Show Notes:
Intro -
~Welcome new members who've introduced themselves in our Ravelry Group
On the Needles -
Dami -
~noah’s solar system on US 1.5 (2.5 mm), See project page for colourways used
~Gilmore Girls Socks on US 1.5 (2.5 mm), Knitting in France Two at a Time Socks in a secret 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
~Mr. Smith Needs A Pink Lady Socks on US1.5 (2.5mm), Holiday Yarns FlockSock in the Pink Lady colourway & Pandia's Jewels Hand Dyed Yarn & Fiber Snug in the Mr. Smith, I Need You colourway
~Noah is 5! Socks on US2 (2.75mm), Knit Picks Stroll Tweed in the North Pole Heather colourway
~Ain't No Party Like A Unicorn Party Shawl on US6 (4mm), Chopped Ginger Wool Project Teeswater Fingering in the Natural colourway, KnitCircus Aerialist Fingering in the Blue Skies Ahead colourway, KnitCircus Greatest of Ease in the Raspberry Rhapsody colourway, & KnitCircus Pixie Dust Fingering in the Holly Leaves colourway
~On Stash Dash hiatus - Strawberries and Brain Socks on US1.5 (2.5mm), Knitting in France Sparkles in the Gradient Pink colourway & Pandia's Jewels Hand Dyed Yarn & Fiber Snug in the Also, I Can Kill You With My Brain colourway
~On Stash Dash hiatus - Jeremy’s 2016 Birthday Socks on US1.5 (2.5mm), Lang Yarns Jawoll Color Superwash in the 902.0020 colourway
Finished Projects -
Dami -
~indie burgh yarn crawl 2016 socks on US 1.5 (2.5 mm), Ginger’s Hand Dyed
~lovely lindsay’s hat on US 6 (4 mm) and US 8 (5 mm), Nerd Girl Yarns Stomp and Bounce in the I’ve Got a Talking Computer and a Robot Dog colorway
C.C. -
~2016 Preemie Hat #19 on US6 (4mm), Rowan Lima in the Puno colourway & Chocolate Brown Unknown Fibre Handspun
Yummies (our current favourite things) -
~non-yummy :( Agent Carter - sign the petition
~new t-shirts, yay Whole30!
~Doodle Dame from Julia of Pandia's Jewels
~JavaPurl Designs news
~GGK Crafty Photo A Day Challenge - #GGKCraftyPAD - details for May here
~Upcoming Events We'll Be Attending
~Indie Burgh Yarn Crawl 2016 - Saturday, 11-June-16
~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
Retreat attendee sign-ups and vendor applications are now open!!!!!
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!
~Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - Dami finished reading
~Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card - Dami is reading
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
June 19-30 ~ read Persuasion
July 1-20 ~ read Emma
July 21-31 ~ read Northanger Abbey
August 1-16 ~ read Sense & Sensibility
August 17-31 ~ read Mansfield Park
#summerofausten
~A Travelogue of the Interior: Finding Your Voice and God’s Heart in the Psalms by Karen Dabaghian - C.C. is reading
~Yesterday's Thief: An Eric Beckman Paranormal Sci-Fi Thriller by Al Macy - C.C. finished reading
~Mysterious Events Series by Al Macy - C.C. finished reading The Antiterrorist & Contact Us
~The Paper Magician Trilogy by Charlie Holmberg - C.C. finished reading The Paper Magician, The Glass Magician, and The Master Magician
~Bait and Snitch (Ponderosa Pines Cozy Mystery Series) by Erin Lynn - C.C. finished reading
~Thirty-Six and a Half Motives (Rose Gardner Mystery Series) by Denise Grover Swank - C.C. is reading
~Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - rewatching Season 6
~Star Trek: Voyager - rewatching Season 3
~The Night Manager - watching Series 1
~Castle - Series finale
~Blindspot - watching Season 1
~Person of Interest - watching Season 5
~Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - watching Season 3
~NCIS - watching Season 13
~NCIS:NO - watching Season 2
~Supernatural - watching Season 11
~Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders - watching Season 1
~The Big Bang Theory - watching Season 9
~The Blacklist - watching Season 3
~Bones - watching Season 11
~Grimm - watching Season 5
~Outlander - watching Season 2
~Once Upon A Time - Season 5 finale
March/April/May Sheepy Spring KAL -
*Runs from 1-March through 31-May
*Details - any project you knit/crochet/weave/spin that you can convince us that it relates to spring
*No WIPS - Your project must be begun no earlier than 1-March and finished no later than 31-May
*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
Cristy (cristyray) donated 1 coupon code for $5.50 to C.C.’s Ravelry pattern store
AND Jilly (veganjilly) donated 2 single patterns from C.C.’s Ravelry pattern store
Catherine (TiaandCat) donated 2 prizes - Bernat Bright Green Pom Pom and Lion Brand Pink Lady Pom Pom
Bogga (bogga) of Knitting in France donated a set of stitch markers
from us - a copy of Clare Devine’s Head to Toe book
from us - a copy of Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It by Lynne M. Thomas and Tara O'Shea
from us - a skein of Schoppel-Wolle Zauberball in the Fuchsienbeet colourway
from us - a skein of Drachenwolle Sonnenstrahl in an one of a kind colourway
*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 Sheepy Spring KAL ~ FO Pics Only (No Chatter) & tag your project page with the following tag GGKSSK16
*Thread will be locked the morning of 1-June 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 -
Lauren (Lbeth21) from New York asks:
Thanks CC for answering my question about your inspiration. You did answer the question I asked, but I realized that perhaps I didn’t ask the question as I wanted as an answer (welcome to my life). Once you have your inspiration, how do you put that into a pattern or design to make it come to be real? I am inspired by a bunch of things (mostly science-y and nature things), but how do you put that into a design?
Misc. -
~Reminder - 52 Weeks of Charity KAL - all the details in the Ravelry group and the 2nd podcast of every month
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Find Us Online -
C.C. -
~ on Ravelry as JavaPurl
~ C.C.'s Knitting Designs on Ravelry & her JavaPurl Designs website
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Dami -
~ on Ravelry as damisdoodles
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~ on Instagram as damisdoodles
Geeky Girls Knit -
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Until next time,
Happy Knitting!
