Monday, May 20, 2013

Episode 40: España-Less



In this first episode without España, the Sandy & Jade go into hyperdrive about crafting and making.


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Fiber Optics:

Sandy

  • Finished one side of the button band for her Cosby Sweater
  • Finished a pair of socks for her friend in Scotland
  • Has picked up her UFO -- the Apres Surf Hoodie

Jade

  • Knitting:
    • Still working on the Knit Swirl Coat, but it now has to stay at home because it's too big, plus the weather has gotten too hot to carry around a sweater
    • Finished two pairs of vanilla socks with the following yarns. She'll see how they wear after some time wearing them.
      • Lisa Souza Sock!-- great sock yarn.
      • Manos del Uruguay, Alegria -- even better sock yarn
    • Finished the Shalom cardigan with 1/2 sleeves
    • Blocked a 4-foot diameter blanket
    • Started an Aran Sweater by Alice Starmore (St. Brigid) with 5 separate charts.
  • Spinning
    • 2-ply DK weight yarn for an Old Shale Stole (merino silk)
    • 3-ply cashmere & merino -- which is spinning like BUTTER.

REVIEW:

Jade reviews the KnitCompanion app for the iPad, as she is using it on her Aran sweater. She'll write up a full review on her blog in the next day or so.

Make It Sew

Jade took apart a previous costume (her Ghwazee) so she could remake parts of it with more internlining for a stiffer fabric as she didn’t have enough to make a completely new one.
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Monday, April 29, 2013

Episode 39: Book Club - Throne of the Crescent Moon

In this week's episode, the girls take a moment to squee over their latest squee-worthy items.  Espana has a special announcement to make. And then, the girls review the book, Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed. (WARNING: There are spoilers in this podcast!).

Unfortunately, the girls talked a bit too long about the book, so there's no crafting in this episode, but they'll make up for it next time.



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Book Club! 

The girls review the first book of the 4-book club series -- Throne of the Crescent Moon (Crescent Moon Kingdoms)

This episode has spoilers, so if you haven't read it yet, you might want to skip this episode.

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Thursday, April 11, 2013

Episode 38: Mini-Crafting

In this episode, we have a special guest, Jean Martin, who talks about her life in fandom, how she got involved, and how it's changed her life....along with the usual crafting, costuming, and their merry in making.


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Monday, April 8, 2013

Episode 37: Conversations with Jean Martin

In this episode, we have a special guest, Jean Martin, who talks about her life in fandom, how she got involved, and how it's changed her life....along with the usual crafting, costuming, and their merry in making.



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If you'd like to find out more about Jean:

For more information about PEERS and their fundraising campaign>


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Jean's Scrapbooking Links

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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Geek Girl Crafts Podzine: Issue 3 -- GAMING Edition

The third edition of the Geek Girl Crafts Podzine is now available! This time, it's our Gaming Edition!





For this issue, we have focused on more on the gaming aspects of Geek:
  • Get Off My Lawn -- España talks about her gaming experience
  • LARP'ing 101 -- Interested in LARP'ing? Johanna gives you a quick 101 Lesson
  • From Atari to MMO-RPGs -- Jade talks about her early days of playing Atari games and how she moved onwards to MMO-RPGS
  • Building Armor -- Mea Cottman talks about how she costumes from her gaming
  • NetRunner Review --- John gives us a review of the NetRunner Game

Download the PDF file

You can also find our podzine at, http://efanzines.com/GGCP/
And you can also peruse all the other interesting fanzines available!

Interested in Contributing to the Next PodZINE?

Let us know how you like it! And if you want to contribute to our podzine, we're currently taking submissions for articles, photographs, fan art, flash fiction, and whatnought, for everything geek AND craft related.

  • Contact Us: ggcpodcast AT gmail.com
  • Deadline: April 30, 2013
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Friday, March 22, 2013

Episode 36: Role Models

In this episode, the girls talk about their t.v. role models from childhood, and then catch up on their crafting projects. There were only a few tangents here and there, but the girls kept it on topic (mostly.....)



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Brief Moment of Squee:

  • Spoonflower -- where you can get an assortment of different fabrics, decals, wallpapers, etc...in all your favorite geeky topics. They have a bunch of Dr. Who printed fabrics. 

Role Models

The girls talk about their t.v. role models from childhood. They range in characters from super heroes to villains to the creepy crawly.

SuperMan

For those of you who listened to the previous episode where we discussed Orson Scott Card's participation in the upcoming Superman comic series, here's the conclusion to that decision.

Get Crafty!

Fiber Optics

Sandy
Jade
  •  Still working on the Coat of Many Colors out of the yarn, Mountain Goat (by Mountain Colors) , which is mohair and wool. And I’m really really like knitting up this yarn. 
  • Started a pair of socks using a modified pattern, “Faceted Rib” from the “Little Box of Socks” as an in-between project for the Coat when Jade gets too bored.
    • One sock is done!  
    • The yarn is from Lisa Souza’s yarns, called “SOCK!”. The colorway is Lime & Violet, --- a yellow/green color with a dark purple. 
SPINNING: Jade is trying to spin through her fiber stash, after discovering that she had some singles that had been sitting on the bobbin for over a year.

Jade has also written up some tutorials for using different spinning tools. If you guys have any questions regarding spinning, ask Jade, and we'll put it on the podcast!! She doesn't want to bore anyone too much with talks about spinning!

Make it Sew!

Sandy has posted a jean alteration tutorial for how to convert a pair of larger jeans to something more fitted.
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Friday, March 1, 2013

Episode 35: Mega Con Weekend Wrap Up Part 2

In this episode, the girls conclude the Mega Con Weekend wrap up, and talk about Stitches West 2013. There was something for everyone, including España.

Check out the image gallery on our Google+ page!

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