Episode 248 ~ In Which This Episode is Brought to You By the Letter N

Show Notes:

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

On the Needles -
Dami -
~hades scarf on US6 (4mm), Ginger’s Hand Dyed Sheepish DK in the Moon River colourway

C.C. -
~Ferret Face Socks for Me on US1.5 (2.5 mm), Rusty Ferret Yarns RF Quadrupole in the Ferret Face colourway

~IBCC 2017 Shawl on US5 (3.75mm), Pandia's Jewels Hand Dyed Yarn Super Sparkle in the Pink Fluffy Llamicorn colourway

~It has always been forever for me, Sassenach Shawl (Outlander Inspired) on US4 (3.5mm), Ginger's Hand Dyed Masham Mayhem 4ply in the Voyager & Jamaican Jewels colourways

Sign up for the JavaPurl Designs newsletter to get early access to the pre-orders for the Outlander Shawl Kit: http://eepurl.com/Mfcdj

Finished Projects -
Dami -
~None

C.C. -
~Kindred Spirit Socks for Me on US 1.5 (2.5 mm), Adelaide Cottage Yarns Donegal in the Kindred Spirit colourway

~Kindred Spirit Socks for Dami on US 1.5 (2.5 mm), Adelaide Cottage Yarns Donegal in the Kindred Spirit colourway

~2017 Preemie Hat #26 on US6 (4mm), Jonelle baby 4-ply in the Light Blue & White colourways

Yummies (our current favourite things) -
~Project bag from Woolly Originals

~yarn and project bags from Becky (grandmabecky)

~yarn from Kaitlin (mintrain)

~graduation goodies from Ruth (ImRuthZ)

~GGK Crafty Photo A Day Challenge - #GGKCraftyPAD - details for June here & July here










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!

~The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo - Dami finished reading

~Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë - Dami is reading

~The All Souls Real-Time Reading Companion by Deborah Harkness - C.C. is rereading Shadow of Night in real-time

~The Hollow Crown (Kingfountain Series) by Jeff Wheeler - C.C. finished reading

~Tracy Crosswhite Series by Robert Dugoni - C.C. finished reading Books 1-4

~Split Second by Douglas E. Richards - C.C. finished reading

~Seven Stones to Stand or Fall: A Collection of Outlander Fiction by Diana Gabaldon - C.C. is reading

~Movies - Beaches

~Doctor Who - watching Series 10

~Spotify C.C. + Dami ♥ Musicals playlist


~Great Comet Original Broadway Cast Recording

~The Hunchback of Notre Dame 2016

June/July/August Summertime & the Living is Easy AL -



*Runs from 1-June through 31-August

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

*No WIPS - Your project must be begun no earlier than 1-June and finished no later than 31-August

*Feel free to poly-dip in other ALs as long as it fits in with other rules

*Prizes: If you’d like to donate a prize, PM JavaPurl or Email us at geekygirlsknit@gmail.com


Rainbow heart stitch markers from Ann Tudor


Books project bag from The Stitching Plaza


TARDIS pouch + Shakespeare stitch markers from The Stitching Plaza


Blacker Yarns Tamar DK in the Lerryn colourway


Wonder Woman pouch from KnitRunDig

>
Lego stitch markers from Kimarie’s Knit Knacks


winner’s choice of a skein of Platinum or Sparkle yarn on any repeatable colourway from Love Bugs Yarns


a skein of yarn of the winner’s choice from Napiers Knits

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

*Each project you finish and post in the Ravelry Summertime & the Living is Easy AL **FO Thread** (2017) counts as 1 entry into the giveaways

*Social Media Hashtag: #GGKSummertime17

*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, ALs, 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 Summertime & the Living is Easy AL Chatter Thread on Ravelry so we can encourage each other along the way.

The Awesomest AL in the Galaxy! -



*Co-hosting with Jilly (veganjilly) of The Knitting Broomstick Podcast

*Runs from 1-May through 30-June

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

*No WIPS - Your project must be begun no earlier than 1-May and finished no later than 30-June

*Feel free to poly-dip in other ALs as long as it fits in with other rules

*Prizes: If you’d like to donate one, PM JavaPurl or veganjilly or Email us at geekygirlsknit@gmail.com


Snitch necklace + locking stitch markers (from KellyChron)


Doctor Who project bag from Mel (theyarntreeUK) of TheYarnTreeUK on Etsy


Star Wars project bag from Jennie (owlaboutyarn) of OwlAboutYarn on Etsy


Firefly project bag from Joy (knitnick) of Spinners End Studio on Etsy


2 Coffee With C.C. (and Dami Too) drawstring project bags (2 winners each win 1 bag) from us


Star Trek project from Jennie (owlaboutyarn) of OwlAboutYarn on Etsy


Doctor Who project bag Joy (knitnick) of Spinners End Studio on Etsy


Geek project bag from Sam (stealthdragon) of KnitRunDig on Etsy


1 skein of Mint Rain Hand Dyed Yarn Twist Sock in "The Jedi Were Real" Star Wars inspired colorway (from Jilly)


