Show Notes:
Intro -
On the Needles -
Dami -
~hat on the needles soon
C.C. -
~Hello Pumpkin Socks on US1.5 (2.5mm), Pandia's Jewels Snug in the Pumpkin Spice colourway & XrayAnn Fingering in the Semi Solid Battleship colourway
Project bag from Nerd Bird Makery & Progress Keeper from Ann Tudor
Finished Projects -
Dami -
~None
C.C. -
~2020 Preemie Hat #40 on US6 (4mm), Knit Picks Wool of the Andes Worsted in the Orange colourway & Bernat Cottontots in the Strawberry colourway
Flosstube -
Begins at timestamp 8:35
Dami -
~None
C.C. -
~Baa Baa Black Sheep by The Prairie Schooler
Project bag from Tilting Planet
~Hello Pumpkin by Stitching With the Housewives
~Cats and Mandalas - February by Kitty and Me Designs
Project bag from Stitch Toolbox
Snipattie from cattycrosstitches
Needle Minder from Gecko Rouge
~FO! RBG Freebie by Bendy Stitchy Designs
~Edinburgh Castle by Terra Luna Stitchery
Needle Minder from TopKnotStitcher
Project Bag from KnitRunDig
Grime Guard from Crab Shack Stitchery
Snipattie from cattycrosstitches
Using Pattern Keeper software on Kindle Fire 7
28,000 / 265,824 sts complete
10.533% complete
5 / 60 pages complete
Yummies (our current favourite things) -
~cards from Yuko & Dami
~candle & plant from Katy & family from Live Well Ink
~cross stitch kit from Michelle
~Honeyberry Studio 2021 calendar
~Auctions in partnership with Michelle Bendy Stitchy on her Instagram to benefit Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep. October is Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness month. NILMDTS is an organization that volunteers to take family photos for families who have lost babies. This way the family can hold on to memories despite not being able to hold on to their babies anymore.
~Bellzi.com plushes
~Crafty Photo A Day Challenge - #GGKCraftyPAD - details for October 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!
Episode 416 Bookshop List
~So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo - Dami is reading
~M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang - Dami finished reading
~The Language Archive by Julia Cho - Dami finished reading
~The Glass Scientists (webcomic) by Sabrina Cotungo - Dami is reading
July / August / September 2020 RAL
Winners announced
October / November / December 2020 RAL - 15 minutes of reading daily challenge
* 88-92 of 92 days - 1 or more giveaways for eBook, everyone gets $1.20 off any single pattern coupon code & 88+ days RAL virtual badge
* 61-87 of 92 days - 1 or more giveaways for single pattern, everyone gets 61+ days RAL virtual badge
* #GGKRAL20
2020 RAL Yearlong Challenge
~July / August / September
* 92 days - 10 entries
* 88-91 days - 8 entries
* 61-87 days - 5 entries
~October / November / December
* 92 days - 10 entries
* 88-91 days - 8 entries
* 61-87 days - 5 entries
~Read All 366 days - 10 bonus entries
~Complete the Modern Mrs. Darcy 2020 Reading Challenge - 12 bonus entries [all or none] (we'll open a thread for you to post this in December 2020)
~3 grand prize winners drawn from all the entries
~The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor - C.C. finished reading
~Beyond Shame: Creating a Healthy Sex Life on Your Own Terms by Matthias Roberts - C.C. is reading
~Hiding Out: A Memoir of Drugs, Deception, and Double Lives by Tina Alexis Allen - C.C. finished reading
~The Complex PTSD Workbook: A Mind-Body Approach to Regaining Emotional Control and Becoming Whole by Arielle Schwartz - C.C. is reading
~Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter #5) - C.C. is rereading with Harry Potter & the Sacred Text podcast & Swish and Flick: An All Potter Podcast
~The Sacred Dark Series by May Peterson - C.C. finished reading Books 1 & 2
~Forward Me Back To You by Mitali Perkins - C.C. is reading
~Movies - Psych 2: Lassie Come Home
~This Close - finished watching Seasons 1 & 2
~Monk - rewatching Season 1
~Switched At Birth - watching Season 1
~The 100 - finished watching Series
~The Masked Singer - Season 4
~My Favourite Murder podcast
~David Tennant Does a Podcast With… podcast
~Unlocking Us With Brené Brown
~Evolving Faith podcast
~Cabin Pressure
~Random Spotify Playlists
September / October / November Artistic Autumnal AL -
*Runs from 1-September through 30-November
*Details - any project you knit/crochet/weave/spin/stitch/sew that you can convince us relates to autumn
*No WIPS - Your project must be begun no earlier than 1-September and finished no later than 30-November
*Each project that you knit/crochet/weave/spin must be at least 20yds/18.3m that you finish and post in the Facebook Group FO Thread counts as 1 entry into the giveaways. If your project is not at least 20yds/18.3m, you need to group it in a single post with other projects that together total at least 20yds/18.3m. For stitching/sewing projects, we’ll leave it to your best judgment. If you wanted our official ruling, PM email us at ggkcspodcast@gmail.com
*Feel free to poly-dip in other ALs as long as it fits in with other rules
*Please complete our Google form in order to help us make sure you are receiving a prize that you'll actually enjoy using.
*Prizes: If you’d like to donate one, email us at ggkcspodcast@gmail.com
Stitch Marker Sets made & donated by Julia of Pandia's Jewels - 1 Labyrinth & 1 Frankenstein - 2 winners will each win a random set
Orange Camper bag by ArtByAna from Rhonda
Just CrossStitch Volume 37, No. 5 - October 2019
Hilde’s Brew pattern by Michelle of Bendy Stitchy Designs
Zipper Pouch & mini-skeins from Hillary
*Must be a member of the our Facebook group ~ GGKCS Podcast / FlossTube to participate
*Social Media Hashtag: #GGKCSAutumn20
*Thread will be locked the morning of 1-December 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 Chatter Thread in our Facebook group so we can encourage each other along the way.
Ask the Geeks -
Originally asked/answered in 2015:
Lucy asks:
I have a question for both of you - how do you knit? Are you ‘pickers’ or ‘throwers’? Have either of you ever done anything to deliberately develop your knitting technique or do you just take it as it comes? (I am considering trying to modify my own - I am a ‘thrower’ and keep wondering if I’d knit faster and with less strain on my hands if I ‘picked’.)
Misc. -
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~ on Instagram as damisdoodles
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