comes out in February)

~Divergent Series by Veronica Roth - C.C. finished rereading Divergent + is rereading Insurgent

~Movies - Miss Representation, Cabaret, Star Wars 1-5, The Bourne Legacy

~Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - rewatching Season 3

~Star Trek: Voyager - rewatching Season 2

~Supernatural - finished watching Season 9 & watching Season 10


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

~Criminal Minds - watching Season 11

~The Big Bang Theory - watching Season 9

~Bones - watching Season 11

~Elementary - watching Season 4

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

~The Librarians - watching Season 2

~NCIS:LA - watching Season 7

December/January/February Winter Wonderland KAL + Charity KAL -


*Runs from 1-December through 29-February

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

*This is also a charity KAL. For every item you finish that you then donate to charity, you can post your FO twice in the FO thread.

*NO WIPs - Your project must be begun no earlier than 1-December and finished no later than 29-February

*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


Brei (BreiKonijn) donated 1 coupon code for $5.50 to C.C.’s Ravelry pattern store


Eileen (TwistingPurls) donated a skein of Highland Handmades Sock yarn in the Should You Need Us colorway plus the winner’s choice of a sock pattern from Ravelry $6.00 US or less


Yarn from Lola (thaliya) at Third Vault Yarns - Echo DK base in the Autumn Burst colourway


Star Trek Sheepy Badges from Julia (nimruse) at Pandia’s Jewels


GPKP goodies - tape measurer, needle stopper by Knitting in France, Star Trek Expendable Badge from Pandia’s Jewels, crochet hook keyring & stitch markers from Lesley Taylor


Sherlock Notebook from Amy’s Not Dead Yet
Photo ©Amy Crook


Crochet Hook Keyring & Stitch Markers from Lesley Taylor

*Each project you finish and post counts as 1 entry into the giveaway with the exception of an FO that you donate to charity (please add the info about where you are donating the FO to your charity entries) which counts as 2 entries into the giveaway (no limit on entries as long as each one follows the rules)

*You can donate your FO’s to any charity you choose, a group in your area, a national charity, or if you’d like, you can post them to us and we’ll make a big donation to Knit For Peace after that KAL ends

*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 Winter Wonderland KAL ~ FO Pics Only (No Chatter) & tag your project page with the following tag GGKWWK

*Thread will be locked the morning of 1-March 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 -
Cae (SOEDragon) from Delaware asks:
Hi ladies! I’ve found myself on a hat knitting binge lately. I just finished a knit night hat and I’m currently working on Graham hat. Any suggestions on other must knit hat patterns?

We mention:
Tin Can Knits - Bumble Hat and Barley Hat
Katie Mack - Sugar Maple Hat
Mel Ski - Drizzle
Jared Flood - Turn A Square Hat
Katharina Nopp - Wurm Hat

Review -

Katya Frankel (bingeknitter) recently released Autumn Essentials 2015: Flatland. 3 pattern eBook, £5.25 on Ravelry.

Giveaways -
~Giveaway Winners Announced - 3 sets of Christmas cards/bookmarks/notebook from Amy’s Not Dead Yet. 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!


~New giveaway - Morgan (morg235) of One Hook Double Stitch http://OneHookDoubleStitch.etsy.com sent a skein of her yarn in the Unicorn Tail colourway. To enter to win, visit Morgan’s shop and then come back to this thread and tell us which colourway of yarn is your favourite. In addition, Morgan gave us a coupon code, GEEKY10, for 10% off until the end of January. We’ll keep this thread open for 3 weeks (since it’s over the holidays) and will announce the winner in Episode 174.

Misc. -

~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

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
~ our Facebook page
~ email us: geekygirlsknit@gmail.com
~ on iTunes
~ on YouTube
~ Support the Podcast, Become a Patron

Until next time,
Happy Knitting!