1 skein of Pandia's Jewels Snug yarn in "It's Them Aliens, I'll Bet My Pension!" Doctor Who inspired colorway (from Jilly)


1 Doctor Who inspired River Song/ 11th Doctor project bag made by Addicted to Sock Knitting with fabric designed by Julia of Pandia's Jewels (from Jilly)


1 Doctor Who inspired Exploding TARDIS project bag by SewFlo (from Jilly)


1 pink kitty project clutch by madbird (from Jilly)

*Each project you finish and post counts as 1 entry into the giveaway

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

*The Awesomest AL in the Galaxy Chatter Thread is in The Knitting Broomstick Podcast group on Ravelry

*Must post a photo of your finished project in the Geeky Girls Knit Ravelry Group The Awesomest AL in the Galaxy **FO Thread** (2017)

* Social Media Hashtag: #awesomestGGKTKB

*The prizes that Jilly or the sponsor is shipping out will be drawn on the first podcast of July.

*For any and all giveaways, prizes, competitions, ALs, 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 -
Rhonda (DuellingNeedles) from Pennsylvania asks:
C.C., you mention your best friend Katy quite often. How long have you been friends and how did you meet?

Review -


Pom Pom Quarterly Issue 21 (Summer 2017) - 5th Anniversary Issue

Misc. -
~Striations-A-Long in the JavaPurl Designs Ravelry Group - 1-May-2017 to 31-July-2017 - hosted by our VA Deb (scienceknister)


~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, ALs, 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
~ on Fitbit as user 2F8K2V
~ on Instagram as cc_almon

Dami -
~ on Ravelry as damisdoodles
~ on Fitbit as user 2Y8TJC
~ on Instagram as damisdoodles

JavaPurl Designs
~ C.C.'s Knitting Designs on Ravelry
~ Dami's Knitting Designs on Ravelry
~ JavaPurl Designs website

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!

July 2017 Crafty Photo A Day Challenge

Are you ready for July & all the fun picture taking opportunities? Join us for the July edition of #GGKCRAFTYPAD! We're so excited to see what you come up with! Here's the prompts list for July 2017 Geeky Girls Knit Crafty Photo A Day Challenge.



What does ______ mean?
WIP = Work In Progress
#WIDN = What I'm Doing Now
KIP = Knitting In Public
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 damisdoodles 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 damisdoodles.

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 damisdoodles and/or on Twitter as cc_almon and on Twitter as damisdoodles 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 favourite 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!

Episode 247 ~ In Which There’s A Doctor in the House!!!

Show Notes:

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

On the Needles -
Dami -
~hades scarf on US6 (4mm), Ginger’s Hand Dyed Sheepish DK in the Moon River 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

~Kindred Spirit Socks for Me on US 1.5 (2.5 mm), Adelaide Cottage Yarns Donegal in the Kindred Spirit colourway

~It has always been forever for me, Sassenach Shawl (Outlander Inspired) on US4 (3.5mm), Ginger's Hand Dyed Masham Mayhem 4ply in the Voyager & Jamaican Jewels colourways

Finished Projects -
Dami -
~None

C.C. -
~2017 Preemie Hat #25 on US6 (4mm), Jonelle baby 4-ply in the Light Blue & White colourways

Yummies (our current favourite things) -
~the Hubs is now the Dr. Hubs!

~2017 Tony Awards

~new issues of Pom Pom Quarterly that we'll review after the move

~Indie Burgh Craft Crawl 2017 Socks


OR get all 4 Indie Burgh Yarn/Craft Crawl Socks patterns for $12

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









Upcoming Events We'll Be Attending:


*Indie Burgh Craft Crawl - Saturday, 17-June-2017, 10am – 6pm + After-party

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!

~The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood - Dami is reading

~At Home in the World: Reflections on Belonging While Wandering the Globe by Tsh Oxenreider - C.C. finished reading

~The All Souls Real-Time Reading Companion by Deborah Harkness - C.C. is rereading Shadow of Night in real-time

~The Covenant of Muirwood Series by Jeff Wheeler - C.C. finished reading Book 3

~A Tangle of Hearts (A Shade of Vampire #44) by Bella Forrest - C.C. finished reading

~Haunted Covenant (Dying Covenant Trilogy #1) by Amanda M. Lee - C.C. finished reading

~The Chain (The Secret of Spellshadow Manor #3) by Bella Forrest - C.C. finished reading

~Grave Haunting (A Maddie Graves Mystery Book 10) by Lily Harper Hart - C.C. finished reading

~Make A Witch: A Wicked Witches of the Midwest Fantasy by Amanda M. Lee - C.C. finished reading

