Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Episode 65: Tell Me What You Want


In this episode, Jade & Sandy discuss holiday gift giving for your favorite geek and crafters. They offer up suggestions for gifts as well as places to make purchases. Then in crafting, they discuss their Grinch-like tendencies about crafting for themselves this holiday.



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Announcements:

With the holidays, we might not be able to podcast our second episode for December. (Yes, we know we totally missed out the end of November, and we apologize) We will definitely try and get a podcast out, but no promises. Regardless, we will see you all on the flip side of 2015!



Get Geeky

Everyone enjoys gifts, especially ones that tell your loved one that you thinking about them. However, instead of guessing, Geek Girl Crafts recommends that you:
  1. Pay attention to what your loved one has said about their geekiness and/or crafting.
  2. Ask them what they really want for the holidays (and while you’re at it, tell THEM what you want)

But here are some gift ideas that might also help those that are shy at discussing their wishlists or if you think you know what they might like:

Geeky Gifts
  • ThinkGeek.com -- tons of stuff for geeks from various fandoms.
Jade’s bought many things for herself here. :-)
  • Steam Powered has wish lists for gamers: http://store.steampowered.com/


Gifts for DIY makers
  • Make Magazine:  http://makezine.com/
  • Craft Magazine; http://makezine.com/craftzine/
  • Interweave Magazine --- (and videos) - http://www.interweave.com/Magazines/
  • Knitting Daily

Get Crafty:


Fiber Optics


WIPS

Jade
  • Project: 3rd pair of  sparkly socks
  • Yarn: Unknown (superwash merino/nylon) that she got from Yarn swap. Progress: Started in Portland. Finished 1st sock, and about 3 inches from finishing the cuff
Sandy
  • Project Name: Nordic stranded sweater back again!
  • Yarn: anything!
  • Progress: Sleeves are nearly done
Jade
Sandy:
  • Project: Vanilla socks for Eric because of NaNoWriMo
  • Yarn: Kroy FX: Cadet Blues
  • Progress: finished one, next one is on heel decreases.
Jade
Sandy
  • Project: Palatinus shawl by Adrien Antal
  • Yarn: Malabrigo lace in Spruce green, using slightly smaller needles
  • Progress: About three motifs into the pattern
  • Adrien Antal’s wonderful site: http://kezimunkazas.blogspot.hu/
Jade

Make it Sew! -


Sandy
Sweater-arm (or sweater pants) to armwarmer with phone pocket!
Jade
More project bags for WIP as well as re-usable gift bags. She’s been using remnants from Joann’s Fabrics, where she also found Disney Villainesses as a great fabric print for project bags.

The pattern is on her blog: 



Friday, November 14, 2014

Episode 64: Movie Lineup


In this episode, Jade & Sandy discuss upcoming events, then geek out about the upcoming Halloween Holiday. Then they discuss their crafting projects, including their soon-to-be "Tools of the Trade" mini episodes. We invite you to give a listen!



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Get Geeky

Moments of Squee:

Get Crafty

  • Fiber Optics
  • Make it Sew 

Fiber Optics


FINISHED
OBJECTS
Jade
  • Project: 2nd Sparkly pair of socks!
  • Yarn: Plymouth Stilletto -- different colorway
  • Progress: Finished socks in Portland
Sandy
  • Matchy matchy socks! Both sets!
  • Schoeller+Stahl Fortissima Shadow Color, green colorway and purple colorway
  • Dennis Sock by Heather Sebastian
WIPS

Jade
  • Project: 3rd pair of  sparkly socks
  • Yarn: Unsure. Got from Yarn swap. I know it’s nylon / superwash.
  • Progress: Started in Portland
Sandy
  • Project Name: Cosby sweater back again!
  • Yarn: anything!
  • Progress: arm started
Jade
Sandy:
  • Project: vanilla socks for Eric
  • Yarn: Kroy FX: Cadet Blues
Jade
  • Project Started new sweater -- 3-in1 sweater by Atelier Alfa:
  • Progress: Stopped. Have to get another color for striping. The green is too stark. Need something muted. Picked up silvery grey from LYS
Sandy
  • Palatinus shawl by Adrien Antal
  • Malabrigo lace in Spruce green, using slightly smaller needles
  • about three motifs in
  • Adrien Antal’s wonderful site: http://kezimunkazas.blogspot.hu/
 


Make it Sew

Jade made green alien pajamas as a quick project to get back into sewing!


Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Episode 63: Amateur Holidays


In this episode, Jade & Sandy discuss upcoming events, then geek out about the upcoming Halloween Holiday. Then they discuss their crafting projects, including their soon-to-be "Tools of the Trade" mini episodes. We invite you to give a listen!



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Get Geeky

Upcoming EVENTS:


Halloween Costuming:


Women in Gaming


  • Anita Sarkeesian is a media critic and the creator of Feminist Frequency, a video webseries that explores the representations of women in pop culture narratives. There are MULTIPLE videos that talk about women in the pop culture, especially in video games. We’ve talked about her before.
  • Support women working in gaming (like Zoe Quinn and Brianna Wu)


Get Crafty

Jade and Sandy are pleased to announce a mini-series of episodes called "Tools of the Trade", which will be available through the Geek Girl Crafts feed. Each episode will cover a short 15-20 minute overview of a given craft, the tools you need, and how to get the basics started! Let us know if you have any specific interests you want us to discuss.

Fiber Optics




FINISHED
OBJECTS
Jade
  • Project: Two strand hat
  • Yarn: Colinette Hullabaloo - Aran weight (Wool + Black Welsh  + Cascade 220 black -- nice & squishy
Sandy
  • Matchy Matchy socks
Jade
WIPS

Jade
  • Project: 2nd Sparkly pair of socks!
  • Yarn: Plymouth Stilletto -- different colorway
  • Progress: Finished one sock.
Sandy
  • Project Name: Cosby sweater back again!
  • Yarn: anything!
Jade
Jade
Jade
  • Project: Louisa by Cocoknits
  • Yarn: Shibui -- yarn tasting @ Purlescence
  • Progress: Just finished washing her swatch:

Bead It

Sandy made a illefiore necklace! She'll probably do a "tools of the trade" on continuous knot beading.