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.

Friday, October 3, 2014

Episode 62: ConVolution 2014, Special Report



In this special 20 minute episode, Sandy & Jade do a "live" recording at ConVolution 2014. They are joined by the Masquerade Director, Radar Wylie, and Jade's partner-in-cosplay. They discuss ConVolution's first ever masquerade, Jade & Bill's costume/cosplay entry, and give a general report of the convention itself.



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Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Episode 61: Playing Catchup


In this heavy crafting episode, Jade & Sandy play catch up on the events of the past month. They talk about their knitting, crafting, and sewing projects, and hint at the special upcoming episode recorded with some special guests at one of the local conventions.



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Get Crafty


Fiber Optics



FINISHED
OBJECTS
Jade


WIP
OBJECTS
Jade
Sandy
  • Matchy-matchy socks for Sandy For #OperationSockDrawer and the MatchyMatchy KAL, http://ravel.me/nogitsunegirl/ds  The Dennis sock in Schoeller+Stahl Fortissima Shadow Color ….it’s toe time!
Jade
Sandy


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