~Movies - Beauty and the Beast

~Andromeda - watching Season 2

~Sanctuary - finished rewatching Series

~When Calls the Heart - finished watching Seasons 3 & 4

~Dark Matter - watching Season 3

~Doctor Who - watching Series 10

~Spotify C.C. + Dami ♥ Musicals playlist


~Great Comet Original Broadway Cast Recording

~The Hunchback of Notre Dame 2016

June/July/August Summertime & the Living is Easy AL -



*Runs from 1-June through 31-August

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

*No WIPS - Your project must be begun no earlier than 1-June and finished no later than 31-August

*Feel free to poly-dip in other ALs as long as it fits in with other rules

*Prizes: If you’d like to donate a prize, PM JavaPurl or Email us at geekygirlsknit@gmail.com


Rainbow heart stitch markers from Ann Tudor


Books project bag from The Stitching Plaza


TARDIS pouch + Shakespeare stitch markers from The Stitching Plaza


Blacker Yarns Tamar DK in the Lerryn colourway


Wonder Woman pouch from KnitRunDig

>
Lego stitch markers from Kimarie’s Knit Knacks


winner’s choice of a skein of Platinum or Sparkle yarn on any repeatable colourway from Love Bugs Yarns


a skein of yarn of the winner’s choice from Napiers Knits

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

*Each project you finish and post in the Ravelry Summertime & the Living is Easy AL **FO Thread** (2017) counts as 1 entry into the giveaways

*Social Media Hashtag: #GGKSummertime17

*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, ALs, 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 Summertime & the Living is Easy AL Chatter Thread on Ravelry so we can encourage each other along the way.

The Awesomest AL in the Galaxy! -



*Co-hosting with Jilly (veganjilly) of The Knitting Broomstick Podcast

*Runs from 1-May through 30-June

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

*No WIPS - Your project must be begun no earlier than 1-May and finished no later than 30-June

*Feel free to poly-dip in other ALs as long as it fits in with other rules

*Prizes: If you’d like to donate one, PM JavaPurl or veganjilly or Email us at geekygirlsknit@gmail.com


Snitch necklace + locking stitch markers (from KellyChron)


Doctor Who project bag from Mel (theyarntreeUK) of TheYarnTreeUK on Etsy


Star Wars project bag from Jennie (owlaboutyarn) of OwlAboutYarn on Etsy


Firefly project bag from Joy (knitnick) of Spinners End Studio on Etsy


2 Coffee With C.C. (and Dami Too) drawstring project bags (2 winners each win 1 bag) from us


Star Trek project from Jennie (owlaboutyarn) of OwlAboutYarn on Etsy


Doctor Who project bag Joy (knitnick) of Spinners End Studio on Etsy


Geek project bag from Sam (stealthdragon) of KnitRunDig on Etsy


1 skein of Mint Rain Hand Dyed Yarn Twist Sock in "The Jedi Were Real" Star Wars inspired colorway (from Jilly)


1 skein of Pandia's Jewels Snug yarn in "It's Them Aliens, I'll Bet My Pension!" Doctor Who inspired colorway (from Jilly)


1 Doctor Who inspired River Song/ 11th Doctor project bag made by Addicted to Sock Knitting with fabric designed by Julia of Pandia's Jewels (from Jilly)


1 Doctor Who inspired Exploding TARDIS project bag by SewFlo (from Jilly)


1 pink kitty project clutch by madbird (from Jilly)

*Each project you finish and post counts as 1 entry into the giveaway

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

*The Awesomest AL in the Galaxy Chatter Thread is in The Knitting Broomstick Podcast group on Ravelry

*Must post a photo of your finished project in the Geeky Girls Knit Ravelry Group The Awesomest AL in the Galaxy **FO Thread** (2017)

* Social Media Hashtag: #awesomestGGKTKB

*The prizes that Jilly or the sponsor is shipping out will be drawn on the first podcast of July.

*For any and all giveaways, prizes, competitions, ALs, 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 -
Julia (juliaknitsjeff) from New Zealand asks:
In an effort to raise our 3 lovely kids in the geekiest way possible, last year we introduced them to Doctor Who and they LOVE it, but we are already up to Clara and we are watching them quickly so we are going to run out of episodes soon.
So I come to you two for suggestions of what show to watch next??? They are Lilly 12 Samuel 10 and Rose 8 who are already Star Wars, Marvel and Harry Potter fans.

Misc. -
~Striations-A-Long in the JavaPurl Designs Ravelry Group - 1-May-2017 to 31-July-2017 - hosted by our VA Deb (scienceknister)

~Upcoming podcast dates -
Episode 248 - most likely 1-2 days later than normal (just depends on how we recover from moving & jetlag)

~Goodbye Scotland



~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, ALs, 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
~ on Fitbit as user 2F8K2V
~ on Instagram as cc_almon

Dami -
~ on Ravelry as damisdoodles
~ on Fitbit as user 2Y8TJC
~ on Instagram as damisdoodles

JavaPurl Designs
~ C.C.'s Knitting Designs on Ravelry
~ Dami's Knitting Designs on Ravelry
~ JavaPurl Designs website

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!