GGKCS: Episode 256 ~ In Which There’s A Toe Box

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

~5th podiversary sample on US1.5 (2.5mm), Owl About Yarn Sparkle Owl in a secret colourway

C.C. -
~Katy's 2017 Birthday Socks on US1.5 (2.5 mm), Wild Happy Color Hand Dyed Yarn Authentic Base in the Northern Lights colourway

~Dami’s 18th Birthday Shawl on US6 (4mm), Napier’s Knits in the Purple Swallowtail Variegated colourway

Finished Projects -
Dami -
~None

C.C. -
~Harmonize Shawl on US4 (3.5mm), Little Yellow Uke Crafts Soprano Sock HT in the Corporate Rebel colourway & Knit Picks Palette in the Cream, Almond, Coriander Heather, Wheat Heather, & Bittersweet Heather colourways

~Cozy Cowl for Seattle on US10½ (6.5mm), Manos del Uruguay Alegría Grande in the Petal colourway

~2017 Preemie Hat #34 on US6 (4mm), Sunset Stitches Sunset Super Sock in the Madeline colourway

Yummies (our current favourite things) -
~Manos Del Uruguay Alegria Grande Yarn - Thanks to Fairmount Fibers, North American Distributor of Manos del Uruguay yarns, for providing product for review!

~Carmel by the Sea trip

~GGK 5th Podiversary Kit Pre-Orders
The limited edition kit celebrates the 5th podiversary of the Geeky Girls Knit Podcast.
The kit will include 1 skein of yarn from Owl About Yarn, a sock pattern by C.C., an exclusive stitch marker from Ann Tudor, & lots of other goodies for $60 plus a flat $10 shipping charge.
Parts of the kit are coming from the US and others from the UK; therefore, the kit is only available by pre-order with a 6-8 week ship time.
Pre-orders for newsletter subscribers only open on Saturday, 26-August, at 9am PDT (10am MDT, 11am CDT, 12pm (noon) EDT, 5pm BST). If you're not a newsletter subscriber, sign up at JavaPurlDesigns.com
If there are any of this limited edition kit left, they'll be available to the general public on Sunday, 27-August, at 9am PDT (10am MDT, 11am CDT, 12pm (noon) EDT, 5pm BST).

~GGK Crafty Photo A Day Challenge - #GGKCraftyPAD - details for August 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!

~War & Peace by Leo Tolstoy - Dami is reading

~Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert - C.C. is reading

~Hardy Brothers Security Series by Lily Harper Hart - C.C. finished reading Books 3-11 & is reading Book 12

~Movies - Garage Sale Mystery: Murder by Text | A Bone to Pick: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery | Real Murders: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery | Three Bedrooms, One Corpse: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery | The Julius House: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery | Dead Over Heels: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery

~Outlander - rewatching Season 1

~Spotify C.C. + Dami ♥ Musicals playlist

~Great Comet Original Broadway Cast Recording

~The Hunchback of Notre Dame 2016

~Anastasia Original Broadway Cast Recording

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

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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.

Ask the Geeky Girls -
Diana (CraftyMom2010) from Texas asks:
I really like watching you ladies. I have learned so much from you both. How do you like being back in the states? When designing socks, how do you know how many stitches to cast on for the different sizes?

Review/Giveaway -

Pom Pom Quarterly Issue 7: Winter 2013

Winners Announced - Chest of Bone: The Knit Collection inspired by Chest of Bone (Afterworld Chronicles #1) by Vicki Stiefel

Misc. -

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