Without further ado, here comes the prompts list for March 2015 Geeky Girls Knit Crafty Photo A Day Challenge.
So, how can you participate???? Well, there are actually several ways: INSTAGRAM - Honestly, Instagram will be 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 & Damaris 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 geekygirlsknit.
FACEBOOK - Feel free to share with your friends on your own Facebook profile page or on the Geeky Girls Knit 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 geekygirlsknit 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!
~The Lady of Lallybroch (Outlander Inspired Socks) - Diana Gabaldon likes them!
Pattern available separately for $5.50 - from Saturday 14-Feb through Saturday 21-Feb, get 14% off with the code LOVE (so it will be $4.73)
If you are in the EU, you’ll be directed to purchase through LoveKnitting. However, you can’t use this coupon code on the LoveKnitting website. If you want to purchase this pattern, you can either PM JavaPurl on Ravelry or send me an email to JavaPurlDesigns@gmail.com and I will send you a Paypal request for your purchase and will apply the coupon code to it. Once you pay, I’ll gift the pattern to your Ravelry library.
~Come Along Pond Socks (Doctor Who Inspired) releases at $5.50 price, for the first week (18-February through 25-February), 25% off so $4.12 with the coupon code ComeAlongPond
Doctor Who Companions Sock Club - First Edition (Summer 2014) E-book - 2 patterns will be available immediately [Spoilers Socks (Doctor Who Inspired) + Come Along Pond Socks (Doctor Who Inspired)] The other pattern, Soufflé Girl Socks (Doctor Who Inspired), will be automatically added to your Ravelry Library on 18-March-2015. Price is $13.50; for the next week (18-February through 25-February), 20% off so $10.80 with the code EBOOK2
The Ultimate Doctor Who Inspired Sock Collection - Volume 1 (8 pattern collection) - 4 patterns will be available immediately [Rescue Me, Chin Boy, & Show Me the Stars Socks; Socks For Ten (Doctor Who Inspired Socks); Spoilers Socks (Doctor Who Inspired); + Come Along Pond Socks (Doctor Who Inspired)] The other patterns will be automatically added to your Ravelry Library on the dates listed. [Soufflé Girl Socks (Doctor Who Inspired) - 18-March-2015; Nice to Meet You Rose (Doctor Who Inspired Socks) - 18-May-2015; Hello I’m Captain Jack Socks (Doctor Who Inspired) - 18-June-2015; + K-9 Says Affirmative Socks (Doctor Who Inspired) - 18-July-2015]. Price is $30.00; for the next week (18-February through 25-February), 20% off so $24.00 with the code ULTIMATE2
If you are in the EU, you’ll be directed to purchase through LoveKnitting. However, you can’t use these coupon codes on the LoveKnitting website. If you want to purchase any of these items, you can either PM JavaPurl on Ravelry or send me an email to JavaPurlDesigns@gmail.com and I will send you a Paypal request for your purchase and will apply the coupon code to it. Once you pay, I’ll gift the pattern(s) to your Ravelry library.
*I Knit Fandango - Friday 15-May-2015 + Saturday 16-May-2015 at Royal Horticultural Halls, Lindley Hall, Westminster, London - C.C. will be sharing a booth with her patterns and Sam of KnitRunDig's project bags
*Geeky Puffin Knit Palooza - Thursday 29-October-2015 through Sunday 1-November-2015 here in Edinburgh. Please join our Ravelry group for more details. If you are interested in donating a door prize and/or items for our goodie bags, please email us at geekypuffinknitpalooza@gmail.com. Sign Ups for the Retreat and Vendor Applications are now live on the website: http://GeekyPuffinKnitPalooza.blogspot.co.uk - Special announcement about our new teacher and class coming in early March
What We're Reading & Watching - 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!
~Prize donated by Eileen (TwistingPurls) - 2 Prizes - each winner will win 1 skein of SweetGeorgia Tough Love Sock 80/20 merino/nylon 425 yards in the Glacier colourway.
~Knitter’s Pride Karbonz 6” (15cm) Sock Knitting DPNs (US0-US3 - 2mm-3.25mm) from our bag of prizes
*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
*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!
Misc. -
WINNER ANNOUNCED! - Edinburgh Yarn Festival - Saturday 14-March-2015 + Sunday 15-March-2015 at Edinburgh Corn Exchange, 1 prize of 2 weekend tickets to Edinburgh Yarn Festival
~Outlander KAL is on-going; hashtags are #countdowntooutlander and #kiltmenowKAL; There is a thread in our group for questions, planning, and encouraging each other.
~Want 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!
~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!
Geeky Girls Knit ~ a Mamma/Daughter video podcast for fans of all things knitting & geeky
Episode 128 is live with several FO's, Valentine's yummies, Damaris' head canon, a review of Pom Pom Quarterly 12 Spring 2015, and the winner of the pair of weekend tickets to Edinburgh Yarn Festival is announced! Enjoy!
Sneak peek of The Lady of Lallybroch (Outlander Inspired Socks) - Kits will go on sale Feb 14, 2015. This is the pre-order date for the kit. All kits ordered on this date will ship out on March, 2, 2015. The following will be included in each kit: A skein of Pandia’s Jewels aka Nimruse snug base yarn; Goodies and notions to match the theme of this kit; And a code so you can download the matching sock pattern created by C.C. Almon aka Javapurl for free on Ravelry. The price for this particular kit is $65.00 USD + shipping. http://www.pandiasjewels.com/collections/sock-kits
Pattern available separately for $5.50 - from Saturday 14-Feb through Saturday 21-Feb, get 14% off with the code LOVE (so it will be $4.73)
If you are in the EU, you’ll be directed to purchase through LoveKnitting. However, you can’t use this coupon code on the LoveKnitting website. If you want to purchase this pattern, you can either PM JavaPurl on Ravelry or send me an email to JavaPurlDesigns@gmail.com and I will send you a Paypal request for your purchase and will apply the coupon code to it. Once you pay, I’ll gift the pattern to your Ravelry library.
~GGK Crafty Photo A Day Challenge - #GGKCraftyPAD - for February here
We're picking our own favourite each week plus 5 of your pictures each week that our favourites.
~Upcoming Events We'll Be Attending
*weekly on Mondays (we attend as often as possible) - Town Mouse Knitting Club - knitting group in Edinburgh
*Geeky Puffin Knit Palooza - Thursday 29-October-2015 through Sunday 1-November-2015 here in Edinburgh. Please join our Ravelry group for more details. If you are interested in donating a door prize and/or items for our goodie bags, please email us at geekypuffinknitpalooza@gmail.com. Sign Ups for the Retreat and Vendor Applications are now live on the website: http://GeekyPuffinKnitPalooza.blogspot.co.uk - Special announcement about our new teacher and class coming in early March
What We're Reading & Watching - 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!
~Prize donated by Eileen (TwistingPurls) - 2 Prizes - each winner will win 1 skein of SweetGeorgia Tough Love Sock 80/20 merino/nylon 425 yards in the Glacier colourway.
~Knitter’s Pride Karbonz 6” (15cm) Sock Knitting DPNs (US0-US3 - 2mm-3.25mm) from our bag of prizes
*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
*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 - Lucy (lucygoose88) from Birmingham, UK asks:
My husband and I potentially have a huge change coming up in 2015 as he is applying for PhDs all over the country. If he doesn’t get funding at our local university, this could mean us having to move, which would be a massive deal. We currently live about 1.5 miles from where I grew up - we have my parents close by, family friends, and the Quaker community which I grew up in. I have a job that I enjoy and we have a house with a mortgage. I have a doctor whom I like and I trust, which is no small deal as I have both Aspergers and long-term depression.
As you may be picking up, I don’t deal at all well with change! Having faced a not-dissimilar change yourselves (albeit with an international dimension), was there anything that you did to help you embrace it positively (indeed, with grace)? Is there anything that you wish you had done? How did you face all of the uncertainties involved in such a big move, and the period in which you were waiting for news of places, funding etc.?
Misc. - Edinburgh Yarn Festival - Saturday 14-March-2015 + Sunday 15-March-2015 at Edinburgh Corn Exchange
Giveaway Details: 1 prize of 2 weekend tickets to Edinburgh Yarn Festival, we’ll leave the giveaway open for 3 weeks and announce the winner on episode 128 (Wednesday, 18-February-2015), answer the question in the thread in the Ravelry thread, tell us what vendor from EYF you would most like to visit http://www.edinyarnfest.com/whos-coming
~Outlander KAL is on-going; hashtags are #countdowntooutlander and #kiltmenowKAL; There is a thread in our group for questions, planning, and encouraging each other.
~Want 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!
~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!
